Hollywood Hunter

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Peter Sanders seemed a little impatient. After chatting with Simon, he proposed to find a place to chat.

Simon didn't refuse either. After greeting Janet and the others, he took Peter Sanders out of the hotel where the crew stayed and went to a nearby coffee shop.

The two sat down and ordered coffee at will. Peter Sanders said, "Simon, I came here this time to discuss the contract between you and Fox."

Simon just nodded slightly and waited quietly for Peter Sanders to continue.

Peter Sanders looked at Simon's expression, paused, but temporarily changed the subject and said, "Simon, Mr. Goldberg arranged a trial screening of "The Butterfly Effect" on Tuesday, and the effect But it was not very good, and several film critics at the scene felt that the film was a bit scattered."

Simon gently turned the coffee that the waiter had just brought, and said lightly: "If that's the case, Mr. Sanders, I can only say I'm sorry. However, I believe my script is a very wonderful story, I I also believe that Brian has enough strength to show this story perfectly. Maybe you should be more patient and wait for the film to be completely completed."

Feeling Simon's strength, Peter Sanders, who wanted to get a handle on it, remembered Ronald Goldberg's exhortation and had to say, "Well, that's it."

Simon listened to Peter Sanders's tone, but he didn't want the other party to be too embarrassed. He took the initiative to change his name and said, "Peter, did you just say that contract?"

Peter Sanders took a sip of the coffee in front of him, put down the cup, and replied, "Yes, Simon, we intend to fulfill the priority in the contract now and buy your "Death Comes" script , and Mr. Goldberg also wants you to direct the film. If you agree, the project can start now, and the schedule is set for the end of the year."

The great thing about "Death Is Coming" is that it's a very novel idea, but the movie is just an ordinary plasma thriller with limited box office potential, and Simon doesn't intend to waste too much energy on this movie. Moreover, Simon has already signed his next directorial contract to Orion, and it is impossible to cooperate with Fox immediately.

However, Simon did not immediately refuse, but asked, "Peter, what about Fox's conditions?"

Peter Sanders hesitated, but this time he didn't go around any further, and directly quoted the price offered by Ronald Sandberg: "Simon, as long as you are willing to direct, we can give a $2 million price tag. Director's pay, plus 10% of the North American box office profit. That's a generous offer, Simon, and it's not usually possible for a rookie like you to get a profit share. And, I can tell you, you The contract is exactly the same as Brian's salary for 'The Butterfly Effect,' a long-established director. Plus, the script is offered at $300,000, and you get the same share clause as a union member."

Simon nodded slightly this time, and Fox's conditions this time were more sincere.

In this era, except for a few people such as Spielberg at the top of the pyramid, the highest salary of other first-line directors is only about 5 million US dollars.

This condition of Fox is also an affirmation of his directing skills in "Lola Run".

You must know that in Hollywood, where the film industry is already very developed, depending on the work, the studio's assessment of a filmmaker's ability is still very accurate.

If Simon now stumbles into the box office with something as untechnical as Blair Witch. Well, the studios are sure to be amazed, but unless they want to take their chances and capitalize on the popularity he's built up with Blair the Witch. Otherwise, no studio would be willing to issue him a director contract, not to mention the current remuneration package that is already a quasi-first-line director.

Speaking of which, this is also the result Simon hoped to see in the first place.

Thinking of this, Simon could only shake his head regretfully, and said, "Sorry, Peter, I have signed a directorial contract with Orion, which is actually a condition for Orion to release "Lola Run" for me."

When Peter Sanders heard the words, he didn't know what to say for a while.

If I had known that "Lola Run" could achieve the current box office results, Fox would definitely be willing to sign an equivalent contract with Simon.

pity.

There have always been countless ifs in this world, but there can only be one result.

Fox does not know the specific details of Simon and Orion's signing of the distribution contract, but due to several consecutive contacts, the relevant conditions are not difficult to speculate. Since it has agreed to Simon's conditions, Orion will definitely maintain its share of the North American box office at around 30%.

Then, even based on the total North American box office of "Lola Run" of 150 million US dollars, Orion will be able to get a box office share of 50 million US dollars in the future.

As for the cost of publicity, according to Peter Sanders' observation, the box office of "Lola Run" is basically only supported by media buzz and audience word-of-mouth, and Orion Pictures' expenditure in this regard is pitiful. Even if Orion Pictures takes the initiative to increase its publicity investment in order to obtain more profits in the later stage, it is impossible to exceed 10 million US dollars in any case.

In this way, just the pure theatrical release of "Lola Run", Orion Pictures will get a net profit of 40 million US dollars.

$40 million.

This is obviously a very conservative estimate.

But Fox as a whole didn't make $40 million in profit for all of last year. In other words, the film business of Fox Pictures last year was a loss at all.

As Fox Pictures' vice president, Peter Sanders is well aware that the best-grossing film released by his company last year was "Alien 2," which grossed $85 million.

Moreover, of the 16 films released throughout the year, there are definitely no box office hits of over 100 million dollars, and only five of them have exceeded $10 million at the box office. Among them, 12 were in losses. Parent company News Corp has even discussed scaling back its movie business budget this year.

Peter Sanders is just thankful now that it was Ronald Goldberg who finally made the decision to reject Simon's decision to hand over "Lola Run." Otherwise, in the next few months, he is likely to pack up and leave.

Seeing that Peter Sanders didn't speak, Simon continued: "Peter, frankly, I don't actually have any interest in directing "Death Is Coming" myself. However, if Fox wants to get the script now, I also have At my own request, I will be the producer myself."

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