Hollywood Starts with Animation

May 5, 1996.

As of today, "Lola Run" has been online in North American theaters for one month, with a cumulative box office of 15.375 million US dollars. Although North American theatrical movies were basically long-run in the 1990s, as long as there were people watching, they would continue to be broadcast for two or three months in remote areas, but don’t expect to reap many dollars.

At $16 million, it was basically the final North American box office drop for "Lola Run."

As a result, some major Hollywood companies with overseas distribution qualifications took the initiative to contact Wald Pictures to purchase overseas copyrights.

However, their bid was too low.

Not at all to Zucker's level of satisfaction.

"Mr. Wald, you must understand that in general, the overseas box office results are 1.5 times that of the North American box office. According to the North American results of "Lola Run", the overseas box office is at most 24 million US dollars, and we Paramount have to pay A lot of manpower and material resources, so the copyright fee of 2 million US dollars is completely a very sincere price."

The person who said this was a contact person in a distribution department of Paramount.

In fact, logically speaking, this price is indeed a price that complies with the laws of the market.

However, others do not know the overseas prospects of "Lola Run". However, Zucker is a traveler. He knows that "Lola Run" has achieved box office results of hundreds of millions of dollars overseas. Even if "Lola Run" does not have the award bonus of the three major European film festivals like the original time and space, the overseas box office may not reach 100 million US dollars, but even if it is folded in half, it is still 50 million US dollars at the box office.

How can Zucker be willing to sell it for $2 million now.

As for the idea of ​​getting a share of overseas box office results, don't even think about it! You are a big company and a non-profit organization!

"Thanks to Paramount's sincerity, but we still need to think about it, I hope you understand." CEO Victor politely refused.

Hearing this, Paramount's contact said regretfully: "Okay, if your company has considered it, please be sure to contact me."

There is no righteousness in buying and selling!

I have to say that this Paramount contact does have two brushes.

There is no arrogance of a big company in the words, but the words make people feel like a spring breeze.

"Boss, do you see it? This is the background of a big company. Any contact in the distribution department is a rare talent in Hollywood. If you put it in any small company, it is enough to hold the position of CEO." Victor said.

Zucker nodded.

Talent!

The talent pool of a large company is indeed terrifying!

The $2 million overseas copyright fee was unacceptable to Zucker, but there was nothing he could do.

There is no overseas distribution network at home!

Oh no, even in North America, Wald doesn't have a full distribution network and only affects one state in California today.

Immediately Zuke gritted his teeth: "Victor, I will inject 3 million US dollars into the company later, including the first box office share from the theater chain, all of which you will use to build a distribution network in North America and acquire other companies. It’s okay, you can set it up yourself. I don’t watch the process, I just want the result.”

"OK."

Victor nodded solemnly.

Without a complete distribution network, Wald Pictures will always be at the bottom of the Hollywood food chain and be exploited. Just like a big company, even if the films they shoot every year are losing money, but because of the perfect distribution network, they can exploit a lot of profits from small and medium-sized companies every year.

Large companies with strong distribution capabilities are the ones at the top of the food chain!

The overseas copyright of "Lola Run" is only 2 million US dollars?

Zucker gritted his teeth and sold it!

Not only that,

The DVD, videotape, TV broadcast, peripheral licensing and other copyrights of "Lola Run" were also sold by Zucker in one go. Earned $4.5 million.

Compared to its production cost of only $800,000, Wald Pictures can be said to have made a profit!

......

The filming location of the movie "Hard Candy".

"All departments prepare~!"

I have to say that Zack Snyder, who was a film director for the first time, even though he didn't have the deep directing skills when he filmed "Superman: Man of Steel", he still has quite a lot of directing skills. .

In his words: "At the beginning of the filming of the film, both the actors and the crew, although they needed to get in touch because of the unfamiliarity, were in the most exciting stage, and even the climax and the climax could be filmed well, then the next step was very exciting. It's easy to shoot."

Zucker also sat aside, staring intently at the monitor in front of Zach.

"please, please~!"

The Hulk who plays the perverted hero, oh no, it's Mark Ruffalo, is now tied to a cot, his lower body underwear is taken off, and he sits in key positions covered with ice.

He was covered in cold sweat, and the tears couldn't stop flowing.

This is castration!

On the other hand, Hai Li, the heroine wearing a medical uniform, is the young black widow, with a look of indifference and innocence.

Holding the scalpel, he said, "I asked my friend if she wanted to castrate a man, and she made an unappetizing sound, as if asking her to swallow a worm. Well, you may feel pulled a bit, Because I'll be a little tighter, okay? So, bear with it."

"Okay, halfway done, victory is in sight."

"Don't get dizzy, don't get dizzy, there's no problem."

"Jeff, you know, some men live well even if they only have one egg in their life, don't they? Of course I heard it, I think it's right anyway, um, I'll leave you an egg, just Don't get dizzy, don't get dizzy, Jeff, you'll be fine soon. But if I leave you an egg, you won't be able to walk straight, right?"

"You'll soon be entering a whole new world."

"Cut, ok, okay, it's a very easy operation, so I think why girls should learn things like camping, buying cookies, etc. I said this is a useful skill. The next eight or nine days, You will face unprecedented pain, oh, maybe you will have to remove the stitches yourself, after all, you don’t want to be ashamed in front of others, oh, I will introduce you to a website, eunuch question and answer, which has what you need.”

"Oh, by the way, do you want to leave some souvenirs for you. You don't need it, then let me see how far this thing can play?"

The 13-year-old Scarlett Johansson, at this moment, her extremely flat tone like "Have you eaten?" can't help but make all the men present feel a chill in the lower body.

What the hell!

Zhu Ke heard a whisper of abuse from the staff of the film crew next to him.

Dude, castrated!

I usually feel cold when I listen to it, not to mention facing this matter directly now!

Zucker also froze.

"Nima, I don't even want to be a director anymore, but producers aren't something people do!"

"Fortunately, this is just "Fruit Hard Candy", not "Human Centipede"."

That's right, Zhu Ke, who wanted to get in all the time, immediately thought of a future Hollywood movie "Human Centipede". In comparison, it was a pervert!

Several young men and women, stripped naked, injected with anesthesia, underwent surgery to connect them.

That's right, through surgery, the excretory organs of the former person are connected and sealed with the mouth of the latter person with needles and threads, and so on. The first person eats junk food, and the second person can only eat the excrement (feces) of the first person.

This is the heavy taste!

But even so, the castration plot of the film "Fruit Hard Candy" still made all men sweat.

The shooting in the next few days was as expected by Zach Snyder. After shooting the climax~climax part and then shooting other parts, it was much easier and smoother.

"Sure enough, I'm a half-hearted director, I'm not as good as others." Zu Ke couldn't help but sigh.

On May 12, Zucker left the set for an event in Silicon Valley.

Well, it is an exchange event organized by Silicon Valley for new and old Internet companies.

Of course, Zu Ke will participate in this kind of activity. Maybe he will come across some valuable investment projects.

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