Millennium director

"Chris wants $20 million in salary and 20 percent of the box office share.

"Although Jackie's asking price is a little lower, only 15 million US dollars and 15% of the box office share, he has obtained the distribution rights of the film in China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, so the money will not be less than Tucker."

"The two of them combined will take away 45 million US dollars and 35% of the box office share. How can our production company survive?"

Perhaps because Wu Yuan is now a member of an independent film production company, Elad speaks very directly.

Wu Yuan can also understand that the two leading actors only took away 45 million US dollars and 35% of the box office. Which production company can bear this?

Later, Marvel couldn't stand this and wrote off the most popular leading actors, let alone a new line with a small business?

Wu Yuan also immediately understood why the filming of "Rush Hour 3" in his dream was delayed until 2006.

It can only be said that New Line's declining corporate profits at that time had to force them to agree to the two actors' harsh demands for splitting the accounts, and then the film was made in a "shameful" way for a producer.

Later, although the reputation of "Rush Hour 3" was not good, the global box office of more than 200 million US dollars did bring profits to New Line.

But now that New Line has the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and the "Dead Man" series in hand, it will definitely not compromise easily with Chris and Jackie.

If only one of them is left, New Line will definitely choose Cheng Long, who has a lower asking price and is irreplaceable!

But what does this have to do with Wu Yuan.

He had no interest in being involved in the movie.

"Elad, I'm sorry for what happened to you." Wu Yuan shook his head: "But the "Rush Hour" series does not belong to me, and it has no place for me."

"It's impossible for me to take over a series directed by another director, let alone the one who really leads the film, right?"

Just like the real soul of "The Fast and the Furious" is Vin Diesel's bald head, Wu Yuan is not interested in this kind of crew where the starring power is greater than the director.

He was actually very interested in another thing from New Line.

"Ellard, are you selling the remake rights to "The Butterfly Effect" produced by your company?"

"The Butterfly Effect?" Elad was surprised this time. How did Wu Yuan know about this movie?

"Hey, Elad, the movie has been finished for almost a year, can it still be kept secret?" Wu Yuan shrugged.

"Okay." Elad quickly put this doubt behind him and asked strangely: "Daniel, do you want to remake this movie in China?"

"I think it would be better for you to make "Rush Hour". Although the idea of ​​"Butterfly Effect" is good, it is not a movie worthy of you. It is just a low-budget movie."

"No, no, no." Wu Yuan waved his hands repeatedly: "Of course I didn't shoot it. I also have a film company in China, and I plan to remake this movie for Chinese audiences. Wingdings: ♦︎♦︎⬧︎♦︎◆︎⌧︎♦︎ ♦︎□︎❍︎”

"Chinese audience?" Elad's eyes lit up as he thought of the box office results of the movie "Hero".

"The Butterfly Effect" did not obtain permission to enter the Chinese mainland market, and neither the introduction of sub-accounts nor the film approval was approved.

It is also a good thing to now have the opportunity to get involved in the Chinese mainland market.

But before he could even raise the price, Wu Yuan took the lead and said, "I can give you up to US$500,000 to buy out the remake rights in China."

"Elad, don't refuse in a hurry. Let me settle the account for you."

"As you know, China's film market is not big, and after "Hero", the cost of promotion and distribution is still rising rapidly."

"In the past, in mainland China, 100 copies of each film was enough. Now, to cover key cities across the country, at least 200 copies are needed."

"This is the cost of 2 million yuan, plus 4 million yuan for the copyright buyout fee, plus filming expenses and publicity expenses."

"The cost of adapting a Hollywood movie in Mainland China is at least 30 million yuan."

"Of the box office revenue, theaters and theater chains take about 40%, and distributors take about 20%. Producers like us can only get about 40% of the box office."

"In other words, a movie costing 30 million yuan needs to sell more than 75 million yuan in box office to recover the cost."

Elad opened his mouth, and just as he was about to refute, Wu Yuan interrupted him forcefully: "Elad, do you know?"

“90% of the movies released in Mainland China last year had a box office of less than 5 million yuan in the first week.”

"In most cases, you need to sell copyrights and distribution rights all over the world if you want to make money back. It's difficult to make a profit."

"As for a remake movie, there is no way to sell the copyright and distribution rights. It can only rely on the box office in the Chinese market to make a profit, which is even more difficult."

"Even if I am a famous director in China now, it will still be difficult to do it."

"So $500,000 is the highest price I can give."

"I can even guarantee that if you search all the film production companies in China, including China Film, you will not be able to spend this money to buy the remake rights of "The Butterfly Effect."

These days, no domestic film company is willing to spend money to buy the rights to remake Hollywood movies.

The reason why Wu Yuan wanted to buy the remake rights of "The Butterfly Effect" was mainly because he felt that this movie could bring some science fiction enlightenment to domestic audiences.

His previous film "The Night the Comet Came" can be regarded as the first "hard science fiction" film in China.

But this is not enough. Wu Yuan wants to cultivate a domestic group of fans of science fiction movies as early as possible, because he has plans for the field of science fiction movies in the future.

The movie "The Butterfly Effect" is very suitable for opening the eyes of domestic audiences. The remake rights of US$500,000 are not expensive, at least not expensive for Wu Yuan, who has an industry in Hollywood. It is almost the same as picking it up for free.

Of course, if Elad is not satisfied and wants to make a big splash, then Wu Yuan will not have to do "The Butterfly Effect". At worst, he will take out "Source Code" in advance and shoot it.

"Source Code" is also quite interesting, and it can be regarded as a masterpiece among low-budget science fiction movies.

Regardless of whether Ellard sells "The Butterfly Effect" or not, Wu Yuan will shoot "Source Code" in China. He has already thought about it, and just find the Chinese version of "Bombshell" Lin Chaoxian to shoot it.

In fact, to become the CEO of New Line, Elad's mind works faster and more clearly than Wu Yuan's.

He clearly knows that what Wu Yuan said is correct. Apart from Wu Yuan, there should not be any mainland Chinese film company buying the remake rights of "The Butterfly Effect". This is a buyer's market, and he, the seller, really has no room for bargaining. .

"Okay, let's just sign a contract sometime." Elad didn't care too much, it was just a business worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

He cared more about the movie "Rush Hour" than this.

"Daniel, are you really unwilling to take on "Rush Hour 3"? You and Jackie are both excellent actors and directors from China. If you two can work together, I believe it will trigger a very enthusiastic response on both sides of the ocean."

"This will be a win-win cooperation."

"New Line can give you a $10 million director's fee and a 5% share of the box office."

However, Wu Yuan was not moved at all, and he was very surprised that if he was given another 10 million + 5% share of the account, how would the other male protagonist solve it?

Unexpectedly, Ellard replied: "The talks are almost over. Will Smith is willing to join "Rush Hour 3", and he does not want a box office split, he only needs a salary of 20 million US dollars."

"What?" Wu Yuan exclaimed for the second time today: "Did your new line give him any ecstasy?"