Millennium director

Just US$25 million is already the maximum salary for Hollywood's top business director.

Just like those top stars, a salary of 20 million US dollars is almost a hurdle that separates first-line actors from top stars.

Before Marvel appeared, the maximum salary in Hollywood was basically US$20 million. If it were increased, it would be shared with the box office and no more salary would be given.

But the emergence of Marvel broke this convention.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, among the salaries that top actors receive, 20 million can only be regarded as a basic salary.

Take Robert Downey Jr., for example. When Robert Downey Jr. debuted as Tony Stark in the first movie in the Marvel Universe, "Iron Man," his salary was only $500,000.

By the time of "Iron Man 2", his salary had risen to US$10 million, and by the time of "Avengers", he had officially entered the maximum salary stage of US$20 million.

By the time of "Iron Man 3", US$20 million was just the basic salary. He also had 5% of the box office share, plus various bonus incentives, such as how much US dollars would be awarded if the North American box office exceeded 300 million, and how much would be the reward if the global box office exceeded 500 million. How many dollars or something like that.

In the "Avengers 2" movie, Robert Downey Jr. received a total of US$80 million in basic salary + split + bonus!

This is definitely an exaggerated number, and it is a number that no movie company can produce except Marvel.

For other movies, US$20 million is already a maximum salary, but at Marvel it is just a basic salary.

So much so that by the time of "Avengers 3", Marvel could no longer afford to pay the salaries of these old Avengers members. Together, they could share one-third of the box office, so the Avengers had to let the old members They were all written to death, leaving only the cheapest Thor.

It can be said that the inflation of Hollywood film wages is led by Marvel.

It’s no wonder that the Oscar-winning actress also has to play supporting roles in Marvel movies. Marvel really gives too much.

And Wu Yuan is now enjoying this treatment, and he is enjoying it ahead of schedule.

His basic salary directly exceeded 20 million US dollars and rushed to 25 million US dollars, and he also enjoyed a 5% box office share.

And Marvel has also designed a very complicated bonus mechanism. To put it simply, if the global box office of "Doctor Strange" can exceed 1 billion US dollars, Wu Yuan can still get a bonus of about 50 million US dollars.

The reason why Marvel is so generous is mainly because "Doctor Strange" is a new IP, and the actors do not have the burden of the Avengers. No matter who Wu Yuan finds to play, the total salary required will not exceed 30 million US dollars. , then Marvel was willing to pay Wu Yuan a high price, rather than put the treasure on him.

It's a bet that with Wu Yuan joining the cast, "Doctor Strange" can be a big hit. There's no need to worry that no one will buy this story that is independent of "Avengers".

The higher the box office, the more Marvel will make, and the more Wu Yuan will make, so it’s a win-win situation.

And because only Wu Yuan is given the bonus and box office share, the share is not much. At least it is much better than the situation in "Avengers" where the five leading actors and the director were all given the share.

To sum up, this allowed Wu Yuan to obtain such generous conditions.

At this point, Marvel still feels that they have made a profit. Now it is not easy to find a top commercial film director in Hollywood to take over Marvel's movies. However, any director with a certain status is not willing to make Marvel's superhero movies because they think it is too much. No more nutrients.

Do you think Marvel hired directors like Scott Derrickson, James Gunn, and Alan Taylor to direct movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe because of their high standards?

Doesn’t Marvel want science fiction and fantasy directors like Christopher Nolan, George Lucas, Peter Jackson, Tim Burton, and Roland Emmerich to take over Marvel’s movies?

They can't do it!

These famous A-list directors don’t even bother to make Marvel superhero movies.

It’s not that Marvel doesn’t want to hire him, it’s that Marvel can’t hire him.

Today's Marvel is a bit like Blue Moon Manchester City, which was just acquired by a Saudi tycoon. It focuses on making more money, but superstars and top coaches don't like this kind of upstart and are unwilling to work for it.

And now Wu Yuan, the most cutting-edge Hollywood science fiction director, is willing to contact Marvel. This makes Marvel extremely happy, and it feels like Tom licking the cat of his dream.

Under such circumstances, Marvel naturally wanted to offer the highest benefit it could give, for fear that Wu Yuan would feel that he had been neglected and not want to cooperate with Marvel.

As for Wu Yuan, who received this treatment, it was actually not as much as Marvel thought. He really felt that this treatment was quite good.

If he remembers correctly, the global box office of "Doctor Strange 1" seems to be more than 600 million US dollars, and this is without the blessing of his popularity.

If he has the blessing of his popularity and the promotion of his Asian influence in this life, there should be hope that the global box office of "Doctor Strange 1" will exceed 800 million.

According to the contract given by Marvel, if the global box office is 800 million US dollars, then Wu Yuan should be able to receive a total of nearly 80 million US dollars in salary + dividends + bonuses.

This is no small sum of money.

Even if he makes his own movies, he still has to make a movie with a box office of US$300 million to earn a net profit of US$80 million.

Wu Yuan had no reason to refuse such a good treatment.

Soon, he reached an agreement with Marvel, joined hands with Marvel, and became the director of "Doctor Strange."

However, this project is not expected to be officially launched until 2015. For the time being, it is only at the level of a project plan, and Wu Yuan does not need to rush to work for Marvel.

In addition to signing a contract of intent, Wu Yuan's daily life is as usual and he is still busy with the post-production of "The Martian."

Thanks to the unremitting efforts of him and his huge post-production team, in mid-September 2012, the post-production of "The Martian" was completed. The feature film editing was completed and digital transcription was ready.

And Wu Yuan was completely relaxed and ready to return to China to attend the premiere of "The Legend of Shushan Immortal".

"John, this is the last movie I'll make in my time."

"It's still the same as before. Let's leave the distribution work to Warner. It's up to you to negotiate with Warner for the early stage of promotion."

At Los Angeles International Airport, John personally delivered Wu Yuan to the boarding gate.

Looking at John, who had some hair on his head, Wu Yuan hugged him with emotion and said with some sadness: "This should be our last cooperation."

John is also the nominal producer of "The Martian".

"I will do my best to complete the promotion of "The Martian"." John nodded heavily and said confidently: "Daniel, the fans have been looking forward to your new movie for a long time."

"As soon as the news is released, it will definitely cause great turmoil on the Internet."

"Don't underestimate your influence in North America. Now you are one of the most famous science fiction film directors in North America. Your science fiction film will be known to everyone without any publicity."

"Do not worry!"

"Okay, then I'm leaving." Wu Yuan waved his hand to John in a chic way, turned around and embarked on the flight back home.

Twelve hours later, the transoceanic flight successfully landed at Beijing International Airport.

Wu Yuan set foot on the land of his motherland again. (End of chapter)