Hollywood: Great Directors Starting with Saw

"Kevin, here you are."

Hearing the news of Kevin's arrival, Robinoff greeted him with a smile on his face.

As soon as Kevin saw Robinoff's smile, he knew that the box office on the first day was not close.

Otherwise, Robinoff wouldn't have been able to smile so happily.

"How much is the Dark Knight's first-day box office?"

Kevin asked curiously.

"You guess?"

Robinoff smiled and directly quipped in the face of Kevin's words.

"$30 million?"

Kevin guessed unceremoniously.

Robinov had a face, good fellow, how dare to say.

You must know that last year's Pirates of the Caribbean series, the first-day box office was only more than 20 million US dollars, just this, it has already won the first place in the North American box office list.

I can't answer your words.

Robinoff smiled awkwardly, and did not sell it anymore, and said directly:

"The box office on the first day is 24.33 million US dollars, and at the same time, among Batman's fans and your fans, the reputation is also good, and there is a high probability that there will be no box office Waterloo."

"According to the preliminary judgment of professionals based on these data, the global box office of about 500 million US dollars should not be a big problem."

The two Batman movies, plus publicity, cost a total of $170 million to produce.

This means, when the box office reaches 500 million. The cost of both films came back.

Moreover, there are follow-up DVDs and peripheral income, which can be regarded as a small profit.

And the upper part of Batman's Dark Knight has already recovered all the costs, plus the DVD and the rest, it has basically begun to make a profit.

So the next film of Batman's Dark Knight, how much box office it has, is equal to how much money it makes.

In the eyes of their Warner professionals, the next box office is likely to surpass the first one.

In other words, 70% of the net income of at least $500 million is almost equal to the company's account.

Robinoff has already thought about how praise he, the president, will receive from parent company Warner when this year's full-year earnings report appears.

And, of course, that huge bonus.

Just thinking about it, Robinov burst into laughter.

Since the data came out, Robinoff has been full of excitement, and almost everyone else has seen his rare smile.

That's why Kevin was so happy to see him as soon as he came.

Kevin nodded, not very excited.

In the original history, the first part of the Batman trilogy released a few years later had a total box office of about $370 million.

Counting the production cost of 80 million US dollars, it can be regarded as making a lot of money for Warner.

And now, Kevin is adapting on an already successful case, only a little more than $100 million more at the box office.

That wasn't enough to get Kevin excited.

The second movie is his killer feature.

You know, the second part of Batman has achieved a billion dollars at the box office in the original history.

This box office ranked fourth in the box office list of North American film history at that time (the first place in 2D movies) and the 13th place in the global box office.

This wave, Kevin made Warner a lot of money.

But...

Kevin laughed secretly in his heart, the billion dollars he made from the Batman movie will sooner or later be filled by him into the DC dark movie universe.

This wave, ah, this wave is called earned and earned in vain.

Facing the happy Robinoff, Kevin reminded:

"Don't forget to add the announcement, the next part of Batman's Dark Knight, but it will be seamless."

"In the past three months, the propaganda cannot be stopped for a moment."

Robinoff nodded, retracted the smile on his face, and said seriously:

"Don't worry, Kevin, Warner is not the kind of small film company, how to maximize the potential of a blockbuster movie, in this regard, we have very rich experience."

Kevin nodded, exchanged some publicity plans with him, and left.

A movie, after it is released, other things are basically the business of the film company.

There are too few things that directors can intervene in.

Warner's side does not need him to worry about Batman, Warner is ten thousand times more attentive than him.

What he has to do now is to deal with his own company's business.

....

In a high-end restaurant, Kevin called his two assistant directors.

Zack Schneider, and his old classmate, Will Mitt.

Since Batman finished filming, they have been playing around and resting for a while.

The state has returned to ten percent.

"Director Kevin, you came to us, is it a new project coming out?"

Mitt asked with a playful smile.

During this time, he and Schneider were mixed up, and the two had a good time.

Suddenly called by Kevin, they haven't had enough of it.

Looking at the two people who were still immersed in the holiday, Kevin suddenly became angry.

He didn't even play for long, and the two of them had a good time.

Seeing this, Kevin directly released the big killer and cut off the idea of the two continuing their vacation.

"Do you want to be a director?"

Mitt didn't react for a while, and said with a smile:

"We've always been directors."

Zack Schneider on the side heard Kevin's thoughts.

His face instantly became excited.

"Kevin, you mean, let's make our own movie?"

Mitt also reacted, looking at Kevin expectantly.

Facing their eyes, Kevin nodded, and then said slowly:

"Yes, Pirates of the Caribbean is about to shoot a sequel, and the copyright is in our company."

"It is expected that with Sunrise Films as the main investor, MGM Pictures as the secondary investor, Sunrise Pictures will contribute 60% of the film's revenue, as well as subsequent copyright revenues, and the DVD revenue will be distributed proportionally with MGM."

"MGM gets a 40% cut, as well as a portion of the royalties."

The reason why Kevin said so clearly is that he is ready to give Zack Schneider and Mitt a certain dividend of Sunrise Film Company in the future.

Zack Schneider is a famous director whose future has been tested by Hollywood and stapled on the board.

And Mitt, having followed Kevin for so long, Kevin also discovered that Mit lacked a little bit of spirituality.

In other aspects, the ability to be a director is actually quite solid.

And in this regard, Kevin can help make up for it.

These two people can become the pillars of the future Sunrise Film and support the business of Sunrise Film.

The most important thing for a film company is to be able to continuously produce movies that can make money, so that it can win the favor of the theater line.

Through this success, studios can build better relationships with theaters.

To put it bluntly, it was after they won the trust of the theater line.

When they and the theater party asked for movie rankings, they were able to ask for more rankings.

And when the movies they shoot and invest in can make more money than Hollywood giants, these theaters will not talk about human favors.