Legendary Hollywood Director

On July 8, Untouchable was finally completed.

After finishing the development, Lehman will return to Los Angeles, and he still needs to check several projects of Firefly.

But before leaving, there are some people who must be informed, that is, the bosses of the three studios of Gao Meng, EMI, and Europa, as well as people like Edmund who are very helpful to him.

Even if you don't say hello, and people won't hold your thighs to stop you from leaving, it's undoubtedly a very rude thing to say goodbye like this. It makes others feel that you are immature in life and have no emotional intelligence, obviously. Not worth the loss.

After all, it doesn't matter much if you go back one day early and one day late.

And when Lehman raised this matter, several studios took the initiative to organize a banquet, which was also regarded as the final banquet of the Untouchable crew.

Although I have already eaten the meal once, the kindness of others cannot but be accepted.

After eating, drinking and chatting, Lehman boarded the return flight the next afternoon.

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The weather in Los Angeles in July is also very good.

The sun shines on the body, warm and very pleasant, of course, the premise is not to stand under the sun for too long.

After leaving the airport, Joseph and Liam each drove a car to pick up Lehman, Ryan and the others, and went directly to Beverly Hills.

Take a day off to adjust for jet lag.

An earnings statement for No Country for Old Men reached Lyman.

Speaking of which, this film has already started to be drawn in various overseas regions.

In terms of box office performance, 142 million in North America failed to break the 150 million mark, and 173 million overseas, with a total of 315 million.

According to the current trend, in North America, after deducting about 40% of the theater chain, there are 56.8 million yuan, leaving 85.2 million yuan. Overseas, after deducting 50% of the theater chain share including tax, there are still 86.5 million yuan in profits. That's 171.7 million.

Among them, Blue Butterfly Pictures is responsible for the distribution of the rake, excluding overseas distributors such as Fox, EMI, and Gao Meng, the box office income of the film is still 102 million.

Then remove all kinds of expenses, such as film production, crew bonuses, 25 million public relations, about 10 million labor, transportation, insurance and other miscellaneous expenses,

$52 million left.

This money is also the net profit that Firefly can get for the entire film, although the split has not been so fast.

And the publishers of this project, the most delicious is Fox, at least 30 million profit from it, and all they pay is the channel network and a little convenience, even if they don't need to use No Country for Old Men, they will support other theaters. , PR resources.

Of course, this is just the box office revenue.

After all, if the three studios that are solely responsible for one place in France only get the box office, it will be less than 10 million, three points, and only 3 million in business, and it is not worth fighting for that.

You must know that offline and copyright peripherals have always been more profitable than box office, and they are also long-term and stable sources of profit.

Although No Country For Old Men is a western crime film, it can't sell anything that sells toys, but it is still very profitable to sell DVD and TV broadcast rights by relying on the movie's word-of-mouth market.

According to the previous operation method, within three months, the TV pay channel will win the first round of broadcasting rights, so many regions add up to more than 10 million income;

Then there is the rental and sales of DVDs. This is the biggest revenue. It is conservatively estimated that it will not be less than 80 million US dollars - at least more than 10 million in France alone, but this time, it is estimated that it will not be less than three years. Is a long-term selling CD.

Then there is the second round of playback rights, the third round of playback, and then it is included in the film library to continue to make profits...

This kind of windowed and professional marketing model is the biggest back-end for Hollywood movies. Even if the blockbuster loses, it can use time to slowly recover.

Therefore, everyone dared to shoot high-cost movies, which led to the continuous upgrading of surrounding industries.

Therefore, according to the forecast of the market department, in the next three years, No Country for Old Men is conservatively estimated to bring a net profit of no less than 130 million US dollars to Firefly Pictures, and Fox, the largest overseas distributor, even has nearly 65 million. The income of Gaomeng, EMI and Europa is more than 27 million.

It has to be said that channels are still important.

If it weren't for the North American channel, Lehmann already had a certain foundation, and the income Fox could reap would easily beat the producer Firefly.

Of course, if the movie fails at the box office, the theater resources and more than 30 million US dollars in publicity and distribution expenses invested by Fox Pictures will also be lost.

Is there a risk if there is a reward? It’s just that the publisher takes less of the production risk.

Then, before Lemando took a break, Francis Coppola personally called to invite him.

Originally, Lehman thought it was very formal, but it was not.

Entering the Coppola Manor, Francis enthusiastically took him to his small yard and took the guest and host seats.

Seeing Francis Coppola's attitude, the corners of Lehmann's mouth turned up slightly, and he quickly got a response about his cooperation with Sofia on the project.

Hollywood is a place that pays attention to exchanges of interests and mutual help.

Blindly paying without expecting anything in return is a saint and does not exist in Vanity Fair.

And what kind of specification delivery corresponds to what kind of specification return, at least it can't deviate too much, otherwise this relationship will be difficult to maintain - Frisis obviously understands it, so the first time Lehman came back, he Actively release kindness.

You must know that Francis is a senior, and his identity is here. Second, he is also a well-known director with a good market vision.

Although he thought that Laiman was worth dating, he was not particularly keen. He could only say that there was a basis for a transaction between the two parties. Unexpectedly, Sophia got a script from Laiman, a movie that was very suitable for her to direct. .

She has great potential for word of mouth. It has a good theme and a good story. In addition, it discusses marriage issues and views on love. It will definitely help Sophia's directorship and go more smoothly.

After Francis read the script, he still had some ideas about Lyman's initiative to approach and help.

Although Ryman doesn't mention it, everyone knows it, just like now.

As dried fruit pastries, cellared wines, and all kinds of exquisite dishes were served, Francis kept his mouth shut, and only talked about film creation and some interesting things that happened in the previous filming of the crew.

Being able to talk about these things means the master's meaning in itself, implying that I have received your intentions. From now on, our two families will not be outsiders, and we will see our actions.

Of course, although the Coppola family is not simple and has a wide network in Hollywood, there is still not much real capital, but the key people can make up for Firefly's unfamiliarity with film critics and award jury.

The two ate from noon to two or three in the afternoon, full of wine and food.

The banquet came to an end, and Sophia arrived.

Francis excused a bit of trivia and left the space for the two of them.

Sophia came from the set. When Lehmann was filming Untouchable in Nice, Sophia understood the script and immediately started the project preparation.

The shooting team is familiar with the previous cooperation, and it is also the contacts her father helped her accumulate.

The approximate budget of Her is 25 million, and the first 10 million has been paid to the crew.

In terms of starring, Lehman doesn't have to worry about it.

Sophia's vision for choosing people is still good, and the chemistry between the actors has always been good.

For example, this time the Ethan Hawkegas Scarlett Johansson combination.

Among them, Scarlett Johansson has collaborated with Sofia for the second time, and Lost in Translation is also the same tone. Moreover, Scarlett in the early years was full of sexy and melancholy. It is not too much to call a literary girl.

As for Ethan Hawke, he should be familiar with the image in Training Day and Human Clearance Project, but this one is actually more suitable for playing a boring and decadent role, the restaurant singer in Four Graduates Troy Dyer and the young Jesse of Love at the Break of Dawn are both extremely depressing performances.

And the salary of the two is not high. First, they want to honor the Coppola family. Second, Sofia's ability to hold people is good. After receiving the role invitation, they are all willing to accept it, adding up to less than 3.5 million. Among them, Ethan Hawke has a high point of 3 million, and Scarlett did not show up because he contributed the dubbing and narration of the whole film, but the workload is not small, so there is only 500,000.

Lehmann held back his drunkenness and chatted with Sophia for a while, but he was still a little confused, so he was sent back by Francois.

This is what Lyman himself asked for...