The Best Entertainment Era

In a small, inconspicuous building in the business district of Santa Monica, Mel Gibson walked into his office and nodded to his long-awaited agent, Cameron Sloan.

Morning, Mel. Cameron Sloan greeted proactively.

Mel Gibson pulled out his chair, sat carelessly in front of the desk, and asked, Karen, are you here so early?

Cameron Sloan quickly replied: I communicated with the embassy film two days ago, and the embassy film formally responded this morning.

This is related to the distribution of the huge profits from The Passion of the Christ. Mel Gibson attached great importance to it, and followed up and asked: Has the Embassy Pictures agreed to our terms?

As a highly educated agent, Cameron Sloan has a relatively clear mind. Even under the pressure of Mel Gibson, he made unreasonable demands to the embassy film industry, but still did not want the relationship between the two parties to be completely broken.

He said tactfully: Embassy Pictures has shown respect for you and made concessions based on the contract signed by both parties.

Mel Gibson impatiently listened to what he thought was nonsense, and waved his arm vigorously: Just get to the point!

Cameron Sloan knew about Mel Gibson, so he felt a little helpless, so he could only say: Embassy Pictures gave me a reply, they will pay you a bonus of 2 million US dollars after The Passion of the Christ is released from North America. In addition, the hero and heroine each have a $500,000 bonus.

What about the later share? Mel Gibson's expression was not very good.

They didn't mention it. Cameron Sloan said quickly, I asked specifically, and the answer given by the Embassy Films is that the post-production share is based on the contract signed by both parties.

Of course Mel Gibson could understand the meaning of this, and asked with a frown, There is no room for negotiation?

Cameron Sloan sighed softly in his heart, and said, Embassy Pictures' attitude is very firm!

Mel Gibson was directly annoyed and laughed: A bonus of 2 million U.S. dollars? The Embassy Pictures is so generous. The Passion of the Christ has already opened in the UK this weekend, and the three-day box office has exceeded 10 million U.S. dollars! This so-called bonus , they also have the nerve to say it?

Cameron Sloan didn't rush to answer.

Mel Gibson's words obviously haven't finished: Who do they think I am? Do they think Mel Gibson is a homeless person in a slum? Just give some money and you can get rid of it.

Still want to thank Dade?

Listen to me, Mel. Cameron Sloan still wanted to persuade: In the contract we signed with Embassy Pictures, there is neither a sharing clause nor a description of box office bonuses. Embassy Pictures...

Mel Gibson's voice suddenly increased: Karen, are you my agent, or the agent of Ronan Anderson, the owner of Embassy Pictures?

Cameron Sloan could only swallow the following words, and said instead: Mel, I don't mean anything else, I just don't want our relationship with Relativity Entertainment Group to deteriorate.

Who is Mel Gibson, said directly: Our relationship with Relativity Entertainment depends on the attitude of Embassy Pictures.

Speaking of this, Cameron Sloan saw it clearly and couldn't persuade Mel Gibson at all, so he stopped trying to persuade him and asked, What shall we do next?

Mel Gibson thought of the ever-increasing box office figures of The Passion of the Christ, and thought that he could only get less than ten million dollars in profit, and said without hesitation: You contact a lawyer and find a reasonable reason to deny the validity of the contract. Sex, if the Embassy Pictures refuses to make concessions, sue them directly!

Cameron Sloan knew he couldn't change Mel Gibson's decision, so he stood up and said, I'm going to do it.

Mel Gibson waved his hand casually.

Cameron Sloan shook his head secretly as he walked out of this office. Mel Gibson has already offended many people. If this continues, he will also offend Ronan Anderson and Relativity Entertainment, a newly developed powerful force. .

Even though Mel Gibson has a few hardcore friends, wouldn't he make enemies everywhere in the long run?

Mel Gibson is still valuable now, and those companies or people who offended may not care about it for the sake of Mel Gibson's value, but when the value fades and troubles happen again, Mel Gibson What kind of situation will you face?

Cameron Sloan suddenly shivered. As an agent, he knew too much about Mel Gibson's popularity and all kinds of grievances. At that time, except for a few hardcore friends such as Stallone and the Downey family, I'm afraid that when Mel Gibson fell, other people would scramble to kick him a few times, causing him to fall completely on the street.

This situation is completely predictable, and it may appear in a few years. Cameron Sloan feels that while serving Mel Gibson and gaining his own value, he should also make some preparations in advance.

At that time, of course, it will not be against the entire Hollywood, but to find a way to protect its own interests.

Cameron Sloan found out that Mel Gibson was racing to his death and never looked back.

As an agent, he should persuade Mel Gibson to make the best choice, but can someone like Mel Gibson be persuaded by him?

After the Oscar Awards Ceremony, Lost in Translation, which had already been released from theaters, took advantage of the momentum of two Oscars, and logically returned to theaters again and started its second screening.

However, there are not many theaters showing it, only 635.

But being able to return to theaters already shows that Lost in Translation is an Oscar winner.

Although Sofia Coppola won only one award for best original screenplay, the first American female director to be nominated for an Oscar attracted even more attention than Scarlett Johansson's best supporting actress.

With attention, the film can generate box office.

In its first weekend after its re-release, Lost in Translation carried the power of an Oscar-winning film, taking in $3.15 million from theaters.

This score is not very high among many Oscar-winning films, it can only be said to be at a medium level.

The biggest winner of the Oscar effect is The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King. After the first weekend of the Oscars, the box office rebounded by 239% for this film, which is still in theaters, and received another 8.31 million. Dollar.

The total North American box office of the film also exceeded 370 million US dollars, becoming the 2003 North American annual box office champion.

The most popular candidate for the 2004 box office title is The Passion of the Christ. Although there is no Oscar effect, the trend of this film is extremely stable. The third weekend fell by less than 40% compared with the previous weekend, and won 32.13 million Dollar.

Counting the harvest of working days, the total North American box office of The Passion of the Christ reached 285.47 million US dollars.

Over 300 million box office in North America is just next weekend.

The Passion of the Christ also achieved three consecutive box office achievements in the North American box office charts.

In addition, this film was released in theaters in more overseas countries and regions. The controversy caused by North America has already spread to the entire Western world. The influence of Jesus and the Bible is huge. The Passion of the Christ is as popular overseas as it is in North America.

In Australia, it earned $5.89 million in its first weekend, setting Australia's R-rated film opening record.

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the city of God, The Passion of the Christ caused a sensation no less than that of Titanic. The Brazilian box office of 7.89 million US dollars in the first weekend is also a reflection of the market's popularity.

In markets like Mexico, Germany, France and Italy, The Passion of the Christ all grossed more than $4 million in its opening weekend.

The box office of The Passion of the Christ reached 48.21 million U.S. dollars in its first week overseas.

Of course, the response of the film in some overseas countries is mediocre, for example, the box office in the Korean market is very mediocre.

Other places, such as Israel, not only publicly protested the film, but also refused to import it.

When it comes to psychological sensitivity, Jews surpass even their neighbors.

However, film companies in Arab countries actively contacted the embassy film industry and introduced The Passion of the Christ. For example, the UAE will start showing this film in mid-March.

In the eyes of local tyrants, the cost of importing movies is not a problem, but the movies that the old neighbors protested must be imported to watch, not for other things, even if it is just to add trouble, it is worth it.

The relationship between the two is complicated. In fact, we can also see one or two from the movies. There are too many belittling movies in Hollywood. After the cooperation between Shahai Entertainment and Abu Dhabi ended, the positive image of the latter has almost completely disappeared from Hollywood movies. .

After 9/11, more and more villains began to appear.

In some ways, this is also a kind of political correctness in Hollywood. Even Ronan will not make films like Human Purge 1 after 9/11.

By mid-March, the second film Underworld 2 released by Embassy Pictures was officially released.

Because the first weekend of this year's summer file is the super giant Van Helsing of Universal Pictures, in order to avoid the possible joint risks of the heroine, Ronan deliberately asked Embassy Pictures to release Underworld 2 in the spring file.

In this way, even if Van Helsing hits the street as before and Kate Beckinsale receives a lot of bad reviews, it will not affect the market response of Underworld 2 too much.

Two years ago, Underworld achieved box office success and attracted many fans. The subsequent TV broadcast and video tape DVD market also cultivated a large number of audiences. These have brought Underworld 2 a wider box office. Base.

The publicity and distribution capabilities of Embassy Pictures are also better than two years ago, and they won more than 3,300 theaters for this film.

In the first weekend of its release, Underworld 2 earned $35.67 million in North America, which has already exceeded the production cost.

Although limited by poor word of mouth, it is very difficult for the North American box office to exceed 100 million yuan, but it is not difficult to recover all the investment only by relying on the North American box office.