The Best Entertainment Era

As we all know, even in Hollywood, the market space for low-cost independent literary films is not very large, and the difficulties of documentaries are even more dire, and they are not easy to be noticed.

The market is as cruel as a battlefield. If documentaries want to survive in theaters and be seen by more people, it is not easy to open up the documentary market.

Currently, the box office record holder for a North American documentary is Fahrenheit 9/11, which grossed more than $119 million in 2004.

It can be said that this documentary has somewhat improved the living environment of documentaries, and increased the transaction volume and transaction price of the documentary market in the short term.

The second-ranked documentary is still Michael Moore's work, a work about the Columbine school shooting incident, with a box office of 21.57 million US dollars, which is a good record among documentaries.

There are very few other documentaries with a box office of over 10 million.

The future North American documentary market belongs to entertainment stars.

Beginning with Michael Jackson's This Is It, singer documentaries have become popular and have repeatedly achieved success.

The current documentaries are still weak chickens in the film market.

Besides, it's a film shot by the French.

Embassy Pictures did not invest much in the promotion and distribution of Emperor Penguin Diaries, and the advertisements were mainly placed on Discovery and the natural channels of some TV stations, which were not very good times.

There are only four theaters in North America.

For documentaries, the theaters actually have no confidence.

Maybe it was the advertisement that played a role, maybe it was the posters hanging in the cinemas and the trailers that played, which attracted a group of animal lovers. The attendance rate of the 4 theaters on the first day of screening was not bad.

There is no shortage of crazy animal lovers in North America, not to mention cute creatures like penguins.

The screenings ended on the first weekend, and the box office was surprisingly good. The four theaters earned US$137,000, with an average of more than US$30,000 per theater.

For Dianying, this can be said to be a success.

Chain Saw 2, which entered its third week of screening on the same weekend, had a single box office of less than 3,100 US dollars.

But thanks to the huge screening scale, this horror film received another US$12.41 million in North America.

The cumulative North American box office of Chain Saw 2 is as high as 86.48 million U.S. dollars, breaking through 100 million U.S. dollars is not a problem.

The hot sales of the first part, coupled with the accumulation of outstanding achievements in the offline market, have allowed the second part of this series to have explosive growth.

Only three weeks after its release in North America, Chain Saw 2 not only recovered all the investment, but also produced high profits.

In the just-opened overseas screenings, the film also performed well. The first batch of 12 overseas markets produced 17.89 million US dollars in the first weekend, making the film's global box office easily exceed 100 million US dollars.

It is a bit surprising that some Arab countries, led by the United Arab Emirates, have also introduced Chain Saw 2.

The Arab world does not reject such large-scale bloody horror films.

At present, Hollywood's main overseas film market,

Only South Korea refused to release Chain Saw 2.

At that time, the first film did not enter the Korean market.

These seemingly open film markets also have film reviews.

Due to the excellent box office in the first week, by the second week, the number of theaters where The Emperor Penguin Diary was screened increased to 20, and the attendance rate did not drop significantly, and the box office surged by 200% in the second weekend, with a revenue of 410,000 US dollars. .

This documentary has shown a certain market potential. Although it has only been screened for two weeks, many theater companies have promised to the embassy film industry that they will gradually adjust and increase the screening screens, and provide no less than 20 weeks. showtime.

That's pretty rare for a documentary.

The French company Bonn-Piche directly called Embassy Films to inquire about relevant promotional strategies.

Obviously, the producers did not expect that this documentary would have a certain market in North America.

You know, the vast majority of French films basically have only one outcome in the North American film market - hit the street, hit the street, hit the street again!

Also this weekend, Chain Saw 2 earned another US$7.98 million in North America, and with the previous five working days, the North American box office officially crossed the US$100 million mark.

This series is running at high speed in the direction of leaving a name in film history.

Director Wen Ziren's fame and status in Hollywood have soared and he has become a hot horror film director.

Compared with other types of movies, horror movies have a higher chance of being small and big.

Many small production companies, raising millions of dollars, often invest in four or five horror films, and as long as one box office is successful, it can often generate profits.

This is also the basic rule of survival for small Hollywood studios.

Saw 2 is a big hit at the box office. As director Wen Ziren, his salary will skyrocket in the third film. Even if Shahai Entertainment signs a long-term contract, it is impossible to violate the basic market conditions.

The most effective thing about this long-term contract is to continue Wen Ziren's cooperation with Shahai Entertainment and prevent him from opening his mouth.

Because of Ronan's complete decentralization, Wen Ziren held three positions in Saw 3, namely screenwriter, director and producer. The salary of these positions is packaged and calculated, and the basic salary is 2 million US dollars.

Wen Ziren refused the basic film salary when he was filming the first film, and only wanted a share of the box office in the later period, but was rejected by Ronan. At that time, he did not have any capital to continue negotiating with Shahai Entertainment.

Isn't it funny that newcomers demand 9% of the box office share when they open their mouths?

In the contract for the third film, Wen Ziren fulfilled his wish to get a share of the box office in the later stage. The three roles of screenwriter, director and producer won Wen Ziren 5% of the profit share of the North American box office.

Sandsea Entertainment will definitely fulfill the contract, and Wen Ziren is also worth such a price.

It's not just Wen Ziren, directors or actors who have cooperated with Shahai Entertainment in many films have either increased their salaries by a large amount, or participated in the later box office profit sharing.

This is the current market situation in Hollywood. On the one hand, the later box office share can effectively reduce the initial investment, and on the other hand, it can stimulate the creative enthusiasm of the main creators.

The higher the market value of the film, the more revenue they get.

If you want the horse to run, it is impossible not to feed the horse.

Even Brother Bao, who is unreliable in filming, started to share 3% of the box office profits in the Vampire Ryan project because of the success of Death Haunted House and Dungeon Siege.

Wubao has never lacked enthusiasm for creation, and the cooperation with Shahai Entertainment has always been full of energy.

As Thanksgiving approached, Uwe Ball, who had been leading the crew in Bulgaria to shoot Vampire Lane, ended all shooting and returned to Los Angeles.

After returning, Uwe Ball immediately came to report to his Bole Ronan.

Despite being filmed in Bulgaria for several months, Uwe Ball looks in good spirits.

Ronan asked someone to bring coffee, Is the budget enough?

It's only half the cost now. Uwe Bauer touched the upper hairline and said, I persuaded the Sofia City Hall in Bulgaria, and they offered a tax rebate.

Ronan knew about this, and it was because of this that Uwe Ball led the team to shoot in Bulgaria.

Uwe Ball continued: When I arrived in Bulgaria, I continued to lobby the Sofia City Hall and let them think that after the film was released, it would boost Sofia's tourism industry, so they provided a lot of convenience for the crew to shoot. All the shooting locations were provided to the crew for free. Open up, and even have some city staff act as extras.

Ronan was not surprised: This is the influence brought by the good performance of your first two films.

The Bulgarian government is not stupid. If an unknown person went to Sofia to shoot a film, would he provide such treatment?

Yeah. Uwe Bauer was quite emotional: Famous directors and ordinary directors are completely different. Ronan, do you know that I am in Bulgaria, and I say that I am the director of Death Haunted House and Dungeon Siege Uwe Ball, those attitudes have all changed.

Ronan nodded slowly: Uwe, this means you succeeded.

Uwe Ball touched his head and smiled: The main reason is the success of your operation.

It has been a few years since he came to Hollywood. Although Uwe Ball is a rough guy who can't be rougher, he has a certain understanding.

You are also capable. Ronan said truthfully: The Bulgarian tax refund and the Sofia City Hall paying for the crew are not something that everyone can do.

Uwe Ball did his part: That is, in order to lobby a certain key person, I went to his home and office to talk for a week.

Ronan believes this is true, because Uwe Ball really has this kind of perseverance, such as with Blizzard and World of Warcraft.

Even if he was filming in Bulgaria, Uwe Ball had to go back to North America twice a month, either to invest more in Ronan, or to date a woman, or to go to Irvine to talk to Blizzard about his life and ideals.

This is a very persistent German man.

Ronan asked, When will post-production start?

The Thanksgiving holiday is over. Uwe Ball thought about it for a while, and said, It's mainly editing, and there are not many parts that need special effects processing. Post-production can be completed in February next year.

The investment scale of this film is here, so there will be no high-end special effects.

Uwe Ball has perseverance, but the filming is also in line with his character as a rough man. Before the crew filmed, the heroine Kristana Loken didn't even do basic movement training. It is said that in order to save money, Uwe Ball Er also did not hire an action director, he himself directly took up the position of action director, and all the action scenes were completed under his guidance.

One can imagine what the action scene of Vampire Ryan looks like.

The two chatted for a while, and Uwe Ball asked, Ronan, that Blizzard game is World of Warcraft. How are you doing?

Ronan had already forgotten about this matter: I have never had time to play.

After throwing that account to the housekeeper Nikia, he didn't even ask about it.

Uwe Ball was somewhat disappointed, as if the treasure he shared was not recognized by Ronan.