Tokyo Literary Godfather

In recent days, Jacob began to hear people in his class mention a movie frequently - "Saw".

Many people talked about this movie during chat time, and some horror film lovers began to frequently recommend this movie to people around them, and more and more people talked about it.

This reminded Jacob of the movie he watched alone many days ago, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised. Is this movie already so popular now?

When passing by a movie theater near his home, Jacob saw that the "Saw" movie poster, which was originally placed in an inconspicuous place, was now placed on the road that many viewers must pass by. Out of curiosity, Jacob went in and took a look. On the display schedule of the cinema, Jacob found that the film's schedule had been increased to seven or eight shows a day, and they were all at good times.

This surprised Jacob a little. He had to know that when he just watched this movie, there was only one screening of the movie a day, and it was also put in a midnight screening.

Jacob is also a movie lover and has watched many movies. After watching this movie, he suddenly realized that this niche movie was gradually becoming popular, and he was there before this movie became popular. I just watched it, became one of the original "investors" of this movie, and suddenly felt a faint sense of pride.

I am quite discerning...

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Daniel has felt a slight shock and disbelief in the past few days.

Something beyond his control quietly happened.

Fortunately, this is not a bad thing.

The movie "Saw" was released for half a month, and the box office reached 35 million, which shocked Hollywood. It took less than twenty days for the film to go from obscurity to being heard by the entire Hollywood professional film industry.

Not only in professional circles, this film is now famous. Even among ordinary audiences, this seemingly ordinary R-rated horror film is spreading at a viral speed among horror and suspense film lovers. spread.

Many viewers who love this type of film, or young viewers who like to pursue excitement, heard that a very good horror and suspense film was recently released, and rushed to the cinema to watch it, for fear of being left behind.

After watching the film, they returned to their respective circles and began to actively discuss it, and even looked forward to the sequel.

Films like this, as long as the story type is replicable and the box office is good, will often produce countless sequels - North American audiences are well-informed and have long been accustomed to it.

What the audience can think of is something that professional filmmakers would not expect. Everyone is witnessing the rise of a movie series that can drive huge box office and make long-term profits.

Century Fox Company was the first to react. They were the distributor of the film. When the film was released, many senior executives didn't even pay attention. They are not even willing to release such a low-budget movie with no famous director or famous actors, because they feel that no one will watch it, and it will be a waste of release and promotion funds, even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

But when I saw that the producer was Daniel Ellison, it was not convenient to refute it. Moreover, the production company had prepared its own publicity funds and did not need the distribution company to spend much. It only needed to use their distribution resources. Of course, the issuing company’s cut will be much less.

Chris, the general manager in charge of distribution-related business, doesn't care that a small-budget movie may not make a profit even if its box office is huge. Even if there is a profit, the total income is hundreds of thousands, which is not worth the trouble at all. So I agreed directly.

But more than ten days later, Chris, who had refused to invest in publicity funds and agreed to a low commission, regretted it so much that he wanted to slap himself in the face, from side to side.

But after regretting it, Chris, as a professional manager, quickly realized how much potential this series has to attract money. "Saw" has only been released for half a month, and has already earned more than 30 million U.S. dollars at the box office in the United States and Canada alone. It is estimated that the total box office of the entire movie in North America will reach more than 45 million.

This is only the actual movie box office revenue in North America. How much is it globally? Excluding box office revenue, revenue from video sales and rentals, revenue from peripheral operations, revenue from copyright operations, and revenue from derivative works (such as TV series and games)? How many more?

And this is just the first one. If one film is continued every year... this will be a super stable money printing machine!

Thinking of this, Chris couldn't wait to find Daniel and asked Daniel to contact the film's producer and copyright holder to ask for the purchase of the film's copyright.

Of course, before contacting Yui Mizuhara, Chris tentatively asked Daniel if DreamWorks had the idea of ​​​​running "Saw" for a long time. After receiving a clear and affirmative answer, Chris's eyes flashed with a trace of disappointment. But I still asked to contact DreamWorks.

Chris's idea is easy to understand. He hopes that the copyright holder does not see the potential of this IP like he does, and has no idea of ​​making a series of movies, nor does he have the concept of copyright operation.

If the other party is really so short-sighted, it means that they will underestimate the value of "Saw", so their price will not be high.

But obviously, his wishful thinking failed. Daniel clearly told him that the actual controller of DreamWorks is a legendary media person from Japan, and he has a prosperous record in business. It is impossible to ignore the commercial derivatives of his works. value.

He has said to himself that the reason he made "Saw" was to create an entire franchise. The intention is also to tell Chris clearly that I can help you introduce him, and the person may not be willing to sell, but the other person is not a young man. Although he is new to Hollywood, he is also experienced. Don't think about picking up the missed one, quote a real price. Lest the other party feel that you are lacking sincerity and lose interest in talking to you.

Chris had no choice but to suppress his desire to get a big deal. He met with Yui Mizuhara and proposed a price of 90 million US dollars.

The final box office result of "Saw" should be between 45 million and below 60 million. The movie has been released for more than half a month, and the box office trend is also very clear. It is easy to predict and there will be no more. Big fluctuations.

In other words, the income that the production company can earn from this movie is about 15 million. Because the production budget of this movie is so low that it can be called "appalling", so regardless of cost issues, the profit is probably this amount.

Ninety million US dollars is indeed a lot. For such a big success, they have to replicate it about five times in a row to earn it.

But the reason why "Chainsaw" can have such a high profit rate is that it is true that the book is good on one hand and the main creative ability is strong on the other hand, but doesn't it have the element of luck? Can you still guarantee such good luck every time? What if you lose the money the next time? It happens all the time in Hollywood that a company loses all its money on just one movie.

It's better to get enough money at once, 90 million US dollars. If we talk about the price, we can get 100 million US dollars. For a new company, this is the safest and most sensible strategy.

This is what Chris thinks. His inner price is even extremely high. As long as DreamWorks' bid does not exceed 200 million US dollars, he has decided to win the copyright to "Saw". You can even let the other party retain the copyright of the first volume, which means that even if the other party sells it, all the proceeds from the CD sales of the first volume will still belong to the other party.

How about it? Very generous, right?