After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

Among the limited number of movies, there is basically no loss of money so far.

After all, the directors Kevin recruited are all talents, capable directors who have passed the test of time in the future.

Plus Kevin's direction and editing.

In fact, the current situation is quite normal, not to say that exaggerated.

After finishing the phone call, Kevin looked at Tsui Hark:

"The script is finished?"

"Yes, Kevin, you can see if it works."

Tsui Hark is really not confident about this American version of the adaptation of an oriental story.

Chapter 360

Kevin took the script and read it.

What are the selling points of the American print skin that Tsui Hark and three gold-medal screenwriters worked together on? This is what Kevin should pay attention to.

This kind of horror movie.

It is the American version of A Chinese Ghost Story, Love Between Humans and Ghosts, which is similar to 400 Years of Surprise. The upper limit of this peculiar box office is far inferior to those of normal movie types.

For the movie Painted Skin, Kevin is going to give him an investment of about 3000 to 5000 million yuan, and if he reaches a box office of [-] million yuan, he will be able to make a small profit.

And this, based on Kevin's understanding of Tsui Hark, is not difficult.

Tsui Hark has this strength.

The setting in the script is actually a Chinese Ghost Story in disguise.

It is called Painted Skin, and the essence inside is actually a replica of A Chinese Ghost Story. Of course, this is the core of the story, which is the poignant love between humans and ghosts, and the typical tragic ending.

Outwardly, it's wrapped in some kind of monster story that Americans can understand.

For example, painted skin is expressed by a monster that can disguise itself as a beautiful woman.

The story is that the monster first fell in love with the human, and the human first fell in love with the monster because of the painted skin, and then became afraid because of the exposed painted skin, and left the monster, and then the monster's kind knew about it, dissatisfied with this, and wanted to kill this person, Then the monster fell in love with people and chose to protect him.

In the end, the monster was killed and the human survived.

Of course, speaking of it, there’s actually nothing to see.

The story is actually not complicated, just understand it as a sadomasochism between man and monster.

To be specific, it still depends on the director's ability.

With the same outline, different novel authors can write different works, one is a masterpiece and the other is rubbish.

The same goes for movies.

The same script, a good director, can turn decay into magic, and make it into a masterpiece.

Rubbish directors, the works they shoot are also crappy.

"Well, the script is fine, it depends on your level."

The script is a very normal script with a Hollywood standard rhythm, and Tsui Hark is not unconventional in this regard.

There is nothing wrong with the plot, and the rest that affects the quality of this movie is Tsui Hark himself.

Tsui Hark nodded, not saying much.

As for the specific investment amount, yet to be discussed.

Probably between 2000 million and 3000 million.

At present, when setting up a movie project in Chenxi Film Company, the plan and the script are issued first, and then according to the cost of the script, after communicating with the special effects company in advance, the approximate amount is determined, and then the actors to be hired are determined.

After some things come down, this is the final appropriation.

In the morning light movie, except for Steve Kevin, everyone else has to do this process.

As for Kevin, the exception is of course, this is to restrict the director from spending money randomly, and no one said that this can restrict Kevin from spending money randomly.

After this process, half an hour passed.

The secretary arrived in a hurry, and after Kevin arranged a specific publicity arrangement for him, he let the secretary leave.

Immediately afterwards, Tsui Hark took the script and the plan to the company's audit department to audit the plan.

After the audit, there is no problem, and the project will be approved and paid.

Wang Jing went to the publicity and distribution department to see if there is any need for him in the follow-up publicity. He also wanted to try to see if some of his publicity and distribution routines could be used in Hollywood.

Both of them left.

Kevin went to the place where he hooked up with Nicole Kidman and continued to be happy.

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The next day, the publicity department of Chenxi Films adjusted the next publicity strategy.

To put it simply, it is to conduct intensive publicity towards movie theaters around high schools and universities.

Do not engage in that kind of indiscriminate publicity, these greatly reduce the cost.

At the same time, the focus of the propaganda is also on the sidelines.

To put it simply, it is to use some side-by-side photos to arouse men's hormones.

These things are indeed quite attractive.

Boundaries have always been the way to sell low-budget movies.

And Wang Jing is obviously very good at this kind of movie.

In the fermentation of word of mouth, and efforts in publicity.

The next day's box office directly doubled to 200 million US dollars.

This wave immediately made Wang Jing very happy.

Even with the heroine, he started running the publicity.

Here, once again praise Wang Jing's aesthetics.

This combination of flaming red lips, big waves, and fierceness, no man can resist the temptation.

Kevin didn't know if Wang Jing played the unspoken rules, and Kevin didn't care about that.

He is also a veteran himself, so he can't control others.

For him, as long as it is under the premise of your wish and my wish, there is no problem.

All he cares about is the profitability of the movie.

Movies make money, as long as they don't break the law and discipline, the rest is up to you.

This is the society of capital, and everything is discussed in terms of making money.

You have the ability to make money, and nothing else is a problem.

Thanks to the joint efforts of Wang Jing and the male and female protagonists, the box office reached a new record on the third day.

Earned $280 million in box office figures.

In three days, the box office results were 110 million, 280 million, and [-] million US dollars respectively.

The follow-up market is even more optimistic.

The theaters have actively requested to increase the number of films scheduled.

In this deserted schedule, in fact, the theaters are operating with negative profits. It is hard for such a film with good performance to enter the market, and the theaters are naturally very sensible.

Ever since, on the fourth day, under the huge increase in the number of films, Chasing Girls actually won a box office score of 440 million US dollars in one fell swoop.

Day five also took in $430 million at the box office.

Immediately afterwards, the decline in Chasing Girls began to increase, becoming more than 300 million US dollars...

In this way, a month passed quickly, Chasing a Girl, with a production cost of 500 million US dollars and a publicity fee of 300 million, successfully won a box office of 800 million.

This achievement, compared with blockbuster films, is naturally not surprising.

But among low-budget movies, it's already a huge profit.

After costs are removed, box office profits alone bring in nearly $2000 million in revenue.

There will also be DVD income in the follow-up, which can make a small profit.

As for overseas, there is no hope.

Overseas distribution costs are very high. Movies with moderate investment and suitable themes will not be released overseas at all.

Therefore, the profit of Chasing Girl is the North American box office and DVD revenue. The DCD revenue of this kind of movie may be higher than the box office.

After all, the scale of theaters is still limited.

But among DVDs, the control is much more relaxed.

There are many young people who like to buy DVDs of this typical [-]th movie, just for the little bit of perks.

As a result, DVD sales of such films have always been good.

According to Hollywood's experience, such a movie can eventually bring about [-] million dollars in revenue for Chenxi Movies.

And the cost was only $800 million.

Chapter 361 Propaganda for Hurricane Rescue

It is said that movies make money, and it is the money here that makes money.

More than three times the profit.

Except for some illegal businesses, among legitimate businesses, this is definitely the best business, and of course the profits will be profitable and the losses will be quick.

The time has come to May.

Ushered in the release of Mission: Impossible.

This 007-style spy movie has always had a huge audience in Hollywood and even in the global market.

The first one, directed by Steve Kevin, is off to a good start.

Therefore, Mission: Impossible 3 achieved very good results as soon as it was released.

The first-day box office of more than 4000 million US dollars shows how popular this series of movies is.

You know, apart from Steve Kevin's films, there are very few other directors who can often reach this first-day box office level.

However, in May, the box office overlord Mission: Impossible, in fact, Kevin didn't care much.

Hurricane Rescue is scheduled for June [-]th.

Nothing else, as far as Kevin himself thinks, June [-]th is an auspicious number, and it happens to be Saturday.

When most people watch movies.

Throughout May, what Kevin has to do is to fill up his sense of existence, and he has no time and energy to take care of other movies.

With his status, various entertainment programs, it is no exaggeration to say that as long as he opens his mouth, there is nothing he can't get on.

If he goes, it means that he can make money by being popular.

But generally speaking, Kevin never appears on a TV show unless it's something related to a movie promotion.

Of course, now is the time for him to appear on the show in order to promote the movie.

After getting the news that Kevin was going to be on TV to promote the movie, several of the most popular talk shows and talk shows have sent invitations to Kevin one after another.

As long as he is famous enough, Kevin will not refuse anyone, and he will be sorted according to the degree of fame.

With Jet Li, Johnson, Nicole Kidman and Anne Hathaway, they talked freely in major shows.

Jet Li and Johnson performed Kung Fu routines, while Nicole Kidman and Anne Hathaway went up to show off their looks.

In addition, Kevin sits in charge and uses his fame to drive traffic for this movie.

A month of continuous rotation not only made the actors exhausted, but Kevin himself was almost exhausted.

Of course, it's all worth it.