"Boss, the box office statistics model in South Korea is different from that in Hollywood. We currently only count Seoul, and it is not the box office, but the number of moviegoers. The number of moviegoers in Seoul in the first week of "Red Lotus" was 375,000. , the number nationwide is roughly three times that of the Seoul area, and there should be about 1 million, which is a very good result.”
Los Angeles, Daenerys Studios.
Simon was having a video call with Sung Tae-hee who was far away in South Korea. The discussion was about "Rose Flowers and Red Lotus" which started filming in South Korea last week. After hearing what Sung Tai-hee said, Simon, who has a good understanding of the Korean film and television industry, said: "The first week One million, the total number of moviegoers should be around 3 million, right?”
Cheng Taixi nodded.
"Based on the current average ticket price in South Korea of 3,500 won, and a box office of about 10 billion, theaters can get 50% of the share, minus the 10% consumption tax and 3% special fund. Well, only 37% belongs to us, which is 3.7 billion."
Cheng Taixi heard what his boss said and roughly understood what he meant, and then said: "Boss, the production cost of "Rose Flower and Red Lotus" is 3 billion. We also invested 1 billion in promotion. 3.7 billion at the box office is indeed not very profitable. , however, South Korea’s video tape and TV peripheral channels are also very mature. In addition, we are already in contact with overseas film companies such as Japan and Thailand, so profitability will definitely be no problem.”
""Jurassic Park 3" is expected to have 4 million moviegoers in South Korea, and "Rose Flower" has 3 million. It should be considered your domestic annual box office number one. Such a movie even costs less in local theaters. It’s really discouraging to not be able to take it back.”
Cheng Taixi didn't know what to say for a while.
Simon thought for a while and said: "Don't expect too much in the overseas market for the time being. Isn't Kim Dae Jung currently promoting cultural rejuvenation? For Korean movies, I think at least 10% of the consumption tax should be returned. Well, you don't have to worry about this. I’ll let someone arrange it.”
Film tax rebates are a method adopted by many countries to support the local film industry. It is not only tax rebates during the production stage, but also the refund of corresponding taxes during the distribution stage. It is also a very common thing.
Cheng Taixi, who was on the other side of the video, shrank his neck slightly and then nodded.
I feel quite useless again.
Simon noticed the slightly aggrieved look on the woman opposite him, smiled, and said, "I find you are beautiful again. After finishing "The Strange Story of a Female High School", come to North America next month."
Cheng Taixi was happy in her heart and nodded quickly.
After continuing to chat for a while, he hung up the video. Simon leaned on the leather chair and flipped through the "Rose and Red Lotus" information in his hand again, and couldn't help but sigh.
Not fun.
At the same time, I probably understand the reason why Korean movies have completely languished in the past two or three decades. The market is too small, and shoddy movies cannot compete with Hollywood movies. And they spend a lot of money to produce movies. Even "Rose", which is likely to rank first in domestic production of the year, "Hua Honglian" can only rely on peripheral and overseas channels to repay the capital, and the rest can be imagined.
If he wasn't very clear about the development trend of Korean movies, Simon wouldn't have put such thought into it. It is only right to continue exporting to South Korea based on Hollywood.
After thinking for a moment, Simon sat up again and opened the mailbox of the computer next to him. When he was about to send a letter to Chen Qing to explain the promotion of tax rebates for Korean movies and possible other national support, he found that there happened to be a letter from Chen Qing in the mailbox. Sent just hours ago.
Open.
First of all, there were still all kinds of little gossips, saying that his brother made a girl pregnant, which reminded her that she suddenly wanted a child.
Simon didn't know the logic, so he just ignored it.
Then he mentioned the affairs of several technology companies after the split. Simon had already seen the distribution status documents of the two games in China. This time it was just some trivial matters. A certain girl also emphasized that she was very concerned about the Hangzhou side. I worried about Paradise Online and personally went to see the operation status of AO instant messaging software.
Simon smiled slightly when he saw this.
Of course, Simon knew what Chen Qing was thinking. He was not optimistic about instant messaging, so he gave her to Lin Su. But he didn't know if Chen Qing would go crazy if AO developed like a certain penguin in the past.
After the trivial matters comes the business.
Mainly related to some matters related to Clinton's visit to China. The cooperation in science and technology and economy and trade that China and the United States are about to reach this time will also have a considerable impact on the Westeros system's future investment plans in China. Not only is it close to the water, it can even be affect some of these provisions.
After Simon read the email, he opened the draft and started to reply, including what happened just now and some of the matters mentioned in the email.
After finishing this work, I started reviewing a pile of documents at hand.
This was done until get off work. After returning to Dume Point Manor for dinner, Simon rushed to a private mansion in Beverly Hills.
Michael Jordan, the head of Westinghouse Electric, held a party here to warm up and establish contacts in advance to prepare for the Sony film business he was about to win.
On the other hand, in fact, just like when Sony just won Colombia and Akio Morita often came to hold various parties, he still had the same vanity of successfully entering Vanity Fair. Whether in the East or the West, in the past, now or in the future, many wealthy people have come and gone in Hollywood in pursuit of this life of luxury and wealth.
Unfortunately, most of them are short-lived, burning a large amount of money and then returning home in vain.
As soon as he arrived at the party, Michael Jordan led a group of people to greet him. In addition to Lena Kane, who naturally came over to hold Simon's arm, there were also executives from Westinghouse's entertainment department and two people from Sony's film business. Ringleaders John Kelly and Chris Lee.
Seeing this situation, Simon knew that the overall situation was decided.
As for why Chris Lee, who just screwed up Sony Pictures' last blockbuster "2013 The Postman", appears here, it can also be regarded as Simon's reward. Privately, people revealed that he hopes to compete with Chris Lee's "Air Force One". No. 》project to cooperate.
When it was discovered that Chris Lee was holding a project that would allow Daenerys to proactively ask for cooperation, Westinghouse obviously would not fire him again because of "2013 Ultimate Postman". After all, it was not himself who was losing money. In fact, Westinghouse also It can be seen that it was precisely because of the failure of "2013 Ultimate Postman" that Sony made up its mind to withdraw from Hollywood, giving Westinghouse the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity.
As for whether to cooperate with Daenerys in "Air Force One", let's talk about it later.
Everyone came to sit on a quiet terrace on the second floor of the main villa. Simon asked about the progress of Michael Jordan's negotiations with Sony. Jordan did not hide it, saying that only the last details were left.
As we talked, the topic couldn't help but turn to the ongoing summer vacation.
Michael Jordan half-seriously expressed concern that from the start of the summer season to now, other Hollywood studios have basically had no chance to play. All Daenerys Entertainment films have swept all the way until now, which is really stressful.
Simon just laughed it off.
Speaking of which, Daenerys's dominance over entertainment is nothing special to Simon himself.
Let’s just say that in the past timeline, starting from the 1970s, Hollywood had a core, Steven Spielberg. Most people are familiar with Lao Si's blockbuster films, such as "Jaws", "ET", "Jurassic Park" and so on.
In fact, it's much more than that.
In the past thirty years of Hollywood, until the rise of superheroes, most of the super-grossing films, such as the "Back to the Future" series in the 1980s, the "Men in Black" series in the 1990s, and the "Transformers" series after the new century Plus other non-series blockbuster movies, if you pay a little attention, you can find Steven Spielberg's name on it.
The key to why Mr. Lao Si was able to amass a huge net worth of US$5 billion in Hollywood, second only to George Lucas, and far more than any professional manager in the industry, lies in the generous share that this large number of films brought him.
As long as Spielberg's name is on his name, he will be paid.
Of course, Lao Si does not do nothing, but will give certain suggestions. However, compared to the rewards, the words are really very little.
The problem is that in the face of huge investments that can easily reach tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, in order to add a layer of insurance to the project, or even just superstitiously want to put Spielberg's name on it, and pay some remuneration and share for this, for As far as the studio is concerned, it's perfectly acceptable.
Let’s talk about the present.
Over the years in Hollywood, relying on the advantage of being a prophet for two generations, Simon has single-handedly gathered the fortunes of most of the famous Hollywood filmmakers. Spielberg can only be counted as one, as well as Roland Emmerich, Michael Bay, James Cameron and a large number of filmmakers who have shone brightly in history.
This time, most of them still shined, but most of the benefits behind this brilliant performance were taken away by Simon.
Hence the current situation in Hollywood.
And it was obviously impossible for Simon to explain all of this to anyone.
After attending the party here, Simon took Lena Kane and several other girls to fly to San Lucas, Mexico, at night.
The last time I came back from Europe, Janet, who was like a crazy little leopard, finally pulled Simon back from his 'evil path'. He has been full of energy recently, so naturally he wants to enjoy it.
But I only stayed in San Lucas for one night, and the next day I flew to the West Coast to visit the women and children here.
In my busy schedule, July is coming soon.
During the box office week from June 26 to July 2, the most eye-catching one was a low-cost teen musical, naturally "High School Musical" starring Christina Aguilera.
With an excellent media score of 8.3 points and the popularity accumulated by Christina's several popular singles in the past six months, this small film with the lowest production cost among the four new films in the same period was only US$15 million. It opened with a screen size of 2,537. It earned US$41.09 million at the box office in its first week.
The production cost of US$15 million was recouped in just one week, making it a dark horse in the summer season.
In comparison, last week's other three films, Warner Bros.'s 80 million blockbuster new film "Hijack", opened on 3314 screens, and the box office in the first seven days was only 35.71 million U.S. dollars, barely reaching the box office average. A sales threshold of 10,000 yuan. Moreover, due to the barely passing comprehensive media score of 6.1, the follow-up trend of "Hijacking" is unlikely to be too good, and the hope of breaking 100 million is somewhat slim.
Of course, "Hijacked" is pretty good, but the other two new films cost more than "High School Musical", but their box office openings can only be described as bleak.
If previous films such as "Jurassic Park 3", "The Haunting of Morgue 3" and "Rush Hour 2" are still reflections of Daenerys' entertainment capabilities, the sales of "High School Musical" this time can really only be Again, fantasy is used to describe it. An opinion article in the "Hollywood Reporter" said half-jokingly and half-seriously that Simon Westeros seems to have a magic wand that can make all movies under Daenerys Entertainment sell well.
Of course Simon doesn't have a magic wand, but cheating is definitely a thing.
After the two new films ranked first and second on the list respectively, it is worth mentioning that "The Haunting of Morgue 3", which opened last week, fell 41% the next week and earned US$30.29 million, ranking third on the list, with a cumulative box office of $81.63 million.
Later, "Jurassic Park 3" dropped 37% in its fourth week of release, earning US$27.19 million, ranking fourth, and its cumulative box office reached US$320.15 million, officially breaking the US$300 million threshold.
In addition, other films such as "L.A. Confidential" and "Rush Hour 2" are in the final stage of their single-week box office falling back to less than 10 million US dollars. Needless to say, they are in the final stage.
Look beyond Hollywood.
In South Korea, after 375,000 moviegoers in Seoul in the first week, "Rose Flower" dropped 37% in the second week, and once again attracted 236,000 moviegoers. A total of 611,000 moviegoers have been watched in two weeks, steadily heading towards one million. Based on the ratio of the number of Korean movie viewers nationwide to about three times that of Seoul, "Rose Flowers and Red Lotus" has basically locked up the top spot for Korean local movies this year.
On the other hand, it is a bit inconvenient to only count the box office in Seoul. Simon also asked South Korea to promote the national network of Korean movies as soon as possible.
Friday, July 3rd.
It’s a new box office week, and it’s also another popular independent weekend in the summer. The most noteworthy new film is undoubtedly Steven Spielberg’s latest masterpiece “Saving Private Ryan.”
This is also the last film contract that Lao Si owes Daenerys Entertainment since the Universal era. After completion, the two parties will have nothing to do with each other.
Spielberg once gradually became less popular, starting with the rise of the two major movie universes of Marvel and DC. This time, the two major movie universes are basically controlled by Simon, not to mention Daenerys Entertainment is currently in Hollywood has an unrivaled position of strength.
All in all, if Simon wanted to suppress someone, it would be easy.
On the same day of July 3, just before the Independence Day holiday, Westinghouse Electric and Sony Japan officially announced that Westinghouse would take over all of Sony’s film business units with an offer of US$2.75 billion and assuming all debts, announcing a major Hollywood project. The studio landscape changed again.