After consecutive holidays, the working life of the North American public is gradually returning to normal.
For Hollywood, the first full week at the box office in 1990 passed quietly. This week, "Batman Begins" is still the focus of everyone's attention.
From January 5th to January 11th, the third week of release, the single-week box office of "Batman Begins" showed a significant drop, with a drop of 33% compared to last week.
However, due to a box office base of more than 80 million US dollars in the previous week, although "Batman Begins" dropped 33% this week, the box office revenue was still as high as 59.51 million US dollars.
In three weeks, the cumulative box office of this groundbreaking superhero movie quickly exceeded the US$200 million mark, reaching US$230.69 million.
In the light of "Batman Begins," all other films from the same period seem unworthy of mention.
Because the film received as much media attention as the box office, during this period, many news related to the film became the focus of media speculation.
The first is naturally the DC superhero universe plan that accompanied the birth of "Batman Begins."
According to various sources, Daenerys Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures will jointly develop multiple DC superhero movie projects such as Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman in the next few years, and will bring all of them through complete storylines. The films are connected together to form a large-scale DC superhero movie universe movie series.
After the news was officially made public, not only comic fans and movie fans became excited, but a large number of media also began to try their best to dig out more information about the DC movie universe plan. Time Warner and Daenerys' senior executives have been chased by reporters these days. object.
While paying close attention to the progress of negotiations between the two companies on the implementation details of the DC movie universe plan, after the "Batman Begins" celebration party last Saturday, another very topical gossip spread quickly.
At the beginning of the "Batman Begins" project, Adam Baldwin, Valerie Golino and other leading actors all signed long-term film contracts with Daenerys Entertainment. This matter is not a secret to the outside world. At the beginning, many people questioned whether Daenerys Entertainment had the need to do this.
With the film's box office success, it is rumored that some of the main creators who signed long-term contracts are dissatisfied with the remuneration they receive and hope to renegotiate the agreement.
In order to express its dissatisfaction with this behavior, Daenerys Entertainment directly canceled the additional cash reward plan that was originally planned to give all cast members of "Batman Begins" a total of tens of millions of dollars.
This rumor was so topical, involving huge amounts of money, and it was enough to attract public attention, so it was quickly hyped.
The first thing the media talked about was how much revenue Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner can get from the release of "Batman Begins."
In three weeks, the local box office quickly reached 230 million U.S. dollars. The North American box office of "Batman Begins" has no problem reaching 400 million U.S. dollars. The next step is overseas.
Batman can be said to be one of the cultural symbols of Americans. Although it is very widely known around the world, overseas audiences do not have the deep feelings that Americans have accumulated over half a century. Before the film was released, some industry media concluded that the film's overseas box office would definitely not exceed its domestic box office.
However, the development of things was beyond everyone's expectation.
This phenomenal superhero movie created by Simon Westeros is really full of groundbreaking achievements. With a series of breathtaking film technology and action design applications in the film, even if Batman is replaced with other characters, It can definitely be described as 'amazing', which is enough to ensure that overseas audiences will not have any barriers to cultural acceptance.
Therefore, the media are now generally optimistic that the overseas box office size of "Batman Begins" will be at least equal to that of the local box office.
Based on a global box office of US$800 million, the producer and distributor will probably be able to recover a box office share of US$350 million. According to leaked distribution agreement information, Daenerys Entertainment’s share of that should be around US$250 million.
Based on the release schedule of a movie in recent years, this money can probably be recovered within the next year.
Also able to reap most of the revenue within a year is the film's derivative sales revenue. According to the media's prediction of US$2 billion in derivative sales in the next year, Daenerys Entertainment should be able to earn about US$300 million, excluding the need to pay 10% of DC Comics, leaving $270 million.
Adding the above two together, Daenerys Entertainment will be able to recover US$500 million in funds with "Batman Begins" within the next year.
Even if the film's production budget and publicity costs are directly counted as $100 million, Daenerys Entertainment's net profit from this project in the next year will reach $400 million.
Next, one year later, within the five-year income period, the subsequent derivative sales, video tape distribution and TV broadcast income of "Batman Begins" will definitely be higher than the first two incomes. You know, according to the latest statistics, with the further expansion of the videotape market, the average proportion of global videotape revenue of Hollywood movies in total revenue has exceeded 45%, while the proportion of box office revenue in total revenue has dropped to less than 30%.
Therefore, "Batman Begins" will earn at least as much in follow-up channels as Daenerys Entertainment did in its first year.
Taken together, Daenerys Entertainment will be able to earn at least US$800 million from the distribution of "Batman Begins" through various channels in the next five years. As a publisher, Time Warner’s revenue sharing from all aspects will not be less than US$200 million.
1 billion US dollars, which happens to be the total profit scale of "Batman Begins" generally recognized by most media.
Daenerys and Time Warner can make $1 billion with "Batman Begins". How much are the male and female protagonists paid
The media immediately exposed it.
Adam Baldwin, who plays Batman, $300,000. Valerie Golino, who plays Catwoman, $200,000.
The total of the two is only $500,000.
The salaries of other supporting actors in the film are even cheaper in comparison.
Since the release of "Batman Begins", Adam Baldwin and Valerie Golino have quickly accumulated a number of fans.
Under the reports of the media, which is afraid of chaos, seeing that idols can only get such a small salary, Daenerys and Time Warner can make a billion dollars, naturally the fans began to be dissatisfied, and many fans began to write letters and The phone calls required Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner to renegotiate their contracts and give their idols a salary increase.
The relevant news was originally released by Daenerys Entertainment, and they naturally responded quickly to this situation.
Although it has not been acquired by Time Warner but has always maintained a close relationship with the company, CNN, a channel owned by Turner Broadcasting Company, did a special issue soon after the news broke out, visiting the last few Hollywood finalists to play Batman last year. The current situation of male actors.
Compared to Adam Baldwin, who is already famous, among the last few shortlisted actors last year, the one with the best development just got a permanent role in an ABC TV series. Even more dramatic, some people even ended up on some 'movie' sets in the San Fernando Valley.
Subsequently, the "Hollywood Reporter" also exposed the details of Adam Baldwin's five-film contract.
In addition to the low salary of US$300,000 for the first film, the total value of Adam Baldwin's remaining four film contracts is actually as high as US$30 million. The average salary of US$7.5 million is completely at the level of a first-line star. Compared to the salary Christopher Reeve received from the three "Superman" films, Daenerys Entertainment was already very generous.
"The Hollywood Reporter" also pointed out that relying on the popularity brought by participating in the "Batman" series, Adam Baldwin can not only star in other movies with the salary level of an A-list star, but also receive many other well-paid advertising endorsements. Cumulatively, these are definitely higher than the income of most Hollywood stars.
The same goes for the other actors who rose to fame in Batman Begins.
Without the opportunity of "Batman Begins", most of these people would not be known to the public, and would even be reduced to the same situation as those actors who were shortlisted for Batman but ultimately failed.
Because of the importance of the DC movie universe plan to Time Warner, Warner Bros. Pictures CEO Terry Semel directly stated in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" that Warner Bros. Pictures will never make a deal with movies that lack the spirit of contract. People cooperate.
Hollywood studios usually sign additional option contracts with actors in their key projects, especially newcomers. This matter actually represents the interests of the entire Hollywood studio class.
Therefore, with Terry Semel's statement, Hollywood studio executives such as Fox Pictures' Joe Ross, MGM-United Artists' Shirley Lansing and other Hollywood studio executives have also spoken out, stating that they will boycott the lack of contracts Spiritual filmmaker.
Simple words are always unconvincing, but some seemingly unrelated little things that happened next made many Hollywood stars and filmmakers feel shocked.
After completing "Born on the Fourth of July" with Tom Cruise, Oliver Stone, who is preparing for his new film "The Doors", publicly stated that he does not intend to invite Meg Ryan to be the lead actor in his film "The Doors" Biopic heroine of the band's story.
Subsequently, veteran Hollywood director John Slesinger, who directed "Midnight Cowboy", also publicly clarified that his new film "Midnight Terror" has confirmed that Melanie Griffith will be the heroine. The news that G Ryan might star is complete nonsense.
Immediately afterwards, news came out that the famous Hollywood photographer Barry Sonnenfeld, who had served as the cinematographer for famous films such as "Blood Labyrinth" and "Future", was currently preparing for his first directorial film "The Addams Family", and had a tough attitude. Di told Paramount executives that he would withdraw from the project if Paramount insists on asking Meg Ryan to serve as the heroine. Several other actors who have been confirmed for this famous TV series adaptation project have also publicly stated that they do not want to work with them. With Meg Ryan.
Things happen again and again, and as long as you are not stupid, you can probably see the problem.
Meg Ryan's feud with Daenerys Entertainment is almost public. The Hollywood actress who quickly rose to the top with "When Harry Met Sally" terminated her relationship with Daenerys Entertainment soon after becoming famous. contract for the remaining two movie options.
Daenerys Entertainment and CAA clashed over the "Rain Man" incident. In the end, seemingly unrelated Meg Ryan was terminated by CAA along with several of the "Rain Man" creators.
Unlike Dustin Hoffman, Barry Levinson and Tom Cruise, who are already entrenched in Hollywood, Meg Ryan has just become famous and has not yet completely established herself in Hollywood.
Then, the actress first opened her mouth after becoming famous, and then terminated her contract with Daenerys Entertainment. Then she also participated in "The Rocketeer" stolen from Daenerys Entertainment by Paramount Pictures. It can be said that she is celebrating the holidays. Deeper and deeper.
Most importantly, "The Rocketeer" also failed at the box office.
In Hollywood, if you don't have a box office to rely on, you're nothing.
Coupled with the atmosphere of public opinion at this time.
Most people who are paying attention have a proverb that pops into their minds: Beat the dog before the lion.
Beating a dog in front of a lion.
To use a more appropriate Chinese idiom to describe it, kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
Even a year ago, Daenerys Entertainment wanted to ban an A-list actress, which was simply wishful thinking.
However, the 10 movie plans last year directly tied most of Hollywood to Daenerys Entertainment. Five of the traditional seven major companies have received projects in these 10 movie plans. Of the remaining two, MGM has also begun to move closer to Daenerys Entertainment due to the involvement of Australian capital.
In the end, Paramount did not get the 10 planned projects due to the two scripts of "The Rocketeer" and "Firebird Attack", so it did not need to give Daenerys entertainment face.
Although the "The Rocketeer" project failed, as long as Meg Ryan was willing to significantly reduce her salary, relying on the popularity of "When Harry Met Sally", Paramount management was still happy to take advantage.
However, Daenerys Entertainment may not be able to influence the decisions of Paramount executives, but it is still easy to influence specific movie projects. The main creators of "The Addams Family" publicly boycotted cooperation with Meg Ryan because of Amy's operation. Even if Paramount doesn't care about Daenerys Entertainment, these filmmakers are still looking forward to cooperating with Daenerys Entertainment. of.
After all, there's no way Paramount could force-cast Meg Ryan against the wishes of all the other creators.
Outside of the Big Seven, under the leadership of Daenerys Entertainment, as long as there are other options, other second- and third-tier film companies simply don’t have to make enemies for themselves because of Meg Ryan.
A first-line actress completely lost her foothold in Hollywood in the face of the power of Daenerys Entertainment. Many Hollywood stars lamented that when they were afraid of the power of Daenerys Entertainment, "Batman" who was originally a little unwilling Adam Baldwin, the leading actor of "Batman: Begins", wisely gave up all thoughts and actively stated in an interview with "Entertainment Weekly" that he felt very honored to be able to participate in the filming of "Batman" and would definitely try his best to play in the subsequent series. Such a good role.
After Adam Baldwin spoke, no matter whether they had some thoughts or not, the other main creators were also very smart to express their attitudes publicly or privately.
As a result, this conflict that had not yet started ended quietly in an atmosphere of gossip.
For every stick you get, you always get a sweet date.
Daenerys Entertainment later announced that due to the film's box office sales, it will issue an additional cash reward to all crew members involved in the filming of "Batman Begins."
However, the total bonus for everyone was directly halved to 10 million US dollars.
Whether it's $10 million or $20 million, it's nothing compared to what Daenerys Entertainment can get from the "Batman Begins" project.
The halving of the bonus is actually Daenerys Entertainment's statement on the previous 'rumors'.