MTL - After Buying Marvel, I Became the King of Hollywood-Chapter 76

Kevin asked curiously.

"you guess?"

With a full smile on his face, Robinoff joked directly in the face of Kevin's words.

"$30 million?"

Kevin guessed bluntly.

Robinoff's face froze, good guy, really dare to say.

To know that last year's Pirates of the Caribbean series, the box office on the first day was only more than 20 million US dollars, and just this, it has already won the first place in the North American box office chart.

I can't take your words.

Robinov smiled embarrassedly, and said directly:

"The box office on the first day was 24.33 million US dollars. At the same time, it has a good reputation among Batman fans and your fans, and there is a high probability that there will be no box office Waterloo."

"According to the preliminary judgment of professionals based on these data, the global box office of about $500 million should not be a problem."

The two Batman movies, plus the announcement, cost a total of $170 million to make.

This means that when the box office reaches 500 million. The cost of both films is back.

In addition, there are follow-up DVD and peripheral income, which can be regarded as a small profit.

The Batman Dark Knight top has already recovered all the costs, plus other DVDs, and has basically begun to make a profit.

Then the next Batman Dark Knight, how much the box office is, is equal to how much money it makes.

From the perspective of their Warner professionals, the next box office is likely to surpass the first one.

In other words, at least 70% of the net income of $500 million is almost equal to their company's account.

Robinoff has already thought about how his CEO will be honored by the parent company Warner when the full-year financial report appears this year.

Of course, and that huge bonus.

Just thinking about it, Robinov burst into laughter.

Since the data came out, Robinoff was excitedly wandering around the company, and almost everyone else saw his rare smiling face.

That's why Kevin was so happy to see him when he came.

Kevin nodded, not too excited.

Historically, the first installment of the Batman trilogy, released a few years later, grossed around $370 million at the box office.

Counting the production cost of 80 million US dollars, it can be regarded as a lot of money for Warner.

And now, Kevin is adapting an already successful case, only a little more than 100 million dollars at the box office.

It wasn't enough to get Kevin how excited he was.

The second movie is his killer.

You know, the second Batman, in the original history, has achieved a billion-dollar box office.

This box office ranked fourth in the North American box office box office list at that time (the first in 2D movies) and the 13th in the global box office.

In this wave, Kevin has made Warner a lot of money.

but···

Kevin laughed secretly in his heart, the billions of dollars he made in Batman movies from him will sooner or later be filled into the DC dark movie universe by him.

This wave, this wave is called earning and earning in vain.

Facing the happy Robinoff, Kevin reminded:

"Don't forget to add an announcement, the next Batman Dark Knight, but it will be seamlessly connected."

"In the past three months, the publicity cannot stop for a moment."

Robinov nodded, restrained the smile on his face, and said seriously:

"Don't worry Kevin, Warner Bros. is not that kind of small film company. How to maximize the potential of a big-selling movie, we have a lot of experience in this regard."

Kevin nodded, and after exchanging some publicity plans with him, he left.

After a movie is released, other things are basically the matter of the film company.

There are too few things the director can intervene in.

On Warner's side, he doesn't need to worry about Batman's affairs. Warner is 10,000 times more concerned than him.

All he has to do now is to handle the business of his own company.

....

In a high-end restaurant, Kevin called his two assistant directors.

Zack Snyder, and his old classmate, Will Mitt.

Since Batman was filmed, they had a good time playing around and had a good rest for a while.

The state has recovered to ten percent.

"Director Kevin, you came to us, is a new project coming out?"

Mitt asked with a hippy smile.

During this time, he and Schneider were mixed together, but the two were having a good time.

Suddenly called by Kevin, they still haven't had enough fun.

Looking at the two people still immersed in the holiday, Kevin suddenly became angry.

He hadn't played for a long time, but the two of them had a lot of fun.

Seeing this, Kevin directly released a big killer to cut off the idea of ​​​​the two continue to vacation.

"Do you want to be a director?"

Mitt didn't react for a while, and said with a smile:

"We've always been directors."

Zack Snyder on the side could hear Kevin's thoughts.

His face instantly became excited.

"Kevin, you mean, let's make our own movies?"

Mitt also reacted, looking at Kevin expectantly.

Facing their eyes, Kevin nodded, and then said slowly:

"Yes, Pirates of the Caribbean is about to shoot a sequel, and the copyright belongs to our company."

"If it is expected, Chenxi Film will be the main investor and MGM Films will be the secondary investor. Chenxi Film will invest 60% of the film's income and account for 60% of the film's income, as well as the follow-up copyright income. As for DVD income, it will be proportional to MGM. distribute."

"MGM gets a 40% share, plus some of the copyright proceeds."

The reason why Kevin said it so clearly is that he is going to give Zack Snyder and Mitt a certain amount of dividends in the shares of Dawn Films in the future.

Zack Snyder is a famous director who has passed the test of Hollywood in the future.

And Mitt, after following Kevin for so long, Kevin also discovered that Mitte lacked a little spirituality.

In other respects, the ability as a director is actually quite solid.

In this regard, Kevin can help make up for it.

Both of them can become the pillars of the future Chenxi Films and support the business of Chenxi Films.

The most important thing for a film company is to be able to continuously produce movies that can make money, so that it can win the favor of the theater chain.

Through this kind of success, the film company can build a better relationship with the theater chain.

To put it bluntly, after they won the trust of the theater chain.

When they and the theater party asked for the ranking of the movie, they were able to ask for more rankings.

And when the movies they shoot and invest in can make more money than Hollywood giants, these theater chains will not talk about human feelings.

Chapter 122 Disney's Plan and Media Acclaim

If the theater party can choose Chen Xi between his Chen Xi film and the eight major Hollywood film companies without hesitation, it means that Chen Xi Film has become a Hollywood giant.

However, the current morning is still very immature and needs time to develop.

Of course, Kevin has money and can trade money for time.

Trust takes time to build, but experience dealing with these things can be bought.

Buying a mid-sized studio is the shortcut.

However, in this regard, Kevin is still thinking about it in detail and has not set an exact goal.

.....

the other side.

The two in front of Kevin looked at each other.

Kevin's words, the meaning is obvious, is to let them direct the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean.

This kind of sequel film, with the director of the first film setting the tone, as long as it does not deviate too much, the results will not be too bad.

Kevin is undoubtedly supporting the two of them.

No director would refuse such an opportunity.

The two nodded at the same time.

Kevin continued:

"Pirates of the Caribbean Part II, the script is made by me, and I am also the producer. As for the director, you two will work together."

"Snyder!"

"Um?"

"Do you know what your flaws are?"

Zach scratched his head embarrassedly. As a person who understands reflection, he knows that his biggest weakness is his grasp of the rhythm of the story.

To put it simply, his ability to tell stories in movies is not very good.

"I'm not very good at telling stories with the camera."

Kevin nodded.

In his previous life, the Justice League completely exposed his weakness.

In his hands, the story of the Justice League is incomprehensible.

If it weren't for the story of the Justice League, it is the most famous big IP in the United States, and the story in it has long been familiar to Americans.

The director's version of Justice League will definitely not achieve that kind of result.

Of course, he also has advantages.

He is quite similar to a certain Kay director. Although he has a very general grasp of the story, he has his own set of film pictures.

In his hands, film images often have an oil painting-like texture.

Every frame can be screenshotted as a wallpaper, which is his advantage.

"You're right, so I want you to shoot the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel with Mitt."

"You have the talent of a genius, but you lack a fundamental skill, a storytelling ability that I think a director must have."

"For this, Mitt can make up for it very well."

Mitt, who was beside him, kept giving Zack Snyder a small smug look.

Obviously, he is still very happy for Kevin to praise him.

Take this opportunity to show off to Zack Snyder.

But his happiness is only temporary.

Kevin changed the subject.