Hollywood Starts with Animation

Acquired White Castle Press for $7.8 million;

Acquired Smile Press for $63 million;

Acquired Duke Brown Bear Press for $70 million;

Winning the three publishing houses, Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group spent a total of 140.8 million US dollars. Rao is that Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group is now rich and powerful, and this amount of money is definitely not a small amount.

"Victor, our current liquidity should be enough to support the distribution network layout of films in Mexico and South America, right?"

Zucker asked.

"Yes!"

CEO Victor nodded and said: "This morning, Miss Martha, the chief financial officer, just reported the company's financial situation to me. At present, there are still 120 million US dollars of working capital on the books of the head office, which is enough to prepare for the establishment of Mexico and South America. Distribution network. And, even if there is a shortage of funds, we can even draw funds from UPN Television Network and Wald Pictures to support the strategic expansion plan of the parent company.”

Hearing this, Zucker nodded.

I was taken aback.

"Oh, yes. Regarding the situation of "Titanic", don't forget to pay more attention recently, and urge Paramount and Fox to quickly transfer the first share to our company's account." Zucker reminded again.

"Okay, boss."

"The big six guys in Hollywood are all goddamn masters of eating people and not spitting bones. If you don't pay attention, our money will be stolen. I don't want to go to court with them because of this money. It's too troublesome. "Zuke pouted.

The six major Hollywood morals are completely unsafe!

Every year, there are dozens of court cases for any of the six major Hollywood companies because of salary and share issues!

For the movie "Titanic", Wald Pictures invested 85 million US dollars and won 25% of the box office profit share from the producer, as well as related offline peripheral licensing and other income.

According to the current box office trend, the box office results achieved by the film should be almost the same as the original time and space.

That is to say, the North American box office is 659 million US dollars, the overseas box office is 1.151 billion US dollars, and the global box office is 1.81 billion US dollars (this is not counting the 2012 remake 3D version and the 20th anniversary edition in 2017).

...

The first is North America.

'Titanic' grossed $659 million in North America!

After deducting 39% of the theatrical share, deducting 18% of the distributor's expenses, deducting 3% of the cost of materials such as copies, and deducting 15% of the director's share of Cameron, only the North American total is left in the hands of the producers. 25% of the box office, or about $164 million.

However!

This $164 million is not entirely owned by Wald Pictures!

The income belonging to Wald Pictures is only a quarter of the 164 million US dollars, and finally only 41 million US dollars!

"Damn Paramount and Fox, they're fucking black!"

Zhu Ke looked at the report in his hand and complained: "Victor, look at their distribution fees, tsk tsk tsk~, brazenly won 18%."

Don't say Zucker will complain about them.

You must know that in normal times, the distribution cost of a film costing over 100 million yuan is 8% to 15%, and even the distribution cost of some films is only 6%.

I have to say that the Big Six are indeed enough chicken thieves!

The film "Titanic" production company is the two of them, and the distribution company is also the two of them. Increasing the distribution fee is just a left-handed to the right-handed for the two of them, but for Wald Pictures, it is Lost a lot of money.

"Ha ha!"

Hearing this, Victor laughed very unkindly.

He laughed and scolded: "Boss, you can just say it in front of me. If you say that in front of Paramount and 20th Century Fox, you'll probably piss them off."

"Don't forget, we made a lot of money at the overseas box office."

"In addition to North America, we recovered $160 million at the box office alone, and after deducting the $85 million in costs, we made a full $75 million."

"And the biggest benefit is the profitability of the offline market. It is expected that in the next few years, it will bring us no less than US$250 million in profits again."

The voice fell, and Zucker suddenly lost his anger.

After calculating this account, Zucker really made a lot of money.

Moreover, even if the film is re-released in 3D in 2012 and the 20th anniversary edition in 2017, Wald Pictures, one of the investors, will continue to enjoy profit sharing.

It's just so beautiful!

"Well, the next job is to integrate the three acquired publishing houses into one publishing house and three sub-brands."

For a time, Zucker thought a lot in his mind, and started a long-term plan.

Why buy a publishing house?

Isn't it to expand the territory of Jinshuguang Entertainment Group and provide the company's anti-risk ability.

At the same time, when the publishing house is integrated, it can start the operation of the "Harry Potter" series, and when the time is right, start the big movie mode in one fell swoop.

......

20th Century Fox Pictures.

CEO Bill McNick, President Tom Rothman, COO Jack, Head of Production Garnopoulos, Production Manager and Titanic Executive Producer Grant Hill.

The five gathered together to discuss the issue of Wald Pictures.

"Bill, we are going to lose a lot of money in the "Titanic" project. You are the CEO of the group, and you have the main responsibility!"

At the beginning of the meeting, Tom Rothman, the president of the group, pointed the finger directly at CEO Bill McNick.

The purpose is obvious!

It is to hold you accountable and kick you out!

If you don't step down, how can Lao Tzu have a chance to rise?

The director of the production department, Ganopoulos, also echoed: "According to the data passed by the financial industry, Wald Pictures will make at least $320 million in the next few years. The board of directors has stated that it will sell the investment share to Wald. In the case of the German film industry, we demand an explanation."

"That's right!"

COO Jack: "Bill, you are the CEO, and you have the primary responsibility!"

Grant Hill, production manager and executive producer of Titanic, agreed: "Mr. Murdoch, he'll see how much we've made for him, and he'll see how much he's lost because of our stupidity. How much."

CEO Bill: "......"

All betrayal!

At this moment, Bill McNick felt very chilled. In addition to scolding the few guys on the scene for being unkind, he also scolded Zucker for the initiator.

If it weren't for Zucker, he would still be enjoying the success and cheers that "Titanic" brought him.

But now, it's all over!

really!

Within a few days, in the new board of directors, the vast majority of shareholders, led by Chairman Murdoch, have criticized CEO Bill.

In particular, those shareholders who had long been dissatisfied with Bill took advantage of the topic and called on other shareholders to demand the removal of Bill's CEO position.

Finally, the vote was passed.

Bill, step down sadly~~!

"Zuck Wald, you goddamn bastard, you cost me my job, I'm not finished with you!" Bill McNick.

The third update of "" is sent, and the author continues to open the code.