Hollywood Starts with Animation

the next day.

The Disney Corporation Burbank headquarters building.

That's right, Burbank headquarters. Because the Disney Group has two headquarters in the United States, one in the Burbank area of ​​Los Angeles and one in New York.

California, Idaho, New York, Washington, Pennsylvania... The owners and representatives of movie peripheral chain stores from various major states and major cities attended the peripheral authorization of "A Bug's Life" Bidding meeting.

Well, Zucker didn't attend in person, but asked Kevin Feige, the vice president, to attend.

"Kevin, your boss Zhu Ke, are you really not optimistic about the peripheral market of "A Bug's Life"?" Old Billy asked again.

"I can't say I'm not optimistic, but the boss said that "A Bug's Life" is tasteless." Kevin Feige said.

Chicken ribs?

Well, as a representative of the rough and illiterate, old Billy can't understand it at all!

"It is tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to abandon it. This is tasteless. The movie "A Bug's Life" is very good, and the response of the surrounding market will not be bad. It is understandable that the dealers of major surrounding chain stores want to make a fortune, but this premise It is the benchmark of "Toy Story". Do you think "A Bug's Life" can match or surpass "Toy Story"?" Kevin Feige said solemnly.

"This.... this should be okay." Old Billy was not sure.

Hearing this, Kevin Feige shook his head and said: "At the beginning of the period, I held the same judgment as you, thinking that "A Bug's Life" will inherit the glory of "Toy Story", or even surpass it. But my boss, Mr. Wald , but said it couldn't surpass it, with a global box office of up to 200 million US dollars."

In fact, there is one more sentence, Zucker did not say to Kevin Feige.

——The protagonists of the animation of "A Bug's Life" are a few bugs!

Pixar animation designed their images to be very cute, and the fate of the characters has also touched many people, which is true. However...they are still bugs!

How many children like caterpillars and ants?

Don't deny that there will be, but this number compares to "Toy Story\

,"Definitely a lot lower!

For a time, old Billy fell into contemplation.

He looked at the crazy crowd at the scene who wanted to bid at any cost, and thought about the miracle of Zucker in the past two years, which made him very entangled.

"Forget it, I won't fight this time."

"Anyway, I have already obtained the license for "Peppa Pig" in Utah, and one less "A Bug's Life" can make some money."

"But once 'A Bug's Life' really kills people, there will definitely be a large group of people who will be half-dead with anger."

Old Billy thought a lot in his mind in a short period of time.

Soon...

The peripheral authorization of "A Bug's Life" officially kicked off under the auspices of an executive from the Disney Group's Copyright Department.

In the Utah area, the surrounding authorized price is $950,000.

"I'll pay 950,000!" A potbellied businessman said first.

His name was Francis, and he ran a chain of stores in Utah that was just as big, if not better, than old Billy.

"Francis, you're too stingy. You're still running 10 surrounding chain stores. Look at my bid. I'm asking for $1.5 million for the surrounding chain store in Monair!" a young man said loudly.

Whoa!

In an instant, not only Francis was shocked, but the owners of many surrounding chain stores present were also shocked.

Nothing to do with it.

Pushing the price to such a high price in the first place, what's the next play?

"Monel, you bastard!" Francis scolded immediately.

As a young man, Meng Aier, how could he bear this anger, and immediately scolded him: "Old guy, if you don't have money, get out of here."

Among peers, that's it!

What's more, they are still competing in the same Utah state, and the hatred is gone!

The next moment, several other surrounding chain store owners in Utah, except for Old Billy, joined the fight with red eyes.

1.6 million!

1.75 million!

1.9 million!

......

In the end, it was Monel, a young man who had the courage to bid $3 million and won the peripheral authorization of "A Bug's Life" in Utah.

"The price is really not low!"

Kevin Feige gasped on the spot. He finally knew why his boss was so obsessed with animated cinema movies.

Old Billy on the side also gritted his teeth and said: "Two years ago, I won the license for "Toy Story" in Utah from Zucker, and it was only 1.5 million US dollars. A Bug's Life, double the price."

After the movie is released, and before it is released, but the two concepts, the price must not be the same.

In the following time, the surrounding areas such as Pennsylvania, Missouri, Nevada and other places were authorized to shoot.

Pennsylvania, perimeter license sold for $2.7 million!

Missouri, sold for $1.6 million;

Nevada, sold for $2.4 million;

......

The auction, which lasted for two hours, finally came to an end.

In the end, the Disney Group sold $117.5 million in the 50 states alone at an average price of $2.35 million per state.

Remember, this is only a benefit of licensing around the US!

If you count the revenue of overseas countries, you can imagine the revenue of Disney and Pixar's licensing around "A Bug's Life".

Before it was released, the production cost of the film was fully recovered, and a huge profit was made.

At this moment, that is, Zhu Ke is not here, otherwise he will definitely curse...... Oh no, I am envious!

In the history of the original time and space, after the release of "A Bug's Life", the North American box office performance was not as good as expected, and the overseas market was even more bleak. It really made those dealers who won the authorization around the states feel remorse.

One by one loses the old miserable!

"A few months later, several surrounding chain stores may go bankrupt and close down."

Zhu Ke, who received the news, not only said quietly afterward.

......

at the same time.

Zucker is currently on the set of the movie "300 Spartans", and the characters filmed today are guest appearances by big Hollywood celebrities.

Matt Damon, who played the Persian messenger who came to Sparta to show off his power at the beginning of the film.

"Humble mortals, Spartans who pray to live, submit to His Majesty Xerxes, King of Kings!"

However, before Matt Damon was arrogant, he was kicked over by King Leonidas!

"Do not!"

"You can't kill me!"

"I am a messenger, a servant of the great King of Kings Xerxes. Once you kill me, your majesty's army of hundreds of thousands of Persians will slaughter your entire Sparta and burn your country to the ground. When it's empty, it turns into scorched earth!"

Well, Matt Damon got his lunch.

......

Next, is the villain played by John Nidepp on stage!

Yes, he is also playing the villain!

John Niedup plays a decadent religious man in Sparta who is vehemently opposed to King Leonidas' confrontation with the Persians.

In fact, in Hollywood movies, when celebrities from all walks of life make cameo appearances, basically no one is playing a normal person, either a villain who gets a box lunch within a few seconds of appearing on the scene, or a funny character who will die soon.

For example: in the movie "Deadpool 2", Brad Pitt played a funny mutant, in the process of jumping out of the plane, he died by touching high-voltage electricity in a very simple and comical way.

Next, Keanu Reeves and Joaquin Phoenix, among others, also appeared as villains.

Beheaded to death, kneeling begging for mercy, and being killed... There are many ways to die.

I have to say that the different degrees of death of the big stars who made cameo performances really made the scene happy, which was ridiculous.

" "The second is sent.