It is not easy to get the profit share of "Breaking into the Deadly Island" in North America as soon as possible. According to the contract signed by Duke and Warner Bros., the latter will pay it within half a year in the lower stage of the film. Compared with Lucasfilm's 20th Century Fox's share of "Life and Death Hour", this time seems to be a long time, but it is actually the most normal situation in Hollywood.

As a director, Duke couldn't ask Lucasfilm and George Lucas for help every time, and Warner Bros. may not buy Lucasfilm accounts. To be honest, half a year is almost the shortest settlement time that Nancy can get.

According to Hollywood convention, it is very troublesome to settle the investment share of films. It takes several years to delay, and there is no place to complain except the court. Many companies that invest in films struggle until the company goes bankrupt and often fail to receive the share share they deserve.

As for directors, if the production company does not want to continue to cooperate, the compensation they should pay will often delay for a long time. Michael Bay and Peter Jackson and others have encountered this situation.

Fortunately, Duke threw out a piece of bait early, which proved that he had the ability to turn the bait into a big fish. Warner Bros. is promoting the preliminary investigation of the Independence Day project. The two sides will cooperate in the future. There is no problem with North American share payment on time. Overseas Warner may tamper with it, but it will also be within the range that Duke can tolerate.

Even if Duke hires a professional team of lawyers and accountants to supervise, it cannot fully guarantee the authenticity of the final overseas income, and can only control it to a not-so-large range.

Compared to overseas, North America can be subject to stricter supervision. Shortly after "Breaking the Deadly Island" was released, Duke's accountants, Rock Studio and Warner Bros. sent account details at the same time.

The accounts are very clear, and even people like Duke who don’t know much about finance can understand it.

"Breaking into the Deadly Island" has a total box office of US$157.52 million in North America. According to the signed issuance agreement, after the theaters deducted fixed expenses such as taxes and fees, Warner Bros. received a total of US$76.5 million in North America's box office share.

Although Warner Bros. used a tax refund quota on "Brave the Deadly Island" and received a total of $2.8 million in tax refunds, according to the agreement, this part of the money is not included in the profits of the film, and the $3.5 million advertising fee obtained by the film from manufacturers such as Hummer and Ferrari is included in the profits.

In this way, the film earned $80 million, Warner Bros. took 10% of the North American box office as a commission for distribution, and deducted $15 million in publicity and distribution expenses, leaving $49.25 million in this part of the funds.

Among them, the equipment and props worth $870,000 burned by the fire will be deducted, and the remaining salary of the cast and crew and other expenses such as other industry associations will be paid, with a balance of $45 million.

This time, there are no companies like Lucasfilm that have to draw production commissions, including Duke's Duke Studios, Warner Bros. and AUG Film Investment Fund, which can enjoy the share of their dues according to their respective investment ratios.

Duke's Duke Studio accounts for one-fifth of the production cost and can share $9 million in the future. Although he still has to pay taxes, he also sees hope that he can pay off his mother's loan by relying solely on the profit sharing of the video in North America.

After "Brave the Deadly Island" was removed from North America, Warner Bros. negotiated with PepsiCo, the largest videotape chain in North America, about the basic transfer fee for videotapes and the commission for leasing and sales. The latter is a long-term income and has little to do with the Duke Studios. The former reached an agreement on the figure of 8.5 million US dollars after four rounds of negotiations.

Then there is the North American TV broadcast copyright, which is also where the Duke Studio can enjoy a share. The basic transfer fee of $6.5 million is also in line with the box office and value of the film.

Warner Bros. can take a commission from both long-term income, while Duke Studio only signs a short-term income share, which can get $3 million from it!

In this way, the Duke Studio can get a share of $12 million in its books in half a year, but the $1.2 million of it needs to be paid to Nancy Josephson and the team of lawyers and accountants, both of which enjoy five percent of the Duke Studio’s investment income in "Breaking into the Deadly Island".

A successful film is by no means a masterpiece of the director. What is needed is the collaboration of a whole team. If there is no agent, Duke will have to argue with major companies in person, and don’t consider the filming and production of the film. The supervision and review role of professional lawyers and accountants teams is also indispensable, and capital has never had a conscience.

When these incomes are still in the future, it would be great that Warner Bros. could pay them off before 1994. As for overseas income sharing, some would wait.

After paying attention to the expected income, Duke returned to relaxation, and his work and new film projects were all handed over to Nancy to discuss. In the past two years, his nerves have been too tense. If he continues to maintain it, he might have a day of breaking.

Even after his mother returned to Los Angeles after she finished her New York business, Duke temporarily moved back to her home in Santa Monica.

"Remember the advice you mentioned about Victoria's Secret?"

During dinner, Mrs. Leah suddenly mentioned something that Duke had almost forgotten. "Santa Fia has already formulated a detailed publicity plan, and Victoria's Secret management basically agreed with our plan. If nothing unexpected happens, next year's Super Bowl midfield will be a lingerie show."

"If you have time," Duke was very interested, "I can go and have a look at it at that time."

Those most famous angels are still little loli, right?

After saying a few more words to his mother, Duke learned that the finale of the models will be Naomi Campbell and Claudia Shiver. Nowadays, the most famous ones are the top five supermodels.

"Next month, I'm going to go to Israel."

When she put down the knife and fork, Mrs. Leah said again, "If you have time, come and take care of the house here."

"I know, mom." Duke stood up with his mother, "be careful."

In his impression, Israel is a place of war, and terrorists will rush out to act as human bombs at any time.

After thinking about it, Duke simply said, "Mom, if you are not busy at that time, I'll go with you."

Knowing Duke's focus on work and knowing that his new film project was being advanced, Mrs. Leah waved her hand casually, obviously not taking this sentence seriously, and went straight out of the villa and took a walk to the beachfront avenue.

The phone suddenly rang, Duke took it, pressed the answer button, but it was Naomi Watts.

"Hi, Duke, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Her voice was faintly weak and sweet. Duke then remembered that it was indeed a long time since he had seen this Australian actress and asked, "Yes, I haven't seen you for a long time, Nami, what are you busy with recently?"

"I...I've moved!" The voice over there hesitated for a moment and continued, "I just want to call to notify you."

"Oh, where did you move?" Duke asked at the right time.

"The outer perimeter of Beverly Hills." The earpiece was a little noisy, Duke changed his hand, and Naomi Watts said to himself, "I rented a separate house."

Naomi Watts has also opened up the situation in Hollywood. Celebrities are not as easy to do as they seem on the surface. They need to have matching outfits and residences for their status. Especially for actresses, their image is more important. The cost in this regard is definitely a huge sum of money. There are even many newly-known celebrities who want to borrow money for this.

"Why did you move there?"

If Hollywood is a big dyeing vat, then Beverly Hills, a place where Hollywood stars live, can be regarded as a microcosm of it.

"Mary's advice, Nancy helped me with the procedures."

As if she was afraid that Duke wouldn't understand, she explained again, "Mary is Nicole Kidman. She suggested that we live closer and take good care of each other."

"Check?" Duke curled his lips.

Now Naomi Watts' status and fame in the circle are far inferior to Nicole Kidman. With one weak and one strong combination, the two can live in harmony. If one day Naomi Watts rises quickly and develops a competitive relationship with Nicole Kidman, the sisterhood of the two will inevitably disappear as before.

Relatively speaking, even if male actors compete, most of them will not completely break up. Actresses are different. Perhaps it is due to women's nature. If there is a situation of direct or even indirect competition, they will definitely want to draw their swords in private.

Of course, this also has to do with the shorter shelf life of actresses and the narrower road in Hollywood. After all, even in the past twenty years, this circle has been a patriarchal world.

Compared to Nicole Kidman, Duke is more like an outsider. He has only a very simple physical relationship with Naomi Watts. He is not stupid enough to say anything. He just responded when the other party asked whether he could use midnight snacks together.

Leave a note for his mother, Duke drove away from Santa Monica and drove directly to the west side of Beverly Hills. This relationship without emotional and responsible pressure was simply the best way to relax for him.

This weak woman is far less powerful than Shania Tangen, but she also has her own charm. Especially when Duke presses her under her body, she always inspires more impulses and desires when she beggs her, and even wants to crush her.

Although Naomi Watts is not a particularly outstanding bed and companion, Duke will appear in her apartment from time to time while waiting for news from Nancy, and occasionally meets friends in her circle, and the other party has no strange looks. Perhaps in their opinion, Naomi Watts can definitely not have anything to do with director Duke, who can win the most important female role in "The Deadly Island".

Once, Duke also met Nicole Kidman. The two sides didn't have a deep relationship and just smiled.

Time slowly froze into August. When the global box office of "Brave the Deadly Island" exceeded 320 million US dollars, good news came from Nancy.
Chapter completed!