"Have, why did you come to me? Mr. Luc Besson is responsible for the release and pre-sale of the movie. You should go to him!"

In the afternoon, Zhang Ran was about to watch the premiere of "Adapted Script", but Harvey came to him and said he wanted to talk about North American distribution.

It is not a lazy thing to Zhang Ran throw the pre-sale to Luc Besson. Pre-sale and distribution are very professional and cannot be done casually. For example, if you want to pre-sale the copyright in Japan, then Zhang Ran must have a certain understanding of the entire Japanese market. You must know how much the highest one can sell, and how much it can be paid to recover the cost, otherwise the negotiations will not be carried out.

Lucbesson is different. After the film's starring was finalized, the Europa Film team developed a detailed "film sales evaluation report" based on their rich industry experience and keen observation of the international film market, and concluded the "ideal saleable" price and the "lowest saleable" price of films in each region. In this way, Lucbesson had a criterion for the price during negotiations.

Harvey knew that the release was responsible for the pre-sale and distribution of Luc Besson, but he also knew that the real owner of the project was Zhang Ran, and he would rather work with Zhang Ran: "There are too many people who talk to him, and he can't be busy at all. You are the producer of the movie, and you take the majority of the entire project, so it's the same for you to talk to you!"

Zhang Ran looked at Harvey and smiled and said, "You didn't come to me because I didn't have any experience, right?"

Harvey was speechless. He was so sincere. Why did Zhang Ran always doubt himself? He sighed and said, "Zhang, I think you have prejudices against me. I like to write other people's movies and have deceived people. He is notorious in the circle, but I have never deceived any genius. I think genius needs respect, Quentin is a genius. So are you!"

Hearing Harvey compare himself with Quentin, Zhang Ran felt a little nervous: "It's right for Quentin to be a genius, but I'm really not a genius!"

Harvey doesn't want to be bored: "Let's go back to the point. You should know the strength of our Miramax. Apart from the six majors, North America is the strongest. Leave the movie to us for release. We will do our best to do it, which is a win-win choice!"

Zhang Ran shook his head and said, "Milla Max is indeed very powerful, but Mr. Lucbesson believes that cooperation with the six majors is more stable. He has a good cooperative relationship with Colombia. Colombia can ensure that it can store more than 3,000 theaters when it is released, and their negotiation power is also very strong. When negotiating with theaters, they can get more share of their share."

These are facts, and Harvey can't refute them, so he can only find another way: "Columbia and they can indeed get more share from theaters. But their commission ratio is also higher, which makes no sense to you. You are planning to release this movie in the summer season next year. In the summer season, these big companies have their own big production movies to be released. Columbia has "Spider-Man 2", "Hellboy", Warner has "Troy" and "Harry Potter". Do you think they will release your movie with all their strength? Miramax is different. We have no movies to be released in the summer season. If the distribution rights are handed over to Miramax, we will definitely promote and promote it with all our strength!"

Zhang Ran looked at Harvey and said lightly: "Yes, then when will "Heroes" be released? You said that the Sixth National Congress will not release our movies with care. What's wrong with you?"

Zhang Ran is a fan of Lao Touzi and is very clear about the release experience of "Hero". When Harvey bought "Hero", he promised to release "Hero" on a large scale and help bid for Olympics, but he ignored it after he bought it. Zhang Weiping was so angry that he jumped and greeted Harvey's ancestors through the Pacific Ocean.

"Hero" can be released in North America completely because of Toquentin. Quentin is a fan of kung fu films and likes "Hero" very much. He repeatedly urges Harvey to release it as soon as possible. He even told him, "Whether you want to release it, you don't want to publish it, I will post it myself. If there is no Quentin, "Hero" will be released directly.

Harvey was choked by Zhang Ran and opened his mouth wide. He was stunned for a few seconds before saying: "That's different. "Hero" is a foreign language film. The market is very small and the risk of distribution is very high. According to the plan, we plan to release this year and use Oscars as gimmicks to promote it. But Zhang Weiping's bid for the Olympic Games in October last year disrupted our entire plan. I can just temporarily shelve the plan to release "Hero" and wait for a more suitable release time!"

Zhang Ran felt that Harvey's words were also reasonable. "The Flowers of War" was actually a similar situation. Zhang Weiping pre-shot in advance, but "The Flowers of War" was not so lucky and eventually lost the box office. However, Zhang Ran still expressed indifferently: "Although I am a producer, I have to discuss this with Mr. Luke Besson. If the conditions you give are not too bad, I can still say a few words!"

Harvey glanced at Zhang Ran. The other party was very clear about the conditions. If the conditions were not good, he would not be negotiated. He knew it was time to take out his chips, so he immediately took out a contract from the briefcase and handed it to Zhang Ran.

Zhang Ran looked down and looked carefully. When he saw the terms of the contract, his breathing slightly sluggish. The conditions proposed by Harvey were really good, which was really beyond his expectations.

Generally speaking, North American production companies and distribution companies have two types of contracts. The first is that the distribution company buys out the movie, and the movie distribution rights belong to the distribution company, and the subsequent income has nothing to do with the production company; the second is that the distribution company and the production company participate in the share of the share. The production company can generally divide the box office from 15 to 30%. The specific value depends on the strength of the two parties and the results of the negotiation.

Zhang Ran hopes that North American distribution will be a share of the money. He has enough confidence in his works. Although choosing this method is more risky, he will also make greater profits as long as he succeeds.

Miramax issued a share agreement, which extracted 25% of North American distribution revenue as distribution expenses, and promoted and distributed expenses such as marketing and copy production. After the video was removed from North America, it was given priority to intercept the box office. At the same time, Miramax was ensuring that it was opened at a scale of more than 2,000 companies.

The contract that Miramax has opened is really generous and cannot be rejected!

The distribution fee charged for a movie released by Hollywood studios is 35% of the total release revenue, while Miramax now charges only 25%, a decrease of ten percentage points.

Assuming that the North American box office of "Space-Time Warrior" is $100 million, then if the 50 million revenue of the theater is removed, there will be 50 million left; if the revenue after adding DVD is 50 million, then the total release income is 100 million. If it is handed over to other Hollywood companies for distribution, then they will take away the 35 million distribution fee. If it is handed over to Miramax for distribution, they can only take away 25 million. Zhang Ran's income is 10 million more!

"The conditions of this contract are really good!" Zhang Ran looked up at Harvey. "Time Warrior" is a good project. It is normal for Hollywood publishers to reduce their share when competing for projects that are optimistic. However, the 10% drop is indeed a bit too much, which is a bit beyond his expectations.

Harvey had long anticipated Zhang Ran's reaction and explained with a smile: "I am optimistic about this project and you, the director. Unfortunately, I didn't look at your project when I was in Tokyo, otherwise I would have worked with you at that time. I believe this movie will be a great success!"

Zhang Ran asked casually: "If you were asked to release it, how would you arrange the schedule of the movie? When would you think it would be better to release it?"

Harvey said directly: "The real horrors in next summer are Spider-Man 2, Harry Potter, and Monster Shrek. We need to try to avoid these three movies. According to the whole summer season, I think it is better to put it on June 18th! "Harry Potter" is released for one week. "Spider-Man" will not have particularly strong opponents in these two weeks after two weeks, which is enough for us!"

Zhang Ran believes that Harvey really wants to win the release rights of the movie, otherwise he would not have done such detailed research on the schedule. However, Harvey's intention to win the release rights does not mean that he will not be tampering with the contract. Hollywood contracts are full of traps. If a word is different, the effect of the result may be upside down.

The simplest example is that "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" box office revenue reached $938.2 million, but the movie just looked at the box office was a loss. The income from the more than 900 million box office split was $459.3 million. The distribution fee of the distribution department was also required to pay $182.6 million. After deducting these fees, there was $276.7 million, and the cost of the film was $315.9 million. If you only look at the box office, the movie was a loss.

If the starring actor of "Harry Potter" signs a net income sharing agreement on box office revenue, and now the box office is a loss, they can't get a one-cent share of the cash. If the starring actor signs a box office revenue contract with the film company, the effect will be different. You can directly share the share based on box office revenue.

Of course, except for a few top stars and directors in Hollywood, everyone else signed a net income sharing agreement. Although most movies have good box office, the starring actors actually don’t get much money, because most of the box offices are losing money on the books.

Large Hollywood companies not only use this trick to cheat actors, but also often cheat foreign investors. Feng Xiaogang's "Big Star" was cooperating with Colombia, and he posted 2 million US dollars overseas. Feng Xiaogang felt very happy. He had to share a lot of dollars this time. But as soon as Colombia settled the accounts, the issuance fee cost 00,000 US dollars. As a result, there was no penny. Of course, Huayi was not a vegetarian. Two years later, he cheated Colombia through "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", which made Colombia withdraw directly from China.

Whether it is China or the United States, capitalists are in control. Don’t expect them to find out with conscience and be able to get a share of their profits unless you can make him more money. For example, Nolan got $90 million through his salary and share, while Warner himself earned 49 million. There is no way, Nolan’s project will definitely make money. If Warner and Nolan are foolish and cheated on him, then he turns around and goes to other companies. For Warner, it is equivalent to losing a money tree, so even if Nolan takes twice as much money than Warner, Warner still greets him with a smile.

Although Miramax's contract seems to be fine, who can guarantee that there are no traps in the text? Each contract in Hollywood will be signed with a special lawyer for review. When Schwarzenegger filmed "Terminator 3", he asked Hollywood's super lawyer Jacob Bloom to draft a twenty-one draft contract in four months, carefully stating it, and guaranteeing his own interests to the greatest extent.

Lucbesson also brought entertainment lawyers to Berlin this time. This contract must be checked by the lawyers and signed after confirming that there is no problem. Of course, Zhang Ran could not speak too bluntly and said with a smile: "Have, Lucbesson is the producer and is responsible for pre-sales and distribution. I have to show him the contract. If he thinks it is okay, then we will sign the contract!"

Harvey's smile was very bright: "Of course, I am sincerely working with you, I'll wait for your news!" (To be continued.)

ps: The recent chapters are a bit boring, but they will soon get to the topic.
Chapter completed!