Chapter 231: first weekend

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On the day of its premiere on Friday, "American Pie" earned a box office of US$12.89 million in a single day, surpassing the US$2.05 million box office of "Starship Fleet" in the second week of its release, and won the first place in the single-day North American box office list.

On the day of the first day of release, Orion Films had already recovered its investment on the books.

The filming cost of "American Pie" was less than 10 million U.S. dollars, while the filming cost of "Starship Fleet" was as high as 95 million U.S. dollars, and the film promotion budget must exceed 100 million U.S. dollars.

The original version of "American Pie" is a film released by Universal Pictures. Without large-scale publicity, it won a box office of 6.53 million US dollars on the day of its premiere. Universal Pictures couldn't believe it.

In the three days of the first weekend, it earned a box office of 18.7 million US dollars.

Until this time, Universal Pictures did not increase the scale of publicity for "American Pie".

Currently, "American Pie" released by Orion Films not only invested a lot of promotional budget in the early stage, but also the opening song "Baby" sung by Britney Spears is a big hit again.

As for "Starship Troopers", let's not talk about it.

The North American box office of this film was only 45 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office was only 120 million U.S. dollars. Obviously, it was impossible to recover the investment from the box office.

In the previous life, "Starship Troopers" has filmed several sequel films, and the investment company should not have lost much money. At least the income from the copyright of peripheral products is enough to recover the investment cost of the film.

Of course, "Starship Troopers" is far from being a big hit, at best it won't lose money.

In contrast, "American Pie," which had a budget of less than US$10 million, earned US$14.54 million again on Saturday, continuing to top the single-day North American box office rankings. It fell slightly on Sunday, earning US$11.39 million.

The film's North American box office reached US$38.83 million in the first three days of the weekend.

Even people who are not familiar with the operation of Hollywood film companies can see one thing at this time, "American Pie" will bring amazing benefits.

On the second day after the premiere, Orion Films announced that next year it will continue to prepare for the filming of the second "American Pie", which is expected to be released in the summer and will create a series of films.

Many media have expressed that, apart from the "Chain Saw" series, Orion Films is about to usher in the second big-selling low-cost series of films.

In the reception room of Orion Films, Ryan personally brought Nancy Utley a cup of coffee.

"Ryan, the development of Orion Pictures has surprised many people." Nancy Utley took a sip of coffee, her tone full of surprise.

First with the low-budget horror "Saw" series, and now with a low-budget "American Pie" series.

Orion Pictures' operating income on the franchise is enough to make any Hollywood film company envious.

"I can't believe that the shooting cost of "American Pie" is less than 10 million US dollars."

Having said that, Nancy Utley put down the coffee in her hand and looked at Ryan very seriously, "I heard that Orion Films is preparing two big projects and has been looking for partners!"

"That's right." Ryan nodded with a smile.

The "Lord of the Rings" project, because MGM has not made any progress, and Paramount has not given a specific answer to the "Harry Potter" project plan.

It seems that Paramount executives have a little doubt, and the investment in the "Harry Potter" project is really amazing. The global operation will require an astronomical amount of funds.

"So have you considered Fox Searchlight?" Nancy Utley asked tentatively.

Fox Searchlight Pictures, although backed by 20th Century Fox and News Corporation, releases several films every year, and its revenue is not bad.

But it has never had a real big-selling movie, and the only big-selling movie is "The Blair Witch".

"Sorry, Orion Films has no plans for the time being." Ryan said very bluntly, "Besides, I am more concerned about the last proposal."

With the continuous development of Orion Films, the distribution department of the company has not changed much. The ability of the current distribution department director can only be said to be average.

So Ryan has always wanted to find a manager who is familiar with the Hollywood distribution business, and he will be in charge of the global distribution department of Orion Pictures in the future.

Of course, there is another purpose, which is used to check and balance Jon Fertimer. Any company needs the necessary checks and balances.

Nancy Utley in front of her is one of the candidates.

Hearing what Ryan said, Nancy Utley became a little silent, and after half a minute, "What position can I get?"

Nancy Utley, one of Fox Searchlight's top executives, will have a hard time convincing herself unless Orion can make an offer that no one can refuse.

"Orion Films has only one vice president, Jon Fertimer, who is in charge of the production and day-to-day operations of the company."

Ryan continued: "There is currently a lack of a vice president in charge of distribution and publicity, and at the same time, he must also be responsible for the preparation of the "Lord of the Rings" project."

The two most important projects of Orion Pictures right now are "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings".

As for the acquisition of overseas distribution channels, it is only Ryan's personal investment.

Even in the future, overseas distribution channels will not be merged into Orion Films, but a separate distribution company will be established.

In addition to the convenience of making accounts, it is also a disguised restriction.

Vice President of Orion Films!

And the Lord of the Rings project!

"I need to think about it for a few days." Nancy Utley hesitated.

The position of vice president of Orion Films made her a little tempted.

After all, Orion Films is not an ordinary film company, and has produced several blockbuster films one after another.

"I just got a message."

After a while, Nancy-Utley's complexion returned to normal. She took a deep look at Ryan and said, "Lost in Space, carefully crafted by New Line Pictures, is expected to be released in the spring of next year. The specific time period will follow Rush Hour is pretty much the same."

Lost in Space by New Line Cinema!

A smile appeared on the corner of Ryan's mouth. This "Lost in Space" is adapted from a TV series with an investment budget of up to 70 million US dollars. It is considered to be the most important film released by New Line Films next year.

As for the release date of "Lost in Space" by New Line Films, the release time of "Rush Hour" is approaching, and it is nothing more than trying to block Orion Films.

A method like this is not very clever. Every time DreamWorks released a film in the previous life, it almost faced resistance from many sides.

Compared with the seven major film companies, New Line Cinema's move is just child's play.

What's more, use "Lost in Space" to block "Rush Hour"!

The North American box office of "Lost in Space" in the previous life was only US$69.11 million, but what is the North American box office of "Rush Hour"?

A full $140 million, much higher than the global box office of "Lost in Space".

"In the end, New Line Pictures and Robert Shay will fail, not Orion Pictures," said Ryan confidently.

Nancy Utley smiled and said nothing more, she had already said what she had to say just now.

In the next few days, the box office of "American Pie" rose all the way. Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures and several film companies contacted Orion Pictures one after another, wanting to buy "American Pie". "Overseas distribution rights.

Even, said that it is acceptable to share the distribution plan.

Ryan didn't agree immediately, but asked someone to contact MGM to sell the overseas distribution rights of "American Pie" in exchange for the distribution rights of "Lord of the Rings".

Inside the MGM headquarters building, Frank Macasso looked at the survey data that had just been sent in front of him, and tapped his finger on the desk, "The overseas distribution rights of "American Pie?"

"Ryan Gosling would rather."

"Eli, what do you think, this matter!"

"Should I agree? Or continue to refuse!"

Orion Films will definitely not agree to release it by way of commission, but by way of buyout.

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"You can promise to come down."

Alex Yemenije thought for a while and said, "Judging from the North American box office trend of "American Pie" and the sales volume of the film's opening song, the overseas box office will definitely not be less than 100 million US dollars."

"It's hard to say no to such an offer."

"Of course, in exchange, Orion Pictures can obtain the distribution rights of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", but the price is..."

Alex-Emenije did not continue.

It is nothing more than raising the sale price of the distribution rights of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", and lowering the price of the overseas distribution rights of "American Pie".

"Nice idea."

"I'll leave this matter to you." Frank Macasso pushed the data in front of him to Alex Yemenije who was on the opposite side.