Chapter 261: Take down The Prince of Egypt

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The arrival of the first working day of "Ice Age" has a box office of US$3.41 million on Monday, US$3.08 million on Tuesday, US$2.85 million on Wednesday, and US$2.75 million on Thursday.

The four working days added up to a total of 12.09 million US dollars at the box office.

The North American box office of the film reached 70.11 million US dollars.

Some media have already begun to predict that the box office of "Ice Age" this weekend can exceed 100 million US dollars.

With the arrival of the next weekend, theater companies have once again increased the scale of film releases and film scheduling rates, and Orion Films has also continued to increase investment in publicity.

The box office of the film rose sharply on Friday, earning US$8.9 million in a single day, continued to rise on Saturday, earning US$15.69 million, and still earned US$10.2 million on Sunday.

The box office of the next weekend was 34.73 million U.S. dollars in three days, and the box office in North America officially exceeded 100 million.

Within ten days of its release, "Ice Age" had a North American box office of 104.8 million US dollars, not only far ahead of "The Horse Whisperer", which was released at the same time, and even faintly ahead of "Clash of Heaven and Earth", which was released a week earlier.

Orion Films and Blue Sky Studios have prepared to hold a grand celebration party, inviting many Hollywood celebrities to participate.

At the same time, major overseas box office markets such as the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, and Spain.

It began to open on a large scale one after another, and won a box office of 48.69 million US dollars in the first week, won the weekly box office champions in many countries, and broke many records one after another.

The overseas box office of "Ice Age" came out, and Orion Pictures officially started negotiations with DreamWorks.

Not only the DreamWorks animation studio that Ryan envisioned, but also in terms of live-action movies, DreamWorks has long-term cooperation plans.

Compared with DreamWorks Animation Studios, the value of DreamWorks live-action movies in Ryan's eyes is much lower.

Except for a few films such as "Clash of Heaven and Earth", "Saving Private Ryan", and "Band of Brothers", there are not many films that can really interest him, otherwise DreamWorks would not be heavily in debt in his previous life.

Of course, as an overseas film distributor, there are still good benefits.

As for the copyright of the commercial series "Transformers" that DreamWorks sold in the previous life.

It has long been acquired by Orion Pictures, and by the way, it also bought the film and television adaptation copyright of another toy from Hasbro.

Right now, neither the copyright for toy adaptation nor the copyright for game adaptation is very high.

Even, the price of the original version of some second-tier superhero characters in Marvel Comics will not be so high at this time.

Until "Blade Runner", "X-Men", "Spider-Man" hit the box office.

Hollywood film companies are paying more and more attention to the copyrights of various games, comics, and books, and the prices of copyrights for adaptations of toy characters have also risen in a straight line.

Negotiations with DreamWorks are progressing very quickly. In just a few days, the two parties have initially reached a cooperation agreement.

However, it is not the expected long-term cooperation, but only obtained the overseas distribution rights of "Prince of Egypt", which can be regarded as a test of the water.

Next, if the cooperation between the two parties can meet the expectations of DreamWorks, they will naturally be able to cooperate for a long time. If they fail to meet expectations, then it will be hard to say.

In October, DreamWorks Animation Studio and "Little Ants" have reached an overseas distribution agreement with Universal Pictures.

In the headquarters of DreamWorks, in a small conference room, many senior executives from Orion Films and DreamWorks gathered.

"Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

Ryan and Jeffrey Katzenberg personally signed the overseas distribution agreement of "Prince of Egypt".

In addition to the distribution rights in North America, overseas online and offline copyrights are all handled by the overseas distribution company under the name of Ryan.

In terms of theater distribution, overseas distribution companies only take 35% of the overseas box office, which also includes overseas promotion fees, copying, transportation, storage and other miscellaneous expenses.

In terms of offline, various peripheral copyrights, etc., only take 33% of the fee. As an overseas distribution company, only 35% of the derivative products are taken, which is far lower than Hollywood's 70%. The big film companies take a percentage.

Of course, the derivative products will be distributed in the same way as "Ice Age", rather than authorized.

"I heard that DreamWorks Animation Studio is planning to make an animated feature film!" Ryan asked after the signing ceremony was over, deliberately pulling Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Jeffrey Katzenberg froze for a moment, "Are you referring to "The Little Pony King" or "Shrek"!"

Except for "Little Ants" and "Prince of Egypt" which are planned to be released this year.

DreamWorks Animation Studios, as well as "Rush to the Golden City" and "Chicken Run" in production, as well as "Shrek" and "Little Pony King" in the plan.

Among them, "Shrek" is the first 3D animation feature film planned by DreamWorks Animation Studio, and "Little Pony King" is also a key project of DreamWorks Animation Studio.

Even before "Ice Age" was released, "Little Pony King" was the focus of DreamWorks Animation Studio.

It can be seen that the production capacity of DreamWorks Animation Studio is far from comparable to that of Blue Sky Studio.

"Shrek!"

Ryan said without hesitation: "Compared with traditional hand-drawn animation, 3D animated feature films are the future development trend."

"If possible, I would like to invest in "Shrek."

Jeffrey Katzenberg frowned, and before "Ice Age" was released, he would definitely agree.

With the funding status of DreamWorks, the risk of producing a 3D animated feature film "Shrek" with an investment of up to 60 million US dollars is too high.

It would be nice to have Orion and Ryan Gosling to share the risk.

After all, "Little Pony King" is the next key project of DreamWorks Animation Studio. The investment budget of this hand-painted animation feature film is as high as 80 million US dollars.

However, with the global sales of the 3D animated feature film "Ice Age", Jeffrey Katzenberg has noticed that 3D animated feature films are the future trend.

"DreamWorks is not short of funds for the time being." Jeffrey Katzenberg politely declined.

Ryan couldn't help showing regret, "A very regrettable news."

"If DreamWorks Animation Studio lacks funds in the future, you can contact me as soon as possible."

Jeffrey Katzenberg nodded, puzzled at the same time.

Orion Pictures already owns Blue Sky Studios, so why continue to invest in the 3D animation feature film project of DreamWorks Animation Studio?

"Ryan, I don't understand something. You already have Blue Sky Studios. There is no need to continue investing in DreamWorks Animation Studios." Jeffrey Katzenberg asked in a low voice.

"Disney is the overlord of animated feature films, and Blue Sky Studios is only a latecomer."

"What's more, Disney still has a cooperation agreement with Pixar Animation Studios. Orion Pictures needs to unite more people to fight against Disney." Ryan said half-truthfully.

It is true to fight against Disney, but the main goal is DreamWorks Animation Studio and the "Shrek" series of films.

Except for the "Ice Age" series of films, Blue Sky Studios has its own unique style, and the rest of the films have no style at all.

Even DreamWorks suddenly realized that it had found a suitable style after "Shrek" became a global hit.

Disney!

Jeffrey Katzenberg's face changed slightly, and he couldn't help showing a trace of hatred, "Disney has ruled the Hollywood feature film market for too long, and it's time for someone to change this situation."

Ryan nodded in agreement, "I agree with your point of view very much, and Orion Pictures is planning to change this status quo."

The two didn't talk for too long, Ryan said goodbye and left~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Many things need to be done slowly.

For example, when it comes to DreamWorks live-action movies, the performance is getting worse and worse, and the record business is also not improving. On the contrary, DreamWorks Animation Studio has several films that have sold well at the box office.

That was the perfect time for Orion Pictures.

In the previous life, as the conflicts between Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, and David Geffen intensified, DreamWorks Animation Studio finally chose to go public independently.

A group of people left DreamWorks and returned to the car.

Jon Felthammer couldn't help saying: "The production capabilities of Jeffrey Katzenberg and DreamWorks Animation Studios are indeed extraordinary."

"In terms of 3D animation feature film production technology, it may not be comparable to Blue Sky Studio."

Now a lot of Hollywood media believe that the 3D animation feature film production technology of Blue Sky Studio is second only to Pixar Animation Studio, and its future value is still higher than that of DreamWorks Animation Studio.

"Are you optimistic about the "Shrek" project?"

"Or the entire DreamWorks Animation Studio!" Sofia Coppola asked from the side.

Obviously, she knows Ryan better, and she will never casually invest in a 3D animation feature film that is still under planning, and she must have his plans.

Just like choosing to invest in Blue Sky Studios to support Chris Wedge in exploring 3D animation feature film technology and investing huge sums of money in the production of "Ice Age".

The seemingly incomprehensible investment has brought Orion Pictures a top Hollywood animation studio, and Blue Sky Studios is about to go public.

When Pixar Animation Studios went public that year, Steve Jobs' net worth jumped by a billion dollars.

Once Blue Sky Studio goes public, Ryan's net worth will definitely skyrocket.

"Both." Ryan said speciously.