Chapter 39: into the account

After a whole night of carnival, the crew officially disbanded, and the next thing didn't require many people, only a few people were enough for the crew.

As is the case with most independent films, once the filming is over, the crew disbands.

However, instead of relaxing, Ryan, Sophia, and Helen were even busier than when they were filming.

Sofia was negotiating with Skywalker Sound, as well as other soundtrack teams, while Ryan rented an entire professional editing room, where he and editor Chris Paul could not get out.

It is estimated that for at least a week, the two of them will not leave the editing room for half a step, and they will stay in there for food and lodging.

Chris Paul's technique may not be the best, but it is enough to edit a horror movie.

With everything proceeding in an orderly manner, "The Blair Witch", which was released for more than a month, finally began to be released on a large scale.

The cumulative box office in North America reached 160 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office was 258 million U.S. dollars.

In comparison, the North American box office is slightly higher than the previous life, and the overseas box office is slightly lower. Generally speaking, it is a great success.

As the film's distribution company and owner of all copyrights, 20th Century Fox has made a fortune, counting the money to the core.

Ryan, as the sole investor, producer, director, screenwriter and other positions of the film, in addition to buying out the copyright for 800,000 US dollars.

There is also a box office ladder sharing agreement. When the North American box office of the film reaches 50 million U.S. dollars, for every additional 10 million U.S. dollars, you can get 0.5% of the North American box office share, with a cap of 5%.

In other words, "The Blair Witch" has a North American box office of 160 million US dollars, and he can get 5% of the box office share, which will exceed 8 million US dollars.

Even for 20th Century Fox, it is a considerable amount of money, and the distribution department of 20th Century Fox has quite a lot of complaints about it.

Fortunately, "The Blair Witch" was too dazzling, and Helen was staring at it, so 20th Century Fox didn't play tricks on payment.

On May 22, in the second week after the release of "The Blair Witch" in North America, 20th Century Fox transferred a huge sum of more than 8 million US dollars to Ryan's account.

The money is not his alone, including Helen's commission, the repayment of the community bank loan, etc. In the end, there are only about 6 million US dollars left.

However, still let Ryan set foot in the ranks of millionaires.

As for the next various awards, including the Cannes Film Festival and the Saturn Awards, he will not choose to participate.

On the contrary, Helen will bring Jessica Chastain to some awards to make an appearance, so as not to be forgotten by the North American media.

Hollywood is like this, as long as it is not completely forgotten by the media, there is always a chance to turn around.

Speaking of which, Ryan hasn't seen Jessica-Chastain in a while.

He is now concentrating on the post-editing of "Chain Saw", and has long forgotten about her.

After more than a week, the sample of "Saw" was finally edited. Sophia specially rented a small screening room and called several leading actors in the film to watch it together.

Not many people came, only Ryan, Sophia, Helen, Monica Bellucci, Nicolas Cage, and Edward Norton. As an editor, Chris Paul personally operated the projector.

In addition, even the agents of several leading actors were rejected by Sofia.

"How do you feel?" Ryan asked a little nervously.

After all, he was not familiar with American horror movies, and the movie came out ten years earlier, which was different from the environment in the North American market in his previous life.

Don't underestimate the changes in external factors. Many high-quality films hit the street because of changes in external factors.

On the contrary, there are some movies that are not very exciting, because they cater to the needs of current movie fans, so they are popular. For example, "Alice in Wonderland" is a typical example, a pseudo-3D movie, with the help of "Afanki" The 3D movie "Watching the Wave" has a box office of 116 million US dollars in the first week, and a global box office of 960 million US dollars.

Simply speechless.

Sofia Coppola hesitated and said, "If you look at it purely in terms of art, no film critics will like it."

Before she could finish speaking, Ryan interrupted and said, "This is a horror movie, or a commercial movie, don't care about the critics."

Evaluate a horror film artistically?

What a joke.

What's more, he never thought of pleasing film critics. Compared with audiences, film critics are nothing.

"Anyway, I was horrified watching it." After finishing speaking, Sofia Coppola simply closed her mouth and stopped talking.

She knew in her heart that the word "art" was not in Ryan's eyes at all, and it was better not to say it than to say it.

"It's a great horror movie. Even if you are familiar with the plot, you still can't help feeling frightened." Nicholas Cage praised.

He has to admit that Ryan's handling of the plot of the film is perfect, especially the **** and thrilling aspects.

Helen poured some cold water on her, saying: "Overall, the movie is really good, but it's too bloody. It will be difficult to classify it. It is likely to be classified as NC-17. It is strictly forbidden for teenagers under the age of 17 to watch. Ticket buyers must show ID card. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com”

"Unless the film distributor is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America."

The North American Film Association has only seven members, and they are the seven major Hollywood film companies that are in charge of all film classifications in North America.

Once the distributor is one of the Big Seven studios, the film's rating will surely change from NC-17 to R: Children under 17 are advised to be accompanied by an adult.

If the **** plot is less, it will even become PG-13: it is recommended that children under the age of 13 be guided by parents or adults to watch.

Lionsgate Films, the distribution company of "Saw" in the previous life, was regarded as the leader of Hollywood's second-tier film companies and one of the most successful independent film companies, so the final rating of the film was only R.

If it were DreamWorks, it would be 100% NC-17.

Ryan understood what Helen meant, and tried to cooperate with the seven major film companies, so as to avoid a lot of trouble.

"Video distribution is really an issue."

He somewhat has a headache.

If the entire copyright is sold like the previous "The Blair Witch", I think 20th Century Fox will definitely be interested, and even pay a high price.

If they want to talk about share distribution, I am afraid that 20th Century Fox will immediately become difficult to talk about, and even if they finally agree, they will formulate a very harsh share distribution agreement.

In the previous life, "Chain Saw" did not encounter so many problems. Lionsgate, the film investor, has its own distribution channels in North America.

"Get in touch with 20th Century Fox first." Ryan whispered to Helen, telling her not to dwell on this issue.

The implication is that if you can't agree with 20th Century Fox, you should immediately look for a new distribution company.