Chapter 374: MGM residual value

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With the end of the first weekend of three days and the arrival of the first working day, Orion Films changed its promotional strategy.

On the homepage of the film website, a large amount of shooting data related to the crew was released.

Among them, the most shocking ones are three million feet of film, 1,600 pairs of hobbit feet, more than 250 specially trained horses, more than 900 sets of handmade armor, more than 20,000 handcrafted daily utensils, and more than 48,000 sets. Swords, axes, shields and other weapons.

More than 15,000 sets of costumes, 20,602 actors, 2,400 behind-the-scenes staff, 180 computer stunt personnel, 114 characters with lines, 42 tailors and cobblers, 100 live-action shoots in New Zealand, 10,000 cricket field workers The audience roared out the sound effect production of the strong orcs, and 560 special effects shots were produced in post-production.

The above data is not one film, but three films shot together.

In addition, there are many behind-the-scenes clips and introductions of the crew.

For example, it takes at least 10 hours for Oakes to make up, plus shooting, the actors work at least 15 hours a day, sometimes even 18 hours.

Oakes' outfits and costumes are heavy, and the actors have to endure the heat in summer.

The fighting scene by the river at the end of the film was shot at a high temperature of 40 degrees. And some Oakes masks were so airtight that the actors could only breathe through their mouths until the end of filming.

This isn't across the Pacific, it's Hollywood.

Don't say that the Hollywood crew didn't work overtime.

In fact, many Hollywood crews are also very dedicated.

There is also the Battle of Helm's Deep in the ending egg. In order to shoot the close-up of Helm's Deep, the crew spent four months building a 1:4 model little by little.

In Bag End, where the hobbit lived, the crew made almost 250,000 pieces of artificial leaves. It took 10 people a week and a half to wear the leaves, and finally made a lush tree.

It can be said that without the hard work of the entire crew, it would be impossible for the film to be released.

As the most intuitive data was announced, countless netizens couldn't help but exclaim.

It was the first time that I knew that the original crew had worked so hard and tediously to make a film.

These data are currently reproduced by a large number of websites and traditional media.

In less than half a day, another discussion arose.

Even the harshest film critics have to give positive comments to the crew.

Directly declared that this is the largest filming project in Hollywood history, enough to be recorded in the annals of Hollywood history, and highly praised Orion Films in the report.

"For such a cumbersome shooting plan, with a budget of more than 300 million US dollars, one can imagine how much risk the film production company Orion Films needs to take."

"Here I want to say that the prosperity of Hollywood is precisely because of the existence of Orion Films and crews, who dare to take huge risks and produce films beyond imagination."

For a while, Orion Films and the crew directly rose to another level.

The Herald, which seemed to be a bit touted, was unexpectedly recognized by the majority of people.

No matter when it is, such a film company and crew will be recognized by countless young people.

The most intuitive point is the first working day on Monday.

Even if the box office of the film inevitably drops sharply, it can still earn 13.52 million US dollars in a single day.

It's not a weekend, it's a working Monday.

So far, the North American box office of the film has accumulated to 93.63 million US dollars.

If there is no accident, the North American box office on Tuesday will officially exceed 100 million US dollars, making it the fastest film in North America to break 100 million US dollars.

"In less than five days after its release, the North American box office of the film reached 93.63 million US dollars, which is about to give Orion Pictures the second North American annual box office champion. This is also the first North American annual box office champion after Orion Pictures acquired MGM. .”

"Orion Pictures told everyone with the facts that the acquisition of MGM will not fall into the quagmire."

"It is said that Orion Films intends to sell part of MGM's departments in a package, including the complete North American distribution channels, production department, and publicity department..."

Frank Gusta put down the newspaper, pondered for a while, looked up at Roman Doronik, and said, "What do you think about Orion Pictures' plan to sell the MGM business?"

Lionsgate just officially produced a film last month, and the investment for the entire film was only US$8 million.

It seems that it is only a small production film, but for Lionsgate, it is an important turning point.

Although the North American box office revenue of the film is not very good, and it also uses the distribution channel of Orion Films.

Lionsgate is only responsible for the distribution of the film in Canada and part of the distribution business in the United States, while the rest of the overseas distribution and part of the distribution business in the United States are handed over to Orion Films.

Although the box office of this film is not very high, it did not fail, but made a good profit.

Lionsgate has opened up the situation in Hollywood.

However, Lionsgate still has many shortcomings, such as the imperfect distribution channels in North America, the lack of distribution channels such as video tapes and discs, and the chaotic management of the production department.

Originally, the Lionsgate production department gave a budget of 40 million US dollars and planned to invite Leonardo DiCaprio as the leading actor in the film.

The decision was overruled by Lionsgate president Roman Doronik, who demanded that the film's budget be kept within $10 million.

"Obviously, Orion Pictures and Ryan Gosling intend to dismember MGM."

Roman-Doronic is somewhat bleak. A film company with the longest history in Hollywood is about to face the fate of being dismembered.

"Orion Films itself has a complete distribution channel and production department. Except for MGM's film copyright library and membership of the Film Association, most of the other departments and industries are of no use to Orion Films. It's a heavy burden."

Anyone who knows Orion Pictures can easily guess why the other party chose to dismember MGM.

"Then what about the part of MGM that Orion Films plans to sell as a package!" Frank Gusta asked in a deep voice.

Roman-Doronic froze for a moment, then frowned tightly, lost in thought.

After a while, he said slowly, "MGM still has a lot of good assets, such as distribution channels in North America, and the production department."

He understands what Frank Gusta means, and intends to buy the MGM department that Orion Pictures is about to sell.

The decision was a mixed blessing for Lionsgate.

On the bright side, as he just said, MGM has many good assets.

Even the leftovers from Orion Pictures still have plenty of good stuff.

On the downside, Orion Pictures is sure to keep some good divisions, and MGM is a notorious mess.

If one fails, Lionsgate will be heavily in debt.

"So what's your opinion?"

Frank Gusta looked at him and continued to ask, "Should I buy it? Or choose another acquisition target!"

"It's best to buy it, anyway, it's a rare opportunity for us." Roman-Doronic said without hesitation: "However, I suggest buying selectively instead of accepting them all. "

"I'm afraid Orion Films won't agree." Frank Gusta flicked his cigar, "If it were me, I would choose to sell MGM's various departments as a package instead of selling them separately."

If it is sold separately, it won't take long for Orion Pictures to have some departments that have to be disbanded and subsidiaries that are facing bankruptcy.

MGM has a lot of messes, the best way is to sell them as a package, even if the price is a little lower, it is much better than disbanding in the end~www.wuxiaspot.com~ At least you can save a severance fee.

What's more, MGM still has many eye-catching industries, such as a complete distribution channel in North America.

MGM's distribution channels in North America can definitely rank among the top ten among Hollywood film companies.

There is also the production department, MGM's production department, still has some background, much better than many second-tier film companies.

The remaining offline distribution departments such as video tapes and discs, publicity departments, peripheral product departments, etc., are also considered good high-quality industries.

Of course, these are the leftovers selected by Orion Films. Many people in this department will choose to merge into Orion Films.

The TV production department and the animation production department, both of which are no longer sold, are added to Orion Films to improve the overall structure of the company.

The animation production department mentioned here is not feature-length animated films, but children's cartoons, such as the famous MGM.

Ryan is right about the copyright, but he has long been greedy.

Until the previous life, this cartoon was still being updated, and it brought a lot of income every year.

Of course he won't be involved in the production, he just wants to keep the production going.

With the end of the first weekend of the release, Ryan handed over the rest of the film's publicity work to him, and devoted himself to the crew audition.

There are only a few months left before the official filming time of the crew.

The most urgent task right now is to audition for actors, and the audition for the leading actor is even more imminent.

The crew needs to select a suitable candidate from the list of dozens of candidates.