Chapter 385: make a fortune

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"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has only been released for one month, and the North American box office has exceeded 300 million US dollars.

According to the box office trend of normal commercial films, the North American box office is likely to reach 400 million US dollars.

This is still without counting the overseas box office.

The overseas box office data of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is also very dazzling.

It was released for about three weeks, and it won a box office of 330 million US dollars from countries and regions such as Europe, South America, and Asia.

The global box office of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is as high as 650 million US dollars, a very scary figure.

Even if "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has passed its hot release period in North America, it is still possible to continue to reap a global box office of 200 million to 300 million US dollars.

According to the lowest estimate given by the media, the global box office of the film is also more than 800 million US dollars.

It can be said that the global box office trend of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is almost impossible to be below 800 million US dollars.

For a while, many media exclaimed that Orion Films had dug up a golden mountain.

You know, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is only the beginning film in the trilogy. Next, "The Lord of the Rings: The Knight of the Two Towers" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" will be released.

With a little calculation, it is not difficult to come up with a terrifying revenue figure, enough to make any Hollywood film company jealous.

The film "Gladiator", which is also an epic theme, will also be released soon.

Recently, it has been frequently mentioned by the media, and many people are waiting to see the jokes between DreamWorks and Universal Pictures.

There is no way, the word-of-mouth and ratings of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" are really terrifying.

The ratings of audiences in theaters have been maintained at over 90%, with an overall score of A+, and an average score of 88 from more than 78 media outlets.

"$650 million box office worldwide!"

In the "Gladiator" crew, John Logan had a look of disbelief in his eyes, "This is too exaggerated, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has only been released for a month."

"If I remember correctly, the entire project investment is only 300 million U.S. dollars. In other words, only the first film in the trilogy is released, and Orion Films can recover all investment costs, and even make a lot of money. .”

He turned to look at Ridley Scott with a look of disbelief on his face. All these dazzling achievements were brought about by only one film.

"It's normal, after all, this is a project decided by Ryan Gosling himself." Ridley Scott has had a good cooperation with Orion Films, and he is very aware of the horror of Ryan Gosling.

"As far as I know, in addition to the global box office of 650 million US dollars, Orion Pictures has earned more than 140 million US dollars in revenue from various image licensing of the film alone." He added.

$140 million!

John Logan stared, and couldn't help shouting, "God, 140 million US dollars! This is only the income from licensing!"

"It's really amazing." Ridley-Scott shrugged, and continued: "In addition, the sales of peripheral products for the film are probably more than 200 million U.S. dollars. Based on the low-cost purchase channels for peripheral products of Orion Films, it is estimated that it can bring Hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue."

For Orion Pictures, it is no secret that the purchase price of peripheral products is low.

At least many Hollywood insiders can be sure that the purchase price of Orion Films is very low.

In fact, the prices of these peripheral products are cheaper than they imagined, and they can be regarded as the price of cabbage.

Compared to John Logan's shock, David Franzoni was much calmer, "Ridley, you have worked with Orion Films before, so do you know about Weta Studios!"

He cared more about the special effects studio hidden beneath the hit show of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

A Weta Studio based in New Zealand.

"of course I know."

Ridley Scott gave a brief introduction and said: "This is a special effects production studio located in New Zealand. The founders are Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, and Jimmy Selkirk, among whom Peter Jackson is Director of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."

"In addition, Ryan Gosling is the majority owner of this special effects studio."

Hearing this, David Franzoni showed surprise for the first time, "You mean, Ryan Gosling spent money to invest in Weta Studios in order to film "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."

"Other than that, I can't think of a second reason," Ridley-Scott replied.

After getting an affirmative answer, David Franzoni was silent for a while, and said: "He reminded me of the people who did this last time, George Lucas and Industrial Light and Magic, and James Cameron and the digital realm.”

In order to film "Star Wars", George Lucas established his own special effects company "Industrial Light and Magic".

At the time, there was not even a special effects "department" in Hollywood. But he set up a special effects company for the filming of "Star Wars".

And James Cameron, who is also a top commercial director in Hollywood, also established a special effects production studio "Digital Field".

In fact, this is not the first time Ryan has chosen to invest in a special effects production studio for filming.

He got into the digital space as early as planning a superhero movie.

David Franzoni sighed from the bottom of his heart. Many people have only seen classic films produced by Orion Films.

However, few people see the hidden efforts behind it.

"Okay, David, next, it's up to us." Ridley Scott stood up, greeted everyone, and went to the promotional event site.

On June 5th, "Gladiator" was officially released on Friday, and there were only 2,833 cinemas on the first day of opening.

It earned $10.23 million at the box office on its first day of release, $10.89 million on Saturday the next day, and $9.7 million on its first day.

In the three days of the first weekend, it earned a box office of 30.82 million US dollars.

Compared with the box office of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" in the three days of the next weekend, it was 43.24 million US dollars, which is 12.42 million US dollars less.

Even in its third weekend, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" grossed $30.38 million.

From this point alone, it can be seen that the two films are not at the same level at all.

Whether it is the audience's word-of-mouth or the professional reputation of film critics, it is far inferior to "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring".

The media is even more cynical.

I think the most correct thing the film crew did was to postpone the release date of "Gladiator" and avoid the simultaneous release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring".

Ryan, who was shooting far away in Australia, did not pay attention to the release of "Gladiator", but devoted himself to the filming of the crew.

In addition, Ryan also has to take into account the negotiations with Lionsgate, and strive to reach a deal in the shortest possible time.

Otherwise, the time would drag on for too long, and Orion Films would have to pay a considerable amount of expenses for it every day.

"Judging from the current shooting progress, the crew is likely to finish shooting before August and go to New York to film."

In the restaurant of the studio, Ryan was enjoying a king crab the size of an entire dinner plate, while following Sofia Coppola on the opposite side, he said: "The location shooting of the crew is over, and you have at least 3 months until Christmas. The time left and right can be used to prepare for the filming of the crew.”

Sofia Coppola nodded, and calculated the time, "It won't take that long, a month will be enough for me."

For a low-budget and experimental film, the shooting time cannot be too long, and there is not that much budget.

"Well, you can choose to release it in March next year or after the summer."

Ryan put a large piece of milky white crab meat into his mouth, chewed and said, "Let me think about it, how about helping you hold a grand premiere ceremony then!"

Sofia Coppola put down the cutlery, wiped her mouth with a napkin, glanced at Ryan, and said, "It's a very cold joke, and it's not funny at all."

After speaking, she got up and left the restaurant.

Looking at Sofia Coppola's back, Ryan shrugged, turned to Adriana Lima and said, "Did I not be serious enough just now!"

"Very serious." Adriana Lima said with a strange look.

Even she knows that throwing a huge premiere for a low-budget experimental film is almost 100 percent a Hollywood joke.

Of course, Ryan just opened a small joke and will not really hold any premiere.

Ryan almost ate most of the king crab, then put down the tableware, wiped his mouth, and prepared to call Adriana Lima to get up.

At this moment, he suddenly saw a very familiar figure, carrying the dinner plate, walked to a seat not far away and sat down.

This is a very beautiful woman, and very famous in her previous life.

"Jessica-Alba!"

Ryan subconsciously glanced sideways at Adriana-Lima, feeling a chill in his lower body, and couldn't help but want to stay away from her~www.wuxiaspot.com~You know her! "Adriana Lima noticed Ryan's gaze and asked curiously.

Ryan shook his head, "I don't know him, I just feel familiar."

Although Jessica-Alba looks good, some rumors in her previous life are too scary.

He didn't dare to have any substantive contact with it.

At the moment Ryan took Adriana-Lima up and left the restaurant.

In order to forget about Jessica Alba, Ryan kept his eyes on Adriana Lima's delicate face along the way.

"Go to the locker room first, no one will come here today without Natalie Portman's part in the scene." He suddenly suggested.

Hearing this, Adriana Lima leaned close to Ryan's ear, her seductive red lips exuded a hint of sweetness, and said impatiently: "Then what are you waiting for!"

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