Chapter 407: shock

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The North American box office and overseas box office numbers of most Hollywood films will not differ too much.

But occasionally there are some exceptions. For example, the North American box office of "Titanic" is half of the overseas box office, and the overseas box office data of "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" is also higher than the North American box office.

It's the same with "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" that was just released.

Although North American theaters’ commissions are much lower than overseas ones, they can’t hold back the frighteningly high overseas box office.

Warner Bros.' revenue from overseas distribution will almost certainly be higher than Orion Pictures' revenue from North American distribution.

"Don't worry about the issue for now."

"The most important thing right now is the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."

There was a hint of thought in Ryan's eyes, and he said: "The news of the film's popularity in the UK will soon spread back to North America. We need to obtain the adaptation rights of the remaining sequels in advance."

Until November 2000, Rowling had created "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", Leigh Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

The copyrights of the above four original works were all bought by Orion Films.

However, Rowling is working on "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," as well as future "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."

The adaptation rights of these three unpublished works need to be negotiated by Orion Pictures, Warner Bros. and Rowling.

According to the consistent virtues of Hollywood film companies, "Harry-Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is a big hit at the box office, and there will definitely be a film company that will contact Rowling and the publishing house, intending to buy the adaptation rights of the remaining works.

"We can increase the copyright fee and share ratio." Ryan quickly made a decision.

Even if you pay a high copyright fee in proportion to the rake, you must get the adaptation copyright of the remaining works as soon as possible.

Otherwise, the longer the delay, the higher the price to be paid in the future.

Even, there may be variables.

What can reassure him a little is that the cooperation between Orion Pictures, Warner Bros. and Rowling is very happy, and all three parties want to continue to cooperate.

This is in the interests of Orion Pictures, Warner Bros. and Rowling.

"I'll contact Warner Bros. immediately," Nancy Utley agreed.

Compared with the overseas distribution of the film, it is obvious that the copyright of the adaptation of several works that Rowling is creating is more important.

In fact, the eyes of many Hollywood film companies have already fallen on "Harry-Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

Like Universal Pictures.

"The Grinch", released on November 17, is a film produced by Universal Pictures with an investment of 12.3 billion US dollars.

In the three days of the first weekend of its release, it earned a box office of 55.08 million US dollars from North America.

By the 23rd, the accumulated box office in North America was as high as 72.94 million US dollars.

A box-office success worth celebrating.

Surprisingly, "Undead" and "102 Dalmatians", which were released on the 22nd, started production on a large scale at the same time.

On the first day, "Undead" earned a box office of 6.81 million US dollars, which is not a very dazzling result.

However, it outperformed "102 Dalmatians" which grossed US$2.6 million on its first day. A film produced by

The first place is "The Grinch Christmas" with a box office of 9.37 million US dollars.

With the box office trend of "The Grinch", the entire November will belong to this film.

However, the appearance of "Harry-Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" broke the peace in the North American box office market.

For the release of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", Universal Pictures attaches great importance to it.

After all, this is the first film in an entire series jointly created by Orion Pictures and Warner Bros.

The last time Orion Pictures produced a series of films was "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," which grossed $96.8 billion worldwide.

Once "Harry-Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" hit the box office, the first hit was "The Grinch".

"The news just came back from the UK that the release of "Harry-Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" has caused a sensation, and the scene is even more enthusiastic than the release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" in the summer."

In a hotel in downtown Chicago, the director of the film, Ron Howard, looked a little unhappy, "Although the specific box office data is not yet known, the UK box office of this film is likely to surpass that of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring". "

The UK box office of "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is as high as 63.05 million pounds, a figure that is enough to make people look up to, second only to "Titanic" at the box office of 69.02 million pounds.

Compared with Ron Howard, the producer Brian Glazer is much calmer, "It's normal, Orion Pictures and Warner Bros. have spent a lot of resources on this film, and Time Warner is even operating on a global scale. The overseas box office of this film will not be low."

"Don't forget that the original author and several main actors of this film are British."

"Don't focus on the UK, our main target is the North American market, not the UK market."

"But..." Ron Howard was about to open his mouth, but Brian Glazer interrupted him, "We'll wait until the box office of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" comes out on the first day in North America."

"What's more..." he said meaningfully: "We have already succeeded. In less than a week after its release, the box office in North America reached 72.94 million U.S. dollars."

"If you count the overseas box office and peripheral copyrights and merchandise, it is enough for Universal Pictures to make a fortune."

With the box office trend of "The Grinch", it is inevitable that the North American box office will sell well.

"But "The Grinch" and "Harry-Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" are mainly watched by family audiences. Next, the hit of this film will bring us a lot of impact."

Ron Howard said somewhat helplessly: "Those family viewers don't care if the film's leading actor is Jim Carrey."

Brian Glazer frowned, "It's really troublesome."

"The Grinch" is not an original film, but also an adaptation of a children's literature.

However, compared to the sales volume of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", it is obviously much lower.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the best-selling children's book in the world right now, if not one of them.

In addition, the director of the film, Chris Columbus, did not consider adult audiences from the beginning of directing. The shooting style of the entire film is almost set from the perspective of underage audiences.

In this way, the audiences of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "The Grinch" are almost the same.

Also facing the impact of "Harry-Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", there are also Disney's "Undead" and "102 Dalmatians". Only a day's difference.

"Charlie's Angels!"

"ABC TV Network intends to cooperate with Orion Films!"

Michael Eisner, who was sitting on the office chair, looked at Carter Eisner opposite, with a hesitant tone, "This matter can be handled according to the opinions of the abc television network."

"I need to see abc network improve ratings."

Since Michael Eisner advocated that Disney buy the abc television network, it has not achieved the desired ratings.

In this regard, Disney's board of directors is very dissatisfied.

"In addition, Pixar Animation Studios will renew the contract and reach an agreement as soon as possible."

"In a short period of time, Disney cannot lose Pixar Animation Studios." Speaking of this, Michael Eisner's tone was full of unwillingness.

Disney has always been the king of animated feature films, ruling the box office market of Hollywood animated feature films.

However, with the rise of Pixar Animation Studios and 3D animated feature films, Disney's dominance in the animated feature film market has come to an end.

If it weren't for the cooperation agreement between Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, which has supported Disney's position in the animated feature film market, I am afraid that Disney's stock price has already plummeted.

"I'm afraid Steve Jobs will not easily agree to renew the contract in advance." Carter-Eisner showed a embarrassed look on his face.

Steve Jobs is no longer the man he was when he was just kicked out of Apple. Steve Jobs, who returned to Apple again, has become very tough.

What's more, Pixar Animation Studio is not the unknown small studio that it used to be, but has become the number one animation studio in Hollywood.

It is almost impossible for Disney to renew the contract with Pixar Animation Studios in advance according to the terms of the previous contract.

Steve Jobs wouldn't say yes.

"Steve Jobs!"

"A troublesome character." Michael Eisner muttered to himself, frowning.

Even he had to admit that Steve Jobs, who returned to Apple, was not someone who could be easily persuaded.

He can completely refuse Disney's cooperation.

As far as Steve Jobs ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ his main focus is on Apple, he will not care about Disney.

"Let's talk first, we still have a while." Michael Eisner has no good way.

In the previous life, until Michael Eisner resigned from Disney, Steve Jobs did not agree to renew his contract with Disney.

In the end, Disney was forced to spend a huge amount of money to acquire Pixar Animation Studios, and Steve Jobs directly became one of Disney's largest individual shareholders.

Even Disney's shares became the biggest legacy after his death.

In terms of value, it far exceeds the benefits brought by Apple.

Of course, from the personal point of view of Steve Jobs, the importance of Apple is definitely more than that of Pixar Animation Studios.

Apple is the place where he can realize his dream, not Pixar Animation Studios. .

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