Chapter 458: new cooperation

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""Spider-Man" once again earned $71.4 million in the box office in three days of the next weekend, and the cumulative box office of the film in North America officially broke through the $100 million mark, reaching a box office of $234 million."

""Spy Game", produced by Universal Pictures, was released for five days and earned a total of 30.56 million US dollars at the box office, which is not as good as "Monsters, Inc."'s 32.52 million US dollars at the box office. Unfortunately, it became the first box office bomb in the November schedule."

"It is known that the investment in the entire film is as high as 115 million US dollars, Universal Pictures will face a big loss."

"On the other hand, "Spider-Man" was launched in Europe, Latin America, Australia, Southeast Asia and other countries, and won the weekly box office champions in many countries one after another. Among them, Japan alone earned a box office of 11.02 million US dollars."

Although "Spider-Man" sold well at the box office in North America, it was slightly worse in the overseas box office market.

Regardless of whether Superman, Batman, or Spiderman, in essence, they are all superheroes in North American comics, and their popularity in overseas markets is limited.

The English-speaking countries and regions are not bad, but other countries and regions must be relatively inferior. It is difficult to reach the enthusiasm of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Knight of the Two Towers".

But in any case, the situation of "Spider-Man" is much better than that of "Iron Man" in the previous life.

Many countries around the world have introduced the "Spider-Man" animated film, including the other side of the Pacific Ocean, which has a good reputation and fan base.

In fact, the overseas box office performance of "Spider-Man" is not bad, at least it won the weekly box office champion in many countries.

Even if the overseas box office does not sell as well as in North America, it will not be cold.

What's more, the overseas box office of the original "Spider-Man" is not much different from the North American box office.

This is why Ryan chose to shoot "Spider-Man" instead of other superhero movies or original movies.

On this point, Ryan is very clear that the film itself has a large fan base. Even if it is a different director, as long as the shooting is not too bad, it can still be successful.

In fact, from original films such as "Independence Day", "Inception", and "Titanic", to adapted films such as "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring", "Harry-Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", and "Spider-Man" above,

It is easy to find one thing, the first-week box office of the original film is basically not too high, on the contrary, the first-week box office of the adapted film will become higher and higher.

This is why, Hollywood original films are becoming less and less, while the number of adapted films is increasing year by year.

At the same time, the price of various adaptation copyrights also increased.

Since last Friday, the crew went to Europe for publicity, and Ryan returned to Los Angeles. He is not going to participate in the film's overseas promotional activities.

Of course, after a while, he will go to the other side of the Pacific Ocean with the crew.

In addition, the British Film Classification Committee, under the pressure of the theater company and the shareholders behind it, finally temporarily changed the rating of "Spider-Man" to 12, and it is scheduled to be officially released on November 30.

Naturally, British theater companies will not miss a blockbuster film, and "Spider-Man" is not an ordinary blockbuster film. In just ten days of release, the box office in North America reached as high as 234 million U.S. dollars.

According to Michael Kuhn, those theater companies were dumbfounded and wished that "Spider-Man" could be released immediately.

Ryan returned to Los Angeles. On the one hand, he devoted himself to the special effects production of "Spider-Man 2", and on the other hand, he met with Warner Bros. executives.

Obviously, the box office success of "Spider-Man" not only stunned the British theater companies, but also the top executives and board members of Warner Bros., and even the Time Warner Group.

"Batman?"

"Warner Bros. wants to work with Orion Pictures on "Batman"!"

In a private club in North Hollywood, Ryan looked at Greg-Silverman and Dan-Logan, and couldn't help showing a look of surprise.

Not only is it an investment cooperation, but also wants him to direct this new "Batman" movie.

Greg Silverman and Dan Logan looked at each other, and Greg Silverman spoke first: "Ryan, there is no one in Hollywood who is better suited to direct a superhero movie than you."

It was released for ten days and earned a box office of 234 million U.S. dollars.

This is the best proof.

"So what can I get?" Ryan asked very straightforwardly.

"Orion Films can get half of the investment and North American distribution rights of the film, as well as a remuneration in line with your status, including the final casting and editing rights." Dan Logan continued to talk.

On the surface, this is a very good terms of cooperation, even very generous.

However, Ryan didn't need to think about Warner Bros.' plan. It was nothing more than wanting him to restart the "Batman" series of films.

It seems that Warner Bros. has paid a lot of benefits in the short term.

But from a long-term perspective, once the new "Batman" is successful, then Warner Bros. can get a "Batman" series that has been brought back to life.

"In a short time, I don't have time to shoot another film."

Ryan said very directly: "Besides, just a cooperation on a film is not in the interest of Orion Pictures."

"So what do you mean?" Dan-Logan showed a puzzled look.

"At least three films." Ryan said without hesitation: "A trilogy belonging to the "Batman" series."

If it's just a cooperation on one film, Ryan is too lazy to waste time with Warner Bros. Unless it is a three-film shooting plan, he can consider cooperating.

He wouldn't mind filming the original Batman Dark Trilogy.

While making a lot of money, it can also allow Warner Bros. to follow the old path of the previous life.

The Batman Trilogy!

Greg Silverman knew he had a choice to make.

This is not a film, but a trilogy. According to Ryan's previous investment scale, it is conservatively estimated that it will be more than 300 million US dollars. It must be difficult to convince the board of directors to agree.

Of course, if Warner Bros. chooses to refuse in the end, Ryan will have nothing, he does not lack shooting plans.

After hesitating for a while, Greg Silverman finally said, "I'm going to try to push the Batman collaboration on the board."

Ryan just nodded without saying anything.

This is just a cooperation intention, and there are still many things to do in the future, so it is impossible to agree directly.

After all, this is a collaboration on the "Batman" series of films, not other films.

With the box office hit of "Spiderman", the importance of the "Batman" series of films is naturally highlighted.

Moreover, Warner Bros. is not Orion Pictures. Greg Silverman and Dan Logan not only have to convince other company executives and boards of directors, but also scruples about opinions from Time Warner.

If you want to formalize the cooperation plan for the "Batman" series of films, it will not be decided in a short time.

After chatting with the two for a while, Ryan got up to say goodbye and leave.

Looking at Ryan's back, Dan Logan shook his head helplessly, "It seems that he is very clear about our plan, and that's why he proposed the trilogy."

In cooperation with Orion Films, Ryan Gosling directed the "Batman" film. Once this film is successful, then Orion Films and Ryan Gosling can be left behind, and Warner Bros. can shoot it alone.

Obviously, Ryan Gosling would not agree to such a cooperation.

"It may be difficult to persuade the board of directors to agree to the new cooperation method." Dan Logan said lightly.

"It's really difficult." Greg Silverman was silent for a while, "However, the last "Batman and Robin" was not only a failure at the box office, but even the reputation of the entire series of films has become so bad. pole."

"Batman and Robin", which was released in the summer of 1997, had a budget of 160 million U.S. dollars and starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Such a film that will be successful no matter how you look at it, but the audience's reputation is extremely poor. The North American box office is only 107 million US dollars, the overseas box office is 130 million US dollars, and the global box office is 238 million US dollars.

This film is called the worst "Batman" series film, and the commercial value given by the audience is only C﹢.

There are six business grades of A﹢, A, A﹢, B﹢, B, B﹢.

It can be seen how bad the audience's word-of-mouth of this film is, otherwise Warner Bros. would not directly cancel the sequel filming plan.

"We need someone to reboot the 'Batman' franchise."

Greg Silverman thought of every film directed by Ryan in the past, as if he had made up his mind, "There is no more suitable choice than Ryan Gosling."

Thinking of the box office of "Spider-Man", Dan Logan nodded in agreement.

On this point, no one can deny it right now.

"Cooperation on Batman!"

Back in the car, Sofia Coppola obviously couldn't believe it, "Warner Bros., what a surprise."

"Are you going to refuse? Or agree!"

She wondered what Ryan's decision was.

"If Warner Bros. agrees to do a trilogy, I wouldn't mind directing the Batman franchise."

Ryan put on his seat belt ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and said: "At that time, Helen can help me get a reasonable salary."

With the investment from Warner Bros., he will naturally demand a sky-high salary.

"It seems that Warner Bros. is facing a very difficult choice."

Sofia Coppola shrugged and said, "Helen will definitely not be polite to Warner Bros."

With Ryan's current status, the film salary is by no means a small amount. Coupled with Orion Films' investment and distribution income, it is obviously a good cooperation project.

What's more, Ryan doesn't mind cooperating with other film companies, as long as there are sufficient conditions, such as the copyright of "Batman".

The next weekend passed, and the second working day of "Spider-Man" arrived, and a new film "The Wedding Planner" was released in North America again.

This is a love movie produced by Sony Pictures with a budget of only 35 million US dollars, which cannot stop the pace of "Spider-Man".