Chapter 40: The box office is not good, the surrounding area is awesome
In a blink of an eye, it was July 22.
"Fruit Candies" has already been screened in theaters for the first weekend. Although Zhu Ke and others have made great efforts and invested heavily in the publicity, but they have nowhere to cook, with only 300 screens, no matter what. Boom under high box office.
At the top of the box office rankings this weekend is the movie "Killing Hour", which was produced and released by Time Warner, and was released at the same time as "Fruit Hard Candies". The box office for the first weekend was 28.5 million U.S. dollars;
Even though "Independence Day" has been shown in theaters for nearly 20 days, as the North American box office champion this year, it still has good box office potential. This weekend it again won US$27.35 million, ranking second;
"Courage under the Fire", produced and published by 20th Century Fox, this weekend, the box office harvested 25 million US dollars, ranking third;
"Different Miracles", "Fatty Professor", "Evaporation Secret Order", "Chancellor" and other films, ranked fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth. The box office this weekend has exceeded 15 million. US dollars; other films, such as "The Bad Ghost Informant", "The Big Wave", "Sunset Park" and other films, also got good box office this weekend.
"Fuck!"
"These Nima movies are the top 40 movies at the box office in North America this year. I take the lead to justify them!"
Zuke gritted his teeth hard looking at the box office statistics.
1.327 million US dollars!
That's right, this is the box office result of the first weekend of "Fruit Hard Candy"!
"Boss, there is a huge crowd at the moment, our "Fruit Candies" has no advantage, this is also expected." Victor said.
Zhuke nodded and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm just talking about it. Anyway, we're going to be back."
Director Zach Schneider also breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as the film does not lose money, I can count on an explanation."
"Hahaha!"
Hearing that, Zhuke patted Zach on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Zach, congratulations, your first movie was a success. Well, apart from the box office, I can still make a profit in terms of DVD and video tape copyrights. Pen."
The box office of "Fruit Hard Candies" is indeed not high, but it's not too small when you think about it.
Man, it's a summer vacation with a lot of movies!
Even if many blockbusters have been shown in theaters for more than a week, or even two weeks, their appeal to audiences is still far greater than that of niche movies such as "Fruit Hard Candies", which can hit the box office of more than one million dollars. , Is already quite remarkable.
No way, the cost of "Fruit Hard Candy" is low!
The cost plus the publicity fee, plus the copy of the movie, did not exceed 1.6 million US dollars in total. The box office of this film is estimated to be around 5 million US dollars. The box office share alone is enough to cover the cost. In addition, the licensing and copyright sales fees are all earned.
Even if you don’t make a lot of money, it’s still making money anyway.
Three films that were in preparation at the same time, now "Fruit Candies" have been released, and only two films, "Fatal Bend" and "Juneo" remain.
"Fatal Turn" is a plasma horror film, of course it will be released on the Halloween schedule;
"Juneo" is a youth comedy, a family carnival type of film. The film has not been finished yet. It is expected to be released on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
"Boss, I have another good news to tell you." Victor said suddenly.
"Oh? What is it? Hurry up." Zhu Ke urged.
Zach Schneider also showed interest.
Victor continued: "Boss, we won the online peripheral license of Independence Day some time ago, and the good news I want to say is this."
Hearing this, Zhu Ke immediately said: "Of course I remember that the 20th Century Fox group of vampires demanded me $1 million. Haha, I guess they must regret it now."
"That's right!" Victor smiled: "They must regret it. In less than 20 days, our cumulative sales of "Independence Day" peripheral products on Amazon has exceeded 5.5 million U.S. dollars."
Happiness~!
Zhuke couldn't help but slapped his thigh, and said loudly: "Fox and the turtle grandchildren are dumbfounded. It's not easy to take advantage of Lao Tzu."
Zach couldn't help asking: "That said, you can definitely make a lot of money."
Victor nodded and smiled: "It's not how much money you make, but you can make a lot of money. It is estimated that by the end of this month, the online peripheral products of "Independence Day" will bring the company at least 2 million US dollars in profits."
The words fell, even if Zach didn’t understand, he knew that Wald Pictures was going to make a fortune!
The profit in the first month can be as high as 2 million U.S. dollars. In the following time, although the popularity of "Independence Day" will gradually decline, but within two years of licensing time, Wald Pictures will definitely be able to reap a lot of dollars.
Zhuke is going to make a fortune!
The ancients said: "Fortune is unparalleled, and misfortune does not come alone", Zhu Ke thinks it makes sense.
Because of the global copyright of "Talent Show", the registration is finally successful!
This will also mean that Zhuke digs into a gold mine again.
"Victor, you immediately arrange for someone to go to the UK, go to the BBC, and talk to them about the copyright of "The Got Talent"." Zhu Ke said immediately.
"Okay, boss."
Victor responded and left the office and set about arranging people to go to England.
Zach asked curiously: "Mr. Wald, what does the "Go Talent" copyright mean? Is it a new movie?"
Zhuke shook his head and laughed: "Zach, how many times have you said it, just call me Zhuke. As for "The Got Talent", it is not a movie, but a variety show planned by me, which I intend to sell to the BBC."
"Oh......"
Zach said he knew, but he witty did not ask any more questions.
Damn it!
He didn't ask any more, but he suffocated Zhu Ke's blood.
Brother, why don't you ask any more, I haven't performed yet!
How can I pretend if you do this!
Obviously, Zach Schneider can't imagine how much benefit "God Talent" will bring to Zhuke.
Hundreds of millions of dollars!
...
at the same time.
In a certain office of Fox in the 20th century, there are two people gnashing their teeth and cursing Zhu Ke for being kind.
"The online peripheral products of "Independence Day" sold nearly 6 million U.S. dollars in turnover in 20 days?!"
"In terms of revenue ratio, Wald Pictures can make at least $2 million this month!"
"Damn it! We are at a loss!"
"Yes, we shouldn't just charge $1 million for the license fee at the beginning, it should be doubled, no, or we shouldn't sell licenses. We are 20th Century Fox, UU reading www.uukanshu.com if we do it. Operation, then the sales of online peripheral products of "Independence Day" absolutely far exceed 6 million U.S. dollars!"
They regret it!
But it's too late to wake up!
The liquidated damages of up to 30 million U.S. dollars made them unable to breach the contract at all. Seeing that his big fat meat was eaten by Zhu Ke, the feeling is not to mention how aggrieved.
They hated Zhuke in their hearts!
If Zhuke were here, he would definitely tell them, stop making trouble, because it is "Independence Day", which is the box office champion in North America this year. If you change to other movies, can you see if you can sell it online again?
want to fart!
It's impossible to change to another film.
Of course, they don't think so at this moment. What they thought was that Zhu Ke took advantage of their own family!
Time is passing slowly.
In a blink of an eye, a week passed.
The employees who went to the UK to negotiate the copyright of "The Got Talent" returned to Los Angeles and brought good news.
"You are from the BBC, you are interested in our "Go Talent", but you are not willing to pay for it?" Zhu Ke looked at Martha in front of him and said.
Sister Martha nodded: "Yes, their attitude is very firm. It is impossible to divide the advertisement at all, and even if it is to buy the copyright, it cannot exceed 3 million pounds."
3 million pounds? !
sent the beggar!
"If I remember correctly, the British guy sold the "Talent Show" copyright fee to NBC TV in the United States for a full US$70 million." Zhu Ke could not help secretly scold the BBC shamelessly.
How to break the game?
Zhuke immediately fell into thought.
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