"The Saw" has exceeded 160 million, a typical example of small profits." Los Angeles Daily

"Just yesterday, "Saw" announced the painting and exited the market in a victorious manner." "Chicago Daily"

"Wen Ziren: Another shining new star. The first work can exceed 100 million." "New York Morning Post"

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Just as Lehman was busy running the company and preparing for the sequel to "Saw", the screening of "Saw" in the North American market finally came to an end.

In fact, when the screening reached the fourth week, the decline was already obvious, and the box office in a single week was less than 10 million.

However, this is normal.

The screening cycle of cult films is generally short.

As the audience's viewing potential is almost exhausted, and as the screening theaters gradually decrease, paintings are a normal market choice.

But there is no doubt that this movie is already a big miracle.

The production cost of 10 million US dollars, and the director is still a pure newcomer, and the main actor is not particularly well-known, but he can still receive a box office of 162.3 million US dollars in North America.

Moreover, the overseas market under the responsibility of Europa Films is also very smooth.

What is certain is that overseas distribution will definitely make or lose money. Popularity and profits may not be as popular as North America, but the box office of more than 100 million yuan, which makes "Saw" more than 300 million yuan global box office, which does not seem to be particularly difficult. (Because there are delays in various places, and except France, other places will still have two weeks first, which will only start to be released on October 25, so the box office statistics are not completely accurate.)

The stunning performance of this movie made many media happy to report on this matter.

This time, Paramount Pictures did not put money behind the scenes. After all, the movies were released, so why are you bragging about? This was entirely reported by the media, because it is very topical in itself.

The movie has exceeded 100 million, and the director is actually a newcomer.

Isn’t such news reports eye-catching enough?

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The housekeeper brought the last dish to the table. Wen Ziren moved the chopsticks and said, "Lyman, I'm going to buy a suite in a few days. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Well, at present, Wan Ziren still rents a house with Ray Naval, and the house is still in a mid-range community. Although the environment is not bad, it is definitely not good. (The living environment in the United States depends entirely on how much you can live in a house, just like Beverly Hills. Why so many rich people gather here is entirely because there are complete police stations, fire management, and large hospitals, security and security forces in the community, which is a strong one.)

As for those not-high-end residential communities, such as robbery, gun extortion, and high crime rates.

Of course, Lehmann had invited Wan Ziren and Ray Navor to live there. Anyway, he was very big and had many rooms, but he couldn't force it if he didn't want to.

"Where do you want to move?" Lehman asked.

"I want to move to the Santa Monica community. A few days ago, Ray Navor and I went to see it. The surrounding facilities and community environment are very good."

"Why not move here? Isn't Beverly Hills better?"

Upon hearing this, Wen Ziren was a little puzzled, "We don't have that much money. If we rent it, it would be fine, but we still want to buy a house so that we can feel more at ease."

No, with the market performance of "Saw", Wan Ziren should be rich.

Although his director's basic salary is not high, only 500,000 yuan, his box office results are so good that Paramount Pictures will definitely share the rewards. In terms of calculation, there are three to four million, and Ray Navor, the screenwriter and producer, can also get a salary of no less than 500,000 yuan.

With this conclusion, it should not be difficult to buy a small apartment.

However, immediately, Leman figured it out again and asked with a smile: "Do you have any concerns? So you want to save some money."

Wen Ziren nodded embarrassedly, "Do I have to take out some money to invest?"

Well, the production of the sequel to "Saw" by Lehman, was arranged in this way. Director and producer Wan Ziren, with a basic salary of US$1.5 million plus an investment share of US$1.5 million, accounting for 20% of the total production budget, and participated in the box office share in the same proportion. The rest was half funded by Mann Studio and half funded by Firefly Pictures.

In the future, as Wan Ziren's qualifications continue to increase, this investment ratio will definitely be more and more tilted towards Wan Ziren's side (refer to the rising salary and investment share when Lehman cooperated with Europa Films.)

But now, if it is only 20% of it, Wan Ziren also needs to take out most of his savings.

Thinking of this, Lehman suggested: "I still think it's better for you to live here. I happened to have a friend who has a house next to my house. The apartment is very good, a separate yard, and the price is not expensive, about 20 million yuan. You can pay a down payment first. I'm helping to advance a little, and finish the purchase procedures first. After the sequel is released, you should be able to pay it."

That so-called friend is of course Nicholas Cage. This guy is still as good as ever to manage his finances. What's wrong with hoarding houses? In the United States, the luxury housing tax can be lost as long as the market is a little bad. (The high-end housing prices in the United States are not very expensive, and what is cheated is the subsequent maintenance fees, housing tax and inheritance tax. In recent years, real estate has been generally rising, and Cage has made a lot of money, but once the housing prices fall and they are all ruined, Cage will go from a millionaire to a millionaire)

As for Wen Ziren, who obviously didn't want to bother him too much, he didn't say anything about helping him pay the full payment in advance.

Although 20 million US dollars is nothing to Lehman now, there are more than 80 million on Firefly Pictures' books, not to mention that Mann Studio's deposit has long exceeded 200 million. The former is his personal asset, and the latter is a common asset with Ryan, so it is not easy to confuse. However, Lehman has free money. Anyway, the company's projects are gone except for the sequel to the chainsaw, and there is no money to use. Instead of depreciating the bank, it is better to spend it in a reasonable place.

First, he can sell his favor to Wan Ziren, and second, he can also be considered a trick of Cage, so that he will not lose too much money at that time.

Now this guy has just joined "National Treasure" with a high-profile net worth of 17 million yuan, plus 15% of the total box office share in North America. It is the time to gradually reach the peak of his career. Although he would not listen, at least he should not be famous as the "king of bad movies" in his previous life.

Friend, if you can, you can do it.

Finally, with Leman's persuasion, Wan Ziren finally made up his mind to buy a house in Beverly Hills.

After Lehman called Cage, he also said that he would do it in a few days.

The house purchase matter was resolved, and Lehman smiled and said, "In this way, we are considered neighbors."

"Yes, haha." Wan Ziren nodded. He now respects Lehman and is full of hope for their future prospects. He asked with great anticipation: "Lehman, when will the sequel movie project start?"

Lehman replied: "No hurry. I'm still screening the appropriate cast list and crew members these days. When the crew is ready, it will probably take one or two weeks."

While having a meal, the two discussed the filming of the future movie.

Although Wan Ziren made a movie, she still lacked confidence in some places. At least she trained actors and other things, so she still needs some experience.

As for Ray Navor, he is also a talented person, with good screenwriter skills. Many murder mechanisms and clue placement in the chainsaw were all ideas he came up with. He is down-to-earth and hardworking, and he is Wen Ziren's right-hand man. The relationship between the two has also been tested by time. From college to now, but if he was allowed to take on the producer alone, his methods would be a little bit bad. He could only be a deputy and continue to study.

However, Ryan and Thomas, after two years of filming, the crew experience has increased rapidly and they have the ability to stand on their own.

If Ryan said that, he could try to hand over the company's marketing department to him. As for Thomas, this guy is not very motivated and just wants to do his photography well. In the future, he can see if he can develop into the head of the photography and lighting team under the company's production department. Of course, all this will depends on whether the two people are willing or not. If they are unwilling, Lehman will definitely not force it.

Several of them, including George, have a good relationship.

Lehman also hopes that they can develop better.

After dinner, Wen Ziren left.

This person is also a workaholic and said he wanted to go to Caa to help Johnson refer to actors and build a crew.

After taking a nap for a while, Lehman rushed to the company.

The effect of the painting in "Saw" is far from confirming its value by a box office number.

For example, some operations of peripheral copyrights.

What are the peripheral products that are authorized to some toy manufacturers, calendars, notebooks and other toys.

After the movie was hit, Paramount Pictures also found suitable manufacturers and made another profit from secondary copyright development.

For example, if you sell some texts, calendars, you can get a profit of 2 cents for a price of 1 USD.

There are also TV stations and paid channels to broadcast movies, and each negotiation can roughly earn hundreds of thousands of dollars. (The reason why Hollywood is keen on making blockbusters is because they are not afraid of box office failures. Unlike the mainland film market, movies rely solely on box office support. Hollywood's movie profits are still offline. For example, the DVD sales of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (2015) have exceeded 130 million US dollars in North America, and this disc will continue to be sold.

You think about how much money Disney has made, so people don’t feel sorry for all the box office. The main creators account for more than 50% of the box office revenue in North America. Also, in terms of toy licensing, Disney’s financial report that year pointed out that the local toys around the Star Wars series generated as much as 700 million US dollars. Under these data, you can understand why Hollywood manufacturers like big shots so much, and they are indifferent to low-cost movies, and even have to develop blockbusters if they lose money)

Unfortunately, because Paramount was involved in the investment and was still an issuer, most of the peripheral development profits were taken away by them.
Chapter completed!