On Monday morning, Luo Sheng City was particularly congested.
As the boss of Infinite Pictures, Xuan basically attended the weekly meeting.
He did not set up this film company to play around and shoot a few movies.
Perhaps in the beginning, the company was only set up to produce movies.
Later on, Xuan's ambition wasn't satisfied with just this. He hoped to be like the eight major film companies, completely controlling the production, distribution, theater chains, movie derivation, and so on.
Only in this way could the right to speak be in his own hands, and he did not have to listen to others.
However, this required Xuan to have billions of dollars to stand at the top of Hollywood.
The current Xuan still needed to seek cooperation.
For example, for this La La Land, Xuan still had to find a distribution company.
Xuan had already proven himself through Paranormal Activity, which was why Paramount, Universal, Columbia, Orlando, and Fox had all come to him.
Among them, disney, which was good at musical-themed films, was the most interested, but their minimum standard was only 25% of the box office share.
All the other companies demanded a 30% cut.
And La La Land wasn't even their main project.
From this, it could be seen that these traditional bigwigs still didn't believe that Xuan's musical could succeed.
After going around and around, Legendary Pictures was willing to continue working with them with a 15% share.
Joe Drake came personally and chatted with Xuan for an entire afternoon, fully expressing Legendary Pictures 'sincerity.
Thus, Legendary Pictures and Xuan started working together for the second time.
Regarding the release and screening of the movie, Legendary Pictures 'distribution manager Dan En and CEO Joe Drake came to the company to attend the meeting.
Joe Drake said helplessly as soon as Xuan entered.
"Chu, why did you just announce it? Don't we still have to figure out how to avoid the holiday slot?”
Last night, Xuan had announced his schedule on his personal Weibo, catching Joe Drake off guard.
"Set a date?" Xuan asked.”
"Of course it counts, but it's better to discuss it first. We…"
"That's good. I think the holiday schedule for the holidays is quite good.”
Xuan sat at the head of the meeting room, putting on a 'who agrees, who disagrees' stance.
The original cooperation method was led by Infinite Pictures, and Legendary Pictures only helped the distribution to the cinema.
Xuan had said from the start that he hoped to release it on the holidays.
With another month of post-production and continuous publicity to accumulate some fans, it was almost time for the holiday.
There were many people watching the movie during the holidays, so it was easier to generate box office sales.
There was nothing wrong with this plan.
But what Joe Drake meant was that everyone thought so, and that there would be a serious crash on the holiday schedule.
In his opinion, it was best to rush the production and release it in the off-season before mid-November.
There weren't many good films back then, and La La Land was definitely the best.
Otherwise, he could drag it out until after the new year, so that he could stand out even after Christmas.
In short, the enemy was too strong. If he wanted to do well at the box office, he had to avoid the battle.
"Chu, think about it carefully. All the people on the Christmas TV are monsters!”
Joe Drake said earnestly.
"It's the animated blockbuster film from disney,'Full House of Magic!'”
" Michael Jordan himself starred in Air Slam Dunk 2."
" Lady Gaga's first cross-border film appearance,'Gucci Family' as the main lead."
"There's also the manga adaptation of 'The Hulk' by Disney-Marvel!”
"The sci-fi opera production,'Dune'!”
"These are not to be trifled with. Chu, you have to think twice!”
The holiday period was one of the most intense periods when all the blockbusters gathered.
The blockbusters mentioned by Joe Drake were either blockbusters that invested hundreds of millions of dollars or superstars.
Xuan, the new director, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and the lukewarm Ryan Gosling invested 30 million in the musical.
No matter how he looked at it, such a combination was not competitive. It was no wonder that Joe Drake had asked him to avoid it.
After working in the film and television industry for at least 10 years, he could basically determine whether a movie could sold well.
La La Land didn't seem to have the potential to attract box office sales.
Xuan listened to him talk for a long time and only gave a faint "oh".
"Just these films? That's just nice. The holiday slot is pretty good.”
Joe Drake was helpless. It turned out that he had said it in vain.
Forget it, they would only get 15% of the box office earnings anyway. It would not affect them much whether they made a loss or a profit.
It was a pity that Xuan's film company was about to suffer a blow.
With a production cost of 30 million, earning 50 million at the box office was a loss. 100 million was only a small profit.
He needed at least 200 million yuan to ensure that his film company could continue to operate and have the money to invest in a new film.
However, how could a musical film that was being questioned survive in the midst of the strong?
At that time, he would be thankful if he could get 50 million at the box office.
"Then that's it. Since you've already decided, we'll still publicize it according to the contract.”
"Okay, I'll have to trouble you guys with this movie. After the filming of 'The Silence of the Lambs' is completed, we will discuss the details.”
"No problem." Joe Drake was also quite optimistic about The Silence of the Lambs.
At the very least, there was the best actor, Anthony Hopkins, and the famous director, David Fincher.
After the people from Legendary Pictures left, Infinite Pictures 'marketing manager, Mark Lawrenson, asked curiously.
"Boss, can we really beat those movies during the Christmas season?”
"What's wrong? No confidence?"
"No…I just feel that it's a little difficult.”
"It's difficult. It's more satisfying to succeed in the challenge, isn't it?”
"That's right, Boss, you're right.”
After the marketing manager reported to the management staff, he left.
Xuan stayed in the meeting room to think.
Of course, he did not choose the holiday slot to court death. He was very confident in La La Land.
Looking closely at its competitors, Slam Dunk 2 was a terrible movie. Jordan, James, and Kobe couldn't even cover it when they played at the same time. It was nothing to worry about.
It was worth mentioning that Kobe Bryant was living very well in the parallel world.
He did not have the habit of taking a helicopter.
The animated film," Full House of Magic," was like a well-matched rival. Both of them were singing and dancing films.
However, Pixar Studios didn't exist in Parallel World, and there were no high-rated films like Up, Robot Story, Zootabaga, or Toy Story.
Their animated films were still stuck at the level of works like Buggy Secret Service and 101 Dalmatians.
In the past 30 years, the highest-rated and highest-box-office animation in the industry was actually " Adventure in Rio."
Full House of Magic? Forget it! If you don't even have Frozen, how are you going to fight me?
As for the biggest devil of the holiday season, Hollywood's first adaptation of the Hulk in 20 years, as well as the sci-fi blockbuster Dune.
Xuan laughed.
I'm sorry, there's not a single one who can fight!
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