A few days later.

Wald Pictures' post-production editing room.

As the producer and director of the movie "Breaking Drummer", Zhu Ke's recent mood is very wonderful.

On the one hand: Since the successful rough cutting of the film "Breaking Drummer", the fine cutting process started very smoothly, and the overall work was carried out in an orderly manner. It is expected that all the post-production work will be completed by mid-June;

On the other hand: "Spider-Man" DVD and videotape, a big seller!

After sales exceeded 650,000 DVDs and 490,000 video tapes on the day of its first release, the offline market of "Spider-Man" continues to be popular in the next few days.

510,000 DVDs and 380,000 video tapes;

420,000 DVDs, 350,000 video tapes;

......

Over the past week, the cumulative sales of "Spider-Man" DVDs exceeded 2.9 million, and the sales of videotapes reached 2.45 million boxes;

With $20 million in publicity funds, such amazing returns have been created over a period of time, and to be arrogant, Wald Pictures is about to start making big money again.

According to the data report given by Taro Hashimoto, president of the family entertainment department of Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group, "From the first release date to the end of May, the offline market of "Spider-Man" movies is expected to bring a profit of US$12 million to the company."

"The target is expected to be that by the end of 2001, its overall final revenue will not be less than US$40 million."

The benefits are amazing!

Especially the profits of this part are all owned by Jinshuguang Entertainment Group.

You said, other investors of Spider-Man?

Hoho~

Sorry, the profits in the offline market have no cent relationship with the investors and investment institutions of the "Spider-Man" movie.

Not to mention Zhu Ke’s heart is bad, this is how the contract is signed!

Similarly, the income from the offline movie market, the income from the TV broadcast fee, the income from the operation of peripheral products, etc., are no less than the income from the box office market, and will even be higher. However, generally speaking, investors outside Hollywood almost cannot enjoy this income.

It’s not that Zhu Ke is unscrupulous, but that’s the case in the entire industry!

"I hope James Win, the editing style of the latter part of "The Breaking Drummer", will be more sharp, deepen the conflict between the protagonist Andrew and the devil mentor Fletcher, and let the audience more clearly understand the paranoia and madness between the two, as well as the conflicts."

Zucker said in the editing room.

Upon hearing this, James Wen (Wen Ziren), who is the film's assistant director, nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Wald."

At the same time, James Win also put forward many good suggestions throughout the editing process.

As long as it is reasonable and reasonable, Zhu Ke will generally follow the advice.

Zhuke never denied James Win's talent in directorship, and he also admired it very much.

"Saw", "Fast and Furious 7", "Aquaman"...

These famous movies in the future are all written by James Win, who is the "king of Hollywood horror films".

Dongdongdongdongdong~

At this moment, a knock on the door sounded.

The door to the editing room was pushed open.

Chief Assistant Alexander walked in.

"Boss, this is the latest data from the box office rankings of North American movies last weekend." Alexander handed Zucker a data report.

"oh?"

Zhuke immediately took it, and he was eager to know the box office status of the movie "Monster Shrek" produced by DreamWorks.

【33.05 million US dollars!】

As of now, on May 18, well, the animated film "Monster Shrek" released on Friday won a box office in North America in three days last weekend, reaching $33.05 million.

It ranked No.1 in the North American movie box office ranking last weekend.

However, the position of No. 1 in "Monster Shrek" was very unstable.

Following closely behind, the NO.2 movie was released for ten days, "Tomb Raider", which received another box office of $29 million in three days last weekend.

The box office data of the two are different, only more than 4 million US dollars.

The movie "Shark Beach" released in mid-April, produced by Wald Pictures, increased its box office by $1.2 million in three days this weekend, with a cumulative box office of $83 million, and it struggled to move towards the $90 million mark.

The production cost of "Shark Beach" movie is only US$12 million. It is a low-cost movie investment, and it is a very impressive box office achievement of nearly US$90 million in North America.

On the other hand, DreamWorks Group is relatively... sad!

The production cost of the movie "Shrek Monster" is as high as 75 million US dollars, plus various promotional expenses, labor costs, and copy costs...

The overall investment of "Shrek Monster" is no less than US$100 million.

However, the box office data for the first three days of the first weekend was only 33.05 million US dollars!

Not low~

However, it is much lower than DreamWorks expects!

"It's so hateful!"

"It's all the blame for that guy Juke Wald!"

"If he hadn't had it been his own way, the DVD and videotape of the "Spider-Man" movie broke the sales record of the offline market's first daily sales and snatched away a lot of popularity, then the box office of "Monster Shrek" in the first three-day weekend would have definitely not be less than $40 million!"

Jeffrey Carsonberg, the head of DreamWorks animation, is full of resentment.

They are all adults, so there are not so many love, hate, and all are just interests.

“Haha~”

Zhuke looked at the report in his hand and couldn't help but feel relieved: "In the original time and space, the box office of the animated film "Shrek" in the first three days of the first weekend exceeded 42 million US dollars. But now? It's only 33.05 million US dollars."

"A full $9 million less!"

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk ~, one word - cool!"

Katsonberg was full of resentment towards Zucker; Zucker was also very unhappy with him Katsonberg, and he tried to make it difficult for him to live.

Childish?

He is very childish and loves to hold grudges, but who makes men always young until they die?

Two hours later...

It's lunch break.

"James Win, and everyone, let's take a break. The work of "Breaking Drummer" is not in a hurry." Zucker clapped his hands and said.

Upon hearing this, everyone stopped working, but they kept shouting that they were not tired.

"Can you say you're tired? But no one dares!" an editor muttered.

Not so ~

Facing the big boss Zhuke, everyone present was too anxious to show their feelings, so why did they complain and feel tired?

Rest time.

James Win comes to Juke.

"Is there anything?" Zucker said in surprise.

James Win nodded, then adjusted his mindset and said solemnly: "Mr. Wald, Ray Warner and I have written a script together recently. I want to ask you to take a look."

"no problem."

Zhuke agreed immediately, "Anyway, I've been in the editing room recently, so you can bring the scripts at any time. Of course, even if I'm not in the editing room, you can come to my house to find me. Well, you know my address."

Upon hearing this, James Wen was overjoyed.

As soon as the topic changed, he said nervously: "Mr. Wald, if the company adopts this script, then I hope I will become the director of this film myself."

He recommended himself as a director.

For the young director, facing Zhuke, he is undoubtedly full of courage at this moment.

Smile ~

Zhuke finally said: "As long as the script is OK, I will give you a chance to be a director!"

Agreed!

Of course you have to agree!

In a few words, Zucker already knew that the movie James Midley Warner was writing was called "Saw".

"Saw" series of movies, a classic movie series with horror/thriller themes.

The global box office of each movie in this series is no less than US$100 million.

How could Zhuke refuse?
Chapter completed!