October 17th.

After half a month of post-production, "The Ghost Street" was officially completed.

Ye Jin then took the movie and started to publish it with the film company.

He found the first company, Warner Pictures.

On the one hand, after all, we have cooperated before and are quite familiar with each other; on the other hand, Ye Jin has also signed a priority cooperation agreement with them, so we must always have a little legal awareness.

Ye Jin took the movie to show it to Warner Distribution Department George Anderson.

After reading it, George Anderson felt it was very exciting.

"Ye, your movie is really good, we can help you release it." George nodded and smiled. "I can provide you with two solutions. One is that the company will pay 8 million US dollars and directly buy out its copyright; the other is that the company will release it for you, and then you can get a 40% box office share."

"I won't think about buying out." Ye Jin waved his hand.

"The Street of Ghosts" is a classic work of the American horror film, with as many as seven or eight sequels. Such horror films are actually just profitable at the box office of the theaters, and the real big head is the release of discs.

This type of horror movie is quite popular in the disc market. Ye Jin still remembers that before the Internet entered thousands of households, buying pirated discs was a way for many families to entertain.

The most popular pirated discs are these horror movies. For example, Lin Zhengying's zombie films, European and American horror movies, Japan's "Midnight Bell" series, etc., they are quite popular.

If the copyright is sold now, the income from distributing the disc will be gone. Even if you shoot the sequel yourself, you still need to purchase the sequel adaptation rights from Warner. That isn’t it just that you lost the watermelon and picked up sesame seeds.

So you don’t think about buying out, you won’t think about it in your life.

"Forty percent of the box office share...I hope to get 50 percent." Ye Jin thought again, "You have also seen the quality of "Ghost Street". It will definitely make money, and you won't take any risks."

Generally speaking, the box office dividends received by Hollywood producers are between 40% and 55%. Among them, movies produced by Hollywood giants can generally get higher dividends.

Like Disney's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" launched by Disney, they dare to ask theaters for 65% to 70% box office dividends.

Of course, this is the box office share of mainstream commercial films.

If it is an art film, because the box office risk is high, the producer can only get about 30% of the box office dividends.

"Fifty percent of the box office dividend is impossible," George waved his hand and continued to bargain, "Apart from Michelle Pfeiffer, everyone else is newcomer. We also have to take certain risks."

"Horror movies don't need stars." Ye Jin couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard him make such a reason. Horror movies emphasize realism and sense of substitution, so they don't use any big stars.

George used the cast to talk about things, which was obviously picking the bones in the eggs.

"Let me do this, I'll prepare for a preview. If the evaluation is A, you will give me 50% of the box office dividends. If it is B, then 45% of the box office, how about it?" Ye Jin suggested.

It’s a mule or a horse, so take it out for a walk. The high rating given at the preview is not guaranteed to be a high box office, but if the rating is low, the box office will definitely not be good.

George Anderson thought about it after hearing what he said, then nodded.

...

Ye Jin then asked the service company to help him prepare for the trial.

The preview meeting is usually not led by the producer or the publisher, because it is easy to cause errors.

For example, in order to obtain higher ratings, the producer and the distributor will definitely invite a group of film critics with good relationships with them and fans to wait for the show. In that case, even if they receive high ratings, it does not represent the true quality of the film.

Therefore, the preview meeting is usually prepared by a third-party service company.

There are thousands of film companies in Hollywood, and more than a thousand movies are produced in a year. Each movie has to be held before it is released. In this way, there will be thousands of similar events a year.

This is a big market, so naturally there are service companies willing to do it.

Hollywood service companies are not just doing these. They can provide customers with various services, such as parties, celebrations, events, and even want to eat and drink with celebrities. So, as long as they can afford to pay, they can help contact them. It can be said that they have great powers.

After the time and location of the preview meeting were decided, Ye Jin made several more calls.

...

The preview was held in a screening hall near Hollywood.

The service company invited 60 guests, including ten film critics, twenty media reporters, and thirty enthusiastic film fans.

Afterwards, the movie was officially screened.

Ninety minutes later, the audience stood up one after another and handed over their ratings to the service company.

The service company immediately sent someone to count, and half an hour later, the movie scores were already shown.

"Mr. Ye, the audience's evaluation of this movie is a level." The representative of the service company reported to Ye Jinhui, "This is their rating and opinion form."

"Thank you." Ye Jin nodded, then looked at George Anderson, "Mr. Anderson, are you satisfied with this result?"

"Of course, congratulations." George smiled, "Leave this movie to us to release, and we can give you 50% of the box office dividends."

In fact, he had long seen that the movie "The Ghost Street" was good. It was creative and fresh, the story was terrifying, and there were not many direct violent and bloody scenes, but it could make people scare it to the core.

For horror movie lovers, this is definitely a movie that cannot be missed. Therefore, as Ye Jin said, the probability of making money is very high.

When America releases movies, the box office dividends are like a ladder. The producers can get 90% of the box office share in the first week, and then decrease in succession in the following weeks.

The higher the box office of the early movie, the more beneficial it is to the producer. The longer the movie is released, the more beneficial it is to the theaters. A movie with a chance of achieving a high box office is loved by the producers, distributors, and theaters.

Since "The Strong Ghost Street" has the potential to sell, it is naturally very reasonable for the producer to win 50% of the box office.

George Anderson just habitually wants to fight for more benefits for Warner, after all, no one will think that he makes too much money.

"Slowly, Mr. Anderson, before signing with you, I want to listen to the conditions of other companies again." Ye Jin waved his hand and smiled.

George was stunned when he heard what he said.

At this moment, Yalishanzhuo Meier walked up quickly, approached Ye Jin's ear and muttered a few words.

Ye Jin nodded, then looked at George and said, "Mr. Anderson, Universal Pictures has given me a box office dividend condition of 53%, and also hopes to get the overseas distribution rights and give us a box office share of 20%.

George Anderson was stunned, then frowned, and suddenly realized, "Did you invite other companies to this preview?"

"It costs 20,000 US dollars to hold a preview, so I naturally have to save some money." Ye Jin nodded and said, "Compare the shops, I don't think you will blame me, Mr. Anderson."
Chapter completed!