The Best Entertainment Era

Due to the strong intention of cooperation between the two parties, the negotiation is directly aimed at reaching an agreement as soon as possible. Before the arrival of a new weekend, Sandsea Entertainment basically reached an agreement with Martin Scorsese’s manager on the most important salary. .

Martin Scorsese's director's salary is $6 million, down from $8 million for The Aviator, and the same as his predecessor, Gangs of New York.

Due to his weak personal style and commercial attributes, Martin Scorsese, despite his great reputation, has the highest personal salary of $8 million for The Aviator.

Previously, the film salary remained at around $5 million for many years.

The most important thing is to reach an agreement on the remuneration, which means that there will be no more accidents in the cooperation between the two parties. Although the contract has not been formally signed, Martin Scorsese has already summoned his long-term cooperation filming and production team, officially entered the crew, and began preparations for The Departed Walker.

In addition to Thomas Duff, a retired police detective from the Boston Police Department, Andrew Liu also joined the crew as a special consultant.

Martin Scorsese was extremely efficient and took the lead in discussing the possibility of other main actors with Ronan.

For example, he suggested that Mel Gibson play the villain Frank.

Ronan directly refused. Mel Gibson was indeed suitable for the role, but after he lost the copyright lawsuit with Embassy Pictures, he vowed not to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment again.

Of course, many times, business vows are no different than farting.

But even if Mel Gibson is willing to take this role, Ronan will not cooperate with him, because Mel Gibson seems to have killed himself in the past two years.

This is different from death by drinking and taking drugs. As long as the filming of the film is finished, drinking and taking drugs will not bring too many negative effects, but Mel Gibson's way of dying will seriously drag down the market of the film.

It's even possible that The Departed won nothing during awards season.

As for Martin Scorsese's recommendation of Kate Winslet or newly Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank as the heroine Madeleine, they were also politely rejected by Ronan.

The latter has just won the Oscar queen, and the Oscar curse has always been entwined with the best actress, and the salary is high.

Not to mention Kate Winslet, for such a small role, there is no need to spend too much salary budget.

Ronan thought of a more suitable candidate. Jessica Chastain, whom he met on the crew of Iron Man, has guaranteed acting skills and is extremely dedicated.

After communicating with Martin Scorsese, the heroine will be resolved through an audition, and Ronan also asked Jessica Chastain to send an audition invitation.

When it comes to Ronan's position, in terms of casting actors, as long as he thinks it's suitable, he can just invite him to audition, and he doesn't need to worry about anything else.

In other words, as long as Ronan thinks about it, it is not difficult to make an actor famous.

The former Jessica Chastain had a very good impression on Ronan. As a producer, of course I appreciate this kind of dedicated and professional actor.

Like Johnson-Depp in the two subsequent filmings of Pirates of the Caribbean, it was a disaster for the crew.

Also known as the producer's least favorite actor.

But actors like Johnson Depp,

As long as there is enough commercial value, he will still be one of the most sought-after actors in the Hollywood circle.

However, they must not go downhill, as soon as they go downhill, countless actors, media, directors and producers who have offended before will jump out and push them eagerly, wishing everyone would beat the dog in the water.

When Johnny Depp once broke the negative news, he seemed to be the public enemy of the whole world.

As for the villain Frank, in the end, the crew planned to invite Jack Nicholson to audition according to Ronan's proposal.

Of course, this is only one of the candidates, the crew needs to weigh various factors, one of which is the salary budget.

Jack Nicholson accepted the audition instead, and the veteran actor called his longtime lover Meryl Streep and said he wanted to play the villain again after a string of comedies, and He believes that Frank in the script is the ultimate embodiment of evil.

One point that cannot be ignored is that Ronan, as a gold medal producer recognized both inside and outside the industry, already has a strong attraction to actors, plus Martin Scorsese, the attraction is definitely one plus one greater than two Effect.

With the arrival of a new weekend, the films that have been rewarded at the Oscars before have been enhanced by the Oscar effect.

As the most important film award in North America, as we all know, the Oscar is not as simple as giving out a statuette, and its follow-up boost effect on commercial revenue including box office is obvious.

Eavesdropping Storm, the German-language film that won the best foreign language film, was obviously promoted by the Oscar effect.

On the first weekend of March, the screening scale of Eavesdropping Storm in North America was expanded to 490 theaters, and the three-day revenue of the weekend was 6.12 million US dollars, and the cumulative North American box office was close to 20 million US dollars. ,

Since the opening weekend, this is the first time that the box office of Eavesdropping Storm has exceeded 10,000 US dollars.

The ugly duckling, who had been ignored before, started to skyrocket because of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Embassy Pictures estimates that the Oscar effect can last for three to four weekends on this film.

In contrast, When Happiness Knocks on the Door, which has a North American box office of more than 200 million U.S. dollars, has received limited Oscar effect.

This weekend, the North American box office of When Happiness Knocks on the Door rebounded, earning US$7.11 million, and the North American box office totaled US$221.02 million.

However, this weekend, the film began to be released on a large scale overseas, and appeared in theaters in more than 30 countries and regions including Europe, Latin America, Asia and Australia. It grossed $62.89 million in its opening weekend.

In the next few weeks, When Happiness Comes Knocking will appear in more overseas markets, and it is expected that the total overseas box office will eventually hit 200 million US dollars.

When Happiness Comes Knocking has also passed the review of a certain big scissors on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and will enter the Eastern film market through official channels.

Nowadays, it is too monotonous for the training institutions on the other side of the Pacific to only sing Grateful Heart. No matter what, they should add an extra bowl of chicken soup with better taste and richer taste.

Grateful Heart and When Happiness Comes Knocking are a perfect match!

The trainees on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the later days are so happy!

As the best picture winner of this year's Oscars, Crash received an equally obvious Oscar effect.

The film expanded its screening scale to more than 2,600 theaters, and received another US$14.71 million that weekend. The North American box office exceeded US$80 million in one fell swoop, and there is great hope of hitting US$100 million in North America.

Similarly, Crash has also appeared in many overseas markets, but because the theme and content are too American, it is far from as good as When Happiness Knocks on the Door which enjoys the bonus of Will Smith's BUG commercial market. Only $21.14 million came in.

This purely American film, even with the addition and promotion of the Oscar's best picture effect, will eventually have an overseas box office of 50 to 60 million US dollars.

However, considering the total cost of buying out the copyright and public relations, etc., the total investment is no more than 12 million US dollars, the profit of Crash is still surprisingly high.

Operating the Oscars can generate considerable profits, otherwise there would not be so many films participating in this fame and fortune game.

After Oscar's golden touch opened the door to the prosperity of Oscar's economy, it was unstoppable.

Under the famous brand, the box office and actors benefited in many ways, earning a lot of money.

For a film, the attraction of Oscars lies not only in its good reputation, supreme honor and skyrocketing box office, but also in the subsequent series of commercial benefits it brings.

Several TV stations across the United States have already started negotiations with Embassy Pictures for the rights to the first round of TV broadcasts of Crash and Happiness Comes Knocking.

Among them, When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door, which has a more commercial flavor, has already been paid 15 million US dollars for the copyright of the first round of TV broadcasting.

Even for a niche subject like Crash, because of the Oscar's best picture statuette, the price of the first round of TV broadcast rights has been shouted at 9 million U.S. dollars!

As for the next round of TV broadcasting, online on-demand and DVD income, etc., there will be quite gratifying income.

Relativity entertainment films are not the only ones that enjoy such bonuses. Million Dollar Baby and The Aviator, which received multiple technical awards, also saw significant revenue growth. After this weekend, the North American box office of both films exceeded 1 One hundred million U.S. dollars.

From these, it is not difficult to see the true face of the Oscar business game.

In fact, the Hollywood Reporter has made very professional statistics. In the past fifteen years, for a film that won an Oscar heavyweight award, its North American income added value averaged about 30 million U.S. dollars, and the average overseas income Can also add $20 million.

The winners are not only films and film companies, but winners such as actor and actress have doubled their worth.

The Oscar effect is a force to be reckoned with, and it largely determines which movies are remembered.

For movie fans, Oscars are the recognition of the quality and viewing value of films; for actors, directors and screenwriters, Oscars represent professional ability and achievements, as well as more opportunities in their future careers; for producers , Oscar means box office appeal and higher income.

As Relativity Entertainment increases its investment in this Oscar game and plans key Olympic projects in the next few years, the future Oscar competition will undoubtedly become more intense.

The Oscars have passed, and the entertainment industry continues to develop. Ronan teamed up with Tom Cruise to start a new plan.

The duration of this plan will be very long. The latest chapter of the best entertainment era is here: