Movie Queen Development Plan

The box office performance of "Goblin Slayer" in North America has declined significantly. The box office performance in the latest week has reached just over 10 million US dollars. It is estimated that in another week it may only be a few million US dollars.

However, this is a normal box office performance for a commercial film. A film like Titanic that has been the weekend box office champion for 15 consecutive weeks is unique in the entire film history. Even if Nanaya is a time traveler, he cannot change the market rules. After all, he is neither a magician nor a murderer.

But the good news is that Goblin Slayer has made enough money in North America.

According to the prediction of professional box office evaluation agencies, the final box office of "Goblin Slayer" should be around 320 million US dollars. This result will surpass "Star Wars" and become the runner-up on the current North American box office list.

Nanaya estimated that his second place ranking would last until the end of the year, because as far as he could remember, there was only one movie in the second half of 2002 that had the potential to surpass his own at the box office, and that was Fatty Peter's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers".

Influenced by the popularity of the North American market, "Goblin Slayer" has also achieved very good results in the global box office. If there are no accidents, the global box office of "Goblin Slayer" should be able to reach 550 million US dollars in the global market that has been developed so far.

Especially in Japan, "Goblin Slayer" has won the weekly box office championship since its release week, and according to the current situation, it is estimated that there will be no changes in the weekly box office champion in Japan for a long time.

You have to know that Japan's movie box office curve is completely different from the North American box office curve that exploded and then quickly fell.

Perhaps it is strange to describe the box office as long and continuous. However, based on historical experience, when a super popular movie appears in the Japanese film market, it is very likely to be favored by Japanese audiences for a long time, and it is not impossible that it will last for several months.

Of course, there are two other reasons why "Goblin Slayer" has such good results in Japan. One is that movies directed by Japanese directors are very popular in North America, and the other reason is the role played by Linbao as the distributor.

You know, the film market in Asia is completely different from that in North America.

Due to antitrust policies in North America, the Big Seven Hollywood giants cannot participate in or control theater chains in any form.

But the situation in Asia is different. As a Japanese film distribution and production giant, Linbao has many cinema chains under its umbrella. By means of exclusive screenings, the screening rate of "Goblin Slayer" in Japan has always been maintained at a very high level.

The benefits of this are obvious. Most of the audiences who enter Lin Bao's cinemas will choose to watch "Goblin Slayer". Only those who have already seen it or have no interest in "Goblin Slayer" will choose other relatively unpopular movies.

However, such viewers are completely in the minority and have no decisive impact on Goblin Slayer's continued dominance of the charts.

"Currently, Goblin Slayer is doing very well. The box office in Japan should exceed 10 billion yen. Boy, you did a great job."

Nanaya felt no wavering at Ryutani Nobuyuki's praise.

In view of what the old man and his son-in-law did at the "Goblin Slayer" celebration dinner, Nanaya did not think that just a few words of praise would make him forgive him.

"According to Washimine's request, this is the list of the first payment that Lin Bao needs to pay to Erque Studio after the release of Brother Slayer. Please take a look at it yourself."

Ryutani Nobuyuki didn't want to waste any more time talking to this guy with a sour face, so he signaled his secretary to take out the things and hand them to Nanaya.

Nanaya flipped through it and found several amounts listed on the list, including the balance of his salary as a director, the bonus given because of the success of the movie, and so on.

"Subaru, give this to our accountant and have him check the amount against our previous agreement before giving it to me."

After taking a quick look at it, Nanaya handed the document to Subaru Ikeda who was following him.

The money involved here is not a small amount. Nanaya will not accept it all just because he has a relationship with Shion or the Ryutani family. If he does that, he, Nanaya Kiryu, will be the biggest fool in the world.

Friendship is friendship, business is business. If you mix the two together, you will end up with neither friendship nor business.

"Mr. Nobuyuki, you didn't come to me today just to give me the report, did you?"

Nanaya held his chin and looked at Ryutani Nobuyuki. He was a little curious about the other party's purpose of coming here today.

Ryugu Nobuyuki hesitated for a moment, then he slowly said: "Well, regarding the budget proposal for the sequel to "Kara no Kyoukai"..."

"Is there any problem with the budget again?" Nanaya put away his expression and showed a businesslike attitude.

At this time, he was no longer Ryutani Nobuyuki's junior, but a business negotiation partner.

"Does the Linbao side still find my previous budget proposal unacceptable?"

Nanaya frowned slightly. That was the bottom line he could accept. Could it be that Lin Bao's board of directors was unwilling to approve even this little budget?

According to the latest budget allocation plan submitted by Nanaya, Erque Studio will share the production costs with Lin Bao in a 3:7 ratio, and the studio will receive 20% of the film's box office and later offline DVD revenue.

An ordinary Japanese director would never dare to propose such a plan. After all, the Japanese film and television industry is dominated by investors, and producers are just tools to produce works.

However, Nanaya did not think that there was anything excessive in his proposal. After all, he was a world-class director, and this share of the profits he asked for was not excessive at all.

However, Lin Bao's board of directors did not seem to think so. They insisted on the 10% share and refused to give up. They also asked the studio to bear 60% of the production costs.

If it weren't for the fact that Nanaya's director's fee was too high and not cost-effective when considered in the production costs, Nanaya estimated that Lin Bao might not even want to give him a share and would just give him a fixed remuneration.

If it weren't for Mr. Hanai's mediation and letting the two sides slowly come to terms, Nanaya would most likely have failed to reach an agreement with Lin Bao.

But there are limits to what the old man can do, and he is, after all, the chairman of Linbao, so he is definitely on the side of his own company. It is impossible for him to unconditionally favor Nanaya just because he has a relationship with him.

"Ahem, anyway, the board of directors has roughly agreed on the budget."

Ryutani Nobuyuki spoke with a hint of fatigue. He hadn't followed a project like this for a long time. The negotiations back and forth had taken up too much of Nobuyuki's energy. As he was getting older, he clearly felt that he was a little overwhelmed. Nobuyuki hoped that both sides could quickly finalize the cooperation.

At this time, Ryutani Nobuyuki finally felt from the bottom of his heart that he was really old.

[Perhaps it is time for me to retire and hand over my position to Iris and Kiritsugu. ]

Nanaya, who was sitting opposite Nobuyuki, had no idea what the old man was really thinking. His attention was all focused on what the other person said.

"Approximately?"

This word made Nanaya's face become solemn. He pretended to be deep and asked: "Tell me, what additional conditions do you have? Don't talk to me about any gambling agreement."

If Nanaya was penniless two years ago, he might have agreed to the bet. But now, he might be shameless to say that he has achieved success, but he is no longer the poor boy from the mountain valley.

"The cost is not a big problem, the main thing is the share of the profit in the later stage." Nobuyuki paused for a few seconds and said, "20% of the box office and the share of the offline DVD in the later stage can be given to you, but it is just a share. As for the other peripheral income and character authorization of "Kara no Kyoukai", all of them belong to Lin Bao."

"You want copyright?"

Nanaya's face darkened.

When Nanaya was planning to shape his Type-Moon worldview, he specifically brought Illya into the studio in order to ensure that the studio would have the integrity of the copyright of the work.

"It's copyright income." Nobuyuki said, "I know you plan to have the characters from "Kara no Kyoukai" appear in your other works to increase popularity, so the copyright of the characters still belongs to the studio, but the income needs to be given to us."

"If holding the copyright of the character does not generate any profit, then what's the difference between that and giving the copyright away?" Nanaya snorted, "And how are you, Lin Bao, going to explain this to the outside world?"

"You don't have to worry about that." Nobuyuki's words had a hint of impermissibility. "Don't forget that Illya holds the majority of the studio's shares. As her guardian, I have the power to make decisions on her behalf. I will sign a copyright agreement for "Kara no Kyoukai", which will clearly state that the studio will give the rest of the copyright income to Lin Bao in exchange for 20% of the box office and later offline DVD revenue."

Nobuyuki saw that Nanaya's face was getting worse and worse, so he couldn't help but remind him.

"Kid, I know you're unhappy, but this is Japan after all, not America. In the Japanese film industry, no one can refuse Lin Bao. I believe you should be very clear about this."

This was an obvious unfair clause, but Nanaya really couldn't refuse it, unless he gave up his plan to continue working in the Japanese film industry and went directly to Hollywood.

Otherwise, he would have no choice but to accept the contract.

Of course, from the perspective of other Japanese filmmakers, Nanaya's contract is as good as it can be. Others cannot negotiate such good terms when facing the powerful Lin Bao. Ryutani Nobuyuki probably has the same plan, and perhaps in his opinion, this is indeed a very sincere contract.

You have to know that in the first part of "Kara no Kyoukai", Nanaya only received a salary of 300,000 yen - although Nanaya received other rewards later, this was different from the agreement before filming.

But people always change. Judging from Nanaya, who has already won the second place in this year's movie box office list (for now), he can definitely get more.

But unfortunately, the subject matter of "Kara no Kyoukai" is destined to make most of the box office revenue come from Japan, so whether Nanaya is willing or not, Lin Bao is still his only choice at the moment.

However, for the first time, cracks appeared in the cooperation between Nanaya and Lin Bao.