Chapter 47: Today is a great day
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At this time, "The Sixth Sense" also began to be released worldwide.
There is no news of the introduction of this movie in mainland China. According to the consistent strategy of radio and television, it is unlikely to introduce a horror movie, even if it is the most touching horror movie.
But in addition to mainland China, "The Sixth Sense" has signed release contracts in more than 46 countries and regions around the world. It will be released within this year. According to the release of some overseas countries, the performance of this movie overseas seems to be better than "Save Private Ryan". Of course, the situation will take time to verify.
In the sixth week, as schools in North America began to start one after another, the box office of the film industry plummeted, but "The Sixth Sense" still won 25.5 million yuan in a single week, with a cumulative box office of US$203.16 million. It officially exceeded 200 million. Although the weekly box office champion ended in 5 weeks, it still ranked second this week.
As the media said before, the box office forecast of 210 million has become a joke. All fools know that it is not on that level.
Perhaps thanks to "Titanic", American audiences seem to be accustomed to watching movies for a long time. The seventh week saw little drop, with almost no loss of $20.35 million, accumulating $223.51 million, officially exceeding "Save Private Ryan"'s 216 million, becoming the annual box office champion of North America. "Soldier" is still released in some remote areas, but the box office growth is already minimal.
The so-called dark horse is to the end.
The only one who can be so bad that he becomes the annual box office champion is probably the only one in the movie "The Sixth Sense". In the eighth week, the ninth week was 15.58 million, the tenth week was 13.24 million, and the eleventh week was 10.05 million. When the movie was released for three months, it finally dropped to a level of tens of millions, winning 8.57 million. In the thirteenth week, it was 7.68 million, and in the thirteenth week, it was 4.85 million.
After the screening this week, the box office of "The Sixth Sense" in North America officially exceeded 300 million, reaching a record of 302.31 million US dollars, and its annual box office championship position is as stable as Mount Tai.
At this point, the potential of "The Sixth Sense" in North America has almost been tapped. As the number of screening theaters gradually decreases, it would be good to have another 10 million box office when it was offline in North America. But there is no doubt that this movie is already a miracle and a myth.
Including publicity costs, investment of 30 million (actually, 30 million has not been used, but DreamWorks will make a full account to 30 million), it received a box office of 302.31 million US dollars in North America!
The media is no longer able to complain, "How long will it be released?"
The fifteenth week was 2.01 million, and the sixteenth week was 980,000... Although it could still be ranked within the top 20, the North American box office market had no attention for the rest of the days. It was finally released for 18 weeks, with a total box office of US$305.68 million.
However, overseas box offices have emerged, and good news has been passed back one after another.
On the Internet, fans from many Internet developed countries such as Europe and Japan expressed their impressions of watching the movie, and the praise accounted for the vast majority. This also contributed to the bumper harvest of overseas box offices. After several months of accumulation, the box office successfully surpassed the results of "The Soldier" and reached a box office of 358.3 million US dollars.
This overseas score is about 30 million less than the original work, which is also due to Chen Tian’s reputation as Bruce Willis. In other words, by the time the Sixth Sense was released globally, the global box office had accumulated to US$663.98 million.
This "supernatural incident" made all film companies and analysts fall below their glasses. The investment of 30 million yuan is a 21-fold investment ratio. This figure made Wall Street financial analysts sigh to the media: "The most profitable movie in 1998 was not "Titanic", but "The Sixth Sense". When it launches DVD, the revenue ratio of this movie may even reach 40 times.
"Dreamworks is really profitable. I came to you by myself. Do you have such a good luck?"
The box office is indeed very high, but a topic that people are most concerned about can never be avoided.
With so much profit, how much can Chen Tiandu, who planned and directed and starred in making this movie, get from it?
When the movie's box office in North America exceeded 300 million, the media broke a contract, a contract that surprised everyone in the United States.
"If you don't get a penny of the movie, you will invest all in the movie... North American box office exceeds 200 million, 30% of the box office is divided into 10% of the surrounding area; North American box office is 250 million, 30% of the box office is divided into 30% of the surrounding area, and the surrounding area is 15% of the surrounding area; North American box office exceeds 280 million, 30% of the box office is divided into 20% of the surrounding area. And overseas box office exceeds 200 million, Chen Tian will have to share one-third of the net profit of overseas box office."
This is not true. Could it be that before the filming of this movie started, Chen Tian had already targeted the box office of 200 million?!
Is this confidence or blindness? But it is definitely a big bet!
Believe in your own strength and bet on your own future.
If this contract is true, then Chen Tian will get a lot and calculate it.
Hollywood movies usually only last one month after the screening, theaters will share the accounts with the distribution company, and then the distribution company DreamWorks will share the accounts with Chen Tian. Because Chen Tian signed a special contract with DreamWorks, he still couldn't share the money until the profits were the greatest.
According to the box office sharing model of "90/10-with-floor-of-70%", generally, "90/10" is only the proportion of the first three weeks of the screening, and then the fourth and fifth weeks are 60/40, the sixth weeks are 50/50, and the seventh weeks are 40/60... The specific changes depend on the contract.
The American film industry is very developed and various contracts are also very perfect.
Of course there are other solutions between the theater and the film company, but in any case, the total box office revenue of a movie from release to the bottom, and the share of the publisher and the cinema will generally be about 50/50, half to half.
After deducting publicity fees, copy fees, shipping fees, printing fees, etc., DreamWorks ultimately made a profit of about 145 million yuan. The overseas box office revenue was roughly 110 million yuan, slightly less than that of the local one. After deducting DreamWorks' investment fees of 30 million yuan, the box office revenue alone was as high as US$225 million.
——This is before tax.
After the accounting of DreamWorks' financial department ended, it began to pay various corporate taxes to the tax bureau. Jews have a lot of energy in some places. Two of the three DreamWorks' giants are Jews, and they are very good at getting tax preferential policies. But they still paid nearly 20% of the tax, and only more than 180 million US dollars remained after deducting the tax. This result is much more than "Save Private Ryan".
Chen Tian could get at least about 60 million US dollars in a 30% share.
Well, this number...
If you use a BGM to describe it, I am afraid this song is very suitable, "I planted a seed and finally grew fruits. Today is a great day..."
Of course, things didn't end like this, because Chen Tiandou had to pay federal personal income tax, California personal income tax and other taxes to the tax bureau. There are too many taxes in the United States, and an ordinary person can't figure it out at all, let alone know how to avoid taxes reasonably. Therefore, lawyers are very important positions in the United States, and almost everyone of the rich have their own lawyers.
Lawyer Donnie is honored to receive the task again, and this time it is a super big order.
Chapter completed!