Hollywood Road

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After sending Gal Gadot away, Murphy basically stayed in his Stanton studio in the next few days. Now this studio is already a standard shell company, except for "Chain Saw" which cooperated with Fox Searchlight. Cry 2, there is no project that can be operated at all. Instead, the biggest role is to use the government's preferential policies for the film industry to help Murphy reduce his tax burden. Bayi Chinese[［＜?[〉\u003e?))]\u003e?

Stanton Studio has not done any expansion so far. After Murphy has further seen this circle, he has gradually stopped those unreliable ideas before. With his ability and financial strength, if he does not consider the actual situation, he will rashly try to If the Stanton studio grows bigger, I am afraid that the bankruptcy crisis will not be far away.

After all, Hollywood is not a state prison. Most people and things can be settled with the fists of a few people and the small thoughts behind the scenes. The situation and rules in this circle will not be shifted by personal will.

A lot of situations don't exist if he doesn't think about them.

Continuing to keep Stanton Studios as a leather bag company is actually good for Murphy, allowing him to concentrate on directing work as much as possible.

The entire Stanton studio, including Murphy himself, is still only four people, one financial person, one front desk plus telephone operator, plus Paul Wilson who is also Murphy's assistant.

In a short period of time, Murphy has no plans to expand Stanton's studio, and now his energy is mainly focused on his directing career, preparing for the next step.

The next step he is aiming at is Marvel Comics and; It's not something that Murphy's status and wealth can impress.

After getting frustrated with Marvel Comics, Murphy naturally prepared to turn around; today's DC Comics and Marvel Comics are actually different, and the situation they face is even reversed.

Before the arrival of the new century, DC Comic Con, which was acquired by Warner, went smoothly. When people mentioned super heroes, the first thing that came to mind was humans and Batman. When it came to super hero movies, they were exclusive to these two.

The scenery of Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne on the big screen is definitely not comparable to that of the Avengers under Marvel Comics.

But now, DC Comics and Marvel Comics cannot be compared in the same breath.

The former "Human 4", which cooperated with Warner Bros., almost ruined the human movie series,

Joe Schumacher's two super drag shows also brought the "Batman" movie to a dead end, forcing Warner Bros. to freeze Master Bruce Wayne.

However, the latter changed its trend. Starting from "Blade Warrior", after "X-Men" and "Spider-Man", it has completely become the mainstream of comic-book movies on the big screen. A film that grossed over $100 million at the weekend.

These made Marvel comics full of confidence. According to the news Murphy got, they were preparing their own film department, preparing to shoot a superhero movie that really belonged to Marvel comics.

Whether it is Murphy or other film companies, it is already difficult to obtain the film adaptation rights of those first-line or even second-line comic heroes from Marvel Comics. The Marvel heroes that can be adapted by other companies in the industry are all like "x Men of War, Spider-Man, Daredevil, and the Fantastic Four got the copyright very early.

In order to get rid of the decline, DC Comics is not without action. For example, it successfully poached the corner of "X-Men", appointed Brian Singella as the director of "The Return of the Man", and cooperated with Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry. An extremely rare female hero movie - "Catwoman" is being created.

Thinking of these two films, Murphy subconsciously felt that they might become obstacles for him. The investment in these two films was huge, especially "The Return of the Man". It was rumored that the production cost would definitely exceed that of "Titanic", becoming the highest investment in history. Even if part of the financial problem can be solved through cooperation, financing and pre-sales, it is still a heavy burden and pressure for Warner Bros.

Sitting in the office on the second floor of Stanton's studio, before making plans, Murphy must consider the current situation. Movies, a product or artistic situation, do not exist apart from social reality, whether it is the current social environment or The situation of the company you work in may have a major impact on a movie.

Taking out a piece of information from the file cabinet, Murphy looked through it. It was sent over by someone after Bill Rossis investigated. It contained DC Comics and Warner Bros. Warner Bros. recently changed its CEO, and the new CEO is a Jew named Bruce Berman.

A name that looked familiar, Murphy thought for a while, but had no impression, and then gave up. Although his brain is relatively easy to use, it is not a computer with automatic storage, and some not very important people remember it. It's normal to not get up.

He put more emphasis on the production strategies of Warner Bros. and DC Comics.

There is no doubt that since DC Comics was acquired by Warner, it has begun in-depth cooperation with Warner Bros. The "Man" movie and the "Batman" series are both products of cooperation, and the two companies have a silent understanding. DC Comics If its first-line heroes are adapted into movies, the leading party must be Warner Bros.

Although Warner Bros. sometimes brings in other partners to share the financial pressure and reduce the risk, the film rights of Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne will always be firmly in their hands.

This also determines that unlike Marvel Comics, which has just started and has no independent production and distribution company, Murphy will definitely not be able to buy the corresponding copyright if he wants to cooperate with DC Comics.

Fortunately, the current DC-level heroes are in the frozen period, and they are not as popular as the Marvel comics. There is still the possibility of persuading them to restart the super series.

What Murphy wanted was very simple, to become the director of the series, and get as much power as possible, so that he could rush into the ranks of first-line directors.

In the past, he was not qualified enough, many things he could only think about but could not do, and no one paid attention to him when he did it. Now that he has succeeded in three consecutive films, it undoubtedly gave him a certain degree of persuasiveness. It can also be seen from being chased by paparazzi and entertainment reporters , is no longer the little director who was unknown before.

Especially the achievements of "Sin City" are even more eye-catching, and it also made him famous.

After nearly three months of screenings in North America, the film has achieved an impressive box office data of 91.54 million US dollars. Although it has not broken through the 100 million US dollar mark, it has already been released, but the North American box office alone almost made Miramax recoup 4,000 US dollars. A total investment of 10,000 U.S. dollars in production costs and 15 million U.S. dollars in publicity and marketing.

In the past three months, "Sin City" has also appeared in more theaters in overseas regions. Although the overall response is not as good as that in North America due to the subject matter, it has also taken more than 34 million US dollars from overseas, and the global box office is comparable to that of North America. Canada also has more than 102.5 million US dollars.

It's Murphy's highest worldwide box office figure to date.

Moreover, the negotiations between Miramax and the dVd dealers and TV stations have also ended before. The result of the negotiations is similar to the practice that the round of TV broadcasting rights is roughly 10% of the North American box office, only because the scale of the film is too large. But it also sold as much as $8 million.

The basic transfer fee for dvd is also 5 million US dollars, and there will naturally be corresponding commissions for sales and leases in the future.

There is also the emerging network on-demand transfer, even if it is not as expensive as TV broadcast rights, it still has 2 million US dollars in the account.

Even with the dividends paid to Dark Horse Comics and Frank Miller, Miramax easily realized a large amount of profit.

These are the capital that Murphy can bargain with other companies on new projects.

Of course, for him, the more direct benefit comes from money.

"Sin City" was basically offline in North America, and Miramax also sent a financial statement to Stanton Studio, which clearly and unmistakably marked the director's dividend that Murphy could enjoy.

According to the director agreement signed by the two parties, Murphy can receive a basic remuneration of US$1 million in two installments before filming starts and after all production is completed. If the North American box office of "Sin City" in the future exceeds the confirmed production cost Line, he can get a basic reward of 1.5 million US dollars, if the North American box office reaches 50 million US dollars, he can get a share reward of 3 million US dollars, 80 million US dollars is 4.5 million US dollars, One hundred million dollars is six million dollars.

The basic remuneration of two million US dollars was already paid by Miramax before the film was released, and the rest was mainly the North American box office dividend. The North American box office of the film exceeded 8 million US dollars, but it did not reach 100 million US dollars. The North American box office dividend received was the 4.5 million US dollars stipulated in the agreement.

In addition, the agreement also stipulates that Murphy will receive 1% of the North American TV and DVD video copyright income of "Sin City" as remuneration, so he can get 80,000 US dollars and 50,000 US dollars from the first transfer fee respectively.

As for the subsequent sales and lease commissions, that is long-term income.

The total US$130,000 North American TV and DVD copyright income was paid by Miramax a few days ago. As the bulk of the box office dividends, it needs to wait slowly like the previous few times.

But Murphy is not in a hurry, he is not short of money now.

In the next few days, Murphy began to formulate project proposals and proposals for DC Comics and Warner Bros. It was not an easy task to impress these guys, at least a passable plan was required.

After finalizing the project plan and proposal, Bill Rosses also received good news. Through the channel of CAA, he made an appointment with several high-level executives from DC Comics and Warner Bros. (To be continued.)