July is the official summer season.

In the Qilin movie, first there is the big head of "Happy Ghost 2", and then Lin Lingdong has another action movie released.

Next month, "The Detective" jointly produced by Kirin Movies and McDonald's Bear Studio will also be released in the highly anticipated form.

This is the first and last movie before Liang Chaowei went to Hollywood, and it is also the first Kirin film work of Cannes actor and Oscar nominee Zhou Runfa in the new year, and is very much anticipated.

South Korean theaters have already paid a sky-high buyout fee of US$5 million.

If calculated based on this ratio, they will have to have a box office of at least 10 million US dollars to make money, and they will have to earn about 80 million Hong Kong dollars.

In the past, except for some European and American blockbusters, few movies had a total box office of more than HK$100 million.

They are also a great gambling.

But this is not a random pursuit, nor is it a purposeless and crazy influx of money like the 1990s.

Korean theaters have very precise calculations and considerations.

Koreans' admiration for Europe and the United States is more serious than that of Japan.

Zhou Run got the honor of Cannes and Oscar candidates for the first time, and is definitely the number one star in Asia. No one can compare with him, so Koreans naturally admire him.

The other Liang Chaowei is more popular among young people aged 18-25 than Zhou Runfa.

Because Liang Chaowei is so handsome, and he has been in South Korea for two consecutive years of tours, and he spares no effort to promote and interact, and is sunny and generous, which has brought countless fans.

These two people combined with Yin Jun, the world's number one screenwriter, would be strange if Korean theaters do not pay attention to it.

At this price, if they play for a long time, they might have a profit surprise.

Faced with such a big temptation, Yu Zheng still chose to refuse.

Even if the filming cost of "The Detective" is only 40 million yuan, and if you get the 5 million US dollars, you still have to make a profit.

Wait a minute.

Since Zhou Runfa won the Cannes Best Actor and was nominated for the Oscar Best Actor, the price outside has already reached 10 million.

If we calculate this, there is still the script fee for Yin Jun, which is definitely not inferior to Zhou Run’s pay, and Liang Chaowei’s pay... manual labor alone will cost more than 30 million. Could it be that the filming cost is less than 10 million, which is compressed to the extreme?

Of course this is not the case.

Whether it is Zhou Runfa, Liang Chaowei, McDonald's Studio, or Yin Jun's script, they all use the dividend system with a minimum living allowance.

Zhou Runfa’s guaranteed negative payment was only 1 million, Liang Chaowei’s guaranteed negative payment was 500,000, and McDonald and Yin Jun did not get the guarantee at all.

It means that if "The Detective" doesn't make money, then everyone will lose a lot.

But if "The Detective" makes money, more than 50% of the profits will be distributed to them.

Everyone thinks this dividend strategy is very reasonable, after all, this is Yin Jun's script.

Therefore, in addition to supporting roles, the 30 million yuan of expenses of the workers behind the scenes are used for shooting and post-production.

If the possible dividend expenses are added, it will basically double to reach HK$80 million. Kirin Movies can barely guarantee the capital, which does not include publicity and other expenses.

In the cooperation with Xiangjiang Film, in fact, many foreign theater distributors used the buyout strategy and bet on their own perspectives.

If you bet correctly, you will get rich.

If you lose a bet, you will lose money.

It was not until Yin Jun established Qilin Film Company that it gradually changed into a share strategy.

In this way, movie companies make money, publishers make money, and theaters make money.

Everyone makes money, so that this cooperation will last for a long time.

It is precisely through this move that the Hollywood movies in the future dominate the world.

Those European films that only do art are not valued by theater vendors. If you lose, you lose because you can't make money for them.

You can't make money for me, why should I use it for release?

Is it fun to lose money?

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Compared with the Kirin Movie, which is a "small fight" in Xiangjiang, the two major film production companies under the North American branch of the Kirin Group are busier.

This summer vacation, they have a total of 12 movies to be released in three months, including 7, 8 and 9, with an average of 4 movies per month.

The first thing that started in July was "Mean Girl" targeting young men and women.

Like "Happy Ghost 2" in Asia, Sophie Marceau directly attracted young people aged 15-25 from the United States and even Europe, and went to the cinema again and again to watch this eye-catching and youthful movie.

With the strong support of students, in just one week, the box office of "Mean Girl" in North America exceeded 100 million US dollars!

As a youth film, at best, the first week's box office in North America was 50 to 60 million US dollars. It was unimaginable that it doubled in one breath.

The source of this box office miracle is not the sudden explosion of box office, but the average.

From weekends to weekdays, the box office of every day is not much different. Even on the most deserted Tuesday and Wednesday, there is a single-day box office of about 10 million.

This shows the power of the students on holiday!!

The same is true in Europe, with a weekly box office closing of about 60 million, breaking the previous record of "Juno".

Over the past week, the global box office of "Mean Girl" exceeded 600 million US dollars, breaking multiple box office records again.

Hollywood production companies began to pay attention to this category of "youth idol movies" for the first time.

As a result, not only Sophie Marceau's youthful image has been improved again, but the beauty of several supporting roles has also become popular, and it is very stance to become a new generation of popular idols.

They have made continuous film appointments, and at least they have received invitations to produce 3 movies.

Not to mention Sophie Marceau.

Although Sophie Marceau is less than eighteen years old, she has proved herself with an Oscar nomination for Best Actress and two big-selling A-level productions.

Therefore, her agent Jenny received invitations to 18 movies in one go, including 5 of which are from Europe, and there are also invitations from the seven major Hollywood giants.

The highest pay is more than US$10 million.

But unfortunately, Jenny had to reject them all.

The reason is that Sophie Marceau is ready and follows the crew of "Travel to India" directed by David Ryan to India for about half a year of filming.

"The Journey to India" changed its past destiny with Yin Jun's intervention.

Facing his last directorial work, David Ryan thought carefully and defected to Kirin Group and Disney Company.

He gave all the copyright and distribution rights to Disney, and he retained the director and final editing rights himself, which made him overjoyed.

Disney was not going to give him the final editing rights, even if David Ryan was the number one director in Britain.

But Yin Jun spoke directly and said that everything about production was left to director David Ryan, and Disney could only do it.

Then David Ryan also received $30 million in production funds.

This money is twice as much as the production company in the UK!

Yin Jun also said that he should try to do a good job, and if he is not enough, he can criticize again. He must make the last movie of the old man into a classic without regrets.

When David Ryan heard this, he couldn't help but feel sore, thinking that although this young man was too far from his age, he was definitely his confidant.

Because of this, David Ryan ran very carefully in the UK and the United States in the past few months, spending a lot of effort to make various preparations for "Travel to India".

After he was ready, he led more than 100 crew members to India in a mighty manner.

Many people were surprised that Sophie Marceau did not take advantage of the victory and consolidated his status as "Youth Jade X", and many girls of the same age felt glad.

They feel that the year and a half after Sophie Marceau left Hollywood was the best time to take the opportunity to counterattack and seize her status.

I will not mention this matter briefly.

Another science fiction film "Back to the Future" in which Spielberg was the producer and Yin Jun personally established a project to approve funds, was actually released with "Mean Girl".

At first, its momentum was not as good as "Mean Girl", but as the reputation spread, with the praise from film critics, as well as the profound heritage and sincere emotions it has, the box office gradually became popular.

In the second week, "Back to the Future" won 83 million US dollars, more than the 67 million US dollars in the first week, and then in the third week, he won 75 million US dollars, with a box office of 200 million US dollars.

With the strength of these two movies, Kirin Group has already gained an advantage in the summer season opening in July.

But Disney and Lianyi Film Company are definitely not just two movies.

"Top Gun", which has been scheduled for August, has released two trailers in early July. The gorgeous plane flight, the handsome and cool pilots, especially Fei Xiang's pilot style, directly triggered the attention of countless young men and women.

Tom Cruise is a handsome guy, but Yin Jun looks like he is still worse than Fei Xiang.

The reason why Fei Xiang was not prosperous in his previous life was because he chose to develop in the Chinese-speaking circle.

In this life, Yin Jun brought Fei Xiang to Hollywood development, and with the support of Qilin Group, Fei Xiang certainly has a super high exposure rate.

Not to mention that two years ago, the movie "Life and Death" was also very outstanding in the United States. Everyone remembers this mixed-race boy who defeated "Superman".

A large amount of publicity costs have been spent, as well as the strong support of the US Air Force and the emergence of various new fighter jets have made the weekly magazine of the movie list "Top Gun" as one of the important movies that had to be watched in August this year.

After "Top Gun" in August, Lianyi Film Company will usher in another of its ace blockbusters "Die Hard".

Although the starring actor is Jack Chen from Hong Kong, the director is famous and James Cameron, who became famous for "The Terminator".

After watching the roughly cut film, Lianyi Film Company decided to regard "Die Hard" as the finale of the summer season.
To be continued...