Kelly drove to Apex Pictures, and as soon as she walked into the company, she felt a different atmosphere than before.
At this time, Apex Pictures can only be regarded as a very small film company in Hollywood...it is different from the real small studios in Hollywood, because Apex Pictures has money!
A small company actually has one very obvious characteristic, that is, there are few people.
In the past, in the company, individuals did their own things, but it was different today. When Kelly walked into the company, everyone raised their heads and looked at her, and the joy in their eyes could not be concealed.
Rachel was Kelly's secretary. After seeing Kelly come in, she immediately came up to her with an uncontrollable smile on her face.
"Boss, it's amazing. The box office of the movie "Jaws" on the first day was amazing!"
Universal released yesterday's first-day box office results for "Jaws" this morning.
"How much?"
Kelly was also a little excited. Although she saw a very good response from the audience at the premiere yesterday, seeing the specific number and not seeing the specific number are two different things.
Thinking about Kelly, she complained a little about Chu Huan. If Chu Huanfei hadn't said that every man should have a morning exercise that is good for physical and mental health when he got up this morning, he wouldn't have been late.
"The box office on the first day was US$3.65 million!"
Rachel preached excitedly.
The box office on the first day was 3.65 million. To say how high this box office is, it is not high, but that is compared with the box office of later generations. If compared with the box office of current movies, the meaning is different. Last year's Super
pThe first weekend box office of "The Godfather Part II" was just over 7 million US dollars.
The final box office of "The Godfather Part II" in North America reached more than 30 million US dollars!
If nothing else is taken into account, just for a new director like Spielberg, this box office is already pretty good.
But if this is just the case, it is impossible to make the people at Apex Pictures so happy. What really makes them happy is
"The audience's reputation is particularly good. Almost all professional forecasters believe that today's single-day box office will definitely increase in reverse."
This is what these employees at Apex Pictures value most.
Let's take "The Godfather Part II" as an example. As the sequel to the super-p "The Godfather", this movie should have been a box office hit in its first weekend. Unfortunately, it didn't. Due to overwhelming publicity, it only grossed over 7 million in its first weekend box office.
By the second week, the box office of "The Godfather Part 2" had already declined. Under such circumstances, "The Godfather Part 2" finally received more than 30 million US dollars at the box office.
So comparing the two, one is like the sun in the sky, and the other is at the bottom of the sky!
As long as the box office of a certain movie shows negative growth, it means that the movie definitely has the potential to become a hit.
As for how far it will explode, it depends on the situation of reverse growth.
Kelly showed a reserved smile of satisfaction.
Seeing this, Rachel continued, "That's not all. Several major studios in Hollywood called me this morning. I hope to talk to you on the phone as soon as possible. In addition, Universal's President Lou Wozer
Man came here early this morning and is waiting for you in the reception room. By the way, he already came here once last night!"
Kelly slightly adjusted her standing posture to straighten her waist, "Please invite Mr. Wasserman to come to my office!"
Rachel and You immediately nodded and said, "Yes!"
Rachel waited until Kelly walked into her office before going to the reception room to inform Lew Zeman.
When Luwa Zeman heard that Kelly had arrived at the company, he walked out of the reception room without saying a word and went to Kelly's office.
But when Luwa Zeman came to Kelly's office, he heard Kelly talking on the phone with someone with a smile on her face.
"Okay, we at Apex Pictures will definitely consider Mr. Hirschfeld's suggestion seriously. No problem, no problem. See you in the afternoon!"
Lew Zeman's heart sank, Hirschfeld? Alan Hirschfeld, the president of Twentieth Century Fox?
A group of greedy guys, moving so fast!
"Mr. Wasserman, I heard from Rachel that you came here just once last night. I wonder why Mr. Wasserman is so anxious?"
At this time, Kelly was in a very happy mood!
All the inhibitions I felt from being looked down upon by these film companies a few days ago disappeared at this moment!
But you still have to perform when it's time to perform.
Damn woman, don’t you know why I’m here?
After Lou Zeman silently complained in his heart, he said with a bright smile on his face, "Of course it is to congratulate Miss Kelly. When she found the project "Jaws" in the vast sea of people with her sharp eyes,
It’s amazing!”
Kelly felt so happy in her heart, and all she wanted was this. Seeing her face full of smiles, as if she had forgotten what kind of Luwa Zeman she was yesterday, Kelly pretended not to care and said, "What did I think it was?"
, So that’s what happened, but it’s so strange?”
Luwa Zeman's heart sank slightly, and he felt like there would be no good words left in the other person's mouth.
"I don't know, what's strange about Miss Kelly?"
"The first-day box office of "Jaws" was only 3.65 million, which is not a very high box office! According to last year's box office trend, the final box office of "Jaws" was only about 50 million!"
Kelly did not over-stimulate Lew Zeman, as long as it was satisfying, over-stimulation could easily cause unnecessary trouble. A "Jaws" is not enough for Apex Pictures to challenge Universal!
But even if she had such an idea, what Kelly said was still a hidden secret.
Still too young.
Lou Zeman naturally feels like he was slapped in the face. Now everyone is very optimistic about the audience reputation of "Jaws" and they all believe that the box office of this movie will definitely show reverse growth. Now Kelly has said that it will cost 50 million US dollars.
The box office performance of the film, in Luwa Zeman’s opinion, is not a slap in the face?
"Miss Kelly is joking, it's not just 50 million, I think the box office is at least 80 million US dollars!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! With a production cost of 9 million US dollars, a publicity cost of 11 million US dollars, and a box office of 80 million, the two of them have made a lot of money. According to Luo Zeman.
"Really? It turns out that I have such good taste!" Kelly was still secretly stimulating Luwa Zeman.
For Lou Zeman to become the president of Universal, his face has already been trained to be thicker than the city wall. After being stimulated by Kelly's repeated flips, he no longer felt like he was being slapped in the face.
But he also hopes to get to the point as soon as possible!
Although the knife can't break the city wall, it hurts
"Ms. Kelly, let's open the window and speak frankly. We at Universal are very optimistic about the project of "Jaws" and believe that such a movie is very suitable for a sequel. Therefore, we at Universal want to make "Jaws" in the hands of Apex Pictures.
Bought the copyright!”
Luwa Zeman did not propose to modify the current publicity investment ratio, because everything has become a foregone conclusion now. Even if he said it, Kelly would definitely not agree to it, and it depends on the situation of the movie "Jaws" now.
It is a sure thing that it will become a hit.
So Lew Zeman is targeting a sequel to this film.
Kelly was not surprised at all by Luwa Zeman's proposal, because she and Chu Huan also mentioned this matter during the intermission last night.
"Mr. Wasserman, this is a bit bad. Since you have already said that the movie "Jaws" will be very successful, now you want to make "Jaws" in the hands of Apex Pictures.
If we buy the sequel rights to this movie, isn’t this a big deal of pressure on people?”
Kelly preached.
Luwa Zeman chuckled and said, "Why is it that the boss of the store is suppressing people? I am just helping Miss Kelly solve the existing troubles. I think Miss Kelly should have received many calls from other colleagues just now.
Other studios in Hollywood are different from us at Universal, and they are not easy to get along with. If the "Jaws" project continues to remain in the hands of Apex Pictures, not only will it not become a cash cow for Apex Pictures, it will very likely
It could be the death knell for Apex Pictures."
Kelly frowned slightly. She didn't like what Luvozeman said, but she had to admit it.
At this time, Apex Pictures was still very weak in Hollywood. Its only say was "Jaws," which is currently in theaters. The eight major studios in Hollywood, including Lew Zeman, coveted "Jaws."
The money-making ability of the follow-up "Jaws" is now as good as my own.
If I don't agree with what they say, I'm afraid that what will greet me will not be the gentle breeze and drizzle now, but a violent storm.
The small body of Apex Pictures cannot bear it now.
Thinking of this, Kelly extremely hopes that Apex Pictures can develop rapidly.
Only when you have your own distribution channel can you truly have the right to directly communicate with the eight major Hollywood studios!
"Our company will seriously consider Mr. Wasserman's proposal, but now we'll have to look at the final box office of the movie "Jaws"!"
Although there will definitely be some compromise in the end, Kelly also needs to use the movie "Jaws" to maximize the interests of Apex Pictures.
Lew Zeman frowned slightly. The higher the box office of "Jaws" means, the higher the price for him to buy the sequel rights to "Jaws".
But, as Kelly thought, "Jaws" is still in the hands of Apex Pictures, and Universal Pictures is one of its promoters. He also hopes that the box office of this movie will be high, because this movie
The higher the box office of a movie, the higher the likelihood of a sequel being produced.
The box office expectations of a sequel to a movie that grossed $80 million and a sequel to a movie that grossed $100 million are completely different!
In the end, the painful and happy Luwa Zeman agreed to Kelly's suggestion!
In the following days, the entire Hollywood was paying attention to the movie "Jaws", which they had previously dismissed but was now racking up box office sales.
"Jaws" grossed $4.1 million the next day!
As everyone expected, the box office experienced reverse growth.
The box office of "Jaws" increased again on its third day, earning $4.88 million!
Since then, the first weekend box office of "Jaws" was born, totaling 12.63 million US dollars, breaking the first weekend box office record for North American movies!
As soon as this result was announced, it immediately caused a huge response in Hollywood. At this time, no movie company would doubt the box office of this movie.
It's the pain in the liver that all movie companies envy and Apex Pictures envy.
All the media are predicting what the final box office of this movie will be, but at this time everyone already has a generally accepted answer, that is, the box office of 100 million is no longer his end, but is probably just a starting point.
However, the eight major Hollywood studios have already begun to take action at this time.
Alan Hirschfeld of 20th Century Fox is the second CEO of one of the eight major film studios to join Apex Pictures, following Lew Wzerman.
In the past, when the two parties had something to do, Kelly could only take the initiative to go to them, but now they have to visit in person.
"Miss Kelly, congratulations, congratulations!"
When it comes to polite words, the old ghosts are actually no worse than the Chinese. They just want to see if this person is worthy of their courtesy.
Obviously, Kelly is very worthy at this time.
"Alan, you are too polite!"
Compared to Lew Zeman, Kelly's relationship with Alan Hirschfield is relatively close, so the terms of address tend to be more like friends.
"This is not polite. "Jaws", as the first movie of Apex Pictures, can achieve such box office results. I am afraid that in a few years, Apex Pictures will become the largest independent production company in Hollywood.
!”
Alan Hirschfeld preached seriously to Kelly.
The largest independent production company is still not the top eight in Hollywood!
Kelly smiled and said, "We are also lucky. We still have a lot to learn from 20th Century Fox!"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Alan Hirschfeld was not pretentious either. After the two exchanged a few words, Alan Hirschfield told his true intention. Like Lou Wzerman, the same
He wanted to buy the sequel rights to "Jaws".
This has nothing to do with the relationship between the two parties. Everyone is in this circle for profit.
Kelly's reply was the same as when she replied to Lew Zeman, saying she needed to see the final box office of "Jaws" before making a decision.
After hearing what Kelly said, Alan Hirschfeld shook his head and felt quite helpless. In the end, he had no choice but to leave like Lew Zeman.
In order to obtain the sequel rights to "Jaws", these problems faced by these people are acceptable.
But the gaffe changed far beyond their imagination, because in the second week, when "Jaws" was released on a large scale in North America, the movie's box office once again shocked everyone.
In North America, there are long queues in front of every movie theater. They all want to see how brutal and ferocious this ferocious "Jaws" is.
The bosses of the eight major film studios even learned about the theater situation of "Jaws" from their assistants.
It is under such circumstances that the North American box office results of "Jaws" in the second week have been released!
$43.95 million!
The box office in just two weeks has already shattered everyone's previous box office predictions for the movie. It was at this time that everyone was convinced.
This movie is very likely to become the most successful movie at the box office in the entire history of Hollywood!
After having such an idea, these studios once again couldn't sit still.
Universal's Lew Zeman and 20th Century Fox's Alan Hirschfeld are coming to Apex Pictures for the second time.
Not only them, Ted Ashley of Warner Bros., Amber Schneider of Columbia, and Benjamin of United Artists, but also Paramount, which is in a period of turmoil, Disney, which has always been making family movies, and Cork of MGM
Kerkorian.
The presidents of the eight major Hollywood studios all approached Kelly one after another, hoping to buy the sequel rights to "Jaws".
Among them, Disney even proposed that it would directly acquire Apex Pictures, which clearly shows that it is an acquisition madman.
Correct
When facing these powerful people in Hollywood, Kelly kept her mind and negotiated with the other party with full force!
The principle we adhere to is that no matter what the outcome of the negotiation is, the most important thing is not to get too stalemate with them at this time.
But in the face of interests, there are always people who cannot tolerate it.
"Miss Kelly, selling the sequel rights to "Jaws" to Paramount is definitely the right choice. Only we at Paramount can make the sequel to "Jaws" more successful."
The person who served as the president of Paramount at this time was Roy Hamilton. Unfortunately, this man did not sit in the position of president of Paramount for too long before he was replaced by someone later. In the end, it was Barry Diller who came on the scene to lead the company.
Paramount emerges from the quagmire.
As for Luo Yin Hamilton, his ability is naturally not very good. It doesn't matter if his ability is not very good. As long as he can recognize his own ability, it is commendable. Unfortunately, most people with poor ability often cannot recognize the reality.
Facing Roy Hamilton who was confused about the situation, Kelly smiled and said, "Mr. Hamilton is very sorry. Our company has no idea of selling the sequel rights to "Jaws"."
At this time, Paramount was in internal turmoil, and the management and the board of directors were in conflict. They had no ability to do anything about Apex Pictures. Moreover, after discussing with Chu Huan, Paramount and Disney were the two companies.
Chu Huan was the first to kill him.
So at this time, Kelly can more clearly reject Royin Hamilton's proposal!
Luo Yin Hamilton, who was confused about his ability, saw Kelly rejecting him so simply, his face suddenly changed, and he said dissatisfiedly, "Miss Kelly, do you know who you rejected? It's the president of Paramount!"
"
During this period of time, Kelly was pretending to be a snake in dealing with other Hollywood film studio presidents, and she was already a little irritated. Since Paramount at this time, it is impossible to bring any benefits to Apex Pictures in a short period of time.
threaten.
Naturally, Hamilton was not so polite when facing Luo Yin at this time.
"You are only the president of Paramount now, but it's uncertain whether you will be in the future, so Hamilton, you'd better find a way to stay in the position of president of Paramount for a while longer!"
After finishing speaking, Kelly directly asked Rachel to invite the furious Royin Hamilton out of her office.
"Kelly, you will pay the price for your arrogance today!"
Royin Hamilton gave an angry sermon when he walked out of Kelly's office.
Kelly shrugged and ignored the other party.
After Roy Hamilton returned to Paramount, he immediately summoned the company's top executives to discuss matters regarding Apex Pictures.
As a result, Paramount's management was in chaos at this time, with many factions and independent factions. How could they seriously help Roy Yin Hamilton worry about this matter?
In the end, at the meeting, no one came up with a solution.
This made Luo Yin Hamilton very angry, but there was nothing he could do!
‘A giant shark set off the entire North American summer!’--"Hollywood Report"!
As "Jaws" continues to be a hit at the box office, "Hollywood Report" put this news on its front page.
They are just like the eight major Hollywood studios. They have completely forgotten their previous disapproval of "Jaws" and Apex Pictures!
"This is an epoch-making movie. The new director Spielberg used his superb storytelling skills to make us all remember that although the Jaws appeared in the movie without a full shot, it can still make the movie theaters remember it.
The audience inside felt restless!
Vertex Pictures has found a treasure. This is a film that is enough to make Vertex Pictures the first-class independent production company in Hollywood."
What can be seen on the front page of "Hollywood Report" is nothing but praise for Spielberg and Apex Pictures.
"Steven, congratulations, you have become a well-known director in Hollywood!"
At Apex Pictures, Chu Huan congratulated Spielberg!
Spielberg also looked rosy at this time. Now that he is not the top director in Hollywood, he naturally has no way to remain calm!
"Thank you Mr. Chu, all this is because Miss Kelly is willing to give me this opportunity!"
Kelly smiled and said, "Steven, you are so humble. It was your ability that led "Jaws" to success. I am very lucky now that I listened to Chu's advice and signed you to Apex Pictures.
I hope our cooperation will be even more pleasant in the future!”
The success of "Jaws" is enough to put Spielberg into the ranks of Hollywood's top directors.
Although the two parties are still under contract, they still need to be praised as they should be. After all, after the contract ends, Kelly hopes to continue to keep Spielberg at Apex Pictures.
But if it wants to retain a director of his caliber, Apex Pictures itself must also improve its own capabilities.
"By the way, Steven, what do you think of the sequel to "Jaws" that is being rumored outside?"
Kelly continued to ask Spielberg.
The news that the presidents of the eight major studios are about to crush the threshold of Apex Pictures has long been spread in Hollywood, and the production of a sequel to "Jaws" seems to have become a certainty.
As the soul of the movie "Jaws", whether Spielberg will direct it has naturally become the focus of discussion.
Spielberg said seriously, "For this movie, I have devoted all my inspiration to "Jaws". If a sequel is made, I am worried that it will become a movie made for the sake of making!"
After saying this, Spielberg looked at Kelly with some embarrassment. After all, this movie is the most important movie of the company now.
With this movie, I became a top-notch director in Hollywood, but now I want to give up the production of the sequel, which is inevitably a bit embarrassing emotionally.
Unexpectedly, after hearing Spielberg's idea, Kelly laughed and said, "That's right. The company values your personal opinion very much, Steven. Making "Jaws" is indeed a hard job.
You can take a good rest and think about your next plan, the company values your ideas very much!"
Hearing what Kelly said, Spielberg's face immediately showed an excited look.
This is not only because Apex Pictures attaches great importance to Spielberg, but also because Kelly has almost delegated the production rights to herself.
As we all know, Hollywood follows a producer system. To make a Hollywood movie, the producer initiates a project, recruits directors, actors, and starts filming.
In other words, the director is just a tool man.
Knowing this, it’s not difficult to understand Spielberg’s excitement!
In fact, Spielberg at this time is already worthy of Chu Huan and Kelly delegating this power to him.
In the third week, the box office of "Jaws" still has not declined, and is still showing a reverse growth trend.
"Jaws" grossed $55.43 million at the box office in its third week in North America!
The total box office has exceeded 100 million US dollars, reaching 100 million US dollars!
That's not all. The movie "Jaws" was released in North America for a total of two months, bringing a high box office of US$28.9 billion to Apex Pictures.
Exceeding the $2.6 billion in another time and space!
In the movie box office share, Apex Pictures received US$10.8 billion!
After knowing this data, Universal's Luo Zeman cried and fainted in the toilet!
All of this is due to the fact that from the very beginning, Apex Pictures insisted on promoting the movie "Jaws" at super-high publicity costs.
Subsequently, "Jaws" opened the global film market, and when it was finally released, the global box office reached US$2.5 billion, which also exceeded the US$2.1 billion in another time and space!
Among them, Black and White Media has contributed a lot. The Southeast Asian market and the Japanese film market have provided more markets and box office for the movie "Jaws".
Based on the box office share of 40% and the distribution share ratio between Apex Pictures and Universal Pictures, the final global box office of US$2.5 billion brought revenue of US$07.5 billion to Apex Pictures!
In other words, just at the box office, "Jaws", which invested US$9 million in production costs and US$5.5 million in promotional costs, with a total cost of US$14.5 million, brought a profit of US$197.5 billion to Apex Pictures.
Do you think this is over?
Wrong, this is only a small part of it.
After the "Jaws" movie was canceled, Apex Pictures sold the film's broadcast rights to major television stations around the world, with a total revenue of US$30 million.
What’s even more terrifying is that the film’s situation in the video tape market, rental and leasing business, brought a total of US$102.5 billion in revenue to Apex Pictures.
This was just one year’s income in 1976!
At the same time, Apex Pictures also cooperates with youth toys and other peripheral manufacturers. For example, Apex Pictures launched a Jaws ice cream, which became a hit in North America!
Total merchandise revenue from "Jaws" reached $22.5 billion!
If calculated this way, the revenue generated by a "Jaws" movie is US$55.5 billion!
Apex Pictures has made huge profits!
But at this time, Chu Huan had already returned to Xiangjiang. Chu Huan returned to Xiangjiang during the third week of the release of "Jaws". Originally, Chu Huan wanted to stay in North America for a while, and he was about to arrive in North America.
Meet Chen Haichao.
But contrary to expectations, something happened here in Xiangjiang!
The latest issue of Fortune magazine in North America published Chu Huan's new net worth, causing a sensation throughout Hong Kong. Chu Huan must return to deal with this matter!
At this time, the atmosphere in Xiangjiang was very hot, which had already surpassed the hot weather. Everyone was shocked when they saw the "Fortune" report reprinted in major newspapers and magazines in Xiangjiang!