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"Greek Wedding" became the only winner of the post-2002 summer season without any suspense.

52 million on the first day, with a total box office of more than 110 million!

44 million on Sunday, with a total box office of 150 million.

After the end of the second week, the box office of the whole week was 78 million - the brewing movie-watching madness was greatly reduced under the expression of the first two days in the first week. However, even if the madness was bid farewell to the second week, the total North American box office still brought the total North American box office to 230 million. , officially surpassed "Bourne Bourne" to become the third annual, second only to "Spider-Man" and "Clone Crisis".

The total investment in production, distribution, and publicity, in addition to the 15 million in the pre-production and publicity, and the distribution cost of less than 5 million in the later stage, which is less than 20 million in total.

Even if the current box office is calculated, according to the agreement between the theater and the producer - the previous month is divided into 8:2, which means that after the official release of the box office of more than 150 million, dd and share 80%, Although according to distribution conventions, movies with an abnormal box office curve usually make some compensation for the loser. But the North American box office net income of the two independent studios is destined to exceed 100 million!

This made all the companies and people in the industry drool.

Of the 100 million, only about one-third, that is, more than 30 million, and the remaining 60 to 70 million are all from dd Films. The outside world does not know the composition of dd's shares, but according to the news, the main shareholders Only Daniel and his lucky friend. The shares have been adjusted many times. At the beginning, David invested with capital to start the project. This is crucial, without the money, this project may have flown away from Daniel, and like Google, if Daniel hadn't missed Google, it would have started to reap the fruits now. Later, as Daniel began to inject capital with salary and capital, this share ratio is believed to have undergone major changes.

earlier this year. The news of the establishment of the Daniel Films Investment Division by dd Pictures is not precise, and the division of labor within dd Pictures is also very clear. Daniel is obviously the dominant player, and David is the operator. The theme of dd Pictures will be the production and distribution of independent films. Daniel's investment department is responsible for investing in some projects that Daniel has participated in or is optimistic about - the volume may be very large.

So, according to the media evaluation. It is guessed that Daniel's investment department should all belong to Daniel himself, and the project needs to be paid to a part of the service fee of the dd headquarters. The share ratio between the two sides of the dd headquarters is likely to be around 4:6, that is, Daniel accounts for 60%, and David gets 40%. According to this ratio, so far, David has made a profit of more than 25 million in this project— It's almost equal to the award he won, and he now has a promising dd headquarters and "Greek Wedding", which doesn't know where the box office will go.

This should be the beginning of the new century. A very good investment in Hollywood.

But what they didn't know was that Daniel bought the shares he invested in from David. It was replaced by cash and shares of the dd headquarters. At present, the share composition of the dd headquarters is a very standard 5:5, with Daniel half, who has the right to decide important matters, and David, who is responsible for the daily operation and decision-making.

but. The project profit of "Greek Wedding" will not be divided according to 5:5, but will be placed in the "Greek Wedding" distribution team - dd, Daniel Investment Department, mb, Shanying. Including these four. Because Daniel knows that even according to the previous life. "Greek Wedding" also has a North American box office of more than 200 million. If such a large sum of money is only swallowed by DD, it will cause unnecessary stimulation to other cooperative companies. Although the decision-making power of these companies is in his hands, a father or mother still needs to treat several children equally, and it is impossible for Daniel to really give the project's income only to dd according to the original attribution.

The interest group he created by himself will need closer cooperation in the future to achieve more goals.

The current one or two billion is not that important.

In the team division, the chief planning and general distribution are the Daniel investment department, accounting for 40%; the dd headquarters is the film producer, accounting for 3.5%, Shanying and mb each get 10%, and the remaining 5% is used for the team. Personal bonuses, employee salaries, daily expenses, etc. - the last item is very large. According to the size, it is in the tens of millions, that is, these bigwigs here will have income in the millions.

I can't help but say that Daniel's handwriting is luxurious.

However, thousands of dollars buy horse bones, these people are his team, enough incentives, with the pursuit of a common cause, will play an indelible role for a team to run for a long time and fight effectively.

Moreover, according to such a split, Daniel's investment department alone gets 40%, and dd's headquarter's 3.5% is also his. As for Shanying Company, Daniel invested in Shanying at the beginning, and later established an investment company and hired Raymond. This part of the assets was transferred from Shanying. During this process, Shanying’s shares were also adjusted. On the premise of capital injection, Daniel took a step back, Fred scored 15 points, and the rest of the management team shared 5 points. These 20 points must be bound to Shanying. If they leave Shanying, they cannot With Daniel's approval, these shares will no longer be held by them, and even if they are allowed to deal with these shares, Daniel has priority! The remaining 80% is held by Daniel's investment firm.

As for mb, Daniel owns 70%.

Therefore, in total, Daniel personally can share 72.5% of the income from "Greek Wedding". Of course, except for the 40% of the investment department, the rest are scattered in various companies and operated by origin.

In general, it is a bit unfair for David to propose this plan, which is of course in Daniel's heart.

Because he knows that even without this wave of operations, "Greek Wedding" can have a potential of more than 200 million.

But in the eyes of everyone, including David, this achievement was entirely due to Daniel's genius. Even more so when you think you've got a great deal for nothing.

But obviously, the worst of them is that they will get the investment income of more than 200 million box office, but now they can only get 30%, unless the North American box office rises to more than 600 million or even 700 million. The same as before—even Daniel didn't dare to think about it.

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The internal billing has not yet started, and the screening of the cinema chain has been turned back one after another, and the official screening will be a lot slower - this also involves the subsidy for the cinema, because it is clear that it will drop to 60 million in the third week. Around 40 million, and then grinding for two weeks, these parts are divided 8:2, the next box office margin is not so big, and the next month is also divided according to 7.2:2.8, the situation of the theater chain is not. How much better.

Of course, this kind of trajectory must continue to be discussed with the theater, but it is impossible to transfer much benefit.

Cinemas can only pay for their own mistakes in prediction.

Generally speaking, if the distributor is relatively strong, the first week will be divided into 9:1, and the second week will drop by 10% in the first two weeks, so that in the total box office, after deducting 10% of the fixed expenses, the theater can get 35% of the remaining 90%. %about. The issuer gets 55%, which is quite normal.

But according to the trajectory of "Greek Wedding", the publisher will get at least 70%.

In any case, this time, the dd film industry has won the battle against the theaters, and against other movies of the same period, and the situation of winning the game has been irreversible.

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As "Greek Wedding" continues to rise in box office numbers, it breaks 100 million, breaks 200 million, surpasses "Bourne Bourne", breaks 300 million, exceeds "Star Wars: The Crisis of the Clones", breaks 400 million...finally Stop by the ear of Spider-Man.

Daniel's treatment on the cast of "Fake Tenjin" has also clearly changed.

From big-name starring, to a part-time investor who made a fortune, then a guessed billionaire, and finally, the unmistakable Hollywood powerhouse!

Because the top executives of Universal Pictures have never visited the studios of their films so frequently, their attitude is in everyone's eyes. The producer's attitude towards the big star may be very mild, and even show a little flattery for fighting for it - but the basis of all attitudes is visible condescension. However, now, whether it's Donna, Mayer, or Schneider, each one's attitude has some unusual sense of equality in it.

This is power!

The composition of this power is very complex, including Daniel's popularity, box office appeal, and the inertia of never losing - this is a power that belongs to the category of a superstar. It also includes the independent studio dd Films, which has just produced a 400 million-level masterpiece in North America with a profit of more than 100 million - this is the power in the field of studios. And with the close cooperation between Shanying Company, which is becoming more and more important, and the new social network kingdom mb, no one is a fool at UU reading www.uukanshu.com. After this wave, Daniel has a controlling stake in Shanying and mb. It will not be revealed, but it is clear that the three companies have an alliance of interests - the power that comes with wealth and influence across industries.

All this constitutes Universal's equal attitude towards Daniel.

In the field of studios, in Hollywood, the current dd film industry is not comparable to Universal in ten bases, but all the tangible and intangible wealth and power around Daniel are comparable to what Universal already has. This is a formed interest group—a dynamic, sharp group.

A box-office miracle of "Greek Wedding", although Daniel quietly watched all the changes manipulated by him in the crew of "Fake Gods", it really became a milestone in his transformation in Hollywood.

It took three years to finally create all this, the corner of the country, the trump card is emerging, and this is also a new beginning. (To be continued)

ps: I'm dead. I'm especially worried that everyone thinks that all the money should belong to the protagonist, so I wrote it very anxiously, but really, things can't be done by one person, and the benefits are not exclusive to one person. Writing this, I have no conscience. . fall