hollywood draw

“oh my god, a huge income that is exciting, isn’t it?”

With the assistant lady's narration, Wayne had to sigh. Compared to the director, he was the top 20+20 pay in the circle. Judging from his income, he was really not as good as investing in a big-selling film as the boss of a film company. Coupled with Warner Bros.'s complete follow-up operation channels, all the follow-up benefits of big-selling films can be directly drained.

For example, "The Walker of the Side", this film was affected by the Oscar effect, and the subsequent video tapes have been sold very well. The film's R-level film attributes are relatively cheap in the video tape rental market, so despite such a long time, this film has never fallen into the top ten North American video tape sales rankings.

There is also the first part of "The Matrix", because the popularity of the second part of "The Matrix" also led to the videotape market for this movie. The studios under Wayne, the main body of these two films, both of which account for 50% of the total copyright revenue.

Not counting the income that these two films had previously shared, Warner Bros. This time, he invested more than 125 million US dollars into Greenberg's studio. You know, this is not a one-time transaction. Perhaps these subsequent income will slowly drop with time, but even if this part of the income is over ten or twenty years, it can still generate a lot of profit for him every year.

"The Actors Union, Screenwriters Union, and even Directors Union will announce the average salary of members every year." Nina sighed at the figures she said in person, especially she knew better than anyone else. Similar to these two films, Greenberg Studio and Warner Bros. jointly invested in production projects will be launched in a lot in the next two or three years. "No wonder the producers union never announces the producers' income in person. The subsequent benefits in this regard are too terrifying."

"You're wrong, Nina."

With a finger on his back, Wayne shook at the assistant lady. "The income is terrifying, but those members who are producers and film company owners. For those producers who do not participate in film investment, their income is not as high-ranking as celebrities."

Almost anyone who knows the operating rules of Hollywood knows that this circle is based on the producer-centered system, that is, in a crew, only the producer representing the capital is the rights center, not the director or star.

This is also the main factor that those first-line celebrities and top directors in the circle want to work part-time as a producer, because this title can effectively guarantee their rights and benefits within the crew.

But compared to the absolute power of its representative investors in the crew, the producer's income is much lower than that of celebrities and directors, at least the income on the surface is much lower, and even the salary of some core team leaders behind the scenes.

Only those well-known producers who are constantly successful and who can initiate projects can sign a contract with the production company to share the later box office. However, this part of the box office share is not much, which is normally just a few points, and their basic salary is as low as one million US dollars. This income will not increase much even if it lasts until twenty years later.

But if it is like Wayne who is a project producer as a film investor, then the income is another height. After all, producers like this are basically the bosses of film companies. The subsequent income of a Hokkien film can last for many years, but the recipient of this income is not an individual but a film company.

"Colin Howard led the PwC's accountant team and was very keen on the subsequent income of these two movies." Nina obviously did not want to discuss the producer's income with her boss, and brought the topic back to the main business. "I believe that the income of this part is very low. Even if there are some tricks, it will only appear on overseas licenses."

Wayne was already very satisfied with the fact that he could do this. Film companies, especially movie giants like Warner Bros., who are used to using left-handed and right-handed, are simply too simple to conceal some movie-related income. In fact, as long as they don’t do it too much, he will not make any comments.

As Nina said, even if there are some tricks, they will only appear on the authorization numbers around overseas movies. There is definitely a situation in this regard, but as long as the accountant team led by Colin Howard stares at it, there will be no excessive moisture.

Although he is a shareholder of Warner Bros., there will be no difference in this regard. After all, it is Greenberg Studio who signed the contract with Warner Bros.

Compared with the subsequent income of the two films with extremely chaotic statistics, Wayne's income in "Batman: The Dark Knight" is much more transparent.

"The last part of the basic salary is $6.9 million, Warner Bros. chose to settle it together in advance this time." Nina looked at her work record book and continued to report on the income settled this time. "According to the director and producer contract regulations, and the rules that everyone in the circle abides, the last part of the basic salary should be settled after the film is removed, but this time, Warner Bros. is estimated to have sufficient working capital and given this part of the money in advance."

According to the contract signed by Wayne and Warner Bros., his main salary is the director position, and the basic salary is the so-called $20 million. This part of the money was made before the filming and after the movie was completed, Warner Bros. had twice entered his account according to the rules, so this was the last transaction.

"The theater company has divided the film into two separate times, and the release of "Batman: The Dark Knight", Warner Bros., which split the film into the North American box office, with 200 million US dollars each in two separate times. So the personal box office share paid to you this time is also based on this part of the North American box office."

The assistant lady's voice continues. This movie is the box office in the history of film. From this perspective, the income Wayne can earn is also terrifying. "In addition to this part of the income, "Batman: The Dark Knight" has a total of 86.9 million US dollars this time. As for the overseas box office share, I'm afraid it has to wait again. The team led by Colin Howard is mainly urging this part of the income."

Time has entered the end of 1997. Although the Internet in North America has been initially popularized and with the rise of Internet companies, the number of personal computers has grown rapidly on this land, globally, the Internet is far from being able to be used in movie ticketing.

Faced with different theater market environments in different places, even film companies like Warner Bros. with global distribution capabilities will take a lot of time to extract this part of the box office revenue one by one. Moreover, there are still differences in the share of theater markets in various countries and regions with Hollywood Film Company. This is why the timeline for overseas box office recovery has been extended.

"So, this time, Warner Bros.'s finance department invested a total of $211.9 million in Greenberg's studio account, right? Ha, I just don't know if there will be any discordant voices among the shareholders of Warner Bros. because they paid the sky-high share in one lump sum."

With his legs crossed, his mouth was filled with cigarettes, and his upper body leaning against his office chair, Wayne's voice was filled with joy. Similar things happened more than once, and almost every time Warner Bros. paid for his box office share, there would be sporadic dissonance inside.

"Even if there are some, so what can we do? Jeff will press it down by himself anyway." Nina habitually reached out and pushed the glasses on her face, curled her lips and didn't take it seriously.

"no, no, no." Wayne stretched out a finger and shook it at the assistant lady, sighing: "This is a big sum of money, and there will always be people who are red-eyed. Nina, let me tell you what these capitalists are all about. In their eyes, it doesn't matter that they have more money, but more importantly, you don't have money."

“What?”

It may be the angle and position of the position of the person I am standing in the end. For a moment, the assistant lady did not understand the meaning of her boss's words.

"Ha, because you don't have money, they can buy your time, labor, your talent, and even your dignity at will."

Wayne is sure that at least from the standpoint of the big bosses behind Warner Bros., this is definitely the case. The more capital he has, the more careful he should cooperate with him, which is inevitable.

The reason why I feel this kind of emotion is essentially purely because Wayne himself has the same psychology, the same view, the same rules of conduct, which basically belongs to the self-cultivation of capitalists...

So, don’t think that the shareholders of Warner Brothers are stupid, so that there are some unharmonious voices. Faced with such sky-high income, these shareholders have definitely thought countless times about how to get Wayne away. Warner Brothers controls the DC series alone, but for various reasons, they dare not do anything.

Just like when Warner Bros. was doing movie revenue accounts, it had nothing to do with whether Wayne was a shareholder of Warner Bros. or how good his relationship with the company was. From the standpoint of both labor and capital, the two sides were naturally in opposition in terms of interests.

"There is a little strange thing that I haven't figured it out yet."

He raised his wrist and looked at the time. Wayne took off the blazer from the back of the chair, put it on his body, and waved his hand to ask the assistant to pack up his personal belongings and prepare to go home from get off work. "In theory, this is not the final payment period of the share. Why is Warner Brothers so proactive this time?"

Putting his director's record book, pencil, cigarette and other things into his briefcase, Nina stretched out her hands and tiptoed to help him sort out the back collar of the suit jacket.

Hearing Wayne's doubts, she smiled and shrugged, lifted her briefcase and prepared to leave. "Before I finished speaking, Warner Brothers passed the review of "The Lord of the Rings" and had agreed to jointly produce this project with Greenberg Studio."

"Sure enough, I said that Warner Brothers didn't open a welfare home..."