During the 45-day screening period of "The Ghost Story", Tao Xi did nothing and just treated it as a long vacation for himself.

If Tousi hadn't accidentally seen Jerry Bruckheimer actively preparing for "Top Gun", maybe Jerry Bruckheimer would have become a non-staff member of "Neil United Cinemas".

Every time the demand [The Japanese Embassy asks the United States to strengthen the safety of the Japanese expatriate community and citizens living in Japan] appears on TV news, ABC News will expose the reason why the [Japanese Embassy] made such a demand!

The North American box office performance of "The Ghost Story" has been weak since the third week of April.

From being the North American box office champion for two consecutive weeks to now relying on the hype surrounding the [Japanese Embassy] incident to stay afloat, Tao Xi has no choice but to do anything.

The 45-day screening period is the limit. If this movie continues to be screened, it may affect a lot of its business!

But the only thing Tao Xi is lucky about is that the box office has exceeded 140 million US dollars! The box office split in the United States is generally no different from that in China.

Because this film was independently produced and distributed by Tao Xi, Tao Xi spent a total of 4.1 million US dollars in publicity and production costs, deducting the 5% and 3.3% tax points that should be paid to the American Film Industry Association.

Total expenditure of 12.45 million.

Tausi consulted Jerry Bruckheimer about this amount, can this money be saved?

The answer is yes, but this money does not apply to commercial films, unless your company's main body is not in the United States. But if your company's main body is not in the United States and your movie wants to be broadcast in the United States, you need to pay 6% of the introduction cost to the Motion Picture Association of America!

It will also be a problem for your sub-account box office to arrive in your account afterwards. If your company's main body is not in the United States, your funds will need to stay in the third-party supervision account of the Motion Picture Association of America for a supervision period of nearly 45 days.

The advantage of doing this is that you can save the 3.3% tax issue. The investment entities of many large Hollywood production groups are basically either in the Caribbean or in some tax havens.

Tao Xi, who was anxious for money, gave up this option!

According to the normal accounting logic, the final amount that can go to Tao Xi is about 30%!

But because [Neil United Cinemas] is his own reason, and Tao Xi promised [MGM Family Department] not to charge additional distribution shares for the next two films in the 007 series, Tao Xi can get a total of [Ghost]

Movie Record] 61% of the income!

With a balance of US$91.5 million, Tausi, who became rich overnight, became the biggest beneficiary of the film. Another beneficiary was Jerry Bruckheimer.

Now the whole Hollywood knows that "The Ghost Story" broke the 140 million North American box office with the support of Jerry Bruckheimer.

And no one has ever cared about Marco's listed director, which is something new.

"Why are you here again? Doesn't Paramount resent the fact that you come to my place first instead of reporting to the set of [Top Gun] every day?"

Jerry Bruckheimer took a hot dog from Marco's hand and replied happily: "Don't be kidding! They hope that my relationship with you will be better!"

"And then I can have another gimmick on my head!"

"The most promising producer in Hollywood [Billion Dollar Club], Paramount is the biggest winner!"

Tao Xi smiled: "We also received a notification letter from the Motion Picture Association of America this morning. We need to fully cooperate with the promotion of the movie [Top Gun] after it is released."

"Oh, yes, America needs some inspiring stories for its troops these days."

"Paramount is also a member of the Motion Picture Association of America, and lining their own pockets is what they do best!"

When Tao Xi heard that Paramount was actually a member of the Motion Picture Association of America, Tao Xi couldn't help but feel a little bitter. The tentacles of these large Hollywood production groups are really everywhere.

Jerry Bruckheimer didn't care about Tao Xi's expression but took out a document and put it on the table.

“Isn’t MGM planning to take away the distribution rights of [The Ghost Story]?”

Tao Xi did not pick up the document but asked with a half-smile: "Why does Paramount want to buy the distribution rights of [The Ghost Story] in Europe?"

Jerry Bruckheimer, with a wry smile on his face, nodded: "The boss of Paramount's investment department asked me to do it, and I can't shirk it. If MGM wants to buy it, I will make up a reason to fool them some other time."

Already."

"MGM only wanted the distribution rights in Italy and South America, and Peter Lamont personally came as a lobbyist, so I paid $5 million."

Jerry Bruckheimer's eyes lit up instantly when he heard these words. Italy, as the third largest ticket bank in Europe, was taken away by MGM. Jerry was not surprised.

After all, Italy can be said to be MGM's second home base.

But this means that Paramount still has a chance!

"Then do you plan to continue filming [Ghost Story] 2?"

Tao Xi hesitated when he heard Jerry Bruckheimer's words. To be honest, Tao Xi was quite into the game of Hollywood movie shooting, because it's so easy to make quick money like this!

However, the filming of "Shakespeare in Love" and "Anna Karenina" gave Tao Xi some headaches.

Ever since that old man Harvey got the script and investment for "Shakespeare in Love", he reported to him in two days! In order to deal with this little old man, Tao Xi directly sent him to Kenya.

This little old man simply went to Kenya with a lot of screenwriters.

As for whether to film the script of "Anna Karenina" or not, Tao Xi has not yet made up his mind.

Tao Xi does not have so much time to waste on this aspect. The life Tao Xi yearns for is different from these!

“How much can Paramount pay?”

Jerry Bruckheimer made a gesture with the number 5, and Tao Xi replied directly: "60 million, one-time payment, I will give him everything except the CD copyright!"

Jerry Bruckheimer smiled silly and ran out to make a phone call.

In fact, what Taosi doesn't know is that Paramount has always been open to films that already have successful shooting and publicity templates. Even if Taosi wants another $5 million, Paramount can do it.

accept.

In less than 4 hours, a woman, under the leadership of Jerry, signed the copyright contract and overseas distribution contract for "Ghost Story" with Tao Xi!

Tao Xi looked at the 150 million US dollars in his hand and felt a little hot. Although he was about to pay 30 million US dollars to a natural reservoir far away in Colorado State, he still had 120 million US dollars left.
Chapter completed!