Chapter 675: How to deceive people
For example, one comment said: "It's not good to watch. I fell asleep for two hours in the cinema."
The fans who came to scold him were confused: "Man, is this a drama? How do you watch it in the cinema?"
The navy actually replied: "It's a mistake, but it doesn't look good anyway."
After confirming that he was an enemy, fans of the drama quickly called for help and surrounded the navy.
However, the drop in ratings is inevitable, and there are also people who give the series low ratings because of the sacrifices of Rebecca and David.
Over the weekend after the tenth episode, the rating for "Edgewalker" dropped to 9.0. But there is no doubt that this series is destined to become a classic.
The question that audiences are most concerned about is, will there be a sequel to the series?
In this regard, Gilbert Jr.'s personal social account revealed that follow-up works are under further development. Not just movies, theme parks, and various peripheral toys.
In addition, large-scale games will be developed in the future to allow fans to personally experience the world of cyberpunk.
This news immediately made fans cheer. Many people left messages saying that Adam Hammer must appear in the game.
It seems that fans can't stop hating Adam Hammer and want to go into the game and teach him a lesson personally.
During the period when "Edge Walker" continued to be a hit, sales of related peripheral products alone generated US$244 million.
Rebecca's dolls sold like crazy after the tenth episode, generating a single-day sales of 6.5 million US dollars, and will continue to contribute to sales thereafter.
Sales of other toys and dolls are good, and some model cars are selling even better.
Xigua Video also gave away some peripheral products to lucky viewers through a lottery on the video platform. Amazon's official website has also started pre-ordering the "Edge Walker" setting set, and the number of pre-orders currently exceeds 100,000.
In Hollywood, the commercial development of a popular IP is absolutely professional, with various methods. Little Gilbert doesn't need to worry about these specific tasks, there are professionals in charge.
After all the broadcast dates of "Edgewalker" ended, Gilbert Jr. temporarily ended all work on "Edgewalker" and he took Ivanka with him to China.
The weekend after "Edgewalker" concluded, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" produced by Melon Studios was released.
This is the fifth film in the "Harry Potter" series, continuing to star the three Gryffindors. The three of them have starred in the "Harry Potter" series consecutively and have become well-known and popular movie stars around the world.
Of course, the salaries of the three actors are also constantly rising.
In the latest contract signed, Haley, who plays Harry Potter in the trio, will be paid US$15 million plus 15% of the box office share.
In fact, the actor's agent originally offered a salary of twenty plus twenty, but the crew and producer had a tough attitude and planned to replace him if they couldn't reach an agreement. With Hailey's own choice, he signed the contract. .
The other one is Emma Watson, whose salary has also increased to 10 million US dollars, and she also has a 10% box office share. This made her the highest-paid actress under the age of 20 in one fell swoop, even higher than many veteran actors.
You must know that Scarlett's salary for filming "Captain America" this year was only US$8 million, and it was even less before.
Of course, only in the "Harry Potter" movies could Emma Watson get this price. In other movies, it would be good if she could earn a salary of over six million dollars, without any box office share.
So Emma Watson is particularly envious of Emma Roberts. The role of Rebecca is obviously very classic, no worse than her Hermione.
If she could have played Rebecca at that time, Emma Watson could prove that she could get rid of the label of Hermione, and her salary would also increase.
So Emma Watson thought that she would have to be more diligent when going to the Melon Manor in the future, because she wouldn't be able to get this opportunity even if she got it. In fact, investors are definitely not willing to see the actors' increasingly higher remuneration, because it is relative to the money taken away from them.
However, Hollywood has sufficient experience in this regard, and there is considerable room for manipulation.
For example, when Disney released the movie "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," it could have established a separate sub-studio for distribution and operated its accounts independently.
The money used by this sub-studio for distribution was borrowed from Disney. Although it was borrowed from the left pocket and the right pocket, a debt was created out of thin air.
So when the accounts are settled, there will be a sum of money used to pay off the debt. It is said that the debt is paid off, but in fact, the money from the left pocket is transferred to the right pocket, but an expense is incurred out of thin air.
In this way, the left hand fell to the right hand. Although the film did well at the box office, it incurred losses in the accounts.
They all lost money, so of course there was no box office share.
These messy accounts would take even the most professional team of accountants from PwC for several months. Not to mention that many Hollywood stars have little education and cannot understand.
Of course, big Hollywood companies don't actually use it much on celebrities and actors. The most common ones are actually on Wall Street.
Because of accounting issues and share-sharing issues, many people have gone to the Delaware Commercial Court. However, these lawsuits often drag on for several years or even more than ten years, and may not be concluded, which is really exhausting for Wall Street.
The most typical example is "Jurassic Park 2", in which a Wall Street private equity fund invested US$15 million. But in the end, not even a dime was recovered, and everything was lost.
But in fact, "Jurassic Park 2" was a global hit, and Spielberg alone took away $200 million in remuneration from this project.
The private equity fund was so angry that it took the film's producer, Universal Pictures, to court. As a result, the case has not been concluded until now. It has been more than ten years.
Little Gilbert actually likes this trio quite a lot, but his personal feelings will not affect his business judgment, so he still has to take advantage of them.
It's just that he doesn't have to do it himself, so he doesn't feel guilty.
However, no matter how many calculations are carried out behind the scenes, it will not affect the success of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" at the box office, taking in US$83.59 million at the box office in its first week.
The box office performance in this first week is quite good, and what is even more surprising is the overseas box office in the first week.
This time, it was released simultaneously in 33 overseas markets and North America, and it generated an overseas box office of US$153 million in its first week.
Including the first week's box office in North America, the film grossed US$236.59 million at the global box office in its first week, becoming the weekly box office champion.
There is no doubt that "Harry Potter" has cultivated countless fans around the world, and these fans have continued to generate revenue for the "Harry Potter" series of movies.
The British "Guardian" published a set of data. Since the release of "Harry Potter", the number of tourists traveling to the UK has increased by 30% year-on-year.
These tourists have brought varying degrees of growth to Britain’s consumption of catering, accommodation, and cultural and creative products. British style has even become a dream pursued by the petty bourgeoisie in Asian countries, especially China, Japan and South Korea.
And more achievements are generated in the huge industrial chain, which is worth tens of billions of dollars and is something Warner Pictures is unwilling to give up.
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