The Greatest Showman

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"Just, I don't know what plans the crew has in terms of the salary budget?"

Andy's words were full of smiles, friendly and kind, as if he was asking for opinions on the lunch options, but the words did not hide anything, and pointed out the theme frankly.

Neil was not surprised by this.

The tug-of-war between the "Fast and Furious 5" crew and Dwayne Johnson, most of Hollywood should have heard of it. As we all know, the root of this dispute is that the crew thinks that Dawn's cost performance is not worth the 3.5 million they pay, but Dawn and his agent think that Dawn's importance to the crew is absolutely 350 million Ten thousand.

However, with the advancement of time, it gradually evolved into a game between actors and producers. Now the average level of remuneration in the entire Hollywood has risen to a whole new level - even the 20 million club can't be capped, which has made agents and actors more and more bold, and the rate of increase in value is getting faster and faster, but standing still From the perspective of producers and production companies, they do not want to see such a situation.

This is also the fundamental reason why Lang chose to support Neil.

Now the crew has decided to choose someone else, or choose an actor like Bruce Willis, who may ask for six million, although it is much more expensive than Dwayne's salary, but the market return is worth looking forward to; or Renly - For an actor like Hall who is unknown but has potential, his salary may not be much, but he will be more inclined in terms of publicity resources.

However, brokers are talented people, and they clearly know that this is their chance. The crew gave up Dawn's cooperation, no matter who the replacement object was, the agent standing behind him would not let go easily, and he was bound to take advantage of the fire. However, now everyone will take a look at the size.

Relatively speaking, newcomers have limited space to raise their prices, which is why Neil chose Renly.

"What's your plan?" Neil naturally wouldn't take the initiative to show his cards. This was the trick to negotiation.

Andy paused slightly for half a second. Regarding the specific plan, he has thought about it over and over in the past period of time. He is no stranger to it. The plan quickly went through his mind, "One percent of the box office dividend."

Neil's expression paused for a moment, his surprised expression almost impossible to hide. Fortunately, he chose to communicate by phone. If it was face-to-face, he would be underprepared in this wave of Andy's attacks. This is the truth. He really did not expect that what Andy was seeking, It's a dividend!

No wonder, no wonder Andy used the ace of Steven Spielberg! At the beginning, he heard that Steven talked to Lang personally and recommended Renly to Lang. Neil also felt that Andy's brain was unclear and he was completely overkill.

After the broadcast of "War in the Pacific", everyone could feel Steven's appreciation for Renly, and Tom Hanks talked about the interesting part of the audition in private many times. Under the blessing of two top industry leaders, Steven and Tom, this also means that Renly has truly entered the waiting list for large-scale productions by top film companies. If used properly, it will be a skyrocketing opportunity.

However, Andy actually used this relationship for the sake of "Fast and Furious 5", which is completely a waste of money. Not to mention that "Fast and Furious 5" is just a 100 million-level investment project, just talking about the position of the third protagonist, there is no need for a big guy like Steven at all.

This lowered Neil's evaluation of Andy several notches.

However, it now seems that not only Neil underestimated Andy, it is estimated that most of the practitioners in Hollywood underestimated Andy. Unexpectedly, Andy's ambition has never been in the movie "Fast and Furious 5", but in Renly's entire career planning.

There is an unwritten rule in Hollywood that the income of actors has a strict class system, below three million, three to eight million, eight to fifteen million, and then a club of twenty million. There may be some deviations in the details, but what is certain is that every actor wants to increase their remuneration, which requires the right time and place, people and other aspects, otherwise Dwayne Johnson will not eat this time. Closed.

As for actors who want to reach the level of box office dividends, this is even more difficult, just like Johnny Depp's "Pirates of the Caribbean", actors can't get dividends without proving themselves, which is specifically referred to here. is a commercial film. Those independent art films that are generally less than 10 million at the box office are naturally another matter.

Because the box office of a commercial film needs to be divided by multiple parties, the production company, the distribution company and the cinema chain are divided into three parties. Fifteen to 20 percent, and the screening theaters will take the remaining 40 percent. If a top-tier large film company like Universal Pictures produces and distributes by itself, then in addition to the dividends from the screening theaters, other All belong to Universal Pictures.

Among the dividends received by the production company, a part is given to the company itself, and the remaining part is divided among the directors, screenwriters, producers, actors and other crew members.

If the producer on the set is Steven Spielberg, he alone will take 15% of the box office dividends, then the proportion of other people's profits must naturally decrease. Therefore, in Tom Cruise's films, he always prefers actors who work with second-tier and third-tier actors, as well as directors and screenwriters, because this can ensure that Tom's dividends will not be divided up.

In short, this part of the profit allocated to the crew is limited, and there needs to be competition among the crew members. producer nature

I don't want actors to come and share their profits.

The importance of remuneration also lies in the fact that once a precedent is established, it is equivalent to determining the position and level of the actor. This time, the actor has won 15 million in the work, so the next work will naturally be opened at this price. As for whether the actor voluntarily reduces the salary or acts as a friendship, it is the actor's own choice; for the same reason, this time the actor If you have participated in the box office dividends, it is logical to continue to participate in the dividends next time. As for the proportion of dividends and the basic salary, this is another matter.

In a modern society where interests come first, box office dividends are equivalent to digging a piece of meat from the capitalists. Naturally, it is not that easy.

However, this is Hollywood, Hollywood that is good at dreaming. There are many examples of overnight fame, and there are also many examples of the salary soaring from 3 million to 15 million in just one movie.

This is Andy's goal, and he doesn't even hesitate to use Steven's personal relationship.

But why did Andy have such confidence in Renly? The plan is so ambitious! It's just "buried alive" for a work, which doesn't show much. There is simply not too much of an acting genius.

"Box office dividends? You know it's impossible." Neil was just surprised for a moment, then regained his composure and said with a chuckle. He doesn't even discuss the issue of proportions, bluntly rejecting it at the root.

Andy didn't panic at all, "If it's not possible, you can hang up now." Andy showed his determination and perseverance in understatement, "We all know that a one percent dividend, Nothing at all."

The first three works of the "Fast and Furious" series are actually far from amazing at the box office. The first one with the best results, the North American box office was 144 million, and the third one lost even the panties. That's it; the reason why the series can come back to life is because Universal Pictures is not good at developing sequels, and they have no cards in their hands. After comprehensive consideration, this is the fourth part.

In the case of a dead horse being a living horse doctor, it unexpectedly won a box office of 155 million in North America, and the investment cost was well controlled at 85 million. In the end, relying on the excellent performance of overseas box office, the global harvest At $360 million, Universal Pictures managed to make a small profit. So, this is the fifth part.

In other words, even according to the North American box office of the fourth installment in the series, the 1% box office dividend is only 1.55 million.

Renly is a rookie, a complete rookie. His salary hovers around 500,000 at most. After the blessing of the Dwayne Johnson incident, and the limelight of Toronto and Telluride, the salary can be It rose to around 800,000 or 1 million, which was also Neil's psychologically expected price.

Now, Andy proposes a 1% dividend, and then bargains on the ground. From a purely numerical point of view, it is indeed not outrageous. Still, paychecks are never about numbers, are they?

"One percent of the dividend is really nothing, but it depends on who the target is." Neil still didn't let up.

Instead, Andy chuckled, "This is a supply and demand relationship, and the point is what the buyer's market needs."

The question goes back to the original point, why did Neil choose Renly? Instead of picking Jason Statham, Keanu Reeves, Bruce Willis or Kiefer Sutherland?

Neil could choose other actors, of course. No one in Hollywood is indispensable. He just gave up the self-righteous Dawn and chose Renly. Similarly, he can also give up Renly and choose someone else.

But the question is, is there a more suitable choice than Renly?

There are thousands of actors in Hollywood, it is not difficult to pick a replacement, but now the "Fast and Furious 5" crew is racing against time, and... Neil suddenly thinks of Steven- Spielberg, I have to say, Andy's move is really ingenious,

time of day. Geographical advantage. people and.

Neil shook his head and denied it again, "One percent is absolutely impossible." However, it was no longer "box office dividends are impossible", but focused on the numbers.

Andy showed a satisfied smile, "So, 0.5 percent, what do you think?"

"I'm listening." Neil didn't respond because he knew it wasn't over.

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