Chapter 587 Someone Wants to Follow the Trend

As for the contract issue, if so much money is spent every year to maintain 3 lawyer teams, if hundreds of lawyers still can't handle it, then probably no law firm in the world can handle it.

After he got back the 4 million US dollars from the Crown Theater, those movie theaters that are interested in "Havoc in Heaven" are of course unwilling to accept this kind of thing, which makes people unable to do anything, and they don't know whether the audience in their own country can accept it. Disruptive cooperation method.

However, with the cooperation of "Home Alone" last time, the patience of the capital is still very sufficient.

As for the reason, of course, it is waiting for the box office and attendance of Crown Cinemas' cinemas in several major cities in England in the next week.

At the end of April, Crown Cinemas announced that it has 42 cinemas, and the box office for a week is 2.52 million pounds.

The average price of a single hall is 60,000 pounds, which is 150,000 U.S. dollars, and the attendance rate is 47%.

176 movie theaters located in prosperous locations in Europe, including England, France, Italy, and West Germany, immediately started buying copies without hesitation.

As long as the attendance rate in your own country can reach more than 40%, even if the ticket price is not as expensive as in England, you can calculate it casually.

It only needs to be released two times, or even a week to earn back the purchase cost of 100,000 US dollars.

In the next two or three months, it will be pure profit.

As for the 3% to 5% film development fund tax, they have to pay it themselves. These movie theaters saw the benefits, and while scolding Li Changheng, they signed the contract and paid the money and pinched their noses.

For Li Changheng, the 42 theaters of Crown Cinemas and the 176 theaters have earned 21.8 million US dollars before the large-scale release.

If this is added to the heavy ticket warehouse of the United States, there are also Southeast Asia, South America and other places.

It is not difficult to earn 45 million US dollars with 500 copies of a cartoon.

And it turned out to be smoother than he expected. In just one week, all 500 copies were sold to European countries, the United States and the island countries, after overfulfilling the task.

In a good mood, Li Changheng handed over the rest of South Asia, South America, and even Africa to United Artists.

According to United Artists' estimates, even if the copies in the remaining three places can be sold for less than 80,000 to 100,000 US dollars, it is still no problem to sell them for 40,000 to 50,000 US dollars.

In this way, the final profit of this cartoon will definitely exceed 60 million.

And as soon as this news appeared in the media, countless people were shocked and envious and went crazy at the same time.

While the eyes of countless Hollywood, European, and Asian film companies were focused on Li Changheng, at least a dozen companies sent people to the mainland.

Therefore, good things often must appear together with accidents.

He made a lot of money in Europe and America, and when he got enough attention, there was a phone call from Hong Kong Island.

Report on the progress of the filming of "Frozen", and invite him to Shanghai to personally grasp the style and plot of the movie.

In addition, he was notified that after the cooperation of this cartoon is completed, if he wants to cooperate again, the film appointment has been scheduled for 3 years.

There is no need for Li Changheng to ask someone to check, Ruan Mei asked Fang Zhanbo, the manager of "Shiwen Zaobao", to find out after a little inquiry.

Many film companies on Hong Kong Island, because "Havoc in Heaven" was released on Hong Kong Island first, and the box office also exceeded 3 million, and they have long been ready to move.

When the news from London comes out, there is no need to wait for the box office in Europe and the United States.

Several film companies went to the mainland, and finally someone bought the shooting rights of two cartoons from Modu Films for 2 million Hong Kong dollars, or nearly 400,000 US dollars.

Then the island country and American film companies, who were a step behind, contacted again.

The price directly doubled, that is, 4 million Hong Kong dollars, and bought the contract from Hong Kong Island Film Company.

I spent another 200,000 US dollars as a deposit and bought production contracts for 3 movies.

This amount of money is just the production fee for a small-budget movie for companies in island countries and the United States.

But if there was a movie like Havoc in Heaven, it would be a big hit.

So in this way, plus Li Changheng's "Frozen", it means that there are 6 animations waiting to be produced.

In terms of time, it must be at least 3 years later.

If there are accidents in the script, style, and communication in the middle, it may be possible in 4 or 5 years.

Of course, it is more likely that the film studio will expand the number of painters from less than 150 to hundreds or even thousands.

After all, Li Changheng only sold 500 copies, plus 4 movie theaters in London and 11 movie theaters in Hong Kong Island, he has earned 45 million US dollars in a month.

While such a huge profit has greatly stimulated the creative enthusiasm of Modu Film Studio, it is impossible to say that the Celestial Dynasty will not regret it.

Fortunately, the higher-ups learned that Li Changheng was in London, stirring up the entire English media industry, as well as Hong Kong Island's "Times Morning Post" and other newspapers after the scolding war.

It is still very clear that relying solely on themselves, let alone distribute the film to Europe and the United States, it will be difficult to even release it on Hong Kong Island.

After all, the relevant departments of Hong Kong Island will not give convenience to the Celestial Dynasty like they did to Li Changheng, and let "Havoc in Heaven" be released directly.

Li Changheng is very open about the fact that someone wants to follow suit.

Whether a movie will be a big hit at the box office, in addition to the excellent quality of the movie itself, in many cases, publicity is really more important than the movie itself.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many good movies, and in the end the box office would hit the street.

Li Changheng took Annie, who insisted on following him, and Kingsman and Lorraine Theron, who were in charge of protection, boarded a private jet and flew directly to Shanghai.

Because the private itinerary was emphasized again, the Celestial Dynasty just raised the security level again, regardless of whether Anne came as a princess or not.

Before checking into the hotel, Ran Xinming hastily invited him to dinner before he had time to rest for the night.

Then, during the meal, he carefully whispered to Li Changheng, "Henry, can your "Frozen" movie be postponed until after the next cartoon is released?"

Li Changheng immediately understood why Ran Xinming made this request.

This time, he was able to earn 60 million U.S. dollars in one blow, which would really embarrass the person who agreed to sell the copyright to himself.

Perhaps if the copy hadn't been sold, it would be of great benefit to the spread of "Havoc in Heaven" now and in the future, maybe the person who invited him to dinner this time might not be Ran Xinming.

"No problem," Li Changheng nodded with a smile, "If money is so easy to earn, there won't be only one Henry Lee in the world."

Ran Xinming got the promise he wanted, and while he was greatly relieved, he said without emotion.

"I didn't expect that you would dare to stir up the entire media industry in England in order to promote the film, and in the end nothing happened."

As soon as Li Changheng heard it, he knew that these words were not only a temptation, but also a kind of vigilance.

After all, the matter that stirred up the English media this time, in the eyes of many people, his influence, dark forces and network of relationships are indeed too great.