As the Halloween period approaches, major, medium and small film companies in Hollywood have all launched a series of methods just to gain more benefits.

The first is the competition for the number of screenings!

Boston.

Imperial Entertainment Branch, one of the three major theaters in the United States.

At this moment, there were two people talking in the office of branch manager Hostak.

"Hostak, we are old friends, you can't stand by death and refuse to save you." Frank Gusta.

"It's very difficult, man." Hostuck looked puzzled.

"You are the general manager of the Boston region of Emperor Entertainment and the vice president of the Emperor Entertainment headquarters. I'll give me more screenings for Lionsgate Film during the Halloween schedule. Is it really that difficult for you? I don't believe it!" Gusta frowned.

Frank Gusta, a Canadian banker, entered the film and television industry since 1997 and created Lionsgate Film, which is famous in the future.

Currently serving as chairman of Lionsgate Pictures.

Hostak looked at Gusta, got up, walked over the desk, and closed the office door that had not been closed completely, and added a lock.

"I'll tell you the truth."

Hostuck then sat down and whispered: "It's not that I don't give you the face of an old friend. I'm really helpless. Well, let me tell you this. Just two days ago, Mr. Barry Mayer, the new president of Warner Bros. Pictures, personally found our boss and had a further conversation about the screening of Warner's new work "Hazy House". How do you think, how can I, the head of the branch, resist the decision above?"

Warner?

"this......."

Gusta, the owner of Lionsgate Pictures, said in shock: "Barry Meyer actually found your boss himself. Isn't that right?"

At this moment, he was a little confused.

"Hazed House" is Warner's main promotional film during the Halloween period, but it is not a high-cost blockbuster. According to convention, the president of Warner Bros. Pictures cannot make a move in person.

"This is a bit of a big deal!" Gusta murmured.

"hehe!"

Hostarch smiled and said, "If I tell you again, Mr. Bill McNick, the president of Wald Pictures, also met my boss not long ago, would you still wonder why Barry Mayer came out in person?"

Wald Pictures?

"Damn~ they actually went out. As for it? It's just a small Halloween schedule. As the top leaders of the group, they actually ended up in person. Isn't this a helpless person?!"

Gusta was furious.

Whether it is one of the top six Warner Bros. Pictures, or the newly-released small giant Wald Pictures, it has a considerable influence in theaters, at least it is much stronger than Shimen Pictures.

Barry Mayer and Bill McNick personally met with the boss of the theater chain's Emperor Entertainment. Isn't it just exerting influence and wanting to get more screenings?

“So shameless ~!”

"They have enough film schedules themselves, several times that of my Lionsgate Pictures."

"But now, they are still not satisfied!"

"What are you going to do?"

"We won't just be released, just let them Warner and Wald Pictures go and play, that's it!"

"snort!"

Gusta was extremely angry, and the anger in his heart turned into a flame that soared into the sky, but while he was angry, he and many were helpless.

Not as strong as others!

The situation is better than others!

Gusta is not without connections in this area. You should know that he is a friend of American President Clinton. He knows many people from the political and business circles and has a wide connection.

But......

Do Warner and Wald Pictures have no connections in this regard?

On the contrary, the influence of the two companies in the political and business circles is far greater than that of Gusta!

"Oh~"

"I was originally looking forward to asking Clinton to help me with this little favor, but he was in trouble for the zipper door incident and had to face the impeachment from Congress. So, how could he have time to help me?"

Gusta was extremely depressed.

"Man, if I tell you again, Ms. Shirley Lansing, the female president of Paramount Pictures, will you be so angry that you will jump from the air~" Hostuck said suddenly.

Damn it!

At this moment, Gusta was completely angry.

He just wants to scold people!

Wald Pictures;

Warner Bros. Pictures;

Paramount Pictures;

"Go to the god! I can't afford to offend anyone!" Gusta became a little hysterical.

Hostak said quietly: "Now you know, I am not a friend and I don't want to help you, but I really have no way to regulate it."

Gusta suddenly felt a little silent.

...........

Salt Lake City.

Amc Cinema, one of the three major theater chains in the United States, is the Salt Lake City Branch.

Loves, a vice president of New Line Film, stared at the man in front of him with a sincere expression and said, "Jonathan, you have to help me!"

Upon hearing this, Jonathan, manager of the Salt Lake City branch of the amc theater, shook his head and said, "Budd, did I tell you. Wald Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Paramount Pictures are too strong. In order to compete for the box office of the Halloween schedule, they not only personally met with my amc boss, but also learned that the two companies, Ximanke, which are both the three major theater chains, have also made arrangements."

"You said, I am a small branch manager, what can I do?"

He paused and said, "It is said that Mr. Gusta of Lionsgate Pictures was so angry that he jumped over it."

In the theater markets and branches in various places have the right to adjust the films according to the market change curve, but that is based on the above (the head office) without any exact instructions.

Now that the order is issued, we naturally have to obey the order.

Well, the irrefutable kind.

“Haha~”

Loves, vice president of New Line Films, sneered: "I'm not Gusta without a Hollywood background. Don't forget that behind our New Line Films is one of the six Disney Group."

Jonathan, manager of Amc Salt Lake City branch, replied: "As long as Disney comes out to find our boss in person, I will also adjust the screening for you New Line Film."

"you!"

Loves, vice president of Xinyi Film, said angrily: "Okay, okay, wait, I will tell my boss, Mr. Shay, and ask him to invite Disney to come forward."

......

The chaotic Halloween schedule is a battle of open and secretly under the pursuit of high-level filming by a number of Hollywood companies, and they use their own methods, turning into a battlefield in full swing.

Hollywood film companies and theater companies, their account-sharing box office is a step-by-step decreasing box office allocation.

For example: In the first week of the film's release, the production company accounted for more than 90% of the box office, and the theater company's profits this week mainly depended on the sale of snacks and beverages;

In the second week, the producer's share-book box office dropped to 80%;

Week 3, the producer's share-book box office fell to 73%

...

Continuously decreasing!

Generally speaking, in the American film market in the late 1990s, the producers' share-account box office data accounted for 50% to 60%;

The ratio of theaters is 40% to 50%.

Of course, this account-sharing box office does not count the data on the taxes, issuing companies' commissions, copying and other expenditure expenses, otherwise the producer's interests will be reduced a lot.

Nowadays, Wald Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures are constantly squeezing the living space of small film companies in order to compete for screening volume, which makes many people feel sad and angry.

For this reason, they can only take damage!

A loss move?

It is not a trick to harm others and not benefit oneself, but to reduce one's own box office share.

"In the first week of the film's release, my movie only takes 70%, giving up a large portion of the benefits to the theater company. I don't believe that I can't create more screenings."

"The theaters are also interested in the interests, so I will give in more benefits."

"You big companies such as Wald Pictures and Warner, whose CEOs have personally come to the scene. This is a helpless move. Using your strong size and influence to squeeze the screening of our small company, aren't we allowed to do any damage?!"

I have to say that many of the small film companies are forced to get anxious.

They would rather give up more benefits to the theater chain than strive for more screening volume.

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Chapter completed!