It is actually very common for Hollywood to hoard scripts. Film companies often even buy the exclusive rights to some scripts for several years. If they are put into production within the contract period, they will pay the screenwriter subsequent remuneration. If the project is still not started after the expiration, the script copyright will be lost.

Automatically return to screenwriting.

The box office of "When Harry Met Sally" is even the most guaranteed among the three movies in Simon's initial plan. His original consideration was that if he really couldn't find an investor, he might as well do it himself.

Invest in this movie.

but now.

If you want this movie to be released next summer, then the project must start immediately.

Therefore, all problems still return to the starting point.

money!

Nothing can be done without money.

Moreover, according to estimates, the investment in "When Harry Met Sally" may be the highest among the three planned films, and may even reach US$15 million.

To be fair, Simon really didn't want to invest in this movie himself.

Although the expected revenue from "Lola Run" is considerable, he hopes to invest the money in other goals with greater value-added potential.

After thinking for a while, Simon patted Janet and said, "Get up, let's have dinner with Medova later, will you go?"

Janet nodded slightly with a small hum.

Now that the North American box office potential of "Run Lola Run" has been determined, the issue of other distribution channels of the film must also be put on the agenda. Since the North American theatrical distribution contract was signed with Orion, Orion will naturally enjoy the remaining distribution rights of the film.

priority.

Simon's plan is to sell out all other issuance rights at once, so that he can obtain a sum of funds as soon as possible for stock index futures operations and other investments in the second half of the year.

However, based on the size of the North American box office of "Run Lola Run", the film's overseas distribution rights, video distribution rights and subsequent TV broadcast rights, the profit scale is at least twice that of the North American box office.

Simon is not aware of the subsequent sharing agreements that Orion signed with other theaters, but even if the average is calculated based on only a 50-50 share, the total share that "Lola Run" is expected to bring to Orion and Daenerys Pictures will reach 100 million.

Dollar.

Compared with the negligible investment in production and promotion, this US$100 million is almost a net profit.

Based on this reference, the profit scale of the remaining distribution channels is at least about 200 million US dollars.

According to the profit distribution rules of the local box office in North America, if "Run Lola Run" is distributed through other channels, Simon can probably make a sell-out offer of US$60 million.

60 million U.S. dollars is a huge amount of money even for Big Seven, and Orion Pictures is naturally unable to afford it.

Therefore, for the remaining distribution channels, if Simon wants to complete the sell-out operation in the short term, it can only be retailed separately.
Chapter completed!