Chapter 460： pirate theme

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In this way, more than half of the 30-day release schedule of "Spider-Man" is during the holidays.

It is not an easy task for an imported film to be released in the spring, and Golden Harvest even postponed the release date of "Unparalleled World", which Golden Harvest invested in, from February to the summer vacation in August.

This time Ryan followed the crew to the other side of the Pacific in person, expressing sincerity and importance, and even deepening the cooperation between the two parties.

As for the box office results of "Spider-Man", it is secondary.

Not to mention, the capacity of the box office market on the other side of the Pacific Ocean is only about 1 billion, which is less than half of the North American box office of "Spider-Man".

Furthermore, I am afraid that pirated DVDs in the market on the other side of the Pacific Ocean have already been seen everywhere.

There is also the box office sharing policy in the market on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Orion Pictures can only get 13% of the box office share, which is far lower than the internationally accepted 40% box office share.

Therefore, many Hollywood film companies not only do not pay much attention to the market across the Pacific, but are even very dissatisfied.

But Ryan is already very content, and there are theater companies if it is really not possible.

Golden Harvest has invested in many theaters on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Of course, this is not the case for all Hollywood studios, such as Disney.

As far as Ryan knows, Disney has been planning to invest in a large Disneyland on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. The entire project is expected to invest as much as 34 billion yuan, which is about 5.5 billion U.S. dollars in dollars.

Not to mention the horrible revenue of Disneyland in the previous life, and the effect of promoting the Disney brand, the value brought by the land appreciation alone has made Disney a lot of money.

That is 3.9 square kilometers of land, including Disneyland, Disney Town and 2 themed hotels.

The most important thing is that the park has made a profit in the first year of opening, and the announced profit figures are enough to make people envious.

At Los Angeles International Airport, several people from the "Spider-Man" crew walked into a very luxurious business jet.

"It's a great business jet." Natalie Portman turned around in and out, and then lay down in the lounge and couldn't come out.

Toby-Maguire and James-Franco were much quieter. They sat on their seats, and their eyes fell on the two beautiful stewardesses from time to time. They were tall, with long blond hair and good looks.

"New script?"

Sitting in the cabin, Kevin Fitch looked sideways at Ryan holding a script, picking up a pen to revise it from time to time, "It's still the script of "Spider-Man 3"!"

Hearing this, Ryan put the script aside, took the coffee that Linda handed over, and said, "It's not the script of "Spider-Man 3", it's a new script."

The script of "Spider-Man 3" has been written a long time ago, and he has even revised it several times before and after. The crew can shoot after returning from the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

"New script?" Kevin Fitch showed surprise.

Toby Maguire and James Franco on the side also showed curious eyes.

Sofia Coppola even reached out and took the script and flipped through it. After just one glance, she showed a strange look, "A script about pirates!"

"I remember that you seem to have written a similar script before."

Ryan has filed many scripts with the Editorial Association, one of which is about pirates.

It was she who personally sent it for the record, so Sophia had some impressions.

However, as the box office of the pirate-themed blockbuster "Cut Throat Island" hit the market, the script and shooting plan about pirates fell into the abyss all of a sudden.

All Hollywood film companies, including Orion Films, have stayed away from pirate-themed scripts.

"This is the script from before."

Ryan lowered his head and took a sip of coffee, and said: "Some time ago, Disney wanted to buy it and planned to build a pirate-themed park, but I rejected it."

"You're not planning to shoot a pirate movie, are you?" Sofia Coppola closed the script casually, "This is not a good choice."

"It's too risky to make a film about piracy."

Not since Cutthroat Island hit the blockbusters has there been a successful pirate movie in Hollywood.

"Sophia is right."

Kevin Fitch shook his head, and said, "I'm afraid only Disney will try to shoot movies about pirates in Hollywood."

Disney is different from ordinary Hollywood film companies. Its purpose of shooting a film is not only for the box office, but also for the famous Disneyland.

Even if the film cannot bring in profits, Disney can still make profits from the theme park.

"There are risks in shooting any kind of film, including pirate films."

"However, as long as the right director and actors are selected, any film with any theme has the possibility of being a big hit, including pirate-themed films."

Ryan does not think that pirate-themed films have no great sales potential, "Just like "Titanic", if you change it to another director, you will almost fail 100% of the time."

Sofia Coppola looked at Ryan speechlessly, and said: ""Titanic" is just an exception, and don't forget that "Cutthroat Island" that Carlock Films spent a lot of money on was only $10 million at the box office. Not even released overseas."

While "Cut Throat Island" hit the market in North America, its overseas distribution also encountered setbacks. Many overseas theater companies refused to release the film.

As a result, "Cutthroat Island" was never released on a large scale overseas.

"Cutthroat Island doesn't mean much."

"What's more, the investment scope of Orion Films will not be limited to the production business." Ryan said suddenly.

Although Orion Films has a lot of investment in tourism and theaters in New Zealand, the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Southeast Asia and other countries.

But Ryan is not satisfied with the status quo.

In the future, the business scope of Orion Films will inevitably include entertainment derivative industries such as themed hotels, restaurants, and amusement parks.

Try to dig out the value of Marvel Comics and Marvel Pictures as much as possible, and almost every Hollywood giant has a theme park

For example, Disney has the famous Disneyland, Warner Brothers has Warner World, and Universal Pictures has the famous Universal Studios.

Ryan also has this plan.

Sofia Coppola's heart moved, and she suddenly thought of Frank Marcasso's plan to acquire Universal Studios at the Orion Films high-level meeting some time ago.

This is not the original development plan of Orion Pictures, but the previous acquisition plan of MGM.

"Are you going to agree to Frank's proposal!" Sofia Coppola leaned closer to Ryan's ear, deliberately lowering her voice.

"You can try to get in touch." Ryan didn't have much expectation for the plan to acquire Universal Studios.

Even though the U.S. tourism industry has been hit hard at the moment, it is not easy to buy Universal Studios.

Moreover, Orion Pictures owns MGM's copyright library, as well as Marvel Comics and Marvel Pictures, Blue Sky Studios, and Orion Pictures' own copyright library. Themed amusement park.

"What's more, our theme is the superheroes of Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios." He said the most critical point.

The theme of Universal Studios is not the superheroes owned by Marvel Comics and Marvel Pictures. Even if it is bought, Orion Pictures will not continue to expand, but instead build a superhero-based complex. Marvel Studios.

Of course, buying Universal Studios also has many advantages.

Theme parks are not for making movies, and for Orion Pictures, it is an unfamiliar industry.

There is no experience in construction and operation, nor a mature management team, everything needs to be started from scratch.

For example, the Disneyland built by Disney on the other side of the Pacific Ocean in the previous life can make a profit in the first year of operation, but Orion Pictures absolutely has no such possibility.

This is the gap between experience and operational management.

Kevin Fitch, Toby Maguire, and James Franco who listened to the conversation between the two were at a loss.

However, they knew it must be an important project for Orion Pictures.

"You want to start on the other side of the Pacific Ocean first," Sofia Coppola asked.

"I have this plan." Ryan nodded and admitted, "There is a market of 1.3 billion people here, which is several times larger than North America."

"Also Frank's side will be going on at the same time."

Whether it is investment in theme hotels, restaurants, amusement parks, or other tourism projectsOrion Films will focus on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and will not invest in large-scale markets in North America and Europe for the time being.

At most, invest a little more in the United States.

After all, due to the impact of the September 11 incident, many industries in the United States are facing a huge crisis, and Orion Pictures can easily buy the bottom.

As for Europe, we can wait until the 2008 financial crisis.

After talking about it for a while, Ryan continued to revise the script of the pirate-themed movie. In the future, Marvel Studios can build a pirate-themed park like Disney in the previous life.

It took about 12 hours for the plane to fly from the United States to the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and stopped in Xiangjiang halfway.

Take the two things stored by Ryan on the plane, then take off again and land at Magic City International Airport.

However, when going through the airport security check, the crew encountered a small trouble.

It made Ryan somewhat dumbfounded.