126 Chapter 126 Spoils Division Conference (seeking subscription recommendation) (1/2)

The 75th Oscars came to an end, and the Oscar night hosted by Vanity Fair also ended in the courtesy of everyone.

The media did rush to report on the grand occasion of the awards, and for a while, Oscars became a hot topic among the people.

But I really want to say that the little golden man who won the Oscar for best foreign language film has a big impact on Lyman's life, not at all.

He can say responsibly that the impact is really small.

After all, life will continue, and life will not stand still because of a so-called award.

Lehman celebrated for two days in the United States, and also thanked the people of CAA and Paramount, and furthered the relationship.

Then, they returned to France with Ryan, Thomas and George, ready to take a break or start a new movie project.

Shooting new works has always been something he is very happy with, and this is hidden in his bones.

In a blink of an eye, the time came to March, and ”Furious” was drawn in all markets around the world, and the work of this film has entered the final stage, waiting for the movie theaters to transfer the film’s box office revenue to the publisher Europa Pictures When the account is on, the money-sharing conference can also begin.

On March 3, Lehmann took Ryan from Cannes to Paris, intending to settle a portion of their studio's income.

The box office share in North America was clearly calculated by Paramount Pictures under the supervision of all parties, and the division was completed, but it is not easy to get the income from overseas.

It is also because of this that it has been delayed until now.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the two came directly to Luc Besson's office, exchanged a few words with each other, and got into the topic.

”This is your income statement. You can check it first. If it is correct, wait until the Finance Department signs a letter, and the money will be credited to your studio's account.”

”Thank you Mr. Luc Besson.”

The two took it, and with the help of a professional accounting team hired by the side, they checked the various benefits.

Speaking of it, the details of the overseas box office this year are really difficult to track. Even if the team hired by Lehman is involved in the whole process, I dare not say that this part of the income is completely real. I can only say that they have tried their best, which is considered control. In an atmosphere where the access is not too big.

The accounts in hand are very detailed, and even people like Lehman who don't know much about finances can roughly understand it.

The global box office of ”Furious” was US$542.3 million. In accordance with the distribution agreements signed by various regions and the deduction of tax and other fixed expenses by local theaters, Europa Pictures received a total of US$285.2 million in box office shares.

Although Europa Pictures used the tax rebate quota on ”Furious” and cashed out a total of 3.5 million US dollars in tax rebate in Australia, one of the main filming locations, according to the agreement, this part of the money is not included in the film's income that can be divided.

In this way, Europa Pictures will take out the corresponding distribution commission and deduct a total of 33 million U.S. dollars for the revenue of the film’s box office market. This part of the fund still has 165.3 million U.S. dollars.

Among them, the remaining salaries of part of the cast and crew and other industry association expenses have to be paid, with a balance of 152 million US dollars.

Because the production funds include the 6 million U.S. dollars from the Mann Studio to which Lehmann belongs, the 20 million U.S. dollars from CAA and Paramount Pictures, and the rest is from Europa Pictures, all three parties can follow their respective The proportion of capital investment shall enjoy its due share.

According to the agreement, Mann Studio can get nearly 18.24 million U.S. dollars from this box office revenue.

Although I still have to pay income tax and other messy taxes, I think there will be a profit of more than 15 million US dollars.

In addition, after the film ”Furious” was released from France and the United States, Europa Pictures joined with Paramount Pictures to discuss the basic transfer fees of video tape copyrights and the rental and sales share with Blockbuster, the largest video tape chain in the entire Americas. .

The former is cash money, the latter is long-term income, so the latter part of the channel sales basically has little to do with Mann Studios, and there are not many that can be obtained. After their negotiations, the former is in the 8 million US dollars. The figures are agreed.

Then there are peripheral applications such as TV broadcast copyright and secondary development of film copyright. This is where Mann Studios as an investor can enjoy the share. The total basic license fee of 9 million US dollars is also in line with the value of the film.

These two aspects combined, Mann Studio received 2 million US dollars.

Adding up all the proceeds, the book value that Mann Studios can get in this half year is more than 16 million US dollars, which has been deducted from the employment fees of those professional accountants that need to be paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers and the broker Johnson The service in it is commissioned.

As for the remaining long-term benefits, some will wait. If I think about it, I will never see them in a year or two.

After checking the film's income, Lehman relaxed, Ryan didn't wait too much, and simply left and went to the finance department of Europa Pictures to go through the formalities.

Watching Ryan leave, Lyman smiled, and then thought about the business again, ”Mr. Luc Besson, I have a general idea about the new movie, the script is also being improved, and the shooting plan report is also starting to work. Done.”

Hearing this, Luc Besson's eyes lit up.

Winners are always successful. This is what he has always believed in. Besides, he saw Lyman step by step, so he was naturally very interested in his new film.

”What theme?”

”It should be a crime-oriented movie.”

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