According to the current box office statistics of various countries and regions.
In just one weekend, "Inferno" grossed a total of $106.5 million overseas, plus $181 million in North America.
After three days of large-scale release, "Inferno" easily exceeded 300 million US dollars in global box office!
It's only been three days!
But this is a result that 90% of the movies in the world cannot even dream of.
"Box office doesn't really mean anything."
In the Fox building, Murdoch Jr. finally returned here again.
Even though his father said he would help him deal with the recent troubles.
But from his father's serious tone, Murdoch Jr. knew that this was his last chance.
As someone who has always longed for success, he certainly doesn't want to spend his whole life as a rich second-generation living a life of idleness and waiting for death.
So as soon as he returned to Fox, he found President Jim Gianopulos to discuss Fox's next steps.
The topic naturally shifted to Fox's strongest enemy at the moment and the extremely popular "Inferno".
"For that movie, the media ignored the peripheral revenue!" Jim said to Murdoch Jr.
"Although Washimine has never released the sales data of its peripherals." Jim poured himself a glass of water, "but if you pay attention, you can still find clues."
"Yes." Murdoch nodded. "I also got some rough statistics about Inferno through my relationship with News Corporation."
Taking a piece of information, Murdoch handed it to Jim: "Take a look for yourself. That woman is definitely going to make a fortune this time."
"Last weekend, a total of about $34.6 million worth of peripherals were sold in North America?!"
Even Jim was a little surprised and took a sip from his glass of water.
After calming down a bit, Jim said, "It seems like it won't be a problem for the North American peripheral sales of Inferno to exceed 100 million this week."
"That's nonsense," said Murdoch Jr.
Although he was in charge temporarily, Murdoch Jr. was not someone who knew nothing about the film business.
According to the general rule that movie-related sales reach their peak after 10 days, "Inferno" should have grossed over 100 million yuan by the end of this week.
Unless there are very serious quality problems with all the peripheral products of "Purgatory's Flames", the enthusiasm of fans cannot be stopped.
Jim rubbed his forehead with emotion and said, "I heard that Washimine signed an agreement with various manufacturers, and most of the licensing fees are 30%. This means that in the short term, they can get more than 40 million US dollars in net profit from this movie."
"It seems that movie-related products are very profitable."
Murdoch Jr. said meaningfully: "Don't forget, this result is only for North America! And the discs, videotapes and TV broadcasting rights of "Purgatory Flame" have not been sold yet!"
Murdoch Jr. announced a series of regular offline peripheral products for the movie, just like Rap.
"Add to that other weird peripherals like motorcycles, and I think the profits from the peripherals of this movie may exceed the box office profits!"
"And it's a short-term peripheral product for a year." Little Modock added, "Don't you think this model is very suitable for Fox to learn? The model of movies making profits through peripheral products has arrived!"
Jim nodded, but then he reminded him, "The explosive sales of "Inferno" are based on the quality of the movie."
"As long as the film is well made."
Speaking of this, Murdoch Jr.'s eyes flickered.
Jim opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something in rebuttal, but ended up changing the subject.
"That's good. The more successful Inferno is, the more successful the character of Artoria will be! The more likely our King Arthur movie will be a success."
Murdoch Jr. asked, "Is there no way to convince Lily Wettin to join Fox?"
If Lily Wettin could be cast as King Arthur, the risks of the film would undoubtedly be further reduced.
Jim shook his head repeatedly: "No, the other party has signed a long-term contract with Washimine."
Murdoch Jr. suggested, "What if we can help pay the penalty?"
Lily Wettin is the most successful actress of Washimine Entertainment to date.
Besides allowing Fox to gain a popular star, poaching this actor away from Washimine would definitely make that woman furious.
This is double happiness coming from two joys combined together.
But Jim Gianopulos poured cold water on Murdoch Jr.
"That actress is from an aristocratic family. She became an actress for fun rather than money. Besides, it would be bad for her reputation if such a betrayal got out in the aristocratic circle. It would be fine if she didn't have a long-term contract, but now..."
In fact, even if there was no long-term contract, Lily would most likely not come to Fox.
But this is indeed a very good reason to refuse, and it won't offend anyone.
"Forget it, let's use other actresses."
Murdoch Jr. had no choice but to give up.
"I know. I've asked the audition department to make the selection. How are the other preparations for the film going?"
When asking this question, Jim felt very guilty.
You have to know that in order to highlight his wisdom and status, Murdoch Jr. almost did not allow himself to operate the core part of this project.
Jim Ganopoulos is still confused about this King Arthur project.
"I have already bought the script and spent $2 million," Murdoch Jr. said confidently.
Jim was startled by this.
What kind of magical script could be so expensive?
You have to know that for a simple script, the average price in Hollywood is only a few hundred thousand dollars at most.
Unless the person who wrote the script is also a core member of the crew.
For example, when Nanaya Kiryu was filming FSN, he sold the script to the crew for $1 million (book price).
But these situations are exceptions.
"This is a script written by a Hollywood screenwriter named David Dokin." Murdoch Jr. did not notice anything wrong. "The script he wrote for King Arthur and Lancelot is very interesting. Not only is the story tortuous, but it also has a magical touch. I think it can be made into a magical epic blockbuster series."
Hearing this, Jim felt even bleaker.
He really wanted to say: "Sir, times have changed. Magical epics are no longer popular."
[Is it too late for me to find another employer now? ]
Jim Ganopoulos howled inwardly.
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"Give it to me, Sera."
Taking the silver pot from Sera, Ryan walked through the small garden and came to the small pavilion in the villa yard.
She sat on one side of the white plastic table, took Nanaya's teacup across from her, filled it for him, and pushed it back.
"Thanks."
Taking his eyes off the laptop screen for a moment, Nanaya nodded to his "girlfriend" and female assistant.
"When did you come here?"
After taking a sip of tea, Nanaya asked.
"Yes."
Probably because he was at home, Ryan didn't put his hair up today. Instead, he simply tied his blonde hair into a ponytail behind his head.
"This is the latest data of "Purgatory Flame". I got it for you."
"Thank you. Leave it there."
Nanaya pointed at the table.
Ryan looked at Nanaya, seeming to be hesitant to speak.
But she couldn't help but ask in the end: "Didn't Shion give you a day off today? Why are you working again?"
"She just said I don't have to do the promotion of Inferno, it doesn't mean I don't have work today."
Nanaya stared at the screen and said, "I need to deal with the squeezing of the Madoka Magica crew these days."
"I follow a boss like you." Ryan rarely joked with Nanaya, "I don't know whether it is lucky or sad."
"I think you want to talk about your boyfriend? Don't worry, I'm sure you won't go to bed later today."
"Who cares?" Ryan rolled his eyes.
Nanaya did not respond but continued to work.
Ryan did not disturb him, but silently played with the "Purgatory Fire" peripheral doll he had recently bought.
About half an hour later, Nanaya finally finished one stage of work.
He closed his laptop and looked up just in time to see Ryan laughing at a puppet of Lily.
Seeing this scene, Nanaya suddenly asked: "Since you like Artoria so much, would you like to try playing this role?"
"Me?" Ryan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head. "Forget it. I don't think I'm suitable to be an actor. It would be difficult for me to learn acting from scratch at my age, right?"
"It's not a big problem actually. Just play a character that doesn't have any real character. Just act naturally with your facial expressions and stuff."
Nanaya did not give up directly, but continued to try to seduce.
"I think you have a conspiracy."
Ryan looked at Nanaya suspiciously.
"Well~ I just want you to play the grown-up Artoria."
Ryan asked curiously, "I remember that Artoria always looks 16 years old, right?"
"Yeah, but what if King Arthur didn't always use the Excalibur?"
Nanaya hypothesized: "Without the negative effect of the Holy Sword stopping growth, King Arthur's body should also grow, right?"
"I don't think so." Ryan said confidently.
"Why?"
Now it was Nanaya's turn to ask Ryan a question.
"Because Lily is already 22 years old, but she's still as strong as a piece of steel." Ryan analyzed seriously.
"Meh?"
"We talked about this when we were taking a hot spring bath. When I was Lily's age, my figure was only slightly worse than it is now."
Ryan told Nanaya his reasons: "So, Artoria, who is still flat at the age of 16, won't develop much even if she grows up. Lily is a living example."
"...You are indeed her biological sister if you can say that."