A movie without a big star tells an original story about unknown alien life, and is not a sequel to any movie, with a price of up to $550 million - can such a movie make money?

Even with the success of "Titanic", the industry and the media are skeptical about whether such a large investment can yield returns in the market.

Perhaps looking at Hollywood, the only people who have real confidence are Ryan, James Cameron, and Disney management.

There is no reason why Disney management is confident.

Before the filming started, James Cameron signed a cost and share agreement with Disney. If the production cost exceeds $280 billion, Cameron would have to give up most of his profit share first; if the global box office of the film does not reach $1 billion, he would only receive a basic director's reward of $20 million.

James Cameron and Disney also specially developed a brand new digital photography system for the film, and the patents of this photography system are jointly owned by both parties. Many crews have targeted this equipment. From the summer vacation to the present patent licensing and equipment rental, this equipment has brought US$14 million in revenue to both parties.

The later episode of "Avatar" was completed by New Zealand's famous Vita Digital Studio, so it also meets New Zealand's tax refund conditions, and Disney saved a lot of money from it.

In addition to the production cost of $250 million, Disney's main investment in this movie is still in marketing - $300 million!

Of course, this number is just a plan and external publicity, and in fact it must be discounted.

First of all, the global economic downturn has reduced advertising costs.

Secondly, Disney uses the company's internal resources to strive to spend the least amount of money to achieve the best results. Recently, ABC TV, espn, Disney Channel and A+E TV network have all opened special shows in prime time. Currently, the trailer of "Avatar" has been broadcasted on websites such as Tube, Twitter and Facebook. Pages promoting "Avatar" have also been opened.

Most of these advertising costs are flowing within Disney, and the actual consumption is much smaller than planned.

In addition, Disney has joined forces with James Cameron to work with them to develop a Panasonic 3D home theater system. They provide free technical support for movies and bundle "Avatar" in the company's home theater marketing.

This alone saved Disney $25 million in publicity funds.

Therefore, Disney's publicity spending will likely not exceed $200 million in the end.

Speaking of which, these are not too secret matters. Industry insiders can draw similar conclusions by just a careful analysis. But for film critics in Rimuxishan, these are not important at all. As long as they see the total investment of 550 million US dollars, these guys seem to have been robbed by Disney, and they are gritting their teeth with hatred.

Of course, they do have reasons to hate. After all, among all the big companies in Hollywood, Disney is the first company to truly touch the interests of the film critics industry.

550 million US dollars, even if you have to get some discount. Even for a large group like Disney with a market value of nearly US$90 billion, if you really lose money, you will vomit blood and even trigger a series of chain reactions.

Not to mention anything else. Just the fluctuations in the stock market will cause Disney to suffer huge losses.

After so many years of hard work and so long, North American film critics finally saw the opportunity to fight back against Ryan Jenkins. The one who completely smashed their cake and their darkness into pieces is definitely the one they hate the most.

"It is said that this project is the result of Ryan Jenkins's push."

Sitting beside the phone, Roger Albert was writing and drawing on paper, while his assistant looked at the phone and promptly conveyed his opinion to his colleague David Denby, who lives in New York. "If "Avatar" fails, he will be responsible for the project and may even lose his position as chairman and creative director of Disney."

"This is our opportunity!"

Roger Albert's pen almost cut through the paper. He now regrets the praise given to that young man in the early and mid-1990s. If he knew that there would be today, he would definitely join forces with all the film critics to ruin the thin boy back then!

Even though he knew that this possibility was not great, after all, after entering the 1990s, their influence on commercial films was extremely small, and Hollywood producers were not allowed to destroy their gold-making machines, but he still wanted to go back in time and try it out because the other party let him taste the cold treatment he had never seen before.

The assistant hung up the phone with David Denby, followed Roger Albert's instructions and called the phone number of well-known film critics such as JR Jones, David Edelstein, Joe Morgenstern, René Rodrigue, Kenneth Tulane, etc.

Most people responded to his call, only Kenneth Tulan of the Los Angeles Times refused.

This is not a surprise. Now that film critics are kicked out of the contracted media, Kenneth Tulan can still cooperate with the Los Angeles Times, and maybe someone will get support from behind.

The knock on the door suddenly rang, and Roger Albert's new agent strode in and said to him, "The other party has transferred $2.5 million to the account."

Nodding slightly, Roger Albert wrote again - Tell them that we will make criticized comments soon!

Disney's promotion of "Avatar" has been going well. Although many media are questioning whether the film can recover its huge investment, the 16-minute clips released are indeed excellent. Not many people doubt the quality of the film. Ryan and James Cameron are almost the guarantee of quality. On the contrary, many media are commenting that if the film can guarantee the quality of the sixteen-minute, it is impossible for "Avatar" to really create miracles.

After entering mid-December, the global release of "Avatar" on December 19 is getting closer and closer. Many traditional media and large websites suddenly have the voices of former famous film critics. This group that has almost no voices recently has unanimously targeted "Avatar".

Disney has a huge influence in the media industry, but it cannot control the media, and no media group in North America can do this.

The voice of singing "Avatar" suddenly became louder.

"From the pictures that have been shown, "Avatar" is nothing new except technology."

"This is a typical movie scam, and Avatar will destroy Ryan Jenkins-like movie myths."

"It's too ambitious and too excited. It's enough for us to have a work like "Shawshank Redemption". Why does "Avatar" need to be 3D? It's not to make money from the audience!"

"The 3D movie advocated by Ryan Jenkins and James Cameron is for the naked business interests. They only care about the audience's pockets and never care about the audience's feelings!"

An industry seems to be struggling hard, trying to make the loudest sound before it is destroyed.

Their industry leader, the open convener of this action, and the most famous film critic in the United States, Roger Albert is no exception.

"I ask everyone to think about it seriously. Is 3D movies really necessary? What do you think after watching 3D movies? What kind of insights will it bring to you? 3D movies will actually only bring fatigue, making your brain and glasses over-tired, because every frame of 3D movies shows us something that is not necessary at all!"

Although he has long since paid much attention to the professional film critics, the other party seems to be very popular this time. Ryan still saw some related comments. He was a little surprised that Disney really cannot affect all media, but because it cannot bring enough attention, most of the media of slightly large scale have almost canceled their cooperation with film critics.

Now, their voices are so loud, what is going on?

"George..." Ryan subconsciously felt that things would not be that simple, so he called the phone on his desk. "The film critics recently reacted a little strange and asked someone to check it out."

A few minutes after he deducted the phone, George called back, "Ryan, Kenneth Tulan of the Los Angeles Times, just called Robert, and he said this was a unified action called by Roger Albert."

Roger Albert Ryan couldn't help but frown.

This critic used to be a very high status, but it was not worth mentioning to a behemoth like Walt Disney. When attacking Transformers, Disney also taught him enough lessons. Has he not learned a little smarter, or is he really confused?

Even though the other party lost his mouth, Ryan didn't think he would become confused. Since he dared to stand up and challenge Disney again, he must have a certain confidence, and where did this confidence come from?

By calling the secretary, Ryan asked her to quickly organize a list of media outlets that speak for film critics. These media include print media and websites, but there are no unified marks. They are scattered under various media companies across the United States, and even several websites, as well as shares in his foundation.

These media are basically the type of people who take money and do things for others in the industry.

Critics will attack "Avatar", and Ryan is not surprised at all. He and Disney not only touched their cake, but even smashed the glory of the industry, which directly led to the decline of their group. If placed on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, it would be a deep hatred of killing their father and taking their wife.

But the other party's voice was so loud that someone would definitely support him.

Who are those people? Ryan thought of this immediately and then shook his head.

The other five major Hollywood film companies can be the target of doubt. If "Avatar" is so popular, the films they released at the same time will inevitably hit the rocks. Who is the most direct face of "Avatar"?

Twentieth Century Fox's "Alvin and the Chipmunk 2"! (To be continued, please search for Piaotian, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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