Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion Chapter 720 - 524: Movie Investment Arrangements

In addition, Forbes Magazine also published the list of the highest-earning singers in the United States over the past year.

Link ranked first with a total inco of 220 million.

24-year-old country music starlet Taylor Swift ranked second with an annual inco of 69.7 million US dollars.

Her inco, aside from two albums' royalties, also includes her global tour 'Red Tour', which brought her about 40 million US dollars in six months, including revenue from the sale of concert morabilia and nurous brand endorsents.

Ranked third is the veteran country music singer Kenny Chesney, with an annual inco of 32.96 million US dollars.

Beyonce ranked fifth with an annual inco of 28 million US dollars.

Lana Del Rey ranked eighth with 22.5 million US dollars, including album profits, concert revenues, and Link music dividends.

Justin Bieber ranked eleventh with 18.8 million US dollars.

Bruno Mars ranked twelfth with 16.8 million US dollars.

Wiz Khalifa ranked twenty-second with 9.5 million US dollars.

Little Round Face ranked twenty-fifth with an annual inco of 8 million US dollars.

Last year, the inco situation for artists under Link Music was quite good.

Also, under Palm Bay Talent Agency, Jennifer Lawrence ranked second among actresses with a total inco of 34.5 million US dollars, including inco from "The Hunger Gas 2," "X-n," "Arican Hustle," "August: Osage County," and from endorsing Dior perfus.

First is Sandra Bullock with an annual inco of 51 million US dollars, third is Jennifer Aniston with 31 million US dollars.

Emma Stone ranked fourth with an annual inco of 26.5 million US dollars.

Amy Adams ranked eighth with 13 million US dollars.

Christine Stewart ranked tenth with 12 million US dollars.

Dadalio last year starred in Lionsgate Films' "The Cabin in the Woods," "The Conjuring," and "Texas Chainsaw 3D," becoming a nearly top-tier Hollywood star, with an inco of 8.5 million US dollars, ranking him thirteenth.

"Not bad, everyone made good money last year."

Link said while looking at the magazine.

"You didn't make as much, over a billion in net earnings for a year, now everyone calls you the Fortune God."

Selena, lounging on the couch with little Margarita, Alexander, and Cynthia, two kittens lying beside her.

Link shrugged his shoulders, the situation was quite special last year, twelve gold dals from the Olympics brought him a lot of exposure and endorsents, just from ad revenue alone, he had over 600 million US dollars, nobody could compare with that.

"Old buddy, you're nearly worth tens of billions now, how does it feel?"

"Doesn't feel like much, to , money is just a string of numbers, the amount doesn't matter."

Link laughed.

"Humph, then share so with , I don't need much, one billion would be enough, how about that?"

"What do you need that much money for?"

"To spend, buy big mansions, big yachts, big planes, to fill my closet with all the beautiful clothes, bags, high heels, and also perfus, various costics, a billion wouldn't even be enough for to spend,"

Selena said, waving her hand.

"Sounds pretty good, I've also been planning to buy a private jet, just haven't picked the model yet, and as for luxury goods, Louis Vuitton Group and Hermès Group have been doing well these past two years, they have investnt value, I might consider acquiring so shares if I get a chance."

Link said, stroking his chin.

"Buying a private jet is a great idea, but why buy shares in LV and Hermès Group, can you wear shares?"

Selena rolled her eyes at him.

"Being a shareholder of the two companies, you can wear any limited edition bags and fashion as you like, and if you're interested, you could even personally get involved in fashion design, wouldn't that be cool?"

"That does sound pretty great."

Selena said, her eyes sparkling.

Link smiled softly; Selena would also be a little boss in the future, her Rare Beauty costics brand estimated to reach a market value of over a billion US dollars, becoming a successful entry-level luxury brand.

If she plans to start more businesses in the future, Link wouldn't mind giving her a hand.

By then, people around him including Ivanka, Taylor, Selena, Catherine, Lady Mandy, Lady Cathy Wood, Jennifer Lawrence, and others would all be billionaires, which would be quite nice.

"Ah! Margarita, let go, my hair is falling out."

Future billionaire Selena suddenly cried out in pain.

Margarita climbed onto her shoulder, grasping her black hair with her little hands, saliva dripping from the corners of her mouth.

"Does it really hurt that much? The little one is not even a year old, how strong can she be?"

"Hmph, why don't you give it a try?"

Selena glared at him.

Link chuckled softly, went over and picked up the little one, who was almost one year old, holding onto bits of hair, her big eyes and little mouth sparkling, very cute and adorable.

"Alexander, Cynthia, it's ti for your piano lesson."

"Oh! Daddy!"

Alexander and Cynthia clambered off the sofa.

Carrying little Margarita, Link took the kids to the piano room to play the piano for them; the children also have small electronic keyboards, Taylor said this can cultivate their interest in music and they could even beco musicians when they grow up.

Link did not object, as objecting was futile.

"I'm coming too."

Selena dragged her shoes and followed with a pitter-patter sound.

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In the afternoon, Ivanka ca back from the company and told Link about an issue related to Summit Entertainnt's investnt in "Ender's Ga," a movie that was set up last year with a production budget of 100 million US Dollars, one of the two movies this year from Lionsgate Films with a budget over a hundred million.

Initially, this movie was developed by Summit Entertainnt, with six production companies involved including Warner Bros. Pictures, Zero Head Entertainnt, and Digital Domain special effects studio, etc.

Now Warner Bros. Pictures suddenly withdrew from the investnt, resulting in a 25 million US Dollars funding gap for the project.

Summit Entertainnt submitted a proposal to the Lionsgate Production Departnt, hoping for support.

However, after review, the Lionsgate Production Departnt considered the project too risky, difficult to recoup the investnt, and their film production plan for the year is already full, with no extra money to support this film.

Summit Entertainnt's president, Robert Friedman, called Ivanka to discuss this matter, hoping to convince her.

Ivanka chose to support the opinion of the Lionsgate Production Departnt, asking Summit Entertainnt to either find more investors, reduce production costs, or pause the project.

"You did the right thing, I support you."

Link said as he sipped his mushroom and ham cream soup.

"Ender's Ga" is adapted from the 1985 bestselling novel by science fiction author Orson Scott Card, telling the story of a group of people selected to a space station's combat school to train and ultimately join forces to fight the Bugger race after Earth is attacked.

The main leads are teenagers, a beautiful young boy and girl, who train at a space school, similar to the setup in "Harry Potter."

This film was also a key project launched by Summit Entertainnt after the Twilight series, hoping to continue the glorious achievents of "Twilight."

However, Link rembered that the box office result of the movie was quite moderate, with only one installnt fild and no follow-ups.

But considering that this was a project already set by Summit Entertainnt before being acquired by Lionsgate Films, and Summit Entertainnt had already invested in it, after reviewing the project, he did not interfere.

Now with Warner pulling out funding, the project ca to a halt.

Link, not wanting to intervene, suggested, "You could advise Robert that the first adaptation's investnt should not be too high, treat it as testing the waters, like the first 'Twilight' and 'The Hunger Gas,' both had budgets of only seventy to eighty million, even if the adaptation fails, it wouldn't affect the company's operations."

"I was thinking the sa."

Ivanka nodded.

Discussing sci-fi movies, Link thought about several future releases with good box office and critical reception, like "Interstellar," "The Martian," "Ready Player One," and already planned projects like "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Gravity."

Additionally, Huaxia's "The Wandering Earth" series was great too. During the Spring Festival, he inquired about "The Wandering Earth" and "The Three-Body Problem," with "The Wandering Earth" rights already sold but not yet scheduled, and "The Three-Body Problem" movie currently planned but progressing slowly.

If the opportunity arises, cooperating with mainland film companies might be worthwhile, as Hollywood film companies are slightly ahead in special effects.

Joining forces, the resulting movies might be better.

At the dining table, Link and Ivanka also discussed the recently released movies, with Lionsgate Films launching five movies in January and February, "Texas Chainsaw 3D," "Warm Bodies," "The Inforr," and distributing movies for other companies like "Stand Up Guys" and "A Fighting Chance."

In terms of box office, "Warm Bodies" perford best, having been released for over two months, currently with a North Arican gross of 66.38 million US Dollars, and international gross of 50.60 million US Dollars, with a production promotion cost of 35 million, the company could net twenty to thirty million from this movie.

Dadalio starring "Texas Chainsaw 3D" released in mid-January, currently has a North Arican gross of 36.41 million US Dollars, and overseas gross of 14.99 million US Dollars, with a production cost of 22 million, expected to make a few million profits.

Additionally, Dwayne Johnson's "The Inforr," released in late February, grossed 26.75 million US Dollars in North Arica in two weeks, with a production cost of 21 million, it has already broken even.

The other two films had an average performance, "Stand Up Guys," starring three veteran actors Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin, had good reviews, but the box office is only a few million so far.

"A Fighting Chance," Arnold Schwarzenegger's second action film after stepping down, opened over a month with a global box office of less than 40 million, confirming it won't break even.

Besides Arnold Schwarzenegger, action movies starring other action giants like Bruce Willis and Harry Fortson generally underperford, causing Lionsgate Films to be cautious when releasing "The Expendables 2," worried about not recouping the investnt.