"Who's ready? I'm ready~!"
"When it comes to money, no one is right or wrong, SpongeBob. But the key is whether there is friendship and morality."
"Knowledge cannot replace friendship. I would rather be an idiot than lose you."
"They all gave up on you, but I didn't because I'm not very smart."
"I want two ice creams, one for me and one for my good friend SpongeBob."
...
In just one day since "SpongeBob SquarePants" was aired on UPN TV, it has won a lot of praise from people.
Now, ten days after it aired, its influence has spread throughout the California area.
The lines in its animated series have also become popular lines, attracting many children to imitate them.
The humor, positive energy and other factors make many parents and adults very happy. They are happy to see their children grow up healthily and happily. These factors make "SpongeBob SquarePants" more and more popular.
Even these days, when Kyle was sitting at home polishing a new script, good news often came.
The first person to bring the good news was Kyle's old neighbor, John!
"Old buddy, you're going to be rich!"
"I can't believe our peripheral products are so popular~!"
"Ten days!"
"In just ten days, the combined sales of our seven stores exceeded $2.4 million. After deducting various costs and personnel expenses, the gross profit was definitely more than $1 million."
"The profits during this period are completely equivalent to our profits in the previous three months."
"I can't believe that our little sponge can attract so many customers. It's even more popular than the Toy Story peripheral products!"
There is no doubt that the good news from john made Kyle very happy.
In just ten days, the profits from peripheral products exceeded one million US dollars. With the continued popularity of "SpongeBob SquarePants", wouldn't the profits for one month be more than 3 million US dollars?
About to take off!
"Besides, this is just the beginning."
Kyle's heart moved secretly.
Despite the weakness of UPN as a broadcasting platform, "SpongeBob SquarePants" has been able to achieve such brilliant results. Once UPN is allowed to expand, it will definitely be able to detonate the entire America like it did in the original time and space!
"SpongeBob SquarePants" had achieved $13 billion in peripheral profits before 2020, but it's just a drop in the bucket now!
There is no doubt that this is a huge mountain of gold!
....
The second person to bring the news was Ms. Donna, CEO of UPN Television Network.
"Boss, the ratings of our UPN Kids Channel have now exceeded 1.05%. I believe that before the first season of SpongeBob SquarePants is finished, our ratings will exceed 4%."
4%?
Although this number seems insignificant, when considering the dozens of television networks in the United States and a population of 320 million, this 4% viewership rate means at least 12 million households and at least 25 million viewers.
Dear, there is a potential peripheral purchasing group of 25 million people.
There is no doubt that this is an extremely huge market!
Even if only one percent of people buy SpongeBob SquarePants peripheral products, the annual peripheral market will be as high as hundreds of millions of dollars.
Moreover, this is the first season of SpongeBob SquarePants with 40 episodes.
In the original time and space, SpongeBob SquarePants had nearly 180 episodes. But as long as it can make money, Kyle doesn't mind continuing to produce it, making it 300 episodes!
On the phone, Kyle also explained everything to Donna.
"After the broadcast of SpongeBob SquarePants,
I will not take out a penny of the profits generated by UPN TV Network, and I will use all of them for the expansion of UPN TV Network. But I don't just want a children's channel, but the overall ratings of the entire TV network, you know?"
"Also, before the end of February, I want to see the official launch of America's Got Talent."
"Yes, I have already contacted the British broadcaster ITV, and we are striving to have the UK and the US work together during the summer vacation to create a wave of talent shows!"
....
Victor, CEO of Page Pictures, also received good news.
The movie "Juno" was officially released in major theaters in North America, with a total North American box office of 165 million US dollars, ranking fourth in the 1996 North American annual box office rankings.
In other words, the box office share from the same theaters alone was more than 80 million US dollars.
Of course, this is because the film's distribution company and production company are both Page Pictures, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve such terrifying profits.
Well, although after deducting the costs of publicity, copying, transportation, manpower, etc., the final revenue will certainly be less than 80 million US dollars, but if we add the authorization of DVDs, videotapes, television media, etc., the final revenue will also be very considerable.
As for SpongeBob SquarePants?
hehe!
Nearly one day after "SpongeBob SquarePants" was first aired on UPN TV, more than 20 peripheral chain stores in North America wanted to obtain its peripheral authorization.
Kyle also gave instructions on this point.
"Sell!"
"Why not sell it!"
"Of course, you can't sell it in a hurry! We have to wait until SpongeBob SquarePants becomes more popular before selling the peripheral licenses to various states, so that we can maximize our benefits."
After hanging up the phone with Victor, Kyle looked at the several papers in front of him that were filled with dense writing.
The Sixth Sense;
300 Spartans;
Final Destination;
The Purge;
Wrong Turn 2;
Peppa Pig;
...
A total of 6 scripts.
Among them, the script of "The Sixth Sense" was actually written more than half a year ago and successfully registered. However, it has been modified and supplemented by many screenwriters of the company, and Kyle is doing the final review.
M. Night Shyamalan and I had a very pleasant collaboration before in the movie "Wrong Turn 1".
And this time, for "The Sixth Sense", Kyle plans to work with him again.
After all, in the original time and space, Shyamalan was the director and screenwriter of the film, and he is very good at supernatural/horror movies. It can be said that he is the most suitable person to be the director of this film.
"Man, this is the second-highest-grossing movie in North America in 1999!"
"North American box office is 293 million U.S. dollars, and the global cumulative box office is 670 million U.S. dollars!"
There is no doubt that the box office performance of "The Sixth Sense" is even crazier than that of "Juno"!
Of course, the cost of filming is also very high, requiring 40 million US dollars; if the costs of publicity, distribution, and copying are taken into account, Kyle needs to reserve at least 50 million US dollars.
This will be the most expensive film produced by Page Pictures since its establishment.
"The filming and post-production cycle of the film will take at least half a year. Moreover, the film must be completed and released before December."
"After all, there was a terrifying ship released in December of 1997!"
Kyle is not that stubborn!
Anyone who wants to touch Titanic can do so, but Kyle won't touch it.
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