Sidney Ganis was also in charge of Columbia Pictures' production division, and he had his eye on Ghost!
Aaron smiled. "Thank you. Actually, Dawn Pictures is very willing to work with Sony Columbia as well."
By now, Columbia and TriStar had merged, but over the next few years, the two companies would definitely still release some films separately.
Last year, Ghostbusters II and When Harry Met Sally... had been released by Columbia.
Look Who's Talking and Listen to Me had been released by TriStar. This was due to internal competition within the group and differences in the types of films each company focused on.
"You know Castle Rock, right? The producer of When Harry Met Sally... It has a distribution deal with Sony, and so does Carolco Pictures!"
"Yes, I know. But let's talk about Phone Booth first."
Sidney Ganis nodded. "Three million US dollars for an outright purchase of the asian distribution rights. What do you think?"
Aaron blinked. "Mr. Ganis, you know that Phone Booth has already made 28 million US dollars at the North American box office, right?"
"It's projected to reach 40 million US dollars. Japan is the second-largest market after North America, and there's also South Korea, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan."
"Isn't three million US dollars too little?"
It was already out in North America, and both its reviews and box office had proven themselves. This was no longer before filming began.
"Aaron, you and I both know that Phone Booth won't reach 40 million US dollars at the box office. It'll probably only make five or six million US dollars in Asia."
"We still need to make a little from later videocassette sales or television broadcasts, and all of that takes time!"
Aaron shook his head. "No. Right now, Hollywood and the