"Aaron, Australia's Village Roadshow Entertainment is willing to acquire the Australian distribution rights to Phone Booth, but they'll only offer 1.5 million US dollars!"
At the end of April, Aaron had returned to Los Angeles and received a call from Nicole Kidman in Australia.
"Accept it. Come to the United States as soon as possible. Ghost is about to start filming," Aaron said lazily from his office at Dawn Pictures.
"Okay," Nicole Kidman replied, her voice brimming with excitement.
After hanging up, Jessica Parker came in. "Come on, 20th Century Fox has called again!"
Aaron shook his head. "Phone Booth has already made 31 million US dollars at the North American box office. Even if it doesn't reach 40 million by the end of its run, it won't be far off."
"They think 7 million US dollars is too expensive for the videotape and television broadcast rights, even though the film's reception isn't bad?"
Just look at how happily PolyGram was making money. Its international box office had already surpassed 15 million US dollars, while PolyGram had only spent 1.6 million on the European rights back then!
"Uh, 20th Century Fox is only willing to go as high as 6 million US dollars."
Aaron tapped the desk. He had brought back 15.5 million US dollars from New York, and with the 1.5 million Nicole Kidman would soon bring back, that would total 17 million US dollars.
The North American box office revenue for Phone Booth had yet to be settled, and selling the videotape and television broadcast rights would bring in several million more.
"6.5 million US dollars. Although 20th Century Fox has the right of first refusal, I believe other film companies would be willing to pay that price. If they still refuse, we'll contact other companies."
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