Chapter 320 Break the Record!

""Pirate King 2" broke the single-day box office record with 60.8 million!"

""Pirate King 2" broke records and triggered a movie-going frenzy!"

""Pirate King 2" 60.8 million set the highest opening record in North America!"

"The box office revenue of "Pirates II: Dead Man's Chest", which was released on the 9th, was as high as 60.8 million on its first day. This is the first movie in North American history to have a box office of more than 60 million in a single day. It not only broke last year's "Star Wars: Episode III: The Sith" "Counterattack" and set the highest first-day and single-day box office records in movie history!"

When the box office of "Pirate King 2" came out on the first day, it shocked the entire Hollywood.

It's not that no one was optimistic about "Pirate King 2" before, but even those who were optimistic believed that "Pirate King 2" can achieve the level of "Spider-Man 2", which is already a great achievement. More people think that "Spider-Man 2" will be the biggest winner this year, and "Pirate King 2" will be difficult to surpass.

Unexpectedly, the premiere box office of "Pirates 2" not only surpassed "Spider-Man 2", but also broke the record set by "Star Wars Episode 3", raising both the premiere box office and single-day box office to more than 60 million. !

This is 60 million! The total box office of most Hollywood movies is not that high!

Think about "Around the World in 80 Days", "Catwoman" and "King Arthur", these three billion-dollar productions, the combined first weekend box office did not reach 60 million, but "Pirate King 2" won it in one day!

All of Hollywood is going crazy!

Now no one dares to say that "Spider-Man 2" will become the annual box office champion. No one knows what the final box office number of "Pirate King 2" will be.

CinemaScore, a well-known forecasting agency, also rarely issued its own box office forecast for "Pirate King 2" immediately after its premiere: US$150 million in the first weekend in North America, US$500 million in North America, and US$1 billion in global box office!

Each of these figures is extremely exaggerated. There are only a few movies that have exceeded 1 billion, and the US$150 million in the first weekend will break the previous record of US$138 million set by "Spider-Man 2", but CinemaScore dares to shout it out Got it!

When Saturday's box office came out, everyone believed that this prediction would definitely come true, because Saturday's box office number was 61.28 million, once again improving the North American single-day box office record!

In just two days, "Pirate King 2" earned $122 million. At the same time, this is also the first film in the world to cross the $100 million box office mark on the second day of release!

Everyone thinks this "Pirate King 2" is crazy!

An entertainment news host lamented: "The box office losses of all failed major productions this summer have been made up for "Pirate King 2"!"

But at this time, Wu Yuchen was looking at the two very close numbers 6080 and 6128.

Generally speaking, if a movie premieres on a normal Friday, its box office on Saturday will be higher than on Friday, and this range is about 10%-20%.

And what about "Pirate King 2"? It only increased by 480,000, not even 1%...

In fact, Wu Yuchen also knows the reason. The reason for this is probably two situations.

On the one hand, the current potential of the North American market has been almost maximized by "Pirate King 2". The number of viewers that can be attracted in a single day is only so many.

On the other hand, the number of theater chains, that is, 4,323 theaters in operation, is about the limit of the number of audiences it can carry and the box office it generates, unless the price of movie tickets increases in the future.

Since it can no longer rise on Saturday, it will definitely fall on Sunday. This is inevitable.

Later, Wu Yuchen asked another important question that concerned him: "How is the reputation of the movie?"

The person in charge reported to him a little nervously:

"Director Wu, according to our survey, the reputation of "Pirate King 2" is currently A-, which has declined compared to the first film."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Wu Yuchen, fearing that this super director who had just set a crazy box office record would be dissatisfied with the results and get angry with him, so he immediately added: "But we think it is because many people are dissatisfied with the results. The ending left a suspenseful expression of dissatisfaction.”

Wu Yuchen nodded after hearing this, showing no signs of anger. In fact, the reputation of "Pirate King 2" is destined to decline.

After all, the first part is pioneering, and people will be amazed by this new, novel and mysterious world of pirates. But when you wait for the second part, even if you are expanding the world view and uncovering more mysteries, the sense of amazement will no longer be there. At most, it will continue the audience's experience.

Therefore, leaving suspense at the end of "Pirate King 2" is actually a smart move, because the novelty of the third part will be further reduced. Using suspense to lure the audience into the theater will be very beneficial to the box office of the last part. of.

Of course, this approach is very bold and risky. Once the content of the movie is not exciting enough, it will be criticized by the audience, and the third part will be over. Fortunately, the quality of "Pirate King 2" does not stretch the crotch and maintains a high level.

In Wu Yuchen's view, an A- reputation is completely enough, and even a B or above is acceptable. This will not affect the subsequent long-term income of "Pirate King 2".

After eliminating the hidden dangers in the follow-up of "Pirate King 2", the smile on Wu Yuchen's face began to bloom. In fact, he was able to achieve such good results. As a director, he was naturally very happy, but he wanted to make sure he could do better. That’s it!

Because of his influence, the current "Pirate King 2" has achieved more dazzling results than the original version.

In terms of film quality, he thinks it is better than in his previous life. As for off-field factors...

In the previous life, there was "Superman Returns" before "Pirates of the Caribbean 2". Although this was also a loss, it was much better than "King Arthur". And now the super street boys like "King Arthur" before the release of "Pirate King 2" really provide a good environment for "Pirate King 2". Moreover, Wu Yuchen also secured more theaters to open the film.

Therefore, it is reasonable that the current box office is higher than that of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" during the same period.

In his previous life, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" broke the 1 billion box office mark, so he believes that "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" will create even higher figures!

On Sunday, the box office of "Pirate King 2" dropped significantly from the previous two days, reaching 46.83 million.

After this number came out, everyone in Hollywood breathed a sigh of relief. They were really afraid that "Pirate King 2" would become a monster that defied the sky and could even violate the rules of Sunday's decline. Fortunately, this is not happening now!

In fact, the box office of 46.83 million in a single day is very high for 99.9% of movies, but breaking 60 million in a single day in the past two days has really had such a huge impact on Hollywood that when I see this number now, I can’t help but feel that it is not bad. .

So far, "Pirate King 2" has also been released in its first weekend, with US$168.91 million, about 169 million!

Two months ago, "Spider-Man 2"'s first-weekend box office record of 138 million was already shocking, and now, "Pirate King 2" has abruptly raised another 30 million on this basis!

The 150 million predicted by 1aScore in 3 days is nearly 20 million more!

So how much will its final box office be? 1.1 billion? 1.2 billion? Or 1.3 billion? No one dares to say!

"Captain Jack Sparrow captivates the world with his charm!"

“Captain Jack Sparrow sets off a box-office frenzy in his pirate ship!”

"Wu Yuchen plays with special effects, "Pirate King 2" breaks the first weekend record!"

""Pirate King 2" allows the audience to experience a more complete audio-visual addiction. The huge octopus, the pirates who are a mixture of humans and marine creatures, the exquisitely crafted pirate ships, etc., in the atmospheric and exciting music, Showing its charming charm! Of course, the most shocking thing is the record-breaking box office of 169 million!”

Spielberg could not restrain his excitement and joy during the interview:

"We are obviously shocked by this situation. Whenever you break an industry record, the word 'ecstasy' comes to mind! I don't know what the end point of "Pirate King 2" will be, but the number of 169 million in 3 days It’s something I couldn’t imagine before! I just want to enjoy the surprise of the moment!

Yes, whether it’s director John Woo, Johnny Depp, Hugh Jackman, or Keira Knightley, they are all great and they are all an indispensable part of "Pirate King"! "

For Spielberg, there was a vague idea of ​​selling DreamWorks before, but now it has been completely eliminated. With such a profitable "Pirate King" series, selling it is a hammer!

When he was investing before, he was worried that filming the second and third parts of "The Pirate King" would be too risky. Now he just wants to continue shooting a few more parts, preferably ten!

The momentum of "Pirate King 2" has put a lot of pressure on "Mechanical Enemy", which will be released in a few days. Now everyone in North America is crazy about the milestone set by this movie. Their promotion of "Mechanical Enemy" The effect will be greatly reduced.

Will Smith said to Fox's head of publicity: "Hey, what should we do now? You have to come up with a response plan!"

The other party opened his mouth, sighed and said: "The solution is very simple. Let's do our own publicity, and at the same time badmouth "Pirate King 2" and lower its reputation. But, Will, I really can't guarantee you that this will happen. How effective it is, it’s hard to shake the current "Pirate King 2"..."

"Damn it! What kind of bad schedule did you choose in the first place! Why did you choose it near the time of "Pirate King 2"? Wasn't last month bad? Isn't next month bad? Fuck!"

Will Smith was also cursing quickly at this time.

The head of publicity glanced at Will Smith. If he remembered correctly, it was this guy who said easily that he was not afraid of anyone, and Spider-Man couldn't do anything to him. But he won't ridicule him now, after all, he still relies on this big star for publicity!

Will Smith also knew that cursing was useless. After calming down for a while, he could only discuss with the other party about temporarily increasing the promotional schedule in the next few days.

In the next few days, Will Smith was very busy. He was being interviewed by reporters, recording programs, and appearing on TV. In the evening, he even went to the radio station to be a guest and rap a few words to call on the black brothers to support him.

Only after "Mechanical Enemy" was released did he realize that all these efforts were in vain...

On Friday, "Public Enemy" had 13.11 million, and "Pirate King 2" had 23.28 million;

On Saturday, "Public Enemy" had 15.23 million, and "Pirate King 2" had 30.15 million;

On Sunday, "Public Enemy" had 10.22 million, and "Pirate King 2" had 22.54 million;

There is no doubt that "Immortal Enemy" failed to win the box office championship in its first week of release, and was firmly beaten by "Pirates 2".

Decisively, Will Smith gave up the struggle. At this time, he lay quietly on the bed, just wanting to be a salted fish. As for publicity? No more running. Admit defeat!

Even if he continues to work tirelessly, it will be of no use. This "Mechanical Enemy" is definitely losing money at the box office, and can only rely on DVDs to make a comeback. Anyway, Will Smith has a lot of blood, and it’s just a movie, so it won’t have any impact on him.

At this time, "Pirate King 2" was released for ten days and topped the box office for two weeks, with the total North American box office reaching 315 million US dollars!

At the same time, the total global box office of "Pirate King 2" also reached US$558 million. It's not that the overseas performance of "Pirate King 2" is much worse than that in North America. The reason why the overseas box office is lower than that in North America is because of distribution problems.

Even though "Pirate King 2" is said to be released simultaneously around the world, there are still many regions where it is actually released later than North America.

It is only 2004, and the Internet in many parts of the world is not yet very mature. It is actually unrealistic to achieve the same level of online publicity as it will be more than ten years later. Without adequate publicity, it will be difficult to synchronize certain regions. In addition, some areas still have local protection and review...

Therefore, the overseas box office of "Pirate King 2", which has been released for 10 days, seems to be much lower than that in North America. However, when it is released overseas one after another, its box office will increase. After all, such a big movement in North America must have been spread to the whole world.

At this time, Depp's agent Fat Jack was excited and regretful at the same time.

He is excited that "Pirate King 2" has achieved such a huge success, and Depp's box office appeal has been fully reflected. Now America, no, the whole world loves Depp! Then when Depp picks up movies in the future, he can ask for super A-list treatment!

What he regrets is of course the remuneration agreement he signed with the producer. At that time, Wu Yuchen advocated giving them cash and not giving Depp a share of the box office. At that time, Fat Jack was concerned about the risks of the sequel, so he compromised and agreed. He also felt that the conditions given by Wu Yuchen were quite good, 30 million for the second part and 45 million for the third.

But looking at it now, my dear, the North American box office of "Pirate King 2" has exceeded 100 million in 10 days. If there is a 10% share, it will be 30 million, not to mention the total North American box office must be more than 300 million! Including a base salary of 20 million, Depp should have earned at least 60 million, but now he only gets half of it!

How could this not make him feel distressed and regretful? That’s 30 million!

Through the market response to "Pirate King 2", he also fully understood the importance of Depp to the "Pirate King" series. As for the nonsense about no longer using Depp in the "Pirate King" series, he doesn't believe a word now.

At this time, Fat Jack has made up his mind. If Wu Yuchen and DreamWorks make "Pirates 4" again in the future, he will never let go unless Depp is offered a salary worth US$100 million!