Chapter 319 Record-Breaking Premiere

"Fake pirates meet real pirates, "Pirate King 2" was robbed in the Bahamas!"

"The sequel to "Pirate King" has become popular before it was released, and Captain Octopus has become a new selling point!"

"2004 blockbuster box office prediction, can "Pirate King 2" threaten "Spider-Man 2"? "

On TV, Wu Yuchen was talking:

"Yes, in the second part, Jack will encounter a more powerful enemy, he is a pirate leader who is more terrifying than Barbossa in the first part. Will Jack be in danger of his life? I think you should go to the cinema to find the answer~

We did encounter pirates in the Bahamas, and I don't know if they came here for the reputation. Fortunately, the crew only lost 20,000 US dollars in the end...

The script outline circulating on the Internet ? Oh, please, I can guarantee that none of those are true!

The third one? Not this year, it will be released next summer.

Compared with the box office of Spider-Man 2? Oh, this question is really difficult for me~

Sorry, I may not be a competent producer. What is the real-time box office of Spider-Man 2? 389 million in North America and 806 million worldwide. Well, this is really a very good result. I think the final box office will definitely exceed the first one.

Well, if I must say, then the box office of Pirate King 2 will not be inferior to Spider-Man 2. Yes, I have this confidence! "

Bruckheimer looked at Wu Yuchen who was full of confidence on TV and frowned slightly.

To be honest, he felt that he and Wu Yuchen had a little conflict. A few years ago, as the producer of Pearl Harbor, he ran into Wu Yuchen's Pirate King, which led to a box office failure. But fortunately, his foundation is strong enough, his accumulation is deep enough, and he has the reputation of "Hollywood's No. 1 Producer", so it did not affect him.

Now, the "King Arthur" he produced is about to collide with the other party's "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" again, which makes him have to say that it is a bad fate.

Bruckheimer is not stupid, and he will directly collide with "Pirates of the Caribbean 2". "King Arthur" was released a week earlier than "Pirates of the Caribbean 2". When choosing the schedule, there were actually big productions every week, leaving them with little room for "King Arthur".

Then he thought of the performance of the movies in the previous few weeks and sighed. If he had known that "Catwoman" and "Around the World in 80 Days" were so bad, he would definitely choose to release it last week, so that it would be two weeks apart from "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and would not be affected too much.

Now he can only pray that "King Arthur" can take the lead and achieve a high first weekend box office and good reputation, so that the subsequent impact of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" will not be too great. Of course, if "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is a bad movie, he will be even happier!

As for whether Pirate King 2 can achieve the same results as Spider-Man 2, Bruckheimer shook his head. There are so many bad sequels. How can it be so easy to produce two sequels like Spider-Man 2 in a year?

So far, many big productions have been released in this summer season, but the strongest one is still Spider-Man 2. No one can match it at present. The global box office of 800 million is not so easy to get.

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On the other side, Wu Yuchen was chatting with the publicity and promotion director of Pirate King 2:

“4,323 cinemas are already the top treatment in North America. There are 200 more than Spider-Man 2 before!”

Wu Yuchen then asked: “How is the current market research? How is the publicity effect?”

“Very good! According to our survey, Pirate King 2 is the most anticipated movie by the audience nowadays, and the audience wants to watch it as high as 78%!”

Hearing the number 78%, Wu Yuchen nodded with satisfaction. This percentage is already very high. After all, the North American market is huge and the competition is fierce. If 78% of the audience really go to the cinema to watch "Pirate King 2", it will definitely break a new box office record.

In fact, the promotion of "Pirate King 2" has already begun. During the filming of the movie, some news was constantly released. For example, the Bahamas pirates visited, the stolen script outline circulated on the Internet, and Keira Knightley suspected of falling in love with Hugh Jackman because of the play...

These are actually tricks commonly used by Hollywood, but the audience just buys into it.

Then Wu Yuchen asked: "What about our opponents? What's the situation now?"

"King Arthur will be released on July 2, a week earlier than us. However, because the North American box office of Troy was not ideal, the market has shown some pessimism about this type of epic film."

Wu Yuchen smiled when he heard this. Troy was already the last epic film that could make money. The subsequent films were more and more flops than the last, and King Arthur was no exception. Therefore, he also said:

"Very good, continue to spread the view that this kind of epic film is boring, so that the audience will lose interest in it. When the time comes, you should be prepared. As long as it is unfavorable, it is best to use public opinion to crush it in one fell swoop."

The dead King Arthur will be a good King Arthur. If there are no good movies in the previous week, it is conceivable that it will be very beneficial to the release of Pirate King 2 in the next week. More audiences who did not watch the movie last week will come to contribute to the box office of Pirate King 2.

Then the person in charge told Wu Yuchen about the latter film: "On July 16, one week after us, Will Smith's "Public Enemy" will be released. Now it has a very high box office appeal, and it is a science fiction film. The subject matter has also attracted many viewers.”

Will Smith! The black star with the most box-office appeal in Hollywood at present, the "Bad Boys", "Independence Day" and "Men in Black" series have propelled him to the status of a superstar. There are almost no movies that lose money. The same is true for this "Mechanical Enemy" .

In its previous life, "Mechanical Enemy" earned a global box office of US$350 million at a cost of 120 million. It already made money at the box office alone, not to mention DVDs and other copyrights.

But, that’s without “Pirate King 2”.

Wu Yuchen smiled, although Will Smith is quite strong, but when you encounter "Pirate King 2", this time you will also experience the feeling of being deflated!

Whether it's "King Arthur" or "Mechanical Enemy", they are all separated by a week from "Pirate King 2", so they don't dare to confront each other head-on, and there are no enemies at the same time.

Wu Yuchen thought that "The Bourne Supremacy" was still smart, and directly arranged to release it one month after "Pirate King 2". But think about it, as a distributor, Universal has seen the finished film of "Pirates 2", so naturally it will not arrange for "The Bourne Supremacy" to fight "Pirates 2".

After Wu Yuchen finished talking, he saw Keira Knightley and Hugh Jackman chatting together not far away, so he walked over with a smile: "Hey, are you two really pretending to be real? ?”

Keira Knightley rolled her eyes: "Mr. Director, this is not funny at all~"

Then she said: "We were talking about recent movies, and Hugh was complaining to me. He said that his "Van Helsing" was probably going to fail~"

Wu Yuchen thought that he had comforted Kate, the heroine of "Van Helsing" in bed, and now he had to comfort the male protagonist. This shouldn't be his job, right?

However, he still smiled and patted Hugh Jackman on the shoulder: "Hugh, don't worry, "Pirate King 2" will make up for all the money lost in "Van Helsing"! You will not be affected in any way~"

Hugh Jackman smiled bitterly when he heard this. Can this still be considered?

If "Pirate King 2" is successful, it will indeed restore some momentum for him, but after all, he is not the core actor in it. "Van Helsing" is a big production in which he alone carried the box office, and it has a different meaning.

But Wu Yuchen is right. Because he has the "Pirate King" and "X-Men" series to support him, even if "Van Helsing" fails, it will not have much impact on him.

Wu Yuchen said to him again: "You are not a monster hunter now, but Will Turner, cheer up, you have to save your princess~"

Hugh Jackman could only stretch out his hands to show that he was wrong: "Okay, okay, I am Will Turner. I will forget "Van Helsing" and devote myself to "Pirate King"~"

Keira Knightley heard this and snorted softly: "I belong to "Pirate King" wholeheartedly!"

When Wu Yuchen heard this, he knew that Keira Knightley was telling the truth and was a little resentful about what happened before.

Last year, Hugh Jackman joined the cast of "Van Helsing" in January. After joining the "Pirates" crew at the end of April, he returned to "Van Helsing" for reshoots in May, which was equivalent to a short period of time.

In fact, Keira Knightley also accepted other invitations, that is, the heroine Guinevere in "King Arthur". Unfortunately, Wu Yuchen did not allow her to play the role at that time, so she could only turn down this "King Arthur".

The words she just said were emphasizing and contained a small dissatisfaction.

Wu Yuchen would not blame her for this, he laughed and said: "Keira, you will definitely thank me in a few days!"

"Thank you for what?" Keira asked doubtfully.

"Thank you for saving your life! "King Arthur" will definitely fail at the box office, and it will be much worse than "Van Helsing". You will miss me by then!"

A smile appeared on Keira's face: "Then I really hope it's like you said. Anyway, the more "King Arthur" fails now, the happier I will be~"

Wu Yu smiled and said: "Not bad, not bad, this is our heroine!"

A few days later, Kayla’s eyes widened: “Did I read that correctly? 4.82 million!”

"If you doubt your eyes, you might as well find a magnifying glass and take a closer look~" Depp said next to him.

"But, how come it's so low! This is Bruckheimer, the number one producer in Hollywood! A 120 million big production, only 4.82 million on the first day?!"

Even though she had heard Wu Yuchen say that "King Arthur" would fail, Keira didn't expect it to be so miserable!

Wu Yuchen said with a smile: "Are there not many big productions that have failed this summer? There are "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "Catwoman" before them, and there are not many "King Arthur". The number one producer in Hollywood has failed. It’s not the first time either.”

Keira was indeed feeling very lucky at this moment. Fortunately, Wu Yuchen resolutely stopped her at that time. Otherwise, if she had really accepted the role of "King Arthur", it would not be much worse than Hugh Jackman!

"Van Helsing" can still make money back on DVD, but "King Arthur" is a big flop that will never make money back!

At this time, Kayla couldn't help blurting out what was in her heart: "Director, I think Bruckheimer will shun you from now on. His two tragic defeats were all because of you!"

Wu Yuchen said angrily: "It's none of my business, "Pirate King 2" wasn't even released this time!"

"Because it's too close to you!"

Wu Yuchen shook his head speechlessly. There are many unscientific theories and superstitions in Hollywood.

Then Wu Yuchen said: "Okay, guys, there is one less stone blocking our way forward. How much success "Pirate King 2" can achieve depends on us!"

On the evening of July 9th, the Chinese Theater in Hollywood was star-studded.

Depp appeared in a gentleman's attire, looking mature and handsome; Keira, wearing a white backless dress and holding Hugh Jackman's arm, appeared elegant and charming, stealing the spotlight. Wu Yuchen walked down the red carpet in a simple casual suit and had no intention of stealing the limelight.

In addition to the creative team, stars from all walks of life are here tonight. Needless to say Spielberg, Schwarzenegger, DiCaprio, Tom Hanks are also present, as well as singers invited by Depp.

Of course, for the vast majority of viewers who walk into the cinema at this time, what they are more looking forward to is the movie itself.

Tom was in a good mood at this time. Is there anything happier than eating popcorn with his best friend Jerry and watching the movie he had been looking forward to for 3 years? Of course, it would be even more perfect if the kid in the back row who has been noisy about when Captain Jack will come out could be quieter!

Two and a half hours later...

"It's over? Is it really over?!"

"Oh! Why did it end? I still want to see what happens next, what happens after Captain Jack is swallowed by a big octopus!"

"Yes, why did Barbossa resurrect in the end? Why did it end here!"

Many viewers expressed their resentment, as if they were complaining about how the author could not stop the chapter at the climax.

"I will definitely scold Wu Yuchen online when I get home, but I left the suspense here!"

"Oh, Tom, understand Wu, he wants us to continue to go into the cinema to watch the third film. I think this "Pirate King 2" has really reached or even exceeded my expectations!"

"I'm not saying that his photography is not good, it's just because it's wonderful that I want to watch it more! I feel uncomfortable thinking about having to wait another year~"

After a few words of complaint, Tom said excitedly: "It's really great! The Flying Dutchman, the Kraken, the pirate world is really mysterious and exciting!"

"And Captain Jack is still very charming! He was really funny on the island with the natives!"

"For the magical plot and special effects, I give it 95 points!"

The two of them were talking to each other, and there were countless people chatting like the two of them in the 4323 movie theaters.

The next day, the box office of "Pirate King 2", which attracted the attention and anticipation of the entire Hollywood, also made the headlines of the entertainment section:

"The premiere of "Pirate King 2" broke a record: 60.8 million!"