On the penultimate day of August, and also the last Friday of August, "Pirates of the Caribbean" met the audience as promised.
Audiences have been waiting for this movie for too long. At the beginning of last year, there was news that it would be released soon, but after waiting for a year, there was no definite news. This year, it was said that it would be released, but there was no news for a long time, until June and July.
Deep Space Corporation and Disney have only begun to increase their promotional efforts for the movie.
When the audience saw that Deep Space Company and Disney had increased their promotional efforts, they knew that the movie was about to be released, and this time there was no delay and it was indeed released as scheduled.
There were no competitors in this timetable at the end of August. After "Pirates of the Caribbean" was released, it directly swept away all the other little shrimps currently in theaters. Even "The Bourne Supremacy" was deeply affected.
The North American box office of "The Bourne Supremacy" has just exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars, and is heading towards higher figures. This time it was affected and suddenly stopped.
According to the current situation, there is basically no hope for the North American box office of "The Bourne Supremacy" to exceed US$150 million, but it can definitely exceed US$120 million.
This kind of box office has fully met expectations. After all, the production cost of this movie is less than 60 million US dollars. Now it is only released in North America. After it is released in other countries and regions, the box office will increase a lot.
And even if there is no box office in other countries and regions, the box office of 120 million US dollars is enough for Deep Space Company to make a profit, because a movie like "The Bourne Supremacy" will definitely perform very well in subsequent DVD sales.
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Before "Pirates of the Caribbean" was released, many institutions had made predictions about the movie's box office. The predictions made by many institutions were not much different. The North American box office was between 170 million and 200 million US dollars.
During the period, the global box office was between US$280 million and US$340 million.
This prediction is actually reasonable, but it is only reasonable.
If the script was not written by YU and was jointly produced by Deep Space and Disney, the predicted figures would probably have dropped a lot. The global box office was US$340 million, but only US$100 million was for the sake of YU and Disney.
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The reason is very simple. In recent years, pirate-themed film and television works have not achieved very good results. Disney itself has made pirate-themed animated films before, but the results were very poor.
The reason why Disney still wants to make pirate movies is not to make money from movies, but to make a pirate-themed museum.
Moreover, the cost of the movie is too high, as high as 140 million U.S. dollars. With such a high cost, it is naturally more difficult to make money.
Some people predicted that this may be a movie in which Deep Space Company invested more, but made less money, or even made no money at all.
Not every movie produced by Deep Space Company can make money. Many of the niche films they produce that are more literary and artistic are basically unprofitable, but as long as the investment is high, they can definitely make money, and the profits are very high.
Many people do not understand, because originally Deep Space Company was able to remain invincible without any investment at all. It only needed to sell the script to Disney and then provide some filming services.
But Deep Space Company did not do this. It not only provided scripts and shooting services, but also invested almost the same amount of money as Disney, and finally obtained more film copyrights. But in this way, it also assumed more responsibility.
The risk is that if you invest tens of millions of dollars, you will lose money as long as you don't make a lot of money. After all, if you put tens of millions of dollars in cash anywhere else, you can make a lot of money.
This movie was delayed for too long before it was released, and Deep Space Company and Sony spent a lot of money to get it. If it doesn't sell well at the box office, the business will definitely be a loss.
Precisely because everyone had this idea, many people were dumbfounded when the first weekend box office results for "Pirates of the Caribbean" came out.
In less than three days, the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" reached 60 million US dollars.
At this time, many people still believe that the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" reached 60 million US dollars in its first week only because of the strong promotion efforts of Deep Space Company and Disney, coupled with the addition of the film's screenwriter YU, the follow-up will definitely
Not too strong.
But what they didn't expect was that "Pirates of the Caribbean" performed even more violently in the following week, with data even higher than in the first week, showing an upward trend.
In the second week, for seven days, the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" exceeded US$120 million. Combined with the US$60 million in the first week, the total box office reached US$180 million.
In just ten days, the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has almost exceeded the previous predictions of major institutions. Now no one doubts that its North American box office will not exceed 200 million US dollars.
According to this trend, the North American box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will most likely exceed 300 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office may double to exceed 600 million U.S. dollars.
The key is that after ten days of word-of-mouth fermentation, the movie now has very high ratings. Many netizens have said that this is the most interesting and special pirate movie they have ever seen. Even though this movie still has many commercial blockbuster routines, there are many elements in it.
The plot is so captivating that you can watch it minute by minute, and the character creation of the movie is so successful.
In particular, the character of Captain Jack completely amazed the audience. They never thought that a pirate leader could be like this. More importantly, even though this character was very strange, they quickly accepted this setting.
Even Disney itself did not expect that "Pirates of the Caribbean" would be so popular.
When Disney first wanted to make a pirate movie, the purpose was very simple. As they announced to the public, they wanted to develop a pirate theme park. They never thought about making money from the movie. If they wanted to make money, they would develop a pirate theme park.
The IP you have before is the most reliable.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At that time, they were working closely with the Deep Space Company, so they tried to invite Yu Dong to help them write a movie script. Unexpectedly, it went smoothly.
, Yu Dong not only agreed immediately, but also wrote the script very quickly.
After seeing Yu Dong's script, Disney was very satisfied and decided to use this story.
Yu Dong's script gave Disney more confidence, but even so, they would not have expected that the box office would be so good. Not to mention the subsequent pirate theme park, this movie alone would make them a fortune
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Now it seems that the global box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will most likely reach 600 million U.S. dollars. Calculated based on 600 million U.S. dollars, even if the cost is as high as 140 million U.S. dollars, the box office split will still make a lot of money.
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"Pirates of the Caribbean" is in theaters in North America, but what Yu Dong is most concerned about every day during this period is his daughter's schooling.
After careful evaluation, Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu decided to let Yu Yi go to kindergarten this semester. In fact, Yu Yi's performance was better than they expected. Although Yu Yi didn't show any talent, he didn't have much stage fright.
The speed of integrating into the environment is very fast.
Yu Yi actually doesn't speak very clearly and his expression skills are not good enough, but overall he has no problem coping with kindergarten life.
She went to an experimental kindergarten, which was not far from Anren Street. She was sent there at eight o'clock in the morning, had lunch at school, and was picked up at four-thirty in the evening. Yu Dong's father-in-law and mother-in-law picked her up every day.
Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu had never shown up at school. The reason they decided to send Yu Yi to the experimental kindergarten was because they didn't want others to know that she was their daughter. If they showed up, they might as well send their daughter directly to the kindergarten in the Deep Space Park.
go to school.
After their daughter went to school, Yu Dong and his wife had more things to do with their daughter, because every night Yu Dong and the others would go to Anren Street to pick up their daughter, and either go back to Jinyi or go to the Deep Space Talent Apartment.
The kindergarten does not have any requirements for the children. It takes them to play every day and does not teach them too much. However, since Yu Yi entered the kindergarten, Cheng Yanqiu has begun to deliberately cultivate her daughter's interest in music and ensure that her daughter is interested in music every night.
At least half an hour of exposure to music.
Yu Yi still likes music, but she only listens to her mother playing the piano or singing. Sometimes Cheng Yanqiu wants to induce Yu Yi to try playing the piano, but Yu Yi always looks indifferent and doesn't buy it at all.
When she saw Yu Dong writing, she would run over to participate, but every time she started, she would scribble on the paper. She ruined many of Yu Dong's piles of good paper.
Cheng Yanqiu saw that Yu Yi liked to paint, so he wondered if his daughter had a talent for painting, and made plans to let her learn to paint.
Although neither of the couple is engaged in art, Jin Yi is very strong in art, so Cheng Yanqiu took his daughter to the studios of the art department, hoping that her daughter would be influenced by it, and even if she could not become a musician or writer in the future, she might be able to become a painter.
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However, Yu Yi has not shown a strong talent or interest in painting. She still likes to scribble with a pen.
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More than two weeks later, when Yu Dong went to Anren Street to pick up Yu Yi, his mother-in-law Chen Yuqing said to him: "Today the teacher assigned a task, asking you to take Yu Yi to make two plum blossom piles?"
"What plum blossom pile?" Yu Dong was stunned for a moment, not understanding what it meant at all.
"The teacher has given you a production guide, which is in a school bag. You just have to follow the guide."
Yu Dong opened Yu Yi's schoolbag in confusion, and then found the guide, only then did he understand what a plum blossom pile was.
The so-called plum blossom pile is to put some cans together and then wrap them with tape to make a pile. For the sake of beauty, you can use colored paper to wrap the pile around it, or you can write something and draw something on it.
This thing is easy to make, but it takes more than a dozen cans to make two blocks, and intact cans are hard to find.
In order to do homework for his daughter, Yu Dong had someone buy some canned beer and returned to the Deep Space Talent Apartment. However, Yu Dong couldn't drink the wine and couldn't throw it away in vain, so Yu Dong booked a table in the hotel.
After the food was delivered to the house, Yu Hua and the others were called over for a drink.
It was dinner time, and Yu Hua had already picked up the bowl to eat. When he heard that Yu Dong wanted to invite him to dinner, he put down the bowl and chopsticks and Pidianpian ran over.
Bi Feiyu and the others were not slow either. When Yu Hua arrived with his front foot, he and Wang Xiaobo arrived with their back foot.
After several people arrived, Yu Hua asked Yu Dong curiously, "Why do you suddenly want to treat me to dinner?"
Bi Feiyu glanced at the pile of cans of beer on the table and asked curiously, "Since when did you treat us to dinner and start serving beer?"
"Why, you're disgusted with drinking beer?"
Bi Feiyu smiled and shook his head, "It's not that I dislike you, it's just that your style has suddenly changed, and I'm really confused."
Wang Xiaobo grinned widely and said, "Why do you two care so much? There is wine and food, let's just eat."
The other two people stopped worrying and began to sit down and eat.
While eating, Yu Dong kept counting the empty wine cans. When the number of empty wine cans reached the target, he directly put down the bowl and stood up, "You guys eat, I have something to do."
As he spoke, he carried the empty jar to the side and began to make plum blossom stakes according to the guide.
Several people who were pushing cups and changing cups looked at Yu Dong's actions and were all dumbfounded.
"Exceptor, what are you doing?" Yu Hua asked.
Yu Dong smiled and explained, "Didn't Yu Yi and his teacher ask us to make plum blossom piles as game props? We need empty cans to make this thing, so I asked someone to buy a box of beer."
"Oh, I dare you to treat us to drinks just to get empty cans for your daughter. I said it was almost time for dinner and you suddenly asked us to eat." Yu Hua muttered.
"For a game prop, you not only paid for a box of beer, but also for a table of food. A plum blossom pile is not cheap. I am just in kindergarten. If I go to elementary school in the future, I will pay for it.
Come on?"
Wang Xiaobo burped and said, "Actually, you don't have to go to such trouble. Go to the Lao Wu Restaurant at the door and ask the boss for it. They have a lot of empty cans every day, including beer and beverage cans."
Yu Dong smiled and said, "Don't I still want to treat you to a meal?"
Yu Hua nodded, "It's not bad. You have good things in mind for us."
"Okay, you eat first, and I will accompany you when I finish the plum blossom pile."
Yu Dong began to make plum blossom piles seriously. It was relatively simple to make. Arrange the cans, fix them with tape, and wrap them with paper.
We didn’t have that kind of colored paper at home, and the school didn’t require colored paper, so Yu Dong went to the study room to get some scrap paper that he had written on before.
Not to mention, because there are calligraphy on the paper, it looks pretty good when you hold it up.
After wrapping them in paper, they were then wrapped in tape. In less than half an hour, Yu Dong had made two.
After finishing it, he stepped on it and tried it. It was more stable than he imagined. Even adults, let alone children, could play on it.
Chapter completed!