After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

Then the battle between Captain Jack Sparrow and these undead officially began. .

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Kevin watched the scene of the skeleton with a smile on his face.

Although there is a hint of horror, Kevin actually made the special effects not so real, which is quite a bit of an anime cartoon effect.

Ultimately, Pirates of the Caribbean is a family movie, and there's no need to scare the kids.

This kind of special effect that looks a bit real at first glance, but also has a bit of fakeness unique to anime when you look closely, is more expensive than pure simulation.

But expensive, Kevin also chooses this special effect.

Kevin was also very satisfied with the reactions of the people present.

No one showed the scared face of watching a horror movie, but continued to watch everything played in the movie in a state of obsession.

This is exactly the effect Kevin wanted. Horror movies are always a niche, and family carnival is the secret to becoming a classic.

After a while, the movie ended, after the cast of the behind-the-scenes crew floated by, and an easter egg buried for the second part was played.

Only then did everyone applaud as if they had just woken up from a dream.

"Director Kevin, you have successfully shot another excellent commercial blockbuster!"

Several viewing managers with slightly higher status came over and praised.

Kevin also politely replied one by one.

When there is no conflict of interest, Kevin has always been a very peaceful person.

On the other hand, Leiter and Robinov are both counting the statistics of a number of viewing managers. These viewing managers will give their audience, classification, picture, story and other aspects of the movie. Accurate conclusions brought about by years of work experience.

So as to have an accurate understanding of the quality of Pirates of the Caribbean and the next promotion efforts.

After collecting the information, the three came to a small office.

Kevin watched the two carefully look at the information, but he was full of confidence.

After a while, Robinov first raised his head and smiled:

"Kevin, this is another commercial blockbuster with an internal rating of S, and it's more family-friendly than Mission: Impossible's hardcore. I have a hunch that Pirates of the Caribbean's box office can surpass Mission: Impossible's."

Mission: Impossible movies have already been drawn from all over the world.

In North America, Mission: Impossible has achieved a box office of around 1000 million, surpassing the original box office of 8000 million in Kevin's memory.

And there are 3000 million more, but in fact this is easy to understand.

Warner and MGM invested heavily in publicity in the later stage. At the same time, this time it is not that Paramount is alone, but the four film companies share its profits.

This allowed the release of Mission: Impossible to abandon a lot of troubles, and only then did it achieve a box office that surpassed the original results.

And the overseas box office has greatly exceeded Kevin's expectations.

It has achieved nearly [-] million overseas box office results, and this harvest spread to the United States, causing Warner and MGM to hold several more celebration parties.

Paramount is even more regretful that its intestines are green.

The global box office of [-] million, after deducting the cost, theater share and tax payment, is also a profit of up to [-] million US dollars, and there is also a post-production copyright income that is not less than this profit.

Just like that, he was handed over to others in vain.

However, what they didn't expect was that after they proposed to make a sequel to Mission: Impossible, Kevin was unwilling to take over, and then Tom Cruise's lion opened his mouth.

Here is the nail that Kevin buried for them.

When signing the contract, Kevin did not impose any contract restrictions on Tom Cruise's follow-up income in Mission: Impossible.

After the explosion of Mission: Impossible, Tom Cruise directly called out a salary of 2000 million US dollars plus a certain box office share when shooting the sequel.

This is undoubtedly what Paramount is unwilling to accept, so the two sides are still negotiating on this matter.

Of course, Kevin knew that eventually Paramount would cave.

Mission: Impossible 2, in the face of the good foundation laid by Kevin, filming is tantamount to picking up money, and Paramount has no reason to let this cake go.

Even if you have to pay a huge price for the role of Tom Cruise.

Leiter echoed on the side:

"Kevin, I think so too. The viewing managers of MGM and Warner Bros. agree in all aspects that Pirates of the Caribbean is a masterpiece, a top S-level commercial blockbuster."

"If it is paired with enough publicity and the number of theaters, it will definitely surpass the results of Mission: Impossible."

Kevin nodded first, expressing his approval of their opinions, and then said:

"Then, what is the appropriate amount of publicity funds for Pirates of the Caribbean?"

Leiter hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said:

"$2000 million!"

"I agree!"

Robinov on the side echoed, speaking in a tone as if it wasn't $2000 million, but $[-].

This amount of publicity, in Hollywood, is only worthy of big hits.

Even in Hollywood, the vast majority of film shooting funds don't even have half of this promotional funds.

However, such a huge amount, in front of Kevin's movie, seemed like a small number, and it was raised casually.

But none of the three made a fuss about it.

The current investment is to make more money.

The 2000 million publicity investment, if nothing else happens, can at least be exchanged for several times the income, which is completely worthwhile.

"Then 2000 million."

"However, among the 2000 million, I suggest that at least 200 million be used on the Internet, which may have miraculous effects."

Kevin made a final decision.

With the rapid development of Internet speed in the past two years, although the Internet has not yet evolved into the video era, text communication has become very frequent.

All major forums have sprung up like mushrooms.

Kevin means, give this a try.

"About this matter, I will let someone investigate."

Lei Te nodded and agreed to Kevin.

...

The publicity began. As an Oscar-winning director, Kevin couldn't be lazy this time.

He became the main force and leader of propaganda.

He led the main actors of Pirates of the Caribbean, wandering in major cities in the United States for a road show, telling the audience the news of the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean, and at the same time using costumes and various media to attract people's attention to the movie.

Chapter 82

With Los Angeles as the center, it covers the area of ​​[-] states including Florida, Maine, and Louisiana.

In order to meet the needs of the movie that will be released more than ten days later, Kevin brought several main actors of Pirates of the Caribbean, and with the trend of meeting three times a day, he kept promoting the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean movie in every city. information.

I don't want it to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but I just want the vast majority of audiences to know that there is such a family movie released.

This kind of intensity of publicity is very demanding for the people in the organization.

Fortunately, MGM and Warner are both film companies that have been passed down for decades, and they have rich experience in this area of ​​publicity.

Every time Kevin and the others arrive in a city, the publicity meetings have already been prepared, and with some pre-prepared props, these publicity meetings are extremely lively.

Attracted countless onlookers who did not know the audience.

At the same time, posters of Pirates of the Caribbean are densely packed in every place in the cities of the fifty states of the United States.

That's the power of $2000 million.

Not only that, the online forums, under the power of the navy invented by Kevin, have created a kind of news that the whole people are looking forward to the release of Pirates of the Caribbean.

It really makes many people really think that Pirates of the Caribbean has become the most anticipated summer blockbuster for Americans at this time.

Do not underestimate this view.

When this consensus is reached, Pirates of the Caribbean will sweep all the films in the summer season.

...

"2000 million publicity expenses?"

Paramount was taken aback.

The amount of publicity expenses can show the producer's confidence and emphasis on the quality of the film.

Forrest Gump produced by them, even with the blessing of Tom Hanks, the promotional cost is only 500 million US dollars.

Not on the same level as Pirates of the Caribbean.

However, in the face of the movies jointly produced by Warner and MGM, even if there are some small tricks, it is not so easy to use.

So far, what Paramount can do is to swallow as much as possible the theaters of other small film companies that are released in the summer.

As for the number of theaters that Pirates of the Caribbean won, it is no longer what they can squeeze under the strength of this publicity.

In Hollywood, there are no permanent friends, and there are no permanent interests, everything only depends on interests.

If Pirates of the Caribbean is not a jointly famous work of MGM and Warner, Paramount has countless ways to deal with it, whether it is from the movie rating, or theaters and public opinion, it can easily destroy such a work.

These potential forces are the background of Hollywood giants.

If you want to make money in Hollywood, a big-selling movie must share a large share of the profits with some giants. This is the unspoken rule of Hollywood.

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After more than ten days of full-load publicity and advance warm-up, Pirates of the Caribbean has become the most powerful movie currently released in the United States.

"On June 6th, the magical masterpiece of the summer vacation, directed by the famous Oscar director Steve Kevin, played by the eccentric Johnny Depp, a magical ship sailing on the Caribbean ocean, waiting for you to see!"

"A great movie for family fun, it's the best movie for the whole family to watch during the leisure time of summer..."

"..."

Countless eye-catching slogans thought up by Warner Bros. and MGM publicists were posted in the commercial streets of major shopping malls along with posters.

The 2000 million US dollars of funds finally captured the attention of Americans.

In such a situation, it is time for the movie to be released.

Commercial blockbusters follow the old rules, and after paying enough hush money to the film critics, Pirates of the Caribbean was released directly after the internal test was fine.

...

At 10:10 noon, New York International Studios, one of the three largest cinemas in New York.

Kevin brought Hayek here secretly.

No way, ever since I knew that the last time Escape from Deadly Town was released, Kevin and Julie went to see it together secretly.

This time, it was Hayek's turn to star in the movie, and Hayek strongly requested that he and Kevin go to the cinema to watch the movie.

"Dad, Mom, I want to watch pirates! I want to watch pirates!"

A boy who looked like he was in his teens, pointed at Captain Jack Sparrow on the poster hanging in the center of the auditorium, and said in a firm tone.

Kevin secretly laughed on the sidelines.

A man is a teenager until his death. Who didn't dream of being a captain when he was young?

Imagine yourself as the captain, commanding a group of crew members to run amok on the sea. This kind of romance, this kind of dream, is unique to men.

Even a ten-year-old child is no exception.

The man and the woman looked at each other, looked at each other, and finally smiled helplessly.

Men want to watch some action movies, and women want to watch some romance movies, but in the face of children's opinions, they naturally have to give in.

"Leila, watch out for this little bastard, I'm going to buy three tickets for Pirates of the Caribbean."

The man gave instructions to his wife, and then he walked to the ticket office alone and asked the conductor for three tickets.

"No more, the latest Pirates of the Caribbean game will be at 9:10 p.m., do you want more?"