After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

You must know that although the original Pirates of the Caribbean had a production cost of 1 million U.S. dollars, the film was damaged due to an accident in the middle.

At least an extra $3000 to $4000 million in production costs was wasted.

As for Kevin, not only did this not happen, but he also cooperated with the tourism bureau to create a Caribbean town, which saved a lot of costs.

After coming and going, the investment in the film is not only not less, but more.

With anticipation on his face, Leiter forced himself to calm down, and said slowly:

"Don't worry, Kevin, the box office data is being compiled and it will be out soon."

"But although not all of them have come out yet, according to the initial reaction, the box office on the first day has already exploded."

Looking at Leiter's expectant face, Kevin just smiled calmly.

"Leite, I'm not nervous, Pirates of the Caribbean will definitely succeed in my hands."

"Although there have been no successful pirate films in the past ten years, I will be the exception."

Kevin said confidently.

When Disney filmed Pirates of the Caribbean in the previous life, there had been no blockbuster pirate films for 20 years. Disney’s filming was actually a large-scale promotional film for the Pirates of the Caribbean project in their amusement park at that time.

To put it another way, Disney actually wants to spend a lot of money to advertise its own amusement park projects.

Unexpectedly, the box office of Pirates of the Caribbean exploded like this, which made Disney a lot of money.

How can a movie that can reverse the 20-year decline of pirate movies and lead the trend hit the street because it was ten years earlier.

This is a movie that leads the trend of the times.

Kevin is very confident about this.

Kevin's self-confidence made Lei Te look sideways.

Kevin's background has been investigated by MGM, Warner, Paramount and many other Hollywood companies.

The orphan, relying on his own efforts to get into the University of Southern California, shot a short film and won the title of genius director in the University of Southern California.

Later, relying on CAA's contacts, he made his official debut and obtained the investment for the first movie Saw.

At this point, Kevin directly chose not to pay the salary, but to get a little box office share. In fact, the film companies are not surprised by this choice, and they are willing to accept it.

The reason is very simple. In fact, many fledgling directors have the dream of making their first movie a hit, but in fact, not even one percent of them can really hit the box office.

And investing this part of the director's salary into the film will only make the film better, and the film companies have no reason not to accept this condition.

The only thing I didn't expect was that Kevin actually planted a foreshadowing in the play, and the film company actually didn't think so much about this kind of new director, they just wanted to make a small profit by being unpopular.

Unexpectedly, the remuneration plus subsequent copyrights made Kevin rich immediately.

Then it got out of hand, Chainsaw, Escape from Deadly Town, Mission: Impossible...

Kevin's continuous success has allowed his status in Hollywood to continue to rise.

In one fell swoop, he became a big shot in Hollywood.

Growing up along the way is like a legend.

Leiter looked at the confident Kevin with complicated eyes.

..

A staff member in a suit and leather shoes came in with a stack of documents in his hand.

The staff looked excited and said quickly:

"President, the box office of Pirates of the Caribbean is out on the first day. It's a blast."

Chapter 85 The Charm of Jack Sparrow

Leiter and Kevin looked at each other and asked at the same time:

"How much is the box office on the first day?"

Seeing two MGM bigwigs questioning at the same time, the staff didn't dare to delay, and directly reported the statistics from the data.

"Pirates of the Caribbean's first-day box office, $2886 million."

Leiter immediately estimated the North American box office of Pirates of the Caribbean based on his own experience and internal ratings of Pirates of the Caribbean.

Finally came to a conclusion.

"From this point of view, the North American box office of Pirates of the Caribbean will not be less than [-] million U.S. dollars, or at least [-] million U.S. dollars."

Leiter muttered to himself.

Obviously shocked by this.

Because Pirates of the Caribbean will set a North American box office record beyond Mission: Impossible.

More importantly, this is a family-friendly business masterpiece.

The overseas box office of this kind of movie is also not bad.

From this point of view, there is no big problem if the global box office exceeds [-] million U.S. dollars.

Then they, MGM and Warner, will be able to directly obtain three times the income of the investment, and at the same time, there will be no less than this amount of follow-up copyright share.

Leiter raised his head and said happily to Kevin:

"As expected of Director Kevin, another commercial blockbuster, a success."

Facing Leiter's praise, Kevin was very calm, and responded lightly:

"It has been expected for a long time. No one knows the future performance of the Caribbean better than me."

"Also, Pirates of the Caribbean [-] can be prepared in advance, but I will only participate as a screenwriter and producer. For specific shooting, I need to find other directors."

Leiter's face suddenly became a little ugly.

While the sequel flops at the box office, the odds are low.

But if it is possible to continue to be filmed by the original director, it is definitely best to use the original director.

But Kevin is unwilling, and no one can force him.

Lei Te nodded, temporarily put this matter in his heart, turned around and said suddenly:

"Kevin, when will the celebration party of Pirates of the Caribbean be held?"

"Well... maybe in a month."

Kevin thought about it and set the time.

For the new project, Kevin has no inspiration yet and will not shoot it for the time being.

During this period of time, he wants to clean up the company's business, and at the same time take a look at the current situation of Marvel.

There is only more than a year left before Marvel falls apart and sells copyrights to survive, and at most no more than two years.

Kevin's current funds still have a lot of gaps. Kevin has to think about how to win Marvel Entertainment worth 6 to 7 million US dollars.

...

After learning about the box office on the first day, Kevin did not take too much rest, but continued to lead Captain Jack Sparrow to promote in major movie theaters in the United States.

After a day of fermentation, Captain Jack Sparrow, with his special charm, instantly won the welcome of Americans.

Fans of Captain Jack Sparrow flocked wherever he went.

Kevin had to contact Warner Bros. urgently and sent a number of security guards to protect the safety of Captain Jack Sparrow.

Texas, inside the Land Theater.

"Captain Jack Sparrow, we love you!"

"Depp, sign me, my son wants your autograph."

"Hey, Captain Sparrow, you are the pirate king of the Caribbean Sea, come on!"

"..."

On the stage, under the protection of security guards, Depp took things from fans from time to time and signed them one by one.

Judging from the smile on his face, Johnny Depp is obviously very happy to face his fans.

From ten o'clock in the morning to six o'clock in the evening, Depp didn't even eat, and kept signing autographs for fans and chatting with them about interesting stories and group photos of Pirates of the Caribbean.

And Depp's efforts and rewards are obvious.

There are countless group photos of children. Parents are always reluctant to come empty-handed. Most of them bought some peripherals.

As an actor of Jack Sparrow, Depp can get a part of the commission from the surroundings of Jack Sparrow's personal image as a reward for using his portrait rights.

At the same time, because of his enthusiasm for fans, countless fans have greatly increased their affection for him.

Many fans even took the initiative to walk into the cinema again to watch Captain Jack Sparrow's movie.

Under this upsurge, the box office increased again on the second day and the third day.

On the second day, it got a box office score of 3212 million. Of course, this is also indispensable for the bonus of the holiday.

So far, the first weekend, which is often referred to in the industry as the first weekend's revenue, has a total box office revenue of 5994 million US dollars, which completely shocked all film companies.

At the same time, it also created the third highest premiere box office of the year.

Yes, only the third highest.

The top places in the Caribbean are The Lion King and Stone Family Paradise.

However, according to the evaluation of professionals, the trend of the Caribbean is extremely stable, and the follow-up potential is much higher than them.

Then, the fourth day, the fifth day, until the weekend of the second week.

At the end of a total of nine days, the box office began to decline sharply. At this point, the Pirates of the Caribbean promotion team led by Kevin began to have a holiday.

Of course, this refers to Kevin.

The most popular Captain Jack Sparrow, at the request of Kevin, brought the heroine Salma Hayek directly to the media program under the control of Warner to brush his face.

At the same time, it further exposed the popularity of Pirates of the Caribbean.

As for Salma Hayek, through special lens filters and the power of makeup in Pirates of the Caribbean, the one photographed by Kevin directly became a recognized sexy beauty in Hollywood.

She was directly promoted to a first-line actress, but she was envied and hated by many other actresses behind her back.

Many people secretly said behind her back that she got the role by climbing into Steve Kevin's bed.

However, this kind of topic is more or less vaguely circulated.

No one dared to name and criticize her and Steve Kevin in an aboveboard manner.

With Steve Kevin's current status, even a superstar would not be able to directly offend him.

A first-line actor, if he offended him, life would be hard.

Belong to the kind of person who may not do you good, but it is easy to destroy your good things.

.......

Taking advantage of this rare time, Kevin returned to the villa where he hadn't been at home for a long time. First, he asked someone to clean the villa.

By the way, I went to Chinatown with Chen Zhiwen, and bought a bunch of secret kidney-nourishing traditional Chinese medicines that were said to be handed down by old Chinese doctors in Huaguo.

Take it home, so that you can recuperate your body.

The past two years have been a bit too indulgent. It was not until now that Kevin realized that he needed to take good care of his body, otherwise he would not be able to bear it at all.

During the rest time, Kevin is also looking for his next subject matter through TV, media, Internet and other channels.

The time for Marvel to sell the copyright is getting closer and closer. According to the time, he still has about two movies. He needs to earn enough money to buy Marvel within this time.

Chapter 86 Summary Funding

After resting quietly at home for several days, Kevin didn't go anywhere, but let himself have a deeper understanding of what happened in this era through various channels every day.

Movies have always been something that changes with the times.

Some movies can shine in any era, such as Pirates of the Caribbean.

For some movies, it is necessary to decide whether to shoot according to the situation at the time.

For example, the movie Black Panther is a deformed product produced after the affirmative-rights movement reached its peak. Its audience is only blacks and some white leftists.