Chapter 258 The Most Important Man to "Spider-Man"

The host immediately exclaimed: "Wow! It has a more popular box office performance than "Pirates" and "Lord of the Rings". Wu, are you really so confident in "Spider-Man"?"

Last year's "Pirate King" and "Lord of the Rings" were already the top three box office movies of the year.

"Why not? "Harry Potter" relied on its popularity to break 90 million at the box office in its first weekend. In fact, Spider-Man's popularity is not worse than Harry Potter. I have a hunch that it can break "Harry Potter and Magic" "Stone" just set a first-weekend box office record!"

Wu Yuchen's confident speech about "Spider-Man" was naturally applied to its promotion.

After the recording of the show ended, Wu Yuchen rushed back to the crew of "The Hours". He didn't even have time to be affectionate with the heroine of "Spider-Man" Anne Hathaway. After all, the other party was also busy preparing for "Spider-Man" everywhere. 》Run publicity.

In fact, the crew of "Spider-Man" was also dubious about Wu Yuchen's "bold words". I believe it can achieve a box office as high as "The Pirate King", but I don't believe it can break the 90 million opening weekend box office record of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

After all, how can such a newly set record be so easy to break? And it is still a record that is significantly ahead of the second place. It usually takes several years before it is refreshed. But they didn't know that Hollywood would usher in a new era.

Just when Justin Wu returned to the crew of "The Hours" to film, on May 3, "Spider-Man" received overwhelming publicity and was released under the spotlight.

The theater was filled with audiences holding popcorn, ranging from adults in their forties and fifties to children of several years old.

A middle-aged man chatted familiarly with the strange man sitting next to him:

"Hey man, are you a Spider-Man fan too?"

"Of course, I've been reading Spider-Man comics since I was in junior high school 30 years ago!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the child sitting next to him: "My son and I are both big fans of Spider-Man!"

"Spider-Man" has a history of nearly 40 years since its birth. Although its current reputation is not as good as "Batman" and "Superman" who are killing everyone in the film and television industry, it has actually accumulated a large number of fans in the past few decades. fan.

Then the man continued: "I remember that twenty years ago, "Spider-Man" also released some TV movies. At that time, I went to watch it with great expectations, but it was really disappointing!"

"Oh, I've heard that, it's really rubbish!"

"That's right! But I think we won't be disappointed this time. With a 140-million-dollar production, director Wu Yuchen, and advanced film technology, I hope to show the Spider-Man in my fantasy!"

"The promotional video is very exciting, and I think Wu Yuchen has created a trilogy of stories for this, so it's definitely guaranteed!"

There were countless fans like them in the theater, watching the movie with anticipation.

Just one day later, when the first-day box office results of "Spider-Man" were released, it shocked the entire Hollywood, because in just one day, its box office revenue was 41.62 million!

This is not the 3-day opening weekend, but only the 1-day box office results on Friday! You must know that many movies do not reach 40 million at the box office even in the first three days of the weekend!

"My god! Is this world crazy?!"

This is not only the emotion of many Hollywood practitioners, but also some media directly shouted it out!

This terrifying box office performance has further aroused the public's curiosity and desire to watch the movie. Even if many people are not fans of Spider-Man, they still want to see why this movie is so great. People have a herd mentality.

In this case, the next Saturday, "Spider-Man" once again set a single-day box office record of 48.48 million. In fact, it’s not that it can’t be higher, but it’s limited by the number of theaters open and the number of copies. There can only be so many!

This situation makes Sony crazy! The number of theaters of more than 3,600 is enough in North America, and the number of copies was originally thought to be completely sufficient. They never thought that this would happen!

Wu Yuchen smiled into the phone and said: "Hey, Haimer, I warned you, be fully prepared!"

"Fuck! Who would have thought that this would happen! I have never encountered such a thing in my career, it's crazy! Wu, do you think we still need to produce another batch of copies now?"

Wu Yuchen shook his head: "No need, today is the day. The number of moviegoers will decrease tomorrow and the number of copies will be completely sufficient."

He knows very well that this is actually a major feature of fan movies, and the box office performance in the first weekend was extremely high. For many fan films, 90% of their first weekend box office results are supported by fans. Once the first weekend is over, they immediately collapse.

Fortunately, the "Spider-Man" movie is not included in this list. The quality of the movie itself is guaranteed. At least it is a high-quality popcorn masterpiece that can stand the test.

After Wu Yuchen hung up the phone, he found that the two women beside him, Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Connelly, were looking at him with bright eyes, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong, sweethearts?"

"Wu! Are you the illegitimate son of God? How did you do it with a box office of over 90 million US dollars in two days? This is simply unbelievable!" Nicole Kidman exclaimed while hugging Wu Yuchen.

Jennifer Connelly on the other side simply said: "Wu is God!"

Now the first thing that outside newspapers report is Tobey Maguire, who plays Spider-Man, but they know that the initiator of the "Spider-Man" project is none other than the amazing man in front of them at this moment!

"Haha, "Spider-Man" itself is a superhero well-known to everyone in the United States. Compared with "Superman" and "Batman" that have produced many successful films, Spider-Man has not had many successful movies, so in fact, it itself is A treasure with huge potential, but no one has ever tapped it.

Moreover, after 9/11, terrorists have entered the minds of all American people. At this time, a superhero came out to fight against the bad guys and protect the safety of the citizens, which gave the public great spiritual comfort and catharsis, giving them a sense of security.

Therefore, it makes perfect sense for it to explode! "

Looking at Wu Yuchen who was talking eloquently, both women looked in admiration. What Wu Yuchen analyzed was not important to them, they would believe it even if it was nonsense. 90 million box office in 2 days, this result can make people climax just by listening to it!

At the same time, Nicole Kidman is full of excitement at this time. She agreed to accompany Wu Yuchen not only because of the Olympics of "The Hours", but also because of Wu Yuchen's continuous success in recent years.

In fact, to put it bluntly, for actors, don’t they still have to turn it into commercial value to help their careers further?

And the Wu Yuchen in front of him is not only able to win the Olympics, but also has a series of successful commercial films in recent years. The key is that not only is he great at directing and shooting his own movies, but he can also achieve such amazing results by initiating projects as a producer. How can this make Nicole Kidman unhappy?

She knew that Wu Yuchen still had a lot of scripts saved. As long as he was willing to help her, even if she couldn't win the Oscar, as long as the commercial movie could be successful, she would still be a top-tier actress in Hollywood!

Therefore, the most important thing now is to maintain their close relationship with Wu Yuchen. She has now fully understood Jennifer Connelly's thoughts. Choice is far greater than hard work!

Thinking of this, Nicole Kidman took the initiative to get involved with Wu Yuchen again, bursting out with more intense enthusiasm than before!

On Sunday, "Spider-Man" achieved another box office score of 40.23 million. In the three days of its first weekend, "Spider-Man" set a shocking box office score of 130 million!

Sony is absolutely crazy about this result. You must know that their initial expectations would be very satisfying if they could achieve half of this result, which is 65 million. I didn't expect such a big surprise!

During these two days of filming, Wu Yuchen has been communicating with the "Spider-Man" team. Although the first weekend box office of "Spider-Man" in the previous life also reached a record, it was not that high for being the first film, about 114 million, but now it has an extra first weekend box office of about 16 million.

After getting the investigation report from Sony, Wu Yuchen roughly figured out the reason. Among the reasons why audiences chose to watch "Spider-Man", those who walked into the cinema because of his name Wu Yuchen were suddenly queued up. Ranked among the top five viewing factors.

In other words, Wu Yuchen's appeal added an additional 16 million to the first weekend box office of "Spider-Man". This is already a lot, and this is an additional 16 million on top of 114 million. It is estimated that there are not many directors in Hollywood who can have such appeal.

"'Spider-Man' sets amazing opening weekend box office record!"

"The first North American movie to break 100 million in its opening weekend is born!"

"'Spider-Man' has set off a crazy movie-going trend! Can it break the box office record of 'Titanic'?"

"Spider-Man Tobey Maguire becomes the most popular man!"

"Wu Yuchen's bold words came true! "Spider-Man" broke the box office record!"

"Wu Yuchen plans a trilogy for "Spider-Man"!"

"Spider-Man" has had a great influence. In the past few days, anything related to it has been scooped up and reported by the media, and readers are reading it with gusto.

At this time, Stan Lee, the creator of "Spider-Man" and the father of Marvel, also stood up and accepted an interview. With the success of "Spider-Man," he seemed to have a second spring. Faced with questions one after another, he did not hesitate to answer:

"Yes, I am very happy! In fact, I knew that one day, Peter Parker is so loved, and this is the treatment he deserves!"

"Yes, Tobey Maguire played the role very well, I give him ten points!"

""Spider-Man" finally waited for the man who is most important to him. No, I am not talking about Tobey Maguire, but Wu Yuchen!

In fact, if it weren't for Wu, both Marvel and Spider-Man would be in a pretty bad spot right now. It was he who changed our destiny. He formulated the film trilogy plan for "Spider-Man" and personally initiated this project, which led to everything you see now!

Peter Parker and I both want to sincerely thank him! "

Stan Lee's words were both sincere and meant to please Wu Yuchen. After all, Justin Wu is now the big boss of Marvel. And he also hopes that Wu Yuchen can develop more successful Marvel movies. You must know that every successful superhero movie can bring a lot of green and beautiful swords to him as the original creator!

Stan Lee's statement naturally spread to many fans. Naturally, a large group of "Spider-Man" fans spontaneously expressed their gratitude to Wu Yuchen.

"Thank you to Director Wu Yuchen! God knows how many years I have been waiting for "Spider-Man"!"

"Thank you to Director Wu Yuchen! This "Spider-Man" perfectly filled my fantasy about Spider-Man!"

"Thank you to Director Wu Yuchen! Now I just want to urge Director Wu to make "Spider-Man 2" as soon as possible!"

"Yes, I can't wait to see Spider-Man 2! Thank you Wu! Praise Wu!"

"Oh, "Spider-Man" is good, but to be honest, I would rather see the sequel to "Pirate King" sooner. Director Wu, you'd better shoot "Pirate King" first!"

"Hey, brother, this is the "Spider-Man" forum, not the "Pirate King" forum!"

"So what? I like both movies, I'm just expressing my opinion."

"Then please publish it elsewhere, thank you!"

"I agree with what the guy said, I'm looking forward to "Pirate King" even more! Compared to the "Spider-Man" I've seen in comics, the mysterious and unknown world of "Pirate King" is more attractive, and there's also the interesting Captain Jack~ "

"That's weird! "Spider-Man" is ten times and a hundred times better than "Pirate King"!"

"Hahaha, "Pirate King" was directed and filmed by Wu himself, while "Spider-Man" was filmed by others. Compared to "Pirate King", his biological son, "Spider-Man" can only be regarded as Wu's godson. It’s clear which one is more important!”

Just like that, a scolding war suddenly broke out on the Internet because of "Pirate King" and "Spider-Man". Fans from both sides participated in the argument, and finally made it into the newspapers.

Wu Yuchen himself didn't pay attention, but some reporters came to the "Every Moment" crew to interview him because of this.

Regarding this question, Wu Yuchen laughed it off: "Of course, I like both. But it's best not to rush me. I hope to complete them while ensuring quality."

Anyway, he will not give out the specific shooting plan. "Pirate King" is still negotiating with Depp. It just so happens that the success of "Spider-Man" here also made Depp sober and let him know who is "Pirate King" 》A character you really can’t live without.

As for "Spider-Man", it has just been released now. After Sony is done with it, I believe they will contact him to discuss the sequel plan.