Chapter 321 Authorization

The popularity of "Pirate King 2" has sparked many topics.

Some supporters of entertainment programs have already shouted:

"This year's annual box office champion has been born, it must be "Pirate King 2", no one can stop it!!"

In fact, when "Pirate King 2" achieved a box office of 169 million in the first weekend, someone had already mentioned it. But it was only three days at that time, and many people still had doubts.

But when the second week passed, "Pirate King 2" had a global box office of 558 million in 10 days, and everything changed. Everyone believed this. After all, the general trend has been established, and no one has raised questions under such circumstances.

As for whether there will be another movie with a more explosive box office in the second half of the year? Come on, the fact that "Spider-Man 2" and "Pirate King 2" have been released this year with such high box office sequels has greatly exceeded Hollywood's expectations.

In the second half of the year, there is only one "Harry Potter 3" that is a bit challenging, but "Harry Potter 3" has a change of director, and many people are not very optimistic about it. It is good enough to maintain the box office of the first two films, and it is almost impossible to break 1 billion.

At the same time, in addition to praising Johnny Depp as the outstanding Captain Jack at the beginning, more and more media are now focusing on Wu Yuchen.

"This summer belongs to Wu! The total box office of all other big productions combined is not as high as Wu's "Pirate King 2" and "Spider-Man 2"!"

When a person achieves great success, people tend to be more convinced of him, and unconsciously put more achievements on him, which is the case with Wu Yuchen now.

In fact, in the previous two months, although Wu Yuchen served as the producer of "Spider-Man 2", he did not show up much during the entire promotion process of "Spider-Man 2" this time, and he was behind the scenes most of the time. He even had to admit that he did not do much behind the scenes. This time, in addition to providing the script for "Spider-Man 2" and gaining a certain amount of time and guarantee for the reshoot, he did not do much.

In the previous two months, the media and people did indeed focus a lot on director Sam Raimi and discuss his contribution to "Spider-Man 2".

But now, when the momentum of "Pirate King 2" has surpassed "Spider-Man 2", various media began to praise Wu Yuchen's greatness, and more so-called insiders jumped out to talk about Wu Yuchen's importance to "Spider-Man 2", and more people were willing to believe that "Spider-Man 2" was Wu Yuchen's work...

When this happened, no matter how Wu Yuchen explained, people were only willing to believe that he was being modest!

So, now people attributed "Pirate King 2" and "Spider-Man 2" to Wu Yuchen's work, and the summer of Hollywood in 2004 became "Wu Yuchen's Summer", a summer season dominated by Wu Yuchen!

"Oh! Honey, you are so great! Everyone is saying that you dominated this summer!"

At this time, Anne Hathaway hugged Wu Yuchen tightly, wishing to stick to him, and then rely on Wu Yuchen to reach the top of Hollywood.

In fact, she is now on the right path. "The Princess Diaries" starring her has been released for 1 month, and the North American box office has reached 96.58 million, just one step away from breaking 100 million.

Now the summer vacation in North America is only half over, and school will not start until September, so it is a foregone conclusion that the North American box office of "The Princess Diaries" will exceed 100 million.

As a 21-year-old girl, Anne Hathaway can now be the leading actress in the box office alone in addition to the "Spider-Man" series, making a movie with a cost of 28 million exceed 100 million in North America, which has fully proved her box office appeal.

It can be said that she is the hottest young generation of Hollywood actresses now!

There is only one girl who can be compared with her at present, that is Keira Knightley, the heroine of the "Pirate King" series created by Wu Yuchen himself!

To be honest, Anne Hathaway envied Keira Knightley before. Compared with her vase role in the "Spider-Man" series, where she could only act as an emotional regulator for the little spider, Keira in the "Pirate King" series has more scenes, and they are very important, fully affecting the direction of the story.

But now it's different!

She has stepped out of the shackles of the "Spider-Man" series with "The Princess Diaries" and gained more possibilities. And Kayla still needs to work hard to take this step.

She envied Kayla because Kayla was so lucky! She was chosen just when Wu Yuchen wanted to quickly start the "Pirate King" project.

Some people outside said that Kayla got this role after Wu Yuchen used all kinds of unspoken rules, but Anne Hathaway, who knew Wu Yuchen's taste, knew that he was not interested in girls with A breasts.

She, Jennifer Connelly and Jessica Alba all had sexy bodies, and even Nicole Kidman, who had played with her for a while before, had B.

And she asked Wu Yuchen, and he didn't touch the Princess Taiping at all. So Anne Hathaway felt that Kayla was lucky and got this role without paying anything. She was simply the chosen girl!

But no matter how good your luck is, it will come to an end.

Anne Hathaway knew that without Wu Yuchen's help, Kayla would become ordinary and then indistinguishable from the crowd, and she, Princess Anne, would rely on Wu Yuchen to become the most popular female star in Hollywood!

Thinking of this, Anne Hathaway burst out with enthusiasm for Wu Yuchen all the time, and was willing to do anything to please him!

On the other side of Wu Yuchen, chocolate beauty Jessica Alba was also pestering him: "Great Director Wu, can you attend my premiere ceremony in two weeks?"

At the beginning, she and Anne Hathaway each got a project from Wu Yuchen. Now Anne Hathaway's "Princess Diaries" has been successful, which makes her look forward to "Step Up". Now Jessica Alba can't wait to shine in Hollywood.

Wu Yuchen rubbed the chocolate beauty's thigh with his big hand: "Jessie, I plan to go back to China next month~"

When Jessica Alba heard this, her big eyes immediately showed mist, revealing an expression that wanted to cry, and looked at Wu Yuchen eagerly: "Dady, please! I can't live without you~"

Wu Yuchen smiled and patted her hips: "Haha, Jessie, I won't leave until after your premiere!"

Jessica Alba immediately showed a look of surprise when she heard this, and gave Wu Yuchen a sweet kiss.

Wu Yuchen smiled. He would naturally not favor one over the other when treating these two beautiful girls. He had been to the premiere of "The Princess Diaries" before, and he must go to "Step Up" this time.

After the success of "Step Up", he will shoot "Step Up 2", and then create a "Fantastic Four" for Jessica Alba. It is a big production worth hundreds of millions, which is enough to take care of her. Anne Hathaway is the same here, take it step by step, don't rush.

"Dear, now everyone around me is guessing how much the total box office of "Pirate King 2" will be?" Anne Hathaway looked at Wu Yuchen and asked, wanting to get an authoritative answer from him.

Wu Yuchen smiled and shook his head: "Baby, I can't give you a very accurate number, I can only say that there should be no problem with a billion dollars worldwide."

After all, now "Pirate King 2" is influenced by him, and its performance is better than the original version in the previous life. He really can't say how much it will be in the end. However, he estimates that it is unlikely to exceed 1.5 billion, and it may be between 1.2-1.3 billion.

Jessica Alba will talk about another question: "Dady, my friends around me are discussing, "Pirate King 2" The box office record of 169 million in the first weekend, how many years will it last before it is broken?"

This question really made Wu Yuchen fall into thought.

If we follow the development of the previous life, we have to wait until the finale of "Harry Potter", that is, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" released in 2011, to break this box office record. The box office of the first weekend was exactly 169 million, but it was a few million higher than "Pirates of the Caribbean 2".

You may ask, "Avatar" has a box office of 2.74 billion US dollars, how can the box office be low in the first weekend?

However, the fact is that the box office of "Avatar" in the first three days of the weekend was only 77.02 million. But truck drivers have the ability to make the long-term income of movies extremely beautiful, and their global appeal is unmatched.

Speaking of the first weekend box office, the real powerful ones are those fan movies, such as "Twilight". However, "Twilight" is still a little niche to some extent, and the most terrifying one is the super fan movie "Avengers"!

Since the birth of the "Avengers" series, it is simply a game to break the first weekend box office record.

The first Avengers movie in 2012 grossed over $200 million in North America in three days, breaking the Hollywood weekend box office record.

The Avengers 2 in 2015 was a bit lame, with only $191 million, which did not break the first movie's record, but the Avengers 3 in 2018 set a new record of $257 million. The fourth movie released the following year was even more exaggerated, with $357 million in the first weekend, a number that makes people feel desperate!

But now Wu Yuchen is a little unsure, and the biggest variable is actually himself. Because he doesn't know if a new number will be set when Pirate King 3 is released.

If Pirate King 3 is good, it will break the record next year. If it can't be broken, it may really have to wait until seven or eight years later.

In fact, if you think about it this way, no matter what, this record should be dominated by Director Wu for the next seven years, which is not a short time!

As for Pirate King 4, he has no intention of filming it again. The "Pirate King" trilogy is already a complete story, and he will not be involved in the follow-up. It is thankless and may even ruin his reputation.

As for whether to invest or not, it depends on the market at that time. Johnny Depp's salary will also become a big problem. He doesn't think he can bluff the other party anymore. If he wants the other party to shoot "Pirate King 4", he will definitely pay a very painful price.

For the time being, Wu Yuchen doesn't want to be hurt. Maybe after ten years, when the global film market is more prosperous and the ticket price is higher, he will consider investing in "Pirate King 4".

With the trend of "Pirate King 2" already established, Wu Yuchen can now lie down and no longer have to run around for publicity, but there are still some things to deal with. For example, the authorization issue of "Pirate King".

"Oh, Wu, we are planning a celebration party for "Pirate King 2", but you don't seem to be active at all~"

"Steven, I just want to rest now~"

Wu Yuchen smiled and welcomed Spielberg in. With the success of "Pirate King 2" and the completion of post-production of "Pirate King 3", he now wants to rest at home.

After the two chatted for a few words, they started to get to the point.

"Steven, what's going on now?" Wu Yuchen asked.

"Universal Studios found me and continued to purchase the license for "Pirate King". They raised the price a lot."

Wu Yuchen smiled when he heard this. As early as 3 years ago, Universal Studios hoped to obtain the authorization for "Pirate King", but the price they offered at that time was too low, and Wu Yuchen directly asked DreamWorks to reject it. .

Universal Studios has also raised its offer appropriately in the past two years, but Wu Yuchen did not agree. He knew how big the market for "Pirate King" was.

And now, with the huge popularity of "Pirate King 2", Universal Studios can't sit still anymore and has significantly increased its offer to purchase the license.

Wu Yuchen looked at Spielberg: "Steven, what do you think?"

Spielberg spread his hands: "In the past, I would have agreed to this price, but now, Universal's sincerity is really lacking, especially in the context of its opponents."

Wu Yuchen smiled and said: "Let me guess, is it Robert Egger?"

Spielberg smiled and nodded: "Robert Iger came to me personally and proposed a very exciting price. In the future, Disney's pirate project will also be named after "Pirate King", and we will share the related profits." ”

Looking at Spielberg's attitude, Wu Yuchen already knew who he wanted to cooperate with.

This also made Wu Yuchen couldn't help but sigh. He used "Pirate King" to defeat Disney's big production "Pearl Harbor", and now "Pirate King" is going to cooperate with Disney!

How time has changed!

But Wu Yuchen also smiled at Spielberg: "I have no objection. Iger is indeed very courageous. To be honest, I have a hunch that Disney will become even stronger under his leadership."

Of course Wu Yuchen chose to pay more. Is he still selling it to Universal Studios at a low price just for the sake of the past? Moreover, Disney’s traffic is indeed greater than that of Universal Studios.

Spielberg also nodded: "Smiling Mickey Mouse is really more powerful than roaring Eisner!"