hollywood melon man

Chapter 421 No Waterloo

The students finished watching "Pirates of the Caribbean" in the morning and were still savoring the feeling of watching the movie after coming out.

"How do you feel after watching the movie?"

"That's great! I will become a loyal fan of director Gilbert Jr. from now on. The experience of watching a movie in a cinema is unparalleled."

"I don't watch many movies, but I watched all three of the Lord of the Rings movies in the cinema."

"How does it feel?"

"Needless to say, man, it was an incredible experience. I'm pretty sure I couldn't even have sex with a cheerleader at school as much as this one."

"Hey, man, that's a bit violent."

The students did not leave the cinema after watching the movie, but stayed in the cinema to observe the crowd and do some interviews and record.

A student went shopping in the surrounding shops and came back with a pirate hat on his head.

“Where did you buy this?”

"Just over there..."

So all the students put on pirate hats, and those who were richer even had dolls, skull necklaces and other peripherals in their hands.

At night, the cinema had more people, and the students also completed the tasks assigned by the professor, including sample statistics and investigations.

This sociological investigation was quite interesting, and I even went to see the movie in person.

In fact, the North American film market is now in a saturated state, and the degree of annual development and improvement is quite limited.

This is why Hollywood giants all attach importance to overseas markets. When the domestic market does not improve much, the overseas market becomes a very important profit point.

However, this does not mean that the local market will not grow. Aren’t these students the new growth point now?

But in fact, people like these students are a minority, and movies are really a very luxurious entertainment consumption activity for those people in the slums.

Unless we develop this segment of the population market, it will be very difficult to achieve significant growth.

Over the next few days, the students went to different movie theaters, observed a large number of samples, formed analytical conclusions, and then wrote papers.

The report was handed over to Professor Powell at school on Monday, and the professor was very satisfied with their observations.

"Film is a great art form. Compared with literature and painting, it has incomparable advantages. By observing film entertainment, we can accurately analyze the current state of society," said Professor Powell.

A student asked curiously: "Professor, does television also have this function?"

"Maybe," Professor Powell said amiably, "but there aren't any TVs big enough for hundreds of people to sit together and watch the same show."

The professor was also humorous: "Besides, I think the TV must be placed at home. The owners would not invite you in to watch a boring TV show."

The classmates laughed and thought about it, it was true. Unless they were familiar friends, they would not invite strangers to their homes.

In North America, this is a very dangerous thing.

A new week has arrived. After the outstanding performance in the midnight show, "Pirates of the Caribbean" earned $1935.2 million, $2821.8 million and $2235.6 million in the first three days of the weekend.

Combined with the midnight show's box office of $873 million, the film's first-week box office reached $7865.6 million, a pretty good result.

"The Return of the King" grossed $1.55 million in its first week, which is also the highest first week box office in North America ever.

But the fact that "The Return of the King" was able to achieve this first-week box office success was due to the accumulated advantages of the trilogy, which created this unprecedented first-week box office result.

The popular IP-adapted movie, the sequel movie, and the reputation accumulated by the first two works are the reasons why "The Return of the King" achieved this incredible achievement.

In comparison, the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" of $7865.6 million seems to be far behind, but in fact it is not bad at all, and its shocking level is even not lower than the first week box office of "The Return of the King".

The reason is simple, Pirates of the Caribbean is an original scripted film, it has not been altered and has no predecessor.

For an original movie, the first-week box office of Pirates of the Caribbean can be called a miracle. However, the media attention was not high because the director of the film was named Gilbert Jr.

If "Pirates of the Caribbean" only earned 20 to 30 million US dollars in the first week of the summer season, that would be big news. The current result is just Gilbert Jr.'s normal performance.

Of course, it's no surprise that "Pirates of the Caribbean" broke the record for the first week box office of an original movie, becoming the highest-grossing original movie in history.

But Gilbert Jr. has been breaking records continuously over the years, and everyone has become numb to it, and it is no longer surprising for him to break any record.

What was more surprising than the first week’s box office was the peripheral products.

The peripheral products of "The Lord of the Rings" series sold well, creating a myth of peripheral sales.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" was not far behind. In the first three days following the movie's premiere, it generated $2250 million in peripheral sales in North America.

More importantly, with the hot premiere of the movie, Disneyland and Warner World's Pirates of the Caribbean theme parks also became popular, with a constant stream of tourists on weekends.

What follows is a series of income, including tickets, peripheral merchandise, food, drink and entertainment.

In this regard, the New York Times made a very accurate comment: "Pirates of the Caribbean is more of a two-hour commercial than a summer commercial movie." Indeed, because of Pirates of the Caribbean, the number of visitors to several theme park projects has increased, which is undoubtedly a theme park advertisement.

It’s just that this commercial itself can make money, and it’s not just ordinary money-making.

Starting from Monday, Gilbert Jr. and the crew left Los Angeles and began a promotional tour across the United States. The first stop for the creators was to go to Disneyland for promotion.

When Captain Jack, Will Turner and Elizabeth appeared in Disney, the tourists who came here because of the movie went crazy instantly and the park became a sea of ​​carnival.

"This is Disneyland, and our reporter is reporting from the front.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" set off a pirate craze during the summer season, and also led to an increase in the number of visitors to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland.

Just now, the film's creators made a surprise appearance on the main stage..."

The TV news interview footage broadcast the grand occasion on the scene, and the fans who saw the TV report also took action, instantly wanting to go to Disneyland.

Having just finished interacting with the fans, the main creators were resting backstage and listening to Anna's report.

"The first week box office was $7865.6 million," Johnny Depp said excitedly, "This is a great result. Our movie will definitely be the winner of the summer season."

"Hey, John, calm down!"

"I can't calm down, you know? This is the highest first-week box office for a movie I've starred in since I started acting." Johnny Depp paced back and forth in the lounge, unable to hide his excitement.

Orlando Bloom rolled his eyes. He didn't feel anything at all. After all, the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy starring him had better box office performance in the first week than "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Especially "The Return of the King", which had a first-week box office of 1.55 million US dollars.

After experiencing such a glorious moment, Orlando Bloom is now calm.

But he can also understand Johnny Depp's feelings. When the first week box office of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" came out, his performance was even more exaggerated than Johnny Depp's.

Gilbert Jr. smiled as he watched Johnny Depp pace back and forth, then asked Keira Knightley: "How does it feel?"

“I feel like I’m dreaming. During the promotional activities these days, I looked at the fans in the audience, holding up my signs and shouting my name.

At this moment, I am really happy." Keira Knightley said.

Her vanity was greatly satisfied, and she collected all the reports about Pirates of the Caribbean these days. Especially the reports about her, Keira Knightley cut them out and collected them.

Is this what it feels like to be famous? It's awesome.

It's really great. There is no doubt that Johnny Depp has become a top Hollywood star with this film.

He finally doesn't have to be jealous of his good brother Keanu Reeves anymore, as he himself is also a top Hollywood star.

Orlando Bloom feels average. After all, he has become a global idol with Legolas and has fans wherever he goes.

Keira Knightley felt it even more strongly than Johnny Depp. She went from being an unknown to being famous. She felt that her name had spread throughout North America overnight and would spread throughout the world in the future.

As the working days approached, the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" inevitably declined.

However, the decline in box office revenue maintained a healthy curve, earning $1345.2 million on Monday, a drop of about percent compared to Sunday.

Tuesday is the traditional day when movie tickets are half-price, and the theater's attendance increased again, with box office revenue of $1527.9 million that day.

Also on Tuesday, "Pirates of the Caribbean" officially broke through 1.07 million in North American box office, reaching million US dollars.

Breaking 100 million US dollars in five days is not an exaggeration.

But considering that many media outlets have previously been promoting the idea that Gilbert Jr. is on the decline, this box office figure is a powerful counterattack.

Faced with this box office data, no media outlet could say that Gilbert Jr. had suffered a Waterloo.

In fact, the media began to change their position and started to brag about Little Gilbert, giving him all kinds of titles.

There are countless titles such as the Movie Emperor, the Caesar of the Movie Industry, the Tyrant of the Movie Industry, etc.

Little Gilbert has gotten used to it. This is how the media is. They sit on the fence and change with the wind.

Paying too much attention to what the media thinks is actually the beginning of a downward spiral.

On Wednesday and Thursday, "Pirates of the Caribbean" achieved a steady trend, earning $1047.2 million and $895.6 million respectively in the two days.

As of Thursday, the film had been released in North America for seven days and the North American box office reached 1.27 million US dollars.

For an original movie, this result is surprising enough. Disney and Warner insiders predict that it will not be a problem for the film to reach $3.5 million at the North American box office.

But this weekend, "Pirates of the Caribbean" is about to face a heavyweight opponent.

2th Century Fox's superhero movie "X-Men " will be released in the North American market this weekend.

(End of this chapter)