Chapter 293: Global Hit, Twilight Starts

The release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" is still in full swing in North America.

Not just North America.

On May 23, 24, and 25, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" was released in 59 countries and regions around the world, including Hong Kong Island and Taiwan Island.

As for mainland China, this time "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" successfully passed the review after deleting about 17 minutes of content, and was scheduled to be released on June 12, half a month later than most parts of the world.

China has its own national conditions, which is understandable.

After a week of large-scale release around the world, global film critics gave high praise to "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" this time.

The third episode is more gimmicky than the previous two episodes, with more stunts and a more complicated plot.

Johnny Depp's acting skills are already superb, and the heroine Keira Knightley's acting skills and martial arts have also been recognized by everyone, even surpassing Orlando Bloom.

Of course, Liu Yifei, the female warrior, has also successfully made a name for herself around the world and has been recognized and accepted by movie fans around the world.

The main reason is that martial arts actresses are indeed very rare around the world. Occasionally, one pops up, and she comes from China, the hometown of kung fu. With so many buffs stacked on her, it is hard for Liu Yifei not to be accepted.

Thanks to the good reputation of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", the box office performance of this movie around the world has also been bombarding.

In the first week of its release, it won the weekly box office championship in more than 40 countries, with a total box office of 212 million US dollars in North America in 7 days and a total box office of 468 million US dollars worldwide. Breaking 500 million US dollars is as easy as drinking water.

Although it has just started a few years ago, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" has basically booked the throne of the annual global box office champion. It is impossible for any movie to surpass it in the next six months.

Wu Yuan is also predicted by the media to become a super commercial director with two single films that have broken the global box office of 1 billion US dollars.

In the current international film industry, a single film breaking $1 billion is still a terrifying achievement. Even many industry insiders pessimistically believe that the global box office market can only support a total box office of more than a billion dollars for a single film at most.

No one could have imagined that in a few years, the number of films that broke $1 billion in the global box office would rise from less than 10 now to more than 50.

Well, this is all thanks to the explosive growth of the Chinese box office market in the next ten years.

However, we have to wait until the release of "Avatar" next year for the global commercial film market to be completely detonated.

Why is "Avatar" so awesome? It's because it has grossed $2.9 billion worldwide, and even earned a terrifying box office of 1.7 billion yuan in mainland China, breaking countless records.

Until Wu Yuan woke up from his dream, no movie could break the global box office record of "Avatar"...

Fortunately, before "Avatar" appeared, movies that broke $1 billion worldwide were still rare. Wu Yuan had "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and had already entered this top director field.

Now, seeing that the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" is no less popular than the second one, and the reputation is even better, Hollywood basically believes that Wu Yuan will have another movie that will break the $1 billion box office.

Now, his momentum in Hollywood is a bit unparalleled.

Originally, New Line had been unwilling to give up and wanted to persuade Wu Yuan to direct "Kingsman", but after seeing the hot box office results of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", this heart was extinguished.

It is impossible to invite Wu Yuan.

And his suggestion was also seriously adopted by New Line. President Elad found Matthew Vaughn, the director recommended by Wu Yuan, and officially started the preparation of "Kingsman".

It is expected to invest 120 million US dollars. The male lead will be Cheng Long and a new generation of new male actors in the circle. The supporting roles will be joined by Hollywood's more useful old actors.

The actual shooting will start as soon as possible in the second half of this year, and it will be released in the summer of next year!

Light Era will also bear half of the $120 million cost, and will jointly invest with Light Media, and the two companies will cooperate to operate this new IP.

John, who had just recovered the box office share of "Proposal Marriage", was not short of money, and quickly transferred $60 million to New Line's public account.

He even called Wu Yuan to ask if he should start preparing for the "Twilight" project in advance.

"The Blind Side" will start shooting in two months.

Light Era has been developing for so many years, and although it has not deliberately expanded continuously, it is not a burden to make 2-3 movies at the same time.

Wu Yuan thought about it and decided that it was indeed time to start the "Twilight" series.

According to the original trajectory, the first "Twilight" started shooting in February 2008, and it was too late for Light Era to start now.

Kristen Stewart was easy to find. She is a well-known child star in Hollywood. Born in 1990, she started filming in Hollywood at the age of 12.

Last year, she won the Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer awards at the Young Artist Awards.

Wu Yuan directly mentioned her name on the phone and asked John to contact her to play the heroine of "Twilight", Isabella Swan.

For youth idol movies like "Twilight", the box office is almost entirely based on the chemistry between the handsome male and female protagonists. It is better not to change the actors.

If the actors were changed, it might not be possible to replicate the crazy box office results of this series.

Robert Pattinson, who plays the male protagonist vampire Edward, and Taylor Lautner, who plays the other male protagonist, werewolf Jacob, were both selected by Wu Yuan.

The former has played Cedric in the "Harry Potter" series, and the latter has also played in a sitcom with high ratings in the United States. They are not hard to find actors.

John just didn't expect that Wu Yuan would pay attention to the casting of "Twilight" and personally decide the roles for this movie.

Ordinary Cinderella plus a vampire prince and a werewolf prince

Just by looking at the configuration of the three protagonists in this movie, you can tell that this is going to be a bloody teenage romance book.

That Wu Yuan, a great director who is extremely talented, would actually pay attention to such a movie and choose actors for it, John couldn't stop thinking about it.

Is it possible that Wu Yuan secretly likes to read such romance novels about girls?

John thinks he has discovered a big secret of his boss!

No wonder Wu Yuan paid attention to the first novel "Twilight" when it first came out, and asked him to immediately buy the film adaptation rights.

It turns out that it’s because Wu Yuan is a fan reader!

It makes sense, everything can be explained!

"Hehehe, I understand." On the phone, John smiled strangely and agreed to Wu Yuan's request.

"If the leading actors are all small actors like this, the movie can be completed with no more than 35 million US dollars."

"This investment is not too much, and the company can afford it even if it loses money."

"I'll arrange the shooting as soon as possible!"

The call was hung up hastily.

Wu Yuan stared blankly at the extinguished cell phone screen, always feeling that the tone of John's last conversation was very strange and wrong.

But he didn't think deeply, instead he raised the corners of his mouth proudly.

Losing money?

nonexistent.

No one in Hollywood, including John, who followed Wu Yuan's request to prepare the "Twilight" movie, dared to believe it.

Just such a movie adapted from a teenage romance book with an investment of 35 million US dollars. It will be released for 147 days. The North American box office closed at 192 million US dollars, the overseas box office closed at 216 million US dollars, and the global box office totaled 408 million US dollars. 12th in the global annual box office.

This is much crazier than the box office results of the "Tiny Times" series

Such a big leak is unlikely to be found once in ten years!

Wu Yuan is very much looking forward to how John will doubt his life when "Twilight" becomes a box office hit.

Hollywood, which he loves and has worked in for more than ten years, has gradually become unfamiliar and uncomfortable for him.

Hollywood will be so "crazy" in the next ten years!

"Brother, why are you staring at your phone?" Liu Yifei, who was wiping her hair and walking out of the bathroom, looked confused when she saw Wu Yuan standing in the living room looking at his phone and giggling.

"Ahem." Wu Yuan quickly put the phone back into his pocket, adjusted his expression, walked quickly to Liu Yifei, took the hair towel from her hand, and wiped her hair while saying: "It's nothing."

"By the way, Sissi, your second English single is about to be released."

"Now that "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" is in theaters all over the world, you can strike while the iron is hot and release this single. With both the music and film industry working together, I estimate that no female star will be more popular than you in the first half of this year."

When recording songs before, Liu Yifei recorded two songs in one go, one "Call Me Maybe" and one "Good Time".

The former has taken North America by storm in March, winning the Billboard No. 1 spot for three weeks in a row, and is still firmly in the third position.

The latter song "Good Time" is a collaborative single between Liu Yifei and Justin Timberlake, and the two also shot the MV together.

Timberlake wasn't too interested in this song before, and he only wanted to cooperate with Wu Yuan because of his curve.

But things are different now. With the popularity of "Call Me Maybe", Liu Yifei has firmly established herself as the new sweet song queen, which already makes Timberlake feel that this cooperation is worthwhile.

Now that "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" has been released globally, and her role as Weier in the movie has captured the love of countless fans around the world, and has also taken off in the film field, Timberlake is even more eager to ride on the popularity. He took the initiative to ask many times when this single would be released, and emphasized that he would fully cooperate with the promotion.

Of course Wu Yuan was very satisfied with having such a good partner, and put the release of "Good Time" on the agenda.

This is also a monster single that is a global hit!

It just so happens that the weather is getting hotter now, and North American fans and listeners just need a refreshing summer song to spend the hot summer.

"We don't even have to try~"

(We don’t need to care~)

"It's always a good time!"

(Let’s spend quality time together) (End of chapter)