First Day Box Office (Pirates of the Caribbean)

The next day, in the beginning of summer, the scorching sun shone on Kevin's face from outside the curtains.

Kevin woke up in a daze from the room that Hayek bought.

First, he closed his eyes and rested for a few seconds. After his head was sober, Kevin said gently to Hayek beside him:

"Dear, today I'm going to MGM to see how the box office is on the first day, so you can rest at home for a day."

"I'll prepare breakfast for you."

Then looking at the stupefied Hayek, after humming on the bed as a sign of agreement, Kevin got up and dressed and cleaned up his personal hygiene.

After preparing a simple breakfast for Hayek, Kevin went out and got into the car driven by Chen Zhiwen.

I have to say that being Kevin's bodyguard and part-time driver is really hard work.

When Kevin is not in the villa area, he often has to guard the neighborhood all night.

Of course, Kevin's salary is enough.

Let Chen Zhiwen really not complain, and will only follow his duty honestly.

....

MGM, inside the president's office.

Reiter is anxiously waiting for his statistician to convey to him the box office of Pirates of the Caribbean in every US state.

As a well-established film company, since Kevin joined MGM, MGM's shares have risen by 20% in value.

And this value has a higher possibility of rising at any time.

People in the market are waiting for the box office results of Kevin's latest work, Pirates of the Caribbean, in order to choose whether to snap up MGM's circulating shares in the market.

That said, MGM is now too much influenced by Kevin.

Reiter, the president of MGM, was very uneasy about this.

Although the addition of Kevin is definitely a good thing for MGM, it is not a good thing if the influence is too great.

After all, Kevin is only the third shareholder, with only 10.5% of the shares.

Under this premise, Leiter is also actively arranging the pursuit of other directors and projects.

But so far, there are those who make small money, but compared with Kevin, it is undoubtedly a world of difference...

...

Stepping into MGM, Kevin walked towards the president's office in high spirits.

As a major shareholder of MGM, and at the same time, he showed his face fiercely at the Oscars. In the company, it can be described as unimpeded.

"Director Kevin."

"..."

People who saw Kevin greeted him one after another. Everyone knew that he was one of the most powerful people in MGM.

Even though Leiter is the president, Kevin is MGM's major shareholder and the most powerful supporter of MGM's current performance.

Kevin spoke, and in MGM, Bi Leiter is more powerful.

Facing the greetings from these staff, Kevin responded kindly.

A few minutes later, Kevin came to the president's office.

Looking at Leiter who kept pacing, Kevin asked directly:

"Has Pirates of the Caribbean's first-day box office come out?"

June 28 is Saturday.

Warner and MGM have specially arranged the schedule for this holiday.

And today is the time to harvest.

With a production cost of 100 million and an announcement of 20 million, this is a masterpiece with a higher production cost than the original Pirates of the Caribbean.

You must know that although the original Pirates of the Caribbean cost was claimed to be 120 million US dollars, the film was damaged due to an accident in the middle.

At least $30 million to $40 million in production cost was wasted.

As for Kevin, not only did this not happen, but also cooperated with the Tourism Bureau to build 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 come out in a while."

"But although it's not all out yet, according to the initial reaction, the box office on the first day has already exploded."

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

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

"Don't look at the fact that no pirate film has been successful in the last ten years, I will be the exception."

Kevin said confidently.

When Disney filmed Pirates of the Caribbean in the previous life, the pirate film had not produced a profitable blockbuster 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.

In other words, Disney just wants to spend a lot of money to advertise its own amusement park projects.

I didn't expect that the box office of Pirates of the Caribbean would explode like this, making Disney a huge profit.

How can a movie that can reverse the 20-year decline of pirate films and lead the trend, just because it is ten years ahead of schedule.

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

Kevin is very confident about this.

Kevin's self-confidence can't help but make Leiter look sideways.

Kevin's background, MGM, Warner, Paramount and many Hollywood companies have investigated.

The orphan, relying on his own efforts, was admitted to the University of Southern California all the way, and he made a short film, which won the title of genius director in the University of Southern California.

Then, relying on the contacts of CAA, he officially debuted and obtained the investment of the first movie Chainsaw.

When he got here, Kevin directly chose not to pay for the film, but to get a little bit of the box office share. In fact, the film companies were not surprised by this choice, and they were happy to accept it.

The reason is very simple. In fact, many budding directors have their dreams of making their first movie a big hit, but in fact, not even 1% of them can really explode at the box office.

Putting this part of the director's remuneration into the film will only make the film better. There is no reason for the film companies not to accept this condition.

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

Unexpectedly, the remuneration plus the follow-up copyright made Kevin rich directly.

Then it got out of hand, Chainsaw Horror, Escape from Dead Town, Mission Impossible...

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

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

It grew up like a legend.

Leiter looked at the confident Kevin with complicated eyes.

..

A staff member in a suit walked in with a stack of documents in his hand.

The staff looked excited and said quickly:

"President, Pirates of the Caribbean's first-day box office came out and exploded."