Chatty Hollywood

"What? The box office on the first day was US$70 million!?"

Although Robert Iger had already realized that the box office results of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" were going to explode when he was woken up by his subordinate Philip Biermann's phone call this morning, the extent of the explosion was still beyond him. unexpected.

"According to this figure, let alone breaking 100 million US dollars in the first week, it will take less than two days to break through 100 million US dollars in box office results - even if there is a sequel effect, large-scale publicity and release, and the loan borrowed some time ago Due to the impact of the publicity of the hijacking incident, it probably won’t last long—but this achievement is still exaggerated!”

Robert Iger feels that he can once again raise his psychological expectations for the box office performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest".

——You know, because this is a sequel to a successful movie and it is a Charlotte Booth movie, Disney's internal expectations for it are already relatively high.

If a general commercial blockbuster is considered successful if the North American box office reaches 300 million US dollars, then the expected value of a commercial blockbuster shot by Charlotte Booth should be at least 100 million US dollars higher.

Looking at the current momentum, it is estimated that the North American box office performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" will not be able to stop it at US$500 million.

"If there are more, we might be able to hit the North American box office of "Titanic"!"

Think about it again, "Titanic" has a box office of more than 600 million in North America, but how much did this movie cost?

How long did the filming take? ?

And how much did it cost to shoot the three-part "Pirates of the Caribbean" series? How long did it take to shoot? ?

——The price/performance ratio is obviously very different!

Robert Iger feels that if the North American box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" can really reach US$600 million, just relying on his own actions to successfully get this trilogy series approved will be enough for him. He has held the position of chairman of Disney Pictures for several years, and has the opportunity to compete for president of Disney Group...

"No, we can't just try to influence you at this time!"

Robert Egger quickly realized that these things he was thinking about were no longer a problem now that the success of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" has become visible to the naked eye.

——This is completely natural and natural.

At this time, what he should really be concerned about is whether he should immediately consider the project of "Pirates of the Caribbean 4"?

To know,

Previously, although Charlotte Booth made this series into a trilogy, she only filmed three parts.

Now, the first part of the series has made a lot of money at the box office, and the second part has made even more money at the box office.

Judging from the audience's questionnaire, their opinions on it are generally good.

——Although multi-line narrative films have flourished since Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp", including Gary Kee's "Two Smoking Barrels", this type of film is often The reviews are good, but most of them fail to hit the box office.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the cost of such movies is generally not high, and the box office performance does not need to be high to recover the cost.

But "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Soul's Chest" breaks this convention.

Using a multi-line narrative on the scale of a super commercial blockbuster, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" can almost be said to be the first among Hollywood movies.

And because of Charlotte Booth's repeated revisions and excellence, the results obtained are also very good.

Whether it is the reputation of the audience or the reputation of the film critics, this movie is very high.

Many film critics who were originally very picky about commercial films gave it high scores because of the film's extremely successful multi-line narrative.

Among them, Roger Ebert’s film review can be said to be a typical one——

"As for the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", you have to say whether I support it or not, of course I do!"

"Charlotte Booth's film is indeed the best commercial film I have seen in the past two years."

"——Even last year's "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Lord of the Rings 1" could not reach this level. As for "Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones"..."

After a profound ellipsis, Roger Ebert continued in his film review:

"However, I didn't actually think so when I participated in the internal test screening organized by Disney."

"Of course, the internal preview version of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" at that time was already a very good commercial blockbuster."

"It has almost all the elements that a successful commercial blockbuster should have."

"However, I'm still a little dissatisfied!"

"—because it's a Charlotte Booth movie!"

"It's no secret that I prefer art films to commercial films."

"As one of the commercial film directors I admire most in recent years, Charlotte Booth did not show the kind of innovation and characteristics that made me shine in the previous preview version of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" .”

"——Or not performing enough."

"That makes me somewhat unsatisfied."

"However, it was precisely this dissatisfaction that gave me a rare surprise when I watched "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" last night!"

"He actually turned an already high-quality movie into a masterpiece within a few months through repeated adjustments!!"

Robert Iger felt that he could read Roger Ebert’s sense of surprise through words.

"Because strong narrative ability is an inherent characteristic of Charlotte Booth as a director, I won't say more here - what really surprises me is the director's use of multi-line narrative."

"Yes, it is the use of multi-line narrative, not the multi-line narrative itself!"

"Everyone will know how well this movie handles multi-line narratives by watching the movie. However, the things that are hidden in the multi-line narrative process through lens language and editing by the director, in my opinion, are The really great thing about this movie—"

"Charlotte Booth controls the rhythm of telling the story through multi-line narratives, and under this rhythm change hidden behind the multi-line narrative, the rhythm of the film gradually speeds up, and then builds up the layers. Finally, the climax is formed at the intersection of the story lines.”

"——This is why we are obviously a little tired after watching this movie with a huge amount of information and a very fast pace, but we still want to watch it a second time!"

"Many film critics have said that "The Shawshank Redemption" is a movie that perfectly controls the emotional rhythm of the audience, which is why we were deeply moved after watching the movie."

"Now, I want to say that "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is also a movie that perfectly controls the audience's emotions through the rhythm of multi-line narrative - a commercial blockbuster - for this reason, even I am After the premiere, I watched it a second time..."()

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