Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 150: Box Office of Pirates of the Caribbean
"The first week's box office results in North America are out. Can you guess what the number is?" Mr. Eisen looked at Lin Yuan and said with a smile.

"No guessing!" Lin Yuan shook his head, indicating that he would not cooperate.

"If you guess correctly, you will be rewarded with 1000 million US dollars!" The rich man launched a krypton gold attack.

"What does it take to guess correctly? Is there a penalty for not guessing correctly?"

Mr. Eisen thought for a moment and replied, "If the difference is within $500 million, consider it a correct guess. If you're wrong, come with me and do something tomorrow."

"So mysterious? You still need to bribe me. You don't have any enemies and want me to kill him, right?" Lin Yuan teased.

Of course he knew that Mr. Eisen would not do that, but teasing this serious old man had become one of his pleasures recently.

"Guess? If not, I'll just tell you the answer."

"I'm guessing $8000 million!"

After giving this answer, Lin Yuan looked at Mr. Eisen confidently.

He was not making a random guess. In his previous life, "Pirates of the Caribbean" had a box office of 4600 million US dollars in North America in its first week and a total box office of 3.05 million US dollars in North America.

His imaginary rival, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," grossed $7200 million in North America in its first week, bringing its total North American box office to $3.77 million.

Lin Yuan guessed that with his own efforts, the first-week box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" should be higher than that of "The Lord of the Rings 2", otherwise what was the point of all the trouble?

He guessed $8000 million, which means any guess within the range of $7500 million to $8500 million is considered correct.

Lin Yuanyuan believed that he covered this data range very cleverly and was 90% sure of guessing it.

"I'm sorry, you didn't guess it right." Mr. Eisen shook his head.

At this moment, the calmness and dignity that usually appeared on his face disappeared, and he smiled like a child who got candy.

It's rare to see Lin Yuan lose, how could he not be happy?
These days of working with Lin Yuan are really completely different from those dull days before.

"The opening weekend grossed $9600 million, and the North American total is expected to be $4.6 million."

After Mr. Eisen gave his answer, he couldn't help but ask, "Are you surprised? Are you surprised? How does it feel to have your money flying away?"

Lin Yuan didn't expect that the results would be so good!
This means that the probability of "Pirates of the Caribbean" beating "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" at the global box office is now much higher.

In the previous life in North America, "Pirates of the Caribbean" actually lost to "The Lord of the Rings 2" not much, losing about 7000 million US dollars.

However, the global box office lost $2.8 million, mainly outside North America, where it lost nearly $2 million.

After all, "Pirates of the Caribbean" is the first work that was built from scratch, and "The Lord of the Rings 2" is already the second work in the series, and can benefit from the super high reputation of the previous work.

But now that the first battle has been won, the North American region not only did not lose, but instead won $1 million.

This means that as long as the global box office sales exceed $1 million compared to the previous life, the reversal will be completed and a major victory will be achieved.

In this life, I have also done a lot of pioneering work in the international market.

Although he is already very popular in China, Lin Yuan does not have high expectations. After all, the domestic market is not big enough at that time.

The two markets of Japan and South Korea can play a significant role, especially the Japanese film market, which is the second largest market in the world and will inevitably play a vital role at this time.

"Although I didn't guess it right, this result makes me happier. Tell me, what do you need me to accompany you to do tomorrow?" Lin Yuan asked.

"It's nothing serious. Tomorrow is my wife's memorial day, and I want you to accompany me to see her so I can introduce you to her," Mr. Eisen said. Lin Yuan often visited Mr. Eisen's study to discuss work, but had never met his family.

In Mr. Eisen's home, there was only an old housekeeper and several other household staff living with him. His children or other family members were not seen.

Mr. Eisen didn't mention it in the past, so Lin Yuan naturally didn't feel comfortable asking.

Today, Mr. Eisen made a solemn request, and Lin Yuan naturally nodded in agreement.

"The performance in the Japanese market is also very good." Mr. Eisen handed Lin Yuan a summary of the performance.

This summary of results is a total box office forecast calculated based on the current first-week box office, word of mouth, and screening rate.

Although there may be slight deviations, it is generally accurate.

"Everyone says that Japan is now my iron base of voters. Let me see how the results are this time." Lin Yuan answered while flipping through the papers.

When he learned that some theaters in Japan had even given his film a 60% screening rate, Lin Yuan felt the great love of the people of the island nation for him. Now it was time to test the real results.

"Hero" grossed 140 billion yen in Japan, or a total of $8000 million.

What about "Pirates of the Caribbean"?

The answer is 240 billion yen, or a total of 1.54 million US dollars.

This result is much higher than that of "Hero", but it is also within a reasonable range. After all, Japanese theaters gave "Pirates of the Caribbean" a very high screening schedule this time.

Lin Yuan’s recent football and NBA events have earned him a wave of popularity in Japan, so this achievement is not surprising.

Next up is the Korean market: 1100 million moviegoers...

This result is even higher than that of "Hero". It turns out that South Korea always follows its fatherland in everything. Whatever is popular in North America will also be popular in South Korea.

Not to mention Lin Yuan's recent popularity, which is reflected in the Korean film market with this box office hit.

South Korea's unique way of counting movie box office is based on the number of moviegoers. Combined with the price of about US$7 per movie ticket, it actually generated a box office revenue of nearly US$8000 million?

From this perspective, the fanatical people of the peninsula contributed nearly half of the Japanese box office, and this was achieved without Lin Yuan doing any special market development.

Next, are there any domestic box office statistics?

"Hero" earned 2.5 million RMB, or about 3000 million USD, in China, making it a huge hit that year.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" does not have the foundation of "Heroes" in China, so Lin Yuan did not have too much hope.

But when he saw the results, he was still stunned:
The love of the people of the motherland!
The total box office was 3.2 million RMB, equivalent to 4000 million US dollars.

This result is really unexpected!
In 2002, it was really not easy to achieve such results in China.

Next, I have to travel around the country frequently. Lin Yuan has many important plans that need to be implemented in the country.

Japan, as his iron vote bank, needs to be consolidated, and the comics collaboration with Akira Toriyama also needs to be further promoted. He must make time to go there in the near future.

As South Korea is a new market with a strong popularity base, it is very cost-effective to develop it, so you need to find time to visit it.

There really isn’t enough time!

(End of this chapter)