Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 297 Temporary Domination & Overseas Popularity
"The total box office in North America is expected to be 8.3 million US dollars, and the global total box office is 23.76 billion US dollars." Mr. Eisen reported a number that Lin Yuan could not believe.

It’s so off the mark!

"The Lord of the Rings: Rise of the King" only grossed $3 million in North America, with a total global box office of $3.8 billion.

This is more than 2 times, it's a complete crushing!
In Lin Yuan's original expectation, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" should be the annual box office champion in 2003. He even planned to use this movie to compete with "The Lord of the Rings 3" to protect "Lord of Spy Wars".

Now it seems that "King of Spy" may be the annual champion this year. No matter how strong "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is, it is unlikely to exceed 14 billion US dollars in box office.

"The King of Spy Wars" is so terrifying!
"Really? Why do I find it a little hard to believe?" Lin Yuan said.

"When I first saw the data, I couldn't believe it. But after carefully checking it several times, I confirmed that the data is reliable. It may even be higher than this estimate." Mr. Eisen said seriously.

"Lin Yuan, you created miracles in your films, and the audiences rewarded you with box office success. You deserve it," Director Cohen said. "Hahaha, thanks to you, I'm also lucky enough to become the highest-grossing director in film history."

Lin Yuan calmed down and thought carefully.

If "King of Spy Wars" relied solely on the scene of climbing the Dubai Tower, although its reputation would be very high, it would definitely not reach the current level. However, the life-threatening performance of the flesh-and-blood body passing through the thunderstorm cloud was really shocking.

It shows the insignificance and tenacity of human beings in the face of nature in the most realistic way to the audience. No wonder it is called a miracle.

As for the box office of 23.76 billion US dollars, although it is very high and seems unattainable, it is not the highest. In a few years, "Avatar" will dominate the world with 28.48 billion US dollars, establishing its position as the box office champion for years.

Even without considering "Avatar", the box office of "Avengers 4: Endgame" reached 27.97 billion US dollars, and the re-released version of "Titanic" also reached 24 billion US dollars.

Lin Yuan's "King of Spy Wars" is indeed at the top of the world at this moment, but if he wants to dominate for a long time, he is still underestimating the heroes of the world.

"The overseas box office is also estimated to be 15.46 billion US dollars. Where does this come from?" Lin Yuan asked.

Actually, when Lin Yuan said this, he felt a little strange that "overseas" actually refers to areas outside of North America. But for Director Cohen and Mr. Eisen, it was indeed the case.

"Japan is the country with the highest overseas box office, with an estimated total of 490 billion yen, equivalent to 3.18 million US dollars," said Mr. Eisen. "Japan alone accounts for one-fifth of the total overseas box office. Lin Yuan, you really should visit Japan more often."

Lin Yuan couldn't help but sigh, reaching a new high again.

When "Hero" was released, it grossed 140 billion yen, equivalent to 8000 million US dollars.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" was 240 billion yen, equivalent to 1.54 million US dollars.

By the time of "The King of Spy", the box office had doubled to 490 billion yen, equivalent to 3.18 million US dollars.

If he remembered correctly, even in 2024, the top two movies in Japan's box office rankings would be:
"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train", released in 2020, grossed 404 billion yen.

"Spirited Away", released in 2001, grossed 317 billion yen.

His own movie "The King of Spy Wars" has already dominated the box office charts in Japan.

The Japanese people really love Lin Yuan deeply. After all, he is a double father and is proficient in Japanese culture and Japanese kendo, which satisfies all the fantasies of the Japanese.

"Second place is South Korea, with an estimated 1550 million moviegoers," Mr. Eisen continued.

After hearing this answer, Lin Yuan was stunned: This algorithm is really annoying. Other countries count the box office, but South Korea counts the number of moviegoers.

The 1550 million moviegoers are definitely among the highest in South Korea.

Last time, his Pirates of the Caribbean received 1100 million viewers in South Korea, but this time it reached 1550 million. It may not seem like a doubling of the growth seen in Japan, but the actual reason is that South Korea has a limited population, and 1550 million viewers is almost the limit.

In later generations, the most watched "self-entertainment drama" in Korean film history, "The Myeongryang Battle", was only viewed 1760 million times.

Looking back at 2003, 1550 million times was really the limit.

"So how much is the box office?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Two hundred million dollars!" Mr. Eisen replied.

"..."

Lin Yuan then remembered that the ticket for "King of Spy Wars" in South Korea was US$13, and a Korean movie ticket usually costs around US$7.

The high price brought the total box office to $2 million, while the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" in South Korea was $8000 million. Does this mean that the box office growth of South Korean movies is even more rapid than that of Japan?

They have reached 2.5 times.

"If you have time, you should go to Korea more often. Doesn't it have a beautiful princess there? It won't hurt to have more contact with her!" said Mr. Eisen.

“…” Lin Yuan remained silent.

"What is the box office in mainland China?" Lin Yuan asked.

"4.5 million RMB, which is about 5000 million US dollars," Mr. Eisen replied.

Lin Yuan was very satisfied with this result.

The people of the motherland have tried their best to express their love for him. After all, the total domestic box office revenue at that time was just over 10 billion.

"Hero" had a domestic box office of 2.5 million yuan, "Pirates of the Caribbean" had 3.2 million yuan, and "The King of Spy" had 4.5 million yuan.

Although the increase is not as high as that of other countries and regions, it is already the greatest box office sincerity in the country.

"So, could we really have a box office of nearly $24 billion?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Yes, in addition to the box office, the DVD also sold like crazy this time. Especially since you included a first-person video of skydiving from a helmet camera in the DVD, this move simply set off the DVD sales market." Mr. Eisen said.

"The DVD sales are expected to be as high as 1.5 million US dollars, and we should be able to share about 3000 million US dollars in profits, but I am a little disdainful of such small profits now," Mr. Eisen added.

"Haha, 3000 million US dollars is just a drop in the bucket? You can give me a little more. I don't think it's too little." Lin Yuan said.

"Let's calculate how much we made from this movie!" Mr. Eisen said, "The film cost $1.5 million to make, and the original budget for marketing and promotion was $1.5 million. But thanks to MGM and Columbia Pictures, we only spent $7000 million on marketing and promotion, for a total of $2.2 million."

Lin Yuan nodded. The publicity and promotion expenses are generally 50% to 100% of the production cost. However, because competitors are competing for the screening rate, a lot of publicity and promotion expenses are not spent, so they are actually greatly reduced.

Linyuan Film Company is both the producer and distributor of the film, so it can get about 60% of the total box office.

There may be some deviations in the specific proportions and amounts, but the total amount that can be distributed should be roughly: US$14 billion.

(End of this chapter)