Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 366 Box Office Results Revealed
"You guessed it right, only 0.1 point off. The IMDB rating for 'Pirates of the Caribbean 2' is 9.0," Mr. Eisen said with a smile.

"Is it really that high?"

Lin Yuan was very surprised.

Under normal circumstances, it is not easy for commercial films to get such high scores.

The reason why "The King of Spy Wars" can get a score of 9.3 is mainly because of the bare-handed climbing of the building and the physical crossing of the thunderstorm cloud. These two scenes challenge the limits of human beings and really add points.

Although "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" also has the extreme challenge of dancing with sharks, most of the visual effects are still achieved through computer special effects.

The fact that the audience gave it a rating of 9.0 only proves that everyone really loves Lin Yuan.

This score is second only to "The King's Avatar" with a score of 9.3, "The Shawshank Redemption" with a score of 9.2, and "The Godfather" with a score of 9.1 on the IMDB rating list.

As well as three films tied for 9.0 points: "The Godfather Part II", "2 Angry Men" and "Schindler's List".

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" surpassed "Pulp Fiction"'s 2 points and ranked 8.9th on the list!
This also means that Lin Yuan alone has appeared in two of the top ten films in IMDB ratings.

As time goes by, perhaps more than half of the top ten movies in the future will be Lin Yuan’s movies.

"How much is the box office in the first week? What is the expected global box office?" Lin Yuan asked.

"I won't let you guess this time. The promise I made when you lost the bet last time hasn't been fulfilled yet." Mr. Eisen complained dissatisfiedly.

"That's because I don't want to just give you a guest role where you show your face. I want to give you a serious role with a lot of screen time. However, there is no role suitable for you in "Lin Yuan and His Wife". I will definitely do it next time!" Lin Yuan replied with a smile.

The last time the two of them made a bet on the box office of "The King of Spy Wars", Lin Yuan lost.

Mr. Eisen was supposed to have a cameo role in the next movie, but Lin Yuan didn't do it. Now Mr. Eisen is reminding him to remember to fulfill his debt.

"Next time? I don't even know where your next movie will be," said Mr. Eisen.

"Soon! After I think it through, I will submit a new film plan soon. Let's talk about the box office first?" Lin Yuan asked.

"'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' grossed $2 million in North America in its first weekend. Are you surprised by this result?" said Mr. Eisen.

"The results are very good, but it's within reason. There are no particularly unexpected surprises," Lin Yuan replied.

The previously released "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" took in $1 million in its first week with a 45% screening rate.

This time, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" took in $2 million at the box office in its first week with a 55% screening rate.

It can be said that it is already quite outstanding. The screening rate has increased by about 25%, but the box office has increased by 50%.

Moreover, this is a leap in growth based on a high base box office, which is quite difficult.

However, it is still slightly inferior to the first-week performance of "The King's Avatar", which earned $27 million with only a 1.18% screening rate.

It’s not that “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” is not good enough, it’s just that “Lord of Spy” is too amazing, which greatly raised Lin Yuan’s box office surprise threshold.

Although he knew that "The King's Avatar" could only achieve such results with the blessing of the right time, place and people, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" did not have these conditions after all.

You know, a movie ticket for "The King of Spy" costs as much as 20 US dollars!
"Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is priced at the regular $12.

Mr. Eisen smiled and said, "Are you hungry now? Even the $1.5 million opening weekend in North America isn't enough to satisfy you?"

"How could that be? This is a Disney movie, after all. If it actually surpassed The King's Avatar at the box office, I wouldn't necessarily be happy. After all, he's our own child." Lin Yuan quickly shifted his focus. "Hahaha, that's true. Then let me tell you about the box office projections."

"Tell me, I'm also curious about how many there are."

"The total box office in North America is expected to be $5.76 million, and the global box office is expected to be $16.7 billion." Mr. Eisen gave the answer.

Hearing this number, Lin Yuan felt it was really good.

The previous version of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" had a box office of 4.23 million US dollars in North America and a total global box office of 10.66 billion US dollars.

It seems that the performance in North America has increased by 1.5 million US dollars compared with the previous life, and the global box office has increased by 6 million US dollars!
Based on the current exchange rate of 1:8.7 between the US dollar and the RMB, this is equivalent to a box office of 145 billion RMB.

Combined with the current comprehensive assessment of purchasing power in 2003, this box office is equivalent to 2024 billion RMB in 580!

It's really outrageous, faster than robbing money.

A nuclear-powered money printing machine is only at this level.

Compared with its potential competitor "The Lord of the Rings: Rise of the King", the previous life had a North American box office of 3 million US dollars and a global total box office of 3.8 billion US dollars.

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" should be sure to win!
This means that Lin Yuan is about to complete the systematic serial task of winning the top two global box office of the year.

Nowadays, when attributes are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain, a large amount of attribute points are about to arrive, which is really exciting.

"It's a very good result, but it's still a little worse than "The King of Spy Wars." Lin Yuan nodded and praised.

Five months ago, "The King's Avatar" grossed $8.3 million in North America and $23.76 billion worldwide.

It's nearly $2 million more than the already incredible "Pirates of the Caribbean 7"!
If "The King's Avatar" had not come out, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" would have been the undisputed new global box office record maker.

Even if we are ranked second now, we still have unlimited glory.

"How come the overseas box office of 'Pirates of the Caribbean 2' has increased so much? Do we still have room for overseas expansion?" Lin Yuan asked.

After all, the North American region only increased by 1.5 million US dollars compared to the previous life, but overseas it increased by 4.5 million US dollars, which is a three-fold increase.

This shows that Linyuan's influence overseas is still growing rapidly.

"The overseas box office totaled 11 billion US dollars, and the largest source of revenue was still Japan. It made me laugh to death that you, a Chinese, actually have your overseas base in Japan," Mr. Eisen said with a smile.

Lin Yuan rolled his eyes and asked, "Why don't you say it's North America?"

"Japan's total box office is expected to be 500 billion yen, equivalent to 3.2 million US dollars, which is actually more than "The King of Spy". It can be seen that your popularity in Japan is still rising, which should be related to the holding of the kendo tournament." Mr. Eisen said.

This data surprised Lin Yuan very much.

After all, the global box office of "King of Spy" is much higher than that of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", but its box office in Japan was surpassed by "Pirates of the Caribbean 2".

This only shows that the Japanese people's recognition of him is increasing.

There has even begun to be a phenomenon in the fan circle where people don't care about the quality of the work, but just rush to buy tickets as long as they see Lin Yuan starring in it.

(End of this chapter)