MTL - After Buying Marvel, I Became the King of Hollywood-Chapter 162

Kevin on the side had a faint smile on his face.

It's not in vain that he spent so much time for Spider-Man.

The box office on the first day created such a miracle. If this record continues, it is likely to create a box office record of more than 500 million at the North American box office.

Globally, it has steadily broken the record of one billion dollars.

The original Spider-Man made $820 million at the global box office, and Steve Kevin's adaptation of Spider-Man has even surpassed that record.

The specific box office location, Kevin is not sure.

But he dares to say that it will be the highest-grossing film of all his films to date, and it will be the second billion-dollar-breaking film in the movie market.

And the director who created the first billion-dollar film at the global box office was none other than Steven Spielberg.

That movie, called Jurassic Park.

Not being able to be the first person, Kevin is slightly regretful, but with this movie, his status in Hollywood will be elevated again.

Of course, inflated Kevin is definitely not inflated.

Because just this year, 1997, the real monster is coming.

Titanic, the prelude to the promotion has already started, after several years of shooting, the filming is finally completed, and it is still in post-production.

And it will raise the ceiling of the movie box office to two billion dollars in one fell swoop.

After that, many of the movies that can surpass it are the upper limit of the movie market brought by the progress of the times.

It can almost be said that this will be an undefeated box office myth.

Even Kevin has to admire James Cameron, but Kevin would definitely not do such a director.

James Cameron makes a movie, Kevin can make five or six movies, and Kevin can make five or six movies, when it comes to making money, he can hang the Titanic. Apart from this name, Kevin really doesn't envy .

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For a director like James Cameron, the most suitable thing is to just be a director.

Kevin and Spielberg are qualified businessmen directors, and the essence of businessmen is still ahead of directors.

Watching the two live treasures fighting in front of him, Kevin motioned for them to be quiet.

The two glanced at each other, knowing that Kevin had something to say, and quickly stopped fighting.

Seeing that everything was quiet, Kevin said:

"Since Spider-Man has a high probability of success at present, Iron Man and Ghost Rider should also prepare early."

"Yes."

It is about the future of the two, and they naturally attach great importance to it.

As soon as Kevin's words came out, the two responded immediately.

Mitt licked his face and said:

"Kevin, how much is the investment for these two movies?"

"Ghost Rider $100 million, Iron Man $120 million."

Mitt and Zach Snyder looked at each other, only to realize that he underestimated Kevin's determination.

Mitt smirked:

"Kevin, how about less?"

Seeing Mitt's cowardly look, Kevin got angry and asked directly:

"Why, don't you have confidence in yourself?"

Mitt flatly denied it.

"That's impossible. I'm just afraid that if I lose, the loss will be too great."

Zach Snyder, who was on the side, also chimed in.

"Why don't you reduce it a bit?"

At present, the size of Chenxi Film Company is only a few hundred million US dollars, and the cash on the account comes from the money earned by Shushan, which is only two or three hundred million US dollars.

Excluding the tax, Kevin used the money earned by Shushan as a cost and directly invested it in them.

While moved by Kevin's trust, they were also worried that they could not afford such a heavy responsibility.

That's $200 million, no small number anywhere.

If it is replaced by food, hundreds of millions of Americans can eat a full meal for a day. Only in this way can we better understand the concept of 200 million US dollars.

Kevin looked around, then smiled:

"I believe in your abilities. As long as you follow my ideas and make good commercial films, there will be no problems."

"Don't play that kind of literary youth, you must pursue some kind of art in this purely commercial film."

"What you have to do now is to make commercial films to make money. As for art films, you should consider it after you are fifty years old."

This is what Kevin thinks, the biggest advantage of the director's career is the longevity of the career.

If the health is good, the seventy-eighth will still be the director.

At the age of 30, shooting commercial films, laying the foundation for yourself in advance, when you are older, you will naturally shoot whatever you want.

Here, let's take Kai Director as an example. When Kai Director was young, a movie was directly conferred a god.

After that, although most of his films were between loss and breakeven, he was never short of investment. This is when he was young, and the foundation he laid was too good.

"Kevin is right!"

"Then shoot!"

Kevin's words are all here, and it also arouses the fighting spirit of the two.

Mitt agreed, and Zach Snyder followed.

Seeing that both of them agreed, Kevin said:

"Okay, let's rest for a while, Iron Man and Ghost Rider, I'm going to put it in next year's summer vacation, and there is still plenty of time. You should do research in advance on the projects you are responsible for."

"Also, do more work and go to Marvel to communicate more with Feige and the old man."

During the filming of Spider-Man, Stan Lee, as a supporting character, spent some time on the set of the film and got acquainted with them.

Kevin Feige, who has been there many times, is just as familiar.

"Then for the next thing, Kevin, you can be busy. Schneider and I will rest for a while before starting the new movie."

"Okay, after the script is completed, discuss it with me in detail and talk about your shooting plan."

After instructing, Kevin waved his hand and let them leave.

Then he picked up the office's landline phone and instructed someone to call Brother Russell over.

Brother Russell, it has been more than half a year since he took his fancy.

Among them, their works are not many, just one.

The TV version of Pirates of the Caribbean, Season 1, Level 12, tells the story of how Captain Jack Sparrow grew into a legendary pirate.

It contains the origin of the Black Pearl and the background of the story of Jack Sparrow.

At the same time that the TV series came out, Dawn Films also contacted the publishing house to write a more detailed novel for Captain Jack Sparrow.

The story begins with the birth of Jack Sparrow.

Yes, movies, TV, novels, and familiar IP production routines, but the influence of Pirates of the Caribbean movies is already big enough.

TV series and novels are supplements to the original plot.

Without these additions, Pirates of the Caribbean, the content of multiple novels in light movies, will always be lacking.

With the addition of TV series and novels, the story background of Pirates of the Caribbean is more perfect.

The significance of the morning movie is that the follow-up sequels are easier to shoot.

Pirates of the Caribbean has only released two movies and one TV series.

Among them, the TV series focuses on the adventures of Jack Sparrow when he was young. Of course, all kinds of beauties appear, as well as Jack Sparrow and their various large-scale action scenes.

Movies, as global content, are healthier.

The story focuses on Jack Sparrow's scavenger hunt adventures after middle age.

The two are not related to each other, but they complement each other's shortcomings.

The novel shows readers a world of legendary pirates with more space and details.

Trying to expand more IP from Pirates of the Caribbean.

For example, in the future Harry Potter, the follow-up derived where the magical animals go.

Pirates of the Caribbean can also dig out the experiences of other legendary pirates, which are the hidden wealth in IP.

In this day and age, Kevin can say without exaggeration that no one knows IP better than him.

About ten minutes later, the Russo brothers, who were studying the second part of the Pirates of the Caribbean TV series in the company, rushed to Kevin's office.

Yes, mention it here.

The Pirates of the Caribbean TV series has been renewed before it even aired.

Pirates of the Caribbean TV series, with high investment, movie-quality pictures, and large-scale action scenes, were naturally renewed.

In the United States, television stations are divided into public stations, cable stations, and pay stations.

Among them, public stations depend on advertising fees to survive. For the mainland, all TV stations are public stations.

The charging station and the cable station partially overlap.

The coverage of cable stations is far less than that of public stations, so if you want to survive, you must rely on payment.

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Therefore, under the competition of public stations, they have taken a different approach and created a special way to survive by relying on large-scale TV series.

There is no way for the public station to screen the audience, and the scale is naturally not big.

But paid TV stations are optional, especially if minors want to pay for it.

For pay TV stations, the ratings are actually how many paying subscribers there are.

It was agreed before that if there were a million viewers watching, it would be settled according to the normal TV series.

Every subsequent million will increase by a certain percentage.

The Pirates of the Caribbean series, meanwhile, was watched by 6 million people at the box office.

Of course, this is the overall score, an average value.

To this end, HBO TV paid Chenxi Movies a high price of five million US dollars for an episode. After deducting the cost, it can be regarded as a net income of more than 20 million US dollars for Chenxi Movies.

The two brothers also won a large bonus.

The recent days have been very nourishing, very happy, and happy every day.

"Director Kevin."

As soon as they entered, the two respectfully called out Kevin's name and occupation.

As for the title of Kevin's boss, because Kevin doesn't like it very much, let them stop calling him.

Therefore, now, the company's name for him is unified as Director Kevin.

Kevin adjusted his expression and said in a soft voice:

"sit."

After the two were seated, Kevin got down to business.

"Have you seen Spider-Man?"

"I saw it yesterday."

The Russo brothers nodded in response, and at the same time rejoiced in their hearts that at the premiere yesterday, they took advantage of the time to watch Spider-Man at night.