After Buying Marvel, I Became the King of Hollywood

Chapter 51:

After checking the queue, the conductor asked with an embarrassed expression.

The man hesitated for a moment, turned his head to look at his child, and was about to say something.

The little boy suddenly said loudly:

“I’m going to watch Pirates of the Caribbean, and I’m going to watch it later.”

A look of doting appeared on the man’s face.

Anyway, it’s a rest day anyway, so let’s take the children to play in this mall for a day, and then watch a movie in the evening.

After making up his mind, the man turned his head and said:

“Please give me three tickets.”

The conductor then took the credit card handed over by the man, and after swiping three Pirates of the Caribbean tickets, took out three evening tickets and handed them to the man.

…

It is not just this family that is in this situation.

All over the United States, in all the large theaters, countless families quarrel over which movie to watch, but all the families with children in them eventually choose Pirates of the Caribbean without exception.

As for The Lion King, although the first week of release, the box office rose very fiercely, but now it has been two weeks since The Lion King was released.

The vast majority of its audience, who like to watch it, have already finished watching it.

Most of the rest of the audience is actually somewhere between watching and not watching.

Compared with The Lion King and Pirates of the Caribbean, one is an animated film and the other is a live-action fantasy film, which is not a level of competitiveness at all.

Chapter 83 Restricting Depp’s Pay

Under such two choices, the Pirates of the Caribbean bloodthirsty took away part of the next box office of The Lion King, and won some key indicators for his box office top.

When Kevin and Hayek learned that Pirates of the Caribbean was so popular, they had to give up their plans to watch the movie in person.

Even they can only buy tickets for the evening. Kevin doesn’t have the patience to wait all day just to watch a movie. As a director, the whole plot of Pirates of the Caribbean is in his heart.

It is actually the most boring thing for a director to watch his own film.

In order to make up for the plan of not being able to accompany Hayek to the movies, Kevin had to act as a human-shaped ATM and take Hayak on a shopping spree.

This is to make up for her plan to not be able to see a movie with Kevin.

Of course, during the day as a cash machine, at night, Kevin turned into a humanoid planter, obedient to Hayake.

Touching Hayek’s skin, Kevin couldn’t put it down.

As a white Mexican, probably because of his eating habits, Hayek’s skin is not as rough as the average white American female.

Compared to Julie and Milla Jovovich, her skin is smoother and more delicate.

The two were lying on the bed, Hayak Tom lay on Kevin’s chest with a satisfied expression, rested for a while and then asked:

“Kevin, does Elizabeth have only three roles?”

Kevin had already told her that among Pirates of the Caribbean, Elizabeth, who played the most roles, only existed in three films.

After that, a whole new story begins.

Seeing that Pirates of the Caribbean is so popular, Hayek is somewhat unwilling.

Lying on the bed, stroking Hayek’s back, Kevin said in a relaxed tone:

“Pirates of the Caribbean, it is destined to be a one-man show by Captain Jack Sparrow. Although you are the heroine in name, in fact, in the movie, your role is not important.”

“Even if you stay longer in this movie, it’s actually too meaningful. You need a big heroine, or a big-budget movie with equal roles for men and women in the true sense.”

Kevin’s words immediately plunged Hayek into contemplation.

He was right.

In the current Hollywood, the status of female actors is far inferior to that of male actors.

Not to mention, let’s say that the number of stars who have exceeded 10 million US dollars in salary is much more male actors than actresses.

Pirates of the Caribbean, doesn’t really do much to boost her status in Hollywood.

That is, from the previous salary of three million US dollars, it has increased to two million, three million.

Her next movie can be called for a salary of eight million dollars. Of course, the specific salary must still be negotiated, and it may not be able to reach this amount.

As for Captain Jack Sparrow…

Hayek couldn’t help but feel a little jealous.

Kevin and Johnny Depp signed a $10 million salary for the first film, $15 million for the second, and $20 million for the third. After that, Pirates of the Caribbean, each sequel will increase by 500 million dollar contract.

This is simply to make Johnny Depp a Hollywood superstar.

You know, in Hollywood, the gap between stars and superstars lies in the salary of 20 million.

If you get a salary of 20 million yuan, you are recognized as a superstar in Hollywood. If you can’t get it, no matter how powerful the company behind it is and how hard the fans are, it will not be recognized by Hollywood.

Kevin naturally didn’t know that Hayek in his arms was jealous of Johnny Depp’s salary.

The reason why he gave such a high price is actually to use the contract to bind Johnny Depp reasonably.

Although film companies are the absolute upper-level forces in Hollywood, in the face of these superstars, sometimes even film companies have to make concessions.

Kevin used this huge increase to successfully get Depp to sign this fixed-payment contract, which was actually a huge advantage.

Although the first three movies, for Kevin, may not have taken any advantage.

But when the trilogy was released, and the influence of Pirates of the Caribbean was completely spread all over the world, Kevin took a big advantage.

You must know that in the original trajectory, Johnny Depp’s salary has skyrocketed since the fourth film.

For example, in the original Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Johnny Depp received a salary of 55 million. In this way, it was agreed by the Disney executives at the time that he took a big advantage.

Compared with the $20 million salary for the third film, it has tripled.

In the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean, Johnny Depp actually reported a salary of $90 million, enough to know how exaggerated the latter is.

That’s why Disney had to replace Johnny Depp, and it’s just too expensive.

If you make money, most of the income goes to Depp.

Once a loss, the investor can be greatly hurt.

It is based on this consideration that Pirates of the Caribbean 5 has never been able to be born, that is, the investors were undecided, and Depp was unwilling to reduce the salary at that time, and there was a scandal at the same time.

Make investors more hesitant.

And through the constraints of Kevin’s salary contract, suppressing the growth rate of Johnny Depp’s salary is the greatest benefit to the Pirates of the Caribbean.

In this way, Kevin can completely make the sequel to 5, 6, 7··9.

And it won’t be because of Johnny Depp’s salary that the movie can’t be shot.

As for not letting his salary increase so much, Kevin can only say that it is still too young.

The value of an actor can be evaluated with various data. If Kevin goes too far, the Screen Actors Guild is no joke.

But before the Pirates of the Caribbean exploded, Kevin signed a contract with Johnny Depp directly with such a superior contract, and no one could say no to this contract.

If Depp defaults, the consequences are more serious, in addition to losing money.

There will be no big production looking for him. Everyone will know that once the movie is a big hit, he will make very excessive demands, which will only ruin his stardom in Hollywood.

In short, Kevin is very careful about this aspect of the contract.

Of course, with the exception of Mission Impossible, he did it on purpose in order to cheat Paramount.

Waiting for Mission Impossible to make two more films, then Paramount wants to invite Tom to film. In addition to the high remuneration, the box office share should not be too small.

According to the treatment of superstars, it ranges from 10% to 20%.

These revenues are enough to squeeze Paramount’s profits to a very tight point.

Thinking of this, Kevin couldn’t help but laugh.

Hayek in the laughing arms moved for unknown reasons, so Kevin couldn’t help but turn over again and press Hayek under him…

Chapter 84 First Day Box Office (Pirates of the Caribbean)

The next day, in the beginning of summer, the scorching sun shone on Kevin’s face from outside the curtains.

Kevin woke up in a daze from the room that Hayek bought.

First, he closed his eyes and rested for a few seconds. After his head was clear, Kevin said gently to Hayek beside him:

“Dear, today I’m going to MGM to see how the box office is on the first day, so you can rest at home for a day.”

“I’ll prepare breakfast for you.”

Then looking at the stupefied Hayek, after humming on the bed as a sign of agreement, Kevin got up and dressed and cleaned up his personal hygiene.

After preparing a simple breakfast for Hayek, Kevin went out and got into the car driven by Chen Zhiwen.

I have to say that being Kevin’s bodyguard and part-time driver is really hard work.

When Kevin is not in the villa area, he often has to guard the neighborhood all night.

Of course, Kevin’s salary is enough.

Let Chen Zhiwen really not complain, and will only follow his duty honestly.

….

MGM, inside the president’s office.

Reiter is anxiously waiting for his statistician to convey to him the box office of Pirates of the Caribbean in every US state.

As a well-established film company, since Kevin joined MGM, MGM’s shares have risen by 20% in value.

And this value has a higher possibility of rising at any time.

People in the market are waiting for the box office results of Kevin’s latest work, Pirates of the Caribbean, in order to choose whether to snap up MGM’s circulating shares in the market.

That said, MGM is now too much influenced by Kevin.

Reiter, the president of MGM, was very uneasy about this.

Although the addition of Kevin is definitely a good thing for MGM, it is not a good thing if the influence is too great.

After all, Kevin is only the third shareholder, with only 10.5% of the shares.

Under this premise, Leiter is also actively arranging the pursuit of other directors and projects.

But so far, there are those who make small money, but compared with Kevin, it is undoubtedly a world of difference…

…

Stepping into MGM, Kevin walked towards the president’s office in high spirits.

As a major shareholder of MGM, and at the same time, he showed his face fiercely at the Oscars. In the company, it can be described as unimpeded.

“Director Kevin.”

“…”

People who saw Kevin greeted him one after another. Everyone knew that he was one of the most powerful people in MGM.

Even though Leiter is the president, Kevin is MGM’s major shareholder and the most powerful supporter of MGM’s current performance.

Kevin spoke, and in MGM, Bi Leiter is more powerful.

Facing the greetings from these staff, Kevin responded kindly.

A few minutes later, Kevin came to the president’s office.

Looking at Leiter who kept pacing, Kevin asked directly:

“Has Pirates of the Caribbean’s first-day box office come out?”

June 28 is Saturday.

Warner and MGM have specially arranged the schedule for this holiday.

And today is the time to harvest.

With a production cost of 100 million and an announcement of 20 million, this is a masterpiece with a higher production cost than the original Pirates of the Caribbean.