"The Jungle Book" is a global hit, and "Pirates 2" is scheduled to be released in the summer and has begun promotion.

Naturally, Zhang Yu will not participate in the promotion of this film.

Of course, the promotion of this film cannot avoid him.

"Iron Man" is about to be launched, but "Harry Potter 2" has already been launched.

If Tian Yu is the most popular child actor in China, then the young actor who plays Harry Potter is the most popular child actor in Europe and the United States.

When the second part of "Harry Potter" is released, he may become the most popular child star in the world.

Of course, the premise is that this sequel can be a hit.

Can it be popular?

I'm afraid there is no doubt about it.

After the first "Harry Potter" movie was released, a novel of the same name was also published, which sold astonishingly.

When the second part is released, the corresponding novel will also be released.

This series of movies has undoubtedly become a huge IP.

If "Iron Man" is successful, there may not be a novel, but comics are still very likely.

Lion King Film and Television will develop the IP value of a series to the extreme.

In this regard, Hollywood is undoubtedly more mature than China.

At the end of June, "The Jungle Book" was released, and its global box office total exceeded 1.5 billion US dollars.

Among them, the domestic box office is nearly 4 billion.

The investment in the film was huge, but it was obviously still a hugely profitable movie.

And what about Tian Yu?

Now there is no doubt that he has become the young actor with the highest cumulative box office in the world.

And that's just counting the movies he starred in.

If you count the movies with cameos or supporting roles, it would be even more.

There are probably not many actors in China who can compare with him.

Of course, how strong is Tian Yu’s box office appeal?

That's probably not possible.

His high box office is mostly due to the movies themselves. For example, this "Jungle Book" and the "Baby" series.

In mid-July, "Pirates 2" will be released worldwide.

Although the first film did not lose any money, compared with other blockbusters written by Zhang Shisan, it can only be regarded as tepid.

For a film in this situation, the risk of making a sequel is undoubtedly very high.

However, Zhang Shisan supported it, and director Chen Shan also breathed a sigh of relief.

He is not convinced!

This is the second part.

The film premiered, and Zhang Yu returned to China to attend.

Many people in the circle also came to cheer.

In fact, even if Zhang Yu did not participate, there were still many people in support.

The premiere of "The Jungle Book" was also star-studded.

Chen Shan's appeal in the industry is no worse than Xu Sen's, not to mention that the film's main creative lineup is not comparable to that of "The Jungle Book."

Even if the dubbing "big names" of that film are gathered together.

"That guy Chen Shan seems very nervous?" Zhang Hang smiled and whispered to Zhang Yu next to him.

Is Chen Shan nervous?

Obviously it can't be seen.

Zhang Hang said that simply because the two of them have been old friends for many years and know each other well.

And there was a bit of ridicule in those words.

"If the second part fails to meet expectations, the company will probably not support the third part." Zhang Yu shook his head and said, "Director Chen is very interested in this series and has devoted a lot to it."

How can we achieve expectations?

Obviously it can't be like the first one.

If you just don't lose money or make little money, then it will naturally fall short of expectations.

The big productions of Thirteen Films, especially the scripts given by Zhang Yu, should not be like this.

Although no money was lost, if the income was too poor, it would naturally be abandoned by Thirteen Films.

After all, those big productions of Thirteen Films are all big hits.

Not only does it make a lot of money, it also has a huge impact.

If the income is poor, then why not put the funds and energy into other films?

"The company doesn't support it?" Zhang Hang looked at Zhang Yu and said with a smile, "What about you?"

"I can't just have my own way, right?" Zhang Yu said.

"For this series of movies, you should write more than two scripts, right?" Zhang Hang asked.

Zhang Yu nodded.

He actually wrote more than two scripts for this series.

There are several "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, and he has written several scripts.

"Not every script I write will be successful," Zhang Yu said, "and my scripts may not always make a lot of money. If the profit is not good, why continue filming?"

This actually counts as a timely stop loss.

If you can earn more but choose to earn less, what is that if not a loss?

"Then you support filming the second part because you think there will be changes?" Zhang Hang asked.

If it weren't for Zhang Shisan's support, obviously there would be nothing happening with the second part.

Zhang Hang still knows this.

This incident also caused quite a reaction.

Many people don't understand this.

"Director Chen is not willing to give in, so why am I not?" Zhang Yu said, "Actually, it is not that there is no market foundation for filming the second film. The box office of the first film may not be very good, but after it was posted on major websites around the world, other films

The data in all aspects are pretty good.”

What's the meaning?

This means that this movie became popular after it was released!

Videos like this are actually not uncommon.

Of course, this is different from those films that failed at the box office and had a very bad reputation when they were released, but were later regarded as classics.

The reputation of "Pirates" is still good.

The film was neither well-received nor a box office hit.

After all, if it is not a hit, how can it not lose money? The investment and production cost of the film is not low.

"The box office is not good?" Zhang Hang said, "People from other film and television companies may not know how to deal with this after hearing this. However, you are qualified to say this."

The box office performance of "Pirates" did not meet expectations, and that's because expectations were very high.

There are also hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign box office.

This is definitely the highest-grossing movie besides those blockbusters written by Zhang Shisan.

In other words, compared with "Pirates", the highest-grossing films from other film and television companies abroad are far behind.

Even those films by Cheng Jie.

Cheng Jie is very famous internationally, but his current films, except for the "Die Hard" series with Zhang Shisan, are really unable to make a profit at the box office.

The box office of "Pirates", if it were released by other film and television companies, the sequel would be just fine.

It’s just that nothing can stand comparison.

"What do you think of this film? Does it have the potential to become a hit?" Zhang Hang then asked.

"It's hard to say, I haven't even seen the finished film yet!" Zhang Yu said with a smile.

But there was a bit of embarrassment in his smile.

"You're the producer." Zhang Hang said speechlessly.
To be continued...