[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr":3,"chapter-the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-chapter-392":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Academic Director: Reborn in the Film Industry",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2297392,4493,"Chapter 392: Comparison","the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-chapter-392",392,"\u003Cp>The 109 million dollars earned by *New Pirates of the Caribbean* in its first three-day weekend took many in Hollywood by surprise; this result was unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one ignores other factors and looks only at the performance of Cao Yang’s previous film, *Inception*, the 109 million for *New Pirates of the Caribbean* is considered normal, as *Inception* earned over 98 million dollars in its first three-day weekend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is also normal for a new film to have a slightly higher box office than the previous one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, why does *New Pirates of the Caribbean* have the word \"New\" in it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is because the previous version of *Pirates of the Caribbean* flopped. At the time, the CEO of Disney was still Michael Eisner, and because the results were so poor, he directly shelved this major Disney IP.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As everyone knows, rebooting a film carries risks, even greater risks than original films, as people always subconsciously compare a reboot to the previous film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A little thought reveals that the previous film must have flopped to be shelved; when compared to a flop, if everyone thinks there is little difference from the previous film, or even feels it is inferior, then it is destined to flop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it is considered more interesting than the previous film, it is only better than a flop; if it does not subvert expectations or grant the new film \"stature,\" it is still likely to flop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the difficulty of rebooting a film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Robert Iger rebooted this film after taking office was also after careful consideration; he had the intention of competing with Michael Eisner—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn't you say I wasn't capable of being CEO? If I succeed with a film you failed with and shelved, doesn't that prove your judgment was poor? Then those words saying I wasn't suitable for CEO would have no authority and be pure bullshit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also another reason why he fully supported *New Pirates of the Caribbean* and was so excited after the box office numbers came out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky-high box office of *New Pirates of the Caribbean* did not just make Robert Iger happy; Jeff Robinov, the president of Warner Bros. Pictures, was also somewhat happy, in addition to secretly sighing that Robert had gotten lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, Warner Bros. has two films in cooperation with Cao Yang, one of which, *Batman: The Dark Knight*, directed by Nolan with Cao Yang as producer and screenwriter, is currently in post-production.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is also a Batman spin-off film that Cao Yang is to direct, *Joker*, which has already been greenlit and is expected to film at the end of February.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Yang’s success once again gave Jeff Robinov more confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first *Batman* film directed by Nolan, *Batman Begins*, was also a reboot; after all, the popularity of Batman is certainly much greater than that of *Pirates of the Caribbean*, and it possesses a larger fan base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely because that film did not make money at the box office that Warner thought about changing directors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Cao Yang could make the rebooted *New Pirates of the Caribbean* so successful, the second *Batman* film he is producing and writing will undoubtedly have a higher probability of success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spin-off film *Joker*, which he is directing himself, will also be easier to succeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Yang has received many congratulatory calls these past few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warner CEO Barry Meyer, Warner Bros. Pictures president Jeff Robinov, Tom Rothman who has been promoted to global vice chairman of Sony Pictures, Sony Classics president Michael Barker, Fox Searchlight president Peter Rice, and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Zong from China Film Group, Hou Keming from Beijing Film Academy, Xie Xiaojing who also serves as the head of the Youth Film Studio, as well as Old Tian and others, have all called Cao Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition to congratulating him on the box office explosion of *New Pirates of the Caribbean* in North America, they also told Cao Yang about the domestic box office situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Domestically, it was also released on the 21st; although Cao Yang did not return to the country for promotion, he had Duan Yihong and Jude Law go to the country for promotion one week before the release.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jude Law is known as \"Qiu Hua\" in the country; he is currently in his prime, mainly because he has not yet gained weight or gone bald, and he has a thick head of hair, with a level of handsomeness no worse than a young Leonardo DiCaprio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he is not as famous as Depp or Leonardo in China, and his box office appeal is certainly not as good as Depp or Leonardo, there are still many people who like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yihong can now be considered one of the few people in the country who can have great fame in Hollywood; in this day and age, actors who can gain fame in Hollywood are automatically classified as top-tier in the country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Jude Law and Duan Yihong promoting it domestically, plus the fact that it is a film directed by Cao Yang, the promotional intensity is already sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be blunt, with Cao Yang’s current influence, the purpose of promoting a film he directed domestically is not to create any gimmicks, nor is it to focus on promoting the content of the film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main purpose is to let people know that a film directed by Cao Yang is about to be released; that is enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This release window in the US is called the Christmas window, while this window in the country is now called the New Year window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since the New Year window was made popular by Feng Xiaogang, it has now become one of the main windows for blockbuster competition, and every year there are bound to be a few blockbusters \"fighting\" during the New Year window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The competition this year is also very fierce; Cao Yang is cooperating with Feng Xiaogang, with Feng Xiaogang’s directed *Assembly* released on December 1st, and *The Warlords*, with a production cost of 40 million dollars, released on December 12th.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added to that is the co-production *New Pirates of the Caribbean*, making the competition in the domestic New Year window this year exceptionally fierce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the domestic box office market is getting better and better, major windows like the New Year window are no longer like before, where as long as one explodes, it will siphon off the box office of other films.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, compared to the US Christmas window and box office market, the domestic market still cannot compare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The US Christmas window can accommodate the explosion of *I Am Legend* starring Will Smith and *New Pirates of the Caribbean*, while also allowing *National Treasure: Book of Secrets* and *Alvin and the Chipmunks* to have very good box office results; the domestic market certainly cannot do this at present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, with *Assembly* being considered a major hit, it directly affected the box office of *The Warlords*, which was released 12 days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From its release on December 1st until now, a little over three weeks, *Assembly* has already achieved over 310 million in box office; the 400 million that Feng Xiaogang wanted to aim for is absolutely impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there are no accidents, it would be good to have 330 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main reason is that the release of *New Pirates of the Caribbean* affected not only the unlucky *The Warlords*, which was caught in the middle, but also the box office of *Assembly*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the impact is actually mutual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The release of *The Warlords* would certainly divert the box office of *Assembly*, and the \"harvesting\" of *Assembly* plus *The Warlords* for twenty-some days would certainly affect the audience’s enthusiasm for watching movies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this era is not a dozen years later, where watching a movie only costs the price of two cups of milk tea; nowadays, the price of a movie ticket is still a heavy burden relative to wages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This led to the fact that although *New Pirates of the Caribbean* was also a box office explosion, and even nearly 10 million higher than the first-day box office of *Assembly*, it did not break the first-day box office record.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, the first-day box office record is held by *Inception*, directed by Cao Yang, which earned a jaw-dropping 40 million-plus on its first day of release.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, a first-day box office of just over 40 million was a result that could make all filmmakers’ jaws drop in 2006.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, on the first day of *Inception*’s release, the total market even set a single-day box office record, with the daily market breaking 50 million, creating the highest single-day box office record in domestic history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this market box office record was not kept, because on the day *New Pirates of the Caribbean* was released, the market went straight to 55 million, once again creating a new single-day market box office record.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*New Pirates of the Caribbean*’s first-day box office was \"only\" over 39 million, with *The Warlords*, *Assembly*, *Crossed Lines*, and a host of other films released in late November and December splitting the remaining 16 million or so in box office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*The Warlords*, which had been released for exactly ten days, only had a box office of a little over 7 million that day, and the total box office had just broken 60 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is still because the word-of-mouth for *The Warlords* is okay, and it has big stars like Jet Li and Andy Lau; otherwise, the impact would only be greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Affected by *New Pirates of the Caribbean*, it would be good if the total box office of this film could break 100 million; it is estimated to be a bit difficult, after all, the impact has just begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most domestic reports on *New Pirates of the Caribbean* used the word \"regret.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1647,"2026-06-20T05:36:33.260Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","058acfe914515182f6bc8f23d7f4659956a2f48e18337e2779f77ce6d92d314b","the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-chapter-393","the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-chapter-391",411,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-cover.jpg"]