The impact of popular movies is all-encompassing, especially for Hollywood's major studios, and following the trend is always one of the least risky production models.

Just as Ronan held a production meeting to confirm that the next two sequels of "Pirates of the Caribbean" would be filmed in a set film, some news was circulating in Hollywood circles.

Many studios, including the Big Six, are discussing the feasibility of making a new pirate film.

It's never a shame for studios to follow the bandwagon.

Ronan doesn't care about this kind of thing, strictly speaking, he doesn't do less to follow the trend.

For example, "Hurricane Rescue" is a typical work that follows the trend of "Spy Shadow".

And it's not enough to follow the trend once, and a sequel to this film has also been put on the agenda, because Liam Neeson is filming "Batman: Time to War", so it won't start filming until next year, and it will be released in 2004 or 2005.

In the former "Hurricane Rescue 2", Liam Neeson was too old, and he had to use a lot of stand-ins for many action shots, relying on post-editing to connect them, resulting in very clean and exciting action scenes in the first part, and a bit miserable in the second part.

Now there is no need to worry about this, because of age, Liam Neeson is in good health, and has been receiving professional training for the filming of "Hurricane Rescue" and "Batman: Time to War".

Ronan's plan is to finish the "Hurricane Rescue" trilogy before Liam Neeson's physical condition completely declines.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" then ushered in its second weekend after its North American release.

As a typical film year, in this crowded summer file, you can see first-line big productions everywhere.

This weekend, "Jedi Men 2", produced and distributed by Sony Columbia, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Michael Bay, and starring Will Smith, opened its film release.

If nothing else, just by looking at the list of the main creators, you can know the strength of this action crime film.

And with a production cost of $130 million, "Jedi Men 2" definitely belongs to today's top first-line productions.

Ronan also came to Miami from Los Angeles at the invitation of Will Smith and Sony Colombia for the premiere of the film.

In 1994, gold producer Jerry Bruckheimer teamed up with little-known advertising and music video director Michael Bay to produce "Jedi Men", and the starring roles were selected for the first time in the film industry, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, who became Columbia Pictures' box office and profit champions in 1995, grossing more than $140 million at the global box office.

Jedi Men became the stepping stone for Michael Bay, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence to enter Hollywood, and the film and DVD continued to flourish in the years that followed.

In particular, Michael Bay and Will Smith, the successful transformation brought about by "Jedi Men" also made them world-class movie characters.

The former is recognized as an "explosive maniac", and the latter is revered as "Emperor Shi".

This is a typical Michael Bay film, a typical work full of male hormones, which can be called a direct manifestation of the driving force of human destruction desire.

The big American Humvee crosses the small Cuban bungalow, and the real man Will Smith never looks back to the explosion!

As for the plot logic or something, since "Into the Island of Death", there is no such thing in Michael Bay's films, and there is no need for this kind of thing.

Even an unreliable oil worker can fly into space and insert an asteroid angrily, what is the point of a real man who never looks back at the explosion?

Once on the network on the other side of the Pacific, someone commented on "Jedi Men 2", Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are in charge of Jedi Men, and Michael Bay is in charge of 2......

But these have never been a problem in the eyes of film company owners and investors.

For example, Ronan, as well as other producers who have worked with Michael Bay, such as Sony Columbia and Walt Disney, it seems that Michael Bay is definitely a good director!

It's worth more than David Lynch and Woody Allen combined and multiplied by five.

Michael Bay's films never have to worry about financing, and there is no need to worry about no one investing, because the current Michael Bay is worth every dollar invested by the studio.

For films like those of great art directors, investors and producers have to carefully calculate how much cost they can reap at the box office, how much they can recover offline, and how many years they will have to operate in the offline market to generate profits.

From the time he directed his first film, Jedi Men, Michael Bay's films never seemed to have to worry too much about the producers.

Jedi Men 2 is no exception.

On the first day of release in the North American market, this action crime blockbuster won $16.88 million, squeezing out "Pirates of the Caribbean" and becoming the box office champion of the day.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" dropped to second place with $14.85 million.

But Michael Bay's films have always had a mediocre reputation, and most of the trends are high and low, and the crazy explosion certainly attracts the audience, but it is also easy to cause aesthetic and visual fatigue.

If "Pirates of the Caribbean" is a commercial fast food movie that leans towards the infancy, then Michael Bay's film is the super fast food of fast food.

Generally speaking, since Friday is a weekday and Saturday is a typical rest day, many films do better at the Saturday box office than on Friday.

However, this kind of regular box office trend is obviously not suitable for real men who never look back at the explosion.

On Saturday, the day after its release, the box office fell four percent to $16.2 million.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" showed strong vitality and rebound momentum, closing $17.41 million on the same day, snatching back the crown of the single-day box office champion from "Jedi Men".

The good audience reputation has allowed "Pirates of the Caribbean" to maintain a stable and strong box office trend.

When the second weekend passed, Pirates of the Caribbean grossed just 35 percent less than its opening weekend, collecting another $46.86 million.

Although "Jedi Men" has been showing a declining box office trend in the three days of its opening weekend, its overall performance is also quite good, with $46.52 million in its opening weekend.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" came from behind and won the top spot at the North American box office, while the newly opened "Jedi Men" could only be relegated to second place at the box office by a narrow margin.

Two weeks after its release, "Pirates of the Caribbean" easily surpassed the $100 million mark at the North American box office, earning $151.92 million in just ten days.

This pirate movie not only swept away the decline of previous movies of the same genre, and the box office was extremely hot, but more importantly, it drew an extremely stable box office trend under the good reputation of the audience.

At the same time, statistics from the offline distribution department of Embassy Pictures were also sent to Ronan, "Pirates of the Caribbean" with infinite charm has influenced the entire film market and countless fans, while the box office is hot, it has also driven the hot sales in the surrounding market, and related peripheral products have sold nearly $30 million in ten days.

In addition, six or seven companies have already begun to negotiate with Embassy Pictures for the licensing of "Pirates of the Caribbean" related products.

The market for this is very large.

After the release of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", Warner Bros. has licensed the rights to the "Harry Potter" series of products, a total of 12 companies have obtained various product licenses, and Warner Bros. has earned more than $320 million in licensing fees for just ten years.

Many big-selling movies are out of the audience's sight, and the output value that can be created is much higher than that in theaters.

The popularity of "Pirates of the Caribbean" in North America has quickly spread overseas by today's developed media networks, and the overseas promotion and distribution of Embassy Pictures is also in full swing, starting from mid-July, this pirate epic blockbuster has been promoted to the most important international film markets in Hollywood, such as Europe, Latin America, East Asia and Australia.

Thanks to the film's momentum in North America and the rising box office, as well as the strong commercial belonging of the film itself and the unique charm of blockbusters, "Pirates of the Caribbean" has just been released overseas, and it has also set off a wave of pirates.

If the little blacksmith Will Turner took the route of an orthodox steel hunk, which is not uncommon in Hollywood movies in the past, then the charm of Captain Jack Sparrow can be described as "unstoppable".

"Johnny Depp was born for a wicked character like Jack Sparrow. ”

"The bewitching stride between Jack Sparrow's hip-twisting stride and the orchid's fingers is intoxicating. ”

"The moment the movie really took off was when Captain Jack ran away for the first time, he grabbed the rope and swung it up and down and out like a swing, and my heart stayed in that happy state until the end of the movie. ”

"A good-looking movie, the plot is really gripping, and Depp is really handsome!ah!ah!ah!"

"The enchanting pirate captain instantly reminds me of a sentence——— forgive me for my bohemian love of freedom in this life!"

It seems that every time a movie is released in a country or region, the charm of Captain Jack Sparrow can easily conquer the fans there.

Perhaps the British "Times" evaluation speaks for many.

"Captain Jack Sparrow, a crazy character who is above the plot! Johnny Depp, a magical personality actor! The screenwriter of the film is brilliant, the section is compact, and the special effects are amazing, how can people not love it!"

Before Captain Jack Sparrow appeared, no one would have imagined that such a free madman, a bohemian, righteous and evil pirate, could produce infinite charm.

As a result, it became inevitable that "Pirates of the Caribbean" would be a big hit overseas.

In the three days of its Australian premiere weekend, "Pirates of the Caribbean" earned an almost insane $6.6 million, a feat even higher than "Spider-Man."

In its first week overseas, "Pirates of the Caribbean" earned $63.57 million in more than 30 countries and regions.