New Century Anime Warrior

Chapter 109 Boss, you didn't want this either...

"Taking away the young master?!"

Si Hua's voice trembled slightly.

"Over $4700 million!"

Mooger's voice was starting to distort; he was genuinely terrified by the number.

"Stephen, this is just the first day's box office! Nearly fifty million on the first day alone! Those old men on the board are practically hospitalized with excitement!"

It's no wonder those old guys at Disney went crazy, because while this isn't the best opening day result this year, it's still enough to rank in the top three.

"Stephen, did you know? The best opening day box office this year was for Spider-Man 3, which opened in early May, and it grossed close to $6000 million!"

"Spider-Man 3? Isn't that the third highest-grossing film of the year?"

May is one of the golden months for the North American film market, and Disney's flagship film, its darling, the final installment of the Pirates trilogy, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," was also released at the end of May.

Although it avoided the limelight of "Spider-Man 3", its opening day box office was only slightly over 40 million.

Compared to Spider-Man 3, its opening day box office was a full $1700 million lower, and it seemed that the plan to snipe its old rival Sony was about to fail.

Fortunately, the overseas market suddenly unleashed an amazing force, propelling "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" to the top of the annual box office.

It temporarily suppressed "Spider-Man 3," which had already been taken off the screens, and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," which had been in theaters for over forty days but was still showing in theaters. Otherwise, Disney would really be crying its eyes out this year.

After all, the disastrous performance of the original "Frozen" has already prepared Disney to use the money earned from "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" to fill the hole left by this animated film.

Even with the remake of Si Hua, which received high praise from the media, the market and media reviews are not directly linked, so Disney only hopes that this animated feature film will not lose money.

Another factor is the competition for the annual box office champion.

Spider-Man 3 has been shelved.

But the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in July almost scared the Disney board so much that they lost control of their bladder and bowels.

Because the box office growth curve of this magical boy is exactly the same as that of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3".

Its global box office has now reached over 900 million, which is not much different from "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" which has already finished its run.

This is why Disney's board insisted on releasing Frozen during the summer holidays; they were determined to thwart the box office performance of Harry Potter 5.

Whether it's good or bad, it can still siphon off some of the box office revenue from competitors, since they are all family-friendly movies aimed at teenagers.

But to everyone's surprise, Frozen got off to a flying start.

Although it didn't reach the opening day box office of "Spider-Man 3", it still surpassed its big brother "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" and its target "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".

This is absolutely insane!

Not many people have high hopes for you, but you're the one who proves them right.

This sentence became concrete at that moment.

"In addition, overseas box office figures from Europe and the United States have also been released, exceeding $4000 million," Moog added, providing a new statistic.

"That high? That means the total box office on the first day is already close to 9000 million?"

"Good, good, good!" Si Hua slammed his hand on the table. "Continue to monitor the box office situation and report back!"

Even after hanging up the phone, Si Hua still felt like she was dreaming.

Although he knew that Frozen would perform well in the future, when he took over the project, it was a complete mess.

Moreover, apart from Iger's genuine support, the support and trust given by other senior executives and a very small number of team members were nothing more than a compromise product of a desperate, half-hearted mentality.

"As long as that yellow-skinned kid can make this movie break even, or even beat the final box office of Harry Potter 5, that's enough."

"The rest is to send him back to where he came from. This is Disneyland, this is America, not a place for him to stay."

These remarks all came from some conservative senior members of the board.

"Unfortunately, someone in our company is the chosen one, haha!"

"Nobody knows more about animated films than me!"

As he spoke, Si Hua, the "Little Know-It-All," began playing the accordion in his office.

boom.

The office door was pushed open.

"Little brother—"

Su Wanqiu had just called out when she noticed Si Hua making strange movements with his hands in the air and grinning foolishly at the air.

"Did I come at the wrong time?" Su Wanqiu asked tentatively after a moment of silence.

"No, you've come at the perfect time. Uh oh, I mean, Sister Wanqiu, is there something you need?"

Si Hua quickly changed his tune because he suddenly realized that Su Wanqiu really understood the joke.

Sure enough, Su Wanqiu immediately gave Si Hua a dangerous look.

"Next time Lin Lin or my sister comes over, how about we ask them to act out a famous scene of Li Tanhua for you?"

"No need, no need, we can skip that and get down to business."

Although he really wanted to agree, his inner voice kept warning him not to say anything carelessly.

"A boastful but cowardly talker." Su Wanqiu scoffed. "Fine, I won't tease you anymore."

"I came here mainly to report to you on the development progress of our game."

As she spoke, Su Wanqiu handed Si Hua a paper document.

"We completed the expansion of the studio in early June, which accelerated the game's development progress to some extent."

"Of course, this acceleration isn't just limited to our game development team; the animation team is even faster."

"Just like you said in the meeting before, the animation team's art resources should still be prioritized for 'Perfect Blue'."

superior."

"I just confirmed with Xiaoyue that 'Perfect Blue' is now in the final stage of detailing and has freed up a lot of art resources for us."

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"Now that The Binding of Isaac has completed its core gameplay, level design, and boss mechanics, it's time to move on to the art style and item design phase."

"By the way, we also need the animation team's help with the character animations, UI, and special effects. When will you be able to take care of that?"

"Huh? Is 'Perfect Blue' progressing this fast? Why didn't Xiaoyue tell me about this?"

Si Hua was a little confused that the animation team's progress was actually being told to him by Su Wanqiu from the game team.

"Don't you even think about where you've been these past few months?" Su Wanqiu said irritably. "You've been like a wild man who never comes home, never asking about or caring about anything at home."

"Hehe, Sister Wanqiu, don't say things that could be misunderstood."

Si Hua cleared her throat. "Didn't I pack my things and head back to China as soon as the premiere ended?"

"hehe."

Su Wanqiu sneered, "Don't think I don't contact the teachers. You rushed back in such a hurry, aren't you? To prepare for the make-up exams when school starts?"

Damn, I miscalculated. I almost forgot that this auntie is my own senior sister.

"Disney's rising star creative director is facing a failing grade. Do you think my sister would be interested in this news?"

"I heard that your CCTV program focusing on the entertainment industry hasn't been officially approved by CCTV to go live yet?"

"What if it were revealed at this time that the most talked-about interviewee had a history of failing courses? What do you think would happen?"

"Boss, you don't want others to know you failed your course, do you?"

Si Hua was sunk, but he decided to fight back.

"Sister Wanqiu, you should watch less of those strange things; it's bad for your health."

"Isn't it just that they want me to allocate more resources to the game development team?"

"Given it!"

"I'll give you whatever you say, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Su Wanqiu smiled with satisfaction, looking extremely charming.

"Little brother, I want the resources, and I want the people too!"

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Why are you saying such dangerous things again?