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Chapter 357 I always like Fate (crossed out) Star Wars
🕑 Added 2025-06-09 15:00:46 +0000 UTCWashimine has invested so many resources and funds in UBW, so of course they have high expectations for this movie.
Nanaya and Shion have made an estimate based on the performance of the first half of Fate.
UBW's ideal box office result is $100 million in the first weekend, over $400 million in North America, and over $1 billion worldwide.
But ideal results can only ever be ideals. Whether it will be successful will only be known after looking at the box office results in the next few days.
Judging from the current situation, Nanaya personally thinks that it is somewhat difficult.
It’s not that he has no confidence in his movies, but that he cannot guarantee that his movies will maintain their performance.
You know, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" will be released in May. Under the impact of Captain Jack Sparrow's Black Pearl, I really have no idea how much box office UBW can maintain for seven nights.
Although the second part of "Pirates of the Caribbean" did not receive as good reviews as the first one, it still has a solid foundation and is not a paper tiger like "War of the Worlds" and "Fantastic Four".
The global box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" of 1 billion U.S. dollars is real. Such a movie can create huge waves no matter what period it is released in.
Although it sounds a bit like losing before the battle, Captain Jack's popularity is indeed higher than that of Artoria at the moment.
But Nanaya did not think that he would be powerless to fight back. Although the protagonists of "Pirates of the Caribbean" are called the Iron Triangle, it can be said that the popularity is almost entirely concentrated on Captain Jack alone.
Although the most capable Artoria on the UBW side cannot beat Captain Jack, the problem is that UBW has more people. If you can't beat him alone, a group of people can at least beat him up, right?
On previous occasions, Nanaya had deliberately avoided particularly popular movies and chosen slightly better release dates.
But this time, Nanaya hopes to try to compete with the big guys on the same stage.
Just as Nanaya was daydreaming, a Lincoln drove into the Upper West Side.
Like several previous films on Nanaya, the premiere of UBW was also held at the AMC Cinema in Lincoln Square.
This may be due to habit or superstition.
After all, the films that had premiered here during the seven nights all performed very well, and Washimine probably thought that holding a premiere here this time might also be successful.
This idea has no basis, but it is accepted by most people in the publicity and promotion department.
Perhaps because box office results are such a mysterious thing, people working in the entertainment industry are more superstitious than those in other industries.
Nanaya himself didn't feel anything. To him, as long as the god said that he was the one who allowed him to reincarnate, Nanaya would have no problem worshipping that god every day in the future.
At this time, Lincoln Square was already crowded with reporters and fans, all of whom were there to attend the premiere of UBW.
Many fans who did not win tickets for the premiere also came here spontaneously just to catch a glimpse of their idols.
Unfortunately, unlike the previous premieres of Nanaya, the weather was not good today and it was a rainy day.
Although it wasn't pouring rain where you couldn't even see clearly, it was definitely impossible to walk outside without an umbrella in this amount of rain.
But no matter how heavy the rain is, the premiere must still be held.
Washimine spent several million dollars on this premiere, so how could it be cancelled just because of rain?
It’s just that due to weather reasons, many activities were affected, especially the key red carpet events in the early stages.
In order to ensure the safety of the participants, the red carpet, which was originally several hundred meters long, was moved indoors and its length was reduced to a few dozen meters.
Faced with this narrow red carpet, all the stars attending the premiere were in no mood.
Everyone showed up quickly, took two photos for the reporters and then it was over.
It feels like a complete formality.
However, the appearance of some stars can still cause a sensation.
For example, Ishida, whose popularity in Fate is second only to Lily, caused the crowd to scream as soon as he appeared.
Although Ishida was wearing a suit, it still couldn't hide the strong muscles under his clothes. Combined with his resolute face, it gave people a feeling of "body of steel".
Fortunately, Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel" has not been released yet, otherwise Nanaya believes that many media would definitely describe Ishida like this.
The one who appeared with Ishida was Rin. Not only them, but everyone else also appeared as the master and servant together.
Although Archer has betrayed Tohsaka Rin in the plot, the organizers still put her together with Ishida when arranging the event.
However, compared to Ishida, Rin seemed much more low-key. She wore a black and red dress that was very much like Tohsaka Rin, and her style seemed a bit conservative.
Hidden under the dress were long legs in black stockings. Nanaya could still guarantee this, after all, Rin specially sent Nanaya a photo this morning.
In fact, Nanaya was supposed to appear as a Rider team with Scarlett, but unfortunately Scarlett was given to Sakura by the organizer, and Nanaya herself appeared with Shion.
Hey! Boss, you must be abusing your power, right? !
So all the media and reporters saw that the film director Nanaya Kiryu, who appeared on the stage with Chairman Washimine, had a forced smile on his face.
Although the reporters were a little curious as to why Nanaya didn't look very happy, was it because there were problems in the preparations for the new Fate project?
But no matter how curious they were, they pressed the shutter button quickly to record this legendary Japanese director from every angle.
"Stop having a stern face and smile at me."
Shion took Nanaya's hand and whispered a warning secretly.
"Aren't I laughing?" Nanaya replied helplessly.
"You call this laughing? It's uglier than crying!"
Shion is not ready to act too intimate with Nanaya in public, as that would leave her with no way out.
Unless Nanaya makes it clear that he will marry her, the cautious Shion does not intend to hang herself on Nanaya's tree.
Although Shion didn't think there was any other tree she could climb besides this one.
"Okay, hurry up and smile at me, or I won't let you sleep tonight!"
[Hiss——Sister, what do you want to do? ]
Nanaya took a deep breath and tried to make his smile more natural.
"Very good."
Shion nodded, and she pulled Nanaya towards the screening room.
As the red carpet ceremony came to an end, many viewers entered the screening room with their tickets.
According to the organizer's arrangement, the fourth to seventh rows in the front of the screening room are reserved for invited guests, the eighth row is for crew members, the rows after that are allocated to the media and film critics, and the remaining seats are for ordinary audiences.
Fate is now a big IP after all, so there must be a lot of people invited.
Such an arrangement is certainly not fair to the audience, after all, there were no good seats from the beginning.
But when participating in such events, the audience will definitely care more about the atmosphere. If they really want to sit on the throne and watch a movie comfortably, they will have to wait until later, or go directly to other cinemas.
Today, May 4th, there is more than one theater holding advance screenings. In addition to AMC theaters, there are 3,600 other theaters in North America holding advance screenings.
When it officially starts to hit theaters tomorrow, the 5th, UBW's opening will be expanded to 4,319 theaters in North America, with a total of 6,204 screens.
The main reason for achieving such a luxurious opening number is the huge success of the first half of Fate, which gave the theaters full confidence.
In addition, there were no blockbusters during this period, so all the screenings in early May were given to UBW.
As the second half of a big hit movie, the attendance rate of the UBW advance premiere was not low, and all the IMAX theaters were packed without exception.
“There are quite a few people coming.”
Shion said contentedly as she walked into the screening room.
"Because the premiere is full of fans, if the Fate IP can't even fill these few seats, then we should give up as soon as possible."
Nanaya curled his lips and said.
Shion scolded, "How can you say that about our child?"
"Puff----"
Nanaya spurted out, he glared at Shion and asked back, "Ours?"
Shion chuckled and replied, "I paid for the movie, and you made it. Isn't Fate our child?"
"I have nothing to say..."
Nanaya shook his head and was about to go to his seat to wait for the movie to start, but unexpectedly he was stopped by Peter Jackson.
"Nanaya." Fatty Peter said cheerfully, "Let me introduce you, this is..."
"I know."
Nanaya answered quickly: "Nice to meet you, Mr. George Lucas."
"Hello, Director Kiryu. Peter was just telling me about you."
The father of Star Wars looked Nanaya up and down, then grabbed the hand that Nanaya extended.
“You made a great movie.”
George Lucas smiled and said, "Fate Part 1 is very interesting, almost surpassing Revenge of the Sith."
"No, Fate is far from Star Wars." Nanaya acted excited, "I grew up watching Star Wars. It was the Star Wars series that gave me the dream of becoming a director."
"Yeah?"
Nanaya nodded vigorously: "Yes, I once thought of making Saber's sword look like a lightsaber, but unfortunately I gave up because the style was really incompatible."
"King Arthur with a lightsaber? That's really interesting."
George Lucas smiled happily. After all, everyone likes to be praised.
“It’s true.”
Nanaya said with a look of regret: "It's a pity that Fate was released too late. Now Star Wars has already ended. Otherwise, it would be nice to let Artoria make a cameo appearance in Jedi Knight, and the name would be Mysterious Heroine X."
"Haha, if there is a chance, I really want to take a look."
Looking at Nanaya chatting and laughing with George Lucas, although Shion was smiling on the surface, she was secretly complaining in her heart.
[Who said that "old-fashioned movies like Star Wars can be swept into the garbage dump of history"? ]
But Shion didn't know that Nanaya really didn't like the "Star Wars" movies, but he liked the money that "Star Wars" brought him.
