Sat, Feb 11, 2012 | 16:14 GMT
Ubisoft says PoP movie could “outperform” Pirates of the Caribbean
During the BMO Capital Markets conference in New York today, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot stated that the firm has “very high hopes” for the Prince of Persia movie, and that it could “maybe be stronger than Pirates of the Caribbean.
“[The film] will show what a video game property can do in the industry”, said Guillemot. “What we hear, is that it could maybe be stronger than Pirates of the Caribbean which did 2.7 billion dollars worldwide.”
Jerry Bruckheimer has hinted that the film could be turned into a franchise providing the first one does well – but saying it could outperform Pirates is a tall order.
The second installment in the series, Dead Man’s Chest, is number seven on the All-Time USA Box office charts, as it raked in $423,032,628 in sales. The third, At World’s End, is the 27th top grossing film of all time with $309,404,152, and the original is at number 30 with $305,388,685.
Add all that together and it comes to the grand total of $God, with DVD sales and overseas figures not being taken into account.
Granted, Guillemot’s likely referring to the first film in the series, but $2.7 billion dollars worldwide may be hard to beat.
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12 comments
#1
Morrius
12/11/09, 8:15 pm
Good luck with that.
#2
theevilaires
12/11/09, 8:16 pm
yea I second that but we live in strange times so who knows
#3
ecu
12/11/09, 8:32 pm
It could outperform PotC1 if it turns out to be good, and if it gets a heavy marketing push.
#4
MushroomStamp
12/11/09, 8:34 pm
The chick playin the princess/love interest is hot
#5
freedoms_stain
12/11/09, 8:39 pm
What made 99% of the good stuff in Potc was the excellent performance of Johnny Depp (in the first one anyway, even the great man himself couldn’t do much with the atrocious plot, writing and scripting in the latter two films). Jake Gyllen-whasit can’t compare.
#6
Gekidami
12/11/09, 8:41 pm
Sure why not. The Resident Evil films are reconised as terrible by fans of the video game series and critics who just treat it like any other horror movie series. They still rake in alot of money though. Way more then they deserve.
#7
whoelse
12/11/09, 9:09 pm
Dead Man’s Chest is the second Pirates film btw, At Worlds End is the third.
#8
Stephany Nunneley
12/11/09, 9:28 pm
Oops sorry! So much Johnny Depp hurts my head.
#9
f1r3storm
13/11/09, 7:30 am
Well, would take at least two or three movies to get to 2.7 billion.
#10
Blerk
13/11/09, 8:31 am
The picture makes it look like it’s a Bollywood movie.
I’d be surprised if it outperformed Pirates, tbh – even though parts 2 and 3 of that franchise were crap.
#11
satsugai
13/11/09, 9:27 am
‘The picture makes it look like it’s a Bollywood movie.’
That’s funny I was thinking the same thing. ^_^
#12
Hero of Canton
13/11/09, 2:50 pm
There’s no way it’ll outperform Pirates. That was something of a phenomenon, really. Unless there’s a comedy sidekick who ends up stealing the film.