hollywood melon man

Chapter 229 The big ship is really coming!
"Happy birthday……"

At Melon Manor, everyone celebrated Scarlett Johansson's birthday.
Today is Sijia's thirteenth birthday. Girls generally develop prematurely, especially European and American girls.

Thirteen-year-old Sijia can be said to have become a slim girl.

When blowing out birthday candles, Scarlett made many wishes, the first of which was to grow up quickly.

How can she have a chance if she doesn't grow up?
Little Gilbert did not forget his promise and prepared a large room of dolls for Scarlett.

When leading Si Jia to open the door, Si Jia's excitement was beyond words.

"Thank you, little Gilbert." Scarlett couldn't hide her excitement, kissed little Gilbert on the cheek, and then jumped into her doll's nest.

"Little Gilbert, I want this room and no one else is allowed to live in it." Scarlett turned around and acted coquettishly to little Gilbert.

Little Gilbert smiled and said: "Scarlett, if you don't go home, your mother will be angry."

"She won't," Sijia seemed to have thought of it a long time ago: "I have told my mother a long time ago that I want to live here, and she has no objection."

Before the film was released, as the film's North American distributor, 20th Century Fox's share of the first four weeks signed with theaters was about the same as usual. The key is after the fourth week.

After Scarlett's birthday, the filming of "The Matrix" continued, but it had come to an end.

"Okay, Scarlett." Little Gilbert touched Scarlett's head and said, "As long as your mother doesn't object, this room will be yours."

After entering December, another important thing for little Gilbert is that "Titanic", in which he invested US$50 million, is finally ready to meet the audience.

Little Gilbert turned back and glared at Scarlett. She immediately shut up and made a zipper movement.

The only thing that matters is the North American box office. Little Gilbert remembers that the weekly box office of "Titanic" is not that high, but the advantage is that the box office trend is very stable.

This is a suggestion from Gilbert Jr. He suggested signing a long-term box office sharing agreement with theater chains, and the box office share should be no less than 40% in the first sixteen weeks, and then it can gradually decline.

When going downstairs, little Gilbert could still hear Scarlett muttering behind him: "Obviously those big shots like her very much and there is no legal action against her, so why is it different here with little Gilbert?"

After saying that, Sijia turned around and got ready.

"Hey, Scarlett..." Little Gilbert knocked on Scarlett's little head, and Scarlett cried out in pain.

What else could little Gilbert say? I can only give Sijia a little slap on the head to make her memory long.

There is no need to worry about the overseas box office share. Except for a few markets such as the one on the other side of the Pacific, the share of overseas box office share is fixed.

"Scarlett, you are tempting me to commit a crime." Little Gilbert said.

The most difficult part of the filming part was already done when the film started shooting, and the rest was all the special effects production side.

Literary drama and so on are actually not that difficult.

Little Gilbert didn't realize it before, but now he realizes that Scarlett is a talkative person.

I guess Scarlett's room wouldn't be able to accommodate so many dolls, so it would be nice to have her own room in the Melon Manor.

"I know I was wrong," Sijia pouted, "I won't talk nonsense anymore. I'm sorry. Please punish me, be gentle."

But according to Little Gilbert's estimation, it shouldn't be of much use. Scarlett's 'memory' has always been bad, and she will forget it soon.

"Thank you, little Gilbert, you are such a good person." Scarlett said happily: "There are many good girls in our school, how about I introduce them to you?"

Plus, it would prevent Scarlett's own brother from causing trouble and destroying her doll room.

If this movie is released according to previous movie distribution strategies, there is no doubt that the biggest profit in North America is actually the theaters.

Fortunately, the income structure of a commercial movie is quite complicated. In addition to the box office guarantee that it can repay the capital or even make money, the majority comes from peripheral products and copyright income.

On the eve of the movie's release, peripheral products have been fully rolled out, including Jack and Rose dolls and Titanic models. Theaters have also launched advertisements to preview the arrival of James Cameron's new film "Titanic".

In fact, later on, as the "Titanic" project was delayed, the outside world was not optimistic that the project could be completed.

Almost everyone in the industry thought that this would be the truck driver's swan song in Hollywood.

But unexpectedly, "Titanic" was completed, even though the film had cost $200 million in production costs.

Including the publicity and distribution expenses, it has exceeded 2.5 million US dollars, which can be described as a super large production.

The previous rounds of test screenings, coupled with the opening of screenings, have received overwhelming praise from media critics and movie fans, which has given 20th Century Fox and Paramount confidence.

As for Gilbert Jr., he is even more confident than James Cameron.

At the film announcement meeting, Gilbert Jr. said: "I have watched the film and the finished film is quite good. I suggest that the film be treated as the most important project during the Christmas period."

What little Gilbert said was basically nonsense, because the investment in this project meant that it was impossible for everyone to ignore him.

Gilbert Jr. also mainly emphasized that the market rules of Dachuan are very evil. Don't lose confidence in the film when the box office is not good in the first week.

This is true. After all, no one expected that the film's first-week box office was not high, but no one expected that the film's box office trend would be so strong.

In order to help promote the film, little Gilbert took the time to attend the premiere of the film, met with his friend DiCaprio, and met Kate Winslet, whom he had not seen for a long time.

After chatting with Kate for a while, little Gilbert chatted with the depressed little Li Zi: "What's wrong, Leo, you look like you're not in a good mood."

Xiao Lizi said depressedly: "Man, am I really not handsome?"

"Why do you say that? Who said you are not handsome?" Little Gilbert was curious.

"Yes," DiCaprio raised the newspaper in his hand and said, "The New York Times commented that I am not as good as you."

Little Gilbert took the newspaper and read it, and burst into laughter.

It turns out that the newspaper said: At the beginning of "Titanic", James Cameron's first choice for the male lead was Little Gilbert, but later he was replaced by DiCaprio.

The New York Times film critic wondered whether DiCaprio had sold his ass to James Cameron. Otherwise, how could he have taken over the important role of Little Gilbert?

If Gilbert Jr. were to star, Big Ship would have a better chance of success, but now, the hope is slim.

Little Gilbert laughed loudly after reading the newspaper review: "Leo, have you offended the film critic?"

Xiao Lizi has always been outspoken, and once almost offended the old judges of the academy. If little Gilbert hadn't reminded him, he would have paid the price.

And now, it's no surprise that he's offending film critics because of his big mouth.

Although there are many factions within the film critic group, they can still be united on major issues that affect the interests of film critics.

DiCaprio was also very depressed: "Could it be that I didn't go to the fifty-year-old female film critic at the last naked makeup party, so I offended her?"

"Don't say it yet, it's really possible." Little Gilbert nodded affirmatively and said, "Old women are most afraid of being disliked by others. You have hit her pain point."

"God, she's not Madonna." DiCaprio looked desperate.

"Okay, let's start the premiere." Little Gilbert patted DiCaprio on the shoulder and said, "If you take the critics' words seriously, then you will really lose and fall into the trap they weave for you.

Ignore them, after this movie, you are a Hollywood star. "

"I hope it's as you said," although Little Plum lacked confidence, he still believed in the vision of his friend Little Gilbert.

Little Gilbert said that the big ship was good, and that the big ship would definitely succeed.

(End of this chapter)