hollywood melon man

Chapter 231 The big ship is arbitrary for eternity
In the previous life, "Titanic" faced many problems in the early stages of its release, including insufficient publicity resources and generally negative media reports.

It was able to achieve such a high box office later on, entirely because of the support of movie fans, which allowed the film to stay in theaters for a long time and rely on the box office accumulated over time.

Although the weekly box office is not high, you can always see this movie in the weekly box office rankings.

Now, because of the addition of Gilbert Jr., the project "Titanic" has received a lot of attention, and its box office in the first week was much better than in its previous life.

In its previous life, it had a box office of US$2863.8 million in its first week, but now it has a box office of US$4389.2 million.

However, the treatment in the media is still the same as in the previous life. Most of the media are still very merciless, as if the film will fail in the next second.

The media did this because the first-week box office did not match the $200 million production cost of "Titanic." If the production cost of the film was only 50 to 60 million US dollars, the media would praise it.

But US$50 to 60 million cannot make "Titanic".

Little Gilbert is not worried at all. As he said before, those who are mocking now will soon be cheering for the film.

"Titanic" undoubtedly topped the box office in its first week. The box office in the first week was okay, and there were no competitors during the same period.

Little Gilbert was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Sally, there is no need to say sorry, it is normal to have doubts. I am very happy that you can make independent judgments and do not blindly trust me."

The whole world seemed to have been pressed on the mute button. Apart from the sound of celebrations from the film crew, no other sounds could be heard.

Starting on Christmas Eve on Wednesday, box office growth declined, with a single-day box office of US$1903.4 million, pushing the North American box office to US$9845.5 million.

In the following days, the film continued to gain momentum. On December 1.57, the film was released in North America for ten days, earning a total box office of US$ million.

Charlize Theron looked at these newspapers and was very angry: "These media, I remember a few days ago they attacked you, saying that your halo is no longer and you will lose all your money.

According to the general film market rules, after a film explodes in the first weekend, its box office will drop sharply in the following week.

Everyone wants to say that this is an unexpected situation, but on Tuesday, the traditional half-price movie ticket day, the film's box office figure of 1849.3 million US dollars once again appeared in the media and film critics were dumbfounded.

As the box office of "Titanic" soared, the American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards announced the nomination list.

"Little Gilbert, it's so nice to have you..." Charlize Theron closed her eyes, revealing her little womanly side.

However, "Titanic" no longer needs their praise, because the audience's reputation has completely improved.

"Titanic" continues to gallop in theaters and is moving forward inexorably.

A small movie-watching group composed of four or five girls said in an interview with reporters: "We watched it once last Saturday, again last Sunday, and today is the third time."

Looking at the box office data that is rising every day, those who were not optimistic about the film's prospects before have their glasses shattered.

Not to mention the film critics and media, this data is like a blow, hitting them hard in the head. The sounds of contempt, ridicule, and vicious attacks disappeared in an instant.

Not only did the box office of "Titanic" not decline, it also increased by hundreds of thousands of dollars compared to Sunday, taking in $1703.6 million in a single day.

But it is a pity that the box office of "Titanic" was released on Monday, which surprised all the media and film critics.

The media has completely changed the direction of the trend, from the previous disapproval, ridicule, and abusive attacks to flattery, praise, and a real demonstration of what it means to adapt to the wind.

Charlize Theron became emotional and jumped into little Gilbert's arms. Her delicate body in black tights twisted around in little Gilbert's arms like a beautiful snake.

Now the trend has changed again and there is still no apology. "

The staff of the theater discovered that the supply of movie tickets for "Titanic" began to exceed demand, and quickly asked the manager to increase the schedule of movies.

Charlize Theron hesitated for a while and then said: "I'm sorry, I didn't like this movie at first. I shouldn't doubt your vision, I was wrong."

The box office of "Titanic" seems not to be high every day, but it is strong every day.

But little Gilbert has always been very confident. Even when he lacked confidence in himself, he firmly supported himself and repeatedly told himself that the film would be successful.

Based on this decline, the North American box office of Big Boat Box Office may eventually be between 200 million and 250 million US dollars.

If the decline can be maintained within 40%, it is definitely a very eye-catching data.

But even so, Gilbert Jr. said during a phone call with James Cameron that the media's estimates were still conservative. He believed that the film's North American box office could exceed US$600 million.

Now the film has achieved quite good results as expected by Little Gilbert, which makes James Cameron convinced of Little Gilbert's words.

If calculated based on a 40% decline, the "Titanic" movie's box office in a single day on Monday will not exceed 10 million US dollars.

A girl with freckles on her face was a nymphomaniac: "Leonardo is so handsome, I love him so much."

And even if a few more shows are added, it still cannot satisfy the movie fans who go to the cinema.

Neither Twentieth Century Fox nor Paramount expected that Monday's box office would actually be higher than that of the weekend.

Male viewers are no exception. A male fan named Durant said: "Oh my god, Kate is so beautiful. I am willing to drink her bathwater."

The media's box office forecast for this film changed again and again, from the initial North American box office of only 200 million US dollars, to 250 million US dollars, and then to 300 million US dollars.

The box office exceeded 100 million US dollars in seven days, and it became a box office miracle from being never expected.

"We just came to watch this movie..." During the theater research, some fans said directly.

After the first weekend, it’s Christmas week.

The latest prediction is that the film's North American box office will reach $400 million.

James Cameron couldn't figure out where little Gilbert's confidence came from.

Looking at this situation, tomorrow's Christmas, the North American box office of the film will definitely exceed 100 million.

"If an apology is useful, why use a gun?" Little Gilbert made an American joke, and then said nonchalantly: "The media is like this. Fortunately, the audience's eyes are still bright, and it will not affect the box office results too much."

However, media critics did not remain silent this time. On the contrary, after "Titanic" successively achieved good box office results, most media changed their stance and began to praise this film.

"Titanic" was undoubtedly the biggest winner, receiving eight nominations at the Golden Globe Awards.

Gilbert Jr. was also nominated. His movie "The Sixth Sense" was nominated for five awards: Best Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Drama Actor, and Best Supporting Actor.

The Oscar nomination list will be announced a little later, but judging from the past trajectory, "Titanic" should still win.

Okuno's influence is too great. It is impossible for the Academy to listen to the deceptions of film critics and not give Okuno recognition.

If we do that, it will be the academy that loses credibility, but Dachuan will not suffer any loss, and will gain sympathy points instead.

After Christmas, "Titanic" began to land in overseas markets, first landing in the ship's hometown of the United Kingdom, where it earned a box office of US$3021.5 million in its first weekend.

Landing in France, "Titanic" swept the French film market. Countless French young men and women walked out of the cinema crying and walked into the cinema crying.

The French Minister of Culture cried wolf and called on French movie fans to boycott this Hollywood movie. However, the romantic young French men and women who were moved by the love of Jack and Rose did not listen to the Minister of Culture at all.

So in its first week in France, "Titanic" swept the market, taking in a box office of US$2856.3 million.

The same goes for the subsequent overseas markets where "Titanic" was released, killing wherever it went. It successively conquered several major markets such as Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, and island countries.

Especially in the island country, the film created a first-week box office figure of US$4506.8 million in the island country, which was even better than the first-week box office figure in North America.

The reason why this data is available is because the sensation caused by "Titanic" in North America spread along the ocean to all parts of the world.

Films that make a splash in North America are, unless they are very special, popular around the world.

"Titanic" continued to land on the Hong Kong Island market, instantly overwhelming Hong Kong Island movies. Hong Kong filmmakers found in despair that they couldn’t beat it. They really couldn’t beat it.

The mainland was not spared either. The scene where Jack was drawing Rose was not cut with a pair of scissors. The film was released in the mainland in its entirety, allowing mainland moviegoers to be attracted by the quality of the big ship. How many young men and women have since regarded "Titanic" as their favorite movie in their lives, and not one of them.

By this time, everyone understood that we should not compare the normal movie rules with "Titanic", as that would not be in line with the rules of a big ship.

The law of big ships is two key words: killing and staying strong.

The box office of Big Ship is quite strong. While it is killing people all over the world, North America has ushered in its third weekend, and the film's box office has officially reached 2.42 million US dollars.

It is said that the Las Vegas handicap has changed, and the handicap of $500 million box office is only a loss of one for one. The media predictions are finally consistent with Little Gilbert, believing that the North American box office of Big Ship will exceed $600 million.

But the most surprising thing is actually the overseas box office. In the first week of its large-scale release, it generated a box office of US$2 million.

The current overseas box office and North American box office combined are not enough for the big ship to recover its costs.

But everyone understands one thing. It is only a matter of time before the big ships become profitable. It is nothing more than a matter of more and less.

In the New Year's week of 1998, in addition to achieving three consecutive weekly box office wins in North America, "Titanic" also began important peripheral activities.

First of all, the most important thing is the release of the soundtrack album.

In the first week of its release, the soundtrack album sold 56 copies in the North American market. In the second week, it was even more exaggerated, with 78 copies sold.

The soundtrack album is just like the box office, rising week by week, surpassing all the kings and queens of the album, occupying the top spot on the record sales list.

In addition to 20th Century Fox, investors such as Paramount and Little Gilbert benefited. Celine Dion, who had been struggling for many years, finally broke through with "My Heart Will Go On".

Together with Madonna, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and other names, she became one of the four major queens of North American pop music in the 1990s.

Celine Dion also specially called to thank little Gilbert, because it was little Gilbert who recommended her to sing the theme song of Big Ship, which made her what she is today.

The soundtrack album not only performed well in North America, but also performed better in overseas markets. Its sales volume was almost twice that of the North American market.

At the same time, Jack and Rose dolls, matching costumes and hats for the male and female protagonists, Titanic models and other peripherals began to continue to develop, continuously bringing huge revenue to the film.

As I have said before, as time goes by, the largest part of a film's income actually comes from peripherals, and the box office only accounts for 30%.

Time has not passed yet. The film has just achieved its sixth consecutive win at the North American box office, and its peripheral income is almost equal to the box office.

This is a pretty terrible profitability, and investors are making a lot of money, which is very exciting.

At first, everyone thought that 1997 was the year of Spielberg and Gilbert Jr., but they didn’t expect that in the end it was the truck driver who took the lead.

Truck Driver is proud and proud, sweeping away the previous unfavorable haze and returning to the public eye again, proving that he is still the unparalleled king of commercial films.

While big ships were sweeping the world and attracting the attention of entertainment media all over the world, after the New Year, "The Matrix" was quietly completed at Warner Studio and immediately put into post-production.

Little Gilbert casually posted a few final photos on Facebook. Apart from the attention of his fans, there was no media coverage at all. Now the media's eyes are fixed on Dachuan, and Wuxia is paying attention to other films.

However, the promotion of the film was carried out in an orderly manner. Little Gilbert communicated with his public relations manager Marco Wald very early on and formed an online troll army.

This should be the world's earliest online troll army. Their main task is to spread rumors on the Internet and attract the attention of curious netizens.

Suddenly, a group appeared on the Internet and began to promote the theory that the world was fake, claiming that human beings live in a virtual matrix world.

If you want to escape the Matrix, you must wake up.

When curious netizens follow the scammers and click on a website, they can see the light green flashing on the website, which looks like code.

You can also see on the homepage of the website that a man and a woman are standing back to back, both holding guns in their hands, wearing handsome leather jackets and sunglasses, which is quite cool.

There is also a line of text below: Do you want to know the truth about the world? Join the Matrix Resistance and we'll help you wake up...

If you click on the specific information, you will see several fables, all of which question the true and false nature of the world. There are also numerous Buddhist, Taoist, and other sects and philosophers' views.

In a word, it looks quite profound and confusing, but you still want to read more.

Needless to say, this is The Matrix website.

Since it is related to the matrix network, little Gilbert will certainly not ignore the rapid development of the Internet. Using the Internet platform, it is easy to spread the "Matrix" virus.

Therefore, although the outside media is still paying attention to "Titanic", some netizens are completely attracted by "The Matrix".

As a loyal Little Gilbert fan, New York's Bachel Lutz watched "Titanic" twice and never went back.

Although he thought the film was good, he was not as obsessed with it as the girl.

In other words, the video didn't touch his G-spot and he couldn't get excited.

Still, Little Gilbert's movie is great and makes people's adrenaline soar.

Even in "The Sixth Sense", the film's twists are shocking and exciting enough.

After returning home, he heard that there was a hacker website on the Internet, so he curiously clicked on the homepage link on the Banana website and entered the so-called hacker website.

He saw a lot of pictures, not just matrix codes, but also mechanical squids, and pictures of mechanical squids farming, but they didn't grow wheat and corn.

There is also a long paragraph of specious and weird words at the bottom.

One sentence is particularly eye-catching: Wake up! Awakened ones, don’t be confused anymore, the matrix enslaves you in the matrix, look for the truth, you are the savior.

Not to mention, Bacher Lutz became completely excited after seeing these magical settings.

He is not an idiot, and of course he knows this is fake, but he is willing to participate in such discussions and interactions, which is also an interesting part.

Needless to say, this website is the official website for Gilbert Jr.'s new movie "The Matrix."

Only then did Bacher Lutz realize that the hacker mentioned in "The Matrix" was this hacker.

Outsiders don’t know much about this mysterious profession, and when you add a lot of words like mechanical squid, matrix, matrix, etc. that people don’t understand, it seems very profound.

Such a blockbuster film is not in the same style as "The Sixth Sense". It seems to be a summer commercial masterpiece, and it will definitely release a trailer at the Super Bowl.

Bacher Lutz quickly clicked on Little Gilbert's Facebook page, and sure enough, Little Gilbert predicted on it that the first trailer would appear in the Super Bowl.

Bacher Lutz hurriedly recorded the date of his favorite Super Bowl. He is now very curious to see what the movie trailer will look like when he waits for the Super Bowl.

After repeatedly reading the details of the hacker's official website, Bacher Lutz called his friend Evans: "Hey, Evans, have you checked the hacker's official website? If you haven't seen it, go check it out..."

Bacher Lutz is not alone. Many movie fans have been completely aroused and began to pay attention to the film "The Matrix".

And this is the effect that little Gilbert wants. For a successful commercial masterpiece, in addition to good quality, a good publicity and distribution strategy is also necessary.

Although little Gilbert is not a professional publicity officer, he has never eaten pork and has even seen pigs running away!

Improving the methods of those marketing masters in the previous life and using them in this era is simply a dimensionality reduction attack.

As the announcement progressed, the Golden Globe Awards ceremony came soon. Gilbert Jr., Bruce Willis, and Haley Jr. attended the Golden Globe Awards together.

However, the film only won one Best Supporting Actor award, and it was Haley Jr. who won the award.

He also became the youngest winner of the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Golden Globe Awards, which is amazing.

"Titanic" became the biggest winner, taking home the awards for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Original Film Score, and Best Film Song.

After the Golden Globe Awards, the big ship continued to cruise the film market, and finally came February, when the Oscar nominations were announced.

(End of this chapter)