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Chapter 235 "Rush Hour" Released

I don’t know what Oprah thinks. She should know that the relevance of “The Matrix” is inconsistent with the purpose of the show.

Is Oprah going to dig deeper into little Gilbert's past, such as his deceased mother, and bring back little Gilbert's sad past?
Not to mention, with the style of the program team, it is really possible.

The program team's intelligence is better than that of the FBI, and they can dig up all kinds of unknown details that make the guests sad. At this time, Oprah once again used her generous heart to send a big hug.

So don't think of Oprah as some kind of close sister, even though she plays the role of a close sister.

People just do it for ratings.

Of course, as far as career is concerned, little Gilbert still admires her.

These are not the correct days in a few decades. In this era when white leftists are not the mainstream, a black host can make a name for himself in the talk show industry, and the effort he has put in is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

I admire him, but if Little Gilbert is asked to appear on the show, he won't go.

The promotion work of "The Matrix" is in full swing, and "Titanic" is not idle either.

In terms of cumulative box office, Spielberg beat him. In terms of box office of a single film, the only one who can compare with James Cameron now is himself.

Look at this, "Titanic" can be screened until the summer.

But one thing that has to be admitted is that the big ship "Titanic" overturned the film markets of many closed countries in the world and completed the revolution of Hollywood film globalization.

Losing himself in the endless praise, he makes one movie a year and is called a fast shooter in Hollywood. Each of his movies is a hit, and he has become the most representative figure in mainstream Hollywood movies.

Hong Kong movies, known as the Hollywood of the East, are even worse. They were stabbed in the heart by "Jurassic Park 2" and are already dying.

They can only protect their own interests, but cannot initiate actions to compete with Hollywood.

Little Gilbert also didn't want to be targeted by the Federal Tax Service, an agency more powerful than the FBI.

Compared with the $50 million investment he invested, this income is not enough for Gilbert Jr. to make back the cost. After all, he still has to pay taxes.

In fact, when James Cameron held the trophy at the Oscars and shouted the words "I am the king of the world," some media criticized him for being arrogant, and some thought he was arrogant, but no one thought he was inadequate. qualifications.

Since then, the film has occasionally won the top spot at the weekly box office, and until now, the film is in the top ten at the box office every week.

However, he is thick-skinned and calmly accepted that he was one of the three major directors in the 1990s.

This is still the case in the European market, let alone other markets.

Although it has to be divided with various North American and overseas marketers, in early April, the first share of the soundtrack album was received, which still created a revenue of 2450 million US dollars.

From then on, no matter how famous the so-called three major European film festivals are, one thing they have to admit is that European films have been far behind Hollywood.

Why do you say that? Just look at the achievements of little Gilbert.

But in the eyes of the North American public, neither of these two people is as good as Gilbert Jr., who is more representative and better representative of Hollywood.

In addition, the most surprising thing is the profits surrounding the film, which are simply huge.

Audiences in overseas markets may still think that Spielberg and James Cameron are the representatives of Hollywood.

After the huge success of "Titanic", the media has been boasting that Gilbert Jr., Spielberg, and James Cameron were the three major directors in the 1990s.

As of the first weekend in April, Titanic's North American box office has accumulated US$5.89 million, and it is no longer a problem to exceed US$ million.

Overseas box office splits have also been received, and Gilbert Jr. once again received a total of US$85 million in box office splits. So far, he has invested in the "Titanic" project and achieved large-scale profits through the box office.

In the history of Hollywood, there has never been a director who made a successful movie at the age of twenty-one. What's even more frightening is that this person succeeded, but still maintained a fairly clear mind.

Ever since the collapse of a certain behemoth, Hollywood has begun a globalization revolution. Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" is a node in this revolution, and "Titanic" completely completed this revolution.

In fact, little Gilbert was envious of James Cameron. He was a real movie genius, unlike him who cheated. Even if he cheated, he still couldn't compare to James Cameron or even Spielberg.

Starting in December last year until now, "Titanic" has achieved eight consecutive North American weekly box office wins, setting a new North American record.

What's more, the European market has never been monolithic.

This statement was recognized by the public, but little Gilbert himself felt a little guilty.

Although taxes can be reasonably avoided, some tax items cannot be avoided.

Since last year, the soundtrack album alone has achieved six consecutive No. 1 hits on the North American Billboard Billboard, overwhelming albums from kings, queens, and rock bands.

After a long period of time, the revenue sharing of "Titanic" has gradually arrived. North America has conducted two box office splits. Thanks to Gilbert Jr.'s reminder, the North American box office split contract is very reasonable.

But little Gilbert doesn't care about these false names, he cares more about reality.

In the North American market alone, the "Titanic" soundtrack album sold 1100 million copies. Sales in overseas non-English-speaking regions will not be as good, but in overseas markets combined, 1800 million copies were also sold.

And don't forget, this is not the end, the film is still in theaters, and the remaining box office is at least divided into mosquito legs.

He also has a share of the credit for the success of "Titanic", after all, he has the title of producer and screenwriter.

At this moment, even the people who hate James Cameron the most have to admit one thing, that is, James Cameron is a great director.

This exaggerated box office performance has made all those who were not optimistic about "Titanic" shut their mouths and open their eyes wide.

Little Gilbert doesn't need to belittle himself. He himself feels that he is not as good as Spielberg and James Cameron. He is still far from these two people, but in the eyes of the outside world, he is the most terrifying one.

Unexpectedly, "Titanic" directly crushed Hong Kong movies into pulp and could never be resurrected.

The overseas box office performance is also quite good, with a cumulative box office of 10.2 billion US dollars, and the North American box office has reached 16.09 billion US dollars.

From the perspective of a Hollywood practitioner, you don’t have to like Truck Driver, or even the movie “Titanic.”

Split between two accounts, Gilbert Jr. earned more than $60 million in box office revenue from this project.

This is just the first share, which may seem less, but it will continue to bring in income in the future.

Overseas market calculations are extremely cumbersome, and the procedures involved are simply unimaginable. No one just contributes but does not get paid. On the contrary, those who have made a mistake will always get a profit of their own.

And don’t forget, there are also taxes from various countries, which also need to be paid.

Therefore, without professional supervision, little Gilbert would not be able to supervise this complicated procedure.

Fortunately, he has his own team of accountants. Although he has to take his own share of the profits, it at least helped little Gilbert solve most of his troubles.

In addition to soundtrack albums, other peripheral markets are also continuing to generate revenue. In North America alone, the peripheral market, including cultural shirts, dolls, models, etc., generated revenue of US$2 million.

Although he also had to be divided, this part of Gilbert still received more than 20 million US dollars in income.

The specific revenue details are not known to the outside world, but looking at the rising box office of "Titanic", the media can roughly guess the revenue brought by "Titanic".

When investment in "Titanic" continued to increase before, almost everyone laughed at 20th Century Fox, Paramount, and Little Gilbert.

Indeed, after "Waterworld" failed at the box office, everyone realized that movies are not guaranteed to be successful simply by raising production costs.

But when "Titanic" continued to set records, these people changed the direction.

The two film companies are doing fine, mainly Little Gilbert, who has been praised to the heavens. People praise him for his good investment vision, praise him for his good vision for movies, praise him for his genius, and so on.

This actually led to "The Matrix". Many new viewers who entered the cinema because of "Titanic" completely fell in love with the art of film.

When they want to watch a movie again, they will ask their good friends: "I want to see a movie, which director's work should I watch?" At this time, their good friends will recommend: "I recommend you to watch the movies of Little Gilbert. He’s about the same age as us, but he’s made seven feature-length films, each one better than the last.”

"Does he have any new movies coming out recently?"

"Of course, "The Matrix" will be released on May 8th. If you are really in a hurry, you can go see "Rush Hour" which he is the producer of. I heard it is also good."

This cute new viewer was convinced, and has been hooked on little Gilbert's movies ever since.

And "Rush Hour", which this good friend was talking about, officially launched in the North American film market in April, slightly earlier than the summer schedule.

The quality of the movie is good, and little Gilbert has already seen it.

At that time, he told Big Nose Cheng Long that this was a very exciting action movie and should be very popular with the audience, but it was not suitable for summer release.

Because there is so much competition in the summer season, a film starring a Chinese actor would be a huge hit if it were placed in this season.

"Rush Hour" launched in the North American market on April 4, and it grossed US$3 million at the box office on Friday, which is quite a good result.

The film is very popular among action movie fans, and its unique comedy style makes it a rare bright spot in the film market during the not-so-hot month of April.

In addition, Gilbert Jr. also actively supports this film. After all, it is a film invested and produced by his own studio.

The support of his fans is also the reason why the film performed well.

After watching the movie, most of the fans said they were not disappointed and the film production exceeded their imagination. Especially the big-nosed actor from the East. Although he is not handsome, I just think he has a special charm.

"Rush Hour" actually made a box office of 924.6 million US dollars in a single day on Saturday, and another 808.5 million US dollars on Sunday. It actually made 2408.4 million US dollars in the first weekend.

It has to be said that a large part of the credit belongs to Gilbert Jr. He actively promoted the film and relied on his own appeal to achieve such excellent first-week box office results.

But if the quality of the film is not good, it will be useless no matter how hard Gilbert little promotes it.

This must be attributed to the entire crew of "Rush Hour", especially the lead actor Cheng Long. Most of the exciting and interesting action scenes in the film came from his own little designs.

Many film critics also praised this film. For example, "The New Yorker" film critic Tony McKenzie commented: "The kung fu master from the East allows us to see what an interesting action movie is like.

Jack Cheng revolutionized the Hollywood action movie model, and I'm sure there will be many action movies in the future that will learn from the "Rush Hour" approach. "

"The Hollywood Reporter" commented: "The film is lively and interesting, does not stick to clichés, and is suitable for all ages. Although there are a lot of action scenes, there are no bloody scenes, but it can often make people laugh.

High-end and not cliché, it gave us a wonderful action movie feast. "

Reviews from film critics are good, and reviews from fans are also very true.

A fan who had just watched "Rush Hour" was caught by a reporter for an interview at the entrance of the theater. He said excitedly: "It's so cool. I want to imitate his moves."

As he said this, the movie fan moved excitedly and almost knocked down a movie fan who came in and out.

This first weekend box office result also allowed "Rush Hour" to successfully top the North American weekly box office championship. Cheng Long ushered in the peak of his career in Hollywood.

"Rush Hour" was a huge success in the North American market and spread along the Pacific Ocean to Hong Kong Island on the other side of the ocean. Suddenly the entire Hong Kong Island filmmakers were excited.

Since 1996, the Hong Kong Island film market has gradually declined. After the big ship landed in the Hong Kong Island market, the decline became faster.

At this time, everyone is looking for new ways out and various strategies to save the Hong Kong Island film market.

Therefore, although Cheng Long is making a Hollywood movie, the film itself has a strong flavor of Hong Kong movies, which is why Hong Kong filmmakers are very excited.

Another reason is that Yuan Heping's action team has just finished cooperating with the famous Hollywood director Gilbert Jr. In addition, "Mission: Impossible 2", a collaboration between Bai Ge Wu and Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise, has also been completed.

In addition, Li Lienjie also went to Hollywood to make a career, and Ang Lee's development in Hollywood, it can be said that the Chinese gang in Hollywood is unprecedentedly powerful.

When everyone saw that these people could make it in Hollywood, they felt that they could do it themselves, so they encouraged more talents to come to Hollywood.

These talents were absorbed and utilized by Hollywood, learned the advantages of Hong Kong films, and then integrated and innovated to form a set of Hollywood's own models.

Little Gilbert had previously talked with Cheng Long about the future of Hong Kong movies and the current craze for Kung Fu and Chinese in Hollywood.

He and Cheng Long said that these are only temporary, and Hollywood will never allow yellow people, especially Chinese, to occupy mainstream positions.

When the wave subsides, the future of Hong Kong films will still be very worrying.

Cheng Long asked little Gilbert: "Then what should we do?"

Little Gilbert has only one suggestion: "If you want to save Hong Kong Island movies, you must put down your arrogance and cooperate with the north in a low profile. Only then will there be hope."

Cooperate with the North? Cheng Long frowned. He could do it himself, but the problem was that those people couldn't!
It seems that little Gilbert still doesn't understand Hong Kong Island filmmakers. Although his suggestions are good, they cannot be implemented.

How did Cheng Long know that little Gilbert would make such a suggestion just because he knew Hong Kong Island filmmakers? Because if we don’t do this, there is only a dead end waiting for Hong Kong movies, with no solution.

The whole world cannot resist the power of Hollywood, let alone Hong Kong movies.

If you want to resist Hollywood's offensive, you must have a prerequisite, that is, the local market is large enough to accommodate the continuous trial and error of enough local films.

Without cooperation with the North, how could Hong Kong Island movies have such a big market? Southeast Asia? Southeast Asia has long had the surname Hollywood.

Island market? Not to mention, Hong Kong movies are still very popular in the island country.

But the island country is basically a dog. If the master’s movie is released in the island country market, it is difficult for the island country’s local movies to resist, let alone Hong Kong Island movies.

Not to mention other markets, Hong Kong films are simply unable to compete with Hollywood and are already in a state of exhaustion.

Little Gilbert just made a suggestion. Whether Hong Kong filmmakers listen to it or not is beyond his jurisdiction. After all, he is a ghost now and an outsider.

Another thing worth mentioning is that when "Rush Hour" topped the box office in its first week, "Titanic" was actually the runner-up at the box office that week, with a box office of US$742 million.

Big Boat has always been like this. It has been in the top ten for a long time and has bounced back from time to time. It rushed to the top and second place at the box office last week.

At first, the media was still interested in reporting on it, but later they became accustomed to it and felt like they were tired and destroyed.

Come the next weekend, "Rush Hour" continues to move forward, with a box office of 4526.8 million U.S. dollars this week, once again retaining the weekly box office championship, and the North American box office also reached 6935.2 million U.S. dollars.

Obtaining this box office data in the first ten days means that there is no pressure for the film to exceed 100 million at the North American box office.

Starring in a Hollywood movie that grossed over 100 million yuan, Cheng Long's net worth immediately soared and he became the most famous Chinese actor in Hollywood.

The film cost only US$3500 million, and it seems that the North American box office alone is enough to recoup the cost and achieve profitability. The key is according to the plan, if this movie does well, there will be a sequel movie later.

Touchstone Pictures is the North American distributor of "Rush Hour". When the film was exclusively funded by Melon Film Studio, Robert Iger was a little skeptical.

Can a movie starring a Chinese actor be successful?

But now that it's really successful, Robert Iger can't wait to give himself two slaps.

What on earth do you doubt? This is a project that little Gilbert is optimistic about, but he actually doubts it? Is it better to invest soon?

Although Touchstone Pictures has made huge profits just from the distribution commission, who doesn't want to get a share of the box office and the surrounding copyright market?

These are all incomes. Robert Iger missed them all, so he regrets them.

This further strengthened Robert Iger's determination to acquire Melon Film Studio and tie Little Gilbert tightly to the Disney chariot.

With many high-quality potential projects, Melon Film Studio is definitely the most popular company in Hollywood.

(End of this chapter)