hollywood melon man

Chapter 245: Michael Bay, an enthusiastic citizen
"This is the second time I've watched this movie. I watched it once at midnight yesterday. I plan to watch it a second time tomorrow with my friends."

"This movie is so cool. I can't think of any adjectives to describe this movie. It's so exciting."

Some fans came to the camera and said excitedly: "I am Neo, I bought this specially for you, do you see it?"

The scorching heat of May in Los Angeles didn't seem to have any effect on this movie fan, who was equipped with sunglasses, leather jacket and boots. Except that he doesn't look as handsome as Keanu Reeves, he just looks like a savior and is so cool.

"Do you like "The Matrix" very much?" the reporter asked.

This movie fan looked at the reporter as if he were a fool, with endless disgust in his mouth: "Is there anyone in this world who doesn't like "The Matrix"?"

After saying that, the movie fan took out the limited edition mobile phone co-branded by Nokia and "The Matrix" in a serious manner, opened the flip cover, and made a call like Neo.

"Bang!" Michael Bay turned off the TV and turned his attention to a dozen newspapers, all of which were full of reviews about "The Matrix" and "Armageddon."

Nothing else. Media critics mostly praised "The Matrix", but they criticized his "The Last Days" completely.

As long as it's just a matter of media and film critics being optimistic about it, there's nothing to worry about. Although media and film critics are influential, this is the summer season and the audience makes the decision.

Along with the rapid increase in word-of-mouth and peripheral sales, there is also the box office of "The Matrix".

This result is actually enough to satisfy Sony Columbia Cinemas and Michael Ovitz.

However, the box office difference between the two films is only a mere US$88.8, which is no difference at all.

With Little Gilbert's strong box office appeal, coupled with the film's good early publicity and excellent quality, the film opened in 2950 theaters on its first day of release.

This proves that "The End of the World" has huge commercial potential and can compete head-on with "The Matrix".

You must know that "The Last Day" had 150 fewer theaters than "The Matrix", but it only missed less than one million US dollars in box office.

“Obviously, it was because of Little Gilbert’s strong box office appeal that the film was a box office hit on its first day of release.

"Hey! Robbie, isn't this obvious?" Michael Ovitz deliberately said loudly: "Let's see how many theaters "The Matrix" has? 2950.

It grossed US$1871.6 million on Friday, including the midnight box office, and won the first-day box office championship.

The film opened in 2800 theaters across the United States, earning a box office of US$1782.4 million on its first day.

Doesn’t this make you tempted? "

But the scary thing about "The Matrix" is that it not only conquered the media critics, but also the audience.

"The Matrix" has the advantage of rating, but still loses to "The Matrix". Doesn't this mean that "The Matrix" is more popular? "

Was little Gilbert so invincible during the summer? Michael Bay couldn't figure out that he hadn't seen his opponent's movie, so he dressed up and went to a nearby movie theater to watch "The Matrix."

Even if "The Matrix" and "The Matrix" have the same theater openings, "The Matrix" can overtake "The Matrix".

The performance of "The End of the World" is actually not bad. Although it is a very clichéd Hollywood blockbuster story, it relies on excellent special effects and classification advantages.

Robbie, the representative of the Imperial Theater opposite, was obviously very moved, but he still said a rare and fair statement: "Mr. Ovitz, you have to know that "The Matrix" is an R-rated movie, and "The Last Day" is PG-13. level video.

Robbie was telling the truth, and Michael Ovitz certainly knew it. But he analyzed to Robbie why "The Matrix" did so well at the box office.

What about "The Unforgettable Tribulation"? There are only 2800 households.

After Michael Ovitz received the first-day box office data, he immediately called several theater representatives and requested to increase the film schedule of "The Last Day".

Looking at the excited fans being interviewed on the TV, Michael Bay didn't see any sign that the fans didn't like it.

Once the enthusiasm of movie fans is consumed, what is left is the advantage of our classification. "

Robbie nodded: "What you said makes sense."

"What about theaters?" Michael Ovitz was overjoyed and pursued the victory.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ovitz, the distribution contract we signed stipulates that the box office of "The Matrix" has reached expectations, and we cannot reduce the film schedule of "The Matrix" yet," Robbie said.

Michael Ovitz was already very satisfied: "It doesn't matter, Robbie, as long as the box office of "The Matrix" does not meet the expectations of the distribution contract, can the number of films be reduced?"

"That's right, that's right..." Robbie said.

"At that time, the extra theaters must be allocated to us for "The End of the World", and "Godzilla" will follow. This is a big monster from the island country." Michael Ovitz's description was very exaggerated.

This is just a microcosm of the communication between Michael Ovitz and several major theaters in North America. They are talking about the film schedule and box office, trying their best to compress the film schedule of "The Matrix" and giving "The End of the World" a chance.

The two movies have been fighting since the promotion, and now with the release of the movie, they have reached the stage where the bayonet is seeing red.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to "The Matrix" taking first and second place at the box office today, "Rush Hour" produced by Melon Studios and released by Touchstone Pictures took the third place at the box office, taking in a box office of US$327.9 million in a single day.

At present, the cumulative box office of "Rush Hour" in North America has reached 1.32 million, which can be said to have created the highest box office record for a Chinese-starred movie in North America.

Cheng Long became an instant hit. When he took on "Rush Hour", his salary was only US$1200 million. But the huge sales of "Rush Hour" gave Sheena Boone the confidence to offer Cheng Long a salary of US$ million.

"Rush Hour" has also received a good response overseas, with a total overseas box office of US$1.09 million.

Although it has reached the end of its run, there is no problem with the film's global box office reaching US$2.5 million. In other words, Melon Studio can make a lot of money just from the box office, not to mention the peripheral copyright and video tape market.

However, video tapes and VCDs are now beginning to be replaced by a new high-density digital video disc called DVD.

Lower costs and more content have made DVDs begin to replace video tapes and VCDs, so it should be called the DVD market.

Seeing the good profitability of "Rush Hour", Sheena Boone suggested that Gilbert start developing a sequel plan and start preparing for "Rush Hour 2".

Little Gilbert was not so anxious. He thought that he should stabilize his career first and let Cheng Long appear in other Hollywood films to stabilize his worth and status.

If Cheng Long is willing to listen to his advice, Little Gilbert guarantees that Cheng Long will not retire sadly in Hollywood. Not to mention prospering, at least he can stabilize his worth.

Compared with Hollywood actors in other circles, the biggest difficulties Chinese actors face in Hollywood are opportunities and the price of failure.

In other words, Chinese actors cannot afford any failure.

Other actors have a chance to try again if they fail, but if a Chinese actor fails, there is no chance to try again.

At this time, Hollywood is experiencing a boom in kung fu. If you don’t seize this opportunity to get ahead, it will be very difficult to get ahead in the future.

As a white man, little Gilbert has no reason to help Chinese actors in this way.

But as a yellow-hearted person, little Gilbert hopes that Chinese actors will have a good development in Hollywood and earn some money to go back home happily.

This is also the reason why little Gilbert chose Cheng Long, not only because of his popularity abroad in his previous life, but also because he also had a yellow heart.

Unlike some people, whose skin is yellow and their hearts are white on the outside but black on the inside...

Little Gilbert felt that he could even let Cheng Long make a movie version of "The Adventures of Cheng Long", which would also be a good action-adventure movie.

In his previous life, when he was a child, he would squat on the children's channel and watch this series of cartoons every day. The easter egg at the end of which Cheng Long himself appeared gave him a lot of surprises.

It's just that it is a cartoon after all, and the audience is different from the movie.

If he wants to film "The Adventures of Cheng Long", Cheng Long will continue to strengthen his appeal and do market research.

No one expected that the fourth place at the box office today was "Titanic". This film earned US$274 million today, and the cumulative box office in North America has reached US$6.25 million.

Look at this, "Titanic" can continue to stay in theaters for a while. It is indeed a big ship, and its reputation has spread all over the world.

The box office war ended on the first day, and the summer war started again on the second day.

But before the box office battle the next day, a reporter from the "Los Angeles Morning News" exposed an interesting thing. An entertainment reporter from this newspaper went to the front line to interview movie fans and happened to catch Michael Bay who had just watched the movie.

Michael Bay was also unlucky, he just wanted to see what his competitors' films were like.

But I didn't expect that "The Matrix" is so exciting. Regardless of his identity as a competitor, Michael Bedou immediately became a fan of "The Matrix".

After coming out of the cinema, Michael Bay was still lamenting the gap between himself and little Gilbert.

It is also a commercial blockbuster, but Little Gilbert explores such a profound theme even though it has a lot of action scenes, gunfight scenes, and explosion scenes.

On the contrary, his "Unforgettable Catastrophe" is still the same. In the face of crisis, a lone hero steps forward and the crisis is finally resolved.

It's a very conventional routine and very practical, but compared to "The Matrix", it seems very cliché and nothing.

But it doesn't matter, as long as it sells well at the box office, he can still step into the ranks of first-line commercial film directors.

However, Michael Bay still has a hidden worry. "Armageddon" has a classification advantage. If it does not beat "The Matrix", he will not be able to find reasons to quibble.

With this thought in mind, Michael Bay was caught.

At first the reporter didn't recognize him and just interviewed him like an ordinary movie fan.

It wasn't until he looked at Michael Bay's long face that something seemed more and more strange. The reporter realized that it was Michael Bay who just walked out of the screening room of "The Matrix".

Michael Bay is still gushing. He wants to say that "The Matrix" is terrible, but the quality of the film completely conquers him and prevents him from telling lies.

It wasn't until he finished that the reporter exposed him: "You are the director of "The Matrix". Do you think "The Matrix" is better than "The Matrix"?"

As soon as this question came up, Michael Bay was embarrassed for a moment, then lowered the brim of his hat and denied it: "I am not Michael Bay. You have made a mistake."

Afraid of being entangled by reporters, Michael Bay hurriedly fled the scene.

This is the second time he has been caught by reporters watching a young Gilbert movie. The last time was "The Island".

But this did not affect the reporter's performance. The next day, a fresh report came out that the director of "The Last Days" secretly watched "The Matrix" and praised the film's excellent quality.

It was also a new experience for movie fans. They have never seen a director who is a competitor praise the quality of the opposite director's film. Michael Bay was the first one.

In Facebook chat rooms, Little Gilbert fans are partying.

"The Matrix" and "The Matrix" are competitors, but "The Matrix" even conquered rival directors, which is enough to show how outstanding the quality of the film is.

(End of this chapter)