hollywood melon man

Chapter 249 Overseas box office hit
"A famous talented Hollywood director is going to make a musical? How many people will be shocked when this news spreads."

DiCaprio expressed his amazement after learning about Gilbert Jr.'s next film.

With a flick of the fishing rod in his hand, little Gilbert was lying on the sun lounger with sunglasses on his face.

The yacht he bought arrived, so little Gilbert invited a few friends to go out for a swim.

Scarlett also came, but Scarlett was not satisfied with the yacht and felt it was not big enough. The yachts she imagined were all on the level of the Titanic.

Little Gilbert didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he had to tell Scarlett: "Scarlett, that's a cruise ship, not a yacht."

"Is there any difference?" Sijia was confused.

"The difference is huge," Little Gilbert poured orange juice into Scarlett's arms, and then replied to DiCaprio: "I went specifically for the Oscars, and I specially prepared this film."

"This is not surprising. After the accumulation of the previous two times, if the quality of "Chicago" is up to standard, it will have no problem winning the Oscar." DiCaprio analyzed.

In fact, there is no need for Li Zi to analyze. Almost everyone believes that the next time Gilbert is nominated, he will definitely win the award.

It clearly says that Michael Bay defeated his inner demons and defeated Little Gilbert head-on in the summer.

In the fourth week of the North American summer season, the new film "The Mummy" produced and distributed by Universal Pictures was grandly released, finally breaking the competition between "The Matrix" and "The Last Day".

However, this does not affect the box office of "The Mummy" in its first weekend, which brought in US$4339.6 million, successfully ending "The Matrix"'s three consecutive weekly box office wins and winning the box office championship this week.

Rachel Weisz, the heroine of the film, also wanted to invite little Gilbert to attend the premiere of the film, but little Gilbert declined because he wanted to take a good vacation.

"Oh?" Little Gilbert asked curiously: "How do you say it?"

This exotic blockbuster with an investment of 80 million US dollars has gone through various hardships and finally ushered in the moment of release at this time.

In the first two times, a nomination was considered a reward on the grounds of lack of qualifications. But after being nominated again, he still hasn’t won the award. Not to mention the squid people outside, the squid people inside the academy will not agree.

By that time, the media was even more ecstatic. "

"It's already written in the newspapers. Your "The Matrix" is not much different from "The Matrix"." Sophia handed the newspaper to little Gilbert.

Little Gilbert rolled his eyes and said speechlessly: "Hey! Sophia, you have to recognize the fact that no matter how much work has been done on "The Matrix", it will always be an R-rated film with a limited audience.

Sofia was eating snacks on the side, and she still had the same monotonous nostril pronunciation, with a bit of ridicule: "Little Gilbert, forget about Oscar for now, you are now heading towards the Waterloo of your career."

The third place is "The Last Days", which lost its third consecutive season. It earned US$1018.9 million in North America in its fourth week, and its cumulative box office in North America reached US$1.68 million.

Indeed, Leonardo DiCaprio agreed: "Sofia, you are looking for the media who hate Little Gilbert to watch it. What I watched is different. They all praise Little Gilbert, and even R-rated movies can dominate the summer movies."

But you have done so much work, and the box office gap between "The Matrix" and "The Last Day" has never widened, so all that work has been in vain. "

We have done a lot of work, and the box office of "The Matrix" can still surpass "The Last Days." But if nothing is done, "The Last Day" will definitely have a higher box office than "The Matrix" now.

If you know a little bit about it, you will know what "The Matrix" has done.

Sofia shrugged and said: “Who knows, the media is like this.

When Little Gilbert saw this report, he was filled with questions: "Didn't The Matrix earn an extra $20 million at the box office? Why did The Matrix win?"

Sofia pouted, expressing her agreement with DiCaprio: "What you said makes sense, Leo."

"The Matrix" was rated as an R-rated film, defeating "Armageddon" in a head-on collision, and after the end of its fourth week, it opened a box office gap of more than 26 million US dollars.

"The Matrix" came to second place this week, with a box office of US$1726.8 million in North America in its fourth week. The cumulative box office in North America reached US$1.94 million, temporarily ranking first in the North American box office list this year.

Don't think that this is very simple. You think that the quality of "The Matrix" is very good and it is certain to beat "The Last Days".

"The Matrix" is not comparable to "The Matrix". It is also an extremely outstanding big-screen entertainment work in the summer season. In a previous life, "The End of the World" was the year's global box office champion.

But now there is no such opportunity. Not to mention "The Matrix", even "The Mummy" is coming in a big way.

Little Gilbert originally thought that "The Mummy" would not be released until next year, but I don't know if it was due to the butterfly effect he caused. The production of the film went smoothly and it was released in the summer this year.

Judging from the audience response and word-of-mouth, everyone still likes this adventure film full of exotic Egyptian customs.

Of course, many historians have launched various criticisms against this film, believing that this film is not rigorous enough in research.

But to be honest, movies are entertainment works, not documentaries.

If historians really follow the filming method, Universal Pictures' $80 million investment, as well as the subsequent publicity funds, will be wasted.

Then someone may ask, the story of "The Mummy" is also not from the West, but from the culture of the ancient Egyptian civilization. Why is it so popular in North America?

The reason is simple, because Egypt is close to Europe and is a civilization around the Mediterranean.

Moreover, Caesar of Rome also conquered Egypt and slept with Cleopatra, which made ancient Egyptian culture very popular in the West, even more so than Japanese culture.

Moreover, although the movie "The Mummy" has a shell of ancient Egyptian civilization, it essentially tells a Western story, so it will not be rejected by the North American film industry.

This can be verified from "The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor". There are various reasons why the box office of this film was not as expected. But in North America, the most fundamental reason for the poor box office performance is that it tells the story of an Eastern Emperor that North American audiences don't care about at all.

For the average North American audience who is unlearned and ignorant, they don’t care about the story that happened thousands of years ago on the other side of the world.

Our unlucky "Godzilla" continued to hit the market this week. In its third week, it only took in $536.9 million at the box office, and Sony Columbia Pictures suffered a heavy loss.

Fortunately, there is also a "Peerless Catastrophe", otherwise it would have been lost to my grandma's family.

In fifth place, "Titanic" took in $329.8 million at the box office this week, continuing its strong performance in theaters.

Looking at this, the film can stay in theaters for six or seven weeks without any problem. As long as there are viewers watching, this film will not be released.

The theater chain now regrets why it signed a long-term box office sharing contract with 20th Century Fox, so that the producer can always participate in the subsequent box office sharing.

If it had the same contract as an ordinary movie, all the long-term box office of "Titanic" would belong to the theater chain.

But there is no regret medicine in this world. No one knew that "Titanic" would be such a monster and so lasting.

In addition to the film's excellent box office performance, the peripheral profits are also considerable.

The soundtrack album, Jack and Rose dolls, Titanic models, etc. have all created astronomical sales, allowing investors such as Little Gilbert to make a lot of money.

Starting from the fourth week, "The Matrix" has also begun to land in major overseas markets.

British movie fans have always been very fond of Gilbert, a young director. Last year, "The Sixth Sense" was released here and achieved quite good results.

Many British media called Little Gilbert Little Hitchcock to express their love for Little Gilbert.

"The Matrix" took in US$1130 million in its first weekend of release here, successfully claiming the top spot at the weekly box office.

The promotional methods used by "The Matrix" in North America may not necessarily work well in other places overseas. The rapid development of the Internet in North America has also given promotion space for "The Matrix".

But in other parts of the world, even in some European countries that are also developed countries, network development is not as good as in North America.

Therefore, in overseas promotion, the main focus is on the film’s action scenes, gunfight scenes, cool looks of the male and female protagonists, and other elements that can attract audiences.

Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron have embarked on an overseas promotional tour, and the first stop is the UK.

As "The Matrix" detonated the British market, the two created a momentum that was no weaker than that in North America wherever they went. Wherever he goes, avid hacker fans follow him.

Under such circumstances, when the film passed its first weekend overseas, in addition to the British market, the film earned US$726 million in France and US$935 million in Germany.

In Italy, with the support of people back home, "The Matrix" made $875 million.

Hong Kong Island cut off US$211 million, but some media in Hong Kong Island were very harsh.

Ming Pao criticized "The Matrix": "Although director Gilbert Jr. tried hard to combine Kung Fu and Buddhist elements with Hollywood science fiction blockbusters, he obviously failed to understand the essence of Kung Fu and Buddhism."

Hong Kong Island's local "Entertainment Weekly" also criticized: "The film shows the brilliance of Hollywood and Hong Kong, but it cannot be compared with Director Wu's "Face"."

Indeed, although the action scenes of "The Matrix" have been well received all over the world, they are nothing on Hong Kong Island.

Everything in "The Matrix" was played badly by them.

In this regard, another local media in Hong Kong disagreed: "If the elements in "The Matrix" are common in our Hong Kong movies, why can't we make a film like "The Matrix"?"

This question goes straight to the heart and leaves people speechless.

Everyone knows what the problem is, but no one wants to talk about it, and no one wants to solve it.

Everyone buried their heads in their bodies like ostriches, pretending not to see, waiting for the judgment of fate.

Other markets have made gains. After its overseas first weekend, "The Matrix" grossed a total of 8350 million U.S. dollars. Including the North American box office, the global box office easily exceeded 2.77 million U.S. dollars.

"The Last Day" also opened its first weekend. Compared with the well-informed North American movie fans, many movie fans in countries and regions that have just opened the movie market said they have never seen this.

Therefore, "The End of the World" is more popular overseas than expected. It made 6830 million US dollars in its first weekend overseas, which is a pretty good result.

This box office figure is less than that of "The Matrix", which is normal. Little Gilbert has already made his name in the global film market, but Michael Bay has not yet.

And a very important thing is that the grading system exists in the North American market, but not in some overseas countries and regions.

There are no classification restrictions, and the two films have the same audience base. It is obvious that "The Matrix" is more popular among overseas audiences.

It's true that you made Steve Seagal and Ben Affleck and Keanu Reeves' Nio more handsome and cool, which is a bit difficult for the two of them.

Similarly, if you want to compare Liv Tyler and Charlize Theron's Trittiny, it's a bit difficult to compare their sexy figures. Maybe only two people with long legs can compare.

But in terms of charisma, the Emperor of Serbia is even better.

(End of this chapter)