hollywood melon man

Chapter 308 Global Domination
The program "Walking with Millionaires" welcomes the most popular movie creator in North America today, "The Lord of the Rings".

As a supporter of the show, Donald is very eloquent and has excellent hosting skills.

During the show, he and Gilbert Jr. said: "You know? There are posters for 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' hanging in Donald Buildings across the United States. I'm a huge fan of this movie."

"Of course I know, Donald, you once bought Evening Star pajamas for three million dollars and then gave them to Britney." Little Gilbert said in a teasing tone.

Being able to give away a pair of pajamas worth three million makes Donald seem like a bit of a spendthrift.

But in fact, this is his shrewdness. What he got was much more than the three million.

Donald continued chatting: "I told my friends at the beginning that if there is anyone in this world who can adapt "The Lord of the Rings", it must be you.

Now my words have been verified and proven to be true. "

He thought that little Gilbert would take all the credit on himself, just like him, but he didn't expect that little Gilbert didn't say that.

Little Gilbert shook his head and said: "No, Donald, the success of the film is not only due to me alone, the entire team has put in a lot of hard work for it."

Although this film was criticized as not being as good as "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", this film was released first, so it was not affected by the impact of "The Lord of the Rings".

Seeing the surprised look on Donald's face, Little Gilbert continued: "I'll give you a set of numbers. The screenwriters put in a lot of effort in the early script adaptation.

But now that little Gilbert said it, all the viewers still felt shocked.

"The Perfect Storm" released by Warner Pictures ranked third with a box office of US$1.76 million, which is a pretty good result.

This actually aroused dissatisfaction among "Lord of the Rings" fans, so "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" rebounded at the box office in the sixth week, once again surpassing "Cast Away" and winning the fifth weekly box office championship.

The reason why it landed in the North American market at this time is related to the conflicting ideas of the distributor Fox Pictures.

The same goes for Donald, who praised: "This is really an amazing masterpiece, but having said that, few people in Hollywood can complete such a complex project.

Currently ranked second is Ridley Scott's "Gladiator", which has a total box office of 1.83 million US dollars in North America and is still showing a small amount of screenings in hundreds of cinemas.

The figures listed by Little Gilbert have actually been exposed by the media a long time ago.

Until the fifth week of "Lord of the Rings", "Cast Away" directed by Robert Zemiski and starring Tom Hanks hit the North American film market at the end of the summer season.

If you can keep the crew from collapsing, you are already a first-line director in Hollywood. If you can successfully complete the project, you are a top director in Hollywood.

"That's not all. We have also prepared 16000 sets of costumes and as many as extras."

If it weren't for you, I don't know how long it would be before I could see the "Lord of the Rings" movie, but you still deserve most of the credit. "

Also this week, the film's North American box office revenue reached 3.51 million, undisputedly ranking first in the current North American annual box office rankings.

Director Robert Zemiski hopes to compete for Oscars with this film, so it is best to release it in December.

In its fourth week in North America, the film grossed US$3150 million in a single week, completing its fourth consecutive week at the North American theater box office.

There are more than 3000 sets of handmade armor, more than 40000 daily life props, more than 5800 sets of swords, axes, shields, etc. "

And for the film to be as successful as it is now, it has to be a director at the top of Hollywood. Directors in this range can be counted on one hand.

Melon Studios is making a killing, and this looks to be another franchise.

They completed a total of two million words of script creation and background completion, which is double the number of the original work.

Afterwards, Donald interacted with other cast members and asked some questions.

After the recording of this program ended, the crew split into two groups and began their overseas promotional journey.

There are as many as 125 tailors and craftsmen who create armor, weapons and clothes for the crew, as well as 400 characters with speaking lines, and more than real-location shooting locations in China. "

This time, little Gilbert was no longer modest. With such a large workload and such a complicated level of work, few people in Hollywood can grasp it.

The Lord of the Rings is in its fifth week, and we’re only on our first week, so there’s nothing to be proud of. "

In the new week, although the box office of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" continues to decline in North America. New films are also starting to be released one after another, squeezing the space for films.

In addition, we spent a total of 2000 million feet of film during filming, trained nearly war horses, and produced pairs of Hobbit feet.

Having said that, the media still hyped it up, making it seem like Robert Zemiski was a great hero who finally defeated the evil lord Little Gilbert.

Including overseas box office, the global box office of "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" reached 6.79 million.

But when the media interviewed Robert Zemisky about this matter, he shook his head and said: "No, this is not a victory over "Lord of the Rings" at all.

The audience exclaimed, and so did Donald: "Oh my God, I never thought that filming a movie was so complicated."

But Fox Pictures obviously doesn't think so. They still hope that the film can make a difference in the theater market, but the previous schedule is too full, and then there is the behemoth "Lord of the Rings".

Then the crew interacted with the fans, signed autographs, and took photos, and today's program ended.

But "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" continues to reap box office success overseas. Overseas markets have been added to more than a dozen countries, and with the currently being screened, the film has created an overseas box office of US$2.25 million.

But the good days of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" in North American theaters will soon come to an end. In fact, new films have been released since the third week, but they have never been able to pose a threat to the film.

The fourth position is the racing crime movie "Fast and Furious" produced by Melon Studio with a production cost of only US$3800 million. The North American box office has reached US$1.52 million.

It finally ended its dominance of the North American movie box office charts. The media was rejoicing that the evil-doing "Lord of the Rings" was finally killed.

The total number of these extras has reached 30,000, which does not mean that there are 30,000 extras on the set at the same time.

However, what Fox Pictures did not expect was that "Cast Away" did pretty well. With its first weekend box office of 3220 million US dollars, it successfully beat "The Lord of the Rings"'s 2489.6 million US dollars, ending "The Lord of the Rings" box office streak.

After changing the schedule back and forth, "Cast Away" finally landed in the North American film market on August 11, the fifth week after "The Lord of the Rings" was released.

Gilbert Jr. continued: “There were as many as 400 people working behind the scenes, and the special effects team of 1525 people produced a record-breaking special effects shots.

"X-Men" ranked fifth with a score of 1.34 million, which is enough to satisfy Fox Pictures. After all, the film's overseas box office is good, with the global box office of "X-Men" totaling US$4.33 million.

The timing of this movie was bad, I thought I would be fine if I avoided "The Lord of the Rings" for a week. Who would have thought that "Lord of the Rings" would always be the king in the subsequent summer releases, without giving "X-Men" a chance at all.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring seems to be secure at the top of the box office, but there are still a few strong films left in the year.

For example, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "The Grinch" starring Jim Carrey, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee.

I’m afraid we won’t know what the final box office rankings will be until next year.

What is more surprising than the box office is actually the peripheral products of "Lord of the Rings". North America has created peripheral sales of 8000 million US dollars, and overseas peripheral sales have also created more than 4000 million US dollars as the box office has soared.

The commercial profits generated by the first film alone were enough to satisfy Disney and Warner Pictures.

Disney is even planning to build a "Lord of the Rings" theme park at Disneyland.

Warner Bros. is no exception. Although Warner World is not as famous as Disneyland, it is not difficult to add a "Lord of the Rings" theme park.

However, Disney and Warner intend to cooperate. The project that Shanghai is discussing is Disney-Warner Park. Both parties will jointly put their own parks together to create a dream world.

The specific details of cooperation will be discussed by professionals from both parties.

When "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" had a global box office of over US$8 million, Little Gilbert was taking Anne Hathaway on the final leg of her global promotion journey.

During the promotion in Tokyo, Gilbert Jr. rewarded Noriko Sakai and three other women, and bought each of them a house in Tokyo, plus a car, luxury goods and so on.

But according to Kudo Shizuka, the best reward is actually to keep the child.

So the three women pestered little Gilbert tirelessly, making Anne Hathaway roll her eyes in anger.

The last stop of promotion was in Shanghai, China. Compared with the capital, Shanghai has a stronger movie-going atmosphere. It is also the place where "The Lord of the Rings" made the largest box office contribution.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has already received a box office of 1.89 million RMB in China, and it is still making a lot of box office revenue every day. It is not a problem to exceed 2 million RMB.

Such a high box office performance naturally shocked Chinese filmmakers.

It’s not that the performance of “Lord of the Rings” is unexpected, but that such performance in the mainland market is unexpected.

This proves one thing, that is, the mainland film market is gradually expanding, and the proportion of commercial films will gradually increase. The kind of artistic award-winning films that used to be in the past will no longer be mainstream.

When little Gilbert came to China, in addition to doing publicity, the most important thing was to inspect factory projects.

"I have discussed it with Disney and Warner Pictures." Gilbert Jr. and Tian Chongming talked about this matter: "Their executives all believe that it would be better to leave the peripherals to China."

Tian Chongming was very pleased. He said: "I also contacted the relevant departments, and we organized an internal inspection. The Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta are both suitable for you to set up factories.

If you come to set up a factory, we will give you the greatest discounts in terms of land and taxes. "

After hearing about this incident, local governments took active actions. The surrounding factory projects are a resounding achievement for the local area, and their contribution to GDP is also huge.

Little Gilbert just reminded: "I can promote this matter, but whether it can be implemented in the end depends on your own preparations."

"I understand," Tian Congming said gratefully, "Thank you for your help, we will never forget it."

After the promotional trip, little Gilbert was not in a hurry to return to North America, but instead traveled in China with Anne Hathaway.

When I first came here, it was because of work that I didn’t have much time to enjoy the beautiful scenery, because the workload was heavy every day and the time was very tight.

But things are different now. Although "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is still in theaters, his work is over and he can enjoy a leisurely vacation.

In fact, if you think about it, he hasn't had a good vacation since the year before last. He is busy with various jobs, and his mental and physical pressure has reached the limit.

This time he could finally put down his burden and start traveling.

Little Gilbert took Anne Hathaway to Mount Tai, climbed the Five Mountains, experienced the fairyland-like feeling in Zhangjiajie, and then enjoyed the sun and beach in Sanya.

By the way, since it is September and the Beijing Film Academy has started, he, an honorary alumnus, has also become an honorary principal and has given several classes to Nortel students.

There were some very interesting episodes in the class. A student who had just been admitted to the Nortel Directing Department said: "Little Director Gilbert, I only thought about taking the Directing Department after watching your movie "Iron Fist". idea.

I have always dreamed of making our own science fiction film. Do you have any suggestions in this regard? "

Listening to the bubbles and looking at the childish student, little Gilbert felt something familiar and asked the student's name.

"what's your name?"

The student replied: "My name is Guo Fan, and I just entered the Nortel Directing Department this year."

Guo Fan? Didn't he go to law school in college? Little Gilbert was strange.

In the circle of directors in his previous life, Guo Fan was a legend, and many people in the circle knew his story. When he first started filming "The Wandering Earth", everyone treated him as a fool.

Which Chinese director would touch this subject? Are you that material? Can you make a good science fiction movie?

When "The Wandering Earth" became a success, many people began to be jealous again, jealous of Guo Fan's good luck. He actually succeeded through bad luck. This is impossible.

But when "The Wandering Earth 2" also became a success, although it encountered some setbacks, some people began to be convinced.

Guo Fan's success is not accidental, it comes from his sufficient preparation and hard work to seize the opportunity, which not only made him famous, but also promoted the development of domestic science fiction movies.

Therefore, many directors in the circle hate and envy Guo Fan, but there is no way, he has achieved success.

But now, Guo Fan's trajectory seems a little different. He was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy...

Facing Guo Fan's question, Gilbert Jr. thought for a while and replied: "Science fiction movies cannot be saved by one or two film directors. This is a system thing.

With the current level of Chinese movies, it is difficult to make a movie like "The Matrix". "

After class, little Gilbert went to find Guo Fan, handed him his business card, and said: "I think you have great potential. After graduation, you can come to Hollywood to find me and start as an assistant director."

Guo Fan was flattered and didn't know why little Gilbert took a fancy to him.

Looking at the envious looks of the classmates around him, Guo Fan solemnly put away his business card and promised: "Thank you, I will definitely study hard."

Little Gilbert said nothing more, took a photo with Guo Fan, and left.

And Guo Fan naturally became the focus of the students...

On the way back, Anna asked little Gilbert: "Boss, do you value that Chinese boy very much?"

Little Gilbert looked out the window at the streets of Beijing, which had begun to undergo modernization, and said to Anna: "The future of Chinese-language films cannot rely on either Zhang Guoshi or Pigeon Chen.

I'm optimistic about this kid, I think he has potential, and it's quite a potential. "

Guo Fan, who has not studied in law school, does not know what he will grow into. However, little Gilbert felt that learning from him would help Guo Fan grow faster.

This can be regarded as one of the few things that little Gilbert can do to help with talent development.

(End of this chapter)