hollywood melon man

Chapter 478 Born Bad
The success of the movie "Wushuang" is not accidental. First of all, the cast of the film is very strong.

What movie could have Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise? And Charlize Theron?

Moreover, the film was directed by Gilbert Jr., the most box office-appealing actor in history, so the name sounds very important.

Secondly, the discussion about the film was quite heated, and many viewers went to the cinema again and again to confirm their own views.

The excellent North American box office performance in the first week made Disney and Warner very happy, knowing that Gilbert Jr. never fails. More importantly, the film also performed quite well in overseas markets.

Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Charlize Theron and others already have a large number of fans around the world.

Gilbert Jr.'s personal appeal is also unique in the world, and he is known to have six billion fans around the world.

Although Hugh Jackman is popular around the world and Kate Beckinsale is pretty, Van Helsing cannot compete with The Invincibles in the overseas market.

How do audiences go to the cinema to watch a movie? After all, they don’t know whether the movie is good or not.

Although there are trailers and reviews from media critics to help us understand the film, they are ultimately limited.

So the name became the biggest selling point.

Just imagine if the two sides switched positions, if Gilbert Jr. directed "Van Helsing" and Tom Cruise and Charlize Theron starred in it, wouldn't it be much more attractive?

Of course, this kind of replacement can only exist in imagination, but it can indirectly illustrate the appeal of the names of great directors and superstars.

On a global scale, the appeal of "Warriors" is far greater than that of "Van Helsing", even though "Van Helsing" contains many well-known characters.

After easily winning the first-week box office championship in North America during the summer season, "Wushuang" also swept markets such as Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Brazil, Japan and South Korea in the same first weekend.

Britain has always been the traditional box office for Gilbert Jr.'s films. Although Gilbert Jr. is not British, his films are always popular.

Moreover, young Gilbert was canonized by the British royal family and became a knight, which means he is one of them.

Coupled with the appeal of several big stars, the film earned $1462.3 million in the UK in its first week. It may not be as good as the one-day box office in North America, but this is normal.

If you want to get higher box office, perhaps the "Lord of the Rings" series needs to be reborn.

"Van Helsing" fared worse, earning only $427 million, far less than "The Invincibles".

The French film industry has always called on the French to resist Hollywood movies, but it has never been successful, and this time is no exception. "Wushuang" made 1845 million US dollars in its first week in France, ruthlessly impacting French local films.

French films soon announced their surrender, and the speed at which "Wushuang" developed could not keep up with the speed at which the French surrendered.

In the French market, "Van Helsing" actually achieved good results. The first week box office of 1253.8 million US dollars was enough to satisfy Sky Studios.

It can be seen that the French market is still large enough to accommodate two Hollywood movies released in the same period.

When the two Hollywood films were strangling the French film market, it was the French films that were not included that suffered. It must be said that the unlucky ones were really unlucky.

After two consecutive market failures, it seems that Van Helsing’s performance in overseas markets has been basically determined, and it simply cannot beat The Man From Heaven.

However, the situation has changed a little in Germany. The box office of "Van Helsing" of $1662.3 million is quite close to that of "The Invincibles" of $1673.8 million.

This has rekindled the hope of Sky Studios. Perhaps in other markets, Van Helsing has a chance to surpass The Greatest Show.
But unfortunately, the performance of the next few markets will tell Sky Studios that you are really overthinking it.

In Italy, "Warriors" actually earned $1023 million, while "Van Helsing" only had a pitiful $235 million.

Italy's La Repubblica commented on the two films, saying that compared with Man of Steel, Van Helsing was as childish as a kindergarten kid.

Director Stephen Sommers was no match for Gilbert Jr., and the confrontation between the two during the summer season was completely one-sided.

It seems that the Italians also know that little Gilbert is not easy to deal with in the summer season, and they think that the choice of "Van Helsing" is quite unwise.

It is said that Stephen Sommers was very angry after hearing the report, and he became even angrier when he thought about having to take over the filming of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series and working under Gilbert Jr.

It's as if he couldn't beat little Gilbert, so he defected to little Gilbert, which was like recognizing a thief as his father.

After the results of the first week of the North American summer movie season came out, The Hollywood Reporter was the first to reveal this inside information.

According to a well-known insider in Warner, Stephen Sommers was the candidate chosen by Gilbert Jr. to take over "Pirates of the Caribbean".

The report also said that Gilbert Jr. once said on one occasion that the failure of "Van Helsing" had little to do with director Stephen Sommers, and he still trusted Stephen Sommers's ability.

It is reported that Gilbert Jr. believes that the producer has much greater responsibility on the "Van Helsing" project than director Stephen Sommers.

When this report came out, Stephen Sommers felt a little better, but David Ellison was very angry.

David Ellison has been studying Gilbert Jr. to find out the root of his success. But so many people have studied Gilbert Jr. over the years, but no one has figured it out.

In the end, everyone can only end their research by saying that Gilbert Jr. has unparalleled talent in film and come to the conclusion that Gilbert Jr. is a genius.

David Ellison is the same. He knows that Gilbert Jr. is obsessed with Chinese culture. His favorite book is "Dream of Red Mansions", one of the four great Chinese classical novels, and he also likes to read "The Art of War".

So David Ellison followed suit and bought the English version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" to read, because he couldn't read Chinese. He also bought "The Art of War" and drank Chinese tea and used Chinese tea utensils. For Gilbert Jr., drinking tea was a normal daily behavior, but for David Ellison, it became a ritual, and he even invited a tea artist from an island country.

David Ellison imitated Gilbert Jr.'s behavior in this way to understand what Gilbert Jr. was thinking and find opportunities to defeat him.

As an outsider, David Ellison had to take down the representatives of traditional Hollywood forces in order to survive in Hollywood, and Gilbert Jr. was his chosen target.

These actions cannot be hidden from others and are common knowledge in Hollywood.

So when The Hollywood Reporter reported that Gilbert Jr. called him incompetent, David Ellison angrily smashed an expensive tea set.

He knew that those words were definitely not said by little Gilbert, but he was still very angry.

When Gilbert Jr. heard about this, he was in the process of starting a film promotion roadshow with the main creators.

At Pioneer Square in Seattle, the main creators just finished interacting with fans and took a bus back to the hotel to rest. Tomorrow the main creators will leave Seattle and go to the east for promotion.

Gilbert Jr. and Charlize Theron were in a car, and of course Ivanka was in the car too.

Ivanka got the news from others and reported the situation to Gilbert Jr.

Little Gilbert nodded after listening: "It seems that Solomon's strategy is still good. I guess David Ellison is very upset at this time."

Charlize Theron didn't know yet, and asked with concern: "Is this arranged by Disney Vice President Solomon?"

"Yes," Gilbert Jr. explained, "Solomon told me that he had leaked the news through The Hollywood Reporter. And he expected that David Ellison would lose his patience, and then there would be something exciting to watch."

"Yeah," Ivanka admired little Gilbert a little.

Even though this lewd and stinky boss kept staring at her long legs, he really had some skills.

Ivanka continued: "David Ellison is arrogant, but also very smart. He knows that the way to make a name for himself in Hollywood is to find an opponent to defeat and then defeat him."

"So David Ellison picked Gilbert Jr.? Wanted to beat Gilbert Jr. in the summer season and make a name for himself in Hollywood?"

Charlize Theron thinks David Ellison is crazy. Who would challenge Gilbert Jr. in the summer movie?

"It doesn't necessarily mean we'll win," Little Gilbert saw it clearly: "As long as we can get close, it will send out a very positive signal.

You have to know that I have accumulated a lot of opponents over the years of my success.

As long as David Ellison shows the potential to beat me, these people will immediately rally around him and help him successfully take root in Hollywood."

Charlize Theron said she is not well educated and has a dull mind: "Oh my god, you guys in Hollywood have such dirty hearts."

"???" Little Gilbert was puzzled: "Honey, you are also in Hollywood."

Charlize Theron didn't care, she hugged little Gilbert's arm and said coquettishly: "I have you, I don't need to use my brain, I can just focus on filming."

Little Gilbert smiled and stroked Charlize Theron's short blond hair.

Charlize Theron thinks she looks prettier with short hair, so she kept it short. Not to mention, little Gilbert likes it very much, and it really looks like a queen.

"Ahem," Ivanka rolled her eyes, interrupting the affectionate display between her boss and boss lady number three to offer her own suggestions.

"Boss, I suggest you send a set of china and tea to Stephen Sommers."

Little Gilbert's eyes lit up: "Good idea, you can do this.

Remember, I gave Stephen Sommers a set of Jingdezhen porcelain and West Lake Longjing tea, which was given to me by my Chinese friend.

Ivanka said she understood and would arrange it immediately when she returned.

Little Gilbert thought for a moment and said, "Oh, by the way, let's give David Ellison another book!"

"what book?"

"The Tao Te Ching. Remember, it must be the Chinese version."

Ivanka secretly thought that her boss was really mean, but she still called someone to find a Chinese version of "Tao Te Ching".

Charlize Theron was very curious: "Why did you give him a copy of the Tao Te Ching? Did you want David Ellison to learn morality?"

"Not really," Gilbert Jr. laughed, "I just wanted to know what David Ellison's reaction would be when he received the book."

"Oh!" Charlize Theron nodded, and then asked, "What is this book about?"

"I'm sorry, dear." Little Gilbert spread his hands and said, "Although I understand Chinese, I don't know what this book is about."

Charlize Theron was speechless for a moment, and looked at Ivanka. Both of them thought that little Gilbert was really mean.

(End of this chapter)