hollywood melon man

Chapter 600: Is it going downhill?
Although "Transformers" achieved good box office results in its first week, the film failed to retain the box office championship after "X-Men 3: The Last Stand" was released the following weekend.

"X-Men 3: The Last Stand" became the new North American weekly box office champion with a box office of 1 million US dollars. It is also the first movie this year to exceed 700 million yuan in the first week box office.

This first week box office result was certainly enough to satisfy 20th Century Fox, but the film's reputation was slightly poor and there was also a bit of a scandal.

James Maddens, who played Cyclops in the film, was exposed to have beaten his girlfriend on Sunday when the film was released. His girlfriend, with a bruised face, acted pitifully in front of the media.

Although James Maddens apologized immediately under the instructions of 20th Century Fox and said that the two had just had a quarrel, he still could not resist the anger of some fans.

Many movie fans refused to watch this movie because of this incident.

In addition, the quality of the film was not outstanding and seemed too old-fashioned, which caused the reputation of "X-Men 3: The Last Stand" to decline rapidly and also had a certain impact on the box office.

"Transformers" earned $2959 million in North America in the three days of its second weekend, and with the weekday box office, it earned a total of $6552 million this week.

The total North American box office also reached 1 million US dollars, which is a pretty good figure.

Overseas markets continued to advance, earning $1 million this week. Combined with previous box office revenue, the global box office reached $1200 million.

"The Da Vinci Code" was a little behind, with box office revenue of $3844 million this week and weekdays, bringing North American box office to $1 million and global box office to $576 million.

Obviously, in the global market, even though "The Da Vinci Code" has many fans of the original novel, it is still not as good as "Transformers" with better visual effects.

There is no way. The natural disadvantage in subject matter makes "The Da Vinci Code" unable to compete with "Transformers" on a global scale.

So the executives of Sony Columbia Pictures also called it bad luck. If David Ellison had been more assertive, the movie that would collide with Transformers might have been The Last of Us.

But once missed, it's missed. David Ellison himself regretted it. If he had known that "Transformers" was so powerful, he would have put it in the same schedule as "The Last of Us".

If he defeated Gilbert Jr. head-on, not to mention the media's praise, he himself would be so excited that he would not be able to help but hold a model party to celebrate.

"The Last of Us" performed well this week, earning $2335 million at the box office, and the North American box office just exceeded $ million.

The overseas box office declined slightly this week, earning $4069 million, and the global box office reached $4 million.

Given that the film's screening schedule can spread throughout the entire summer, The Hollywood Reporter gave a final forecast that the North American box office will be between 2.5 million and 2.8 million, and global box office of more than 6 million US dollars will not be a problem.

"Since The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, we can see that Gilbert Jr. has been making around $6 or $7 per movie.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 1" grossed $3.28 million in North America and $7.61 million worldwide. "The Fault in Our Stars" earned $1.73 million at the box office entirely due to Gilbert Jr.'s own appeal.

"The Last of Us" made $7.2 million, "Batman Begins" made $6.23 million, and now "The Last of Us" with Tom Cruise is likely to not exceed $ million.

We don’t know what happened to Gilbert Jr., but we know for sure that he was at a low point in his career as a director.”

After The Hollywood Reporter made its box office prediction for The Last of Us, The Washington Post published the above comments, which sparked heated discussion.

Those staunch anti-Little Guibert supporters instantly went wild and began to smear Little Guibert, ignoring all basic facts.

Gilbert Jr.'s fans were puzzled. Although no movie grossed over 1 billion, all these movies made money.

A fan said: "I would like to ask everyone, if the above resume is placed on other Hollywood directors, what kind of resume would it be?"

Another fan replied: "It goes without saying that a Hollywood director with this resume is enough to become a top-tier director." "Yeah, then why are there still media and so many people saying that Gilbert Jr. is at a low point? If that's Gilbert Jr.'s low point, then what about other directors?"

It’s no wonder that many directors avoid this issue.

On the one hand, they don't want to offend Gilbert Jr., and on the other hand, they don't want to embarrass themselves. Apart from the artistic "The Fault in Our Stars", Gilbert Jr.'s average box office for each movie is $600 million to $700 million.

This stable performance is the envy of many Hollywood directors, so no one dares to say that Gilbert Jr. is on the decline.

It is true that The Lord of the Rings trilogy is the pinnacle of Gilbert Jr.'s directorial career. However, after coming down from the peak, Gilbert Jr. has indeed not made a single film that surpasses this trilogy.

But we can't just say that Gilbert Jr. is at his lowest point. At most he is halfway up the mountain and can't go any lower. Otherwise, doesn't it mean that these directors are all useless?

Of course, there are also directors with big mouths.

Well-known black director Spike Lee publicly stated in front of the media: "Little Gilbert's era is over. He has lost his passion for movies."

Spike Lee is a big mouth and a leader in the black community in Hollywood. He often speaks out based on his black identity.

He's a bit of a scoundrel, and once you start a debate with him he'll act like a victim and accuse you of being a racist.

So the directors in the mainstream film industry all hate this loud-mouthed black director, but they are too lazy to bother with him, lest they get into trouble that they can't get rid of.

Perhaps it was the confidence given by this identity that allowed him to stand up and express his views on this matter.

Before Gilbert Jr. could react, the woman next to him got angry. Charlize Theron, who is always hot-tempered, immediately said on social media: "Director Spike Lee, has any of your works grossed more than $200 million?

Is there any one hundred million dollars?"

Spike Lee quickly responded: "I value the artistic quality of the film, and the box office is not within my consideration."

At this time, the sharp-tongued Scarlett came on stage: "Then I would like to ask Director Spike Lee, who pursues the art of film, how many Oscars have you won?"

Spike Lee also has a rich resume. His films "Jungle Fever", "Suspense Prisoners" and "25 Hours" were nominated for the three major European film festivals.

But those are the three major European film festivals, not the Oscars. Hollywood has never paid much attention to the so-called three major European film festivals, let alone just nominations.

"Four Little Girls" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, but this award is not very popular and it is not a nomination for Best Picture or Best Director.

The Gilbert Jr. whom Spike Lee mocked was a man who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director four times and won the award twice.

I don’t know about other parts of the world, but in North America, the influence of the Oscars is still very high.

Spike Lee mocked Gilbert Jr.'s films for lacking artistry, and he himself needs to show the corresponding resume, otherwise he is not qualified.

Of course, as Naomi Watts said, Spike Lee could have taken another path, which was to deny the Oscars.

But to be honest, if Spike Lee dares to do this, the old guys in the academy will not let him off, and Spike Lee is determined not to do it.

(End of this chapter)