hollywood melon man

Chapter 611 The madness begins

After the discussion, James Cameron jokingly asked, "Are you interested in playing the leading role in Avatar?"

"Me?" Little Gilbert was stunned: "My salary is very high."

"It's okay. I can use the investment you gave me to treat you."

"Forget it," Little Gilbert shook his head and said, "If possible, I'll go and play a cameo role as an alien."

"Okay, it's a deal." James Cameron agreed immediately.

After James Cameron left, Ivanka came over with some concern and said, "Director Cameron has asked you for $100 million just to invest in him. How much investment does he want?"

"It's estimated to be around $300 million," said Gilbert Jr.

"So many?" Ivanka asked worriedly, "Will there be any risks? Should we consider it?"

"Don't worry," Gilbert Jr. said, "I'm familiar with Director Cameron's work over the past few years. I'm sure this is a movie that will revolutionize Hollywood. We will achieve unprecedented success."

After getting Gilbert's support, James Cameron immediately took the script to Disney. Robert Iger was so impressed after watching the sample film that he decided to invest immediately.

20th Century Fox panicked after hearing about it, and the top management immediately evaluated and reviewed the film. After hearing that Gilbert Jr. was willing to pay $100 million to support James Cameron, the top management no longer hesitated.

With the priority signing right, 20th Century Fox signed the film and paid $200 million in real money. Together with Gilbert Jr.'s $100 million, the film officially began preparations in July.

However, when James Cameron was communicating with Fox executives, he also said that there would be additional investment in the future, which scared the Fox executives enough.

But the project has already started preparations and everyone is on board. It is too late to get off now, so we can only trust James Cameron.

Wald, the vice president of Fox Film, also called Gilbert Jr. to discuss the project. Gilbert Jr. confidently told Wald: "This is a wise investment. We will change the entire film industry."

Gilbert Jr. and James Cameron make this statement very convincing.

On the other hand, Robert Iger expressed implicit dissatisfaction with Gilbert Jr., and he felt that Gilbert Jr. should persuade James Cameron to join Disney.

Gilbert Jr. also explained that he had tried to persuade James Cameron, otherwise he would not have approached Disney. Besides, in the end, it was because 20th Century Fox had the priority to sign the contract that Disney did not get it.

However, Gilbert Jr. also knew that what Disney was dissatisfied with was not this, but that Gilbert Jr. actually used the name of a fruit company to invest in "Avatar".

When Disney expressed its willingness to invest in "Avatar", 20th Century Fox rejected it outright.

Of course, these were essentially minor annoyances, and when Iron Man achieved good box office results, Disney's dissatisfaction disappeared.

Obviously, Disney is more interested in the Marvel Universe mentioned by Gilbert Jr. than the bottomless pit of James Cameron.

Back at the premiere, after finishing the media interviews, Scarlett and Kate Beckinsale appeared in front of little Gilbert together.

Scarlett, like a big-breasted, brainless naive person, said to little Gilbert, "Honey, Kate wants to go shopping with me. We are good sisters."

"Really?" Little Gilbert said with a smile, "That's great. Be careful when you go shopping. You still have a publicity mission!"

"I know!" Scarlett took Kate Beckinsale away.

Ivanka said on the side: "Should we remind Scarlett that Kate's mind is not simple?"

In fact, it stands to reason that a character like Pepper Potts is a very popular vase, but Kate Beckinsale never expected that she would be overshadowed by Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow. If it were any other actress, the two would have already started a war of words. But Scarlett Johansson was the Black Widow, so Kate didn't dare to do that and had to take a roundabout route.

Little Gilbert shook his head and said, "No need. Scarlett is not that fragile. Anyone who really underestimates her will really suffer."

If David Ellison heard this, he would definitely say that what Gilbert said made sense, as he had been defeated by Scarlett more than once.

This little Hollywood princess appears to be naive and innocent on the surface, but in fact she is a sinister and evil devil.

In the following days of promoting "Iron Man", Scarlett Johansson and Kate Beckinsale acted like good sisters, showing their acting potential as Oscar-winning actresses, which made the sisters in Cantaloupe Manor very excited.

The box office of "Iron Man" also soared, becoming a big-selling commercial blockbuster in June.

The real success of superhero movies started with "X-Men 1" produced by th Century Fox, and then reached its peak with "Spider-Man" produced by Sony Columbia Pictures.

With the advancement of film industry technology, these superheroes living in comics have begun to be active on the big screen. Many superheroes have decades of history and have accumulated a large number of fans.

So when a superhero movie is released, there will always be many comic fans supporting it, and "Iron Man" is no exception.

"What are the data from the midnight game?" Kevin Feibing did not go to rest, but waited for the data from the midnight game to come out.

As soon as the data was received, the assistant reported: "Very good, Kevin, the midnight show received $1335 million."

Hearing this data, Kevin Feige breathed a sigh of relief, the performance of the midnight show was quite outstanding.

Avi Arad and Stan Lee did not take a rest, and they also heard the box office data of the midnight show.

Avi Arad clenched his fist and said, "That's great. With the success of Iron Man, we can move forward with our subsequent plans."

Stan Lee signaled Avi Arad to calm down: "This is just the box office for the midnight shows. The first week box office hasn't come out yet."

Kevin Feige is not worried about this at all: "I think the first week box office performance will be quite good, and the previous previews and previews have fully spread word of mouth.

The internet is abuzz with chatter right now, and gentlemen, I propose that we break out the champagne."

The champagne wasn't popped, but the film's continued success has buoyed Marvel executives.

On Friday, "Iron Man" opened in 4100 theaters in North America, and was released simultaneously in more than countries and regions in Western Europe, Asia, and South America.

On the first day in North America, the film grossed 3854 million U.S. dollars, proving the box office potential of "Iron Man".

When Friday passed and Saturday came, the film's box office rose again, achieving a single-day box office of 4084 million US dollars, shocking all audiences in North America.

After receiving two days' box office data, Marvel Studios headquarters not only opened champagne, Stan Lee even got so excited that he started tap dancing.

If Stan Lee hadn't been worried that the old man would die from overexcitement, he would probably have danced all day.

After hearing these box office data, Stan Lee said that his waist and legs no longer hurt, and he could eat three large steaks and two Big Macs for a meal, and he felt very healthy.

More importantly, the revenue of "Iron Man" is closely related to Stan Lee. The higher the box office, the higher his income.

He may be old in body, but Stan Lee's heart is not.

(End of this chapter)