hollywood melon man

Chapter 74 North American box office exceeds million
  In the new week, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" continues to fight with "Jue Ling Xiong Feng".

Although affected by a series of public opinions, "Speed ​​of Life" still defeated "Jumper" by relying on its grading advantages and slightly better quality.

Within four working days, "Speed" took in a box office of US$2269.4 million, and "The Last Stand" took in a box office of US$1524.3 million.

What I have to mention here is that because "The Last Stand" is an R-rated film, it had a great impact on its box office.

In the North American film market, PG-13 films are always cheaper than R-rated films.

So it's not surprising that "Speed" is better than "The End" when the quality of the two films is similar.

In the fiercely competitive summer season, new movies are released every weekend.

The weekend after "Speed", the comedy "The President" released by Warner Bros. was released, but this movie did not affect the box office of "Speed" the following weekend.

In the three days of the following weekend, "Speed" once again made 2455.8 million U.S. dollars. Ten days after the film was released, it had made 8406.6 million U.S. dollars, and once again topped the weekly box office.

Being attacked from both sides by "Speed" and "The Fake President", the box office of "Jumanji" plunged in the second weekend, only taking in a box office of US$1450.6 million, with a total box office of US$6538.4 million.

To be honest, this box office result actually meets CAA's previous expectations.

After all, there are only a few R-rated films that can sell this box office, let alone expect to exceed 100 million, except for "Basic Instinct".

Although Sharon Stone has a mean-spirited and unrestrained talk, she later hurt the Chinese audience.

But in the early 1990s, she could compete with Hollywood actresses such as loud-mouthed Julia Roberts and Jodie Foster.

The heroine of "The Last Day", Janine Turner, is not as generous as Sharon Stone, so it is natural that the box office is not as good as "Basic Instinct".

However, without "Speed", the box office of "Jumper" would definitely satisfy CAA.

However, there is also "Speed", which has a box office performance of more than 80 million, which is really impressive.

And it has only been released for ten days. If nothing unexpected happens, the North American box office of "Speed" can exceed 100 million.

While Hollywood marveled at little Gilbert's magic, this time it was still a shock.

Less than 23 years old, the third film he directed has exceeded 100 million at the North American box office? What is this concept?
  This means that little Gilbert has entered the ranks of first-line directors and has become a guest of major film companies.

No one was going to have trouble with the cash cow, and little Gilbert would become a Hollywood hit, driving Hollywood stars crazy for his movie projects.

This is no exaggeration at all. In fact, after the box office was released the next weekend, Gilbert Jr. received many calls from people he had never met before.

There are film company CEOs, producers, and Hollywood A-list stars.

The most memorable thing is that when Gilbert Jr. was the executive director of "Captain Hook", the big-mouthed Julia Roberts never looked at him seriously.

But this time when little Gilbert received her call, the loudmouth's attitude obviously improved a lot, and he even 'reminisced' the good times of "Captain Hook" with little Gilbert.

In fact, the two of them have nothing to do with each other. It's just because little Gilbert is now worthy of Julia Roberts.

However, this is not what makes CAA the most angry.

The most irritating thing is that the production cost of "Juvenile" was US$6500 million.

And what about "Speed ​​of Life and Death"? The production cost was only US$2000 million.

Why is "Speed" so cheap? The main reason is that Keanu Reeves's salary is cheap, only 400,000 US dollars.

Stallone's salary is dozens of times that of Keanu Reeves. The combined salary of the male and female protagonists of "Jumanji" alone is enough to make 1.5 "Speed" movies.

But there's nothing we can do about it. Not everyone is a little Gilbert. These unknown little actors can create box office myths.

This is also one of the reasons why film companies like Little Gilbert. He spends less money and has high box office, which means a high return rate.

Just relying on the North American box office, "Speed" has already recovered its costs and made money.

Compared to CAA's Michael Ovitz, as Gilbert Jr.'s agent, Sheena Boone has been very proud of herself recently.

No matter which film company she went to, the former high-ranking executives would always greet her politely and say Miss Boone.

It is much easier for Sheena Boone to compete for projects and roles for her artists, and film companies will also consider her artists.

Sheena Boone knew very well who brought all this, so the first sentence on the title page of her work diary read: Little Gilbert's affairs are always the first priority. She cannot afford to lose this client, so maintaining a good relationship is necessary.

While promoting in New York, Sheena Boone made a special trip to New York to discuss the next work with Gilbert Jr.

"Little Gilbert, Touchstone Pictures is talking to me about the sequel to "Death Comes". They want to buy out the rights to the sequel."

Little Gilbert asked: "How much is Robert Eger willing to pay?"

"A million dollars."

"One million dollars?" Little Gilbert shook his head and said, "How is this possible? Without twenty million dollars, there is no way you can take the sequel rights from me."

He has one-tenth of the copyright, and the lion's mouth is a must.

Moreover, the global box office of "Death is Coming" has exceeded 100 million, so it is reasonable for him to ask Disney for a copyright buyout fee of 20 million US dollars.

The main reason is that I don’t want to follow the investment. Instead of letting it grow moldy in my hands, it’s better to take advantage of this opportunity and give Disney a lot of money.

Sheena Boone said she understood, then asked: "What are you going to do after the promotion of the film is over?"

"I think about it, maybe I will take a vacation. Ellie has been pestering me to want to go to China. I will take her on vacation." Little Gilbert said.

Sheena Boone understood that little Gilbert had always been interested in Chinese culture, and it was not surprising to go there for vacation.

"What about the new project?"

"We'll wait until I get back from China. I can't keep thinking about new projects."

"I understand……"

When little Gilbert was talking about work, Naomi Watts kept her mouth shut and would not interfere with little Gilbert's work.

In fact, little Gilbert had already revealed his idea for a new project to her, which is a science fiction action film and a story about boxing.

She also promised that there is a role in it that suits her very well and she will be cast in it when the time comes.

Naomi Watts was very happy to get this promise and rewarded little Gilbert with several ways to exercise.

It's still early days for new projects. After all, "Speed" is still being released. This is undoubtedly the most important work at the moment.

The third week of summer vacation is here, and the crew of "Speed" concluded their last stop of national promotion in Philadelphia.

"Speed" lost to new films this week and failed to win the weekly box office championship, but it still made 2057.7 million U.S. dollars, and the North American box office reached 1.04 million U.S. dollars.

Although it had long been expected that the film's North American box office would exceed 100 million, Hollywood was still shocked when the news that it exceeded 100 million came out.

Not only Hollywood, but also current political circles and Wall Street are paying close attention.

The front page of the Wall Street Journal reported the news that "Speed" had a box office of over 100 million, and named the director Gilbert Jr., focusing on his age.

The box office success created by little Gilbert was even known to the man living in Washington.

At a dinner party, the man in Washington even introduced Gilbert Jr., a young film genius from Hollywood, to his friendly younger brother.

Talent and Hollywood business card, no matter how you look at it, it is very topical.

After the fourth week of summer vacation, the North American box office of "Speed" reached 1.19 million US dollars, and the film also began to be released overseas.

　The soul passes through the stupid pillar and takes the path of fighting evil beasts...

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　　"Siheyuan; I, He Yuzhu, the nemesis of beasts"

　　This chapter is not scheduled, I forgot...

　　
  　
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