Chapter 632 Excellent Summer Season
The best-performing film in the film market this year is undoubtedly "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" released by Warner and Disney and produced by Melon Film Studio.
The film's North American box office has easily reached US$383 million, heading towards US$400 million. There were no competitive films after that, and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" has basically locked up the annual box office championship in North America.
Of course, it’s not just the annual box office champion in North America.
The global gross of 1.0739 billion US dollars is enough for the film to secure the global annual box office title. More importantly, the film is still in theaters and still making money at the box office.
The second best-performing film at the box office was "Transformers," produced by Sky Studios and distributed by MGM United Artists.
The film's North American box office reached US$338.55 million, and its global box office reached US$965.42 million. Except for a few areas where it is still being released, the main markets have basically been downloaded.
It is indeed a pity for the film that it failed to break the billion-dollar box office mark.
However, little Gilbert thinks this result is very good. In his previous life, this movie was produced by DreamWorks, and the global box office was only US$700 million.
Now it’s 960 million US dollars, and Sky Studio has made a lot of money.
And more importantly, during the movie's run, "Transformers" generated $578 million in peripheral sales around the world, and it is still growing.
Compared with the movie’s box office, peripherals are the bulk of the movie’s revenue.
The outstanding performance of "Transformers" proves to a certain extent that David Ellison's production ability has become quite good after several years of training.
The third best one is "Iron Man" produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Disney.
The film's North American box office reached US$310.19 million, and its global box office reached US$884.72 million. It's also a great start compared to its previous performance, and it's a good start for Marvel Studios.
Currently, Marvel Studios' films such as "Captain America" and "The Incredible Hulk" have been put into production, and "Thor" and "Iron Man 2" are also on the agenda.
Scarlett has appeared in these films, which can be regarded as connecting the threads of the first phase of the Marvel Universe.
Before female superheroes such as Scarlet Witch and Captain Marvel came out, they could be regarded as the only flowers in the Avengers.
The outstanding performance of "Iron Man" has once again driven the pace of superhero movies. "Spider-Man 3" will be released next year, and "X-Men" will continue to advance.
There is also Warner. Previously, Warner followed Gilbert Jr.'s advice and has not been in a hurry to develop other DC superheroes.
But perhaps influenced by the recent rumors of suppressing Gilbert Jr., Warner did not listen to Gilbert Jr.'s opinions and directly started the development of "Superman".
Warner originally found Christopher Nolan, but Nolan was recently busy with "District 9", so Warner Pictures found J.J. Abrams to direct. Investment of US$120 million.
Although Gilbert Jr. is a shareholder of Warner, given the current tense situation, he has no objection.
And in Little Gilbert’s opinion, it’s best if the movie loses money. Only losing money can prove his words, and this is the result of disobedience.
However, Warner was kind enough to leave the subsequent two parts of "Batman" to Gilbert Jr. After all, Gilbert Jr. did a good job in the previous film, and it may be more risky to change directors rashly.
As for other companies that do not have superhero copyrights, they can only stare blankly. Some people who heard the news hope that after Little Gilbert is finished, they can carve up Marvel Studios.
But just as little Gilbert doesn't expect to finish his work in one battle, it won't be possible within a few years to finish him off. You can't expect little Gilbert to wait for death without resisting!
The fourth most successful movie this year is "Cars." The North American box office of the film was not as good as "The Last of Us," with a box office of US$252 million, and a global box office of only US$461 million.
However, the peripheral performance of the film is much better than that of "The Last of Us". In terms of commercial success, the film ranks ahead of "The Last of Us".
The remaining "X-Men 3", "The Da Vinci Code", and "Mission: Impossible 3" all performed very well, and together they created the prosperity of the 2006 summer season.
Also because there are so many big-selling movies this year, this year’s summer season has become the best in history and has been called the strongest summer season by the media.
The overall market is about 20% higher than last year, which is a considerable improvement.
Coupled with the huge success of Sang Global, some media who are not afraid of being slapped in the face have already shouted the slogan of another golden age of Hollywood.
Martin Scorsese's new film "The Departed" was released this weekend, and little Gilbert also took the time to rush back to Los Angeles to attend the premiere. Everything in Hollywood seems calm, but in fact there are undercurrents surging inside, and countless deals are going on under the water.
Little Gilbert was warmly welcomed by Martin Scorsese, who said to little Gilbert: "If it hadn't been for your father, I might not have been able to enter Hollywood and become a director.
How is your father doing? ”
"He is very good. He has recently settled in China for a long time and is a visiting professor there." Little Gilbert replied.
"That's good," Martin Scorsese said with a smile: "This old guy has a very keen sense of danger. You can have less worries when he is not around."
Little Gilbert also smiled and said: "Yes, he left as soon as he heard about it."
Martin Scorsese patted little Gilbert on the shoulder and said: "No matter what, the most important thing is to protect yourself."
"Thank you..."
After chatting with Martin Scorsese, Gilbert Jr. chatted with DiCaprio and Matt Damon. Both of them have heard some rumors recently, but they can't figure out what they are.
Little Gilbert said: "Don't ask around. It's not good for you to know too much.
"Okay," Li Zi patted his chest and said, "Man, you know, I always support you. If you need help, let me know."
Matt Damon: "Me too..."
Little Gilbert smiled and said: "Don't worry, guys, I won't make it difficult for you. We should make movies, make movies, and cooperate. There will be no impact."
The two of them also breathed a sigh of relief: "I knew you could handle it."
In fact, if you look at the list of previous lives, Xiao Lizi seems to be on Shi Shusi's list. He also prefers to attend some parties, and there is no guarantee that he will not get to know some of the other party's people.
However, people's trajectories can be changed, and the little plum in the previous life was not the little plum from the beginning. According to little Gilbert's understanding, today's Leonardo DiCaprio seems to have had sex with Madonna for a while.
And he was the one who sacrificed himself to protect his good brother from disaster, so he was at the level of a good brother.
Of course, according to Leonardo DiCaprio, Madonna is more powerful in kung fu and overall she enjoys it.
In previous conversations with Tom Cruise, the Cruises and his wife also clearly expressed their support, perhaps because of the close relationship between the two families.
Except for the Italian gang and Squid Ji, the attitude of the other actors is very clear.
Of course, this is news that only top-tier actors would know, and the actors below would have no idea that little Gilbert is being targeted. They still regard Gilbert Jr. as one of the best directors in Hollywood and dream of working with him.
"The Departed" is a police film that is a remake of the Hong Kong film "The Departed". Unlike the Hong Kong film, Martin Scorsese has done a lot of localized adaptations.
For example, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon use a lot of obscene words such as Fake in the film, and the gang boss played by Jack Nicholson is like a devil, which is a bit scary.
Overall, this adaptation was quite successful. It can be seen that the old Martin is full of confidence and once again attacks the Oscar.
The film took in $26.37 million at the box office in its first week, not counting sex sales. However, Martin Lao's movies have always been like this at the box office and can guarantee that they will not lose money.
This is also the biggest reason why Martin Lao failed to win awards time and time again, but still managed to get investment to continue shooting new films.
In Hollywood, business success is everything. As long as the commercial performance is outstanding, even if you never get recognition from awards, you will not be short of filming.
On the contrary, if you win awards well but have poor business performance, you still won’t get many opportunities.
(End of chapter)