Chapter 72 Slightly Better
"Keanu Reeves has changed the public's prejudice against pretty boys and proved that even if the muscles are not as developed as traditional action stars, they can still star in action movies..."
"'Speed' is a very exciting action movie. Director Gilbert Jr. uses unprecedented shooting and editing techniques to keep the audience's hearts fluctuating.
The film, which lasts more than one hundred minutes, is full of exciting scenes and shots. "
"Warm reminder, don't drink too much Coke before watching this movie, otherwise your bladder will explode because of this movie..."
Naomi Watts read the media reports to little Gilbert, and she was very happy: "Little Gilbert, our movie is a hit."
"Well," Little Gilbert simply nodded, without much excitement on his face, and remained as calm as usual.
"Looking at the serious look on your face, did the movie not meet your expectations?" Naomi Watts asked.
"No," little Gilbert shook his head and said, "I just think that I deserve this result."
Naomi Watts looked at the man she admired and secretly admired him.
As a supporting role, she was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night after the movie got a good response.
But little Gilbert didn't seem to mind at all. It was time to eat and sleep, and he wasn't excited or worried at all.
This kind of person is born to do great things.
In fact, it's not that little Gilbert has never been excited, but he hid himself very well. In his view, the success of the film is inevitable, after all, it has been proven in previous lives.
If it doesn't work out, you're the one with the problem.
So more often than not, he is worried about the film's feedback from theaters.
But fortunately, the feedback from theaters was quite good, which made little Gilbert breathe a sigh of relief.
In addition to the reviews surrounding the movie, scandals about Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock are also continuing to stir up speculation.
Naomi Watts was ignored. She searched for reports in more than a dozen newspapers before she found her name.
But the petite woman is not depressed. At least she has a name, which shows that she has made progress. Once you have taken the first step, you will take the second step.
After the midnight screening, "Speed" opened in 2,800 theaters on April 30, fully landing in North America.
In terms of the number of films scheduled, it is slightly lower than Stallone's "The Last Stand", and the number of theaters showing it is also 300 fewer.
But the two films were neck-and-neck on the first day.
"Speed" took in $9.246 million at the box office on Friday, April 30.
Including the midnight show, the box office on the first day was US$10.371 million, setting a single-day box office record in Gilbert's career.
Relying on Stallone's appeal and film schedule advantage, "The Last Day" earned a box office of US$11.214 million, winning by a slim margin and taking the top spot at the box office that day.
Under the squeeze of two action films, other films have little room for survival and are almost uncompetitive.
A new day has come. Because "Speed" performed very well at the box office, theaters have increased their film schedules, and the number of theaters has increased to 3,000.
And "Speed" did not disappoint, winning the box office championship on this day with a single-day result of US$15.248 million.
As a direct competitor, "Jumanji" took in a box office of US$14.952 million, losing to "Speed" and only finishing in second place.
The two movies repeatedly staged a tug-of-war, and on the last day of its opening weekend, "Speed" won again.
It took in a box office of US$11.195 million in a single day on Sunday. With a first-week score of US$36.814 million, it successfully won the first weekly box office championship in the 1993 summer season.
"Jumanji" grossed US$9.173 million in a single day on Sunday, ranking second with a box office of US$35.635 million.
The direct competition between "Speed" and "Jumanji" not only attracted the attention of Hollywood, but also attracted the attention of many movie fans.
Obviously, a director named Gilbert Jr. who has only made two movies, coupled with a pretty boy named Keanu Reeves, was able to defeat the veteran action star Stallone, which caused a sensation in the entire North American film market.
As long as you pay attention to movies and love watching movies, you can't help but know that "Speed" is now the winner of the opening weekend, and the loser is Stallone.
The front page of the Los Angeles Times reported the event, praising Gilbert Jr.'s achievements.
"Variety" magazine published a simple cartoon, in which Jack, the male protagonist of "Speed" KOs Rocky in the boxing ring. Rocky is the most representative character in Stallone's film career, but now he has been defeated by a pretty actor, which is simply outrageous.
This incredible level is as incredible as telling the current American people that the ancient country on the other side of the Pacific will become the world's second largest economy in a few decades.
But Gilbert Jr. and Keanu Reeves did achieve this. In the fiercely competitive summer season, they teamed up to defeat the combination of Rennie Haring and Stallone.
"Pah..." The wine glass was smashed to pieces, and Stallone's well-developed muscles were rising and falling, looking very angry.
"Don't get excited, Stallone. I've gone to see this movie. "Speed" is really good." The agent told Stallone to calm down.
As a gangster, Stallone has a bad temper. He obviously couldn't calm down and looked at his agent with a fierce look: "You actually went to see that disgusting movie?"
The agent was helpless and explained: "I always have to understand our opponents before we can formulate corresponding measures!"
"Then what plan have you worked out?" Stallone looked at the agent with a cold gaze. If he didn't speak well, he would punch him.
At this time, Stallone's temper was quite bad, and even the people around him would beat and scold him at every turn.
The agent obviously understood the character of this action star and did not beat around the bush and said directly: "To be honest, at first I didn't believe what kind of film a young director in his twenties could make.
But it wasn't until I watched "Speed" that I realized that "Speed"'s victory was not an accident. "
"What do we do?" Stallone asked.
The agent said distressedly: "There are no problems with the movie. We can only find problems with people. Mr. Ovitz is very good at this. Let's discuss countermeasures with him!"
Michael Ovitz was also having a headache at this time, because the box office performance of "Speed" was so good and outstanding.
This made Michael Ovitz regret quite a bit. Gilbert almost belonged to CAA (he himself felt).
If he had been more determined, put down his stature and acted on his own, maybe little Gilbert would have been under CAA, and "Speed" would have become a project of CAA's packaged services.
But now it's too late to regret it. Little Gilbert proved with "Speed" that he doesn't need any CAA packaging services.
His work beat the packaged service "The Greatest Heroes" without the packaged service.
This is a big blow to CAA.
I used to brag about how good the packaging service is, but now many works have proven that films can be successful without the operation of packaging services.
This is the core interest of CAA and cannot be violated.
Little Gilbert will never accept CAA's packaging service. Over time, Little Gilbert will become James Cameron again.
The truck driver has already caused CAA a lot of embarrassment, and if little Gilbert shows up, CAA will be disgraced.
Since our core interests have been violated, we must take action!
So, Michael Ovitz and Martin Bob discussed how to suppress little Gilbert.
However, can a director who has already made his mark be suppressed just because he wants to suppress it?
Don’t forget, behind little Gilbert are the two giants Disney and Warner. If you suppress their money printing press, how can they not mess with you?
Yes, little Gilbert is now the money printing machine for Disney and Warner.
So the only way is to let little Gilbert fail, and keep failing, so that Disney and Warner will no longer protect him.
So Michael Ovitz thought of a way. Young people are impulsive and irritable, and they are also easily lost.
The previous strategy of finding dirt didn't work, so we used the strategy of flattery to let little Gilbert lose himself in the praise.
To put it simply, it is flattery...
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(End of this chapter)