Chapter 361: Give Little Gilbert a negative review
“God, there are so many people!” Brian Miller sighed.
He is an investigator from Disney's investigative agency. Although it is already early in the morning, his work has just begun.
The attendance rate for the early show has reached a terrifying 97%, while the attendance rate for the midnight show has declined, but it is only over 90%.
There are no surprises at all. "Return of the King" can create a pretty terrible result just in advance and midnight screenings.
When the midnight show was about to end, Brian Miller and several colleagues went over to interview movie fans to obtain first-hand data.
He first interviewed a couple in their thirties. The couple seemed to be immersed in the film, with red eyes.
"I'm so excited. I'm so excited." The husband obviously couldn't control his emotions.
"It's okay, just say it slowly." Brian Miller soothed, while writing down the fans' reactions in his notes.
It took the husband a while to recover, and then said: "I didn't expect it, I never expected it. Both Leia and I are fans of "The Lord of the Rings". We used to think that no one would be able to bring this magnificent masterpiece to the big screen." screen.
But little Gilbert did it, and he did it perfectly. "
“Yes,” the wife on the side said excitedly: “At the end of “The Return of the King,” none of us expected that we would be so moved.
Starting in 2000, this series of movies has been with us for three years. We hope that the story of "Lord of the Rings" will never end. "
It's impossible not to end it, but it does show that "Lord of the Rings" has become deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Brian Miller asked again: "If it's a perfect score, how many points would you give?"
"Ten points, absolutely ten points..." the couple said in unison.
However, after the couple finished giving the film a ten-point rating, a movie fan who was interviewed by a reporter angrily said: "I give the movie ten points, but I give Little Gilbert a zero."
This movie fan's voice was quite loud and instantly attracted the attention of most people in the cinema hall.
The fan who gave Little Gilbert a bad review clenched his fists excitedly and said: "I give Little Gilbert a zero score. The story of "The Return of the King" is very exciting.
But he actually ended the story of "Lord of the Rings", which is simply unforgivable and I give him a zero. "
"Yes, little Gilbert was so bad that he actually ended the story of The Lord of the Rings."
"Yeah, why doesn't he keep filming?"
"I want to see Part 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of "Lord of the Rings"..."
Many movie fans reacted to the sad parting mood, so they gave the movie ten points and little Gilbert a zero.
"Uh," Brian Miller was dumbfounded. He had never seen a movie fan give a ten-point score to a movie but zero points to its director.
And the reason is very strange, it is because there is no sequel to the story of "Lord of the Rings".
This is probably a miracle in the history of movies. No movie fans urge the director to continue to make sequels after the final chapter. The "Lord of the Rings" series is an exception.
Generally speaking, the third sequel to a blockbuster movie is mostly a continuation of the sequel, and it is rare for it to get better and better as time goes by.
This is also the reason why many series of films basically end in the third film. The production company also knows that there is not much fun in filming anymore and the fans will not like it.
Of course, this is not absolute, there are still four or five six films, but at least this is the case for most series of films.
A new day has arrived, and there are still a few hours before the sun rises. The sky begins to turn black, and the moon and stars are missing.
At the Disney headquarters building in Burbank, the lights have not been turned off in an office at this time, and there are still a dozen sleepy people on duty.
They are waiting for data investigation reports from frontline investigators, then summarizing them and reporting them to their superiors.
Ruth supported her head with her hands, bit by bit, like a chicken pecking at rice, as if she was about to fall asleep at any moment.
But soon the fax machine in front of her desk rang. Ruth was shocked and quickly called to her colleagues: "Come to fax. Everyone, please wake up. Let's work hard to make the data report."
The other colleagues woke up immediately and quickly took a sip of coffee or went to the bathroom to wash their faces and start working.
However, as the work progressed, everyone became more and more awake and no longer sleepy. The reason is very simple. The attendance rate and praise rate of "Return of the King" are quite high.
Similarly, as theater chains innovated their electronic ticket counting systems, box office data for both early and midnight shows were released.
Ruth also noticed in interviews with several investigators that some fans actually gave director Gilbert Jr. a bad review because the reason for this was because there was no sequel to the "Lord of the Rings" series.
This is quite strange, but it also proves from the side that the film is indeed loved by movie fans.
Ruth compiled the data of her colleagues and sent it to her boss as soon as possible.
When the boss received the data report, his face showed joy: "Well done, Ruth, do a good job in handing over the shift, you can go and have a rest!
The film performed well, and you guys will get a lot of bonuses."
Ruth's tired face also showed a smile: "Thank you Mr. Paul..."
If the movie does well but everyone involved in the project only gets a base salary, I'm afraid Ruth won't be so happy.
It is because of the success of the movie and the bonuses that Ruth and her colleagues will be motivated.
After Ruth left, Paul hurried to the president's office. At this time, Robert Iger was resting in the lounge in the president's office.
After the secretary woke him up, Robert Egger took over the data report and was shocked: "The attendance rate at the midnight game was 91%? Not bad.
The box office was even better, with an early screening of $5.63 million and a midnight screening of $14.65 million. If I remember correctly, this should be the highest-grossing midnight show, and Little Gilbert broke the record again. "
"Yes," Paul said with joy on his face, not feeling sleepy at all, and continued to report: "More importantly, the audience's evaluation, more than 97% of the audience gave it an A+.
Among the 52,530 viewers interviewed, less than 50 gave it a rating of C or below.
The strangest thing is this data..."
"What data?" Robert Egger curiously took a look at the report and laughed out loud: "No way, these fans are so cute, they actually gave little Gilbert a bad review."
"This shows that the "Lord of the Rings" series of movies shot by Gilbert Jr. are indeed very popular among movie fans."
After Paul finished speaking, he continued to suggest: "Bob, I think both "The Silmarillion" and "The Hobbit" can be made into movies."
Robert Egger is thinking: "I think what Gilbert meant is that "The Silmarillion" is more of a popular science nature and is not suitable for making a movie.
As for "The Hobbit", he may want to find someone to take over. "
"Who else is more suitable to direct the story of "The Lord of the Rings" than little Gilbert himself?" Paul was anxious.
Losing little Gilbert's "Lord of the Rings" movies is like losing Tifa in 3D and the West losing Jerusalem.
"Paul, you have to understand that in the end we can only give little Gilbert some advice, not interfere with his production." Robert Egger said seriously.
Given Gilbert's current status, even Warner executives who like to interfere in film production will not interfere with his crew.
And Robert Egger also has enough trust in little Gilbert, because little Gilbert has never failed. Even "Iron Fist", which had a relatively unsatisfactory box office return, also made Disney a lot of money from peripherals.
To this day, the "Dead Man" series by Touchstone Pictures, a subsidiary of Disney, is still one of the signatures, and it has reached its fifth installment.
Without further ado about this matter, Robert Egger immediately called the Melon Manor. Little Gilbert had taken a break, and the caller was Jennifer Connelly.
"Okay, I understand. I'll tell him when he wakes up." Jennifer Connelly hung up the phone and happily reported the data to Cameron Diaz, who was accompanying her.
"Great," Cameron Diaz said, pumping his fist. "He's always so successful, isn't he?"
"Yeah," Jennifer Connelly looked upstairs: "He should be sleeping soundly at this time."
"Let's go to sleep too, this bad guy won't take me to sleep!" Cameron Diaz complained.
"Yeah!" Jennifer Connelly received the report from the fax machine and put it down before following Cameron Diaz upstairs.
The lights in the living room go out, but a new day has just begun...
When he woke up in the morning, little Gilbert felt refreshed, his fatigue was gone, and he had released all his stress.
He pinched the left side and touched the right side, and felt two bodies.
"Huh?" Little Gilbert expressed his surprise. He slept alone last night, so why did he wake up in the morning with two more people?
Lifting the quilt, I saw Jennifer Connelly and Cameron Diaz. Little Gilbert smiled evilly and started to act weird.
"I hate it." Cameron Diaz didn't even want to open his eyes and swatted away little Gilbert's mischievous hands: "I've been on the phone all night for you, and you still want to bully me."
Little Gilbert went to harass Jennifer Connelly again, but Jennifer Connelly did not refuse and directly pulled little Gilbert into her arms to feel her greatness.
"Sleep a little longer, sleep a little longer..."
Little Gilbert didn't bother the two women who had stayed up most of the night. He got up first, washed up, and then had breakfast with Kyoko's service.
"Sir, this is the data report." Xingzi handed over the faxed data report. Little Gilbert only glanced at it and put it aside.
Seeing this, Kyoko asked curiously: "Sir, don't you care about the data of "The Return of the King"?"
"Of course I care..." Little Gilbert pointed to the newspaper, which read that "The Return of the King" broke the midnight box office record with a box office of 14.65 million US dollars.
"It's enough for me to read the newspaper. The situation is probably close to ten."
Xingzi smiled gently: "Sir, you are so wise."
Wisdom at this time is still wisdom and has no other meaning.
"By the way," little Gilbert asked Kyoko, "When will Noriko and the others come over?"
"Miss Noriko said they will come here around mid-May," Kyoko replied.
"Very well, get ready! Our family's first trip around the world is about to begin." Little Gilbert said.
Xingzi was overjoyed: "Sir, do you consider me a family member?"
"Of course," little Gilbert said, holding his arms around Xingzi's plump waist, "You are my housekeeper, and of course we are part of the family."
Xingzi was very happy: "I will serve you breakfast..."
The master and servant got along well with each other in the restaurant, and at this time, the luxury movie theaters in major cities in North America were already packed with anticipating movie fans.
(End of chapter)