Chapter 477 The future is yours
It is a media that is pro-Disney and Warner, so naturally it wants to say good things about "Warriors".
The media bribed by Sky Studios, or the media that are anti-Gilbert, will naturally not say anything good about "Warriors".
Is the first-day box office of US$23.426 million low? In fact, it is really not low, even better than most adapted movies.
It is estimated that the names of Gilbert Jr., Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, and Charlize Theron are too scary, making people think that the box office of "Warrior" will reach 40 to 50 million on the first day.
Now the anti-Gilbert media found an opportunity, and all kinds of negative comments about "Wushuang" came out.
If you didn’t know better, you would have thought that “Wushuang” was going to be a hit.
The "Los Angeles Business Journal" exposed the lies of the media who were negative about "Wushuang", listed a series of data, and proved that "Wushuang"'s first-day box office data was very good.
Editor-in-chief Sarah said: "As a commercial crime movie, Little Gilbert has achieved a perfect balance between commercialism and artistry in this movie.
It's fast-paced, has gun battles and action scenes, and is engaging.
Exploring the complex roots of human nature, greed, love, hate, and resentment is its artistry.
This movie has caused huge discussions on the Internet, with many fans launching various analyses. I even went to the cinema to watch this movie repeatedly in order to find and support my point of view.
Such a popular movie that has aroused heated discussions cannot be said to be a failure in any case.
What's more, it's only the first day. If converted into the first week, the box office will be more than 70 million US dollars. "
Sarah was right, but the anti-Gilbert media no longer cared about that.
After all, they can describe "Pirates of the Caribbean" as a failure of Gilbert Jr., so it's not surprising that "Warrior" was said to be a flop just because of its first-day box office.
Little Gilbert has never cared about the comments of these media. If he cared about the comments of the media, he should not have come into this world at all.
There are many directors and stars who have been framed by the media.
However, little Gilbert is still very concerned about the feedback from theaters, which is pretty much what he expected. If the full score is ten, "Wushuang" is basically an excellent commercial film around 8.1.
More importantly, the film sparked a huge wave of discussions online, such as about the identity of the painter.
Bacher Lutz, a loyal fan of Little Gilbert, watched the movie by himself at the midnight screening, and then took his wife to see it again on the day of the premiere.
He noticed that in the last scene of the film, when the painting and palette of Mary, played by Charlize Theron, were shown, there seemed to be signs of discoloration.
Considering that color-changing ink is required to make counterfeit banknotes, this picture has to be reminiscent of color-changing ink.
So Bacher Lutz and his wife verified each other, looked for evidence on the Internet, and after reading several fans' comments, they came to a conclusion.
Mary is the real painter, and Ido Dash, played by Tom Hanks, is merely the scapegoat.
Bacher Lutz's speculation was supported by many movie fans, but some people quickly raised objections.
This fan said that the discoloration effect was caused by the elevation of the camera during filming and the change in light. Mary's clothes also had a color transition.
Moreover, there is a close-up shot in the film, and the colors of the palette do not change at all.
Moreover, since Mary became famous in 1995, she has been holding art exhibitions in various places, so it was easy for the police to find evidence. In other words, Mary has no chance to commit crimes anywhere.
This answer made Bacher Lutz doubtful. He watched the movie twice, but he was unwilling to let his guess fail, so he decided to go to the cinema to watch the movie again.
The second guess came from Doug and Zoe, who speculated that the fake Mary was the painter.
The reason is because in the hotel scene, Ido Dash's gun was pointed at the fake Mary, and except for the housekeeper who contacted the seller, the other two people were aiming at Ido Dash.
However, this conclusion was quickly overturned by netizens. Some netizens believed that because the fake Mary joined the group relatively late, she did not know the relationship between Ido Dash and the real Mary.
If she had known about it, she would not have agreed to have the plastic surgery to look like Mary, nor would she have used Mary's name.
So there is only one last answer left, that is, Ido Dash is the real painter and the leader of the counterfeit money gang.
As for Richard Decker, played by Tom Cruise, he made it up and has nothing to do with him. In real life, Tom Cruise is just a small policeman.
So are Ido Dash’s memories false? Netizens are also debating this.
One of Gao Zan's guesses is that it is half true and half false.
The process of making counterfeit banknotes, the cases they committed, and the emotional relationships between the characters are all basically real.
It's just that Ido Dash split the real story into two parts, giving one to the non-existent character Richard Deckard and one to himself in the story.
There are many discussions similar to the above on the Internet, and some people say that the character played by Dustin Hoffman is the picture scroll. Some people also say that Mary's agent was the painter.
Various speculations emerge one after another. In order to confirm their own opinions, these moviegoers will go to the cinema to watch movies and look for evidence to support their arguments.
Reflecting on the box office, "Wushuang" has achieved box office growth, with a single daily receipt of 32.657 million US dollars on Saturday to retain the single-day box office championship.
"Van Helsing" did not fall, but rose a bit, with a box office of US$18.673 million in a single day.
If there were no "Warriors" and no previous entanglements with "Warriors", maybe "Van Helsing" would have performed better .
Although this film looks a bit dull, at least the special effects are good and quite impressive, not too bad, so it is not a surprise to achieve this result.
However, David Ellison himself was not satisfied. He originally expected that even if he could not win "Wushuang", he would not be too far behind. But the gap between reality was stark before him.
David Ellison had to admit that he had been a little whimsical before. Martin Bob is right again, it is important to make the project profitable first.
Faced with the competition between the two films in the summer season, "The Hollywood Reporter" made a very incisive summary.
"At about the same age as Gilbert Jr., David Ellison served as producer and produced a large-scale production with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, but the performance was not as expected.
There is only one Little Gilbert in Hollywood, but even Little Gilbert started with small projects, with an investment of only US$3.5 million in the first project.
Perhaps David Ellison should give up the idea of big-budget productions and start making films that are within his capabilities. "
This summary can be regarded as pointing out a clear path for David Ellison. Other anti-Gilbert media are still hyping "Van Helsing".
It's just that David Ellison is not stupid. Judging from the box office performance, "Van Helsing" is far inferior to "Warrior".
The funniest thing is that the Washington Post has become obsessed with opposing Gilbert Jr.
While talking about the bright future of young David Ellison, he also said that little Gilbert, who has not yet passed his thirty-fourth birthday, has exhausted his talents and is already old.
Under the age of thirty-four, many Hollywood directors have not yet received their first directing opportunity at this age, but little Gilbert has been in the industry for almost fourteen years.
It sounds like a long time has passed, but it turns out that little Gilbert is not old at all!
It can only be said that the "Washington Post" demonstrates the fascinating moment of journalism, completely disregarding basic facts, and highlighting the rhythm of hating someone to death.
In fact, if Gilbert Jr. is willing, he can completely use his money-making ability to control the "Washington Post" just like the "Los Angeles Business Journal", "San Francisco Chronicle" and other media.
However, Gilbert Jr. did not do that, because although the Washington Post is one of the largest media outlets in the United States, it mainly focuses on current affairs news.
To put it bluntly, the Washington Post is an outsider when it comes to Hollywood.
Second, there are many media attacking Gilbert Jr., but Gilbert Jr. basically doesn’t care. However, having such a media that looks down on him at any time can also serve as a reminder to little Gilbert.
Prevent him from falling into the trap of arrogance and arrogance, and then sliding down the abyss of failure step by step.
If one day the media and commentators are full of voices praising merit, then little Gilbert will be in danger.
David Ellison is very dissatisfied with the "Washington Post", mainly because of the word "promising future".
At the end of the "Washington Post" commentary article, David Ellison was asked to cheer up and added the sentence "The future is yours", which made David Ellison feel very ridiculed.
He could imagine that one day he and little Gilbert would meet again, and little Gilbert would say to him with a false smile on his face: "The future is yours..."
If David Ellison heard this, he would break the defense on the spot.
It was because of this sentence that David Ellison blacklisted the Washington Post. This media is not a good thing.
In addition to the box office performance of the two movies and the buzz created by "Wushuang", there is another thing worth paying attention to.
You know, even in North America, where copyright laws are relatively complete, piracy still exists.
For example, there are peripheral products flowing from Mexico in the peripheral market. During the time when "Return of the King" was released, even Mexican drug dealers were selling pirated peripheral products of "Return of the King".
It can be seen that the surrounding profits are so huge that even drug dealers in the huge profit industry are tempted.
However, the pirates caught this time were not pirated peripherals, but pirated resources of the film.
The cause of the incident is this. In a movie theater in Sacramento, a sixteen-year-old boy took a digital video camera and recorded it while watching "Warriors" in the movie theater.
He thought he wouldn't be discovered, but he didn't know that high-tech night vision devices had been installed in the theater.
Therefore, his secret recording behavior was quickly discovered by the theater staff, and the anti-piracy agency quickly targeted him, and then followed the lead and uprooted a local pirated movie recording and selling gang.
It was later learned that this was a family criminal gang, with the father as the leader and responsible for planning and producing pirated discs, while the mother contacted buyers.
The son used his status as a minor to go to the cinema to record movies secretly.
However, under the new law passed in January this year, although the teenager is a minor, he still faces a year in prison and a fine of $25,000.
As for his parents, I'm afraid they can only go to federal prison.
No one will sympathize with this illegal family, and even Hollywood movie companies will attack hard to scare the monkeys. Otherwise, pirated videos will become rampant, which will affect their interests.
This incident caused a certain amount of discussion, and the media reminded everyone that piracy will be investigated.
The piracy incident did not affect the sales of "Wu Shuang". After achieving good results on Friday and Saturday, the film continued to earn $25.442 million on Sunday.
As a result, the first-week box office of "Wushuang" reached US$81.525 million, which is quite an outstanding result.
Now the media who said that the box office was not good were completely speechless. If the box office of movies with more than 80 million US dollars in the first week was not considered good, what should other movies do?
The promising movie "Van Helsing" closed on Sunday at $11.249 million, a significant decline.
It received US$43.426 million in the first weekend, which is not worthy of being called a rival of "Wushuang".
(End of chapter)