Chapter 599 The triumphant David Ellison
"David, good news, the overseas box office statistics are also out."
On Monday morning, Michael Ovitz burst into David Ellison's office with a cheerful face. David Ellison, who was about to touch his sexy female secretary, was so frightened that he suddenly withered.
He zipped up his pants and asked nonchalantly: "Really? How many are there?"
Michael Ovitz pretended not to see it, and when the sexy female secretary walked out, he said: "Last week, there were 70 markets that opened simultaneously with North America, and we got a total of US$165.5 million in box office."< br>
David Ellison was overjoyed when he heard this data: "God, it seems that Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are still very popular in overseas markets."
"And you'll never think of one thing." Michael Ovitz said mysteriously.
"What happened?"
Michael Ovitz didn't sell it either: "This movie earned a first-week box office of 46.5 million RMB in mainland China, setting a first-week box office record for an English-language film in China."
Michael Ovitz knew that David Ellison had always been keen to break Gilbert's various records, but the various records that Gilbert had set in North America were too exaggerated to break.
The first-week box office record of $151 million set by "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" is too exaggerated, but breaking a few small records can be considered an achievement.
David Ellison was indeed even happier when he heard the news: "Arrange a few media to hype this up and say that I have surpassed the record set by little Gilbert."
"Of course," Michael Ovitz understood: "I have arranged for several online media to hype it up.
In addition, there is also good new news from Hasbro. The sales of "Transformers" peripherals in the first week were as high as 85 million US dollars in North America, and overseas sales also contributed 60 million US dollars. ”
David Ellison's eyes lit up. Although it still needs to be divided with Hasbro, peripherals have always been the bulk of the movie's profit. Now the film is doing well at the box office and the merchandise is doing well, which is just fantastic.
David Ellison couldn't wait: "We publish this data and let everyone share our joy."
His main purpose was to show little Gilbert his achievements as a producer on "Transformers" and show off. "Transformers" can now be said to be David Ellison's most successful project since entering Hollywood.
Soon after, Sky Studios announced the film’s first-week box office and peripheral sales results on its official account.
After the announcement, David Ellison received many congratulations from people he knew and didn't know. He had never been so prosperous in his life.
David Ellison and Michael Ovitz discussed planning to hold a celebration party at the end of the second weekend.
David Ellison said this: "Be sure to invite little Gilbert over and let him witness my success."
Of course little Gilbert knew about the huge sales of "Transformers", Scarlett told him immediately. But little Gilbert was not surprised at all. He had already known that the film would be a hit.
After all, there have been so many movies since then. In Hollywood, if the first movie fails, there will be no follow-up.
Although "Transformers" changed the male lead from Shia LaBeouf to Andrew Garfield, Andrew Garfield's effect is much stronger than Shia LaBeouf.
"Do you regret now that you didn't act decisively to win the copyright?" Sijia asked.
"I regret it a bit," little Gilbert said, "but it's useless to say this now. We didn't use any means, but "Transformers" was still a success.
If you lose it, you lose it. Don't worry too much about it. ”
Little Gilbert never felt that everything belonged to him and that others could not touch or steal it. This incident of "Transformers" should be taken as a lesson, just pay more attention in the future.
After a popular first week, "Transformers" continued to maintain strong performance on weekdays. It received US$35.93 million in four working days in North America, and the North American box office easily reached US$131.12 million. "The Da Vinci Code" came close, taking in a box office of US$22.58 million in four working days, and the North American box office reached US$89.9 million.
The gap at the box office is a bit big, but it's not that difficult for "The Da Vinci Code" to make a profit through the box office. The next Langdon Universe can continue to be developed, and Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons" can be put into filming.
And just this week, 20th Century Fox's new film "X-Men 3: The Last Stand" was released.
Perhaps feeling the pressure from Marvel Studios, 20th Century Fox launched the third installment in the superhero movie "X-Men" series.
The superhero movies to be released this year are all from Marvel, but DC is still in a bad state.
That’s not to say it’s a mess, it’s just that DC’s previous planning was very confusing, and they are still trying to sort out a thread from it.
What is certain is that Zack Snyder will film a new "Superman" movie after finishing "300".
And Christopher Nolan is planning to put "Watchmen" on the big screen after "District 9" ends.
The project "District 9" is very interesting. When Gilbert Jr. and Charlize Theron went to South Africa, they saw the slums in South Africa and came up with this story.
After the two returned from South Africa, little Gilbert finished the script, and it has been moldy in the script library ever since.
Until Christopher Nolan turned over the script at random and was instantly attracted by this unique science fiction story.
He approached Gilbert Jr. with the script and asked him if he could direct the film.
Little Gilbert really forgot that he still had the script for "District 9", but he thought since he didn't have time, he might as well let Nolan do it.
So in March, Christopher Nolan went to Johannesburg, South Africa for inspection and did not return until the eve of the release of "X-Men 3: The Last Stand".
As soon as he came back, he took Jonathan Nolan with him to Little Gilbert's house to discuss the project with Little Gilbert.
"The story of "District 9" is very much in the style of Kafka's "The Metamorphosis", and it also contains many stories about racial discrimination and the Holocaust. I think its spiritual core is quite great."
Little Gilbert talked about his experience of going to South Africa with Charlize Theron: "I saw with my own eyes in South Africa that the slums were segregated and often without water or electricity.
Even those in power would massacre innocent civilians in a planned way, which deeply touched me. ”
Christopher Nolan agreed: "Indeed, during the few months I lived in Johannesburg, I also felt the serious racial discrimination there."
"So, if humans are replaced by aliens." Little Gilbert said: "Human beings find that although aliens have high technology, they have low intelligence and no organization, what will they do?"
"It will start from fear to contact, then discrimination, and finally start to plunder aliens' property and use aliens for experiments." Jonathan Nolan concluded.
"By the way," little Gilbert said: "The whole story is based on such a logic. I think this is a science fiction story worthy of thinking, and it is also a humanistic story."
Christopher Nolan said: "I want to perform certain operations on the script, and I hope you can agree."
"Of course," little Gilbert nodded and said, "Since I have left it to you, I will not interfere with your creation. But one thing is that the commercial element is always the most important."
Christopher Nolan smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I will grasp the balance."
(End of chapter)