Chapter 600: Is It Going Downhill
Although "Transformers" achieved good box office results in its first week, after "X-Men 3: The Last Stand" was released the following weekend, the film failed to retain the top box office title.
"X-Men: The Last Stand" became the new North American weekly box office champion with a box office of US$107 million. It was also the first movie this year to have a box office of over 100 million in its first week.
This first week's box office performance is certainly enough to satisfy 20th Century Fox, but the film's reputation is slightly poor and a bit of a scandal has been exposed.
James Maddens, who plays Cyclops in the film, was revealed to have beaten his girlfriend on the Sunday when the film was released. Her face was bruised and bruised in front of the media.
Although James Maddens apologized immediately under the instruction of 20th Century Fox and said that the two just had a quarrel, he still could not resist some angry fans.
Many fans refused to watch the movie because of this incident.
In addition, the quality of the film was not outstanding and seemed too old-fashioned. This also caused the reputation of "X-Men 3: The Last Stand" to decline rapidly, and also had a certain impact on the box office.
"Transformers" earned US$29.59 million at the North American box office over the next three days over the next weekend, and together with the weekday box office, it received a total of US$65.52 million this week.
The total box office in North America also reached US$160.71 million, which is quite a good figure.
The overseas market continues to grow rapidly, with a revenue of US$112 million this week. Including the previous box office, the global box office reached US$438.21 million.
"The Da Vinci Code" was a little worse. This week and weekdays, the box office was 38.44 million US dollars. The North American box office was 105.76 million US dollars, and the global box office was 288.05 million US dollars.
Obviously, in the global market, even "The Da Vinci Code", which has many fans of the original novel, is still not as good as "Transformers", which has better visual effects.
There is no way. The natural disadvantage of the subject matter makes "The Da Vinci Code" unable to compete with "Transformers" on a global scale.
So the executives of Sony Columbia Pictures also called it bad luck. If David Ellison were more stubborn, maybe "The Last of Us" would collide with "Transformers".
But if you missed it, you missed it. David Ellison himself also regretted it. If he had known that "Transformers" was so good, he would have placed it on the schedule of "The Last of Us".
Defeating Little Gilbert head-on, not to mention the praise from the media, he himself would be so excited that he couldn't help but throw a model party to celebrate.
"The Last of Us" performed well this week, earning a box office of US$23.35 million, and the North American box office exceeded US$200 million.
Overseas, the decline was not significant this week, with US$40.69 million, and the global box office reached US$493.96 million.
Given that the film's screening schedule can spread throughout the summer, "The Hollywood Reporter" gave a final forecast of a North American box office of 250 to 280 million, and a global box office of more than 600 million US dollars is not a problem.
"Since "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", we can find that Gilbert Jr. has basically been hovering around six or seven dollars per movie.
"Pirates of the Caribbean 1" US$328 million in North America and US$761 million globally. . "Heartbeat" relied entirely on Gilbert's own appeal to get a box office of 173 million U.S. dollars.
"Warrior" earned 720 million U.S. dollars, and "Batman Begins" earned 623 million U.S. dollars. US dollars. Now this "The Last of Us" with Tom Cruise will probably not exceed $600 million.
We don't know what happened to Little Gilbert, but we are sure. "Gilbert Jr. is reaching a low point in his directorial career."
After the "Hollywood Reporter" made its box office predictions for "The Last of Us," the "Washington Post" made the above comments, which caused a stir. Hotly discussed.
Those staunch anti-Gilbert parties instantly went into a frenzy and began to smear Little Gilbert regardless of all basic facts.
Little Gilbert's fans are confused. Although no movie has a box office of more than one billion, these movies have all made money.
A fan said: "I would like to ask everyone, if you put the above resume on other Hollywood directors, what kind of resume would it look like?"
Another fan replied: "No need. He said that a Hollywood director with such a resume is enough to become a top-tier director. "Yes, then why are there still media and so many people saying that Gilbert is at a low point? What about other directors?”
Not to mention, many directors avoid this issue.
On the one hand, they don’t want to offend little Gilbert, and on the other hand, they don’t want to embarrass themselves. Except for the literary and artistic "Heartbeat", each of Gilbert's films has an average box office of 6.7 billion US dollars.
This stable performance makes many Hollywood directors envious. How dare they say that little Gilbert is on the decline.
It is true that the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is the pinnacle of Gilbert Jr.'s directorial career. After coming down from the peak, Gilbert Jr. has indeed not had a film that surpassed these trilogy.
But we can’t just say that Little Gilbert is at a low point, at most halfway up the mountain, and can’t go any lower. Otherwise, wouldn’t it mean that directors like them are useless?
Of course, it’s not like there aren’t directors with big mouths.
The well-known black director Spike Lee publicly stated in front of the media: "Little Gilbert's era is over, and he has lost his passion for movies."
Spike Lee He is a loudmouth and the leader of the black circle in Hollywood, and he often speaks out as a black man.
He is a bit of a scoundrel. Whenever someone wants to argue with him, he will act like he is the victim and then slap on a racist label.
So directors in the mainstream film industry hate this big-mouthed black director, but they don’t bother to argue with him, lest they make a mess that they won’t be able to get rid of.
Perhaps it was the confidence given by this status that allowed him to stand up and express his opinion on this matter.
Before little Gilbert had any reaction, the woman next to him became angry. Charlize Theron, who has always had a bad temper, immediately said on social media: "Director Spike Lee, do any of your films have a box office of more than 200 million U.S. dollars?
Do you have any with a box office of 100 million U.S. dollars? ?”
Spike Lee quickly responded: “What I value is the artistry of the movie, and the box office is not within my consideration.”
At this time, the vicious Scarlett came on stage. "Then, director Spike Lee, who pursues film art, how many Oscars have you won?"
Spike Lee also has a rich resume. His films "Jungle Fever", "Suspense" and "25" were nominated for three major European film festivals.
But those are the three major European film festivals, not the Oscars. Hollywood has never cared much about the so-called three major European film festivals, let alone just nominations.
"Four Little Girls" was nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary, but this award does not attract much attention, and it is not nominated for Best Picture and Best Director.
Gilbert Jr., whom Spike Lee mocked, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director four times and won the Academy Award for Best Director twice.
I don’t know about other parts of the world, but in North America, the influence of the Oscars is still very high.
Spike Lee ridiculed Little Gilbert's films as lacking artistic quality, and he himself had to show a corresponding resume, otherwise he would not be qualified.
Of course, as Naomi Watts said, Spike Lee can also take another path, and that is to deny the Oscar.
But to be honest, if Spike Lee dared to do this, the old guys in the academy would not be able to spare him, and Spike Lee would definitely not do it.
(End of this chapter)