hollywood melon man

Chapter 532 Batman is Resurrected
On Saturday, Gilbert Jr. took Ishihara Satomi to an IMAX cinema in Los Angeles to watch a movie.

In fact, there are IMAX cinemas in Tokyo, but they usually show documentaries or something like that, because no one has used IMAX to make movies. Little Gilbert was the first.

It was the first time for Satomi Ishihara to experience an IMAX format movie. The little girl was stunned and opened her cherry lips to express her surprise.

After coming out, Ishihara Satomi chattered about her experience watching the movie.

“Will this movie be shown in the island country?”

"Of course," Gilbert said, "I know superhero movies aren't very popular in this island country, but there's a Chinese saying that goes, 'A mosquito is still meat, no matter how small it is.'"

Ishihara Satomi smiled sweetly: "Don't worry, I, Sister Shizuka, Sister Noriko and the others will help with the promotion."

Little Gilbert touched Ishihara Satomi's little head and said, "Thank you so much. You help promote every movie every time it's released."

"This is what we should do," said Satomi Ishihara.

"Let's go," Little Gilbert nodded and said, "To reward you, I'll treat you to a big meal."

"What kind of dinner?"

"How about instant noodles?"

"Eh," Ishihara Satomi said with a look of disgust, "I don't want to eat instant noodles!"

"Hahaha, I was just kidding. I took you to eat sushi because I knew you weren't used to Western food."

The two of them chatted and laughed as they went to an island restaurant to eat sushi.

As for the IMAX mentioned by Gilbert Jr., this became the best viewing experience of "Batman Begins".

The premiere was held in an IMAX theater, and the excellent IMAX viewing experience was shared by the audience at the premiere.

After a day of fermentation on Friday, the IMAX format experience has been fully recognized by the audience. Starting from Saturday, all IMAX theaters in the United States were almost full and tickets were hard to come by.

Under such circumstances, IMAX achieved extremely impressive box office data.

All IMAX theaters took in $92 on Friday, and that number rose to $147 million on Saturday, a significant increase.

The top executives of IMAX were all smiling. The success of "Batman Begins" had allowed IMAX to see the opportunity to develop its IMAX business.

"Sure enough, it was a wise decision to work with Director Gilbert Jr. this time."

"Yes, I also went to the cinema to watch "The Dark Knight", the effect of IMAX is simply unparalleled."

"After this film, our IMAX technology is no longer just a documentary technology. The era of commercialization has arrived."

Gilbert didn't know what the IMAX executives said, but he could probably guess a little bit. For IMAX, the company has indeed ushered in unprecedented development opportunities.

On the Internet, sharing of IMAX movie-watching experience spread rapidly.

"I watched the IMAX show in Boston. I can only say that the effect was excellent. I have never had such a great movie-watching experience."

"Man, me too. There are only two IMAX theaters in Philadelphia, and I managed to get a ticket."

"Fuck, I didn't get any tickets. I don't have a single one."

"Is it really that good? I've already seen the movie, can I go see it again?"

"You have to go, man. Trust me, if you haven't seen the IMAX version, you haven't seen the movie."

With the help of netizens, IMAX movie tickets became hard to come by not only on Sunday but also on the following weekdays. This is good news for Warner Bros., IMAX and the film itself.

Despite weak competitors and its own good quality, "Batman Begins" earned $1888.2 million on Sunday, bringing its first weekend box office to $6976.4 million.

As soon as the first week box office data came out, the headline on the front page of the Los Angeles Times was: Batman's Rebirth. Indeed, anyone who looked at the first week box office data would not say that Batman Begins was a failure. You know, this series of movies ended in 1997, but now it has been revived by Gilbert Jr.

"Kingdom of Heaven" was in a worse situation, with a box office of only 1525.8 million US dollars in its first week, which is simply dismal compared to its investment of 1 million US dollars.

Of course, there is still hope for Kingdom of Heaven. If the overseas box office is good, it may make back the investment. If not, it may also recover the investment after a long period of time.

The Shawshank Redemption lost money when it was released. Although it was hailed as a classic, it was still a money-loser. But now, after more than a decade, The Shawshank Redemption has finally recovered its cost.

But the investment in "Kingdom of Heaven" was much higher than that of "The Shawshank Redemption", which was only more than 20 million US dollars and took more than ten years.

On Monday morning, at Sky Studios, David Ellison took the coffee brought by his assistant and read the newspaper.

David Ellison was not surprised when he saw the first-week box office of Batman Begins. After attending the premiere, he felt that Kingdom of Heaven was no match.

What's more, the quality of "Kingdom of Heaven" is so poor.

"Michael, you're here? Sit down. Have you had breakfast?"

"I've eaten," Michael Ovitz sat down with a few documents in his hand, "I came here to discuss with you the plans for the preparation of the "Ace Combat" and "Transformers" projects.

In addition, McCourt said that he would continue to increase investment in the Napoleon project.

"Continue to increase investment?" David Ellison expressed doubt: "We have already invested 1.5 million US dollars, and we need to invest more?"

Michael Ovitz sighed and said, "McCourt said that at least another 50 million dollars is needed. As far as I know, there are other people who are also in contact with this project."

"Where's Little Gilbert?" asked David Ellison.

“He didn’t, and after knowing that the project fell into our hands, he gave up contact.

Recently, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and "Fast and Furious 3" have entered the preparation stage, and there are new projects from Marvel Studios, so he may be too busy to handle them all." Michael Ovitz said.

Although what he said made sense, David Ellison still felt uneasy: "Do you think it is possible that this project is actually a scam?"

"Are you saying this is a scam?" Michael Ovitz asked.

David Ellison nodded and said, "Logically speaking, even if Gilbert Jr. doesn't personally monitor it, he will find an assistant to continue to be involved in this project.

But he was uncharacteristically not even in contact.”

Unlike projects like "John Carter" and "Tron: Legacy" which have been firmly in the hands of David Ellison, McCourt's project still has room for discussion.

If Gilbert Jr. was really interested in this project, he would at least send a representative to keep in touch, right?

But he didn't. Instead, after David Ellison paid the money, he withdrew from the competition for the project. This abnormal behavior made David Ellison feel uneasy and there was something fishy going on.

He immediately told Michael Ovitz: "We need to review this project carefully and investigate this French baron, just in case."

Michael Ovitz was well-informed and knew that David Ellison's concerns were not unfounded.

So he nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, I will find someone to investigate."

Although David Ellison was alert, it was too late. The French baron saw that his scam could no longer be sustained and ran away with the money that night.

When David Ellison heard that the French baron had fled, he felt dizzy and as if the sky was falling.

"He knew it a long time ago, he knew it a long time ago, he hooked me on purpose." These were David Ellison's last words before he fainted from anger.

As for who he is, that depends on one's own opinion.

(End of this chapter)