hollywood melon man

Chapter 534: Many Projects
After entering the working day, the box office of "The Dark Knight" inevitably declined, closing at 892.9 million US dollars on Monday, while "Kingdom of Heaven" only earned 93 US dollars.

Heading into Tuesday, because that was the day when movie tickets were half-price, the box office of "Butterfield 1211.2" rose to million US dollars.

The box office of "Kingdom of Heaven" also rebounded, earning $159 million in a single day.

Afterwards, on Wednesday and Thursday, "Beat the Boys" earned $833 million and $724 million respectively. After seven days of release in North America, the film grossed $1 million.

The box office revenue of over 100 million yuan in seven days is not uncommon in this era.

Today's film market is no longer the same as it was in the 1990s, when the box office maintained a very smooth curve. A careful observation will reveal that the box office curve of current films is highest in the first week, and then drops off a cliff.

Even for movies with good reputation, the situation is similar.

So now movies usually make money quickly, but they also lose money quickly. Ten years ago, it would have taken The Dark Knight Rises two weeks to earn over 100 million yuan.

Now it only takes seven days, but the decline is rapid and the number of weeks in release is also decreasing.

Kingdom of Heaven was a bit worse, with the box office barely exceeding 20 million US dollars after seven days of release. 20th Century Fox basically gave up on this film and was too lazy to even promote it.

All the originally planned roadshows have been cancelled. We will wait and see how overseas markets respond this week. If the performance is not good, 20th Century Fox will not invest any more resources.

This is a wise choice to cut losses in time, but it is not good news for Ridley Scott and the leading actor Orlando Bloom.

Especially Orlando Bloom. Since "The Lord of the Rings" series and "Pirates of the Caribbean", his salary has been close to 20 million US dollars, which is definitely the threshold for an A-level star.

But after that, several consecutive movies performed poorly, and now "Kingdom of Heaven" has flopped again, causing Orlando Bloom's value to plummet.

Therefore, in "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" prepared by Cantaloupe Studios, Orlando Bloom's salary was only million US dollars.

There's no way, although it's a series of films, Johnny Depp's role is obviously greater than Orlando Bloom's.

In order to balance the production costs, Orlando Bloom had to reduce his salary when Johnny Depp received a salary of 20 million US dollars.

Orlando Bloom had to accept this result, after all, he had no choice.

Johnny Depp was much more straightforward. The $20 million salary was the key. More importantly, he maintained his status as a first-tier star, which is rare.

This year, Johnny Depp will also have a movie released, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", co-starring with Tim Burton. The movie is invested and distributed by Warner and is scheduled to be released on July 7th.

Due to the special nature of Cantaloupe Studios, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" is still jointly invested by Warner and Disney, with Gilbert Jr. as the producer and Stephen Sommers as the director.

Another film the studio is producing is "Fast & Furious 3", the story of which continues from the second film, with Brian returning to being a policeman and parting ways with Dom.

But a Canadian criminal group is posing a very difficult problem for the police, so Brian finds Dom in Mexico and asks him for help.

The main storyline of this type of movie is usually very simple, mainly focusing on stunt driving and action scenes, plus luxury cars and beautiful women, making it an entertainment blockbuster.

The series' main actors including Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Liv Tyler, Jessica Alba and others have all returned.

In Gilbert Jr.'s plan, the "Fast and Furious" series has undergone great changes compared to its previous life, and the story of "Tokyo Drift" is no longer there.

After the third part of the series ends, the entire series will switch to the fourth part of the previous life, and then gradually return to the familiar appearance of little Gilbert.

Of course, Dwayne Johnson will join the film series at an appropriate time. The Fast and Furious series feels a little less interesting without this muscle man. In addition, Gilbert Jr. has another idea. He thinks that Dwayne Johnson is a good choice to play the villain Bane in the third Batman movie.

Tom Hardy’s original acting skills were good, but it was a bit too difficult for him to play the powerful and tough man Bane.

Moreover, height is also a flaw, and the sense of oppression is not enough.

Dwayne Johnson is much better. His big muscles give off a strong sense of oppression, and it is obvious at first glance that he is an opponent that Batman cannot beat.

But it’s still a bit early to talk about this, as the second Joker hasn’t even come out yet!

The third project the studio is preparing this year is Zack Snyder's "7000", which has an investment of up to million US dollars. Zack Snyder plans to use a strong color to make the film.

After briefly participating in the North American promotion, Gilbert Jr. returned to Fox Studios in Los Angeles to visit the set of "300".

A group of muscular men are sweating inside. A woman who is obsessed with muscles will probably faint from happiness if she enters this training ground.

Even Ivanka, who is usually relatively calm, couldn't help but take a few more glances. It was really pleasing to the eyes.

Zack Snyder introduced earlier: "The actors' body shapes must meet the crew's requirements, otherwise they cannot participate in the filming. Muscles will be the biggest selling point of this film."

Little Gilbert looked at the actors who were sweating and nodded with satisfaction, saying, "Very good, well done."

Zack Snyder was under a lot of pressure as it was his first time directing a movie with a $700 million investment. He confessed to Gilbert Jr., "I've been suffering from insomnia recently. I'm afraid that the film will fail, so I haven't been able to sleep well."

Gilbert Jr. expressed his understanding: "This is the price we have to pay. This is what it means to be a director. Pressure is also motivation. I believe in you, Zack."

In addition to these three films produced by Gilbert Jr., another film directed by Gilbert Jr. himself, "The Last of Us", has also begun early preparations.

"The Last of Us" was invested with 1 million US dollars. According to Gilbert's request, the film needs to build a large number of apocalyptic wasteland-style buildings, and they need to be dilapidated.

Due to the high labor and land costs in North America, the movie "The Last of Us" was filmed in Australia.

Charles Roven negotiated with the local authorities and found two abandoned aircraft hangars that could be converted into studios. Australia and New Zealand can also provide a variety of natural landscapes for filming.

Gilbert Jr. had discussed the project with Tom Cruise early on, so after visiting the set of "300", he came to Cruise's estate with the script.

Tom Cruise received him warmly, and Gilbert Jr. also met his godsons and goddaughter.

"Godfather..." Su Rui called sweetly.

Having inherited the genes of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, it can be seen that Suri has beauty genes.

Little Gilbert took the gift, handed it to Suri, and touched her head.

"Thank you, Godfather." After expressing her gratitude, Suri took the gift and opened it.

Tom Cruise and Gilbert Jr. hugged each other warmly: "Long time no see, how are you doing?"

"Luckily, I just finished the promotion of 'Batman Begins' and came to see you without taking a break." Gilbert Jr. said as he took a script from Ivanka and handed it to Tom Cruise.

(End of this chapter)