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Chapter 710 Discussion of Warner Pictures

It is now the third week of the summer season, and "The Dark Knight" finally has a rival, "The Chronicles of Narnia 2", released by Disney's Buena Vista Pictures.

This film stars Anne Hathaway, and the previous film achieved good box office and reputation, so it is still highly anticipated.

The film grossed $5503 million in its first three days over the weekend, successfully beating the $3237 million third weekend box office of "The Dark Knight," which was in its third weekend, and became the North American box office champion this week.

However, by the end of this week, The Dark Knight's North American box office had accumulated to 3 million US dollars, temporarily ranking first in the North American annual box office this year.

Globally, although "The Chronicles of Narnia" was released simultaneously in fifteen countries and North America, it still could not compete with "The Dark Knight", allowing "The Dark Knight" to achieve three consecutive global weekly box office championships.

Currently, The Dark Knight has grossed $6 million worldwide, making it the fastest film in the world to reach $2863 million in box office revenue.

The Las Vegas bookmakers had already closed the bookmaker's bet on The Dark Knight reaching $1 billion. Everyone knew that The Dark Knight was set to break the $1 billion mark.

Once it breaks the $1 billion mark, The Dark Knight will be the first superhero movie to do so.

Even though Sony's Spider-Man trilogy is so popular, none of them has exceeded $1 billion. So there is no doubt that The Dark Knight will create a historical record.

There is no doubt that The Dark Knight has had a huge impact on Marvel and DC.

Marvel has Gilbert Jr. in charge, so it's stable and can stick to its own style. But the same cannot be said for DC.

When "The Dark Knight" was a global hit, Warner Bros. held an internal meeting about DC superhero movies, and Gilbert Jr. was not involved in the meeting.

At the meeting, an executive excitedly said: "I think the audience is tired of traditional, old-fashioned superhero movies.

In the future, DC's superhero movies should be mainly dark and heavy. Superman also has pain and needs to grow up.

Aquaman, Wonder Woman, etc. can all be produced in this direction."

“That’s right,” another executive echoed, “The Dark Knight has fully proved that the most popular superhero movie on the market today is the dark style.

I think Superman should also be produced in this direction, focusing on reflecting the complex pain in the character’s heart.”

Zack Snyder hesitated to speak. He remembered that Gilbert Jr. had talked to him about superhero movies, but that was not what he said at that time.

Qili Ross, who was sitting at the top, had different thoughts. It wasn't that she disagreed with what the executives said, but she had other ideas.

Qi Li Ross felt that since she was going to drive Little Gilbert away, in order to experience her own power, she should not blindly follow the style of Little Gilbert's movies.

If he followed his style, wouldn't it mean that under his control, Warner Bros. Pictures was beginning to be influenced by Gilbert Jr.?

So Qili Ross said: "Everyone, let's calm down and think about why "The Dark Knight" is successful?"

"Does this need to be said?"

Executives were very unhappy with Keely Ross. One executive said, "It's just because the director is Little Gilbert. That's it."

Qili Ross's face darkened, but she calmed down: "I think Superman can find himself and the story can be heavy, but it can't be abused.

Dark style is not a panacea, we have to decide the style of the film based on the characteristics of the film. "

"But don't forget that The Dark Knight has just been a huge success, which just proves that this style of film will be popular for some time to come," said an executive.

Qili Ross did not give in: "Of course I know, but I think it is not advisable to blindly follow the market.

Think about it, when did Gilbert Jr. ever follow the market? He created the market, not followed it.”

The executives were secretly complaining. They knew it, but not everyone was Little Gilbert. If you had the ability to find a new Little Gilbert, there would be no need to discuss this matter. In short, the meeting ended in a bad mood, and Zack Snyder did not speak at all.

He found that Warner Pictures was wavering, and most executives obviously did not want Gilbert Jr. to leave Warner. But Qili Ross was firm and very tough.

Feeling a little confused, Zack Snyder called Gilbert Jr. and asked him what he thought of DC.

Gilbert Jr. said on the phone: “Zach, although Kiri Ross wanted to get rid of my influence, she is right.

When you direct a Superman movie, you must not blindly follow the trend, but act according to the actual situation. "

Zack Snyder asked: "Little Gilbert, Warner Bros. is targeting you so much, are you still going to say good things to them?"

Gilbert Jr. smiled and said, "So far, I am still a shareholder of Warner. Warner's interests are also related to me. I certainly don't want Warner's movies to lose money."

"I understand. Thank you, Gilbert," Zack Snyder thanked.

"It's okay. You're welcome to come back to work at Cantaloupe Studio anytime."

Little Gilbert should leave a place for Zack Snyder. Zack Snyder is not good at original creation. He must have a good producer and a script.

He concluded that Zack Snyder could not handle the DC universe and would probably have to return to Cantaloupe Studios in the future.

Zack Snyder's call was received by Gilbert Jr. before he boarded the plane. At that time, he was on his own private jet, preparing to fly to Beijing, China.

After finishing the promotional tour in North America, according to the original plan, Gilbert Jr. will take Jennifer Connelly, Nicolas Cage and others to Central and South America for promotion.

While Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and others went to Europe to promote the film, no promotional tasks were arranged in Asia.

However, a major event changed the original plan, which was a major earthquake.

Of course, Gilbert knew that this would happen, but sometimes he would have an inexplicable sense of luck. But the fact is that what is supposed to happen will still happen.

When the news came, Gilbert Jr. immediately asked Ivanka to donate 10 million US dollars in his personal name.

At the same time, he changed his itinerary and took Ivanka and Jennifer Connelly to China.

Other sisters from Cantaloupe Farm, such as Naomi Watts and Cameron Diaz, raised funds for disaster relief and shipped them through the Fruit Charity Foundation.

At the same time, he used his personal influence to call on the entire American society to pay the full amount.

So far, the Fruit Charity Foundation has received donations of US$530 million from all walks of life.

Of course, this move was criticized by the anti-republican media, and Gilbert Jr. was once again labeled a traitor. Some media suggested that Foblet conduct a thorough investigation, as there was definitely something wrong with Gilbert Jr.

Little Gilbert's response was also very simple, which was to shout slogans of love and peace and similar slogans like "for all mankind".

I made the donation based on humanitarian principles, which shows that I have a loving heart.

If you don't have love, then please stand aside. But you can't accuse a loving person of having ulterior motives, that's unfair.

It's worth mentioning that although North Americans have never cared about the world, Gilbert's online and offline media have reported on it in various ways, which has attracted many caring people.

These donations come from these caring people, as well as donations from Hollywood stars.

(End of this chapter)