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However, before "Avatar" was released, the movie "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" produced by Cantaloupe Studios was released.

This fantasy youth romance movie exploded with incredible energy, opening in 4024 theaters in North America and earning $1 million in its first week.

The first week box office results were so stunning that even Hollywood film companies were amazed.

At the same time, they also realized that the youth romance movie market had a huge explosive power. Those young men and women would go to the cinema crazily to support Elizabeth Swan and Edward Cullen.

Thus, a formula was born: as long as there is a youth novel with a good fan base, plus handsome men and beautiful women, it can reap box office success.

As a result, all youth novels published on the market were immediately snatched up by Hollywood film companies. Regardless of whether they were good or not, or whether they could be adapted into movies, the copyrights were bought.

In Hollywood, where trend-following is rampant, once a subject becomes popular, countless projects with the same subject will be launched immediately.

Everyone is flocking to shoot this theme, hoping to get a piece of the pie. However, the level of following the trend varies, and who can eat the biggest piece of the pie depends on their own ability.

Of course, Cantaloupe Studios was not idle either. It quickly contacted Susan Collins and bought the copyright of her upcoming "Hunger Games" series.

Sky Studios had been keeping an eye on Gilbert Jr.'s movements, and David Ellison also wanted to compete with Gilbert Jr. for the copyright.

But unlike the case with Transformers, Susan Collins is a die-hard fan of Gilbert Jr.

Moreover, Cantaloupe Studios is very powerful. During the negotiations, Cameron Diaz agreed to let Susan Collins be the screenwriter, so the copyright of "The Hunger Games" was successfully transferred to Cantaloupe Studios.

This is the charm of gold medal studios. If any popular work is noticed by Hollywood and Melon Studios is among them, the original author will most likely prefer Melon Studios.

This is the successful golden statue that Gilbert Jr. has created for Melon Studios over the years.

So much so that when people think of Hollywood's golden signboard, they think of Cantaloupe Studios first. Even if it is not for personal feelings, but only for the pursuit of profit, Cantaloupe Studios is more reliable than other film companies.

Although "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sold well in its first weekend, its reputation was as mixed as ever.

But this is normal. You can't expect "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" to achieve the same box office and critical success as "The Lord of the Rings" series.

Since word of mouth is not an option, the best option for film companies is to focus on box office. Making money is enough, and word of mouth will naturally be replaced by other films.

With such a great success, the leading actors Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson became popular all over the United States. Even after the film was released overseas, many overseas fans were crazy about them.

The Twilight series is not the originator of youth films, but it is the first youth film series to achieve huge success worldwide.

At that time, the youth film trend in the Chinese-language film industry was not yet popular, but young North American audiences on the other side of the strait had already been mesmerized by the stunning beauty of Elizabeth Swann and Edward Cullen.

If there is a concept of top stars in North America, then these two people are the top stars in North America and even the world.

This is much better than the top stars like Gege Sister who only work in the Chinese entertainment industry, and they harvest money from fans all over the world. So, even as top stars, Gege Sisters can't compare to the young people in Hollywood.

But this is not the fault of the Gege sisters, after all, the channels are limited.

There are not many top stars who can navigate the Chinese entertainment industry and understand the rules of the game, so how can they go global?
By the next weekend, the fans' enthusiasm had passed, and "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" earned $5933 million in the second weekend, still retaining the box office championship.

Including the box office on weekdays, the North American box office reached 2 million US dollars, which is a very high result.

Looking at the box office curve, there will be a cliff-like drop later. But whether it is Gilbert Jr., Cantaloupe Studios, or Disney, they are all satisfied with this result.

The overseas market also performed well, with France earning $1966 million in its first weekend, Germany earning $1664 million in its first weekend, and the UK earning $1924 million in its first weekend. Spain earned $1118 million, and Italy earned $986 million.

In Europe, these markets are relatively large, and the rest of the European markets are basically in the million-dollar level. Because the release time is inconsistent, there is a difference in box office.

However, Europe is still Hollywood's largest overseas box office, and the films that sell well in North America every year can also earn good box office here.

However, in the island country, which is the second largest overseas box office, "The Twilight Saga: Moon and the Moon" was not very popular, earning only $76 in its first week.

Neighboring South Korea has 407 million US dollars, and Singapore has 80 US dollars.

Maybe Japanese people don’t like to watch vampires fall in love, so it’s normal that such movies are not well received in Japanese countries.

But the performance in other overseas regions is quite good, while the audience in mainland China is very sorry that they cannot see this movie in the theaters because the quota for imported films this year has been used up and "Avatar" will be scheduled for next year.

The two sides are currently negotiating and considering expanding the profit-sharing ratio and increasing the number of imported films.

To be honest, as the Chinese film market has grown rapidly, smart people in Hollywood have discovered that selling peripheral products in China is unrealistic.

Because Chinese people are not stupid enough to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars to buy genuine peripheral products. They are not rich enough to do that.

Although the workmanship of pirated products is worse, they are cheaper.

We have discussed the issue of piracy, but it is something that cannot be eradicated. Hollywood itself has not yet solved the problem of piracy from Mexico.

So Hollywood's initial idea that even though the share of the profits would be lower, at least it could make money by selling peripheral products was shattered.

But Hollywood film studios, who can only earn hard-earned money, are naturally not happy about this and hope to increase their share of the profits.

There will be a lot of arguments about money, and it will probably take several years to reach an agreement.

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is the last film produced by Cantaloupe Studios this year, and it still contributed to excellent box office performance.

The third part is already in preparation and will be released next year, continuing the journey of making money.
The 3D remake of "The Lord of the Rings" will be released again in theaters, which is also to create heat for "The Hobbit" directed by Peter Jackson.

In addition, there is "Source Code" directed by Guo Fan, "Lucy" directed by Christopher Nolan, and "Inception" directed by Gilbert Jr. himself.

Muskmelon Studios' film output lineup for next year will remain strong and is attracting much attention from the industry.

Gilbert Jr.'s old rival (David Ellison thinks so himself) Sky Studios will also have blockbuster productions to be released next year, including "Tron: Legacy," "John Carter," and "Battleship."

David Ellison is full of confidence. In an interview with the media, he publicly stated that he wanted to make Sky Studios the number one film studio in Hollywood.

In the past, everyone would have been dismissive of his words.

However, Sky Studios has performed well this year, and several films it invested in are remarkable.

Especially "Transformers 2" directed by Michael Bay, although the male and female leading actors were changed, it did not affect its global box office of 8.36 million US dollars.

More importantly, the surrounding areas are really profitable. (End of this chapter)