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Although the relationship between DreamWorks' live-action film department and Paramount has broken down, DreamWorks Animation Studio has had nothing to do with the live-action film department since the separation of DreamWorks.

So "Shrek 4" is still distributed by Paramount Pictures, and Gilbert's second wife, Cameron Diaz, now the director of Melon Studios, participated in the dubbing work and played Princess Fiona in it.

Also because of Cameron Diaz, Naomi Watts, Charlize Theron and others went to support the premiere of this movie.

"Shrek 4: The Last of the Monsters" is the last film in the series. The fact that an animated film can be released to the fourth part proves how popular it is.

Although it is said to be Shi Shusi's last film, given the nature of film companies, as long as it can still make money, it is not impossible to make a sequel later.

In its first weekend, "Shrek 4: The Last of Us" grossed $7084 million, successfully breaking "Inception's" three-peat and becoming the box office champion of the week.

Animated films rarely achieve the same high first-week box office as live-action films, but the advantage of animated films lies in their peripheral products, which usually make more money than live-action films.

So when a number of giants were dividing up DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation Studio was the envy of all the giants.

This week, the North American box office of "Inception" exceeded $3 million, reaching $3 million.

However, judging from the subsequent box office trends, the film has entered the long-term screening stage, and it is impossible to achieve a box office explosion again.

But whether it is for Cantaloupe Studios, Disney, or Gilbert Jr. himself, this result is enough to make them satisfied.

Gilbert Jr. had previously predicted that the film's North American box office would reach $3 million, but in fact it only took the film four weeks to break the $4 million mark.

According to the convention of the film market, the release period of a hit movie is usually more than 4 weeks. It is difficult to break through 3.5 million US dollars in North America, but it is still easy to reach a box office of more than million US dollars.

The most surprising thing is undoubtedly the overseas box office. Disney's distribution strategy for films directed by Gilbert Jr. is that Gilbert Jr.'s films can be seen wherever there are movies.

From the Arctic to the Antarctic, from cities in developed countries to open-air cinemas in third world countries, Inception is everywhere.

However, the box office statistics in some areas are very simple, and in some places the screenings are simply for charity purposes, so many of them are not counted in the total box office of the film.

However, even so, the film's overseas box office still reached 5 million US dollars, pushing the film's global box office over 8803 million US dollars to 9 million US dollars.

Considering that there are still some overseas markets where the film has not been released yet and the long screening period, it is a foregone conclusion that the film will break the billion dollar box office mark.

"Inception" is the second best-performing original film after "Avatar", which seems to have proved to Hollywood the vitality of original films.

But again, adaptation is the mainstream in Hollywood. Unless you are a director like Gilbert Jr. or James Cameron, original movies can basically only be seen in the independent film circle and B-movies.

It is impossible for a film company to invest hundreds of millions of dollars for an original script. This is based on practical interests and commercial considerations.

So this is why Gilbert Jr. is known as the best in Hollywood at that time, he can create original works quickly and well.

Although James Cameron created a miracle again, he was too slow, taking almost ten years to produce "Avatar".

There are too many variables involved, and no one can predict what will happen.

So little Gilbert is still popular, he works quickly and well, and there is no need to worry about him messing up.

Of course, as a blockbuster movie, there is no shortage of ideas to join in the fun, such as a Spanish film director claiming that Inception was plagiarized from a script he failed to produce in 1998.

Another Argentine cartoonist said that he once drew a similar cartoon for Cantaloupe Studios, but Cantaloupe Studios did not pay him royalties or the right to attribution.

Of all these attempts to ride on the popularity of the film, the most credible and credible one is the accusation made by Satoshi Kon, the director of the 2006 Japanese animated film Paprika, and Yasutaka Tsutsui, the screenwriter.

The two claimed that the idea of ​​"Inception" was plagiarized from the animated film "Paprika". Considering that both films tell stories that happen in dreams and the plot structures seem to be very similar, many anti-Gilbert media and haters immediately launched verbal attacks on Gilbert.

In the Little Gilbert joke forum, a staunch anti-Little Gilbert poster compared various details of the two movies and then came to a conclusion.

"Jr. Gilbert is just an overhyped mediocre director. His so-called original works are actually just using his power to grab other people's works and then claiming them as his own original works."

Naturally, all kinds of haters of Little Gilbert gathered below and began to list all the bad deeds of Little Gilbert, as if they wanted to bring him to the bottom.

The haters who were out of favor naturally attracted fierce rebuttals and attacks from Gilbert Jr.'s fanatical fans, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

But Gilbert Jr. has indeed achieved great results in recent years. His fans are very confident and powerful, and they have defeated the haters.

Gilbert Jr. doesn't need to worry about the so-called plagiarism accusation, because Disney will take action. Disney will certainly not sit idly by when such interests are at stake.

For Disney, Gilbert Jr.'s reputation is Disney's interest and must be vigorously protected.

Actually, what they said was not wrong, Gilbert Jr. did plagiarize. But he plagiarized the original movie, and Gilbert Jr. was not sure whether the original movie was plagiarized.

As the film entered the second half of its screening and the promotional tour came to an end, Gilbert Jr. returned to Los Angeles and asked Leo to go fishing with him.

"I heard you're trying for an Oscar nomination?"

Holding a toothpick in his mouth, little Gilbert looked at the sea in the distance and chatted with little Leo.

"Do you think there is hope?" asked Leo.

“I don’t think so,” Gilbert Jr. shook his head and said, “It’s impossible to even get a nomination.

But it’s a good thing for the movie, and I support you on this matter.”

Leo shrugged: "Then how can I win the Oscar for Best Actor?"

This is a good question. People who are familiar with Leo know that what he wants to pursue most in recent years is not the long-legged blonde model, but the Oscar winner.

But the Academy has always discriminated against handsome actors, and it is almost impossible to win an Oscar without undergoing plastic surgery-like changes.

Tom Cruise was an accident. He got the support of Gilbert Jr. and made "Chicago", and met the old men in the academy who missed the golden age of musicals, so he won an Oscar for Best Actor.

After receiving the award, Tom Cruise no longer had any interest in competing for an Oscar. He continued to stay rooted in the field of commercial films and was unwilling to make any changes to please the Academy.

The same situation is actually happening to Leo today.

However, his situation was slightly better than in his previous life because, after being reminded by little Gilbert, he did not offend the Academy by his big mouth, but the road to the Oscar was still difficult.

"Yours? Little Gilbert, you have no interest in winning another Oscar for Best Director."

Gilbert Jr. won the Oscar for Best Director twice for "Chicago" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King". He is undoubtedly much luckier than Martin Scorsese.

But Gilbert Jr. is not superstitious about Oscar.

"Let's talk about it when there's a chance," said Little Gilbert, "There will always be a chance to get it." (End of this chapter)