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Emma Watson returned to Cantaloupe Manor to stay for a night today, which is a rare occasion. She doesn't usually like to come here.

However, at this critical moment, as the leading actress of the film, she still had to be with little Gilbert, but little Gilbert went to bed early and didn't seem to care about the box office of the midnight show.

Emma Watson was nervously waiting for a call in the study. Logically, the new actors should be more nervous than her. But this was her first film with Gilbert, and she didn't want to fail.

The phone rang, and Emma Watson quickly picked it up: "How much?"

"$1527 million for the midnight show? Good, thank you."

After hanging up the phone, Emma Watson breathed a sigh of relief. The midnight box office performance of 1527 million US dollars was quite good.

Although it is not as good as those huge IPs with many fans, it is a good start for a new series. Once the series has started, it will be easier to continue.

Thinking about the bastard sleeping upstairs, Emma Watson was still very satisfied.

Although this bastard is very fickle when it comes to matters between men and women, he really doesn't fail when it comes to movies, which is trustworthy.

Little Gilbert was having a strange dream, in which he was not reborn, but was still the director of the big online movie. Suddenly one day, an investor informed him that his play was taken over by Yang Mi.

He went to greet Big Mi Mi in ecstasy, but found out that it was a pink skeleton that came, and he was frightened awake in an instant.

Looking at Naomi Watts sleeping beside him, Gilbert shook his head speechlessly. He put on his bathrobe and saw that the light in the living room downstairs was still on, so he went downstairs.

"Still up so late?"

Emma Watson turned around and saw that it was little Gilbert.

"Are you awake? The box office results for the midnight show are out. Guess how much it is?"

Little Gilbert poured a glass of water and guessed, "About 1400 million!"

"It's three million."

Emma Watson excitedly reported to the director: "Anna called me earlier and told me that the movie should be a success now, right?"

"That depends on the box office performance on the first day and the first week, but I don't think the chances of failure are too high."

After all these years, Gilbert has absolute confidence in himself. Although this is a movie adapted from a game, "The Last of Us" has also achieved remarkable success.

In a sense, this is also his original adaptation of the film. After all, no one had made it before, and he did not have any references, he made it all by himself.

"So what's your box office prediction?" Emma Watson asked.

Gilbert Jr. thought about it and gave a conservative figure: "About $800 million to $900 million, but the surrounding areas should be very profitable."

Other directors would be furious to hear this. Eight hundred million to nine hundred million US dollars is an unattainable result for many directors, but it seems very common to Gilbert Jr.

But Gilbert Jr. does have the confidence and ability to say such words.

Because Emma Watson had some insomnia, little Gilbert held her in the living room and the two chatted until dawn.

Naomi Watts came down and looked: "You guys didn't chat all night, did you?"

"Not really."

Little Gilbert smiled and said, "But Emma didn't sleep all night."

Naomi Watts patted Emma Watson on the shoulder: "You look so nervous, relax, don't you still believe him?"

Emma Watson smiled helplessly: "I don't know why, I just can't sleep. I'm not sleepy at all now."

"I see she is very excited. Let's have breakfast. She has to go to a meeting soon!" Emma Watson can indeed be excited. After the outstanding performance in the zero-hour game, the performance of "Cyberpunk 2077: Prologue" continues to rise.

The film grossed $4322 million on the first day. The most important thing is that according to the first-day theater word-of-mouth survey, 94% of the audience gave it positive reviews.

The average occupancy rate of cinemas reached 30%, and the occupancy rate of IMAX theaters was as high as over 90%.

More authentic reviews have also come out, with a large number of positive reviews on the Internet. Apart from those loyal fans, even passers-by have highly recognized the quality of this film.

Thanks to its excellent word-of-mouth, the film earned $4839 million on Saturday and $4032 million on Sunday, with a total box office of $1 million in North America in its first week.

For a new IP, although it has a huge number of fans of cyberpunk culture and the TV series "Edgewalker", the box office results in the first week are still good enough to live up to the support of the fans.

“What’s more important is the surroundings.”

Early Monday morning, at a meeting of Disney executives, Roy Disak, head of distribution, gave a spirited report.

"Peripheral sales in the first week totaled $9850 million, including dolls, key chains, T-shirts, and a share of the sales of co-branded products."

As a blockbuster set in the future, the film has numerous advertisements and sponsorships.

But unlike the blatant advertising placements in the "Transformers" series, the advertising placements in this film are relatively smooth and will not make people feel distracted.

For example, in the film, Jack Wills ate a McDonald's beef burger, and in the plot, Jack Wills even complained that it was synthetic meat.

Then McDonald's launched the slogan: "We use real beef to make burgers, and every piece of beef is worthy of the audience's expectations."

McDonald's even launched the V Meal and Jack Wills Meal, which were very popular. During the first week of the movie's release, the two meal sets sold more than 300,000 sets in the United States, which was very popular.

Even Gilbert Jr.'s own bar, the one where he rescued Avril Lavigne, has introduced Jack Wills.

During the first week of its release, the wine was sold in thousands of cups a day, and was very popular. Although some customers commented that the taste of the wine was a bit strange, it did not affect its popularity at all.

There is not much to say about other things like mobile phones, computers, and cars. Audi spent 20 million US dollars on product placement, and a series of concept cars designed by Audi designers were used in the film.

Although some of them are made through special effects, some cars are actually built.

Audi actually made the very cool Sword in the Stone in the movie, but it was a limited edition and was snapped up by the rich second generation on the same day.

The only regret is that the car’s windshield cannot achieve the same effect as in the movie, which is a bit of a pity.

However, this does not prevent enthusiastic car fans and movie fans from liking this car. They will not drive it, but just keep it in the garage as a collection, which is a very face-saving thing.

The North American box office performed well in its first week, and the performance in other overseas markets was also good.

The film was released earlier in the Chinese market, and after grossing over $4435 million in its first week, it saw a decline in the second week, only earning $ million in the equivalent of USD for the entire week.

Even so, this result is enough to rank second among the global single markets.

No single market in Europe is as large as the Chinese market, but the 24 countries and regions where the film was released in its first week still earned $1 million in box office revenue.

The remaining regions, including Japan, South Korea, Europe, and Central and South America, cut a total of US$1 million.

In this way, combined with the North American box office and previous box office, the film's global box office reached 4 million US dollars.

It may not seem as exaggerated as the $3 million that Iron Man earned in its first week, but this achievement is already very rare for a new IP.

More importantly, the film is a good start for the series and has attracted many fans who are looking forward to the sequel. (End of this chapter)