Chapter 718： This is my angel

The production cost of "Iron Man" is 140 million U.S. dollars, and the publicity cost is 80 million U.S. dollars. Although some of the costs are recovered through advertising sponsorship, etc., Surprise has undoubtedly smashed a huge investment in this film. If only praise can be gained, and the market reaction is mediocre, it can only be described as tragedy.

There is always only one standard for measuring commercial films, and that is commercial revenue.

Fortunately, the North American box office on Friday gave Marvel and Disney a reassurance. "Iron Man" earned 37.23 million US dollars in box office in 4,150 theaters in just one day, which basically indicates the first week of the film. The North American box office can launch a sprint to the $100 million mark.

Disney has also increased its publicity for the film, and even Ryan personally went into battle. When attending a charity party on Friday night, he sang the praises of "Iron Man" to dozens of reporters.

"Perhaps in the eyes of some people, this is nothing more than a ‘Hollywood-style’ assembly line commercial product."

Like other commercial movies, "Iron Man" has been attacked by those old film critics. "But in my eyes, this is a video art that perfectly combines the beauty of the human body and the mechanical principles. The dynamics of Iron Man's unique actions are not simple. It can be photographed alone, shouldn't people know and feel the realm of action art like this?"

Everything is like the normal law of commercial movies. On Saturday, "Iron Man"'s North American box office rose to 40.35 million U.S. dollars, reaching the peak of the single-day box office, and then fell to 28.03 million U.S. dollars the following day.

In the first three days of the weekend, the North American box office of "Iron Man" successfully surpassed 100 million U.S. dollars and reached 105.61 million U.S. dollars. It can be said to be a good start for the summer season of the entire North American film market.

In the following week, "Iron Man" did not encounter a rival of the same magnitude. In just ten days, the North American box office of the film exceeded $185 million, becoming the hottest film so far this year. .

Even though the overseas releases have just begun, it is no exaggeration to say that "Iron Man" has already achieved success.

As an important part of the entire series, the success of "Iron Man" brought not only monetary gains, but also played a preheating role for "Avengers", further preparing the ground, and strengthening it again. Marvel’s confidence in its superheroes.

Marvel has dozens of comic characters that are only very popular, and the continuous success has naturally prompted them to want to put more superheroes on the big screen.

However, after Ryan and Marvel’s high-level communication, the two sides quickly reached an agreement that Marvel will not make too many moves for the time being before the release of "The Avengers".

Superhero movies require a huge amount of investment. If Walt Disney does not inject enough funds, Surprise will not have enough budget to support excessive film preparation plans.

Today's Surprise, although it has a high degree of freedom, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walt Disney.

It was not until mid-May that "Iron Man" met a real opponent in North America. The thriller and suspense film "The Da Vinci Code" directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks and Lillis Howard was officially launched. Released in North America.

Because the novel has accumulated a large number of book fans, the position of the top of the North American bestseller list for more than ten consecutive weeks and the huge controversy in the content have attracted the attention of countless viewers, and it has even been hailed as the most anticipated in 2006. One of the videos.

Even though the audience's reputation for the movie version of "The Da Vinci Code" was messed up, it performed well in business. The first week's box office of more than $77 million completely overwhelmed "Iron Man"'s third weekend of $32.83 million. It is also the second highest weekly box office in North America this year.

Facts have proved that religious films with huge controversy can always attract the attention of the audience.

Despite the different reviews, this film can still have a big box office start in North America, because there are countless pairs of curious eyes around the world waiting to see what this novel with 40 million readers will look like when it is adapted into a movie. .

Also in this week, the North American box office of "Iron Man" surpassed 200 million U.S. dollars, reaching above 234.2 million, and the film’s landing in several major overseas ticket warehouses also reached ten days, and it was also the most popular in this period of time. The film’s global box office easily exceeded $430 million.

Not to mention the skyrocketing global box office, the three versions of Iron Man dolls alone have sold nearly 3 million sets in the English-speaking area, creating a profit of more than 9 million U.S. dollars for Walt Disney, although the DVD and TV rights are far from When it came to benefit, it sold more than 20 million U.S. dollars for peripheral products such as toys, images, and comics.

If you include other world regions such as the Far East and Continental Europe, which are negotiating for authorization, this revenue figure can double.

However, these are not important to Ryan. After sending Charlize to Germany, he rushed to Lanai Island in Hawaii, waiting for the feeling of being a father for the first time in his past and present life.

An entire top medical team in the U.S. and the equipment they need were shipped to the island by yacht early on and ordered at any time.

In the silent corridor, Ryan walked around anxiously, and the eyes of Tyler and Lily Moxin who were sitting in the chairs also moved back and forth with him. This situation lasted for almost half an hour.

"Hey, hello, hello..." Taylor finally couldn't help it, jumped off the chair, pointed to the delivery room door and said, "Ryan, if you are in a hurry, you can go in."

"My dear." Ryan had to stop, "I was driven out by Nicole half an hour ago."

He didn't want to be inside, but after Nicole opened his eyes, he had to walk out. Now even if the old guy of God said, Nicole's opinion was not as important.

"Poor Ryan." Taylor couldn't help but shook his head.

"godfather……"

Suddenly, a little hand tugged Ryan, but it was Lily Moxin that kid, she seemed more sensible than Taylor, "Don't worry."

"Okay, Lily." Ryan took her back to the chair again, "I'm not worried."

Ryan also understood that apart from waiting for this kind of thing, he couldn't help much. He simply sat next to Lily and pointed at Taylor to his side. This guy who has grown to five feet and eleven inches, dear. Sat down.

The delivery room and even this floor were rebuilt in the past six months. The sound insulation effect is very good. Apart from the vaguely familiar cry of pain, Ryan can hardly hear any other sounds, and he can't help but feel a little anxious.

At this kind of moment, it must be false to say that he is not worried, even if he does not believe in any religion at all, he secretly crossed his chest.

Father, a feeling that I have never experienced or can't tell.

If Nicole and the others can be safe, tomorrow I will definitely convert to Catholicism sincerely...

Just as Ryan was thinking about it, the door of the delivery room suddenly opened. Several female nurses pushed Nicole out of the hospital bed. Ryan immediately greeted him and reached out and held one of Nicole's hands. .

"My dear..." He followed the pushed hospital bed closely, his slender fingers gently ran across Nicole's sweaty cheeks, "You have worked hard."

"Daughter..." Nicole said softly.

"She..." Ryan's eyes swept across all the nurses, "Where is she?"

"Mr. Jenkins."

Probably the woman with the head nurse said, "The child is very healthy. The doctor is doing some basic care and will be sent over soon."

Although the knowledge of this aspect is almost zero, Ryan nodded, holding Nicole's hand tightly, and walked into the prepared ward at the end of the corridor.

"Godmother..."

"Nicole..."

The nurse had just put Nicole away, and the two girls, one big and one small, came in too.

"Don't worry." Nicole gently nodded to them and Ryan, "I'm fine, and I'm very happy."

Gently kissed the back of Nicole's hand, Ryan held the hand between the two hands, and in a prayer posture, he read a few words that no one could hear clearly.

"What are you talking about?" Nicole couldn't help asking strangely.

"Pray for you and our daughter."

As he said, the door at the back opened, and a middle-aged woman walked in with a baby, "She is very healthy. Congratulations, Mr. Jenkins, Miss Kidman."

"Thank you!"

Nodded, Ryan made a gesture to Elsa on the other side, and handed the medical team's follow-up arrangements to the housekeeper.

The little guy was placed on the side of Nicole's bed, and seemed to be sleeping. Ryan walked over and just tried to stretch out his hand, he was glared, "Will you hold a baby? Have you practiced before?"

"This?" Ryan couldn't help scratching his head. "Then I can always see my daughter, right?"

"She is so young." Lily Moxin lowered her voice, "Sister she is so young."

"Stupid Lily." Taylor nodded her head. "When I first saw you, you were not much older than her."

"You two." Nicole's eyes turned over there and made a gesture of shutting up, "Quiet!"

The baby who was just born, can’t talk about how beautiful it is now, and I can’t tell whether it is more like a father or more like a mother. Nicole is here to stay. Ryan just leaned over and took a serious look for a while. He went from the Pacific Ocean. After the other side came to this world, he still left a lot of things, and now he even has a daughter.

Father, it is a feeling he can fully appreciate now, lying next to Nicole is his own angel...

The room was quiet, all eyes were on the newly born little guy, until Tyler broke the silence with a loud voice.

"That..." Taylor stuck out his tongue mischievously. "We can't always call'her', right?"

"Of course." Ryan couldn't help but raised his head, "I have already figured out the name." r1152()