"Iron Man" cost $140 million to produce and $80 million to promote, although some of the costs were recovered through advertising sponsorships, but Surprise undoubtedly invested a huge amount of money in this film, if it can only be praised, and the market response is mediocre, it can only be described as a tragedy.

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

Fortunately, the North American box office on Friday reassured Amaze and Disney, "Iron Man" received $37.23 million at the box office in just one day in 4,150 theaters, which basically indicates that the North American box office in the first week of the film can sprint to the $100 million mark.

Disney, for its part, has also stepped up the promotion of the film, and even Ryan himself went into battle, singing the praises of "Iron Man" to dozens of reporters at a charity gala on Friday night.

"Maybe in the eyes of some people, this is just an assembly-line commercial product that is used to 'Hollywood-style'."

Like other commercial films, "Iron Man" has been attacked by those veteran film critics, "But in my eyes, this is a perfect combination of human beauty and mechanical principles of image art, Iron Man's unique action dynamics can not be simply filmed, shouldn't such an action art realm be known and felt?" ”

On Saturday, the North American box office of "Iron Man" rose to $40.35 million, reaching the peak of the single-day box office, and the following day it slipped to $28.03 million.

In the first three days of the weekend, the North American box office of "Iron Man" successfully exceeded $100 million, reaching $105.61 million, which can be said to be a good start to the summer season of the entire North American film market.

In the following week, "Iron Man" did not face an opponent of the same magnitude, and it took only ten days for the film to exceed $185 million at the North American box office. has become the hottest film so far this year.

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

As an important part of the entire series, the success of "Iron Man" not only brought monetary benefits, but also played a warm-up role for "The Avengers", further paved the way, and once again strengthened Marvel's confidence in its superheroes.

Marvel has dozens of very popular comic book characters alone, and the continuous success naturally prompted them to want to bring more superheroes to the big screen.

However, after Ryan communicated with Surprise's higher-ups. The two sides quickly agreed that there would not be much action on the surprise side for the time being until the release of "The Avengers".

Superhero movies require huge investments, and if Walt Disney doesn't inject enough money, Marvel doesn't have enough budget to fund too many film preparations.

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

It wasn't until mid-May that "Iron Man" met a real opponent in North America. Directed by Howard, Tom? Hanks and Rileys? The thriller and suspense film "The Da Vinci Code" starring Howard was officially released in North America.

Because the novel has accumulated a large number of book fans. The top spot on the bestseller list in North America for more than ten consecutive weeks, as well as the huge controversy in terms of content, have attracted the attention of countless audiences, and have even been hailed as one of the most anticipated films of 2006.

Even if the audience reputation of the movie version of "The Da Vinci Code" is a mess. On the commercial side, it is good, with a first-week box office of more than $77 million, which completely overwhelmed the box office figure of $32.83 million in the third weekend of "Iron Man", which is also the second highest weekly box office in North America this year.

It turns out. Those religious films with huge controversies always attract the attention of the audience.

Despite the mixed reviews, the film was able to get off to a big start at the box office 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" exceeded 200 million US dollars, coming to more than 234.2 million, and the film landed in several major overseas box office markets for ten days, which is also the most popular film in the local period during this period, and the global box office of the film easily exceeded 430 million US dollars.

Not to mention the soaring global box office, the three versions of Iron Man alone sold nearly 3 million units in the English-speaking region, generating more than $9 million in profits for Walt Disney, and although DVD and TV rights are far from profitable, more than $20 million in peripheral products such as toys, images and comics alone.

This figure can be doubled if other parts of the world, such as the Far East and continental Europe, where mandates are being negotiated, are included.

However, none of this mattered to Ryan, and after sending Charlize to Germany, he rushed to Lanai, Hawaii, to wait for the first time in his life to be a father.

An entire team of the nation's top medical teams and the equipment they needed were transported to the island by yacht early and ready to go.

In the silent hallway, Ryan walked anxiously around, and Taylor and Lily, who were sitting in chairs? Mo? Xin's eyes also shook back and forth with him, and this situation lasted for almost half an hour.

"Hey, hey, hey......" Taylor finally couldn't help it, jumped out of his chair, pointed to the door of the delivery room and said, "Ryan, if you're in a hurry, you can go in." ”

"Honey." Ryan had no choice but to stop, "I was kicked out by Nicole half an hour ago. ”

He didn't want to be inside, but Nicole had to walk out after narrowing her eyes, and now even the words of that old fellow of God were not as important as Nicole's opinion.

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

"The Godfather......

Suddenly, a small hand tugged at Ryan, but was it Lily? Mo? Xin's little ghost, she seems to be much more sensible than Taylor, "Don't worry. ”

"Alright, Lily." Ryan carried her back to the chair again, "I'm not worried. ”

Ryan also understood that he couldn't help much with this kind of thing except waiting, so he simply sat next to Lily, and pointed to Taylor's side, the guy who had grown to five feet and eleven inches, and sat down obediently.

The delivery room and even this floor have been rebuilt in the past six months, and the sound insulation effect is very good, except for the familiar cry of pain, Ryan basically can't hear any other sound, and he can't help but feel a little anxious.

At this 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 made a few crosses on his chest.

Father, a feeling that has never been experienced and cannot be spoken.

If Nicole is safe, tomorrow I will sincerely convert to Catholicism......

Just as Ryan was thinking this, the door of the delivery room suddenly opened, and several female nurses pushed Nicole who was lying on the hospital bed and walked out, Ryan immediately greeted him and reached out to hold one of Nicole's hands.

"My dear ......," he followed closely to the side of the bed, his slender fingers gently running over Nicole's still sweaty cheeks, "You've worked hard." ”

"Daughter......" Nicole whispered.

"She'......" Ryan's eyes couldn't help but sweep over all the nurses, "where is she?" ”

"Mr. Jenkins."

It was probably the woman who was the head nurse who spoke, "The child is very healthy, the doctor is doing some basic care, and it will be sent soon." ”

Although he knew almost nothing about it, Ryan nodded, held Nicole's hand tightly, and walked into the prepared hospital room at the end of the hallway.

"Godmother ......"

"Nicole ......"

The nurse had just put Nicole away, and the girls, one older and one younger, had come over.

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

Kissing the back of Nicole's hand gently, Ryan held it between the two hands and said a few words in a prayerful position that no one could hear.

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

"Pray for you and our daughter."

As he spoke, the door opened at the back, and a middle-aged woman walked in with a baby in her arms, "She's very healthy, congratulations, Mr. Jenkins, Miss Kidman." ”

"Thank you!"

Nodding, Ryan gestured to Elsa on the other side, and handed over the follow-up arrangements of the medical team to the housekeeper.

The little guy was placed at the head of Nicole's bed, and seemed to be sleeping soundly, Ryan walked over, and just wanted to stretch out his hand, he was glared at, "Will you hold the child?" Have you practiced it before? ”

"This?" Ryan couldn't help but scratch his head a little, "Then I can always look at my daughter, right?" ”

"She's so small." Lily? Mo? Xin lowered her voice, "Sister, she's really small." ”

"Stupid Lily." Taylor nodded her head, "When I first met you, you weren't much older than her. ”

"You two." Nicole's eyes turned to that side and she made a shut-up gesture, "Quiet! ”

The little guy who was just born, he can't talk about how beautiful he is now, and he can't tell whether he is more like his father or more like his mother, with Nicole staying here, Ryan just leaned over and looked at it carefully for a while, he came to this world from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and after all, he still left a lot of things, and now he even has a daughter.

Father, now he can fully feel the feeling, lying next to Nicole is his own angel......

The room was silent, and all eyes were on the newborn little one, until Taylor broke the silence with a voice.

"That ......," Taylor stuck out his tongue mischievously, "we can't call 'her' all the time, can we?" ”

"Of course." Ryan couldn't help but look up, "I've already figured out the name. (To be continued......)