November 22.
With less than three days remaining until the release of Juno, Wald Pictures held its first film premiere at 7 p.m. that evening at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
On the day of the premiere, Wald Pictures invited many prominent figures from various fields to attend.
And, of course, there were plenty of movie fans as well!
Before the premiere had even begun, dozens of media reporters were already poised along both sides of the red carpet outside the theater.
"Today's weather is really cold, man."
"Aren't you a reporter for Entertainment Tabloid? This is a movie premiere, not the set of some gossip magazine," one of the reporters said.
Hearing this, the gossip reporter did not get angry.
Instead, he explained, "God! You didn't know Charlize Theron was coming today? Did you know she once worked at SpongeBob House, another company owned by Wald Pictures' boss? And why do you think an unknown little actress like Theron landed the female lead in Run Lola Run? Don't you think there's something going on there?"
"Oh? Damn! That actually happened? I had no idea!"
Clearly, the reporter from the legitimate film publication was now feeling somewhat annoyed with himself.
Although Run Lola Run had earned only a little over $17 million at the North American box office, it had raked in more than $100 million in Europe.
With a production budget of just over $800,000, it had pulled in such an enormous box office haul—how could that not be shocking?!
Charlize Theron had also shot to fame with her youthful beauty and icy, glamorous looks.
She had successfully broken into the Hollywood market.
In the second half of this year, she had two more films released, playing major roles in both and receiving praise from many sides. On