tonight on "nightline," viral payday. thanks to fans, the friday friday girl just wrapped up 100 million youtube hits in record time. ♪ friday friday >> and the big money is starting to roll in. how do you create a cash flood? we find out. simba sanction.

a man gives them a spatial new home. they they learn to behave? and these film makers have to act fast. think the king's speech. it's the hilarious world after low budget films about the fume king and queen. good evening. i'm bill weir. yesterday was thursday. thursday, today is friday, friday. we, we, so excited. if that blazingly obvious leer rick doesn't bring a smile, you know it's a girl on youtube.

but rebecca black may have the last laugh. it's a lesson in modern fame. >> reporter: it's a really good friday for 13-year-old rebecca black. the last day of the week, just set a record. reaching the 100 million mark on youtube. 63 days after his review. and beating out justin bieber whose video took 76 days to hit there. this california eighth grader's rise to fame started after her paints shelled out money for a music camp. they made a video, tweaked her voice and posted it on youtube.

music founder patrice wilson appeared in the video. >> i had a good feeling about it. and before you knew it, hey, friday is forever. >> reporter: rebecca became a viral star. >> people look and say, why this girl? why did she make it? and she is cute. voot was just silly enough. it seemed she could be in the joke herself. >> it was when a comedy central blogger made fun of the song that it took off. when did you realize that the video had gone viral? >> probably after seeing it go from 4,000 views to 70 views in one night and waking up, and it was at 200,000 views that was -- that was when i realized, this is going to be big.

>> reporter: but at first, it was for all the wrong reasons. in fact so many viewers and critics panned friday. it was dubbed the worst song ever. the song was catchy, sure. but people pointed out that rebecca didn't seem to have a good voice. ♪ it's friday, friday >> she rolled with the punches. do you think you are the best singer? >> i don't think i'm the best singer. ♪ o say can you say by the dawn's early light ♪ >> reporter: soon there for parodies all over the internet. ♪ friday, friday >> reporter: but rebecca had the

last laugh. sim sim simon cowell said he loves her. and her paints drove to to the "extra" studios. now that youtube runs ads, the company got $1 per page tunes. the song is sells on itunes, the artist usually gets about ten cents chrks is why rebecca is not called a mill nair but a thousand-aire. >> it's rest mated about $70,000 and then itunes. we are looking at $200,000 for a

4,000 zlrs investment. >> reporter: any idea how much money you have earned? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: prot deucer is just going to look for publishing rights. >> publishing, it's not yet facted in. we are still deciding on it. usually we would take 40 and give her 10%. ♪ party party yeah >> reporter: he hopes to work with her again. >> i hope to make more songs. she does have a great voice. i think she is going to go far. >> reporter: major record labels have been calling. no deals have been made and she

is working on new songs. do hope to get rich off this? >> that is not my concern. money, i'm donating most of the money to japan and my school. and money is not my biggest concern at all. that is just a bonus. i'm just here to do what i like to do. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm andrea canning in new york. >> six more days of the week. six songs there. thanks for that. just ahead, twler as circus cats take their first steps of freedom of a life of cracked whips. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. so, why would you let something like erectile dysfunction get in your way?

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circus, profession showman have demonstrated that big cats performing kitty tricks is a money maker. but the reality is not so pretty. but fortunately there are people with hearts as big as a savanna willing to take them up. and here is a story with 25 performing lions and one happy ending. >> reporter: they're circus lions from bolivia. who are just beginning a new life here in the u.s. are they looking at us as possible lunch? >> no, this is just exciting. this is unusual to have people here. >> reporter: it's unusual for us too. until they came here six week guys, the entire family of lions shared a 8 by 12 circus trailer. their only home they are not performing. >> they had to pile on top of

each other. >> reporter: a group called animal deferndss international pressured the bolivian government to ban circus animals and air lifted them to a prairie just outside denver. the lions will live out their days. africa, this is not. >> no this is typical colorado. >> reporter: pat craig runs the 320-acre sanctuary for carnivores. >> we have 70 tiger, 86 bears, 73 black bears. >> reporter: there are bears and wolves. there are pumas, mountain lions. leopards, tigers. >> this is a 900-pound siberian

tiger. >> hey, jack. >> reporter: he knows them by name. and practically speaking their language. >> hey, sweetie. >> reporter: what is that sound? >> it's called chufing. and tigers are the only tig their does it. they chuf saying good morning or hello. if you don't chuf back, they like, what's the matter? >> hey, yeah. >> reporter: wherever he goes, about a dozen delighted dogs are close at hand. do you ever feel like dr. boo doo little? feeding 200 carnivores is not an easy feat. he goes through 95 barrels a week. raw meat and seafood. the lions and tigers get frozen meat. >> it's a giant meat sickle.

>> reporter: 17,000 pounds of meat. most heaved over the fences. it's a carnivore's paradise for animal no, sir longer forced to fight for supper. >> they have been through hell and back. and for us, we are going protect their lifestyle. >> reporter: craig has been doing it for 30 years, since he first learned that zoos and circuses have surplus of animals that would be put to death. he got his family farm to be accredited as a zoo. >> i got 300ry responses. >> reporter: the zoos, circuses come to him as one of the only people in america to be able to accommodate. the lions, getting them out yesterday was like herding cats. remember, they used to the

confines of the cage. so when they opened the gates, the lions needed encouragement. >> the last thing in their mind is to run free. >> reporter: the open space is intimidating. >> absolutely. >> reporter: craig's son went in the cage himself, trying a piece of string and a ball. and rustling a plastic bag. all the while, pat was roaring and coaxing from the sidelines. finally, he started throwing hunks of meat. little by little, the lions find their courage. the first steps. >> these are the first steps. >> reporter: running free for the very first time. >> it's wonderful! the best part of this. it's why we do what we do. the lions are running with each other. they are chasing each other.

this is the stuff that makes your heart sing. >> reporter: they probably knew they didn't belong in the circus. but for a lion in winter, colorado must seem like a pretty good home. >> this is heaven for them. animal heaven. >> reporter: i'm david wright for "nightline" in keensburg, colorado. >> thanks for that piece. coming up next, the brilliantly low budget films that capture the moments from royal life that that no one sees because they are made up. [ female announcer ] the counter. in most homes, it gets all the action. bring it. getting it clean again is easy with bounty. in this lab test, one sheet of bounty leaves this surface cleaner than 3 sheets of the bargain brand. ♪ why use more when you can use less? ♪ super durable, super absorbent, super clean.

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the lives of the british royals are some of the most dissected on the planet. but the lives remain inconveniently hidden from

public view. just to n time for the wedding, a group of film makers make a bunch of stuff up. a sign of the times. >> i want to relationship the relationship private. >> i love you. >> i love you. no one gets to see you but me. >> i'm a romantic at heart. >> the critics have called it god awful and pillow bitingly ghastly. >> what do you make of this as a piece of work? >> we thought everything super fast. they are working hard getting it out in time for the wedding. shot in just 19 days. >> it has prot duction values of a cheap australian soap oprah. >> she is hot. >> she's hot. >> the budget, $4.5 million. >> what about the script? >> was there someone that wrote

a script? >> but, but, but -- >> this is my life. >> i thought it was part of your life. >> you sound like you almost enjoyed it. >> i did quite enjoy it, you know. >> so did i. you know? >> the quality is that treatment treats brilliantly. >> in britain, we turn out film like "the queen" and "the king's speech." but william and kate do something different. >> the film has to fill in the blanks or we are just recreating paparazzi shots. >> it comes from diana, the true

story. >> i knew your legs were god. >> they look like little legs. >> they look good to me. >> probably never happened. you will i love it. this probably did happen. >> you pig! >> that's serena scott thomas as diana. >> it had not been broechd before. >> that is the essence. to bring the real. this film is subversive. it reduces the characters, the kings and queens of the mighty realm to characters in a soap oprah. >> we are losing another commoner. >> polluting good english stuff. >> and americans like the makers of the women of windsor might feel more comfortable doing that. >> most are just teeth.

>> here, we are another british actress, andrew and fergie, behind the british doors. >> part of the reason you said yes, it wasn't shown in the country. >> any sexual attraction with the man who played andrew? >> no. >> you are lying. >> no, he was -- it was a crazy shoot. it was very intense. >> any way. back to william and kate. i kind of like it. and serena scott thomas plays kate's mom in this one. >> you sit down with a ball of ice cream and popcorn and just enjoy. >> kate middleton. >> william. >> yeah, i know who are you. >> the guy who plays william is quite convincing. >> i would say he is wooden at best. but that said, it's nonetheless