Chapter 263: A New Record and the Oscars
"Xiao Hao, it's time to eat!" Chen Mu shouted.
"It's coming!" Chen Hao hurriedly sent the written Batman plan book to Greg Silverman of Warner Bros., and then ran out.
"So much to eat. Chen Hao looked at the dishes on the table and smiled.
"It's all your favorite food, eat it!" Chen Mu looked at Chen Hao's appearance and laughed.
When Chen Hao heard this, he started directly.
"The Spring Festival Gala is here, turn on the TV!" said Chen's father.
"Got it!" Chen Mu replied as she turned on the TV.
"Dad, Mom, Happy Spring Festival!" Chen Hao said.
"Okay, happy Spring Festival!" Father Chen said with a smile.
All three of them drank it all in one go.
"Xiao Hao, your mother and I thought about it and decided to contract your canteen, what do you think?" Father Chen hesitated and said.
"Of course, I love your cooking. Chen Hao smiled, "It tastes good, and it is hygienic, rest assured!"
"I think so too, your dad's craftsmanship is still good. Chen's mother said.
"From then on, our family of three can go to work together!" Chen Hao said with a smile.
"That's right. Father Chen also laughed when he heard this.
The family finished the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with laughter, and then watched the Spring Festival Gala together.
Chen Hao mainly accompanied his parents to watch, and then saw which stars are on the Spring Festival Gala now.
In 04, there were no top-notch peanuts in later generations, all of them were powerful singers, Han Lei, Yang Kun, Tian Zhen, Sha Baoliang, Adu, Zhou Dong, Zhao Yanzi!
However, Chen Hao is not very interested, and he will only pay attention to it when he encounters cross talk and sketches, tonight's Zhao Benshan is playing the sketch "Water Deliverer"!
When Chen Hao was watching Lehe, he felt the mobile phone vibrate, opened it and saw that it was Xiaohu's message, and quietly slipped out.
Chen's father smiled at his son's tiptoeing appearance, while Chen's mother rolled her eyes helplessly.
"Why did you come out? I'm almost freezing to death!" the little fox asked, shrinking his hands.
"Who made you so anxious!" Chen Hao smiled, "You won't wait for me to reply to the message!"
"You're in a hurry!" the little fox was about to hit Chen Hao when he heard this.
But Chen Hao grabbed his little hand, held it in the palm of his hand, and sighed while rubbing it.
Seeing this, the little fox pursed his red lips happily.
After a while, Chen Hao directly unbuttoned his coat and hugged the little fox into his arms, "Is it still cold?"
The little fox smiled and lay on Chen Hao's chest, listening to Chen Hao's strong heartbeat and said, "It's not cold!"
Chen Hao kissed Xiaohu's hair and said, "How do I feel that when I come out for a tryst every year, it's like an underground party." ”
"It was!" the little fox snorted, "Do you dare to blatantly let your parents, my parents and my mother see the two of us kissing?"
"It's not impossible, I don't suffer anyway. Chen Hao said with a smile.
"Shameless!" the little fox said coquettishly when he heard this.
"Shameless, I'll let you see what shamelessness is!" Chen Hao lowered his head when he heard this, and he swallowed Xiaohu's red lips.
The little fox snorted twice, and then responded enthusiastically.
Young men and women are always very enthusiastic about physical contact and exploration, and they never get tired of it!
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On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Hao followed his parents to Langfang again.
Chen's mother also went to meet her best friend, and Chen Hao met Zhao Xiaoying and his younger brother again.
However, when Zhao Jianfei called his brother-in-law, the scene was very embarrassing.
Mother Zhao was smiling, and Mother Chen had a strange face!
As for Zhao Xiaoying, she has already gone to hunt down her mischievous brother!
During the chat, Zhao's mother learned that Chen Hao had opened a company by herself, so she said that she wanted Zhao Xiaoying to go to Chen Hao's company to do chores in the future.
Mother Chen agreed with a smile, of course, it is impossible to do chores.
However, Zhao Xiaoying's graduation will not be until 2005!
After coming back, Chen Hao did not go out again, but hid at home to write the script of his new play, of course, he was tired of being with Xiaohu.
This girl always provokes fire, the key is not to extinguish the fire, so that Chen Hao stubbornly spent a few days of the Spring Festival.
On January 26, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, a new week is coming.
North American Weekend Box Office Charts (January 23, 2004 – January 25, 2004):
No. 1, "Butterfly Effect", 3 days of release, new line, weekend box office of $17.1 million, cumulative box office of $17.1 million, 2,850 theaters;
No. 2, "Meet Polly", released for 10 days, produced by Universal, with a weekend box office of $16.35 million, a cumulative box office of $53.26 million, and 3,000 theaters;
No. 3, "Date with an Idol", 3 days in theaters, DreamWorks, $7.6 million at the weekend box office, $7.6 million at the cumulative box office, and 2,600 theaters in theaters;
No. 4, "District 9", released for 31 days, Tianqi Pictures, with a weekend box office of $7.33 million, a cumulative box office of $124.93 million, and 2,800 theaters;
No. 5, "Big Fish", 38 days in theaters, Sony Columbia, weekend box office $7.3 million, cumulative box office $50.5 million, 2,405 theaters;
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Last week, the new generation of popular actor Ashton Couch changed his comedy career and tried to star for the first time in the sci-fi thriller "The Butterfly Effect", which debuted last weekend and topped the North American box office with $17.1 million.
And as soon as it was released, it received a rating of 8.9 from IMDB, directly ranking among the TOP100, and the reputation is very good!
"Meet Polly," starring Jennifer Anniston and Ben Stiller, was squeezed into second place, grossing $16.35 million at the box office.
Another new film, DreamWorks Productions' romantic comedy "Date with an Idol," came in third with $7.6 million at the box office.
Chen Hao's "District 9" fell sharply last week, and the box office trend was stable last week, with a decline of only 23.24%, making it rise one place in the ranking.
With a box office score of 7.33 million US dollars, it ranked 4th on the list, and its cumulative North American box office also reached 124 million US dollars, officially surpassing the 121 million of "Hurricane Rescue", setting a new record for Chen Hao's North American box office!
No. 5 on the list is "Big Fish", which ranked No. 2 last week, with a box office of 7.3 million in three days over the weekend, ranking behind "District 9" with a difference of $30,000.
It is worth mentioning that "The Lord of the Rings 3" ranked 6th on the list, grossing $6.8 million last weekend, and the total box office has reached $338 million.
That's just $1 million short of "Finding Nemo's $339 million."
According to the current box office trend of "The Lord of the Rings 3", surpassing "Finding Nemo" and becoming the 2003 North American box office champion is already a certainty!
"District 9 grossed $7.33 million over the weekend for three days, up one place from last week, ranking fourth in the North American weekend box office list!" --- Sohu Entertainment reported
"District 9 dropped another $10.05 million in a single week, and the total box office in North America reached $124 million!" --- Netease Entertainment
"The cumulative box office of "District 9" surpassed that of "Hurricane Rescue", setting a new box office record for Chen Hao in North America!" --- New Wolf Entertainment
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After last week's North American weekend box office charts were transmitted back to China, the media was instantly buzzing.
At the beginning of the century, the Spring Festival film market had not yet formed a Spring Festival file, and the reform of the cinema system was not long ago, the film market was not hot at all, and there were no popular films released.
It is still "Mobile Phone" and "Infernal Affairs 3" that are slowly accumulating box office.
However, after "Mobile Phone" surpassed the box office of "Harry Potter 2" to become the annual box office champion in the mainland in 2003, the weekly box office was already very weak, and there was obviously not much potential to be tapped.
The same is true for "Infernal Affairs 3", and the final box office is estimated to stop at 36 million yuan!
There were no ups and downs in the film market, and the media were worried, but fortunately, the weekend box office of "District 9" was transmitted back to China, and the media finally had something to write about.
Of course, what is written is nothing more than touting "District 9" and Chen Hao!
The media racked their brains and changed their tricks to write, and in the end they felt that it was more interesting to compare with well-known directors, and this director was Li Press.
After all, the three major domestic director films are simply not enough to watch at the North American box office, so they can only find Li Press and Wu Baige.
But Wu Baige's North American box office is a little too high, Chen Hao is still far behind, but Li Ji is very close.
Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" grossed $128 million in North America, "Hulk" $132 million, and "District 9" was only $4 million and $8 million respectively.
According to the word-of-mouth and box office trend of "District 9", it can be said that it is nine times out of ten to surpass "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hulk Hulk"!
In this way, Chen Hao will be able to surpass Li Press and become the second highest-grossing Chinese director in North America!
Although they are both Chinese, but the mainland surpasses the treasure island, I believe that the mainland filmmakers and fans still feel a little cool!
While the media was busy reporting on Chen Hao and "District 9", Chen Hao was busy replying to congratulatory text messages.
The company's colleagues and friends, the star artists who have cooperated, the six daughters, and the four Dan Shuangbing all sent congratulatory text messages again.
After all, it is currently the only scorpion --- be able to achieve great success in North America.
For stars who want to go international and hit the Oscars, befriending Chen Hao has undoubtedly become a shortcut.
Chen Hao is now a ladder for top movie stars in China, and he has caught Chen Hao, not to mention whether he is successful or not, but at least he has the opportunity to play the main actor in Hollywood movies.
Being able to star in a Hollywood movie, no matter what the result is, you can add the word "international" in front of your name when you come back!
Xiaohu is the best example, although it was a child star before, but it did not have an impressive masterpiece.
is also a high school student, but he was signed because he was Chen Hao's neighbor, and then he filmed "Hurricane Rescue", and then he became an international Yang!
Of course, this international Yang is still a little unworthy of the name, but with these two words, there will be a huge improvement in the qualification and status.
The fame and fortune brought by it are by no means comparable to before, so Chen Hao has become Tang monk meat!
Now Chen Hao's mailbox is full of photos and recommendations of many well-known and unknown actresses, and Chen Hao said after reading it that the nutrition can't keep up!
However, the praise of the media and the rush of actresses reached its peak after January 27th!
Because, on this day, the 76th Academy Awards announced the list of nominees for this year!
"The Lord of the Rings 3" is undoubtedly the biggest winner of this year's Oscars, leading all competitors with 11 nominations.
Of course, this number of nominations is not the highest number of Oscars, the film with the most nominations is 1959's "Ben Hur", which received a total of 15 nominations.
followed by "Comet Beauty" and "Titanic", both of which received 14 nominations.
"The Lord of the Rings 3" not only relies on the name to dominate the Oscars, this Oscar is regarded as a special show for "The Lord of the Rings 3", and there are almost no movies that can be compared with it.
"The Lord of the Rings 3" itself is good enough, plus the previous two films have not been able to win the favor of the Oscars, so this Oscar is likely to compensate "The Lord of the Rings 3".
This makes "The Lord of the Rings 3" even more prosperous.
All media critics are optimistic about "The Lord of the Rings 3", and many media have already thought that this year's Oscars will be the most insipid, because everyone already knows the result, and there will be no dark horses!
Of course, this is not the reason for the boiling of China, the real reason is that "District 9" directed by Chen Hao has received a total of 4 nominations at the 76th Academy Awards.
The four nominations are Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Visual Effects!
"The 76th Academy Awards announced the list of nominees, and "District 9" was successfully shortlisted for 4 awards!" --- Sohu Entertainment reported
"District 9 won 4 nominations for this year's Academy Awards!" ---Netease Entertainment
"Great news!Chen Hao's "District 9" was successfully shortlisted for 4 nominations for this year's Oscars!" --- New Wolf Entertainment
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All the media in mainland China changed the headlines on the front page at the first time, and all the content was surprisingly consistent, all of which were the news that "District 9" was nominated for the Academy Awards!
When this news was reported by the media, the whole of China was boiling!
To say that Chinese directors have won awards in the West, they are basically the three major awards in Europe, while the Hollywood Academy Awards seem to be insulated from Chinese directors!
Films from the mainland of China have won the three major European ones, but they have never won the Oscar!
Take Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine", which has been eaten all his life, won the Palme d'Or in Cannes in Europe, and also won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the Golden Globe Awards in the United States.
But although nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, it was not able to bring home a trophy!
I have to say that Hollywood has not only swept the global box office, but even the awards are somewhat out of reach.
Only Li Press's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but how to say it, Li Press is from Treasure Island, although he is Chinese, but there is still a bit of a gap between mainland fans and the film industry.
And it's not only sour, but also a little aggrieved, in such a big mainland, there is no director who has won an Oscar, and it's sad to think about it.
Therefore, when Chen Hao now won 4 Academy Award nominations at one time with "District 9", the media and the film industry will be so excited.
It can be said that after waiting for so many years, I finally saw the hope of winning the Academy Award!