Chapter 182: North American Box Office Weekly Crown
Harvey's tone was full of sarcasm, but he was jealous of Richard Fox, because in his opinion, the film "Hou Yi Shoots the Sun" was even better than "The Avengers" in some places.
The latter made Marvel and Disney a lot of money in 12 years, and the North American box office of $623 million ranked third in film history, second only to "Avatar" and "Titanic".
If the distribution rights of "Hou Yi Shooting the Sun" in Europe, America and Australia fall into his hands, with his operation methods, not only will the box office not be bad, but even the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film can be operated.
However, in the coveted awards that many Chinese filmmakers dream of, that kid was not moved at all, which made him, the "first promoter of the Oscar", very unhappy, so he couldn't help but step forward and say a few words.
Lu Lin didn't care about this, there are always many people in this world, who know that what they do and say is meaningless, but they want to come up and disgust you. If it is because of this anger and worry, then the other party's wish is fulfilled.
"I don't think so, and while there will be a lot of Americans who don't like the film, there will be a lot of people who like it. Mr. Harvey, don't you have a soft spot for this film? I've seen it in China, and now I'm going to watch the English version again!"
Harvey was stunned when he heard this, and immediately smiled: "Then I wish you the market performance of this film, as powerful as your eloquence!"
This "premiere" held by Warner, it would be more appropriate to call it a viewing of the film. Because there were only a few celebrities present, the media did not have the strength to interview.
From beginning to end, only two tabloid reporters came to interview Lu Lin for a few words, and some media went to interview Yu Dong. In comparison, Yu Dong's popularity in the United States seems to be greater than Lu Lin's, after all, there are companies listed on the NASDAQ. As for the other reporters, most of them gathered around Harvey and several celebrities in attendance.
After the ceremony began, Fox first came to the stage to speak, and then Lu Lin went up to say a few words, and after saying a few words of thanks, he immediately entered the viewing session.
At the beginning of the film, the first shot made the audience feel that this movie was not ordinary. In the vast sea, the Fusang Sacred Tree towering into the sky, and the glorious and atmospheric Heavenly Court Palace at the top of the Sacred Tree, all of which are novel and shocking to the audience.
"This film looks pretty good!" a boy whispered.
The girlfriend next to him asked, "HY?"
"It feels like I think a person has a good temperament, and other aspects will not be bad!"
His girlfriend doesn't seem to understand, but most of the other viewers feel this way. The film continues, when the Yi people appear after seeing more than three meters tall, they exclaim to see groups of "Hulks".
And after the more than six-meter-tall Fengfeng clan, the ten-meter-tall Kuafu, and the shamans of different heights and muscles appeared, the American audience, who had always been arrogant, also exclaimed from time to time.
And the footage of the ancestral witches transforming from human form and shattering the void to the depths of the starry sky, a group of foreigners who watched it screamed again and again.
"My God, it's incredible, how can Chinese have such a great imagination!"
"It's unusual to be able to shoot these!"
In addition, some fist-to-flesh fight scenes stimulate the adrenaline of many Yankees. Although in terms of the plot, there are some places that are not particularly well understood, it does not prevent them from enjoying it.
Especially Hou Yi's "Sunset Bow" and the picture of killing nine golden crows made some viewers cheer. And in the last scene of the film, when Hou Yi charged the Heavenly Court Demon God camp alone, it also made many Yankees' eyes moist.
So, when the screen darkened and the words "director Lu Lin's work" appeared, some Yankees actually blew up the temple, got up and said loudly in English: "What's the situation, what is the ending of Hou Yi?"
"Just, what's the situation? Can't you just air for a few more seconds!"
Seeing the audience's reaction like this, Fox knew that it was basically a success, and smiled at Lu Lin beside him: "Let's go, let's go up and explain together!"
Lu Lin said in his heart: "Explain it, it's as if your director hasn't played this trick." ”
The most classic is Nolan's "Inception", in which Cobb, played by Leonardo, returns home after twists and turns. In order to distinguish between reality and dreams, he takes out the totem (spinning top) and spins it, but the film ends when the spinning top seems to be about to stop. For this reason, fans have interpreted it in various ways and discussed it for many years!
However, "Hou Yi Shoots the Sun" will not have such a long controversy, because Hou Yi's ending is obvious, and the reason why it ended early is because I don't want everyone to see the complete destruction of the hero. Lu Lin came to the stage to explain, and the audience agreed.
But the reporters with a "keen sense of smell" have completely changed their attitudes, and they asked a lot of questions around, and Lu Lin basically answered them one by one with a smile.
The day after the premiere, many entertainment newspapers and websites in the United States reported the news of the premiere of the Chinese-language film "Hou Yi Shooting the Day", and the evaluation was relatively fair and objective. In this regard, Warner should contribute a lot.
But the most exciting thing is the score on the "American Douban" Rotten Tomatoes website, which actually has a freshness of 91%, which is a very good result.
By February 15, it was officially released, and 3,011 theaters opened the film, earning $26.49 million. This result is incomparable with the first-day box office of $80.5 million in "The Avengers" released in May 12, and the advantage of the other party's innate fans is too great.
can be compared with films in the same schedule, then "Hou Yi Shooting the Sun" is too awesome. On the 16th, the number of theaters screened increased to more than 3,500, with a single-day revenue of $31.62 million, and on the 17th, the number of theaters released remained unchanged, with a box office of $30.31 million.
In the end, the box office in the first three days of the first weekend was 88.42 million US dollars, although it was far lower than the 200 million in three days of "The Avengers". But compared with the films of the same schedule, it is a crushing existence.
"Die Hard 5" was also released in its first week, but it only grossed $25 million in its first weekend, ranking second.
The third place is "Identity Thief", which was released for two weeks, with $23.47 million,
"Love Haven" ranked fourth, also released in the first week, with a first-weekend box office of 21.43 million. As for the films at the bottom of the list, the box office in the first three days of the first weekend was less than $20 million, but it was a rather poor week at the box office.
The poor performance is not only the box office, but also the word of mouth. Among them, the media reviews of the four new films "Die Hard 5", "Love Haven", "Escape from Earth" and "Beautiful Creatures" are extremely bad.
For example, "Die Hard 5", which ranked second, only has a 17% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes and a 28-point MetaCritic media comprehensive evaluation, and there are constant sarcasm in various news reports.
The Hollywood Reporter: "The director's action scenes are so ridiculous that you can't help but smile wryly"
"That's it...... to be done" - "Full Movie"
“…… The elements that made this series once a bit interesting have been completely drained" - "Rearview Mirror"
I have to say that "Hou Yi Shooting the Sun" once again picked a good schedule, and among the films released at the same time, none of them can be played!