749th Century Duel

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"Ninja Assassin" only made $13 million at the box office in its first week, and it was not even comparable to the single-day box office of "New Moon" in the second week of its broadcast, and there is no possibility of comparison.

As for word of mouth, "Ninja Assassin" has a better rating on IMDB than "New Moon", with a score of 6, but it is still a low score. However, the overall evaluation of the media is only less than 30 points. For movies, the media is not very satisfied with the story and theme, or thinks it is too unreal, and the performance of the actors is even more abridged. Obviously, the American media did not have much interest in the film, and it did not even have the pleasure of criticizing.

In the end, the box office of "Ninja Assassin" in North America was only 37 million US dollars, and Lee Byung-hun's "Special Forces" still had a week to go, and the box office exceeded 100 million, but the result of "Ninja Assassin" was a little bleak. Although it is also related to the theme and schedule, it is undeniable that "Ninja Assassin" has indeed failed completely, and the box office and word-of-mouth are lackluster.

In North America, it is impossible to compare "Ninja Assassin" with "New Moon", although the reputation of both is not very good, but it is called fifty steps and a hundred steps, and there is no comparison. In terms of topicality and box office, "New Moon" is even an absolutely noteworthy blockbuster in 2009, not to mention Lee Joon-yi's popularity that is so red that it turns purple.

Rin vs. Lee Joon-yi, the victory and defeat are self-evident, Rin is completely defeated.

After the release of "New Moon" and "Ninja Assassin", Lee Joon-yi and Rin faced off head-to-head on Korean soil, and it was obvious that the patriotic enthusiasm of Koreans exploded, and the gap between the two was actually narrowed a lot. But Lee Joon-yi's strong appeal broke out again, and "New Moon" was still unbeatable, winning two consecutive weeks of championships, while "Ninja Assassin" was the third place for two weeks. At the box office, "Crescent" easily defeated "Ninja Assassin".

In terms of word-of-mouth, although the media really want to help Rin talk, after all, this is their long-awaited showdown, how much they hope that Rin can compete for glory and suppress the momentum of Lee Joon-yi's sweep in 2009, but facts are facts, and the media can't open their eyes and say nonsense. "Ninja Assassin" is indeed not a good movie, and Rin's performance is even more unbearable than Lee Joon-yi's words that are too heavy.

Even in South Korea, where the anticipation of the "Ninja Assassin" and "New Moon" battle is extremely long, "New Moon" stood out and won the final victory. In other words, in the media's so-called "Lee Joon-yi vs. Rin" showdown of the century, Lee Joon-yi won easily. If you add "Hangover", "Five Hundred Days with Shamo", "Single Man", and "My Love Is By My Side", then indeed, there is no need for two people to face each other at all.

In the end, "Ninja Assassin" only achieved a box office result of 60 million US dollars worldwide, not to mention compared with "New Moon", even Lee Joon-yi's current lowest box office performance "500 Days with Shamo" has a box office of 80 million US dollars. This gap is completely different.

After two years of anticipation, the result was so simple and so nihilistic that the two sides were not of the same magnitude at all. This fact is undoubtedly a huge blow to the South Korean media, and before that, when Lee Joon-yi achieved good results, the media could comfort themselves, and it would be good if "Ninja Assassin" was released. Now, the last hope has let them down. The South Korean media are feeling very powerless. But what can be done? Every time Li Zhunyi achieves a good result, it is a slap in the face of the media, and it is louder and louder every time, and now the media are all slapped and disoriented.

Switch camps, congratulations to Lee Joon-yi, congratulations to Lee Joon-yi. This may be the only solution.

However, for the Korean media, which has always been very Ah Q spirit, it is not difficult to find something to be proud of. "Lee Joon-yi started from South Korea and went to the world", this fact alone is enough to make all the Korean media crazy. For a while, the Korean media, which was forced to the extreme by Lee Joon-yi's good results, and the Korean media who were forced to the extreme by the fiasco of the "Ninja Assassin", seemed to be crazy, and sent all the praise to Lee Joon-yi, praising Lee Joon-yi for being unique in the sky and on the ground. South Korea also feels the same honor of Lee Joon-yi, and is as proud as its own honor. Almost overnight, Lee Joon-yi's status in South Korea quickly surpassed Rin and Kim Yuna to become a national idol in South Korea.

From June to September, the enthusiasm of the South Korean media for Lee Joon-yi entered a low ebb, and after September it began to ease, and in November, after the long-awaited showdown, the biggest beneficiary became Lee Joon-yi. The South Korean media seemed to want to fill the gap between June and September overnight, and the overwhelming praise was bombarded in various media.

At this time, if Lee Joon-yi said in South Korea that "one plus one equals three", perhaps no one will refute it.

Back to the "New Moon" that is being released, in the eyes of the American media, there has never been such a thing as a so-called "New Moon" VS "Ninja Assassin", even if Rin is from Asia like Lee Joon-yi, there is no such thing as a showdown for the American media.

"New Moon", which won the box office championship for two weeks in a row, in addition to facing the challenge of "weakness" with better and better results in the third week, there are also newly released films such as "Brothers" and "In the Clouds" to join the competition. "New Moon" relied on the strength of female audiences to narrowly defeat "Weakness" by an advantage of two million dollars, and topped the North American box office charts for three consecutive weeks. However, at this time, the crazy box office growth trend of "New Moon" has declined rapidly, and the media has begun to pay attention to whether the North American box office of "New Moon" can break through the threshold of 300 million US dollars.

The heat of the release of "New Moon" has not yet dissipated, and another high-profile movie by Lee Joon-yi is about to be released. This year's "single man" who won the title of actor for Lee Joon-yi at the Venice Film Festival officially landed in North American theaters in the fourth week of the release of "New Moon", and was the first to be screened in nine cinemas.

This week, the strong box office of "New Moon" finally stopped, and slipped all the way from the champion to the third place, the champion belongs to the "Princess and the Frog" officially released this week, and the "Weakness" is full of stamina, surpassing the "New Moon" to successfully restore and win the runner-up position.

At this time, all the media's attention also shifted to "Single Man", the film that won the best actor at the Venice Film Festival, and was widely acclaimed at the Toronto, London and Tokyo Film Festivals, which also made American audiences extremely interested in the film.

In the first week of nine movie theaters, "Single Man" won $320,000 at the box office, and the box office of a single theater reached $35,555, which was only a little worse than the original "500 Days with Sammo", and among the movies released in the same period, including "Lovely Bones", "In the Clouds" and other test films, "Single Man" is proud of the crowd and has achieved remarkable results.

After the screening of "Single Man", comments from all sides gave a very good answer, and the word-of-mouth was popular across the board. In this case, the situation is quite delicate.

The criticism of the "new moon" is still in the air, and the good reputation of the "single man" has become the main voice of the media. Undoubtedly, "this kind of Yi is our love", this comment from the "New York Times", has become the most realistic portrayal.

Lee Joon-yi proved that he can have unparalleled appeal in commercial films, and the box office of "New Moon" is still in the record, and at the same time, he can also occupy an important position in the hearts of academics, "500 Days with Shamo" and "Single Man" have become Lee Joon-yi's acting masterpieces.

The release of "New Moon" and the strength of female audiences at the box office marked Lee Joon-yi's successful occupation of the female market, and the praise of "single men" among the gay community, as Fred Pyle expected, successfully made Lee Joon-yi become their dream lover overnight: George's unswerving loyalty to love to the death did not add points to Lee Joon-yi's image; Tom Ford's Lee Joon-yi under the lens is elegant, handsome, and calm, enough to become the ideal type in the hearts of many people.

Now, Li Zhunyi is indeed invincible in popularity, which makes the "Yi family" rejoice.

In the following week, the "King of the World" James Carme, who had been dormant for 12 years, made a grand appearance and brought "Avatar" to the North American market, undoubtedly occupying the top spot at the box office. Under the strong impact of "Avatar", the box office of almost all movies has declined to varying degrees.

"New Moon" was broadcast for five weeks, and although the box office shrank very rapidly, it still stayed in the fifth position on the box office list, and the North American box office also strongly exceeded $300 million, becoming the third film to exceed $300 million at the North American box office this year. At this time, the professionals are already completely convinced, and they have to admit that no matter how bad the reputation is, as long as the audience buys it, as long as the handsome guys and beauties still have appeal, then the box office will already be a miracle.

Although there are not only box office giants such as "Avatar", but also high-profile movies such as "Erwin and Uā Chimbuna 2" and "Sherlock Holmes" in the year-end Christmas schedule after that, there is no doubt that "New Moon" has occupied a high position in the North American box office list for the second consecutive year. The point is just that what the final box office of "New Moon" will be, and how amazing its position on the charts will be.

In this week, the full release of "Avatar" is actually very small for a film image such a small-scale screening as "Single Man". The number of theaters in which "Single Man" was screened increased to 92, and the box office earned $1.5 million in three days over the weekend, and the cumulative box office reached $2.1 million.

From this point of view, it is almost impossible for "Single Man" to exceed "Five Hundred Days with Shamo" at the box office because of the limitations of the subject matter, and from the beginning of its release, it has not squeezed into the top ten of the box office list, but Tom Ford doesn't care, this movie has made him realize his dream, and the big harvest of word-of-mouth has also proved his ability, which is enough. Even if the film doesn't pay for itself in the end, it's not a big deal for Tom Ford.

Next, the number of theaters broadcast by "Single Man" continued to increase, and it was not until the sixth week later that the theaters began to decrease. In the end, "Single Man" was broadcast for a total of nine weeks, and the North American box office stayed at 15 million dollars.

Fifteen million dollars? "Single Man" actually made a profit

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