When the topic of the opening battle first came out, people in the industry regarded it as a joke, but as time progressed, now everyone gradually stopped laughing: "Fast and Thrill 5" defeated "Thor", this is no longer a "potential" possibility, but a reality with ever-expanding odds.

That's when people realized that this is Hollywood, and anything is possible.

Previously, "Variety" magazine predicted this opening battle, and the article said that the opening box office of "Fast and Thrill/Love 5" should be between 75 million and 80 million, and it is unlikely to exceed 80 million, while the opening weekend of "Thor" is very promising to achieve box office data of 93 million to 98 million, and retains the hope of hitting the 100 million threshold.

By the way, the reference object of "Thor" is "Iron Man".

Now, the box office of "Fast and Thrill/Love 5" is hot at the opening weekend, with 95 million US dollars, which is on par with the 98 million at the premiere of "Iron Man", and in terms of media evaluation and audience word-of-mouth, the two works have also shown amazing synchronization, so does this mean that the North American box office of "Fast and Thrill/Love 5" is also expected to exceed 300 million?

In the 90s, 100 million in North America was the benchmark to measure the success of a work, so people would say that Tom Cruise's five consecutive works grossed more than 100 million, laying the position of a box office superstar, but after entering the 21st century, 200 million in North America gradually became an average, and Will Smith relied on "I Am a Legend" and "Hancock", two 200 million works, to reach the peak of his career.

Now, 200 million is still the mainstream, but it is becoming more and more common, more and more ordinary, 300 million has gradually become a new benchmark, so far, a total of 36 works in North American film history have achieved a box office score of more than 300 million, whether it can reach such a level, this is the sign of a box office explosion.

Just after the premiere, major media have begun to discuss the possibility of "Fast and Thrill/Emotion 5" hitting 300 million, and it can be seen from this side that this B-grade series of film works has been transformed and transformed into a giant crocodile that is enough to shake the entire North American box office market.

"Thor" is suddenly under a lot of pressure, even if it achieves a good premiere box office according to the expectations of "Variety Show", it is still an unknown whether it can beat the 95 million of "Fast and Thrill/Emotion 5", and the outcome is likely to be between a millimeter.

What's more, the premiere of "Thor" will meet the second week of "Fast and Thrill/Emotion 5", whether it is the strong performance of "Thor" that leads to the precipitous diving of the box office of "Fast and Thrill/Emotion 5" in the second week, or whether "Fast and Thrill/Passion 5" rides the wind and diverts the audience of "Thor", which instead causes the latter's premiere box office to be lower than expected? This is still an unknown.

This is a war, a war of bayonets, a war of one and the other, a war of life and death. The slightest negligence can be a catastrophe. What's more, even if "Thor" narrowly defeated "Speed and Excitement/Emotion 5", it would be extremely embarrassing, after all, only a few weeks ago, the two were not of the same magnitude at all, if you want to save face and win beautifully, then the box office of the premiere weekend must exceed 100 million, there is no other choice!

In addition to the box office battle between the two movies, "Blue Rite VS Chris" and "Blue Gift VS Natalie", the attention of these two duels is also continuing to heat up, with "Fast and Exciting / Emotional 5", the name "Blue Rite-Hall" is rising rapidly in the attitude of a rocket.

Not only did he perform well in this popcorn movie, but more importantly, he was also an actor with outstanding acting skills, "Pacific War", "Buried Alive", "Love Crazy", each of which received a lot of popularity! In this hot and noisy summer, a shining new star was born.

I don't know if it's an accident or a coincidence. On May 1st, HBO officially released the DVD of "War in the Pacific", which also means that those who missed the live, replay, and on-demand broadcasts, and those who did not subscribe to HBO, can now finally enjoy this set of World War II classics, especially the Emmy Award for this film.

Lan Li has already made a move, so how will Chris deal with it? How will Natalie take it? What was originally a showdown of different magnitudes has now evolved into a battle between the strong and the strong, and the box office trend of this year's summer file is becoming more and more interesting.

"If you want a war, then I'll give you a war. As you wish. ”

Before the official debut of "Thor", the North American box office in the last week of April 2011 was released, and the list was unsuspenseful, and "Fast and Thrill/Emotion 5" stood out as a standout, breaking a series of premiere records in April, sweeping thousands of troops and making a strong debut, easily winning the North American weekend box office champion this week!

The animated film "Rio Adventure", which had won two consecutive weeks, took a back seat, and the weekend box office was severely squeezed, with a drop of 43 percent, earning only 14 million in the three days of the weekend. However, this animated film produced by Blue Sky Studios has already performed well at the box office of 100 million and 4 million in three weeks of release, and the overseas box office performance of the work is even better, with a total of 160 million in three weeks, which is eye-catching.

Black director Tyler-Perry's "The Happy Family of Black Crazy Woman" earned $9 million over the weekend, taking the third spot this week.

The director is a wonder in the North American film market, and his works have been scolded by critics and audiences every time, vulgar, bad, boring, and cookie-cutter and uninspiring, but he is unrepentant and unconcerned, because his target audience is very simple: the poor black community.

Thanks to ultra-low cost control and accurate market positioning, the miracle is that the box office of each of his works is hovering around 50 million US dollars, and each of his works has actually made money, among which the "Black Crazy Woman" series was filmed all the way from 2005 to 2016, and it still hasn't stopped.

In addition, the romance movie "Elephant's Tears", which gathered big names such as Robert Pattinson, Reese-itherspoon (Reese-itherspoon), and Christoph-altz (Christoph-altz), suffered Waterloo, and the next week the box office was even inferior to the vulgar "Happy Family of Black Crazy Woman", ranking first this week with a disadvantage of less than half a million dollars.

After leaving the "Twilight" series, Robert's fan appeal returned to square one overnight.

In fact, in addition to "Fast & Furious 5", there are three other new films released, one is Disney's youth school movie "Class Dance", one is "Little Red Riding Hood 2" produced by Weinstein Pictures, and one is the horror movie "Night of the Dead" starring the new Superman Brandon-Routh (Brandon-Routh). The first two works were screened in more than 2,500 theaters.

But as a result, these three works all suffered a tragic slaughter, and the best-performing "Class Dance" had a weekend box office of only 4.7 million, which I couldn't bear to look at. Obviously, in the face of the outstanding performance of "Fast and Thrill/Emotion 5", all other works have become cannon fodder.

The spring file of 2011 finally ended with the best posture of "speed and excitement/emotion 5" to create history, and then, as soon as the Arbor Day passed, the summer file officially came, and "Thor" made a shining debut under the great expectations!

If "Fast and Thrill/Emotion 5" has grown by leaps and bounds in the past three to four weeks, with a series of positive and negative news, it has entered the public's attention, then "Thor" has always been the focus of attention in the past six months, which is another series of Marvel Comics' ambitious creations since "Iron Man", and the degree of attention even exceeded that of "Captain America" prepared at the same time.

From any point of view, "Thor" has the potential to create brilliance again: the behind-the-scenes team led by the producer continues the same lineup of "Iron Man", directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgård and other veteran actors, including Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston (Tom-Hiddleston), Potential rising stars like Kat-Dennings guarantee both the depth of the cast and the freshness of the crew.

In addition, the production cost is effectively controlled at about 150 million - "Iron Man" and "Captain America" are both 140 million. Judging from Paramount's early publicity, it is undoubtedly full of confidence, looking forward to "Thor" being able to become the second "Iron Man".

In fact, Paramount does the same.

On Wednesday, May 4, a grand premiere of "Thor" was held at the Chinese Theater. Just a week ago, "Fast & Thrill 5" started its miracle journey here, and this time, it's Thor's turn to make his debut!

As the grand opening of this year's summer file, Paramount spent 5 million to create the premiere, the scene was completely decorated in the style of Norse mythology, and also built a display table on the site, displaying the costumes and props used during the filming of the film, and the biggest surprise was the live video interaction with the famous Stan-Lee during the premiere.

The evening attracted more than 2,500 spectators, nearly 300 reporters on both sides of the red carpet, and the four streets around the Chinese Theater were cordoned off, starting at 5 p.m. and continuing until 10 p.m., a spectacle comparable to the Oscars.

As for the guests attending the premiere, it was even more star-studded, and it was impossible to count.

Robert Downey Jr. was undoubtedly the biggest guest of the night, with the appearance of two beautiful women, Gwyneth Paltrow and Scarlett Johansson, who murdered countless journalists, not to mention Chris-Evens carrying "Captain America" such as Hayley-Atell, Hugo-eaving, Sebastian-Stan and others The main cast of the cast appeared on the red carpet en masse, which was completely dizzying.

The appearance of the new "007" Daniel Craig with his wife Rachel-eisz is an easter egg on the red carpet - his collaboration with "Iron Man 1&2" director Jon-Favreau (Jon-Favreau) "Cowboys and Aliens" is scheduled for the fourth week of July this year.

This is definitely the most lively, grandest, and grandest premiere since the summer vacation in the past two years, and every detail inside and out has become a topic in Chang'an, causing a sensation throughout North America, announcing the official attack of "Thor" with an incomparably strong attitude!