"Interstellar" and "The Fault in the Stars" opened at the same time in the first week of June, and there is no doubt that the former is definitely a well-deserved number one contender for the weekend box office title, but judging from the form of box office prediction data from professionals, it is difficult for this work to burst out with the power to sweep thousands of armies -

At least, it can't show the ability to dominate the market with the domineering spirit of "who swallows mountains and rivers without me", so will this be a breakthrough opportunity for the latter?

Twentieth Century Fox didn't expect "Fault in the Stars" to overturn "Interstellar", they just wanted the film to take its place in the cracks and carefully win its breathing space.

In order to avoid the strong limelight of "Interstellar", "The Fault in the Stars" took the lead in holding its premiere on Tuesday, and the venue was also determined to be the Chinese/Chinese Theater.

The premiere is naturally not comparable to the star-studded "Interstellar", but thanks to the market foreshadowing of "Divergent", Ansel and Xie Lin still successfully rallied many young fans to support - in fact, the enthusiasm of young audiences is the most crazy, just look at the premiere of "Twilight", the shouts and cheers are absolutely easy to beat the top actors of the Hollywood pyramid.

The premiere of "The Fault in the Stars" came to a successful conclusion in a crowd of flowers.

Unfortunately, the news did not last for twenty-four hours, and then Lan Li, who may not have been present at the premiere, stole all the topic heat, and the story after that was the "standard ending" - with Lan Li attending the premiere on time, the focus of attention fell on "Interstellar", and in a trance, people seemed to have forgotten that there was another work that was about to be released on the same weekend.

It's not fair.

It's really unfair to the two young actors who are trying to promote their full work, but this is Hollywood, not to mention, the prestige of Lan Li is not forged in a day, and Twentieth Century Fox has long been mentally prepared for such a situation, and there is no surprise at all, and the release work is still carried out step by step.

In this way, "The Fault in the Stars", which unexpectedly relied on the heated discussion frenzy of the young netizen group to fight a bloody road, returned to a low-key position again, so that few viewers noticed that after the premiere, the reputation of the movie quietly received a lot of recognition.

Media comprehensive evaluation, 43 media, 69 points.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness Index, 80 percent.

Mass media rating, seven points three.

Popcorn index, 85 percent.

IMDB Rating, 7.9.

Objectively speaking, all of the above review data are slightly inferior in front of "Interstellar", and it can even be said that it is a notch lower, from professional media to mass media, from senior viewers to young netizens, all evaluations are lower than "Interstellar";

In other words, for the target audience, "the fault in the stars" can even be said to be an unexpected surprise, and such a reputation is enough for them to enter the cinema.

What's more, the theater score, A, is two notches higher than "Interstellar"!

What does this mean?

To put it simply, this means that "Fault in the Stars" has a stronger box office explosion.

Although the relevant scores of "Interstellar" are very good, industry insiders still believe that this movie lacks the energy to detonate the box office, just like the original "Inception" - for the general public, Nolan's movie is still too "profound", or too "pretentious", not simple and rough enough, not crisp enough, not straightforward enough, and the theater score is the most intuitive measure.

In contrast, the "fault in the stars" is much more down-to-earth.

Perhaps, the theme is not deep enough, perhaps, the story is too simple, perhaps, the sensationalism is too crude, perhaps, the completion is not high-end and complete...... But "Fault in the Stars" is like all successful chick movies and teen productions: it captures the preferences of the target group with unmistakable accuracy.

Well, that's success, at least at the box office level.

Then, a miracle was born.

Of course, all of this is an afterthought. Previously, the attention of the major news media was all focused on "Interstellar", looking forward to the box office of this work on the opening weekend to exceed 100 million;

This...... How should it be evaluated?

In the past, it has always been Lan Li's counterattack against his opponents, stepping on the shoulders of those works step by step to get to his current position;

It's also so exciting!

"Mistakes in Star Fortune VS Interstellar" completely exceeded everyone's expectations, and deservedly became the most eye-catching showdown since the opening of the summer of 2014.

The melon-eating crowd began to rub their hands one after another: how about it, who should be bet on to win? An upset comeback with a weak victory over the strong is always more exciting, isn't it? What's more, this may also be the first real Waterloo in the history of Lan Li, so it is even more worth looking forward to, isn't it?

Suddenly, the market discussion of the North American box office showdown in the first week of June was pushed to a new height, but the wonderful thing is that people are keen to discuss the movie, and they are even more keen to discuss Lan Li, "Do you think Lan Li will lose?" "Do you think Lan Li has fallen out of favor?" "How the hell do you think this happened?"

Bustling, chattering.

Vin Diesel was one of them, his smile was almost impossible to hide, this should be the lightest and brightest time in the last two years, it seemed that even the birds were singing and the sun was dancing, even though he tried his best to control his facial expressions, but the light steps still revealed his true emotions, the whole world brightened up again, and he could finally see hope again.

In fact, Diesel is most looking forward to Lan Li's reaction, he can make up Lan Li's demeanor now - in front of the media, Lan Li is bound to show his down-to-earth and generous demeanor, and the gentleman politely said that he doesn't mind, but when he returns home and stays away from the camera's attention, Lan Li will definitely smoke from all his knots, and all the depression will be held in his chest until the internal injury.

"Haha!haha!" Diesel couldn't help but laugh: Lan Li's Waterloo is finally coming! Wait and wait, look forward and wait, finally!

Not only Diesel, but all the news media and onlookers were curious about Lan Li's reaction - compared to the rest of the "Interstellar" crew, the importance of this "failure crisis" to Lan Li is unparalleled, and it can even be said to be the biggest upset in the North American market since 2010.

Why?

Not long ago, the East Coast media, led by the "New York Times" and "The New Yorker", also wrote a special report, seriously discussing one thing: in this era of national entertainment where superstars have completely disappeared, can Lan Li become the first and last superstar in the 21st century?

The answer is positive.

After the haze of the awards season gradually dissipated, Lan Li's career has reached a new peak again, but now, the reality has slapped the East Coast media in the face:

Yes, Lan Li is still an excellent actor, the excellent reputation of "Interstellar" proves this, especially the praise for Lan Li's performance part also proves once again that he is still one of the best actors of our time;

If it is said that the "fault in the stars" really counterattacked, it would definitely be an earth-shattering surprise, and even complete the reshuffle of the business operation model of the entire North American market-

It's not that Lan Li is "no longer beautiful", but once again determines the unique attributes of the "National Entertainment" era, major film companies can give up the blind personality cult of actors or directors or producers, and focus more on projects and assembly line production, simply put, no longer purely superstitious "Blue Rite Effect", but like Marvel or DC, honestly adapt the series as the core to develop a business empire.

In the past few years, this trend has become more and more intense, but the top practitioners represented by Lan Li and Nolan still have a strong appeal, which also makes it inevitable that film companies will waver when making decisions, even Disney is no exception; if "Interstellar" does not meet expectations, then the obsession of film companies will inevitably weaken and decrease, which is the key impact on the film industry.

What's more, "The Fault in the Stars" is also an adaptation, and it doesn't have a star halo, doesn't it?

This is definitely not for Lan Li or Nolan, because this is not something that the film company can decide, but the information fed back from the box office market, for the film companies that put their interests first, they just follow the laws of the market, there is no personal grudge, and there is no intention to target anyone.

In this pattern, the box office showdown in the first week of June has more profound meanings, if even the "box office myth" and "undefeated halo" of the blue ceremony have been sniped, then the film market is not sure, who else in Hollywood can resist the violent impact of the entire trend of the times.

For ordinary viewers, they are just joining in the fun, and they can't even understand: how did Lan Li offend all the news media, and everyone is paying attention to his failure?

But for industry insiders, things go far beyond the success or failure of a work – and honestly, they want Lan Li to continue to be successful.

Because the adaptation rights are mainly concentrated in the six major film companies led by Warner Bros. and Disney, other small film companies still hope that the competition in the entire market can be opened up and get rid of the shackles of two sets of "tights", and the continued success of Lan Li and Nolan can win them a little breathing space.