Chapter 867: Peeping
In the past, the general impression was that the better the movie, the better the market response and the higher the box office.
However, the emergence of "Pirate League 2: Soul Coffin" directly subverted the entire film industry!
Rotten Tomatoes has a freshness rating of 67%, which means that only 67% of professional media and film critics think the movie is good. The remaining 33% have been criticized and questioned.
Although it does not constitute a bad movie standard, at least it cannot be regarded as an excellent work.
What about the market reaction?
In the first three days of the opening weekend, the North American box office was $139 million!
God, such data almost made the shocked eyes of filmmakers in the industry drop.
In the second week, the North American box office of "Pirate League 2: Soul Coffin" is still hot.
Monday, $18.48 million;
Tuesday, $15.98 million;
Wednesday, $14.81 million;
Thursday, $12.25 million......
Such a crazy box office trend is even more shocking.
It seems that the North American box office of "Pirate League 2: Gathering Soul Coffin" in the second week will also exceed 100 million!
At present, not to mention the North American box office of more than 300 million US dollars, even if it is 400 million US dollars, it is very likely!
As for the total global box office...... Well, the current overseas box office report card has been obtained.
It was released for 6 days and got $180 million!
And that's just the box office in 12 countries!
When this film is generally released in more countries, it is conceivable what kind of height the global box office of "Pirate League 2: Gathering Soul Coffin" will reach.
Maybe...... There will be another movie with a box office of $1 billion!
Almost all of the box office champions in the past few years have reached the scale of $1 billion.
1997's "Titanic" ($1.88 billion), 1999's "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace" ($1.18 billion), 2000's "Spider-Man" ($1.26 billion), 2001's "Unsinkable" ($1.01 billion), 2002's "Spider-Man 2" ($1.29 billion), and 2003's "Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King" ($1.07 billion).
In film history, there have been 6 films that have grossed more than $1 billion.
Each one is a classic.
Rotten Tomatoes freshness, the worst "Spider-Man 2", also has 78%.
Such a movie has achieved a high box office, and everyone can understand it.
However, what is "Pirate League 2: Soul Coffin"?
Just because the film's producer is Donn Walker?
It makes no sense!
However, I have to admit that in the field of commercial films, Don En does have an incredible "gold hand".
"Titanic", he is the director, "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace", he is the director, "Spider-Man", he is still the director!
The first three films in film history to grossing more than $1 billion were directed by Donne!
Next, Don began to slowly transition to management, reducing film production, and gradually transitioning from the position of director to producer.
Then, he oversaw "Unsinkable" and "Spider-Man 2" as a producer.
It can be said that among the past 6 $1 billion box office movies, only "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" has nothing to do with Donne, and the remaining 5 movies are all from Done Walker!
Now, the 7th film with a global box office of $1 billion is coming.
I'm afraid it's hard for anyone to imagine except Donn.
It turned out to be "Pirate League 2: Soul Coffin"!
Just, why?
But any filmmaker who has a passion must have this doubt.
It's so weird.
Even when Natalie and Scarlett chatted with Don after their love, they inadvertently talked about this topic.
"Will the box office of "Pirate League 2" exceed $1 billion?"
Natalie was lying in Done's arms, her face was ruddy and delicate, dodging the harassment of Scarlett's red lips lying on the other side of Donn's arms, and raised her head to ask.
Tang En lay comfortably on the bed, hugged left and right, enjoying the comfort of the sage's time, and said casually: "As long as there are no accidents, $1 billion is no problem." ”
"Why?"
"What?"
"The film...... It's not that it's not good-looking, it's not good-looking, at least it can't reach the height of "Spider-Man" and "Lord of the Rings 3". ”
Natalie is a bit arrogant, she's not content to just be an idiot actress, and her cinematic aspirations are high.
In contrast, Scarlett is a little heartless, I don't know when she started, she especially likes to flirt with Natalie and kiss her when she has nothing to do. Looking at her shy and angry look, I felt very cool.
Especially when you accompany Don En with Natalie, you can "bully" her generously, just like Don En, you can possess as much as you want.
That feeling, it's nice and comfortable.
Although in ordinary life, when the two are together, most of them are Natalie who takes the idea, and Scarlett is obedient. But when it comes to bed, Scarlett always has a firm grasp of the initiative.
Right now, Natalie is talking about the movie, and Scarlett has put away her playfulness and raised her head to look at Donn, "Well, I think it's the same, "Pirate League 2: Soul Coffin"...... It feels like something is missing, the plot is not smooth enough, not to mention "Spider-Man" and "The Lord of the Rings", even compared to "Pirate League 1: The Curse of the Black Pearl", there is a big gap. ”
Actually, this is quite normal.
In his previous life, Disney filmed "Pirates of the Caribbean", and after Michael Eisner saw the finished film, he was furious, thinking that this was a clown-like movie, unbearable, and would make people all over the world laugh at Disney!
If it weren't for the insistence of Disney President Robert Iger, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and Broadway Films distributor Nina Jacobson, the film would have faced a major overhaul. As a result, after the movie was released, Michael Eisner was dumbfounded, and it was a big hit at the box office!
The success of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series has not become Michael Eisner's political achievement, but a major negative lesson that proves that his vision has fallen behind the times. It directly led to his downfall.
Tang En smiled: "It can only mean one thing, the era of film critics has passed!"
Natalie obviously didn't like this change, and pouted: "Instead of the bad movie era?"
Don shook his head, "Movies are a product of keeping pace with the times, and film critics' understanding of movies is in the same vein for decades, and this is the generation gap between them and young fans. Film critics pay attention to the professionalism of the film, such as the script, shots, performances, rhythm, content, and so on. The general pursuit of movie fans is still entertainment first. Besides, can "Pirate League 2" be called a bad movie? What do you say about a movie like "Catwoman"?"
Natalie said quietly: "Anyway, I always feel that times have changed, especially the emergence of computer special effects, which has changed the meaning of the existence of movies." Now when everyone watches movies, what they discuss is not whether the plot is wonderful or not, whether the connotation is profound, but whether the special effects are good or not. ”
"That's the problem of freshness. Tang En smiled, "The current CG special effects are still a new product, and fans will eat this set very much, and "Pirate League 2: Gathering Soul Coffin" has an advantage." However, after a few years, CG special effects have become the most basic movie element of the bad street, and it is necessary to find new novelties to attract fans. ”
"Is it an IMAX movie?"
"Almost. ”
Scarlett, who was in a daze, suddenly said at this time: "I know, it should be a 3D movie!"
Natalie gave her an angry look, "What do you know?"
Scarlett snorted, "Originally, Dolby Laboratories is developing a new 2D depth technology, and when the research and development is successful, the cinema of the future will not only be able to see the converted imax movie, but also the converted 3D movie." Donn, am I right?"
Tang Enqi said: "How do you know?"
Scarlett's face turned slightly red, and she said embarrassedly: "In the afternoon, you put a bunch of documents on the coffee table in the living room, I thought it was a script, so I opened it and looked at it a few times......"
Natalie said angrily: "I think you did it on purpose! You are peeking! Shameless!"
"I'm not!"
"You are!"
"It's not!"
"That's it!"
Tang En was a little crying and laughing, "Okay, they were still such close sisters just now, and they quarreled now? ”
Scarlett breathed a sigh of relief, and snorted at Natali as if demonstratively, threatening, "When you come back later...... Hmph, look at my awesomeness!"
Natalie's face turned red, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Come on, you think I'm going to be afraid of you?"
Scarlett's eyes flashed slyly, and she leaned over and whispered a few words in her ear, with a playful smile on her face.
Natalie's face turned red instantly, "You're bisexual, aren't you?"
Although Tang En didn't hear it, he could guess a few points, and couldn't help laughing, as soon as he closed his arms, he hugged the moist and pink bodies of the two of them tightly into his arms, and asked with a smile: "Baby, then I'll test you, do you know what 2D depth technology is?"
Scarlett blinked, "It's the 3D conversion technology, the specific process...... I forgot. ”
Natalie glanced at her with disdain and said arrogantly, "Stupid, I don't know." 2D depth technology is mainly divided into three steps. The first step is keying, also known as blue-green screen keying and compositing technology; second, depth, also known as depth of field, is the most important part of converting the plane into three-dimensional; third, it is matching, which is to match the depth map to the original picture for synthesis, so that the 3D effect begins to take shape. ”
Scarlett admired and said, "Honey, you are amazing!"
Natalie was happy and said proudly, "Of course." ”
"Huh, no, why are you saying exactly what I saw on that document that afternoon? Nat, aren't you peeking at it too?" Scarlett seemed to have discovered something.
"Huh?"
Natalie froze.
Scarlett said angrily: "Okay, it turns out that you also peeked, and you still said that I ...... You...... Donne, look at her, she's always a bully!"
Natalie said awkwardly, "I'm not peeking, I'm studying!"
"Liar! You peeked at it yourself and said I ......"
"I didn't!"
"You have it!"
"Nope!"
……
Tang En couldn't cry or laugh more at this scene.
So he didn't compromise, turned over his horse, and galloped with a whip.
It didn't take long for the two of them to kiss each other affectionately again, and they were very intoxicated.
The three of them hugged each other stickily, as if they were mixing oil in honey.
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