At the 69th Golden Globe Awards, in addition to drama films, in terms of best musical or comedy films, the song and dance films "The Artist" and "My Week with Monroe" are the two most popular films;

Of course, there has been no media test screening, and so far no film critics or media have seen "About Time", and it has not even been mentioned by name at the Golden Globe Awards.

Many people think that if this film is interested in participating in the awards season, it must have started to promote the Golden Globes a long time ago.

After all, although the film is about to be released, if it can be nominated for a Golden Globe Award, it will still be very helpful for DVD and online rights sales after the release of the film in the future;

But Peng Yichen seems to be determined to let this movie for his children be released silently without any impact.

He had no intention of putting the film into the awards season and competing for the Golden Globes and Oscars.

That was too utilitarian for his original intention of making this movie.

But for the outside world to speculate: why he didn't send this movie to the Golden Globe Awards, Peng Yichen didn't bother to explain anything to the outside world.

This year, he has at least three movies to be released, does he still need "About Time" to go to Hollywood for awards season to be judged by others?

is also because of Peng Yichen and this silent attitude.

There is more and more speculation about this movie.

From the North American Film Review Board, there are two completely different kinds of news that have been revealed.

Some media believe that:

The judges of the jury unanimously said after watching this movie:

"This movie is amazing, it's the best comedy romance in recent years!"

"It's a novel and unique story that will give you a new perspective on your life!"

But other media outlets gave a very bad evaluation:

They said that after the jury watched the film, most of the judges believed:

"It's a silly and porous film that wraps itself in a mess of so-called love and affection. ”

"Very disappointed! You can't even imagine that this is a film made by a director who has just made "The Country Teacher"......

This kind of two evaluations with great contrast makes fans of Huaxia and Xingqi even more strange.

What kind of movie is About Time?

Is it a novel and funny romance movie?

Or a boring movie full of holes?

This can only wait for the audience to go to the theater to see it for themselves to get the real answer.

Of course, in terms of the box office prediction of this movie, most of the professional forecasting agencies of the Hollywood movie box office have given "not optimistic" predictions.

It's not that they think the film will be a box office failure.

You must know that with Peng Yichen's great reputation in the North American film market now, it is definitely not a problem for "About Time" to recover its costs.

However, in the eyes of these institutions, this movie is estimated to only reach the level of ordinary blockbuster films, and it cannot achieve the huge success that Peng Yichen's previous films have achieved in the North American film market.

In their predictions, the North American box office of $100 million is the best result of the film.

In fact, it's no wonder that they underestimated the movie "About Time", although romantic comedy movies in North America also have a good box office, it is difficult to have a box office explosion.

You must know that one of the highest-grossing romance movies in North America was "My Grand Greek Wedding", which was invested and shot by a film company formed by Tom Hanks in 2002, which earned $241 million that year and won the first place in the history of North American romance movie box office.

Immediately after:

ranked second: "Eavesdropping on a Woman's Heart" filmed in 2000, with a North American box office of 183 million;

The third place is: "The Enemy of Love" filmed in 2005, North American box office: 179 million;

The fourth place is: "Pretty Woman" filmed in 1900, North American box office: 178 million;

The fifth place is: "I'm Crazy for Mary" filmed in 1998, North American box office: 176 million.

In other words, in the 100-year history of the movie, only one comedy-romance movie has grossed more than $200 million in North America, and there are no more than 20 romance movies with more than $100 million.

Although the director of "About Time" is Peng Yichen, he has just made the highest-grossing film in the history of world cinema!

But no one believes what amazing box office results this low-budget romance movie can get.

Another reason why Hollywood film professionals are not optimistic about this movie is that the competition in the North American film market in October this year is not at all easier than the usual Christmas stalls.

A large number of commercial films have put their schedules in October, the reason is very simple, the power of the summer file "Country Teacher" is too terrifying, and many film company executives who saw the end of "X-Men: First War" were frightened, and they have delayed the movies that were originally planned to be released in the summer file to the end of September and October.

To a certain extent, this has also caused the competitors faced by "About Time" to increase a lot.

On October 18, the upcoming "Twilight Morning: Breaking Dawn (Part I)" is the biggest obstacle in the October schedule.

In addition, there is Paramount's "Captain America", which was originally planned to be released on July 22 to September 27.

Foucus learned a lesson and put "The Rise of the Apes", which was originally scheduled to be released on August 15, on October 5.

and so on, because of the change in schedule, there are at least 5 or 6 movies released in October

Therefore, it can be said that no matter what day "About Time" is released in October, it will inevitably meet two or three super blockbusters as competitors.

At the same time, there is also a universal comedy-romance movie "Bridesmaids", which will be released on November 3.

This film is of the same genre as "About Time" and has an extremely similar audience, which is likely to greatly divert the target audience of "About Time".

From October 1 until the start of the Christmas schedule in December, a total of 16 films of various genres will be released in the North American Film Market.

Among them, there are 7 commercial films that were originally to be released in the summer, and 3 comedy romance movies.

The media has been looking forward to this October movie war, which has never been seen in previous years, and wants to see a big excitement.

Therefore, it is understandable that they are not optimistic about "About Time".

"A big drama is about to begin!"

In the spacious office of the Hollywood Times' editor-in-chief, the editor-in-chief, Yodev Hemerson, sits in his comfortable boss's chair.

While looking at the movie release list from October to November on his computer, he and a few editors and reporters under him smiled: "Guess which movie can be the final winner in this inexplicable October file this year." ”

Without waiting for his subordinates to answer, he asked himself: "Haha, no matter who is the winner, we media talents are the biggest winners in the end." Give me all my strength to keep an eye on Peng Yichen and his "About Time". It doesn't matter if he wins or loses. Our biggest news point must be on him......"

As soon as the words ended, several reporters who had been waiting for a long time rushed out, rushing towards the apartment Peng Yichen bought in Pittsburgh, the headquarters of Time Warner, and the Los Angeles office of Chen Jing Film Company.

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