When the curtain came down on December 15-21, the new North American weekly box office list was released, and after receiving a super high word-of-mouth evaluation, "The Amazing Director" was released in 2850 theaters for two days, and the box office received 22.83 million!

The average single hall is $8,010, ranking second on the weekly list, although it is not a box office bomb explosion-level result, but these two days are not weekends!20 million is already a very strong performance, and the name of Magic Yang did not disappoint, Paramount President Brad Gray and others exhaled a long breath, if there is no accident, it is conservatively estimated that the North American box office of "The Fantastic Director" will not be less than 80 million, and the optimistic estimate is ...... More than 100 million!

This is too important for Brad Gray, the profit performance is the life of the president's position, but Paramount's record this year continues to be not good, 12 new films were released on a large scale before this week, and only 2 have the potential to break 100 million at the North American box office, "Beyond the Fence" (155 million) obtained by the acquisition of DreamWorks, "Mission Impossible 3" (134 million) starring Tom Cruise, who has fallen out, in addition to the gains and losses, both the "Stupid Funny Show 2" that made a lot of money, and the "" The Last Holiday", "Wanderings in the Land of Rats" (DreamWorks).

In total, the company didn't make much, and this week, another highly-anticipated new film with a cost of 85 million "Charlotte's Web" opened in 3,566 theaters, with a box office of 18.8 million in seven days, but fortunately, its Rotten Tomatoes index has a decent 78%/71%/67%, and it should not lose a serious amount.

Fortunately, there are some projects that he put in place before he took office, and he only has merit in publicity and marketing, and "Fantastic Director" is one of the projects he decided to put into production after taking office as the new president, and it is also the last film in the cooperation agreement between Paramount and Scott Rudin, Rudin has made up his mind and took over Miramax, but it is necessary for the two sides to maintain a good relationship, and the happiness brought by "Fantastic Director" has warmed up the relationship between the two parties.

Looking at the performance of other films this week, this drama biopic seems even more gratifying, Fox's new 100 million cost film "Dragon Knight" only opened 30.49 million box office, 16%/11%/58%, a failed best-selling adaptation.

"Just as you can't resist the magic of Young's movies, you'll find yourself watching The Magic Director again and again. It easily became one of the best films of the year. —A+, Christy Lemire, AP.

Looking at its box office and reviews, Gray became more and more intoxicated and happier the more he watched, not only a box office hit, but also the wonder soldier of this year's Oscars, the most beautiful blow of his career so far!

I really want to thank Wang Yang, who is loved by everyone, and of course, it is more important to build a good relationship, Magic Yang was not invited to attend the premiere before, nor did he express any opinion on the film, which led to a lot of less topics. With the reputation of "genius agent", Brad Gray naturally knows how to speak to be happy, he called Wang Yang to compliment a few words, and asked him if he had watched the film, and was not satisfied? Wang Yang said directly: "I haven't watched it yet, but I am definitely not satisfied, because my family is not satisfied." ”

In the end, Brad Gray still failed to make Wang Yang laugh happily, and he teased a few words in a cynical tone: "If you decide to make a sequel, you can find me, and I will consider directing it myself." ”

"I didn't expect me to be so popular. In fact, when Wang Yang knew that the box office of "The Amazing Director" was 12.62 million on the first day, he smiled with Jessica and said, "I should make this theme." Although she thought the idea was good, Jessica was a little confused: "Make a biopic for yourself?" Wang Yang ha: "Others can write an autobiography, why can't the director make an autobiography?" Jessica felt very reasonable, she could make a romantic comedy first! She smiled and asked: "When will it be filmed?" Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and said: "When I am no longer young, I will start to remember the past, decades later." ”

What I didn't expect was that the biopic about Miraculous Yang was only painted in 2006! The filmmakers were very strange and regretful, they were too old-fashioned, and their judgment was affected by some old-fashioned concepts, and they should have made this kind of biopic a long time ago!

According to the survey of the end of the show, 75% of the audience is under the age of 35, 40% is under the age of 25, and 57% of the audience is female. Overseas, tens of millions of viewers are looking forward to the film, and young people in several big box offices in Asia are looking forward to it, and it is expected to be introduced to Chinese mainland next spring!

According to the current word-of-mouth momentum, its global box office will exceed $200 million at any time!

How many of these films are there in a year? Not many, so it's no wonder Lionsgate's Jon Philtimmel and others beat their chests. But now "Fantastic Director" has eaten the cake first, even if Wang Yang can dig up a lot of stories, such as the prison incident until "District 9" won the award, but no one will follow the trend immediately, it will take time for the market to be hungry, and the results of "Fantastic Director" are far from being determined, not only film companies, but the whole world is opening their eyes to see how powerful it is.

Anyway, in the past two days, the media and the public have praised it one after another, David Fincher and Alan Sorkin needless to say, they have been praised on the altar, and some people began to say that this is their masterpiece, and it is no longer "Seven Deadly Sins", "Fight Club", no longer "The Heroes of the Righteous Sea", etc.

Although "The Fantastic Director" only received one nomination for Best Screenplay at the Golden Globe Awards, looking at the current repercussions, everyone knows and discusses how many Oscar nominations and how many Oscar trophies it can get?

For his new work, Vinci fans are divided into two factions, one is very excited and happy, Fincher directed 6 films, the first time it was so majestic! At the same time, it was unanimously praised by the film critics and the audience for the first time, and he finally found a balance between business and art, public hobbies and personal style! Previously, Fincher commented on "The Amazing Director" like this, he said: "It is very suitable for dating, and it will be a pleasant movie. "It's a unique rhythm, but it's more mainstream, it's a very good movie. ”……

Now, he can shout loudly, "It's a mainstream dating movie!"

And the other group of praise is not very happy, there are regrets and disappointments, if it was Finch five years ago, what would "The Fantastic Director" look like? In order to cater to the mainstream and the Oscars, Fincher has made more and more compromises, and those unique black, gloomy, cold, CULT seem to be leaving him...... He is like Wang Yang in the film, from a bohemian guy, he learned how to be a public lover.

"Maybe that's what Fincher felt, why would Wonder Young be so lonely when he made a movie that drove the whole of America crazy, and went to the movies alone, because no one actually understood him. Everett, a movie fan, expressed his opinion on the blog.

In addition to the director and screenwriter, the wonderful performances of the actors are most praised, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Alan Leung, who debuted on the big screen, has a genius performance, and his portrayal of "Wang Yang" has both the charm of 18-year-old Wang Yang and the charming taste of dramatization.

In the words of J-R. Jones of The Chicago Reader: "The real Wang Yang may feel like he has done the show." Justin Zhang of "Variety" commented: "He has grasped Wang Yang's emotions and ways of thinking, and no matter what happens, he will give a response that belongs to Wang Yang and belongs to a genius." And Roger Ebert wrote in the film review: "Alan Leung's performance is natural, unpolished, full of talent and infectious. ”

More than one fan gave a thumbs up to Alan Leung's performance worthy of being nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor, and if it came true, he would be the first Chinese-American actor to receive that honor.

An Oscar nomination is still far away, but what is certain is that Alan Leung is already a charismatic new star, and his fan base is growing rapidly. If it was before, the excellent appearance and American accent may have hindered the development of this young man, and he had to train his muscles to make kung fu action movies to have a way out, but with the crazy growth of flame movies, and more importantly, the rapid growth of the Chinese film market, even if there is no customized company like Oriental Flame, there will be more and more Chinese actors in Hollywood, supporting roles and protagonists, and he will not worry about not having the next film contract.

In the face of this great success, Alan Leung is particularly calm and self-aware, thinking about Wonder Young's performance after "Ghost Record", so what is he who is calm and mature? He has already decided that he will go back to Brown University to continue his education, but he will take courses in the performing arts to enrich himself and wait for the opportunity.

Alan Liang is very low-key, Camila Baylor and Ashley Tisdale are busy with media interviews and other exposures brought by fame, originally the acting skills of the two are not superb, they are definitely biased towards the idol side, but they perform well under the direction of David Fincher, of course, it has something to do with their cold treatment. Together with the momentum created by the previous publicity phase, the two young beauties have jumped into the ranks of Amanda Seyfried and others, and become one of Hollywood's brightest new generation of actresses.

"'The Fantastic Director' offers an amazing story of genius. This is a style in which the producer and director use smart and humorous entertainment, clear and fast pacing, and do not overly stimulate the audience to achieve rare results, and at the same time let us see clearly the beginning and end of the events of "Ghost Shadow", revealing a lot of magical and interesting things. "Rotten Tomatoes user John B gave it a perfect five stars;"O! never thought this topic could be adapted so beautifully, a compelling and perfect movie!" Carlos J also gave a perfect score;

Spencer-N, who hooked Samsung, was a little dissatisfied: "I thought I had forgotten what pretentiousness was, and then I watched the movie. To be honest, it was a nasty feeling, Wang Yang was like he was above everyone, although he was indeed a genius. I think someone wouldn't rudely explain to me why this movie was praised as a masterpiece?" Debbie C, who scored it perfectly, wrote: "Incredible movie! It's absolutely perfect! There are a few words to describe it brilliantly: "The Fantastic Director" is so real, so smart, so fresh...... I love Wonder Young, and I hesitated for a long time about the hype about this movie and whether it's real, but thankfully I didn't miss it. ”……

It's real, it's clear, it's reproducible, and of course no one takes it 100% seriously, but "The Amazing Director" obviously inevitably caused some impact.

It's just that the more scenery there is, the more people feel that something is wrong, there is a kind of mountain rain about to come, the wind is full of surging, calm, too calm! Senior fans and fans know Wang Yang's style, but he didn't say a word, Jessica and Rachel didn't say a word, no one expressed their opinions, and there was not even any news "according to his friends"! No one knew if Wang Yang had seen this movie, and no one knew what he was thinking......

However, when I look at the list of new films that will open this weekend, no matter how dull people are, they suddenly come to me, and the magic of "shooting at the same time" is not just to wait for the present moment? He is silent and does not speak, he must want to clean it up directly in the cinema.

Christmas Week is coming! "The Amazing Director" ushered in its first weekend, and also ushered in a group of fierce opponents, "The Dead", "Wonderful Night at the Museum", and "Secret Service" have appeared!

"The Fantastic Director" was afraid that "The Dead" would be messed up or strangled by it, but the success of the former undoubtedly created a great publicity and atmosphere for "The Dead", whether they have seen or not, the audience of "Infernal Affairs" has entered the theater with a sense of anticipation, 7 Golden Globe Award nominations, this must be a good movie, so how wonderful are the performances of Heath Ledger, Michael Pitt and others? What kind of film did the Fantastic Director shoot and produce? The 12th directed film will be revealed soon!

As a Yang fan, I have been really happy in the last few days, and all over North America, Evelyn, Claire and others have entered the venue early to sit down, laughing and talking with friends while waiting for the opening.

In today's world, there are as many as 3,765 theaters for an R-rated crime drama film, and it really doesn't have it, it's not "The Hangover 3" (3,655), "V Vendetta Squad" (3,365), "Tales of the Night 2: Evolution" (3,207)...... It's not an ordinary R-rated film! It will most likely be the highest-grossing R-rated film of 2006, at least the second! Flame Movies doesn't want to cooperate with theaters to make so many copies, and if it is NO, theater owners will rush to Santa Monica to grab a disc back!

At night, with the sound of leisurely music, the screening hall was silent, and the audience looked at the big screen in front of them, the opening animation of the flame movie was projected, and countless pairs of eyes lit up, "The Dead" is coming!

I saw the pale yellow moth fly into the raging flames in the dark, and it came to the beautiful pastoral world, under the blue sky and white clouds, the moths with shining wings and colorful butterflies danced together, entangled and flew into the sky, a flame rose between them, and "Flames-Films" appeared under the flames. ……

(To be continued)