On Friday, May 14th, a new week of film screenings also began, and "Youth Musical" was officially released on a large scale, landing in 3,150 theaters in North America!

On this day, as soon as the school bell rang, countless students rushed to leave the school and rushed to the nearby movie theater to rush to buy tickets for the first screening of "Youth Musical" in the evening. But to the surprise of many students, the tickets for the first show were sold out, and where did the tickets go? Most of them were sold out in the early hours of the morning, and at noon, they were divided again, and then before the end of school, there were also students who "arrived early" and shared the rest of the tickets.

"Oh, please, how can this be!" In a movie theater in Chicago, a white high school student looked at the conductor pitifully and said, "If I can't buy a ticket today, my girlfriend will beat me!" The white high school student gritted his teeth and said, "No matter, she said she must see it today! Give me a ticket for the second show!"

The conductor smiled a little gloatingly: "Sorry, the tickets for the second show are gone." The white high school student's eyes widened and exclaimed, "What!?" The students behind him exclaimed, "Hell, I came over after school and said I didn't have a ticket!?", "Oh God, can't you add another screening room?" My girlfriend said she was going to see it today!"

"I'll give you a suggestion, I'll see it in a few days. The conductor shrugged his shoulders and the students shouted, "We don't want to wait a day!" and the conductor laughed again: "There are no tickets today, and if you want to see it tomorrow, come back in the early hours of the morning, when there are tickets." ”

The white high school man said angrily, "I'll just sit here and don't move, anyway, it's a holiday tomorrow." He turned around and walked to the rest chair area, and said to himself: "I must grab the tickets, I don't want to break up......" So he stayed in the ticket hall, was scolded by his girlfriend on the phone, and then at night he saw who snatched the tickets out, and saw those guys who walked into the movie hall with his girlfriend in his arms, he gritted his teeth with hatred.

But he's not the only one in the entire North American region who spends the wee hours of the morning in movie theaters. On this day, a large number of students were delayed in returning home because of "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth", either to watch the movie or grab tickets, but they all left the cinema with a smile, watched a good movie, and bought the tickets they wanted.

The box office results of "Youth Musical" on the 14th did not disappoint the cinema or the Flame Film Company, the average number of seats in each of the 3,150 theaters was 500, and it was screened twice a night, and the total attendance rate of the first show on the 14th was incredibly high as 100%, and the second show was also 93%! After two shows, it received a box office of 19,758,300! This number speaks for itself, this is a super-grossing movie, a movie that can set off a frenzy.

On the 15th, the attendance rate of the first show was still as high as 100%, and the second show dropped to 75%;Although it fell every day in the following days, especially after the release of "Star Wars - Phantom Crisis" on the 19th, the percentage dropped sharply a lot, but in this week, "Youth Musical" definitely swept North America, it received a total of 68.5215 million box office, ranking first in the North American weekly box office list for the week of May 14-20, beating the first week of "Star Wars - Phantom Crisis"!

Of course, "Star Wars: Phantom Crisis", which ranked second, was only screened for 2 days this week, and it swept 40.8402 million at the box office, and it seems that there is nothing to say about losing. But many Star Wars fans are extremely angry, this is the "Star Wars" series! A super blockbuster with a production cost of $115 million was actually weighed on by a school song and dance film with no connotation, hell!

Some gossip media naturally won't let go of this topic, and "Daily Entertainment" made a big headline headline: "The showdown of USC directors, Wang Yang defeated his predecessor George Lucas!" The sensational headline, which stated the weekly box office champion of "Youth Musical" and the second place of "Star Wars Prequel 1", they finally commented: "19-year-old Wang Yang faced 55-year-old George Lucas and handed over a performance that shocked the world, what reason do we have not to praise this wonder boy?" Go ahead, young-man!"

There are many sensational media outlets, but many more are reporting on this movie song and dance frenzy, "Miraculous Yang Again Magic, Breaking All Doubts!", "A Promising Supernova!...... There are countless headlines for these, and now no media is stupid to come out and sing the opposite, and the gossip media is also singing carols, not daring to go against the grain, if it is other movies, they can sing the opposite tune to earn eyeballs, but "Youth Musical" is not good, if you pour dirty water on it, it means offending countless young people, and the people who pay the most attention to gossip are young people.

The Los Angeles Times ran a review again, headlined "Young Boys' Fight Back, Revival of Musical and Dance Films!" This time with box office results in front of them, they were no longer conservative and praised: "When the 18-year-old director announced that his first film film would be a school song and dance film, everyone was pouring cold water on it, predicting that it would be a super bad movie." But what we see now is that this is a beautiful counterattack, this 19-year-old and 3-month-old director has reinterpreted the definition of 'campus song and dance film', brought the younger generation to know song and dance films, and let filmmakers understand the elements of popular song and dance films! Looking at the report card of "Song and Dance Youth", we have reason to believe that song and dance films are about to usher in a comprehensive revival!"

The media pages are given to "Star Wars - Phantom Crisis" and "Youth Musical", and "The Mummy", which was released in the second week, suffered Waterloo compared to last week, although it ranked third in the week, it only had a box office of 18.136 million, not to mention "Sky Trap", "The Matrix" and other films that were screened for seven weeks, and the consumption power of the market was divided between the top two films. "Idle Hands"? No one pays attention to it anymore, it has been swept into the trash, 1074 theaters, only 174,000 box office.

But not all of them are praises, there is a group that is very dissatisfied with Wang Yang, and that group is called parents. On NBC's nightly news program, a middle-aged white lady looked at the camera angrily and said: "I hate Wang Yang, last year, his movie made my daughter not return overnight, and now, he makes my children skip school! Oh my God, does "Youth Musical" teach people to skip school? My daughter is graduating from high school at the end of the month, and she has to deal with the final exams, and now she is actually skipping school, just to watch "Youth Musical" earlier! My daughter needs credits, obviously that movie can't give it to her, but Wang Yang has earned a lot of money by relying on these tricks, but it is my daughter's credits that are sacrificed!"

The focus of this report on the evening news is to discuss a topic triggered by "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth": "What do teenagers need?" An education scholar was interviewed, he said: "In fact, "Youth Singing and Dancing has fully revealed the needs of young people, who are eager to show themselves, release their hearts, and chase their true passions...... In reality, the expectations of their parents and the intense schoolwork have given them too much pressure, and they just need to enjoy their youth more. He also said that precisely because graduation is approaching, the pressure of senior high school students is also unprecedented, and watching "Youth Musical" has become a way for students to release their pressure.

Natalie Portman, a graduating senior and the heroine of "Star Wars: The Phantom Crisis," was followed and photographed by a reporter from the gossip newspaper "Daily Entertainment", and she made a special trip to the cinema to watch "Youth Musical"! You must know that in order to prepare for the final exam, she almost refused to attend the premiere of "Star Wars Prequel 1", although she still attended in the end, she did not participate in other promotional activities for the film; now she has so much time to watch "Youth Musical"?

Natalie, who was stopped by reporters at the door of the movie theater, looked a little embarrassed, but her tone was very calm, and said: "I just feel that I need to know about this movie because all my classmates are talking about it, and I want to figure out their psychology." The reporter then asked her, "Then what do you think of "Youth Musical" after watching it?" Natalie didn't seem to want to say more, but said, "This is an excellent movie." ”

"What do you think of Wang Yang?" the reporter refused to let her go easily, and still asked questions. As she walked, Natalie replied, "Wang Yang is a very talented director. The reporter asked again: "Then do you like his movie?" Natalie nodded slightly: "It's okay." ”

It was these few very simple lines of dialogue, after passing through the pen of the gossip tabloid, that turned into a scandal with a serious matter: "Natalie loves Wang Yang!" The article did not make up Natalie's words, but added fuel and vinegar: "When the reporter of this newspaper asked, 'What do you think of Wang Yang?', Natalie was very shy, as if she wanted to confess, and said, 'Wang Yang is a very good and very talented director.'" And when this reporter asked, 'Do you like him, like his movies?' Natalie, who always blushes at the mention of boyfriends, blushes just as much this time and says, 'It's okay.'" ’”

"Maybe it was a romantic show of love? Or maybe Natalie and Young were already together? Come to think of it, we know that Jan was in New York for a while during the casting of "High School Musical," and maybe he and Natalie were together at that time. ”

Very outrageous news, but the latest issue of "Daily Entertainment" relies on it, and a picture of Natalie smiling, which sold out almost as soon as it hit the shelves, the heroine of "Star Wars Prequel 1" and the director of "Youth Musical", at this time when the two movies set off a boom at the same time, this news naturally and firmly attracted the attention of young people who love gossip!

Wang Yang didn't know about this, he didn't have the habit of reading gossip tabloids, this day he got up early in the morning as usual, practiced boxing and did fitness exercises, sweating like rain, but suddenly received a phone call, a reporter who purportedly was "Daily Entertainment" asked: "Yang, are you in a relationship with Natalie Portman?" Wang Yang was still wondering how this reporter got his home phone number, and when he heard this question, he couldn't help but be stunned, and said with a smile: "I'm in love with Natalie Portman? No, no, this is ridiculous." I've only seen her on screen, and her performance in Killer Leon was great. ”

At the end of the call, Wang Yang learned about this outrageous scandal from the Internet, and then he was a little suspicious, did he talk a little too much before?

The next day, his suspicions became a reality, and the Daily Entertainment reported: "The response to the show of love in the air 'Natalie is amazing!'" The article added fuel to the fire: "When asked by this reporter if they were in a relationship, Young first denied it, but he immediately expressed his appreciation and affection for Natalie, he said, 'I like her very much, since 'Killer Leon', I have loved her performance, it is amazing!'"

"We have reason to believe that Natalie is the goddess of Wonder Young! Since 94, Shen Qiyang has been in love with this girl, maybe the walls of his room are covered with posters of "Killer Leon", maybe he wants to become a director because of this girl. Natalie, Jan has already responded to you, will you say 'yes'?"

The newspaper said as if it was true, although they knew that "nonsense" was the style of gossip tabloids, but many of Wang Yang's female fans left messages on the official website of "Youth Musical", telling their disappointment: "Yang, you can't be with Natalie, she's ugly and short, she doesn't deserve you at all!" There are even some female fans who threaten that if he is with Natalie, they will not support him.

Looking at the scandal that got bigger and bigger, Wang Yang felt very speechless, and couldn't help laughing, there was indeed a poster of "Killer Leon" in his room, but he and Natalie Portman had never seen each other, this can cause a scandal, it is really ridiculous, I have to admire the marketing methods of the gossip tabloid! He doesn't plan to respond to this matter anymore, no matter what he says now, he is just contributing to this matter.

"Jessica, you know my scandal, right?" Wang Yang asked Jessica in a routine call every night. Jessica over there laughed crisply, and said, "I think I know, you and Natalie Portman?" Wang Yang laughed self-deprecatingly, and said into the phone: "Yes, who will tell you what's going on? ”

"Me too. Wang Yang said softly and said, "Jessica, let's be patient for a few more days, you know that the soundtrack record of "Youth Musical" will be released next week, and as soon as it is launched, the momentum will basically be set." When the time comes, we can date every day, and we don't have to worry about any paparazzi, they can shoot as much as they like. Jessica laughed, "yes, I know." ”

As early as the stage of the campus screening of "Youth Musical", Flame Film Company had already contacted a number of record companies, and finally signed a cooperation agreement with a small record company to release the original soundtrack of "Youth Musical" in North America.

Based on these market dynamics, a film finance appraiser on Wall Street made a prediction, and he estimated that the global box office of "Youth Musical" may eventually exceed more than 300 million US dollars, plus the income from soundtracks, DVDs and other peripherals, this will bring at least 100 million after-tax income to Flame Films, and Wang Yang will also become a billionaire, the youngest billionaire.

Soon, the evaluator's prediction was further confirmed, the screening week of May 21-27 came to an end, and "Youth Musical" received another 47.3836 million box office, and the total box office exceeded 100 million, coming to the figure of 129.1 million! If at this time in previous years, it received 4700+ million box office in a single week, basically ranking first, but now it can only rank second; in the first place, there is no doubt that "Star Wars - Phantom Crisis" This week, it collected 99.3544 million box office and won the weekly championship with a giant attitude.

But Flame Movies has reason to be proud, "Youth Musical" cost 8 million to make, and "Star Wars Prequel 1", 115 million.

Nowadays, when people go to the cinema, teenagers generally go to see "Youth Musical", while others go to see "Star Wars Prequel 1". This has caused other films that are being screened to continue to suffer, "The Mummy" can only receive 10.482 million box office this week, and of course, "Idle Hands" is not among the affected because it has already been drawn offline.

In the new week, the original soundtrack record of "Youth Musical" is also on the shelves in North America, the first issue of 100,000 copies, random gift of different boutique posters, each poster has a starring role, or Wang Yang's signature, only the first 100,000 CDs have this treatment!

The students who couldn't get the CD were stranded in the record store with a frustrated face, reluctant to leave for a long time, and even a little girl who looked to be about 12 years old cried on the spot, she was so desperate to get an autograph, but she was a step too late and there was nothing.

"Phenomenal Director!" is the latest title Wang Yang has received, given by Roger Ebert, the famous film critic who once praised "Ghost Shadows", and this time he did not hesitate to praise it.

"Amazing Young has done a miracle again, he's driving the young people crazy again! My little daughter, she's been saying all the time lately, 'Oh, Daddy, I'm going to dance class, 'Youth Musical' is amazing.'" Originally, at my age, I was not interested in school song and dance films, but at the recommendation of my baby daughter, I watched this movie, and I felt very warm, like a sunshine, and the shadow of "Ghost Shadow" also faded. All I can say is, Marvel Young, this 19-year-old little guy, he's a phenomenal director!"

Finally, Roger Ebert gave "Teen Musical" a "two-thumbs-up!"

"Phenomenal director" has been quoted many times by many media, it seems that a 19-year-old director is called phenomenal, which is a bit funny; but the reality is in front of him, he single-handedly created the miracle of "Ghost Shadow" in 1998, and exchanged 10,000 US dollars for a global box office of 300 million, which frightened the world at the same time, but also let everyone see what viral marketing is; half a year later, he created the current singing and dancing scene, all young people are crazy about it, who dares to say that this is not a phenomenon? Whoever says that, will definitely be cursed by a large group of girls.

With the success of "Youth Musical", the number of Wang Yang's fans has skyrocketed, among which there are many fanatical female fans, and there are actually several websites established by fans to collect his pictures and information. But whether it's because of the "phenomenal director" or the "youngest billionaire", he has become a role model and idol in the hearts of many, many of his peers.

(To be continued)