On the second day of the full release of "Kung Fu Panda", the IMDB score was as high as 8.0 (3,279 votes), the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes became 92%/90%, and the audience liked it 87%.

Its first-day box office was not a shock, but it was by no means a failure, with an average of 6,561 yuan per theater in 3,451 theaters, totaling 22.642 million, winning a Friday champion without suspense, and the second place "Monster Mother-in-law" was only 5.759 million. "Kung Fu Panda" is the No. 1 PG-rated film so far this year, and is expected to gross more than $60 million over three days over the weekend, meaning it can break into the top 10 of the inflation-adjusted opening weekend charts for May.

"The kung fu heat wave hit, and Panda Po became the new darling of the market. —Los Angeles Times. While "Kung Fu Panda" is popular in North America, it has also landed on the screens of Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and the Philippines, all of which have a good performance, all of which are ranked champions, and in the next two months, this Chinese wind will blow into global theaters, including Chinese mainland and Taiwan on May 27, Hong Kong on June 3, France on June 13, Japan on June 24, and so on.

Despite the acclaimed success of "Kung Fu Panda" and the inspirational theme of the content, the boycott dispute in Chinese mainland continues, and as the veil of the story content is lifted, new political metaphors, sarcasm and insults and other reasons for boycott surface, it seems that the previous "Chinese market" and "making money" are not the main direction.

Flame Blue Sky spent three years with a production cost of 100 million US dollars and more than 50 million publicity and distribution fees, risking innovative business risks, and hired a gorgeous dubbing lineup with a lot of money, on the one hand, wanting to make money from the Chinese; on the other hand, with sinister intentions, racking their brains to metaphorically satirize, greatly increasing the senseless risk of angering the Chinese and triggering a series of evil consequences, and even failed to pass the review of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and died, making a large number of audiences around the world happy, and some of them were "wise" of Chinese audiences see through the sinister nature of the sinister content.

A film company has spent so much risk and cost to make a "gift" for a certain market, but this gift is a dagger to see, just because it is not pleasing to the eye! That is too much to look up to the commercial-oriented Hollywood, and too much to itself.

In fact, the Flame Film Distribution Department's evaluation of the box office of China's cross-strait three places is not high, coupled with the current boycott reaction in the mainland, it can add up to 35 million US dollars, which is very, very good.

In 2008, the DreamWorks version of "Kung Fu Panda" only had a total box office of 34.01 million US dollars in China, 26.02 million in the mainland, 4.1464 million in Hong Kong, and 30,000 in Taiwan.

It was 2008, and now it is 2005, and the annual box office market growth in Chinese mainland is very amazing, which also means that the three-year time difference is enough to make "Kung Fu Panda" less than 20 million US dollars, but the mature market in Hong Kong and Taiwan is about the same.

In this way, the final box office of "Kung Fu Panda" in the two sides of the strait and three places is likely to be only 27.99 million, and the share ratio signed by Flame and the mainland distributor China Film Group is 40%: 60%, while the share ratio of mainland theaters and distributors for Hollywood blockbusters is usually 57%: 43%, that is, 43% of the 20 million before tax and then 40% of 3.44 million is the share allocated to the flame movie, which earned 3.44 million US dollars from unwise Chinese mainland audiences.

The net profit from post-sales such as DVDs in Chinese mainland is almost negligible; peripheral toys seem to have some heads, but they are not high. But although the mainland market does not provide much profit at present, Flame does have its eye on the Chinese market and the Asian market, and you must know that the sales links in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and other places have matured.

In any case, "Kung Fu Panda" is a sincere love letter, but also a beachfront landing, Wang Yang is not clear about the full intentions of DreamWorks, but he is absolutely sure that Flame & Blue Sky will not do that kind of self-contradictory and self-conflicting stupid thing, and he has never thought about it.

"It doesn't matter if the news is good or bad, it's just the news. Master Turtle said. The reason why the news is good or bad is because people are moved, and the angle from which they choose to look at the news determines whether that person thinks a thing is good or bad, children see the cute Po, adults see the image of a fat and greedy panda insulting China, children see a story of encouragement to pursue their dreams and defeat the bad guys, and adults see an evil story full of political metaphors and ill intentions...... Seeing the new round of boycott on the Chinese Internet, Wang Yang really couldn't help but sigh, maybe "Firefly" will also be misinterpreted into not knowing what it looks like, the intention he wants to express, the artistic conception he pursues will be splashed with black water, but all this, isn't it exactly what "Firefly" wants to say?

The North American weekly champion from May 13 to 19 can basically be determined to belong to "Kung Fu Panda", and "Star Wars Prequel 3", which will only be released for one day this week, should not pose a mortal threat to it, but in Cannes, France, the 15th has officially entered the "Star Wars Day".

"Lucas, Lucas, Lucas!" At this time, the Lumière Hall of the Cannes Cinema Palace was crowded with people, and tens of thousands of Star Wars fans gathered here clapped their hands and clapped together, shouting the names of their idols in unison, and their voices were excited: "Lucas, Lucas......"

The long red carpet separated by railings was also bustling, this time the "Star Wars Prequel 3" promoters not only included Lucas, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson and several Hollywood stars who came to help, but also the clone army of the "Galactic Empire", under the command of the black warrior Darth Vader, the clone army was lined up on both sides, like a red carpet security team.

The star-studded and flashing lights, the guests and photojournalists were busy with their own work, and the big screens on both sides of the Palais captured the images, causing fans to boil over and the scene of the Father of Star Wars and the Black Knights waving side by side, leaving them in complete frenzy, clapping their hands and shouting in unison.

"Firefly" is very low-key and mysterious in this Cannes, in fact, it is not in the list of special screenings at all, it is just a tourist who takes the "Kung Fu Panda" ride, and the security guards can lift up "I'm here to join in the fun" Wang Yang and throw it to the beach. Of course, the organizers did not do that, but they happily arranged a press conference for "Firefly" for them to be interviewed, and also put up some posters of "Firefly".

In contrast, "Star Wars Prequel 3" is too big, as early as the first day of the film festival, the overwhelming posters have announced that this year's Cannes belongs to Star Wars, and almost every store in the Antibes famous store street next to the Corniche is related to Star Wars, buy a mobile phone and give a Star Wars color shell, buy a dress and give a Star Wars T-shirt, buy furniture and give a Star Wars model, buy jewelry and give a Star Wars bracelet...... There are also a variety of peripheral products such as drinking glasses, stationery, stickers, leather goods, etc., and George Lucas seems to have moved the Star Wars warehouse to Cannes.

The number of people watching the red carpet show has always been a measure of the popularity of a film, and "Star Wars Prequel 3" has become the popular king of this year, and every night at the gate of the Movie Palace, you can see fans holding "Carpet-Ticket-anted" signs, they walk in twos and threes among the tourists shuttling back and forth, and today's "Star Wars Prequel 3" exhibition day is coming, and the crowd at the gate of the Movie Palace has all become Star Wars fans in an instant.

Some people try their luck with signs early in the morning, some people directly write "I pay 200 euros, who sells it?", and some people change into formal clothes first, and just wait for the tickets to enter the red carpet show held in the Lumière Hall on the other side.

Although they often returned disappointed, the crowds were so large that the festival organizers had to ask for the cooperation of the police department, who deployed more than 400 personnel to keep the law and order for the grand premiere. However, just after 4 p.m., a dozen or so police cars lined up along the coastal promenade were soon drowned in a sea of people that stretched for several kilometers, and all cars could only move slowly like snails, and it was as difficult to walk from one side of the road to the other as the Normandy landing.

In order to ensure that the convoy of guests could arrive on time and allow the premiere to start smoothly, the police had to impose temporary martial law on the Corniche Boulevard, which led to the lively scene now, and the shouts of "Lucas, Lucas!" spread far and wide.

"Hmph, why are you here?" The Movie Palace over there is a boiling ocean, the beach on the side is beautiful, the afternoon is close to the evening sun is soft and warm, the tourists on the sand are walking or lying on blankets, and the girls in thin clothes are very eye-catching. At this time of year, many beauties will come to Cannes to try their luck, looking forward to being brought into the film industry by a talent scout or producer or director, Wang Yang does not have tickets for the premiere of "Star Wars Prequel 3", so he comes to the beach to stroll.

However, the road is narrow, and I didn't meet the future Katharine Hepburn or Audrey Hepburn, but I found Paris Hilton, and her new film "Talented Girl" also came to the Cannes Film Festival to promote, although it was not even shortlisted for the non-competitive part, but it got a lot of media attention because of her, which is a comedy with an unknown investment amount, produced by a global entertainment company.

If Wang Yang brought "Firefly" to join in the fun, the media reporters wanted to get more and more of it, but he didn't give it, and Paris Hilton also came to join in the fun, she wanted to give a lot and seduce the attention of the media reporters.

However, she made a joke at the promotion of "Talented Woman" on the 13th, when Paris was expressing to the media that she was interested in changing her bold image, she said: "I already have my own brand of hotel, and I will strive to develop it into a new boutique that can compete with Hilton hotels in the future." Now I'm like a businesswoman, going to and from work every day, basically no nightlife, I've really changed. Although I was born beautiful, smart and rich, it was not my fault, and I hope you don't hate me because of it. ”

Just when she continued to express her career ambitions, an Argentine reporter suddenly asked her about the ** videotape, which immediately made Paris expressionless, and she even secretly burst into foul language, but was unexpectedly heard by the microphone: "FUCK!" So she simply responded with a foul language, and the change was staggering. In addition, according to gossip media reports, on the night of the 13th, Paris, who was determined to change during the day, was found having a party with friends on a sailboat and drinking until 2 o'clock in the morning.

On the soft sand, looking at Wang Yang alone, the group led by Paris Hilton stopped, several female attendants did not speak, looking at his smiling appearance, Paris felt blocked, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, I don't know why, every time she met Wang Yang, she hated her teeth, and she would not forget the humiliation he brought her! This slut must be thinking about the tape now, he must have seen it, he must have laughed...... "Yes! I'm here." Wang Yang smiled and shrugged his shoulders, although he didn't want to deal with her, he didn't leave directly, after all, this is a kind of politeness.

Paris didn't seem to mean to end the conversation, she pursed the corners of her lips and asked, "Your movie, what...... What's the name?" She looked at her attendants questioningly, and after being reminded of "Firefly", she sighed: "I've been so busy lately! But who can blame it? I can't even see a poster of it here, if it's like "Star Wars", I must remember!" She laughed at herself: "Our "Talented Girl" is already a supporting role, it ...... Okay, what's that yours, uh...... is Firefly done?"

Wang Yang looked her in the eyes from beginning to end, like watching a monkey play, and waited for her to finish before saying, "It's done." Paris, who didn't give an inch in her eyes, immediately smiled and said, "I wish you failure!" Several beautiful women laughed one after another, some of them laughed resolutely with Paris, and some of them chuckled without wanting to completely offend the big director and Monopoly. Wang Yang inevitably wanted to burst into laughter at their boring tricks, these women are so vulgar idiots! He said, "I won't, goodbye." ”

"Wait!" Paris called out to Wang Yang again, and said with a provocative expression: "I'm going to have a party tonight, and we can ...... after the party Are you coming?" just for him to say NO, but she flashed a glimmer of hope that he suddenly said "Okay!" Wang Yang's voice was crisp and neat: "NO." Paris looked him up and down, "I've always had a question. She leaned closer, and her voice was just as good as everyone around her, "Are you sexually impotent?"

"I want to see who the other party is, if it's ......" Wang Yang looked her up and down a few times, frowned and muttered: "No, thank you." Under Paris's fierce gaze, he turned to look at the female attendants a few more times, and pouted at the black-haired Latin woman who had laughed the loudest just now, and looked at the guy with pretended fiery eyes, and winked at her, but only Paris Hilton could hear the voice: "But she's beautiful." ”

After that, Wang Yang no longer paid attention to these women and walked straight away, and stuck out his tongue with a smile when he completely turned his back on them, the contradiction has been planted, let's quarrel according to the director's arrangement!

"FUCK!" Paris stomped her foot and scolded and glanced at her good friend again, knowing that Wang Yang was still angry, why are there several women here, he just takes a fancy to her and gets angry with her? This guy is stealing her limelight more and more! bitch! "Paris, what did he say?" She couldn't help but get angry: "He said to die!"

The end of "Star Wars Prequel 3" made many fans who attended the premiere choke up and shed tears, Anakin Skywalker finally became a black knight, the "Star Wars" series also came to an end, many fans even cried bitterly, and film critics also "rarely" gave a thumbs up, the first prequel "Phantom Menace" Rotten Tomatoes freshness 61%/40%, "Clone Attack" 67%/40%, and this "Revenge of the Sith" finally has some depth and is out of the category of children's dramas! George Lucas finally didn't become the second Ridley Scott of the summer.

"Hi Natalie!", "Hi Jan, how's it going?"

Cannes is just a small town with a resident population of about 70,000 people, and the Croisette and the Palais du Cinema are so big, it is really not a strange thing that the two met, Natalie has completed the promotion of "Star Wars Prequel 3", but on the 17th, she will also attend the premiere of another film starring "Freedom Zone".

"Hahaha!haha......" The front of the movie palace is not deserted, there are tourists, audiences, reporters and filmmakers coming and going, Wang Yang did not shy away from stroking Natalie's bald head, his palm felt a slight burr, he laughed violently: "Haha! It feels very good!" Natalie opened her mouth wide and looked up and laughed: "You can cut one too! It's very cool!" Wang Yang rubbed it hard: "Ahhh

The photojournalist who noticed the two hurriedly raised the camera and snapped this intimate scene, in fact, Natalie Portman's bald head is now loved by everyone, everyone wants to try the feel, yesterday at the premiere of "Star Wars Prequel 3", George Lucas touched her head in public, but it was a 61-year-old elder, Hayden Christensen would not and would not dare to rub her head like this, and Natalie also tiptoed to rub his head! The photojournalists frantically pressed the cameras with joy, it was so exciting!

What made them feel a pity was that the two of them walked into the movie palace with a smile after rubbing a few times, they didn't know that Wang Yang wanted to ask Natalie because of something serious, and the two came to the café by the way, and talked while drinking coffee.

"The Black Warrior isn't there, is he?" Wang Yang looked at the seats around him, and his tone was quite scared: "I don't want to be beaten up." Natalie squinted at him contemptuously, and said very seriously, "You can kill him with kung fu!" She remembered that the scene of the crowd yesterday was really shocking, and everyone kept shouting "Lucas, Lucas...... She thinks that George Lucas was 33 when Star Wars was released in 1977 and now he is only 25 years old, right?

"You're right. What was Wang Yang thinking, using kung fu to kill the black warrior? No matter what, at least you must have the courage to fight! He raised his coffee cup and took a sip, and said with a smile: "I watched "Star Wars Prequel 3" this morning, and you shouldn't take it again this time. ”

Both of them immediately laughed, she had already received 3 Golden Sour Plum nominations with "Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones". Natalie shook her head and smiled: "It's really unfair, your "Firefly" is obviously finished, why don't you just do a film festival? I really want to watch "Firefly", you have hung my appetite for too long! Cowboy and oriental elements, the poems you say, your fights, the whole story, your messy freedom, the beautiful world or something...... she counted and suddenly said: "It's been a few years!"

Wang Yang nodded and said, "It's all inside." Natalie took a sip of coffee, looked at him and smiled: "Well, that's good! What kind of world is a beautiful world! My answer now is a world full of love!" Wang Yang smiled and gave a thumbs up: "Good answer! But not what you are going to see." Natalie said OK, then wait and watch! She changed the subject: "Jessica has been doing well lately, right?" As soon as he mentioned his beloved wife and baby, Wang Yang smiled brightly: "Very good!"

"You have to pay attention, the emotional changes of pregnant women are very complicated, let's not sit so close. Natalie moved back as if to move away from something, still in her chair. Wang Yang didn't think it was so exaggerated, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, Jessica is not the kind of woman who loses her temper, and I take good care of her." Natalie sighed speechlessly: "That's a pregnant woman! You should know that you can't use common sense to think about pregnant women, many times she can't control herself, that's a kind of outpouring, usually impatient she will endure it, now she will be irritable, usually cranky will be anxious, what is the biggest change in her recently?"

The biggest change? Wang Yang scratched his head, does he particularly like to eat sweets? He thought and said: "I like to eat sweets, I eat a lot of them every day! And ...... Yes, it has become more narcissistic, more stinky. Suddenly I wanted to wear a wedding dress to show him, and suddenly I bought a lot of maternity dresses and came back to try them on one by one, and asked him to evaluate them one by one, which was rarely the case before, he continued: "Look in the mirror all day, take a tape measure to measure your waistline, and pay attention to the changes in your body...... This should be the most obvious. He had long understood this: "She was a little afraid of being ugly. ”

"Pregnant women will have anxiety about this, Jessica will have a lot of it, her self-confidence is built from ugly to beautiful, no one will want to change back, that means losing everything now. ”

Natalie's expression and tone are calm and serious, quite the demeanor of a psychiatrist. Wang Yang also looked serious: "But I really don't mind, I love her and the baby." Natalie took a sip of bitter coffee and gave him advice: "If you have something to say, you can praise her for being beautiful when you have the chance! Show affection for her physical changes and make her feel that she is a more attractive woman! Be serious, don't joke about things like 'you're as fat as the earth, so cute', she's not Juno or me." Natalie smiled: "If you praise it, she will be in a good mood, and your baby will be in a good mood." ”

"That's what I did. Wang Yang thought that he had done a really good job, and couldn't help but smile: "I have to kiss her belly a lot every day." Natalie nodded in satisfaction, raised her hand and said, "OK, that's good!

Wang Yang looked around mysteriously, and said in a suppressed voice: "I am preparing a new film plan, which will start filming in about August, finish filming in about a month, and be released at Christmas at the end of the year." Natalie's eyes lit up: "Then ......" Wang Yang really sent out an invitation: "I need a heroine here, are you interested in playing." Natalie laughed, and the crazy compliment to Mike Nichols still worked, and she nodded happily without thinking: "Of course, I'm a big fan of yours!"

"GOOD!" Wang Yang happily raised the coffee cup and saluted her: "The big problem has been solved!" Natalie asked with great interest: "What type of movie is that? What kind of story?" Wang Yang took a sip of coffee and said, "Remember last year's Shoest? Didn't you ask me to shoot the love genre?" Natalie seemed to see some terrifying sight, her eyes widened: "You really want to shoot love? What are you kidding......

Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "It's really a shot! That's what we said at the time, and there are some other things that I have recently felt." Now Natalie's interest is even greater: "What girl am I going to play?" Wang Yang was a little angry: "What else? Personality girl, but not this kind of bald boy." ”…… The North American weekend champion from May 13th to 15th was undoubtedly won by "Kung Fu Panda", the opening weekend of this cartoon was as high as 61.74 million, accounting for 46.5% of the market share, with a huge advantage of 46.43 million US dollars over the second place 15.31 million "Monster Mother-in-law" box office 46.43 million US dollars detonated the summer vacation schedule! It won all the weekend championships in Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and the Philippines overseas, with a market share of almost 40% Up and down, the performance in Russia and South Korea is the most surprising, and Panda Po is setting off a kung fu whirlwind that has swept the world!

The 16th, 17th, and 18th are a thing of the past...... Wang Yang has returned to Los Angeles with the crew of "Kung Fu Panda" and "Firefly", and on May 19, "Star Wars Prequel 3" officially landed in 3661 North American theaters, and was simultaneously released globally, on May 18, 19, and 20, it will appear on the cinema screens of South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania and other countries; and "Kung Fu Panda" will also expand the scope of screening, entering Chinese mainland on the 27th, and day by day.

The first fierce fight in the summer vacation file "Kung Fu Panda" VS "Star Wars Prequel 3" was staged with the release of the two films, and this summer has just begun.

(To be continued)