Chapter 390: The Story of Danny, the Loyal Dog (Asking for a Monthly Pass)

Previously, the sixth week of "Firefly" has already seen a box office trend of -55.7% in North America and -54% in the world, and it has entered the closing stage, except for the Japanese box office, there is no hope, who would have thought that Wang Yang would suffer an accident at this time and be seriously injured? It also led to an abnormal rebound in the second four days of the seventh week of "Firefly", and there was an abnormal rebound to the box office trend, Paul Degarabe, director of the ExhibitorRelations agency, told the media: " While it's sad, the bad news for Amazing Young is the good news for Firefly. ”

After this sci-fi masterpiece received 7.85 million in North America for the seventh weekend weekend, it actually collected 8.12 million in the last 4 days, ranking sixth with a total of 15.97 million in seven days a week (the average single theater of 2905 theaters is $5,497), and the total box office in North America rose to 615.82 million!

Compared to last week, the box office trend is +3.0%! The average single restaurant has increased by $352! This has to be said to be a supernormal phenomenon.

At the same time, the former rivals "War of the Worlds", "Batman", "Fantastic Four" and other films have long disappeared; the second week's "Escape from Clone Island" can't stop its own tragedy, with an average of $3,018 per museum; another big bad movie "fresh" was born, Sony's 135 million production cost action sci-fi film, directed by Rob Cohen and starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and others, "Top Secret Flight" on Rotten Tomatoes three indicators 13%/6%/49%, the average single library $ in the opening week3,791, the word-of-mouth box office is so bad that it can't be worse.

In addition, this week's two new films with a cost of 30 million files, "Superman High School", received good reviews and box office, with 73% freshness and an average of $7,919 per gallery, a total of 23 million, and "Gotta Love Dog" failed, with 34% freshness and an average of $7,530 per gallery, for a total of 18.86 million, which means that it attracted the first batch of viewers but most of them leaked out in the second week.

Whether good or bad, the three new films are not as brave as the martyrs "Firefly" in the twilight years, first, the film level in the film market is sluggish, and secondly, there are worries about "Magic Yang's last work", after more than a month, many fans and fans finally made up their minds to watch the IMAX version again, or go directly to the ordinary theater to re-enact; I didn't want to watch it, but in the end I was still interested, and I couldn't avoid this firefly storm, of course, "the new box office champion in North American film history" is also a very beautiful and dazzling title.

Globally, if you don't count the Japanese box office, its trend is only -35.6%, and it will collect $23.87 million at the box office, which is also a rebound from last week's -54%! Counting Japan's performance, this week's "Firefly" has increased by 128.2%, with $73.23 million seven days a week!

Japan contributed 49.36 million (5.553 billion yen) of it, with an average of $65,326 per venue in 756 stores, and the Japanese audience who were not willing to be followed showed great enthusiasm for "Firefly", which took the opening week to lead the 2005 annual box office list in Japan, and it is certain that it will go straight to open a big gap! You must know that the second place "Star Wars Prequel 3" is only 48.02 million, and the third place "War of the Worlds" is 43.1 million.

"One Week Japanese Box Office Report: 'Firefly' Dominates All Day Cinemas" - Boxoffojo;"'Firefly' Sets Off Japanese Movie-Watching Boom" - Yahoo Entertainment;"'Firefly' Hits 1.8 Billion Global Box Office" - Sina.com...... The interstellar cowboys have perfectly proved themselves to be the commercial level of "Harry Potter 1", "Titanic", and "Spirited Away", and according to analysis, it is expected to become the fourth film in history to break the box office of 20 billion yen, which is equivalent to 177 million US dollars if the current exchange rate of 1$=112.5?. And now the box office of "Firefly" is 615.8 million in North America, 981.3 million overseas, and 1.5971 billion US dollars worldwide, firmly occupying the second place in world film history.

Naturally, this continues to attract reports and speculation from the media in various countries that have followed it all the way, how far can it go? Paul Degallabe's assessment to the media is: "1.6 billion is definitely no problem, and the probability is 90% that it can break through the 1.7 billion mark, I hope that Miracle Young will wake up and see all this soon." ”

"Give Magic Yang a complete surprise!" "Fans also think so, in addition to mobilizing their relatives and friends who have not yet watched "Firefly" to experience it, IMDB's TOP250 list fan war, the interstellar cowboy side has once again injected a tenacious force, despite the siege of all the films, it has not been pulled off the altar, and coupled with the continuous influx of new forces in Asia, "Firefly" continues to maintain a super high score of 9.5 (615,821 rating users) firmly at the top of the list, " The Godfather and The Shawshank Redemption both ranked next with a score of 9.1.

"Firefly" on Rotten Tomatoes also maintains a super high word-of-mouth evaluation, with a review freshness of 95%/98% (211/221), and audience liking continues to be unbeatable at 98% (861,412 rating users).

However, not every movie is so strong, they can't even reach half or one-third of the strong, such as "Escape from Clone Island" and "Top Secret Flight", and there are almost a few more big bad movies in the action genre this summer, even if the blockbuster "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is full of rotten stinky tomatoes, if there is no superstar effect of "Brangelina", it is very likely that it will not even be a blockbuster. So the media and the public really can't find a reason to be optimistic about "League of Assassins", will this 100 million production cost action blockbuster become another big bad movie?

Flame Movie uses "League of Assassins" to tell the world what it means to "use people boldly", and it is nothing to adapt the script by the rising star Chris Morgan, and the amazing results of "Furious Speed" are obvious to all; there are as many as 15 people in the producer column, creating a pure popcorn commercial film in the precise way of each person's strengths, and Zhang Jiazhen, who has cooperated with John Woo for many years and has recently "smashed three times in a row", only has planning work, which seems to be reasonable; then again, why did the director use the declining John Woo?

Why does the heroine use the declining Halle Berry? Mark Miller's comic book "League of Assassins" FOX is indeed her, but isn't her "Catwoman" decrepit enough? The male protagonist is another nobody who doesn't know who James McAvoy is, and the entire cast is only a little better than Morgan Freeman.

was originally a combination of decline and decline, and this movie has been very low-key, from casting preparation to filming to release, it has not created any eye-catching topics, or its light has been completely overshadowed by the same company's "Kung Fu Panda" and "Firefly". The flame movie takes the route of a small number of high-quality products, and the attention of fans and fans is still stuck in the stop of "Firefly", no one knows what the idea of the flame is, is there so much money that there is no place to spend it?

In fact, of course not, the publicity work of "League of Assassins" has not stopped in an orderly manner, but just like the lack of sensation of ordinary commercial blockbusters, the flame seems to be "proud of decline", and even played the slogan "It's time" for the film, do you believe that John Woo and Halle Berry will turn over?

Some people in the media believe and some don't, but no one dares to ignore a huge X-factor in the credits, Executive-Producer: Wang Yang, the reason why he is called the X-factor is precisely because he seems to be in the hands of bad luck now...... On Friday, August 5, the sixth day of Wang Yang's coma, "League of Assassins", which had a series of declining halos on his head, officially landed in 3,105 North American theaters and was not released simultaneously worldwide.

"Jan, dear, wake up! Jan, Please, wake up—"

Feeling someone kissing his face gently, a burst of very familiar lips touched, and a faint voice full of love, "Jesse!" Wang Yanghuo opened his eyes, quickly got up and looked left and right, only to see that there was a dead silence in the spacious living room, except for Danny curled up on the edge of the sofa and sleeping, no one was there!"Damn!" He pinched his forehead blankly, and couldn't help but gasp for breath, it had been more than two months! He found that he was still alive until now, what a miracle.

At first, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, what had happened? He seemed to have just returned from his trip to Asia after "Firefly", but he couldn't remember a large part of his memory in the middle, and the whole world suddenly became like this!

"Danny, get up! Get ready for today's release. Wang Yang stroked Danny's neck to wake it up, and walked to the kitchen, on the other hand, the scene of this world gave him a sense of déjà vu, "Desert Island Aftermath"? He had already felt that crazy taste, fortunately with Danny as his companion, he didn't need to find a basketball to be "Wilson"; and then he finally thought about it, he was also very strange that his thinking ability was like missing a big piece, and some things suddenly realized "Something is wrong!", anyway, this is a zombie crisis type of world.

"Resident Evil", "Night of the Living Dead", "Deus Ex Maniac", "28 Days of Shock" ...... Wang Yang came to the kitchen and took a deep look at the memo paper pasted on the refrigerator, "Yang is back", he smiled faintly, opened the refrigerator and took out milk ham and other food. None of those films are quite alike, but they are very much like Richard Matheson's I Am Legend, which has been brought to the big screen twice, in "The Last Man on Earth" (1964) and "The Last Man" (1971).

Before he went to school at USC, Wang Yang had watched those two movies a long time ago, but he remembered that there seemed to be a third time? Was there a third time? I can't think clearly, anyway, I don't know what the hell the reason is, he entered a world like "I Am Legend" where only one normal human is left, is this a dream? But everything is so real! He can read books and watch movies, he can exercise and think, but there is always a sense of wrongness, he feels trapped in one place.

"Toot toot-" The melodious blues harmonica sound exudes sadness, Santa Monica Beach only has the waves and the sea breeze and the harmonica sound to break the silence, Wang Yang sits on the beach, looking at the sea and blowing this song "Castle in the Sky" from time to time, from time to time with Danny running around to play a game of toss and catch, a sense of loneliness hits and then begins to erode his body and mind, the whole earth is no one except zombies!FUCK!!He really wants someone to talk to! I really want to see my family...... Sometimes, Wang Yang would think, "How about trying to die?" "Will it go anywhere?" But what if his family is somewhere in this world? "Oh my God!" he jerked himself up and shouted excitedly, "yes, why don't I leave Los Angeles?" and go to other cities to see San Francisco?"

"Woo woo!" Suddenly, Danny roared and barked like madness and rushed to the shop on the edge of the beach, Wang Yang didn't have time to stop it, but he knew that there were zombies lurking in the dark corners of the building at any time, and he ran after it in a hurry: "Danny!!Stop, Danny-"

I saw Danny rushing into a drink shop at a gallop, Wang Yang's heart suddenly tightened and lifted violently: "Danny ......" The dog screamed in the drink store, and before he could run away from the beach, Danny escaped, its body was full of bloody scars, and ran in a panic: "Oh woo woo......" Wang Yang froze with his mouth open, he knew that he was bound to be infected with the virus by the zombies! He squatted down and hugged Danny, who was trembling, his eyes were suddenly moist, and he shouted and cursed: " FUCK, fuck!FUCK - Danny, oh my god!!FUCK - "

It's August 6th, Wang Yang's coma is on the seventh day, and the likelihood of him waking up recently is getting lower and lower, one of the reasons is that this morning's examination found that his cerebral cortex activity is still not improving.

"Toot, toot, toot-" UCLA Medical Center, in the spacious and elegant suite ward, Jessica on the side of the bed is holding a blues harmonica with both hands and playing it at will, she actually only knows half of the harmonica, or he taught, Chinese people either learn the violin or learn the piano, according to his previous words, the harmonica was bought by Wang's mother and stuffed to him, so that he can learn a musical instrument by himself, so as not to say that he will not cultivate his musical talent in the future, but his talent is limited, and he is only half a bucket of water for so many years.

Thinking about the bits and pieces of Jan's life with her, Jessica smiled sweetly, turned her head to look at his sleeping face, played the harmonica one after another, and laughed again: "Honey, you ignore me again, I'll go to the amusement park and call Prince Charming to come and kiss you and wake you up......"

"Jessica, I'll call Ali and Erin and you to go out for a walk tonight, and I'll talk to Jan in an hour. Joshua knocked on the door and walked in with a suggestion. Jessica glanced at her brother and shook her head without thinking: "No need, I'm fine, I don't want to leave him." She wanted to see Jan wake up with her own eyes, and she wanted him to see her as soon as he woke up, not the doctors, nurses, no one else, and she knew he wanted that too, and besides, the time to wake him up was that hour?

"I understand, but ...... We all want you to allow yourself to relax, just for an hour!Jessica, hey!" Joshua scratched her head in annoyance, don't look at her as if she was very happy all day, it was just a forced smile, this week does not include the necessary bathroom time, she has not left Wang Yang ten meters away! Joshua didn't know how to persuade him, he smiled bitterly: "Maybe Yang will wake up tomorrow, but you can't hold back all day today, look at you, how many pounds have you lost this week? You can't do this." ”

Jessica's eyes quickly turned cold, there was no smile on her face, and Joshua's cold appearance made Joshua shudder, and she heard her faint voice: "What do you think I can do? You don't understand, you all are." The most relaxed and happiest way for me to be with Young, I don't even want to leave for a minute, you know?" When I couldn't see him, she was not only depressed and uncomfortable, but she was flustered and relaxed? Jessica's voice became colder: "Maybe you think he won't wake up tomorrow, but I think he'll wake up soon! I'm calling him now, please go away." ”

"OK......" Joshua was most worried that she would become depressed, and since she thought it was best now, then ...... He nodded and left the room in silence.

Stroking Wang Yang's thinner face, Jessica has long been determined, the scenes of suffering from acute nephritis last year are vivid, he takes meticulous care of her, and does everything possible to make her happy every day, not to mention this matter? From childhood, reunion in the cinema, love, cohabitation, marriage, and childbirth...... Thinking about everything, Jessica's tears suddenly fell on the harmonica, and she would always be with him, trying to make him sober, this is her life.

After thinking quietly for a while, Jessica clenched her fists and puffed up: "Come on!" She put down the harmonica and continued to try a variety of other sounds, shaking wind chimes and rattles and other instrumental music, and playing some classic clips of classic movies on TV, including his favorite "Cinema Paradiso", "Forrest Gump", etc., "What about this?", "So how about this?", "Not yet, then this!"...... She then went on to show some DV video clips of his daily life.

"Don't move, don't move...... Can you get Danny rolling?"

In the TV screen against the wall of the ward, Jessica squatted under the plane tree with a smile, teasing Danny who turned up her belly, she smiled and said: "Of course, I can still make it dance, I taught it to dance! Danny, isn't it?" Wang Yang's laughter came from outside the screen: "Then let it dance, maybe Danny can star in a dog song and dance movie! Danny, dance!" Jessica clapped her hands and encouraged Danny, who was lazy on the ground: "Dance!" Wang Yang dragged out his voice: "I am the director...... Man, you're auditioning right now! You're missing out on being a big star, one last time, dancing?"

"My dear, how should we be parents?" Jessica suddenly got up with great interest, and Wang Yang asked, "What?"

Jessica smiled: "Baby! Look at Danny is not well-behaved, we spoil it too much! I wonder if any of us are in the baby's place, very majestic!GOOD-COP, BAD-COP?" SHE SMILED TOOTHILY AND PRETENDED TO BE VICIOUS, AT THIS TIME WANG YANG TURNED THE DV CAMERA AT HERSELF, FROWNED AND BIT HER LIP TO THINK, AND IMMEDIATELY GOT A DEFINITE ANSWER: "I'M A GOOD COP!" JESSICA REALLY GLARED FIERCELY: "NO! WHY YOU, I WANT TO BE A GOOD COP!" ...... "Haha!", "Don't, get out of here!", "I'll beat you to death!", "Domestic violence!HELP!", ...... "Woo, ahhh......" Off-screen TV, Jessica covered her sour nose and endured her uncontrollable crying, her red eyes welled up with tears, if he was too lazy to sleep, then she would do her job as a good cop and a bad cop.

At this time, the DV short film that continued to play suddenly sounded Danny's bark: "Wang-woo-" Wang Yang and Jessica, who were only playing and playing at the time, ignored it, so Danny kept barking: "Wang-Wang, Wang-" Wang Yang, who was lying on the hospital bed, suddenly moved his lips, "Wang-Wang, Wang-" His brows furrowed, and suddenly let out a painful sigh: "Oh-......"

"Jan!!" Jessica's heart pounded, and Huo Di turned her head to look, was it a delusion? or ......

(To be continued)