The North American weekly box office champion from August 12-18 belongs to "League of Assassins", which took advantage of the box office trend of -35.7%, and it won the honor with 35.42 million US dollars (3155 theaters average 11,226, +50 per theater), and the total box office rose to 90.53 million to the satisfaction of Flame Films, and FF won another championship this summer.

The four new films on Rotten Tomatoes this week are all fresh and rotten, the worst "Han Zhi Dancing Man 2" is only 9%, and the highest 52% "Four Brothers" has a good performance, with an average of 30.63 million in a single theater to win the runner-up; in the ninth week, "Firefly" finally fell out of the 10 million level in a single week, and this week it only collected 7.16 million box office (1861 theaters average $3,847 per theater, box office trend -45.5% , -789).

The total North American box office of 636.13 million is enough to surpass the classic "S series" "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), and after adjusting for inflation, it rises to 12th place in North American film history!

"Firefly" is only a gap of more than 5 million US dollars from the classic Disney animation "101 Dalmatians" (1961), which ranks 11th in film history, and according to the normal downward trend, it is not doubtful that another 5 million will be added before the whole offline painting, and it is only a matter of time before it breaks through to 11th place. However, "Firefly" is more than 63 million behind the 10th place "the world's first sound color cartoon" "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), and the media know that 11th place is the limit of the "interstellar cowboy storm".

"It's a shame!" Tea361 said, "I'd love to see Jan and Firefly in the top 10 of this record." "Why was 1937 so valuable?" Jones said...... The message board of the box office report is full of regrets, which is really a big pity! Just because there are more and more channels for people to watch movies, they have to stay in the 11th place overall, and the science fiction movies are ranked third after "Star Wars" and "ET the Extra-Terrestrial". Maybe "Firefly" is the pinnacle of Wang Yang's life, even if not, the next time I can see him perform so crazy, I don't know how long it will take, 5 years, 10 years? Is there still a chance? "Firefly" seems destined to be full of amazement and sighs.

On the other hand, in the overseas market, Japan maintained a stable and strong weekly championship momentum, -25.8%, and collected another 26.48 million (3.071 billion yen, total box office 12.64 billion); After adding a total of 31.14 million in a week in all regions, the total overseas box office of "Firefly" is 1.0588 billion, and the global box office is 1.69493 billion US dollars, which is about to break through 1.7 billion.

After a week of careful decoration, Wang Yang and Jessica's new home in Palo Alto is a cozy nest in an idyllic style, but the two have been arguing for a long time over the design of the baby room, because the baby room in Los Angeles is rustic, and they don't want to repeat it in their new home.

"I mean, we're going to make it a world of blue, pink, pale green, or whatever, and we're going to put a couple of trees and we're going to have some cute rag dolls. Jessica pointed to the left corner, then walked to the right with a big belly, her face was full of energy, and she said happily: "The bookcase and the utility cabinet are placed here, put those children's books, bedtime storybooks, and toy books in it, we can read to her." ”

Her attitude was still fresh and childish, but Wang Yang, who did not speak, still had other ideas, he watched her walk to the opposite corner of the window, and heard a voice of satisfaction and approval: "The crib is placed here! So that the sun can shine on the baby, and she can also look at the scenery outside." ”

"Yes, but what's the difference between that and the pastoral style?" Wang Yang seriously disagreed, and Jessica turned her head to look: "Of course there is a difference, this is a modern style." Wang Yang shook his head in disregard, looking around and thinking about something. When it comes to parenting, Jessica has absolute confidence and domineering, what does he know, what does a baby need is a safe, quiet, comfortable and beautiful environment, those messy ideas are not the time! Jessica was a little annoyed: "Don't ruin my plan, don't force me to do it." ”

"I'm so scared...... Wang Yang replied casually, suddenly snapped his fingers, and said with great joy: "There you have it! We want science fiction! That genre is called ...... It's also a modern style, haha!" Jessica came over suspiciously: "You mean?" Wang Yang reached out and put his arm around her shoulder, and said with a detailed smile: "You know this is the center of Silicon Valley, we should build a high-tech baby room to let the baby know the difference." Jessica seemed to feel justified and nodded her head, "And then?"

"First of all, the ceiling looks like the universe is full of stars, so let's just open a skylight! Wang Yang took Jessica to the position of the crib she had just planned, gestured to the placement of the telescope, and said happily: "I also want to hang a large spaceship toy in the air, which can be swayed around! But for the sake of safety, it can't run into the crib." ”

Jessica's face finally softened a little, and the plan returned to the qualified line; Wang Yang, who was immersed in the idea, was unconscious, and continued: "Of course, the crib should also be sci-fi! The nutrition cabin and nutrition pipeline don't seem to be very cool...... We can order a futuristic streamlined sports car-style crib and the baby will sleep in the driver's seat. He looked at her smiling face, happy to be supported, and smiled: "There's a cool idea! Let's buy a stereo projector, the screen is arranged on the wall over there, and we can usually play some animals, cartoons, ......."

"Can the baby sit in a sports car and see the three-dimensional effect?" Jessica couldn't help but interrupt him, like a group of dolphins jumping in the air? That's pretty cool!, she then asked, "What kind of technology is there now?" Wang Yang nodded thoughtfully, and said softly, "But you need to wear 3D glasses." Thinking of the baby's funny appearance of wearing a red and blue glasses all day, Jessica burst out laughing and leaned on his shoulder as if she were standing unsteadily: "Haha! honey, you are a very special man. ”

"Thank you. Wang Yangquan kissed her commendatorily, looking at her coquettish posture of laughing and laughing, he couldn't help laughing, patted her buttocks, and said with a smile: "Okay! Forget about stereoscopic projection first, high-tech is more than that......

Jessica shouted and walked up to him, looked into his eyes, and said seriously with her hands around her chest: "Isn't it better to be like this?" Anyway, we still have a bedroom vacant, you go and design it as a high-tech baby room, I will design this place in the style of Jessica pie, and let the baby choose where to stay in the future." Wang Yang also thinks this is a good idea, after arguing for a long time, the difference in the layout of the wedding room was not so big, but he had a question: "When the baby can't speak, how to choose?"

"Hah!" Jessica couldn't help but reveal the conspiracy in advance: "Since the baby is underage, her mother chooses the ...... for her" She smiled and showed two rows of teeth: "And her mother's choice is, country style!"

Wang Yang laughed disdainfully, turned around and walked out of the room: "I'm sure the baby will enjoy going to the 'Future Technology World' for a vacation." Jessica in the back looked at his back and shouted angrily, "She won't!" Wang Yang danced and shouted, "Let's wait and see, she will!Everyone loves 3D-" ...... Throughout the weekend, Wang Yang spent a lot of time on the specific design of his baby room, and on the other hand, Jessica also worked hard to decorate her baby room, in fact, her due date is in December, and the baby will be born in the world in a few months. After the weekend, in the alternation of "ACTION!" and "CUT!", Wang Yang continued to lead the crew of "500 Days with Shamo" to shoot work, while asking about other affairs by phone, like a high-speed engine.

The crew is shrouded in a bright atmosphere and a wonderful rhythm, although it is a fast operation, it bursts out with high efficiency, everyone is full of enthusiasm and does a good job, every day passes, it means that one shot after another, one scene after another is completed.

"The flame is aimed at the Korean film "Old Boy" to remake it into a Hollywood version. ", ""Firefly" broke 1.7 billion at the global box office", "Amanda Seyfried joined "Mamma Mia" and was praised by Magic Young", "Warner Bros. revealed that it will reach a number of cooperation agreements with Fire Films in the near future", "Wang Yang appeared on the cover of the American version of "Time" again, and the title praised it for changing the world", "Wang Yang and his friends went out on the street", "Studio Express: Wang Yang and Natalie Portman had an intimate conversation", "Star Street Photography: Wang Yang and Jessica Alba supermarket shopping", "Because of "Batman's Time to War" Loss, Warner Bros. Vice President of Production Dan-Lin resigns", "Lin Yibin is about to sign "The Dark Knight", "The father of Chainsaw directs the American version of "Old Boy"?", "Flame buys the rights to "Marley and Me", and the film adaptation is scheduled to be released for Christmas 2007"...... When August 19-25 passed, the penultimate North American box office weekly champion of this summer was born, won by the critically acclaimed R-rated new comedy "Forty-year-old Old Virgin" with 32.29 million, another new thriller and suspense film "Red Eye" took the runner-up with 22.27 million, and the third week of "League of Assassins" won 15.79 million (-54.4% ranked third, and the total box office soared to 106.3 million, entering the 100 million yuan club at the same time, it also broke the name of John Woo and Halle Berry as box office poison.

After adding 4.2 million North American box office and 18.65 million overseas box office, the global box office of "Firefly", which ended its tenth week, rose to $1.7177 billion, continuing to shock the world in its own way.

However, a sudden disaster has attracted the attention of the global media in the United States, and the National Hurricane Center of the United States released the news that the No. 12 tropical depression has formed over the southeast waters of the Bahamas on August 23, which intensified into tropical storm Katrina on the morning of the 24th, continued to strengthen into a hurricane on the 25th, and landed in Florida in the evening of the same day. Evacuation, disaster relief, chaos, destruction, state of emergency, economic loss, plunge in the stock market and crude oil futures market, crisis...... Far away California is naturally not directly affected, and there are certain regional and cultural differences in various states in the United States, and the social atmosphere and appearance of the coastal, New England, California, southern and central regions are different, and the picture of the current anarchic New Orleans is dazzling.

Work and life will not stop, but there will be no less discussion about Hurricane Katrina on the set of "500 Days with Shamo", or sympathy or blessing or pain or sigh or indignation, there are people who are indignant at the Bush administration's ineffective disaster prevention and relief, of course, there is indignation full of chaos and despair in the hard-hit area of New Orleans, rioters committed murder, robbery, rape and other crimes, the seriously injured died like flies, and the whole city seemed to be hell on earth...... "I really think you are so right, now is a better world." During the filming break, Wang Yang talked about the disaster with Natalie and Joseph, and Natalie explained: "I'm not talking about hurricanes, I'm saying that people should learn to cherish the beauty in front of them, and I can't ask for anything." Everyone nodded in agreement, believing that many people now have this sigh, seeing all kinds of tragic disasters, they can't help but have a feeling of "it was good before".

Looking at the staff carrying the photographic equipment over there, Wang Yang recalled the coma incident not long ago, although Los Angeles and New Orleans in the dream world are two different apocalyptic cities, but except for loneliness, the kind of dazed pain and fear may not be much different, he shook his head and sighed: "I hate disasters, all! That feeling of the end of the world and death is too bad, especially when you have your own family." He looked at a few people, and he was the only one who had a family, but the more he thought about it, the more angry he became: "Think about my parents, in order to protect my family, I can do everything, don't those scum have families? Damn it!"

In the past two days, everyone has been denouncing and scolding so much that their mouths are tired, but what is the use, the help they can is the consistent disaster relief donation.

Natalie nodded, and suddenly asked, "Do you have any plans for "I Am Legend"?" Now that the eyes of the world are in the disaster area, the attention of film entertainment has of course been greatly reduced, but the fans and people in the non-disaster area also have a normal life, and countless people have invariably contacted the rumors that Wang Yang is going to shoot "I Am Legend", even if it is not, there is an apocalyptic theme, and it just happened to encounter such a serious disaster, what does he think?

"Nothing to do, business as usual. At this sensitive moment, Wang Yang did not speak much in public except for blessings and prayers, he has already realized the huge influence of his daughter, "I Am Legend" is not released tomorrow, it will not have any impact, if it happens to encounter a disaster at that time, I hope there will be nothing. Wang Yang pondered and said, "You know, as I just said, disasters not only bring suffering, but also let us know how to cherish life and think about some things. In fact, these feelings and thoughts can be brought by apocalyptic movies, and everyone walks out of the cinema happily, this is the charm of movies, I have always thought so. ”

"That's right. Natalie and Joseph silently said yes, Wang Yang got up from the director's chair and walked to the camera: "Hurry up and read the script, work hard!"

When it comes to disaster movies, he can't help but think that in recent years, it has really been a feeling of more and more disasters, Hurricane "Jenny" hit Haiti in October last year, resulting in more than 3,000 deaths, and the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami at the end of December killed nearly 300,000 people. The story of the draft script takes place in San Francisco in 2000, and now the third draft is in 2012, which seems to be a good year indeed...... From August 26th to September 1st, under the shadow of Hurricane Katrina, "Forty-Year-Old Virgin" won the North American weekly championship with a box office of 23.05 million, and the new fantasy film "Brothers Grimm", which was finally released with a production cost of 88 million after two years of production and multiple rescheduling, suffered a fiasco.

Despite the recent popularity of "Blue Glove" Heath Ledger, and motor Ramon and others, it only received 37%/29%/47% of the three top indicators on Rotten Tomatoes, and 19.69 million first-week box office (3087 theaters average 6,382 per theater), many fans said that it "simply shamed "Firefly", and many independent producers and distributors such as Dimen Pictures, Summit Entertainment, and Miramax can only beat their chests and sigh, but unfortunately there is no magical aura!

In the eleventh week, "Firefly" once again collected 2.25 million North American box office and 12.98 million overseas box office in the closing stage, and the North American film history box office ranking (adjusted for inflation) officially surpassed "101 Dalmatians" to rise to No. 11, and the global box office rose to 1.733 billion US dollars.

At the same time, the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina has become more severe, more heinous atrocities are being committed, and the government has authorized the counter-riot army to shoot the rioters on the spot...... "Let's go out in the sun." Wang Yang picked up the remote control and turned off the TV, and Jessica, whose eyes were moist, didn't want to watch more, she frowned and sighed: "Yang, when you were in a coma last month...... I'm so scared! It's terrible that suddenly a disaster will destroy everything...... I don't want to. Wang Yang hugged her tightly: "So we have to enjoy every day." The two looked at each other and smiled, got up and talked, and walked outside the room.

With the arrival of the new weekend of September 2nd-4th, this noisy 2005 midsummer vacation file has also come to an end.

(To be continued)