"Ghost Record" did not win the third consecutive week of championship, after April 15-21, it ranked third this week with a box office of 15.21 million US dollars, and the total box office in North America rose to 94.84 million, according to this box office downward trend, 110 million in North America could not be received, but there was no problem in entering the 100 million yuan club.

Another newly released horror film "Devil Crying God" took over the championship with a box office of 29.6 million in the first week, and the production cost of 19 million has the participation of five companies: Dimen, MGM, Lianmei, Baijinsha Dune, and Radar Color Map. MGM, who is in charge of the North American distribution, was not disappointed, and finally fought a beautiful battle, although the freshness of 24%/21%, and the liking of 64%, which can be regarded as a rave reviews, and driven by the market of "Ghost 3", it has the potential to break 100 million at the global box office.

"Devil Cries God Howl" was originally Chloe Moretz's famous work, and now with her starring in "Ghost 3", there is naturally another little girl who auditioned and performed successfully.

The second place this week belongs to the fiasco "Sahara Cavalry", with a box office of 16.57 million in the second week, announcing the death of this blockbuster, while "Sin City", which received another 8.92 million, ranks fifth, with 63.53 million in 21 days, indicating that it has no hope of breaking 100 million at the North American box office.

"Kung Fu" in 22nd place continues to perform in 7 theaters, and continues to perform well at $51,308 per unit, this $20 million cost Chinese film has received rave reviews, with a freshness of 90%/85% on Rotten Tomatoes and an audience liking rating of 86%.

Andrew Sun of The Hollywood Reporter said: "A profoundly delirious, nonsensical (silly) and magnificent combination, Stephen Chow, the king of comedy from Hong Kong, has taken the kung fu comedy genre to a hilarious new level. The Dallas Morning News' Chris Vognall said, "If you're not feeling entertained, it's time to sober yourself up a bit." Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Albert said, "When I saw it at the Sundance Film Festival, I wrote that it was 'like a party with Jackie Chan and Buster Keaton (the famous smiling man) with Quentin Tarantino and Binny Rabbit,' and watching this kind of film will satisfy you everything." ”…… For the good situation of "Kung Fu", the producer and distributor Sony/Columbia is very happy, and the flame movie that doesn't seem to even have a relationship with the neighbor is also very happy, because "Kung Fu Panda" will be released in May and "Firefly" will be released in June, both of which can be called kung fu action movies, especially "Kung Fu Panda" with the title "Kung-Fu". A live-action movie serves as a warm-up.

Unfortunately, if "Kung Fu" had been released by Flame Films, they would have been stingy with the promotion, and it would have been more likely to achieve the box office success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" than to test the waters and make a fortune as it is now.

The success of "Kung Fu" allows Stephen Chow to continue to maintain his Sony/Columbia celebrity status, Columbia certainly intends to start a new film cooperation plan with him, and Flame Films has also initially received Stephen Chow's consent to star in "The Green Hornet" with Jim Carrey;

Recently, Flame Films has purchased a number of adaptations and scripts to add to its own film library, including the adaptation rights of British writer Christopher Priest's famous book "Deadly Magic" to carry out the film project, and the other is the film rights to "The Green Hornet", whose creators George Trendell and Fran Stricker's family agreed to the adaptation of the flame.

Who are you looking to adapt and direct "The Green Hornet"? After understanding, Wang Yang and Huo knew that Stephen Chow was a relatively arrogant person, the kind of "tyrant" who had a high degree of control and a bad temper during creation and production. There is no shortage of such filmmakers in Hollywood, such as "Hollywood's scariest man" James Cameron, who scolds and cries actors on the set is just commonplace. However, a genre like "The Green Hornet", where Eastern and Western cultures collide, will definitely produce a lot of contradictions and differences, and Colombia originally suffered this bitter fruit, and the creative differences led to Stephen Chow's complete withdrawal, and the good "Green Hornet" plan broke up unhappily.

or made it clear from the beginning that he was "just the starring" and did not let Stephen Chow participate in the creative process of screenwriting and directing, but the reason why he only agreed tentatively at present is that he doesn't like this way of cooperation, he wants to write and direct, and he wants to control the movie.

Another big name, Jim Carrey, has never been interested in directing, and has only participated in the script writing of the 1990 TV series "Vivid Colors" and the 1994 "Detective Plane Head"; This time in "The Green Hornet", he said that he only needs to lead the actor and nothing else, so he will either hand over the leadership of creation to Stephen Chow and his team and trust them, and strangle all contradictions in the cradle.

Stephen Chow is also a die-hard fan of Bruce Lee, and has his own unique opinions and feelings about "The Green Hornet", and "acting as an idol to become famous" is also the reason why a tyrant wants to agree to "just starring", and tyrants often have a stubborn trait, they never want to be so-so, and he must go all out for "The Green Hornet".

It's just that considering the cultural differences between the East and the West, and considering that the 2009 version of "Dragon Ball" with Stephen Chow as a producer was a mess, no matter which plan, "The Green Hornet" needs a gold medal producer with rich production experience and high commercial ability.

This week's documentary "Yao Next Year," which was released in 12 theaters, ranked 67th and received $33,345, an average of 2,779 yuan per person.

“DIRECTED-BY：YOUNG-ANG，RITTEN-BY：YOUNG-ANG&JOSS-HEDON，PRODUCED-BY：YOUNG-ANG、JOSS-HEDON……”

As the last shot of the theatrical version of "Firefly" was broadcast, a leisurely and sad ending music sounded in the screening room, and the small screen screen also entered the acting role, director, screenwriter, and producer...... There was a crisp and enthusiastic applause from the audience in the screening room, Joss Wheddon, Valley Pfister, Jenn Kezmerik, Hans Zimmer, Margaret Goodspeed, Lee Smith, Sean Walsh, Kevin Cavanaff ...... "Great!" All the creators of "Firefly" gathered here, and at this time they are giving applause and praise to young directors, maybe other films have a lot of uncertainty, and this one they cast together is a well-deserved classic! Joss Whedon wiped his moist eyes, still immersed in the artistic conception of the movie, so complex and profound, but well organized, and finally ushered in the fatal blow, he exclaimed: "TOP...... It's incredible. ”

Valey Pfister looked at Jenn and Hans, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up, no matter whether the artistic conception of the picture is static or moving, the music is always so pleasant and touching, and the director's intention is said with music, especially the battle and ending of the new Shanxi in the last part, which makes people's hearts hold all the time, excited and sad, he praised: "The soundtrack brings out the picture to the fullest!"

"Thank you, but in fact we want to thank you!" Hans Zimmer also praised, so real and amazing special effects, explosive fights, and beautiful pictures that can be frozen into a picture, all this is really ...... As a serious German, he couldn't help but praise: "This will be the best sci-fi film of the year!"

"OK, guys!" Seeing that they were still complimenting each other, Wang Yang stopped numbly, he clapped his palms vigorously, and said with a smile: "It's done, thank you for your efforts! Everyone suddenly said without modesty: "Of course!", "Director, I don't think you need to worry. "It's easy to distinguish between good movies and bad movies, we are not blind. "It's a classic of classics. "It's so fascinating! to the depths of my heart!"...... Wang Yang shook his head and sighed while looking at the rolling credits on the screen: "Do you know? ”

The production cost of "Firefly", which has been completed in all aspects, is fixed at more than 190 million, of which the highest proportion is naturally the salary and special effects costs, it is not a pseudo-blockbuster, but a real super blockbuster, with the top and most open visual enjoyment of this era.

THIS IS THANKS TO THE IMAX CAMERA AND ITS LARGE FORMAT, WHICH ALSO ALLOWS "FIREFLY" TO BE RELEASED IN ORDINARY THEATERS IN ADDITION TO ORDINARY THEATERS, AND WILL ALSO BE PRINTED IN 65MM FILM TO 70MM AND 35MM FILM TO ADJUST THE ASPECT RATIO OF THE SCREEN, LANDING IN IMAX GIANT SCREEN THEATERS AROUND THE WORLD. Although there are less than 100 in North America, its ticket prices are expensive, the attendance rate is high, and if it works well, it will be a big gain, and the IMAX concept is one of the promotional stunts of "Firefly".

It's not a documentary! The first live-action movie to use IMAX! As long as the audience hears it, whether it's a good movie or a bad movie, "Firefly" is already different.

Because of "let's go see a movie tonight?", a large part of the audience who walked into the movie theater looked up the selection on the computer before leaving, or directly faced the poster wall of the theater to choose, which one has IMAX, this one does not have IMAX, who knows what IMAX is? However, it is better to have technology than not to have it, don't you know if you have seen it? So they made a choice: "Watch "Firefly". ”

Of course, if a conceptual gimmick develops to the point of overflow, no mystery, no trust, and fed up, the audience will be disgusted, for example, when pseudo-3D is proliferating, maybe printing a row of bright red "NOT-3D" on the poster is more popular.

There are nearly 2 months left before the global release date of "Firefly" on June 17, but Flame Movie has sent it to the MPAA for grading review as soon as possible, and Wang Yang's most important work at hand is over, and now in addition to participating in the promotion of "Firefly", he is only waiting for the moment when the results are harvested.

"Ghost Record 3" has no business, only Lionsgate did some interview photography when he was making the DVD, and "Kung Fu Panda", "League of Assassins", and "Brokeback Mountain" that he participated in were all completed, and they were as busy promoting and waiting for the release of "Firefly". On the other side of the screen, "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-grade Elementary School Student?" has its own production team, which has a stable rating of about 20 million, and he doesn't need to worry about it; he also left the main creative team for the third season of "Prison Break" and only worked as a planning consultant; and the second season of "The Big Bang Theory" will continue to maintain the position of the top leader.

Summer is coming, Wang Yang seems to have become idle, or he was too busy before, and now he has more time and mind to accompany his beloved wife who is "waiting to give birth", as well as to carry out new film projects.

"Hi Jan. ”

In the spacious and bright living room, seeing this caller number, Wang Yang on the sofa was quite strangely stunned, and while picking up the remote control to turn down the volume of the TV, he connected the mobile phone: "Hi, Helen." Helen over there greeted him calmly and asked, "Are you watching the game?" TNT channel on the TV screen is broadcasting an NBA playoff game: Houston Rockets vs Dallas Mavericks, the first game of the series, the two teams are in similar state today, and the Rockets are currently leading by a small score in the fourth quarter.

"yes, haha! Are you watching it too? T-MAC is really good today. Wang Yang looked at the TV screen happily, of course, he supported the Rockets 100 percent, not to mention Yao Ming's factor, he was happy to see Mark Cuban jumping up and down in a hurry! He suddenly exclaimed: "Oh my God! This action doesn't blow a foul! Damn! What a shit referee! It's been like this all night, is this a black whistle? Oh my God!"

"Wait, Jan, there's something I want to tell you. Helen over there laughed helplessly, and Wang Yang couldn't help but come back to his senses: "That's right, you call me...... What's the matter?" Helen's faint voice with happiness came from the phone: "Jan, I'm getting married." ”

I'm getting married? I'm getting married? Wang Yang felt like he was being drenched in cold or hot water for a moment, his head flicked, and his eyes really left the screen NBA world, he shouted loudly: "Get married! Wow!" He touched the back of his head and laughed: "Congratulations! Wow! Congratulations! Who is that guy? Wow, who is that guy? You really can do it!" His mood was happy, excited, messy, and it was certain that his heart was beating faster: "Who is that guy? He's a good guy?"

Helen said a few words reluctant to elaborate: "Yes, my classmate at Stanford, Chinese, is not as handsome as you, but cute." Wang Yang sighed, she just likes Asians, doesn't she, he smiled: "Tell me his name, and I'll tell my friends in San Francisco to help you keep an eye on him! If he dares to split his legs, he will be put in a burlap bag and thrown down the Golden Gate Bridge the next day." Helen didn't laugh, but said solemnly: "Don't make such jokes! You know I don't like it, he's a good guy, a hard-working man, we love each other very much, that's all." ”

“OK。 Wang Yang nodded, knowing that her style was never wordy, and asked, "When is the wedding?" I can't wait to get to know him. He also informed Helen when she got married last year, but she said on the phone that she didn't want to attend, so as not to upset the bride Jessica, but now he really wanted to see Helen in her wedding dress, and he didn't feel embarrassed, he added: "Of course, I'm just your normal high school classmate, and I'm sitting there." ”

"Alright, Jan, I didn't mean to invite you. Helen over there refused, she smiled and said: "He knows what happened to me and you before, he can't hide it, so many friends have witnessed us, it's really not a good thing to have a famous high school boyfriend......" Her complaining tone made Wang Yang very surprised, Helen said seriously: "But you don't need to come to my wedding, you will put pressure on him and make my marriage with him an additional unstable factor, that's not fun, you know." ”

Wang Yang didn't know what to say, Helen suddenly took a deep breath: "And...... I don't want to see you sitting there. She laughed a few times and said, "I'm not as cool as you think, I've never been!" You understand? When you went to USC, I was angry, I was sad, but I waited for you, an hour, a day, a week, a month, I waited for your call, what did you give me? I cried for months! Goodbye! Jan. ”

"What, wait......" Wang Yang opened his mouth wide in complete froze, what did she say?!I'm waiting for you?, he disappointed her?...... Actually, she's not that cool, is she? He couldn't help but take a deep breath when the past came flooding back, "Why did you tell me?"

"Because I know you, and I know that you will remember this, and you will not be reconciled. Helen's voice softened, as if he had thought she was trying to coax him: "But baby, do you understand? There are no losers in that love, we are all losers." Wang Yang pursed his lips, and couldn't stop his heart from surging: "I know, I already know recently, we all played badly at that time." Helen immediately laughed: "If you understand, then, goodbye!"

Wang Yang didn't say goodbye, and suddenly said, "Helen, I'm going to be a father this year." Helen said with a smile, happily blessing: "Congratulations! It seems that my call is just in time? Good luck to you!" Wang Yang smiled and said thank you, Helen smiled again: "You want to be a father, haha! You always have to win me one step, right?" Wang Yang smiled and said: "Yes." Helen smiled and said, "You won...... Today's conversation we have, I don't know how you and Jessica are, but sometimes you can't trust a woman's words, not all. ”

"Thanks, I think I can trust her all. ”

Putting down the phone, Wang Yang leaned on the sofa and exhaled a long breath, and couldn't even find the mood to watch the game for a while, in fact, she is not so cool, in fact, she is just a girl, she will be reserved, will talk back, will be duplicitous, and will wait...... What did he do? But it wasn't a pity anymore, and even if he did it again, he would have thought that Helen was that cool and wouldn't make that call, and then he went to the next planet, and that's where he is now, and that's how the world is going.

"Did anyone call? I think I heard you say, 'Get married.'" Just as he was deep in thought, Jessica, dressed in loose casual clothes, walked out of the kitchen with a large bottle of spray cream in her hand, she had always been very sensitive and interested in the word "Marry".

When Wang Yang saw her baby in the womb, her mood suddenly brightened and the sun was shining, not so cool, not so cool, right! Why did this woman go to the kitchen for so long to come out, he glared and asked, "What did you steal again!?" Jessica sat down on the sofa, stretched her stomach, raised the nozzle of the cream bottle to her mouth, and said while spraying: "I just ate a few apples, who is going to get married?" Wang Yang replied: "Uh, Helen, it's my high school girlfriend." ”

Jessica was obviously stunned, her fingers kept pressing the nozzle of the cream bottle, and circles of snow-white cream overflowed from her mouth and her face, and she suddenly sat up straight: "What! she's getting married!"

"Yes!" Wang Yang quickly reached out and grabbed the lump of cream that had been thrown down, and stuffed it into his mouth, it was too sweet! Thinking that the taste and temper of pregnant women would become more elusive, he still chose to speak tactfully: "I won't attend, we told her last year, and she told us." Jessica kept blinking her eyes, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of her mouth, as if she had let go of a big stone in her heart, and she suddenly couldn't help laughing: "Haha! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so happy......"

"I'm sorry for what?" Wang Yang shook his head angrily, hugging her body whose shoulders were trembling with laughter, could it be that this fool cares so much about his ex-girlfriend? It seems that it is really necessary to make such a movie. Jessica smiled and stopped: "I don't know......" She looked at him with a frown: "AM I VERY MEAN?" WANG YANG SHRUGGED WITH A SMILE: "PLEASE! I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN, DON'T BE PRESUMPTUOUS, HELEN IS VERY HAPPY! AND SHE IS NOT YOUR RIVAL IN LOVE, FROM THE SECOND WE MET, YOUR RIVAL IN LOVE, MY RIVAL IN LOVE, EVERYONE IS OUT." ”

Jessica suddenly looked down at herself again, and asked quickly: "Am I fat? Am I fat?" Wang Yang shook his head seriously: "No, you are fine, what's wrong?" Jessica looked excited on a whim: "I want to wear a wedding dress to show you!" Before he could react, she sighed again: "But the waist of that wedding dress is very tight, will it hurt the baby, or forget it......"

"It's okay, you're beautiful now. Wang Yang soothed her stinky beauty that had skyrocketed recently, kissed her on the lips, and picked up the remote control to turn up the volume: "Watch the ball! Watch the ball! Come on, Houston!"

The game was in the final two minutes, and at that point the Mavericks launched a final frantic comeback, and Jason Terry had just hit a three-pointer to revive the Mavericks' hope. With his words, Jessica's attention couldn't help but shift to the ball game, and said in an affirmative tone: "The Mavericks will lose today!" Wang Yang nodded and said, "If it weren't for the referee's help, they would have lost a long time ago...... YES!" Jessica clenched her fists and shouted, "YES! Free throws!haha, look at Mark Cuban's face......!" In the end, the Rockets won 98-86 away from the Mavericks, and two days later, under the continued leadership of Maddy and Yao Ming, the Rockets won the second game of the series 113-111, and the overall lead was 2-0. The Rockets returned to Houston with two away wins and advanced to the second round of the playoffs.

The North American box office list on April 22-28 came to an end, with the newly released "Translation Storm" winning the championship with 29.31 million, "Devil Crying God" ranked second and "Sahara Cavalry" ranked third, and "Ghost Record 3", which entered the fourth week of its release, received another 6.51 million and ranked sixth, and the total North American box office rose to 101.35 million. "Kung Fu," which expanded to 2,503 theaters this week, ranked fifth with 8.6 million, and the impact of poor publicity was highlighted, and analysts predicted that its North American box office is expected to be in the 15 million to 20 million range.

On the 28th, Jessica's birthday, Wang Yang, Joshua and other family and close friends celebrated her together and spent a happy pregnancy birthday together. One of the obvious differences in the birthday of pregnancy is that Jessica almost eats her 24-year-old multi-layered cake by herself, of course, she did it after making a birthday wish: "The baby was born healthy and healthy, "Firefly" was a big success, and the family is happy every day!"

In May, "Firefly" successfully passed the MPAA review and received the predetermined rating target PG-13, which means that it is aimed at almost all age groups, and in this month of the official start of the summer vacation, the animated film "Kung Fu Panda" led by the flame movie is about to debut.

(To be continued)