"Do you think TDP will have a global box office of more than 400 million? I think it will. ”

Who said this? In front of him, there was also a laughing "LOL" that sneered at the saying that "TDP" would encounter Waterloo, which was absolutely arrogant and confident! Since the war of words broke out, Wang Yang, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly let go of his words and continued to talk without being shocked. Everyone was a little surprised, and he spoke again not to engage in a debate, but to slap the critics in the face.

This kind of remarks is very dangerous, not to mention that the consequences of not being able to do it will definitely be humiliated, and it will become a joke that cannot be erased for a lifetime, and the hosts of various talk shows and award ceremonies will use it to make fun of them; even if they do, they will be suspected of being a madman and a bad boy.

It's not the first time that the 23-year-old Wonder Young has said something similar, although such a clear "400 million" is the first time, but any Will Smith dares to say it with an Oscar, so much so that the words of "10 million viewers" are a big surprise. The scary thing is that his declarations can often be realized, is he arrogant, is he mentally retarded, maybe it's just the truth of "it is", which is one of the reasons why fans are chasing him.

However, "400 million" is different from the previous declarations, those are all self-expectations and goals, no one is involved, no one is harmed, at most it is just a magnifying cannon, and now this time, if "MIT-21-TEAM" is going to have a showdown with Steven Spielberg, or the gossip news made up by the media, then "400 million" is clearly a horse.

"Don't talk nonsense with you, let's wait and see! You don't like it and countless audiences like it, the global box office of "TDP" still exceeds 400 million!"

Compared with the irony of those arguments with different points of view, Wang Yang's box office declaration is more exciting, and it is more popular with the media.

Yahoo Entertainment's headline said: "Amazing Yang is not afraid of "The Lord of the Rings 3", "TDP" focuses on 400 million global box office", Rotten Tomatoes headline: "The war of words escalates, Yang wants to prove magic with 400 million global box office", and BOM headline said: "Amazing Yang's counterattack, 400 million box office rhetoric faces doubts"...... In fact, now both the fans of Magical Yang and the Black have not deceived themselves into thinking that this is a wild talk, because "TDP" has easily won the North American championship in the first week, 74.6852 million, and what about the overseas situation? "Demon", which has been released simultaneously in many places, has also performed strongly and amazingly.

In particular, in several major box office warehouses, the opening results were eye-catching and domineering, with 575 theaters in Germany earning $7.1 million, accounting for 32% of the week's market share, France, one of the filming locations, receiving $6.82 million for 507 screens, accounting for 38%, Italy 4.85 million for 467 screens, accounting for 25%, Australia 4.21 million, 29%, the United Kingdom 6.61 million, Mexico 7.51 million, and Hong Kong 1.05 million...... All overseas markets combined, the first-week result was 48.32 million box office.

The global box office for the week totaled $123 million, with releases scheduled in Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Chinese mainland, Japan and other places.

123 million is still 277 million from the 400 million that has been promised, a very big number, but it is not unachievable, everyone knows that the performance of "TDP" in the second week will play a key role in winning or losing, and "Lord of the Rings 3" ushered in the first weekend two days after the full release.

Last year's "The Hangover", which played against films such as "The Lord of the Rings 2" and "Impunity", frantically collected 617 million, defeating all opponents in terms of cost-benefit ratio, creating a new era of R-rated comedy;

If 400 million is reached, should those idiot film critics kiss his ass?" Anicia-M said in her blog post, and Apana is crazy about "TDP" in Jeffrey Westerhoff's blog post: "You're a pathetic trash!" Dutt-J's words on Wang Yang's blog are sarcastic or what: "Amazing Young, support you!! but don't you think 400 million is too little? 500 million!! ”

At present, Wang Yang's average global box office of each movie is 466 million, with two films exceeding 500 million, and one of 400 million is "Youth Musical" starring Jessica.

"It's so ignorant! In front of Lord of the Rings 3, he will die a miserable death!", "I don't think it will exceed 400 million! I even doubt that it will exceed 200 million. ”…… The critics and blacks continue to sing, and they can only pin their hopes on "Lord of the Rings 3", except for this behemoth, no one can stop the DV kid now, but Westerhoff and other film critics have not spoken for the time being, waiting for the clear situation after the weekend.

Soon the thin calendar on the wall flipped through a few times, and December 19th passed, the 20th passed, and the 21st became history...... "Children of Gondor and Locke! My brother! Maybe one day, humanity will lose its courage, and we will all be defeated by our relatives, but not today! Maybe one day, the jackals will break through the cities of mankind, and the human world will be completely destroyed, but not today! Today we will fight to the death! I command you to fight to the death in the name of everything you hold dear! Warriors of the West!"

In the packed "Lord of the Rings 3" screening room, the audience felt bursts of blood boiling, and many people's eyes were moist, secretly shouting: "Fight to the end!"

"It's like in 2002, Oscar de la Renta designed a series of sky blue gowns for his show, and then I remember Yves Saint Laurent......"

Although it is also self-adapted, from the perspective of temperament scenes, light comedy naturally cannot be compared with a magic masterpiece, but these are two different worlds that bring different feelings. There are only some empty seats in the back row of the screening room of "TDP", and the audience who is full of women in the past can watch it with relish, beautiful clothes are much more interesting than fighting, and if there are women, men are indispensable, they can't offend their girlfriends, anyway, the Christmas schedule is so long, you can watch two movies.

The weekend of December 19-21 is a thing of the past, and "The Lord of the Rings 3" took over the championship with a box office of 72.62 million without suspense, and the next ...... Something that makes some people lament the madness has happened!

The momentum of "TDP" has not waned in the slightest, it has not been affected by the poor reviews, and perhaps that has also played a role in fueling the "hype". Its box office change fell by only 31.9%, sweeping 34,968,400 weekend box office, and the total North American box office rose to 109.6 million.

The newly released "Mona Lisa's Smile" in 2,677 theaters took away 11.5228 million, it has a higher production cost (65 million), Julia Roberts and other more box office appealing stars, but it completely failed in the women's drama of "TDP", and there was no chance at the box office and evaluation, and was defeated by a "confused, arrogant, arrogant, and crazy" magical Yang.

The film critics gave it a freshness rating of 35% and 44% on Rotten Tomatoes, 61% of the audience's likability, and a score of 6.5 on IMDB...... In the overseas market, "TDP" continues to be a strong "dark horse" posture, and the downward trend is only between 30%. According to the survey, it is the favorite of the female white-collar workers in many countries, and many OLs even said that it is: "the best movie I have seen since watching the movie" and "the peak work of Miraculous Young's directorial career".

"Do you think it's going to be 400 million? I think it will. ”

Probably after the second week, there will be 200 million left! It is said that it is like a dark horse at the box office, not because of the reputation of film critics, but against the first week of "The Lord of the Rings 3", it is not at all behind! That is a well-known Lord of the Rings! A masterpiece that hits 1 billion at the global box office! It will definitely set off a global storm...... As a result, "TDP", a magical fashion cruise ship, sailed leisurely to the lighthouse of the 400 million box office?

Even the executives of the producer and distributor of "Lord of the Rings 3" New Line Company couldn't help but sigh when they saw this box office report: "It's so fierce!"

Then many film company executives and producers suddenly patted their heads, yes! Amazing Young is right! Tolkien has only one copy of "The Lord of the Rings," but there are too many beautiful brand-name clothes, brand-name handbags, and too many fashion stories! The heroines can be assistant editors-in-chief of fashion magazines, fashion designers, wedding dress designers, models, ordinary white-collar workers who pursue fashion, shopaholics, and ...... Women love this! It's definitely a big gold mine, it's definitely a trend! They all know that the lighthouse of Miraculous Yang has lit up again, this time pointing to fashion, female white-collar workers! Those film critics' noisy "TDP" is destined to become a trend-setting work.

Because they are sure that they will try to tap this big gold mine and make this kind of urban fashion film with a surplus of 30 million costs, and Fox has already held a meeting to discuss the possibility and plan of putting "** City" on the big screen. "The Hollywood Reporter" revealed this industry news: "Following the R-rated comedy, the fashion light comedy that has been shining recently has been favored by many film companies, and it is understood that companies including Fox, Touchstone, Warner Bros. and other companies are interested in entering the white-collar women's market." ”

"Amazing Jan is ahead again!"

This news has excited Wang Yang's fans and "TDP" supporters, and it is like replenishing boxes of ammunition, which is enough to kill those film critics. Grace L complained in the comments: "I can't stand it! Jan will keep them busy every time, a lot of musicals, a lot of pregnancies, a lot of R-rated comedies that have not yet been released, and a lot of fashionable women will be seen next year...... Can you have a whole bunch of playing cards?"

Actually, there really is.

Warner Bros. announced a new film plan for 2004 called "Lucky Player", the same 21 o'clock, the same Las Vegas setting, the script will be written by the Oscar winner for Best Adapted Screenplay ("Forrest Gump"), the famous screenwriter Eric Ross, and Curtis Hansen, who has directed "Wonder Boy", "8 Mile" and other popular films for young people, will also serve as director and producer.

This "Lucky Player" seems ambitious, and Warner intends to invite young stars such as Drew Barrymore to star, focusing on the youth market, and it does not mean to "set a new record in the genre".

"It's completely different from MIT-21-TEAM, which is a love story set in a poker setting. Because I'm interested in the trials and tribulations that go through to be a great player, everyone can get stuck in a rut when they are focused on one thing, and playing cards is no exception...... So the story I want to tell is about how a player managed to take his game to the next level by building a successful love relationship. ”

Curtis Hansen also said that he is a very good card player himself, and that the production of "Lucky Player" can be said to be all about hobbies and hobbies, and he said that he admires the style and rhythm of "21", but "Lucky Player" is not a copycat, he wants to shoot romantic people and love.

When he first heard the news, Wang Yang was a little speechless, he had actually seen this movie made in 2005 and released in 2007 in his mind. The success of MIT-21-TEAM gave Lucky Players an early stage, but it was simply worse than Blackjack, even if it was all wrong in its refinement. "Variety" commented: "If you use it as the first choice for weekend leisure and entertainment, then what a miserable life you live!"

If they don't get anything from "MIT-21-TEAM", and Eric Ross won't be of the best use, Wang Yang thinks that in a year or two, there will be countless viewers like him who are disappointed and shouting: "I've seen something stupid, I've never seen such a stupid film!"

I don't know what happened to "Lucky Player" in the future, how about those fashion movies that were in the gestation stage, and the vigor of "TDP" is now well known.

Watching its box office soar day by day, even "The Lord of the Rings 3" can't stop it, critics have a sense of powerlessness, what else can they do? What can I say? Roger Albert, Joe Morgenstern, Stephanie Zacharek and others already know that purely from a commercial point of view, they have made a wrong judgment, why? Roger Albert shook his head angrily at home: "Stupid, shame! This kind of TV fashion show is watched by so many people! What is wrong with the world?" What's wrong with those women?!"

"You're wrong. "You don't understand. "You really should give TDP the highest rating. The younger generation of Albert girls who were asked for their opinion shrugged their shoulders.

"400 million? I think it will. ”

In the silent study, thinking about all this in the last few days, Jeffrey Westerhoff in front of his desk became more and more angry, and couldn't help but slap the keyboard hard, and snapped: "Damn! God curse him!"

Except for some gunmen and lackeys, real film critics have never been friends with production companies, directors and actors, but are proud to be "banned (the distributor does not allow them to participate in the test screening)" and take pleasure in mocking and making fun of them, but that is based on "film critics are correct" and "public recognition"; now the development of this war of words seems to be going in the direction of "film critics are wrong", what the hell is this! That damn kid, calling him ridiculous, making him ugly...... "Asian kid! This thing is not over." Jeffrey Westerhoff gritted his teeth and pondered for a moment before he typed on his keyboard, and the blog on his computer screen was quickly updated with an article: "Sometimes, you're so superficial that you only have the box office." ”

"Some directors are remembered because they make timeless classics, great masterpieces that don't need much box office, just a movie, and some directors who are not remembered but have a series of box office accolades because they only make some Hollywood commercials, the kind of popcorn movies that don't matter who directs them, I don't even want to describe them as movies, it's just a bunch of dead films. ”

Fans and netizens who are following this war of words have seen Westerhoff find a reason to condescendingly attack Wang Yang, as well as many commercial film directors, such as the leader of the "bedtime storyteller" Chris Columbus.

Westerhoff used "The Lord of the Rings 3", which has a 94%, 100% review freshness, and 83% liking, as a weapon: "What is a movie? As long as you look at "The Lord of the Rings 3", you will know that it is a deep shock to the bottom of my heart! It made the "Lord of the Rings" in my bookcase begin to fade, great! In the screening room where I watched the movie, all the audience was trembling by it, which should be the pursuit of all filmmakers, and it will have an easily attainable box office of 400 million, a lot of Oscars and an ode to history. ”

"And I realized how pathetic some films, like the recent TDP, just took advantage of people's curiosity about the fashion industry and piled up something they didn't know. If Wang Yang thinks that everything is great with a box office of 400 million, it is just that his wallet is great, and the high box office does not mean that "TDP" has any great achievements, on the contrary, it shows its shallowness even more, when its director's pride is only the box office. What's even more tragic is that Wang Yang didn't realize this at all, he just shouted, 'I'm going to have 400 million at the box office!' and he couldn't tell. ”

"All TDP viewers should be outraged that you were taken advantage of, and all those who chose the 75th Academy Award for Best Director as Wang Yang should regret that you sent him to the grave. ”

This is great! A group of members of the criticism faction sneered at the "400 million box office" in accordance with this line of thought, and they bit that "TDP" was a failed movie, and ridiculed Wang Yang for being superficial and vulgar. Netizens and Yanghei who want to see Wang Yang deflated also replied and responded, they are very happy to see this new situation of "success or failure is not judged by the box office", anyway, there is no way to escape this time!

Critics and fans of the bloggers scoffed at "not judging success or failure by box office", which should be "not judging success or failure by low box office", and high-box office movies are undoubtedly fascinating. They fought back: "The box office doesn't represent everything, but it represents a lot of things!", "What is recognized by the audience is a good movie, and you either say that it is bad because you think it is bad? This does not change the facts." ”…… 22nd, 23rd...... As the center of the whirlpool, "TDP" continues to harvest box office "dark horses" around the world, step by step towards the 400 million box office club; the Christmas bell is getting closer and closer, and the critics and praisers are not only ready to celebrate Christmas, but also waiting for Wang Yang's counterattack at any time.

(To be continued)