There was a depressing atmosphere in the screening room of "Crash" in the "......" cinema, and many viewers saw that their eyes were a little moist, but it was a really annoying feeling to have such a depressing viewing when it was approaching Christmas. Seeing the last scene, Claire couldn't help wiping a handful of tears, if in terms of what the movie is set up, it should be rated as a "formula", but these formulas come together to bring such a sad shock, no wonder Magic Young will bid 20 million to buy it.

"Hahaha!" The audience in the theater where "The Unfortunate Incident of Raymond Snich" was screened burst into laughter; the full audience of "Meet My Father-in-law 2" was even more happy; the theater of "Mr. Hughes 2" was very quiet, and the dark clouds on the side of "Crash" were still dark clouds that could not be dissipated for a long time, why is there so much estrangement between people? Looking at the rolling up credits, Claire felt that it was not as explosive as "District 9", so crazy and violent, but this was the most depressed time she had since "District 9".

Despite five Golden Globe nominations and a star-studded cast, it doesn't seem like a good choice to watch "Crash" on Christmas, but it needs to collect at least 50 million global box office so as not to lose the "face" of flame movies and black holes.

When December 17-23 is a thing of the past and people are ushering in Christmas Eve this year, all Christmas movies are almost clear.

Miramax's "Looking for Neverland", which has been released for 6 weeks, has been relaxed to 985 theaters this week, with a total box office of 18.39 million after adding 3.44 million box office (15th), Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet and other superstars can't make this sad period drama a hit at the box office; United America & Lionsgate's "Rwanda Hotel" 7 theater test screenings only have 42,000 box office in two days, and they don't have the potential to be a big hit; "Million Dollar Baby" 8 theater test screenings have no intention of sharing the Christmas cake with commercial films, "Crash" But it has accomplished a glorious mission, and the world is amazed by it and the flames.

The box office of 1855 theaters in the first week was 15.92 million, if its production cost of 6.5 million has been recovered, the average first-week result of 7,506 US dollars per theater is a failure for any summer vacation blockbuster, but look at "The Unfortunate Affair of Raymond Snich", which averaged 12,921 and ranked first with 46.79 million at the box office, and "Ocean's Twelve" in the second week, which averaged 8,449 and received 27.79 million, which accounted for the sixth place in the siege of commercial films!

According to The-Numbers.com, being able to get so many people to run into the cinema to watch such a depressing film in the Christmas stalls, the effective promotion of the flame movie cannot be ignored, and its signature position in the minds of young people cannot be skipped, this is not "Let's go see a movie tonight?", but more and more like a task and a convention "I heard that the flame has a very meaningful new movie, go see it!"

Flame movies never lie, saying that meaningful is meaningful, saying good is good-looking, which strengthens the confidence of audiences of all genres and clarifies the goal of watching the movie, and the other "Mr. Hughes 2", which ranks third with 26.5 million, also proves this to some extent, and its North American box office has risen to 67.6 million.

"It's a very successful commercial art film. Boxoffojo's analysts predict that the North American box office of "Mr. Hughes 2" will not be a problem, and it will only fall by 36% in the second week of the fierce business war, according to this trend, there is no reason not to break 100 million, and the box office of "Crash", which has a very high audience reputation, is also boldly predicted to be more than 50 million, if the two can get heavyweight Oscar nominations or even awards, their DVD sales will make the flame movie laugh, and Black Hole Magic Young has undoubtedly made two more successful businesses.

Although the flames are not as rampant and domineering as in the summer, the literary films that hit the awards season have also had good commercial performances, what else can they demand?

"That's the amazing thing about FF, under the leadership of Wonder Young, they don't play cards according to common sense at all, a lot of high-risk projects seem to be walking a tightrope at the time, and looking back is so easy, their insight into the market, their grasp of the market has reached an incredible value, like they knew it from the beginning. ”

Analyst James Moore lamented what Flame Films has done over the past year, adding: "Of course, more film distribution is concentrated in the FM brand, which masks some of their investment mistakes, mediocre moments. But then again, how many companies can guarantee the word-of-mouth myth of their main brands? Now only Pixar and Flame can do this, and it is even more difficult to distribute Flame of various genres. ”

2004 is not over yet, some of the data provided by the theater companies that have arranged the release list has been clear, a total of 154 film companies released films this year, which is naturally unequal, the 154th place is temporarily held by the Manhattan Company, 03 August 1 opened "The Secret Life of the Dentist" was dragged on January 1 before it was fully offline, that day it received 36 US dollars in 3 theaters, and the 52nd ZEE-TV released two films and received 1 million box office for the watershed.

Warner Bros. has 28/22 total releases and 22 new films this year, both of which rank highest among the box office giants with more than 100 million dollars, Broadway (Disney) 28/20, Sony/Columbia 24/17, Universal Pictures 20/14, Miramax 20/13, Lionsgate 20/17, MGM 19/15, 20th Century Fox 18/14, Paramount 17/14, New Line 14/10, Fox Searchlight 11/10, DreamWorks 11/ 10, Newmarket 8/7, Flames 8/6, Focus 7/5.

These 15 companies currently account for more than 96% of the market share in 2004 and share more than $9 billion in the North American box office, and they are all strong contenders for the final box office share ranking battle for the year from January 1 to December 31. Will the Flames be able to win the annual box office champion of independent film companies? There are still eight days to compete.

The number of Lionsgate 20/17 seems to be very fierce, but in fact, the large-scale screening of more than 1,000 theaters is 6, and the widest number of theaters for the remaining 14 films is 134 on average, except for "Fahrenheit 911", which made laughter, and "The Punisher", which lost a little money, the 25 million self-made "Heavenly Gift" only has a global box office of 30 million, the 25 million "Spicy Dance 2" has only 27.68 million global box office, and "Lu Wai Barbecue" has 12.09 million...... Jon Philtimmel, Michael Parsenneck, and others are having a hard time, and now they're counting on Ghost 3 to do a miracle.

Wang Yang has submitted the script to Lionsgate, no one dares to make any review and revision, Michael Parsenek and others are blindly happy to praise, not all afraid of annoying Magic Young, they are really afraid that their fingers will make "Ghost 3" messed up! Although he has confidence in the script full of essence, but such a word is not a good thing, Wang Yang still asked the crew to discuss and discuss according to the model of Hollywood's commercial assembly line, before Lionsgate & Flame has selected 39-year-old Kevin Grout to be the director of " Director of Ghost Record 3.

"Hello! I'm Wang Yang. A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS EVE, YOUNGNG UPLOADED A VIDEO TO YOUTUBE, AND AFTER WISHING HIS FANS A MERRY CHRISTMAS, HE SMILED: "NOW I RECEIVE A LOT OF CHRISTMAS CARDS AND GIFTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD EVERY YEAR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! At this time, I saw that in the living room, Jessica who was passing by patted him on the head from behind and walked away with a burst of laughter.

Wang Yang in the video window looked back and continued to smile: "One year my parents gave me something I didn't like at all, and it was very expensive, and they actually gave me a new TV, and they also said, 'Son, we know you like to watch movies, its picture quality is great!' If it is really great in my room, but it is a TV that everyone watches together in the living room, I am very angry!" He made a hideous expression regardless of the image: "I almost smashed that TV, my father stopped me, I hate him." Then I recently wanted to ......"

He smiled evilly, and made a close-up of his face close to the camera: "Have you ever had this experience? Received a Christmas gift from a parent that I didn't like very much! It's not a memory contest, it's a video contest, if your child has had this experience this year......

WANG YANG IS TALKING ABOUT A CHRISTMAS EVENT HELD BY YOUTUBE'S FUNNY CHANNEL THIS YEAR, GIVING A JUNK CHRISTMAS GIFT TO A CHILD WHO IS FULL OF EXPECTATIONS, SUCH AS A PINK T-SHIRT WITH A HELLO-KITTY PATTERN FOR HIS SON AND A RUGBY BALL FOR HIS DAUGHTER, AND PHOTOGRAPHING THEIR FUNNY REACTIONS AND UPLOADING THEM TO YOUTUBE TO SHARE.

"If you don't have children, but you have younger siblings of the right age, tell your parents about this idea, haha!" Wang Yang in the video had a gloating smile on his face, excited about directing these tragedies single-handedly, he coughed and smiled: "Warm reminder, parents remember to prepare a good thing and give your baby a lost surprise, this will definitely be the most memorable Christmas gift!" He booed: "Don't tell them it's Wang Yang's idea......"

In the living room full of Christmas atmosphere, looking at the exquisite Christmas cards, Wang Yang on the sofa is full of warm smiles, these cards are full of enthusiasm and support from fans and fans all over the world, and ...... "Jessica! Briana sent me a greeting card!" Wang Yang shouted happily, regardless of whether Jessica upstairs could hear it or not, he removed the bow of the red greeting card and opened it to watch, there was a recent photo pasted on the left side of the greeting card, Briana had spent her 12th birthday in good health.

"Look at her beautiful smile!" Since rescuing this little black girl in New York, she will send Christmas cards and photos every year, witnessing her grow up year by year, looking at her vibrant smile, Wang Yang feels very happy and satisfied, the little girl is still so sunny, combing her braided teeth are white, and she has grown much taller than last year. After Briana wrote some Christmas wishes, she wrote excitedly: "Amazing Young, I have made a decision this year, I want to be a director like you in the future, and make a movie about the fact that you saved me and many stories!

It's not whimsical at all, Wang Yang grinned, maintaining the passion and courage he had when he made his vow at the age of 12, little girl! He picked up a pen and a blank delicate greeting card from the coffee table, and scribbled a few words: "Briana, don't listen to others say that you can't do it, I support you! Remember that all directors start from whims, so go ahead and do it! Defend your decision this year, and you will understand how important it will be in the future, Happy New Year!"

Wang Yang put the greeting card on the pile of written greeting cards, and they were ready to be sent by the assistant together. After looking at it for a while, he found a familiar face again, Claire, one of the initiators of the "Juno Operation" that shocked the whole United States, and after blessing her, she wrote: "I am already a well-known online film critic, and I have a local newspaper asking me to write a manuscript! Amazing Young, I can be regarded as having some talent! I am still very grateful for your encouragement, but if your "Firefly" messes up, I will also scold you, I don't want to mess up! ^—^ Seriously, I look forward to and wish "Firefly" a great success!"

"Thanks, Claire. Wang Yang smiled, if "Firefly" messed up, he would scold himself! He decided to pick up a greeting card in reply, and after Christmas greetings, he wrote with a smile: ""Firefly" is still in post-production, and the special effects shots will be all done soon, and we will go to China for the last shooting in February next year, and everything is going well! By the way, I invite you to the premiere to buy you, and if you mess up, you can say okay, how about it?^-^ The bribery is a joke, but the invitation to the premiere is real, see you in June next year!"

Soon I saw a familiar face, Evelyn, a fellow from San Francisco, of course Wang Yang remembered that she was a little girl who was scared by "Ghost Record" and sent to the hospital, and also knew that she was an alumnus of Lincoln High School, in Lincoln High School, half of the students are Chinese, about 10% white school is really fateful, it is estimated that she was influenced by him when she chose high school. Speaking of which, because of various matters over the years, Wang Yang did not attend the high school's homecoming festival, except for the financial donation to Lincoln High School, which is very ashamed, this Evelyn is now a college student at the University of San Francisco, and he really has a feeling of "I'm old".

"This year I watched the five movies of Flames, I haven't seen "Crash" yet, I like "Ice Age 2" the most! "Furious Speed" was very excited when I watched it, but there was nothing left when I walked out of the theater, this kind of popcorn can provide two hours of fun, but everyone loves movies with the perfect combination of business and art, I believe that "Firefly" is such a masterpiece! I wish you success! And I heard that you are going to make "Ghost Record 3" next year, which is bad news for me because I watch "Ghost Record" I was stunned, and I hope I can send you a greeting card next year......"

Wang Yang exhaled, picked up the pen and greeting card and wrote, Briana looked forward to "Firefly", Claire looked forward to "Firefly", Evelyn looked forward to "Firefly...... Almost all greeting cards have such a blessing, if "Firefly" messes up, it will be intolerable!

"Firefly" will be messed up for the time being, this happy Christmas Eve and after Christmas, Wang Yang knew that Robert Downey Jr.'s marriage proposal was not messed up, Susan Levine agreed, according to Downey's description she was "so surprised that she shed tears, crying like a kitten", but Wang Yang believed that Downey shed tears; Heath Ledger's proposal was not messed up, Michelle Williams agreed, and in Heath Ledger's description, Michelle "said YES several times in surprise and hugged him tightly" , Wang Yang believes this.

On Christmas night, Wang Yang and Jessica went to Staples Arena to watch the NBA Christmas War: Heat vs. Lakers as in previous years. Although Bryant scored a game-high 42 points in the end, the visiting Heat defeated the Lakers 104-102 under the leadership of vengeful O'Neal and star Wade.

With the curtain coming down on December 24-30, the New Year's bell is getting closer and closer, and in the weekly North American box office charts, "Meet Your Father-in-law 2" won the Christmas week championship with a hilarious box office of 96.32 million, and Universal Pictures exploded; Paramount's "The Unfortunate Affair of Ramon Snitch" followed with 33.23 million, and the family comedy "Fat Albert" ranked third with only 23% freshness and 52% likeability, contributing another 23.14 million box office to 20th Century Fox.

The two films of Flame Movies also performed well as expected, "Mr. Hughes 2" fell 24% and then received 20.14 million box office to win the fourth place, and the total box office in North America rose to 87.74 million, and it was only a matter of time before it entered the 100 million yuan box office club; "Crash" did not have the potential to let Flame's 6 new films in 2004 all have the potential to break 100 million at the box office, although it received another 12.73 million box office in the second week to rank seventh, and the total box office of 28.65 million continued to move steadily towards 50 million.

When the time comes to the 31st, there is only one day left for the annual box office qualifying battle of the film companies.

"HAHAHA!" YOUTUBERS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES BURST INTO LAUGHTER AS THEY WATCHED THE HILARIOUS VIDEO ON THEIR COMPUTER SCREENS.

Many parents of young people responded to the call of Miracle Yang to give their children or younger siblings an unforgettable Christmas gift, and photographed and uploaded, children of different skin tones reacted similarly, some were indifferently happy, some were calmly sad, and more were angry, a little white girl slammed the boy's T-shirt on the ground with a tense face and kicked it, and a little Asian girl screamed in the face of the fact that the gift was a bottle of milk...... Crying, yelling, throwing things...... "I hate you, you are all wretched!" The little boy who gets the Hello-Kitty shirt loses control and cries and scolds his parents, another boy even explodes: "FUCK-YOU! DADDY! YOU'RE A DISGUSTING PERSON!" AND THE OFF-CAMERA MOM SAYS, "IT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS, IT'S MAGIC YOUNG'S IDEA, HE SAYS YOU'LL LIKE IT." The little boy turned to frantically scold Wang Yang: "Let him die!" Another video shows a blonde girl crying and shouting: "I hate him!!...... On this Christmas, Wang Yang became the enemy of many children, entering the top three of their list of "eternal enemies".

(To be continued)