The North American weekend box office charts on December 12-14 made many people happy, and those media said that in the end, it was Dear Wonder Young!

It also disappointed many people, FUCK! Hell, it's the damn Wang Yang again! It also surprised many film critics, dark horse? Can you use the word dark horse?

The new release of "The Devil Wears Prada" in 3,056 theaters firmly sits at the top of the list, and it has collected a crazy $51,357,400 box office, and it occupies 45% of the market share (a total of 128 films) on this weekend of 112 million North American box office, 100 people walked into the cinema, 45 people watched "TDP", 90% of people expressed their love on Rotten Tomatoes, and countless female viewers expressed their crazy love on various websites.

The best movies on the planet about fashion! Not the best, but the best.

The opening victory of "TDP" led to no room for negotiation in the rankings, with "Love is a Compromise" in the second place of 2,677 theaters only receiving 16.06 million opening results, 3,003 theaters of "The Personal Brothers" only 9.4 million, 20th Century Fox became one of the losers of this Christmas file, and Warner Bros.'s "Love is Priceless" also only received 6.31 million. Of the four films released on a large scale, "TDP" swept everything.

The opening weekend box office of "MIT-21-TEAM" in August was 49.67 million, and "The Hangover" in the same period in 2002 was 55.73 million.

This achievement made Jessica and others jump around with excitement, even more excited than when "Youth Musical" set off a national frenzy, but Wang Yang had no surprises, all of which was expected. Take a look at the opening results of the 06 version of "TDP" in the summer vacation in July, 2847 theaters received 27.53 million box office, the problem is that the distributor Fox is a giant company with sufficient resources, and the widest screening of "TDP" is only 2847, which is known as an upset, a dark horse at the box office, and a non-global synchronous or similar schedule release.

It is enough to see that Fox does not attach so much importance to "TDP", of course, this is also reflected in its production cost of 35 million, so that it had to be rushed when filming in Paris.

Although the 03 version now costs an extra 20 million from the cost of 55 million, a large part of which is returned to Wang Yang's own pocket as a salary, but in addition to the higher and more exquisite quality of the film itself, more importantly, the flame movie did not label "TDP" as a "possible dark horse", but treated it as a god, and recognized that it would definitely be a super box office bomb.

This is the difference between cloud and mud, from the purchase of the adaptation copyright at the beginning of the year to the release at the end of the year, the flame has been working hard to promote it for most of the year, including the iVillage website, blogs and other viral marketing, as well as the fame of Magic Yang; and arranged for "TDP" to be released in the Christmas and New Year files around the world, the advantage of this is that the effect is to strike while the iron is hot, and at the same time, there is no TS version and TC version on the Internet; of course, if it is not for "directed by Wang Yang" This gold-lacquered money-grabbing signboard, publishers in overseas countries will not easily hand over the Christmas and New Year schedules to "TDP".

The 06 version of "TDP" is a dark horse at the box office, and it is also a model of overseas popularity over North America, and the main box office is almost 3 or 4 months late, but it still collects 201 million overseas box office.

Wang Yang believes that under the current conditions, the overseas box office potential of "TDP" is far more than 200 million, and he has long had this feeling, maybe "21" is a glass of red wine with a unique flavor, which is endlessly memorable, and maybe "TDP" is a glass of chilled mint water, which does not have so many aftertastes, but it will be more popular, because it makes a larger audience group feel very happy to quench their thirst.

He thinks that there is no high or low demand, not every drink has to be mixed with red wine, if anyone thinks that red wine is better than cold mint water, is the best, then what else can he say? Growing up in the kitchen, he has learned that when a person really loves it, different foods will give the same satisfaction, and now he wants to mix a glass of cold mint water on a hot summer day.

"TDP" effortlessly won this weekend's championship, and despite the poor reputation of the film critics, Wang Yang showed everyone the great power of fashion themes, and saw that he was still the magic Yang. Yahoo Entertainment's review reported: "According to the closing data released by the theater chain, 55% of the audience of "Demon" are young people under the age of 25, and the ratio of male and female audiences is 40%: 60%. ”

It is worth mentioning that the opening weekend score of 51,357,400 is Meryl Streep's best record, the previous record was $12,110,300, which was set in 1992 by Wonder Young's idol Robert Zemeckis's "Flying Over Immortality". The highest-grossing North American production of her acting career was "Mr. and Mrs. Kramer" in 1979, with 106.2 million, and now "TDP" is almost certain to break that number. ”

This really makes those who want to see Wang Yang at a loss, and Amazing Yang seems to have come back to life! Question: Has he ever died? In fact, this achievement is not a strange thing, as ordinary netizen Jason-E said: "I don't care about those film critics, Magical Yang is special." ”

In the hearts of the fans and audiences who have a good impression of the magic Yang, and the young people who "grew up together" and "grew up together", his credibility status is not comparable to those film critics, and they have their own judgments.

The truth is that critics are commenting every week, with opinions that they agree with and disagree with, and Fantastic Young's seven films in a row are insane. So they prefer to believe that this time it is the "high attitude" of the film critics, or the magic of "ahead of the times", of course, the excellent audience response gives them confidence.

The influence of film critics has never been dominant, and the worse word-of-mouth "Chainsaw" also received nearly 80 million North American box office, and the number of die-hard fans has increased in droves, and the latest commercial miracle has been released; not to mention some special circumstances (such as "Transformers"), the audience will not care about the saliva of film critics, and now the audience who has watched "TDP" has a rating above "good", which is not much powerful but worth watching, and there are many women who have become hardcore.

"A truly interesting, rare masterpiece that far surpasses the quality of its original book. "Demons" exposes the story of the New York fashion stage in a witty and light-hearted way, with Meryl Streep at her best and Jessica Alba who surpasses herself. —Rotten Tomatoes official website.

Not all critics have sung the praises of TDP, and the attitude of the film critics has evolved into two opposing factions, with moderate centrist voices being ignored in the first place. The praise faction thinks that "TDP" is above the standard and gives two thumbs up, while the critics continue to disdain it, believing that its box office will be weak in the future, and now these are just the "aftertastes" of the miraculous Yang!

For the sake of insurance, some media shouted "rationally": "No matter how high the box office is, it can't change the fact that "TDP" is a mediocre work. Wang Yang's attitude towards movies has changed, and he asked Andrea to choose a fleece sweater, but he himself chose an evening dress. ”

"Jan, last year 'The Hangover' got a lot of blame, but now it looks like 'The Devil' is going to be your first film that really gets bad reviews, and everybody's blaming you, what do you think?"

Wang Yang and Jessica have returned to Los Angeles as a follow-up promotion, and they are box office champions, so there will naturally be no shortage of media interviews. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, the reporter asked about the hottest topic about TDP and Magic Yang.

"I don't agree with what you said, 'everyone'! As far as I know, the vast majority of audiences, many critics, agree that 'Demons' is a good movie, and I agree with them. Wang Yang smiled, remembering those ridiculous movie reviews, and couldn't help but shrug his shoulders and laugh: "Haha! I just hope that some people should be more serious when accusing others! ”

Under the reporter's excited pen, Wang Yang did not smile anymore, and said his thoughts very seriously: "You can't say that it's 'not good' just because it's a light comedy, not a serious drama." In any case, if you can't accept that it's a light comedy genre, then you're not eligible to be evaluated. It's a giraffe, and you say, 'If only it were a horse,' it's not good, and it's not good if it's a giraffe, what is it?"

"Some people like to go to extremes, and it's easy to be impressive, like horror to the extreme, funny to the extreme. But I have to say that directors can have their own style preferences and make a genre and a sensory feeling to the extreme; the audience can too, and I only like to watch horror movies in my life, but the judges and film critics cannot! Their thinking must be extensive, objective, and receptive, and they can enter the world of various sub-genres without prejudice, and their ability to appreciate them should surpass that of directors and the public. ”

"The film critics are neither big nor small, some people do it, some people can't. Why is TDP not good? You need to look for reasons in the genre and you can't just say 'it's too bland compared to the XX movie' and dismiss it at the beginning. There's a guy who's funny, because Andrea has a change in human nature, so this light comedy isn't good. Oh, why is that?" Wang Yang spread his hands in astonishment and asked himself: "Because it's not to his taste!" I can't control this, no one can do it, and every movie can't meet all the tastes of everyone. ”

Wang Yang shook his head and continued: "At the same time, there are many people who like to see Andrea with changes in human nature in a light comedy. I mean, as a film critic, you can't judge a movie badly because you don't like it!"

"If you say a random word, it will be published in newspapers and magazines! It has the influence of guiding the public! When you control the discourse of the media, you must analyze it objectively, because your little inadvertence will wipe out the hard work of a team, which is so funny! If you say, 'I'm just a spectator, I can say whatever I like.'" 'Well, then you don't represent any authority, why should I care?'

After expressing his inner words that would cause a war of words at any time, in order to avoid being misinterpreted by the media as "bombarding the entire film critics", Wang Yang did not have this meaning and did not need to, you must know that many film critics are in his camp, he added: "But I am really grateful to those objective film critics, as well as my fans and the public, I care about their voices." ”

Da da da, the latest issue of the Los Angeles Times was put on the shelves, and Wang Yang's interview appeared in the entertainment version: "Amazing Yang mocked some film critics for being funny!"

Amazing Jan VS Film Critics!

Directors, producers, actors, and media critics are constantly fighting each other, and these wars of words usually erupt from interviews and online forum comments, the most common of which are: "I have so much audience support, why should I care what hundreds of film critics say? Why should I please them?", "Film critics will brag and don't understand anything at all! Will they make movies?", "They are just a bunch of mean sluts!"...... Now the finger of magic Yang is directly aimed at all the film critics who smashed the Rotten Tomatoes for "TDP", saying that they lack objectivity, are unfair, and can be said to be provoking a problem in the film critics' circles, especially Jeffrey Westerhoff of the "Northwest Herald", and denounces it as ridiculous.

"Haha! This guy is crazy, the film critics should scold him to death!!" Mahoney, Sampson and others who wanted Wang Yang to die were very happy, this was indeed the first time that Wang Yang made critical remarks against the film critics, of course, there was no chance before. But Sampson and they were too happy too soon, this is just a personal grudge, not a bombardment of the entire film critics community, 40% of the film critics who praise "TDP" will not speak out.

But the 60% of film critics who were bombarded immediately came back. Newspapers didn't have as many pages as quickly, but now there are online blogs, and many film critics have immediately satirized and criticized Wang Yang on their personal websites and Blogger blogs, and online media have followed up with reports.

"I saw a botched commercial hype. ”

Well-known blog film critic Alan Dyer said in a mocking tone, he is the person who said that "TDP" would be better made with a serious tone, and he is also one of the film critics specifically pointed out by Wang Yang, so he will naturally not be polite: "I am really very sad to see that the once modest and sunny magical Yang has become a madman, and the vulgar philistine Hollywood has successfully transformed an originally talented person." Why did Wang Yang make such remarks? This is his hype! For the follow-up box office of "TDP", he is afraid. ”

According to his counterattack log analysis, Hollywood's propaganda strategy is that a movie is not afraid of good news scandals, but it is afraid that there will be no news and no attention! Wang Yang, who is now considered by fans to be a game and has never hyped up, suddenly amplified his words, and it is this kind of remark with the psychology of "going to the cinema to judge for yourself" that guides the audience's psychology? Wang Yang is hyping up because he knows that "The Lord of the Rings 3" will be released soon, and the box office situation of "TDP" is not good.

"I think Wonder Jan is already laughing to death. ”

Claire, the same well-known blogger film critic, is an unwavering supporter of Magic Young, and in the territory of Blogger, she launched a scolding war with critics: "This is called hype? Then you must not have experienced the 'ghost record' in '98', the campus song and dance wave in '99, don't know 'Juno said', don't know 'ban aliens', and don't know 'TDP's 'Prada world's only limited edition handbag', 'makeup tips'......"

Her pen is very sarcastic: "You must not have a girlfriend, so I don't know that it has long been famous in the female community, almost every young woman is looking forward to its release, Wang Yang's hype is too much! Now he just said a few words, as he used to say, you will become crazy, pathetic!"

Whether it is hype or not, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Wang Yang did not show a little fear. In response, "You've won the weekend again, do you have any thoughts on the box office of 'Demon?'", he gave a very clear answer: "I'm confident in its box office! But more people will spend a cheerful Christmas and New Year in its company. ”

"Wang Yang is just talking hard, it's so disappointing!" Jeffrey Westerhoff of the Northwest Herald is also a Blogger user, so he doesn't care who its chairman is, and he wants someone to "ban" his blog in violation of the user agreement, which is fun!

But it turned out that no, and the counterattack log, which hit a new high for a single post on his blog, is still hanging high.

Just as Andrea didn't know about her gradual change of mentality, Wang Yang didn't know about her own changes, he became an arrogant, ignorant, spoiled idiot! In Wonder Young's heart, all the film reviews that criticized him and didn't praise him were not objective enough, and he didn't want to admit the fact that he had made a mediocre work, "TDP" is a horse? Is it a giraffe? It is a monster with the limbs of a horse, the body of a zebra, and the head of a giraffe, and this is the most objective comment. ”

Jeffrey Westerhoff said in an agitated tone: "This monster will not be remembered, will not be liked, will only be thrown in the trash! Wang Yang's arrogant mind knows this, so he makes news. But it's too late! "TDP" will not become a miracle, no amount of box office can fill its shallowness, Wang Yang, a confused child, needs to grow up, otherwise even if "TDP" can't get the youngest Jin Sumei and the worst director, "Firefly" will complete this feat. ”

"There is no doubt that TDP is a masterpiece. ”

Christy Lemire, a female film critic at The New York Times who greatly admires "The Devil," joined the showdown and also published a discussion article on her blog: "Sometimes harshness can blind a lot, and people are so harsh on 23-year-old Wang Yang, no surprises, no surprises...... People are happy to see something new and unique, and in the past seven films, Wonder Young has always been able to bring these new and unique, and the mild "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" has also become great because of his 20-year-old age. ”

Her comments give a glimpse of the delicacy and rationality of a major newspaper female film critic: "But when people get used to this kind of surprise, when they win the Oscar, everything changes, they become stricter, they demand more surprises! Meryl Streep surprises, Jessica Alba surprises, Emily Blunt surprises...... This really has nothing to do with Fantastic Jan, is TDP really a mediocre work?"

"Not really. Christy Lemuel wrote: "I didn't think about who the director was, I didn't think about how to make a better film, I just let myself dive in, and then I saw the superb performance, the solid, deep, often flashing camera language, the light-hearted and entertaining story, the controlled pacing, the sexy and beautiful pictures, the funny lines, the pleasing process and the hearty ending." ”

"I can't take my eyes off the screen at all, is this called mediocrity, this is called no surprises?"

She concluded: "They just wanted to bring some exciting new ways to play with Wonder Young, and forgot that light comedy was meant to be the way it was, that fashion was meant to be, and now a 23-year-old executed them so well, made the best dating movie, and was subjected to a lot of unreasonable accusations, and if you ask me, 'Are they not objective?' I think so." But time will return "TDP" and Wang Yang to justice. ”

"Toppled skyscrapers?" Yahoo Entertainment published a feature on this character, whether Wang Yang is "exhausted and turned into a vulgar and arrogant lost youth" as film critics such as Roger Albert and Jeffrey Westerhoff put it, or is Christy Lemire and others still maintaining a high level?

Yahoo makes an interesting counter-argument that Fantastic Young is facing the "office building law." This law is a law of management proposed by the British historian Cyril Northgood Parkinson. The more perfectly designed and lavishly the office building of a commercial or government organization, the closer the organization is to disintegration. And many examples of enterprises from prosperity to decline prove this law.

Parkinson's scientific speculation is that the organization is often tense and hectic during the development period, and each member of the organization puts time, energy, and enthusiasm into their work, but when it comes to a certain achievement, and the organization begins to build a building commensurate with the achievement, everyone's time, energy, and enthusiasm are focused on the superficial work, how the building should be designed, and how the office should be decorated...... And the perfect building means the end, and the end means the end.

If the opposing view is true, what is the reason for the exhaustion and loss of the magic of "TDP"?

He is the youngest billionaire, won the youngest Oscar for Best Director this year, and is unbeatable in terms of total box office and age...... With such a spring breeze, he was satisfied.

"Firefly" is likely to be the building that Wang Yang is building, the second sci-fi film, the biggest investment, and an all-over Peggy who plays a supporting role makes him marvel like never before...... It was the nightmare that Wonder Young was most likely to encounter. ”

Yahoo didn't doubt the box office power of "TDP," saying, "Magic Young's Waterloo isn't here." ”

If the positive view is true, is the magic Yang or the magic Yang? So what is there to say! The article reads: "Now the film critics who scolded Wang Yang are waiting for the revenge of "Firefly." ”

In the midst of the shouting and shouting of the battle, December 18 quietly arrived, which is the day when the nominees for the 61st Golden Globe Awards were announced.

(To be continued)