At 3 o'clock in the afternoon on July 23, the theater of Peking Xingmei International Cinema was crowded with people queuing up to buy tickets. On the big screen at the ticket desk, the back of the "Future Apocalypse" show is all marked full. The audience queuing up to buy tickets on the spot no longer expects to watch the movie on the same day, as long as they can buy tickets for the next day, or even the third day, they are satisfied.

July 24, 11 a.m., Changsha Jiahe Cinema. There is the largest IMAX screen in Changsha, and the tickets for the day have long been sold out, even the box office for the second day has been sold out, and even the 3:45 a.m. show on the third day is full.

At 7 o'clock in the evening on July 25th, at the Oscar Cinema in Chang'an, at the ticket counter, a young man in his early 30s threw out two hundred-yuan bills after hearing that tomorrow night's IMAX had been sold out: "That's an ordinary field, two!" Behind him, countless heads were poking their heads out to see what day and what show they had sold before.

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Like Xingmei, Golden Harvest and Oscar, cinemas across the country, except for Wanda, are such a hot scene, and they are all a hot scene queuing up to grab tickets. Wu Hehu, the boss of United Cinemas, reminded on Weibo: "If you want to watch "Future Apocalypse" recently, it is best to choose to queue up in the morning one or two days in advance to buy tickets!"

The popularity of "Future Apocalypse" not only made the media report largely, but entertainment information programs and even news programs across the country paid attention to this major event in the film industry and reported the latest developments in "Future Apocalypse".

In front of the magic capital Lenovo Pingying Capital, the reporter of "China Film Report" pointed to the crowd waiting in line to buy tickets for the "Future Apocalypse" movie and said: "This is a daily drama that must be performed since the movie was released." Immediately afterwards, the camera switched to the hall of the movie theater, and a man who looked like a manager said with a smile: "The box office has been sold out in the last three days, which is the largest number of viewers since 2012, and it has brought great benefits to the theater!"

In the studio of "Critical Moment" of Taiwan Dongsen TV, guest Ma Xiping said mysteriously: "Cleaning, let me tell you, Zhang Ran's movie "Future Apocalypse" was recently released in the mainland, and it is difficult to find a ticket. Do you know how popular it is?

Liu Baojie looked shocked: "What, really fake?"

Marcy said with a splash of mouth: "Of course it's true, I'll tell you, cleaning." Yesterday afternoon on Weibo, a netizen named Hermit Crab posted a message: "Future Apocalypse" is released, please watch the IMAX version with your parents, mothers and daughters and colleagues. I actually bought a standing ticket. That's right, the movie theater stands for the ticket! There are pictures and truths! Two hours after the Weibo was posted, it was reposted more than 10,000 times by netizens, and more than 1,000 comments. ”

The camera switched, and a screenshot of Weibo appeared on the screen, on which was a movie ticket for the IMAX version of "Future Apocalypse" of Peking Jiahe Wukesong Store, and two words were written in handwriting on the ticket: stand ticket, and mark it in a circle. The original release time of the movie ticket was 9:30 on July 24, and it was later changed to 20:20. The original Hall 5 was later changed to Hall 7 by handwriting. On the words Golden Harvest Cinema, there is also a scribbled signature.

The camera switched again, and what appeared in the shot were various messages from netizens, many netizens thought that "Future Apocalypse") was too hot, but many netizens thought that this ticket was manually altered, and the credibility was questionable.

The camera cuts back to the studio, and Liu Jiejie and several hosts began to talk about how popular "Future Apocalypse" is around the world, and about various interesting stories about the movie being released around the world.

At the scene of Dongying NHK's variety show, a medical expert advised: "The future of Apocalypse is 3 and a half hours long, eat less diuretic things before watching the movie, such as fruits, and don't drink water in the middle of the movie, so as not to hold back acute cystitis." ”

South Korea's SBS TV, Heung Kong TVB, Mediacorp Channel 8, and many other European TV stations are all reporting on the news of "Future Apocalypse".

In North America, many TV stations are also reporting the news of "Future Apocalypse", and Stuart exaggerated in "The Daily Show of Embarrassment": "Now everyone is saying that "Future Apocalypse" is good, but I don't know if it's good or not, because I queued for three days and didn't buy a ticket!"

The topic of "Future Apocalypse" is very hot in North America, but the hotter topic is, who is the first director Zhang Ran or Nolan?

This topic is actually stirred up by Summit Entertainment in secret, and Summit Entertainment is playing this hand very slippery. When "Bomb Disposal Unit" was released two years ago and the Oscar was publicized, Summit Entertainment hyped up the husband and wife battle between Bigelow and Cameron, which played a good role in promoting the movie, and this time it was a repeat of the old trick.

Nolan has been Hollywood's most popular director at the box office in recent years, with his compelling storytelling and directing skills in "Fragments of Memory" a decade ago, films such as "Deadly Magic" and "The Dark Knight" cementing his status, and "Inception" released in 2010.

To date, Nolan's films have grossed more than $2.2 billion at the global box office, and that number continues to climb. On the IMDB 250 list, "Dark Knight" ranked 8th with a total of 750,000 votes, while "Inception" ranked 14th with nearly 600,000 votes.

Among the younger generation of directors, Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and others have made breakthroughs in the last decade, either popular with the public, favored by critics, and sometimes both. However, they failed to achieve the rapid rise of their careers like Nolan.

In terms of influence, the only one among the younger generation of directors who can compete with Nolan is Zhang Ran!

This week, Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises" will be officially released, and the box office battle between the two films will begin, and the media and fans are looking forward to the showdown between Zhang Ran and Nolan.

Of course, no one thinks that "Future Apocalypse" can win "The Dark Knight Rises" at the box office, Batman itself has super popularity in the United States, and "Batman: The Dark Knight" won the hearts of countless fans with its outstanding quality four years ago and became a classic in the hearts of many people. Countless people are looking forward to this sequel, and the popularity continues to rise as the release date approaches.

Empire magazine praised the film as "a superhero movie on an unprecedented scale", with a 91% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an overall score of 86 on MTC, and even Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter, who has always been demanding, commented: "The Dark Knight Rises represents the best of Hollywood filmmaking." ”

"Future Apocalypse" suffered a leak of the source before its release, and the more important film is R rated in North America, and it has encountered stricter ratings in Europe, such as 16 bans in France, and audiences under 16 are prohibited from watching, and the highest global box office of the movie is 748 million for "The Matrix 2", and "Future Apocalypse" is almost at this level. "The Dark Knight" achieved a box office of more than 1 billion worldwide four years ago, and as the finale of the "Batman" trilogy, the box office will definitely be better, and "Future Apocalypse" really has no chance of winning at all.

However, on the day of the official release of "The Dark Knight Rises", a masked gunman opened fire on the audience watching "The Dark Knight Rises" at the centennial theater in the shopping mall, killing 12 people and injuring 70 others. Affected by this incident, many viewers canceled their plans to watch the movie, and France even canceled the premiere of the film, casting a shadow over the future of the film.

Fast forward to Monday, and "The Dark Knight Rises" swept the North American market as expected, earning $160 million in its first three days, ranking third in movie box office history and first in 2D film history. But that was below industry forecasts of $180 million, and the Denver shooting cost the film at least $15 million to $20 million at the box office.

Overseas, "The Dark Knight Rises" landed in 17 countries and regions this week, attracting $88 million, of which the UK box office was the highest at $22.5 million, followed by Australia with $15.5 million, and the global cumulative box office reached $239 million.

This box office made Nolan fans cheer, feeling that the global box office champion has arrived. It's just that when they turned their heads to look at the box office of "Future Apocalypse", they were all dumbfounded, and "The Dark Knight Rises" lost.

In North America, movies are released on a split line system, with different movies being released in different theaters; "Future Apocalypse" and "The Dark Knight Rises", one is a sci-fi war film, the other is a movie adapted from a comic, and the audience does not overlap much; therefore, "Future Apocalypse" was not greatly impacted, with a box office of $81.25 million, and the performance was relatively stable.

In Europe, "Future Apocalypse" has been affected to a certain extent. "The Dark Knight Rises" used IMAX cameras to shoot 79 minutes of IMAX footage in the film, showing a lot of fights and explosions, and many fans said that they must watch the IMAX version to watch "The Dark Knight Rises". IMAX screens in Europe are limited, and after the release of "The Dark Knight Rise", a part of the IMAX screens was divided, which had a big impact on the box office of "Future Apocalypse".

In the United Kingdom, "Future Apocalypse" only grossed $8.7 million this week, in France, "Future Apocalypse" only grossed 8.1 million, and the rest of Europe is also the same, "Future Apocalypse" has fallen to varying degrees due to the impact of "The Dark Knight Rises".

The situation in Asia is completely different, "Future Apocalypse" simply ignores the existence of "The Dark Knight Rises", and the box office continues to explode, in South Korea it has 2.11 million people, and the total number of people has exceeded 4 million, in Dongying has achieved a box office of 1.8 billion yen, and the cumulative box office has exceeded 3 billion yuan, in Xiangjiang, the audience who could not watch it for the first time poured into the theater like a pilgrimage, giving 29.31 million box office, and the total box office exceeded 40 million, and in Singapore, ......

In Asia, "The Dark Knight Rises" was impacted by "Future Apocalypse", and its performance was relatively average, and the box office was much weaker than the previous life.

After the domestic media learned of the news, they naturally reported on the front page: "Zhang Ran defeated Nolan and won the global weekly box office champion", "Apocalypse defeated Batman, Zhang Ran defended his dignity", "Zhang Ran defeated Nolan and defended his honor as the first director"......

Foreign media are also talking about it, and the North American media are even more excited: "Zhang Ran defeated Nolan and won the battle for the best director", "Nolan won the North American market, and Zhang Ran won the world"......

Nolan fans thought that "The Dark Knight Rises" could easily defeat "Future Apocalypse" and win the global weekly box office championship, but they didn't expect to lose, and they were very unhappy, and the fanning of the media made them even more angry. At this time, Podwell's article "Zhang Ran VS Nolan" completely ignited the anger of Nolan fans, and they went violent.