Chapter 67: Box Office Storm

The original time and space "ET" directly pushed Steven Spielberg to the ranks of world-class super directors with extraordinary influence, that is, from the movie "ET", Spielberg got the final editing rights that Hollywood directors dream of.

In this life, "ET" still attracts the whole world. In North America, only from June 11 to June 13, it generated a box office of 22183306 US dollars, and the film also created a miracle of 16 consecutive weeks of box office champions, as of the next picture, "ET" has been released for more than 50 consecutive weeks, and the film has a long co-screening time, which is rare in the history of American cinema. When the film was drawn, it also set a box office of more than 300 million in North America, almost the same as the box office of the first part of "Star Wars".

ELSEWHERE, THE ISLAND NATION ALONE SOLD A BOX OFFICE MIRACLE OF 13.5 BILLION YEN, AND EUROPE ALSO SET NEW RECORDS, WITH "ET" SURPASSING $800 MILLION AT THE GLOBAL BOX OFFICE AFTER SCREENING, WHICH CAUSED AN UPROAR THROUGHOUT HOLLYWOOD. You must know that Wang Jie's production of "ET" cost less than $15 million before and after, and the income brought by this film to Wang Jie far exceeded that of the previous films he directed, only the director and screenwriter achieved 150 million US dollars, which also created a precedent for personal income of Hollywood films, and Steve Ross, CEO of Time Warner, the parent company of Atari, began to negotiate with Wang Jie and Disney Pictures, and after a series of negotiations, Time Warner obtained "ET" The film develops exclusive rights to arcade and home console games. Atari spent a whopping $25 million to buy the game rights to ET.

"ET" has also been well-received by critics and media around the world.

The film is a more humane science fiction movie, in which sympathetic children try their best to help aliens trapped on Earth, while adults hunt aliens for so-called scientific research, E.T.'s passage that takes children's bicycles into the air is the climax of the film, and the passage that leaps over the encirclement of adults also symbolizes the power of innocence beyond the world—The New York Times

The film observes the alien culture that was popular in the 80s of this century from the perspective of children, changes the relationship between humans and extraterrestrial life in the past, and uses unprecedented family affection to express the cold theme of science fiction, and portrays the cruel and tyrannical alien in various previous films into a kind and pitiful little guy. The part where Elliott and E.T. crossed the moon together resurrected the fairy tale in the audience's hearts, and the effects of the bicycle flying into the sky were realistic, gorgeous, and full of fairy tale dreams, and the special effects became a tool for realizing the dreams of mankind. In addition, E.T.'s styling is a blend of sci-fi, friendliness and mystery, which can be said to be another shining point of the film - "Hollywood Express"

The film transcends all barriers and touches the hearts with a simple but timeless story, with a fairytale plot and allegorical revelations that bring tears to the audience's laughter, from the tense and suspenseful opening to the thought-provoking ending, it will not only be one of the most important works in the history of American cinema, but also part of American culture - USA Today

The film explores the extremes of the goodness of the alien nature, by depicting a cute alien who befriends with children, in stark contrast to films such as "Contact of the Third Kind" that depicts aliens bent on invading Earth - HSD Evening News

The film takes an unprecedented angle, using the small plot of a child encountering aliens to introduce the main theme of the film, Elliott embarks on a difficult adventure to help E.T. escape the hunt, and then finally grows into a little hero after all kinds of tribulations, which is very inspirational. The film has been deeply remembered by many audiences, and is known as the warmest and most touching science fiction film - "Tokyo Times"

Roger Ebert gave two thumbs up to the Los Angeles Tribune and commented: William Rothschild King's new film "ET" has set a new single-week box office record, which is the most iconic science fiction film in Hollywood history, and at the same time, it has also set another record, that is, it gave birth to one of the most beautiful scenes in Hollywood movies. When the shot of Elliott riding his bike and carrying ET over the moon appeared in the movie, I think 100 percent of the audience was stunned. For me, I've watched a movie for decades, but I've never seen such a beautiful shot! Director William is a real master, and he is so young!

There are no bells and whistles in this film, and there is no big production, and its story only revolves around three children and an alien, but the extension is very large. The absence of the father in the film reminds us of the growing family problems, the harmonious relationship between the old hunter and the child, the tranquil natural relationship between them and the forest, responding to the plight of our society, which is becoming more and more distant from nature, the friendship between Elliot and ET and the rough intervention of scientists and police, we have to face up to the problem that although science has brought progress, it has turned us into wanderers of our spiritual home to a certain extent!

What kind of life do we need? The question seems to have nothing to do with this warm film. But if you think about it carefully, one of the central contents that director William wants to express in this film is to answer this question. We see that in the face of innocent friendship, death can be crossed, and we can see that man and nature can get along so harmoniously. The old hunter can live happily in the forest, the child can emotionally touch violence and injustice, and what we need is a pure and bright life, complete freedom of the heart. And this kind of life is obviously foreign to us.

Through this film, director William allows us to face our own souls realistically and torture our own souls. This movie reminds many people of their childhood, whether it is a cunning businessman or a hypocritical politician or an ordinary person who travels between the factory and the home, when watching this movie, they can't help but see their childhood self, a pure child. And at the end of the movie, when we stepped out of the movie theater, when we saw our own shadow under the street lamp, there was more bitterness and regret in our hearts. Through this film, we realized what is worth cherishing, what is a good life, and what we really need.

"ET" is a movie that can go down in history! A most beautiful and immortal masterpiece!