Chapter 344: Crazy Box Office (Eight Watches)
"The world is not real..."
"You're waiting for a train, the train will take you far away, you know where you're going, but can't be sure where the train is going to take you, but it's okay, now tell me why – because we'll be together forever."
The emotional intersperses of these finishing touches run through the whole line, and they also make people entangled and their hearts fluctuate.
A master-level work, maybe the next time I see him, I should call him a great director!
The corners of Jeff's mouth turned up, put on an imperceptible smile, and accepted Hu Yifei, a Chinese, this move was too right. Since the time of "The Hangover", it has already brought endless surprises, and now it is an even bigger surprise.
is also a young man, he suddenly thought of the director of "Batman" Nolan who made him feel distressed, although the reputation seems to be good, but he has always opposed the popularization of Batman, Batman is the symbol of Warner, and one of his idols. The Englishman filmed an iconic American superhero like this, literally stabbing him in the chest. Moreover, the reboot version of "Batman" has not exceeded 200 million at the North American box office so far, and the global box office has also stopped at 360 million, which is far lower than expected.
You must know that the investment in this film alone is more than 150 million, and the investment in publicity is even more. If the "Batman" reboot fails, it will affect many of Warner's future plans.
He suddenly had an idea, "What would happen if Galen was asked to direct the sequel to this movie?" ”
This thought suddenly rose up, and it was a little uncontrollable, and it was even more exciting than seeing the box office report just now. He had to take a few deep breaths to calm his excitement. This matter cannot be rushed, it has to be done slowly.
"Antonio, you immediately call Hu Yifei to inform him of the news......"
Just when Antonio wanted to stand up, Jeff suddenly raised his hand to stop him, "No, I'll fight it myself!" ”
After saying that, he took out his mobile phone and dialed the number directly.
Since the sun rises, Hu Yifei's mobile phone has been ringing non-stop, hanging up one after another, which is simply annoying. Damn, he only slept in the middle of the night last night, can't he let people sleep quietly for a while?
A white and tender arm was pulled out of the sheet, revealing a piece of spring light, "Honey, it's time for you to answer the phone." ”
Hu Yifei threw away the phone and pulled her back again, "Sleep a little longer, baby." ”
……
Hu Yifei didn't get up until noon to go to work.
The pursuit of success is one of Hollywood's eternal themes, and although it was only a midnight hit, it was very clear that these people were unanimously optimistic about Inception.
Everywhere I went, there was a sound of congratulations, and the phone rang from time to time.
Compared with the congratulations in reality, there are once again monstrous waves on the Internet.
There is a big thing on IMDB, "9.6 points, on IMDB's TOP250 list, "Inception" actually scored a high score of 9.6! ”
Overnight, there was one more classic science fiction movie in film history, a number of classic characters on the screen, and a group of Inception teams...... There are also a lot of unforgettable and moving classic pictures, and fans also have more controversies and discussions...... It was also overnight that IMDB's top250 list changed hands for the first time in film history, and for the first time since IMDB's historical scoring record, the first film that pulled "The Godfather" off the top spot appeared, and the champion belonged to "Inception" with a score of 9.6!
A movie made by the Chinese?
Fantastic!
This near-perfect IMDB score really scared a lot of people.
It naturally alarmed all the fans and fans who were already paying close attention to "Inception", various media, and more than 40,000 voting users, with a score of 9.6?! Are you sure it's not a joke, after so many people voted, they also pulled "The Godfather" off the horse?
""Inception" IMDB ascended to the altar", "The opening of "Inception" was highly praised, and a new first IMDB was born", ""Inception" was wildly opened with super high evaluation, and Galen Hu played the Raptors across the river...... According to reports from Yahoo Entertainment and other websites, there has been a surprising change in the IMDB-top 250 list: "Inception, which was released worldwide yesterday, reached the altar with an explosive start of 9.6 points. ”
Although IMDB's grading system seems to be the most democratic way to do it, a simple score is often not the answer to the whole story.
IMDB uses the "Bayesian Statistical Method", the exact calculation formula is unknown, and it is said to be quite complex and very reasonable. Over the years, there has never been a loss of fairness. To put it simply, in addition to the user's rating, the number of voters, active user votes, etc., will affect the TOP250 score, which ensures the fairness and relevance of this ranking to the greatest extent.
Here in "Inception", the soaring number of votes and the fanaticism of fans together determine the direction of its rating on IMDB, and Hu Yifei's fans ...... Naturally, there are not many.
If there is, it is also accumulated from "The Hangover", but "The Hangover" is a comedy, which is completely out of step with science fiction. It seems more credible to say that the fans accumulated from "Source Code" are more credible, but "Source Code" has limited influence after all, so Hu Yifei does not have many loyal fans.
In this case, the audience who watched "Inception" last night still pushed the movie to such a height, which is really extremely fanatical, and one reason may explain it!
Many Americans who have not seen the movie can't accept that the IMDB top spot actually lets the Chinese sit, doesn't it slap the face of the entire Hollywood?
People who have seen the movie commented very sensibly: "It's not a strange thing, when you watch a gorgeous and passionate movie like "Inception", when you are surrounded by surprises and amazements, it is difficult for you to make a more sober and rational judgment about the quality of the movie, and a score of 9 will become a score of 10." And we know that after watching a movie, most of the people who will go to IMDB to vote for it are the hardcore of the film, and it is not difficult to understand that the opening score of "Inception" reached 9.6 points. ”
It's the release time of the movie, and most people are in a frenzy of praise and can't hold on to their judgment, and even their aesthetic tastes will be affected, which is called influence. Later, when the emotions calm down, the score will be reduced.
Although these data will be lowered in the future, at least at this moment, it overturned the king "The Godfather".
What's more, "Inception" conquered the hearts of the first batch of fans and audiences in a strong way, and only then did it win this blockbuster hymn. Of course, not all fans are fanatics of it, ""Inception" is a classic, but it is far from being the first in film history", "The Godfather" is the first. ”…… The second place is 9.2 points for "The Godfather" and the third place is 9.1 points for "The Da Vinci Code". The 9.6 score of "Inception" will definitely gradually decline, especially when a fan war is about to begin!
Having lost the championship that has been held for many years overnight, die-hard fans of "The Godfather" will not sit idly by, and if the TOP250 score of "Inception" is still high, they will inevitably launch a tidal wave of offensive to cast a large number of 1 points on it, even if the fan originally wanted to give "Inception" a score of 8. On the other hand, in order to keep the top position, the die-hard fans of "Inception" will not stop there, and will deliberately swipe 1 point for "The Godfather".
Some people also questioned whether Hu Yifei spent money to buy a navy. Otherwise, how can many people give high scores?
Hu Yifei wanted to slap that guy, what did Lao Tzu do.
In any case, in this summer, the opening of "Inception" has brought a huge shock to the world, both inside and outside the film, and it has shaken the entire film industry, movie fans, and film critics around the world!
Not only IMDB, but even the Rotten Tomatoes website has been slaughtered, Rotten Tomatoes has included 158 latest movie reviews of "Inception", with a freshness of 98% for public film critics, 100% freshness for well-known film critics, and 98% for audience liking (85642 rating users)!
There are so many professional film review websites, all of which are singing praises, and it is definitely not something that Hu Yifei can do with money.
Hollywood film reviews are so amazing, and mainland fans are eagerly looking forward to it.
There is still a week to go before it will be released in China, and they can't wait.
Many people went to the Internet to scold Hu Yifei for admiring foreign countries, why is it later to be released in China than abroad. Last time, "The Hangover" was reviewed, but this time it didn't review you, and it passed without cutting it, why is it still being screened so late.
But these are just vents that eager fans can't wait, and the real reason is clear to everyone: with such a high investment in a movie, of course, the focus will be shifted, otherwise it will all be smashed in China, and it will not be a loss.
The family pictures have already done a good job of publicity, and a week later, the entire crew of "Inception" will come to China for a grand premiere.
At the same time, the wave of global releases of "The Hangover" has begun to sweep.
The whole crew began to be busy promoting, and the London premiere was even more popular. This time, Hu Yifei walked into Europe, and the popularity he received was obviously much stronger than the last time. Even if the World Cup is imminent, fans can't stop them from eagerly looking forward to watching this sci-fi blockbuster with a great reputation.
After the premiere weekend of May 12th ~ 14th, although Warner and Family Pictures and many media are making efforts to promote it, it still takes time for the specific effect to ferment. Even if it is the box office, it will not be clear feedback until tomorrow's box office is released.
Weekends are the busiest time for most company employees, but for Hollywood studios in the summer season, weekends tend to be the busiest time, especially for Sony-Columbia Pictures, which has new movies coming out next weekend.
The Da Vinci Code is a suspense thriller film adaptation of the same name by American writer Dan Brown, which was once a regular on the New York Times bestseller list and has a large number of loyal readers across the United States.
This time, it is directed by the great director Ron Howard, bringing together Tom Hanks, Audrey Tatu, Ian McKellen and other leading actors, and also investing 125 million in the big production, everyone knows that it is not good.
Sony Columbia Pictures has been watching the situation of "Mission: Impossible 3" and "Inception" that have already been released, and "The Da Vinci Code", which they invested in and worked on, did not have a comparable competitor in the same weekend, but the films released the week before and the week after looked more threatening.
The previous week encountered the word-of-mouth "Inception", and the next week encountered "X-Men 3" with countless fans.
Among them, "Inception" is the focus of Sony Colombia's observation, after all, this movie is so popular that it will inevitably squeeze the living space of the film that will be released next week.
When the box office statistics for the past weekend are released, the Colombian distribution department will have a detailed data on the table.
"Is the box office out?"
"How much?"
The same problem happened in the office of the CEO of Warner Pictures.
Countless people are looking forward to the same question.
So how many are there. In the family studio's office, Erica came to the company early, sat at the desk and began to fidget, asking the assistant from time to time if the data report had been delivered. When the page was finally counted, she couldn't wait to grab it, and when she saw the row of numbers on it, her mouth opened wide in surprise, and she could swallow an egg alive! (To be continued.) )