Li ...... Unfortunately, we can only offer a maximum of 1,000 screens this time...... You know, this is not my personal decision, this is the result of the market evaluation of the Century Cinema Alliance. ”

Wari Sandro received a call from Li Xiaole and felt very embarrassed, how to schedule the film is indeed a matter of life and death for theaters and production companies.

"Is the 'well-known player' theater chain withdrawing from us? Mr. Gary Loew seems to have a little misunderstanding with our Black Pearl. Li Xiaole was curious about this question.

"Not yet, with me, they don't dare to do it publicly." Hearing the name Gary Love, Wari Sandro couldn't help but snort coldly: "I knew that he was in contact with Warners, and I would never let this kind of behavior happen if their theater chain wants to transfer to the Big Six, this bastard didn't even come out on a screen this time, I will find their board of directors to deal with it sooner or later." ”

"Hmm." Li Xiaole listened and nodded, it seemed that Wari Sandro was still able to stabilize the situation for the time being, then he was relieved, and he also laughed and said: "Wari, I have no opinion on 1,000 screens in the first week, but I have a request." ”

"Say it, as long as it's within my means." Wari Sandro said sincerely.

"I want the 1,000 screens to be distributed not to be centralized, but to be distributed to cities all over the United States, not just New York, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles...... There are also those small cities in the west and south, I want each city's theaters to only have one piece, no need for more, each theater is one piece, all scattered. Li Xiaole said his plan.

"Scattered?" Wari Sandro felt a little strange, it stands to reason that all resources are concentrated in New York, and the box office in Los Angeles will be better, especially art films, such as New York and Boston, which are cities with a strong literary atmosphere, will have good box office returns, and only films of all ages will be dispersed......

"Life of Pi" can't be considered an all-age movie anyway, and it doesn't even have a heroine...... Wari Sandro thinks the best thing to do is to do small-scale screenings in Boston and New York, to increase the box office performance of a single screen, and then promote it......

In this way, with Li Xiaole's previous accumulated popularity, he may be able to strive for a score of 100 million US dollars...... If it is fully released from the beginning, the result will be smeared...... The outcome was unpredictable......

"Well, I promise you." Although Wari Sandro didn't know what medicine Li Xiaole sold in the gourd, he still agreed to him, he didn't think that "Youth Pi" would have any box office success, he valued Li Xiaole, Li Xiaole is still young after all, even if the Black Pearl Company collapses now, the Chinese director will turn over sooner or later.

Besides, after all, the box office of 20 million is the passing line for the Oscar for Best Picture, maybe Li Xiaole really has a chance, how slim the chance is, for Wari Sandro should support Li Xiaole now.

When Life of Pi was set to be released on the weekend of December 7th, the news quickly spread throughout the industry, and when MGM's Cork and Canon saw the news, they couldn't help but laugh.

"Look, this bastard was released on the 7th, is he going to go shopping with everyone across the 20 days until Christmas?" Canon thought it was ridiculous.

"Canon, do you think it's possible for such a one-man show movie to last 20 days until Christmas?" Cork asked, much calmer.

"In Hollywood's film history, only Tom Hanks's "Desert Island" has done it, and no foreign actor has the ability to do this, let alone the Indian kid." Kanon laughed and shook his head.

"The North American market seems to be out of the question, and he also uses an unknown Indian kid as the starring role, and there is little hope for the overseas market...... What does he want to do with these 250 million? Cork relaxed, smiled at his son-in-law and asked.

"He's going to buy himself a coffin." Canon sneered, and Cork laughed with him, yes, this victory was too easy for them.

Of course, there are still many people who see this scheduling time, and they all think that Li Xiaole has chosen a smart choice, so that he can avoid super strong films like "Batman - The Dark Knight" at Christmas, at least he can lose face without losing face.

But even so, the fate of "Youth Pi" is also promising, the time has entered December, the Coen brothers' Ossian film "No Country for Old Men" has been vigorously sought after by countless filmmakers, although it is only released in 28 theaters, but the average result of a single museum is nearly 43,000 US dollars is very amazing.

And the 94-point media comprehensive evaluation is almost fantastic~~ Yahoo is A, and the freshness of the Rotten Tomatoes website is 95%, which is tied with "A Cup of Wine Life" and "Spirited Away's Hidden Spirit".

"Rolling Stone", "Variety", "Premiere", "Village Voice", "Chicago Sun", "Christian Science Monitor", "USA Today", "Los Angeles Times", "New York Times", "New York Post", "San Francisco Chronicle", "Boston Globe", "Wall Street Journal", "Chicago Tribune" gave A, and other authoritative institutions also showed a one-sided trend of "zero negative" and sent praise, unlike the previous verbal criticism of "Life of Pi". This film has enjoyed the most "meaty" praise from major media in the United States in recent years.

"The pinnacle of the Coen brothers' 23-year directing career!!" "When I watched "Ice Blood Storm" back then, I thought it was a miracle, but I didn't expect "No Country for Old Men" to make a miracle again! "Tension throughout, high IQ suspense, black humor, deep understanding of human nature,...... There are all kinds of elements", "It is as if a vivid face is replacing the expression in one order - and what is even more amazing is that this 'face' is always charming no matter how it changes! "Like a Greek myth, it pours out a different kind of life, the passage of time, and the tricks of creation, and gives a vivid and pitiful life to every fragile soul who wanders in the film's violent and cold-blooded view of the world", "'The Shadow Magician' recreates a photographic spectacle, and the desolate Texas moors rise with heartfelt and heartbreaking pathos"

Howard Miller, a well-known Oscar forecaster, calculated an account for the audience on the TV show:

"Let's take a look, all the critics I know this time think that "No Country for Old Men" has a very high chance of being shortlisted in the nine categories of Best Picture, Director, Best Actor (Brolin), Supporting Actor (Barton, Lee Jones), Supporting Actress (Mike Donner), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, and Art Direction.

And Javier Barton's nomination for Best Supporting Actor is even as easy as looking at the lines and finding things; The little golden man with the best adapted screenplay can be called "reserved in advance" for the Coen brothers who have swept thousands of troops~~~~ So what can "Life of Pi", which aims for the Oscar, get? Well, maybe the best animal actor? ”

Howard Miller did not forget to ridicule Li Xiaole, who has recently become a laughing stock.

In the field of other commercial films, there is no shortage of excellent works on the box office list, and the first animated film "Beowulf", which fully simulates real scenes, amazed the United States as soon as it debuted, and received 61.2 million US dollars in a single week.

And this movie is not the king of this week's box office, Disney's "Enchanted" focuses on romantic love, stepping on the head of "countering violence with violence" "Beowulf" with the invincible temperament of true love, and as Christmas is approaching, romantic stories are obviously more loved by fans.

These three films alone are enough to make "Life of Pi" suffer in terms of art and business, but in the eyes of industry insiders, these are just appetizers, the real war has just begun, and as soon as "Life of Pi" hits theaters on the 7th, he will have to face two other strong opponents in art and commerce.

First of all, this year's "Venice Film Festival Uncrowned King" "Atonement" is about to be logged in, because "No Country for Old Men", which was also known as the "Uncrowned King of the Cannes Film Festival", has achieved a lot of applause, this "Atonement" is also recognized as the best Oscar Best Picture contender this year, and even many film critics have commented that it is "Oscar Best Picture No" after watching it. 1 seeded player. ”

The British duo of Joe White and Keira Knightley successfully produced Pride and Prejudice two years ago, the former was named "the most promising British director of the 21st century", and the latter won the first Oscar nomination of his acting career, and now the British artist's comeback "Atonement" has received even higher praise than his debut film "Pride and Prejudice".

The British Gang once again sacrificed their trump card - "high period drama", and the Hollywood major leagues are also rushing, except for Keira Knightley and the young actor Alan Page in "Juno" to compete for the Oscar, the other Oscar award "Atonement" is considered the hottest contender.

Another movie that has been highly anticipated before it is released is "The Golden Compass", known as the "second "Lord of the Rings", this original novel is often used as a trilogy with "The Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter" and "Narnia", and is obviously considered the absolute overlord of the box office this week.

And what do the media say about the upcoming "Life of Pi"? One of the best comments went something like this: "It's possible to win the award for Best Adapted Screenplay. As for other aspects, the critics who have been scolding for months are too lazy to mention it.

Take a look at the Wall Street Journal's recent "2008 Oscar Series", and Pi's overall estimate is 67.2, ranking 32nd.

"One Night Belly": "Expected to stand out in this year's Best Supporting Actress Chaos War". (68.5 min.)

"The Kite Runner": "Undoubtedly the favorite for Best Picture, enough to make members forget that it was a Persian film" (72.8)

"Sweeney Todd": "Once nominated, Depp has a chance to win the grand prize for the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' trilogy' summing up recognition. ”（75·2）

And look at the top, the number one is undoubtedly Coen Brothers' "No Country for Old Men", which got a high score of 95.1 points......