Chapter 343: Crazy Box Office (Seven Watches)
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
In this midsummer when the grass grows and the warbler flies, whether it is the prospective audience who queues up all night to watch the movie, or the moviegoers who are entangled in various emotions, tossing and turning and unable to sleep, "Inception" has brought shock, but also brought a seemingly long night.
"Just got back from the midnight show in an IMAX theater and finally knew why this movie was getting so much attention......"
Movie fan user Quico followed the post: "I watch a regular theater, but I definitely want to go to see it again!" IMAX! I think Inception is a movie that makes you feel the first time you feel the experience, and the second (or third) time you understand it. ”
He also posted a theme post praising the actors' performance: "The actors' performances are really great, Galen-HU is amazing, Charlize is so beautiful!" And that little Lori baby with long pigtails holding a Vulcan cannon heavy machine gun, I'm already in love with her. All the actors in "Inception" had an incredible outburst, I didn't expect Hu to have such an impressive performance, it can't be described as cool! If I had to choose the best actor, he would win! ”
Many uneasy movie fans have logged on to the Internet and poured into various rating websites, blog forums and other places to rate "Inception" and share their first-time viewing experience.
On the Inception page of the IMDB website, fan user Oak Spences did not hesitate to give a high score of 10. He just finished watching the IMAX midnight show and shared his comments:
"To avoid spoilers, I just want to say that it exceeded all imagination and expectations. From the beginning to the end, the whole film is full of wonderful shots, which is unbearable to blink. I advise viewers who are going to watch the movie later not to miss any small clips in the movie, otherwise you will let out a roar of annoyance in the second half of the movie. And that classic ending, to this day, I still have a hard time calming down. I decided to go to the cinema and watch it again, and I had to figure out whether the gyro was standing or falling down in this ending. ”
The last spinning top of "Inception" leaves people with a lot of reverie, the style of the whole movie is not the very popular routine of traditional Hollywood commercial blockbusters, it shows a certain level of IQ, fans who are too young may have viewing obstacles, maybe some viewers will not see half of it and leave, maybe someone will be like him. The excitement is unbearable.
If you think about the content of this 135-minute movie, you can write a long story at any point. But when I wanted to put pen to paper, I couldn't help but feel a little melancholy and annoyance.
So what is the trouble of such a wonderful movie?
Some episodes seem a little confusing at first, and it doesn't dawn on you until the second half of the movie, and then you can't wait to go back and watch it all over again. Only by seeing these fascinating details hidden under the humor, excitement, mystery and weirdness, and blood boiling can you write a "Inception" movie review that will not be laughed at...... The question is, will you still be able to buy tickets tonight?
As the night fades and the mid-May sun rises again into the West Coast sky, the city of angels is once again bustling and the competitive film industry is back in the dark again.
This weekend in the second week of the summer file officially ushered in one of the most heavyweight productions of the entire summer file, "Inception".
Although the midnight slot was released in the early hours of last night, it was a special show for sci-fi action fans, and for most ordinary movie fans, Friday daytime is the beginning of their movie-watching.
As the sun rises, the box office statistics of the midnight stalls are also over, and the box office figures of the films that have just been released this weekend have reached the hands of the corresponding companies in the fastest way, and then they have been tossed and turned in front of many people with hearts.
At the same time, many newspapers were already in print overnight, and the work was not finished until the early hours of the morning.
Newspaper after newspaper was sent to thousands of homes, but the entertainment pages of these newspapers almost all had the same headline: the premiere of "Inception" last night.
In the offices of Family Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, Erica and Antonio had just received a report with big smiles on their faces.
Erica carefully read the report several times before she was overjoyed to call Hu Yifei to report, but the phone rang twice before she was rudely hung up. Not only did she smile bitterly, she was still sleeping at this point in time, could it be that she was overworked last night?
"Good news, sir!" Antonio at Warner also seems eager to share his joy with others.
In the CEO's office, Jeff turned around and said, "Say it." ”
From the fat man's face, Jeff had already guessed something, "Did the midnight box office meet expectations?" ”
Warner Bros. expects "Inception" to grossed $4 million at the midnight show, which is almost a midnight result that can only be achieved by a first-rate grossing film in North America.
"It's not just too much to expect!"
He slapped the report in his hand, as if trying to restrain his excitement, "Can you guess how much, oh my God, $8.5 million!" It's incredible, it's just the box office results of the midnight stall, I can't imagine it. ”
"What?" Jeff couldn't help but stand up directly from the swivel chair, as if he couldn't believe it either.
Generally speaking, the box office of the film on the first day can reach about three times that of the midnight show, according to this calculation. Can "Inception" hit $30 million on the first day of box office? And what about the first-week weekend box office? What a big surprise, this Chinese is once again eye-catching, this achievement is much better than the previous Warner investment in "Batman"!
But he is also the president anyway, what kind of box office results have not been seen, so he grabbed the report and took a few closer looks, and calmed down. Immediately, another question came to mind and asked, "How is the audience's word of mouth?" ”
"Audience word-of-mouth ......"
The audience's word-of-mouth is naturally so good that it is very popular, and the media almost gives it a huge one-sided praise to make it highly anticipated.
Keywords such as "incredible, masterpiece, perfect, miraculous" are filled with reviews.
The Hollywood Reporter believes that "Inception" has established Galenhu as a leading science fiction film director, "an extremely complex but very compelling journey into a sci-fi dreamland." Inception is definitely the biggest movie of the summer, and it has made Galen a leader in science fiction cinema. ”
Variety magazine also said, "If the role of movies is to share dreams with people, then Galen must be one of Hollywood's most creative dream masters." ”
"King of the World" James Cameron and the new Oscar-winning director Ang Lee jointly recommended this movie, both expressing their high praise for the film.
If you want to focus on the trump card of word-of-mouth effect, then "Inception" will be much easier than "The Hangover" last summer.
And the evaluation of film critics will tell the audience one sentence: they are very cool!
"Inception is an incomparably profound sci-fi masterpiece, the tip of its iceberg is enough to shock people's hearts, Hu Yifei, a Chinese, sent a sci-fi movie that made Hollywood feel ashamed! He's created a world entirely, and some directors will go to Inception to find it. -- Roger Albert, Chicago Sun-Times.
"When the Inception shows are over and the lights come on, you sit in your seat and stare at the screen, remembering what just happened. There is no comparison table to evaluate the fashion of the complex world led by Galen. It was the most brilliant intellectual ever. —Elizabeth Wittman, New York Daily News.
"Inception has surpassed many classic sci-fi films, such as Blade Runner and The Matrix. It's not like 99% of other movies, the less you know before watching Inception, the better, Galen Hu quite cleverly blurs the line between dream and reality, and "Inception" will become a masterpiece as a blockbuster in the summer file. - New York Post, Lou Rumenik.
"Inception is by no means a weird art movie, if you're looking for wit and pop entertainment, you've come to the right place. Dreams are one of life's great adventures - whether happy or fearful, they are provided to us by dreams, and this unique dream experience is something that no one else can experience. —Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times.
…… (To be continued.) )