Movie-watching frenzy, unprecedented movie-watching frenzy!

Since the rise of "Titanic", the British market has been firmly occupied by four major types of films: "007", "Harry Potter", "The Lord of the Rings", and cartoons. Among www.biquge.info top 10 in the history of UK premiere box office, only "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and "The Matrix 2" occupy two seats, and the other seats are divided by these four major types of films; The record for the total box office in the UK is held by "Titanic" at $114 million, followed by "Lord of the Rings 3", "Lord of the Rings 2", "Shrek 2", and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" holding the remaining five spots.

It can be seen from here that Britain has an innate preference for fantasy movies, which also makes the "Harry Potter" series of movies popular in the British market, and the advantages of local blood have been exerted to the extreme. If "Star Wars" had a profound impact on American culture, in Britain it was "Harry Potter".

When "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" premiered in the UK last year, the grand scene of Trafalgar Square is still vivid, and the London premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" this summer was vigorous, and the box office performance also surpassed "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", but in terms of the scale of the premiere, there is no comparison at all, the appeal of the "Harry Potter" series is incomparable, and the fanaticism of fans for the series has become a cultural phenomenon.

But the unexpected happened, "Fury Road" was like a shiny black horse, vigorously fighting its way out of the encirclement, and the premiere of Trafalgar Square easily completed "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", and the incredible pomp and circumstance caused a sensation throughout the British Isles, and I couldn't sleep all night.

This momentum didn't just last for an all-nighter, but over the course of the weekend, it spread north from London, and Edinburgh in the north felt the influence of the "Fury Road", and then crossed the Channel to detonate the enthusiasm of the whole people on the island of Ireland, and really made people feel the power of film.

Within three days, "Fury Road" earned $36 million at the weekend box office in the UK, easily breaking the record of 29.8 million premieres set by "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" two years ago, becoming the first work in British film history to break the threshold of 30 million at the premiere box office!

All the British media collectively exclaimed, "Recreate the 'Titanic'-style miracle!" ”

As a country with a population of more than 60 million, although the British film market is mature, it still cannot be compared with the United States and Japan, in the long history of films, there are only two British films that have crossed the threshold of 100 million US dollars at the box office, "Titanic" and "The Lord of the Rings 3", in addition, there is no work that can reach such heights.

Now, "Fury Road" not only surpassed the 26 million premiere of "Lord of the Rings 3", but also broke the premiere record of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", and also raised the record by a big cut, under such a strong momentum, the box office of 100 million seems to be within reach, compared to the 600 million record in the United States, the British film history box office record is not so far away, all signs are showing that "Fury Road" is likely to create a miracle in the UK.

But, why?

This is the question that almost all the British media ask, "Why?" "Fury Road" can't be considered a fantasy movie, although the work is set in a wasteland world, which is also a surreal setting, but compared to "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter", the fantasy elements of the movie are obviously not convincing; "Fury Road" also does not have a heart-wrenching love story as a gimmick like "Titanic", and there is no British actor like Kate Winslet to join, which is difficult to be the motivation for the audience to enter the cinema. All of this seems to have doomed the "Fury Road" to a difficult box office journey in the UK, but the reality gives a very different answer.

If you analyze it in depth, there are probably two reasons: first, after the release of "Fury Road", it was deeply involved in the whirlpool of controversy and encountered the strong rejection of the British aristocracy, but the disconnection between the elite class and the mass class has always been one of the important contradictions in British society, and the public class is far more attentive to the efforts to eliminate discrimination than in North America, and the process of women's rights in Britain has always been the focus of heated discussions, and Britain not only has a queen, And he spent twenty-one years under Margaret-Thatcher, which is a lot ahead of the United States, which has not elected a single female president so far; On the one hand, it adheres to the traditional shooting technology and minimizes the influence of computer special effects, but on the other hand, it is pioneering and innovative, presenting the ultimate visual effects in a traditional way, which is one step closer than the "Titanic", bringing people a huge shock, and more importantly, the impact on the film process is also huge.

Of course, it is the quality of the work that determines the box office trend curve of the movie, and "Avatar" can walk out of the total box office curve of 150 million in the UK when the box office of the premiere is only 13 million; "Twilight 4: Breaking Dawn (Part 1)" achieved a good result of 21 million in its opening weekend, but in the end the total box office in the UK was only 48 million.

But Fury Road doesn't seem to be worried about that at all, and with the frenzy of its opening weekend, a whole new culture is emerging: a group of self-proclaimed "children of war" fans are starting to become active in the Yahoo community and have snowballed in just a few weeks.

This group of fans first gathered because of the "Fury Road", and they enthusiastically and persistently analyzed every detail of the movie, from the character setting to the plot direction, and even every character and picture brought by those close-ups in the base. After analysis, fans became more and more fanatical, and they found that the movie is like a treasure trove, and the details that are constantly excavated not only complete the entire world view of the wasteland world, but also improve the context of the wasteland world, which makes people wonder, for example, whether there are other tribes outside of the bullet farm and gasoline town; Another example, how did the immortal old Qiao take the water source and occupy the mountain as the king; And how did Ferrosa become a general step by step......

It's as if Star Wars created a grand universe for movie fans, and Fury Road brings the end of the world to life, and then forms a unique culture. However, compared to the strength of the "Star Wars" villain, "Fury Road" seems to lack a tough-minded villain after the death of the immortal old Joe, which has an impact on the development of the sequel and the framework of the world, but this is precisely the part that fans are most curious about - how to survive in the harsh environment of the apocalypse, while dealing with the coercion of the villain, which will undoubtedly determine the final height of this series. The premise is that Lance is willing to shoot a sequel.

Prior to this, Lance had constructed a crime trilogy, "Hard Candy" and "Fury Road" also echoed the main body of the crime trilogy to some extent. Therefore, the audience has reason to believe that the sequel will present a complete world view, and the final product will definitely not be inferior to "Star Wars" - not to mention, the height of "Star Wars First Series: A New Hope" can never be surpassed, which is also where many people criticize George Lucas, but people are willing to believe that judging from Lance's past credit index, he will never make such a mistake.

The more you analyze, the more interesting it is, the more you analyze it, the more fanatical it becomes, and the enthusiasm of the fans is completely pushed to the extreme, they are like the children of war, they worship Lance, admire Lance, follow Lance, and are eager to sprint with Lance, and witness the ups and downs of this world on the way to Valhalla, witness Lance, witness history, and witness themselves.

What's more, "Fury Road" is one step closer than "Star Wars", the movie abandons gender prejudice, and truly brings the charm of humanity, freedom, and dreams to the extreme; Moreover, it has given up the fixed model of lone heroes and carried forward the power of teamwork; Not to mention the mirror style and character modeling of steampunk and metal rock, which made everyone fall through the glasses. This is indeed shocking for a commercial film, but it is precisely this kind of cult style that has become the biggest charm of the movie and won the pursuit of countless audiences - people have long been tired of the fixed model of Hollywood, and the uniqueness of "Fury Road" has become a beautiful landscape.

Thus, the sons of war rose in this way.

For the first time in history, a group of fanatical fans who are interested in the director appeared, as if they admired Stanley Kubrick, and this group of fans willingly worshipped and believed in Lance, firmly believing that Lance was the master of the cinema and that he was destined to write a magical history that Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin and others had not been able to achieve - a true combination of business and art. Completely change the development of the entire film industry.

It's a crazy idea, and over the past century, countless great masters of cinema have never dared to claim that they have found a balance between business and art, the highest level of the film industry. But now, the children of war believe that Lance is the person, the person who has been waiting for the long history of cinema.

It may be crazy, but the box office curve of "Fury Road" proves the determination of the children of war: they are not joking. (To be continued.) )