"The Departed" was released in North America on October 5, 2018, and the October schedule is an off-season, and there are no blockbuster releases. As a movie directed by Zhang Tan and starring Leonardo, Matt Damon, Nicholson, etc., the limelight of "The Departed" is difficult to hide from the films of the same period.

Therefore, even if the movie did not dominate the box office, it still won $32.57 million in the first weekend and topped the weekly championship.

The box office is unexpected, and the word of mouth is about to explode.

On the one hand, Warner Bros. has led the media to promote it, and on the other hand, it has indeed hit the taste of Western film critics.

Rotten Tomatoes included 264 film critic film reviews, 239 were given to tomatoes, and only 25 were voted for rotten vegetable leaves, with a freshness of 91% and an overall score of 8.2/10, which is quite a high score. 94% of the audience liked the popcorn, and the overall score was 4.1/5, which was also outstanding.

Another Metacritic website includes 39 media ratings, 36 positive reviews, 3 neutral reviews, no negative reviews, and an overall score of 86 points, which is quite good.

The IMDb score is also as high as 8.8 points at the beginning, and it has received nearly 300,000 reviews during the entire release period, with a total score of 8.6 points, which is also quite good.

"In Tan's 12-year directorial career, he made the best film, successfully turning a small-scene thriller into a large-scale opera."

"The intricate and rich plot is so meaningful from undercover to leaving."

"The short script is a brief narration of Tan, which completes the portrayal of each character, and the witty dialogue contains basic information and conflict."

"Bloody, brutal, glorious, crime film starring Leonardo and Nicholson."

"'The Departed' is a near-perfect film, and as an art film and a commercial film, it is very likely that Tan Zhang will become one of the masterpieces of the greatest director."

Stimulated by strong word-of-mouth, the film won $21.04 million at the box office the following weekend with a decline of less than 30%, completing two consecutive championships. Since then, the decline has hovered around 30% for several consecutive weekends, and in three consecutive months, the box office has accumulated $145 million.

The global box office has accumulated 302 million US dollars, and at present, North America and some overseas countries and regions have not yet been painted.

And at this time, it is also time for the Oscar nominations to be announced.

When the nominations were announced, it was already the lunar month in the mainland, and Zhang Tan stayed in Beiya, resting and waiting for the New Year, while making some preparations for the new movie.

In the morning, the family sat in front of the computer and watched the Oscar nomination announcement webcast.

The 2018 film of the year, so far, has basically completed the harvest of word-of-mouth and box office, and it is obvious that there is no classic that can sweep the awards, and no movie's word-of-mouth can conquer most people. Among them, Warner Bros.'s "The Departed" is a big hit among many of the films in the competition.

was previously nominated for the Golden Globe Awards, "The Departed", as the favorite to reach the Olympics, received five nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Screenplay, Best Actor (Leonardo) and Best Supporting Actor (Nicholson).

Among the Oscar vanes such as the Film Critics Association Awards and the Union Awards, "The Departed" has also won a lot of awards, and the best director and best picture have made Zhang Tan soft in his hands, which is stronger than Zhang Tan's previous "The Matrix", which won the most awards.

Of course, in addition to "The Departed", "Batman: The Dark Knight", which was released in the summer, also gained a lot of popularity in this awards season, and although the role of the Joker played by Ledley is not as crazy as the original Heath Ledger, it is also quite popular and has received a bunch of nominations for Best Supporting Actor.

"In the 91st Oscars in 2019, Warner Bros. and Tan Zhang will be the biggest winners."

Many media have made such predictions when predicting the Oscars early next year, the call for the art award "The Departed" is very high, and the technical award "The Dark Knight" can't find a decent opponent, as long as it is nominated, basically the possibility of winning the award is very high.

Seeing that the host was not getting to the point in the gag, Zhang Tan was a little nervous and joked with Susa: "I think it is necessary for me to prepare my acceptance speech now." ”

"Well, I'm also worried about what to wear on the red carpet right now." Susa chimed in.

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The publicity staff of Orange Sky Golden Harvest Company are also nervously watching the Oscar nomination network broadcast.

"The Departed" is a popular film for the Olympics, but because there are too many swear words and violence, there is no hope of entering the mainland, so it is destined to be released mainly in Western countries.

However, the sister chapter of "The Departed", "Infernal Affairs", has been aimed at the Asian market from the beginning, and the film is jointly produced by Luying and Orange Sky Golden Harvest.

The schedule is set on January 26, after the Oscar nominations are announced, to seize the Lunar New Year file.

In order to have a good start, the film promotion will naturally be related to "The Departed", once "The Departed" is nominated, it will be equivalent to "Infernal Affairs" being nominated in disguise, after all, it is the story of the same core, and it is just a shooting method under the different values of the East and the West.

After the host's gags, finally, the list of nominees began to be announced.

First of all, the technical awards were announced, and "Batman: The Dark Knight" was unsurprisingly nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Makeup, and Best Visual Effects.

This was followed by the Art category.

There was no pause for the host, and Balabala was finished.

"The Dark Knight" received another nomination for Best Supporting Actor, which was won by Ledley as the Joker.

The nomination of "The Departed" surprised and disappointed the employees of Orange Sky Golden Harvest, and received four nominations for Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture, but did not receive a single nomination for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

"All the employees of the department gathered and held a meeting to revise the publicity plan!" The head of the propaganda department, immediately convene a meeting.

Intensify the arrangement of the publicity plan of "Infernal Affairs".

Although he did not get the nominations for leading actor and supporting actor, it was enough to be nominated for Best Picture and Best Director by Zhang Tan.

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Beiya, in the villa, Zhang Tan heard the host read the list, and unconsciously smiled: "Yo hoo, not bad, best director, best film, best screenplay, best editing, the four nominations are all mine!" "He is the screenwriter, he is the director, he is the editor, and he is the producer in the end.

The phone rang just in time.

It was Wu Kebo, the boss of Orange Sky Golden Harvest, who called: "Inspector, congratulations, four nominations, next year's Oscar, waiting for you to win the best director!" ”

"Mr. Wu, low-key and low-key, just a nomination, the final result is difficult to say, I seem to have a great advantage at present, but there are many constraints."

"It's true that you are so young, and the old judges of the Oscars are easy to lose their mentality, but your results are obvious to all, if you don't win the award, the audience will definitely shout the unspoken rules. However, in my opinion, throughout this year, there is indeed no director better than you, and if you don't win an award, it means that the Oscars are just like that. ”

"Haha, I've borrowed your good words."

……

Hononolu, Hawaii, Leonardo is on vacation, as a man who is bent on the Oscars, it is difficult for him not to be nervous about the announcement of the nominations, but after the list is read, his face collapses - the Oscars did not even give him a nomination.

"Why, I acted so hard!"

"The films have been nominated for Best Picture and Best Director, isn't that enough to prove my performance!"

"I'm not convinced!"

"Xiao Li, don't be too disappointed, there will be a chance next time." The agent did not have a disappointed expression, """Departed" is the favorite to win the championship, although it is a pity that you did not win the award, but we can take this opportunity to do some guidance and publicity again, and your fame will not slip in the slightest." ”

The agent has already thought of the slogan "Xiao Li doesn't cry and stand up", it seems that Leonardo is very sad that he can't win the award, but this is enough to tie Leonardo and Oscar, seven defeats in seven games, what an eye-catching gimmick, enough to win higher exposure than the award.

Celebrities rely on exposure to eat, all roads lead to Rome, and they don't necessarily have to win awards.

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Compared with Leonardo's loss, Matt Damon, who is also the leading actor, is much calmer, and before the movie was released, his acting skills failed to get too good reviews, and he gave Leonardo a nomination or something.

Nicholson, who was also not nominated for Best Supporting Actor, is even more bearish, he has long been a Grand Slam player, and now he is bent on scolding the Lakers for not being angry, and he doesn't care about winning or not winning at all.

On the other hand, Warner Bros. CEO Gorwin gave the PR team a task as soon as the nominations were announced: "Best Picture of "The Departed", Best Director of Tan, Best Supporting Actor of Ridley, you must do your best to fight for these three awards!" ”

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"The Departed" rushed to the Olympics, and the public relations did not stop.

"Infernal Affairs" entered the Lunar New Year file on January 26, and at the same time, Xiangxiang and Taiwan were also released simultaneously.

As China's most powerful director Zhang Tan returned to the production of Chinese-language films for the first time in eight years, and as the sister of the Oscar-nominated film "The Departed", the attention of "Infernal Affairs" can be said to be unprecedented, even if the film positioning is not a simple commercial film.

Because it is not a commercial film, nor is it a blockbuster with a fan base, "Infernal Affairs" does not arrange a large-scale midnight show.

In the early morning of January 26th, there were still 8 hours before the release of the film, and the online ticket statistics of major ticketing websites had been shown in detail in front of everyone.

The pre-sale box office on the first day of the film has reached 156 million, although it has not broken the record, but it is also a rare achievement in recent years.

There are still several domestic blockbusters being released during the same period in this Chinese New Year file, and the first day of "Infernal Affairs" is not very high, only 34% of the film schedule. Nowadays, the capacity of the domestic film market is no less than that of North America, and there is room for all kinds of films to be released, and no matter how big the blockbuster is, there is no way to monopolize more than half of the film schedule.

What's more, "Infernal Affairs" is not a blockbuster.

It's just a movie that fans are looking forward to.

The global box office of "The Departed" is only more than 300 million US dollars, which is not a box office bomb, so the box office expectations of "Infernal Affairs" are not so high.

As for how high it will be in the end, it depends on the next performance. (To be continued.) )