"Your zombie night has driven teenagers all over the country crazy, and how many kids don't return home, or wait for their parents to fall asleep and then sneak out of the house, the BBC and CNN have reported several of them. Your movie is not even released, and there is infinite anticipation, which is not common in the history of American cinema! Not to mention the ensuing TV draft, which is a phenomenon that stunned the whole United States! Jeremy lit a cigarette, handed one to Zhou Shaoming, looked at him with wide eyes, and then shook his head and sighed: "Now I know that someone is born smart, there are many directors like you who can make good movies, but there are not many who have so many ghost ideas to promote movies." ”

After a pause, shaking his head again, Jeremy said, "Even a simple singing club can come up with such a great idea!" I'm sure from today onwards, the video light dance will appear at the concerts of every big star! Michael Jackson will buy the rights from you if he doesn't do it! ”

"Wow, I really didn't pay attention to what you said, I didn't register a patent!" Zhou Shaoming laughed and said with a strange scream.

Avril Lavigne, who was singing and dancing vigorously outside, had already brought the enthusiasm of the audience to its peak, and several fans who had fainted because of their excitement were lifted above their heads by other fans and sent out in relay, so that the doctors and security guards who were waiting on the side carried out.

The cheerful singing soared into the sky, and more than 5,000 fans knew that this day would never be forgotten by them.

Time has passed day by day, although all the post-production of Zhou Shaoming's "Resident Evil" has not yet been completed, the carefully edited two-and-a-half-minute trailer has landed on the major network final portals, and it has been advertised in prime time on TV stations, and the warm-up has begun in advance.

This $60 million investment, with $25 million in visual effects alone, has attracted people's attention, and countless people are eagerly waiting for this "epoch-making super-visual film in zombie films" to be released.

The two-and-a-half-minute trailer, the parkour and zombie frenzy that stunned all young people, made the official website of "Resident Evil" very popular, and there were countless messages!

"Oh my God, what kind of exercise does that girl in red do, it's so cool!"

"I heard that it was a new street sport, and it was just handsome!"

"Make no mistake! Can zombies run that fast? If this is going to happen, I'll just hide at home and die! ”

"Wow, a zombie tide! My God, this is the real zombie frenzy! ”

"The special effects are so amazing, anyway, I want to watch this movie!"

Yes, I'm going to watch this movie!

Before the release of "Resident Evil", everyone was amazed, but on November 1, the first Halloween of the new century, it belonged to "Saw II II"!

On November 1st, when the clock passed 12 o'clock, the midnight bell rang across the land, and Halloween came first, first from the movie theater.

Countless people rushed into the cinema with the golden sign of "Father of Chainsaws" to visit this saw2, which was not directed by Zhou Shaoming but produced by him, and I believe they will not be disappointed this time.

On the box office list on Halloween day, the battle is inseparable.

The Shadow Book of Blair Witch 2 landed in 3,317 theaters across the United States on October 27, and the box office results of 13223887 dollars were wildly swept up, although there was a lot of scolding on Rotten Tomatoes, the pseudo-documentary-style thriller movie was still in the limelight for a while, and was blown by the hardcore Chicago Sun as "the only movie that can perfectly snipe SAW2." ”。

But when curiosity is overdrawn, the passion fades faster than the lady who thinks the woman is too ugly after the scoop is over.

On November 1st, SAW2 reloaded and swept everything!

Zhou Shaoming, who pays great attention to the construction of the fan team, laid out the layout in advance as early as a year ago, when countless fan teams wearing black T-shirts marked with the word SAW, under the leadership of the heads of various places, lined up neatly, shouting the slogan of "SAW, SAW", and rushed into the screening hall in batches like an army charging to the death on the battlefield, let everyone understand that the charm of SAW, at least for a few years, no movie can shake its leadership on Halloween.

And the skyrocketing box office, as well as a good reputation, let saw2 escape the fate of the original world being fried again and again, the perfect screenwriter, the underlying theme that has always been adhered to, cherishing life has been strengthened, and the relationship between the characters in the play is more complicated, after countless killing machines that make people fall to the ground, it is still deeply touching and has a unique and profound connotation.

On November 1, 2,987 theaters in the United States released SAW2, with a box office score of $18.24 million in just one day!

Then it exploded for three consecutive days, and by November 3, the box office score was $49.25 million, far exceeding the $40128550 box office result of the second place "Breaking Bad", and the $12638560 of the third place "Meet My Father-in-law", and even threw the Chicago Sun-in-law's "Blair Witch 2 Shadow Book" to the sky where it could not be seen at all.

"Witch 2" only made a miserable harvest of 5011801 dollars on November 3, which is not even worthy of carrying shoes for Saw!

"Smith Week ushered in an era, and this era will continue!" ―The Washington Post, "No piece can stop it!" SAW2 leads the box office charts! "-- Today's America" Word-of-Mouth and Box Office, Smith Week's Secret Exploration Series in Movies, Issue 1! The advent of the era of Vanity Fair's reign! -- American Cinema

After a year of thinking and watching again, countless people gradually understood Zhou Shaoming's hidden heart in the movie, and people who were originally dismissive of plasma tablets changed their minds and liked this epoch-making work.

Director Smith Chow is popular again, no one remembers who the director of the movie SAW2 is, there is only one message in everyone's head, this is Smith Chow's SAW, it is his work!

Naturally, everyone is looking forward to Smith Week's sci-fi masterpiece and the horror zombie film "Resident Evil" even more, and there are even countdown pages for fans on the Internet, counting down to the launch of that crazy movie.

In the heated discussion and eager waiting of fans across the United States, this day is getting closer and closer.

Before Christmas, Zhou Shaoming was anxious to work all night, and only slept two hours a day for half a month, this movie was finally completed, becoming the only movie in history that was completed two days before its release, which can be regarded as a small record.

Many people persuaded Zhou Shaoming to put this movie on next year's summer vacation, but Zhou Shaoming just didn't agree, and he was so anxious that he almost foamed at the mouth, and finally settled down and waited for "Resident Evil" to sweep the world.

There is no way, Zhou Shaoming refuses to give in to the visual effects even if he struggles to get his old life, he insists on being perfect, perfect, extremely perfect, the programmers of Industrial Light and Magic were urged by him to work overtime, not to mention, and even a few people fainted due to overwork, and were sent to the hospital.

But in the end, it was done without danger.

Time is so tight that Lionsgate can't adjust the broadcast of Resident Evil in cities outside North America, but Zhou Shaoming doesn't care, because the director system only stipulates that it will be released within this year.

North America basically accounts for half of the global box office, and other places can certainly soar at the box office, but the eyes still have to focus on these thousands of movie theaters in the United States.

The Christmas schedule has been a time for various movies to be released since ancient times. Movies that are interested in hitting the Oscars next year, or simply want to take advantage of the last box office feast of the year to make crazy money, and specially shot family-like movies, are all scheduled to be released during this time.

Let's look at the North American 2000 Christmas movie charts and see what kind of opponents "Resident Evil" has.

At the top of the list is the family-friendly movie "Christmas Grin" from Universal Pictures.

Four weeks after the film's release, 3,182 theaters were scheduled, and a total of $195646175 was earned, and it seems that the box office performance will not be a problem to break the $200 million mark.

This is a comedy movie starring Jim Carrey, the king of comedy, which is especially suitable for this Christmas atmosphere, and people love to take their children to see a movie with tears of laughter at this time, so it makes sense that the box office explosion is in full swing.

But after "Christmas Grin", Jim Carrey has never made a comedy movie again, and after the reporter with good things dug out that it was Director Smith Chow and Jim Carrey at the 72nd Academy Awards, he didn't know why, and pushed down the original "I, Myself and Irene" that everyone had high hopes for and fought in the comedy market, and sat at home wholeheartedly, waiting for which movie that wanted to hit the Oscars to invite him.

Regarding Jim Carrey's thoughts, the hardcore Zhou Hei Sun Board said mockingly: "Jim Carrey wants to act in a drama? Is this still Smith Chow's suggestion? I'm so sorry, but now I don't just want to laugh when I look at Jim Carrey's face, I even want to laugh when I hear his name. Because how could he be idiotic enough to listen to Smith Chow's advice? Ha ha! ”

Mockery aside, Jim Carrey's "The Grinch of Christmas," although there is nothing new in the content, always makes people laugh and willingly pull out a lot of dollars.

In second place is "Braveheart", starring Oscar-winning actor Mel Gibson, and the pioneering work "Man 100%".

Mel Gibson breaks away from the image of a hero, uncharacteristically plays a romantic, humorous little character, and after a chance accident, suddenly finds himself gaining a magical ability to hear the hearts of the women around him, so as to fully feel the true inner world of the woman.

Wow, that's fun, isn't it?

Although the audience is a little skeptical, thinking that Mel Gibson, who has always participated in large-scale films, shouting for freedom and charging forward, can he play this completely grassroots class and play an ordinary little person?

Soon, 3,012 theaters were released in the first week, and it won a box office result of 33614543 dollars in the first week, which can be regarded as a good start, directly witnessing the strong popularity of Mel Gibson.

(To be continued)