From October 14th to 16th, it was another three-day weekend. "The Expendables 2" was drawn in Japan, the last box office, with a total box office of $330 million, surpassing its predecessor and becoming a great success. In this regard, Summit Entertainment and Stallone immediately announced that "The Expendables 3" began to be filmed, and the new movie will invite Chinese martial arts superstars such as Cheng Long and Real Bullet to join.

In the North American battlefield, "Night Watch: Reflection" once again achieved three consecutive championships with $24.8 million, with a total box office of $200 million in North America, $85 million overseas, and a total global box office of $285 million. became the most attractive movie in this off-season of movies, and the word-of-mouth box office was a big hit.

The original work of "The Night Watchman" invested $150 million and box office $98 million, and there was a lot of scolding. The new work has an investment of 20 million US dollars, and the box office has been 285 million US dollars, and the praise is endless. In contrast, it is really different!

From October 21st to 23rd, the much-talked-about "Smart: Ghost Record 3" was released, stealing the title of "Night Watch: Reflection", but this week "Night Watch: Reflection" still got $12 million, ranking second in the box office list. Overseas, it once again received $75 million, with a total global box office of $375 million.

From October 28th to 30th, "The Conjuring", which was released one step earlier, was perfectly drawn at the global box office of $316 million. Next week, Summit Entertainment's last major play of the year, "The Hunger Games 2: Sparks", will be released simultaneously around the world. The acclaimed "Night Watch: Reflection" grossed $6.1 million in North America, bringing the total global box office to $410 million.

It is heading towards the global height of $450 million. Firm impact.

On November 4, 2011, "The Hunger Games 2: Spark in the Plain" was released on a huge scale in 4,560 theaters in North America, and it was also released simultaneously around the world on the same day. The first "The Hunger Games" was $410 million in North America and $640 million worldwide, and it can be expected that this sequel will ignite this year's box office boom.

This year's highest domestic box office record in North America is "Harry. Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II)" set a record of $381 million, and "The Hunger Games 2: Spark in the Plain" is aimed at Ha Qixia's record.

Three days after the battle. The weekend box office was released.

"Night Watchman: Reflection" will be painted around the world after this week. With a total box office of $270 million in North America and $462 million worldwide, it ended with such a perfect record. Counting the first "Night Watchman", the two films combined with an investment of $170 million. $560 million was harvested. It's still earned. washed away Shao Shuaijun's only record of failure.

"Shao's success is unparalleled, and the only thing he lacks over Nolan is that he has never been able to make a single film more than $1 billion at the box office. And when it comes to the variety and number of styles of films. Nolan couldn't catch up with Shao. Shao is the fastest and highest-grossing director in Hollywood! -- Time Magazine.

"A good director can turn decay into magic, and Shao Shuaijun is undoubtedly one." -- The Wall Street Reporter.

In his seven-year career as a director, Shao's 13 films have generated a total of $4.08 billion at the global box office, a statistic that has put him in film history. He is second only to Steven. Spielberg's 25 films grossed $8.1 billion worldwide, and James Brown. Cameron's 7 films grossed $5.17 billion worldwide. Bei's 9 films are worth $4.58 billion, and he is currently the fourth largest director at the global box office. - Box Office-Mojo.

A single film is more than 300 million US dollars, including six Chinese-language films, and if you only count the seven films shot in Hollywood, the single film is 470 million US dollars.

What's more, Shao Shuaijun's biggest investment in a superhero movie "The Avengers" has also been completed and will be released next year. As soon as this data came out, Michael. Bey will definitely be overtaken, and Cameron will most likely be overtaken as well.

Of course, Cameron is a director with a lot of personality, and he has made 7 movies in a few decades, and the total box office is not enough to show that Shao Shuaijun has really surpassed the king of the world. Because Cameron's single-film box office has exceeded $700 million, and when the sequel to the Avatar series is released, I don't know how high it will soar.

But in any case, the global film industry has begun to worship Shao Shuaijun.

In the studio of "Life of Pi", Shao Shuaijun was interviewed by several reporters from Time.com.

The reporter asked: "Director Shao, with "The Man on Duty: Reflection", you successfully promoted to the top 4 billion directors, which is a successful example of Chinese directors in the world. What do you think are necessary factors for your success as a director? ”

Shao Shuaijun replied with a smile: "I don't know how to define it, but let me tell you about the insights I gained from "Night Watchman" to "Night Watchman: Reflection". From the beginning, I thought "Night Watchman" was a great idea, but it was terrible when it was made, and then I re-added the film and it was a success. It's like, you deal with the movie, the movie will deal with you, you find the trick of the movie, and the movie will work for you. To make a movie, you must be able to make a movie, and in the overall situation, to look at a movie, you can pursue carving in details, but the whole framework can be picked up and cannot be scattered. ”

The reporter didn't understand, and Shao Shuaijun gave another example: "The framework can be lifted up by a line, what is this line." It can be emotional, it can be the main idea, it can be what you want to say, but you can't put aside this line and talk about something else.

In "The Night Watchman", one of my lines is the conflict between procedural justice and moral justice, but I deliberately pursued superhero coolness and washed away this line, so the movie couldn't pick it up. "Night Watch: Reflection", it's still this line, I weakened the superhero, and the line was not washed away, so the movie was picked up.

For example, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Li Yu opened the era of Chinese blockbusters. But only one "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" succeeded. Why? Because Li Yu is obvious, the line he wants to talk about is not a blockbuster or a martial arts, so when you watch the movie, the line he wants to say is firmly tied to the movie.

Other blockbusters, the pictures are beautiful, and the martial arts are also beautiful, but you forgot this line, so you can't carry it. Why can't many directors get out of this small circle? It's because he didn't hold the line, and he fell apart with a shake. Why are Hollywood blockbusters able to tap into markets with different cultural styles? Because they held on to the line. It doesn't matter what packaging you change. Individual heroism remains the same, everyone has a heroic dream, so Hollywood swept the world.

If you know how to be a hero, will success be far away? I'm in Nightwatch: Reflection. The portrayal is not a hero of another model. ”

"Director Shao has made many successful movies before. Are you holding on to this line? A reporter asked.

"So to speak. They all have their own lines, bright or dark. ”

"The success of "Night Watch: Reflection", does Director Shao have anything to say. Or are you numb, you already have too many successful blockbuster movies. ”

Shao Shuaijun smiled brightly: "I am very happy this time, I think this is the most successful film I have made in the past 7 years of directing movies." It's not as simple as making up for a regret, and when you have a lot of success, a setback can affect you for many years. There is an old saying that 'once I was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope', and I was the same, the failure of "The Night Watchman", I was haunted by it for four years, and if I didn't pick up this regret, I doubt that I would continue to fail one day, and then collapse. So, now I'm very happy, the happiest moment in seven years. ”

"Do you have any new film plans after Nightwatch: Reflections and The Avengers?"

"Not yet, I'm now working with Li Yu on "Life of Pi" and systematically learning 3D technology, which is very fulfilling, so I don't have any directing plans."

"Dream Chasing Entertainment Group was reorganized into Dream Chasing International Holding Group, how did your role change in this?"

Shao Shuaijun thought for a while and said: "In the past, I would arrange some movies for the company that I valued, and I will no longer interfere with the company's operation in the future." In the future, I will just be a simple director, and when the company asks me to make a movie, I will take the movie, and then calculate how much money will be given to me, and that's it. ”

"Do you feel okay away from the company's operations?"

"It's good, I like this kind of life very much, I don't need to worry about more things, I can have more time to arrange my own private life, it's very good."

"Night Watch: Reflection" was a great success, and Shao Shuaijun finally proved himself to be a qualified director. Therefore, when the reporters came to interview today, Shao Shuaijun was very cooperative, and he tried his best to answer the questions he could. The reporters also felt that Shao Shuaijun was very talkative today, and the questions were one after another, from noon to afternoon, and the interview lasted for three hours before he dispersed with a full load.

Shao Shuaijun let out a long breath of turbid air from his throat that was about to burst into flames, and dragged Li Yu and others to drink to celebrate the box office success.

Shao Shuaijun's life is chic and comfortable, and Summit Entertainment once again shook Hollywood.

"The Hunger Games 2 Flames" lived up to expectations and won the North American box office title in the first weekend of November. On the opening day, it jumped to the top with an overwhelming margin of $70.5 million, creating the highest first-day opening result in the history of the North American November film market, and also stepping on the 67.3 million first-day opening results of the previous film "The Hunger Games".

The weekend score of $161 million became the highest opening weekend in film history in November, which also broke the opening week results of many films, only lower than "Harry. Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II)" scored $168.55 million in its opening weekend, ranking second in North American film history.

At the same time, it is also the first 2D movie in North American film history to open at the box office.

It has a freshness of 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, a theater score of A, and an IMDB score of 8.4. This basically announced that the "Hunger Games" series was officially crowned as another super-grossing series with a good reputation.

The success of the Hunger Games series has also made everyone find a reason to worship Shao Shuaijun again. (To be continued......)