"The release version of "The Hangover" has the biggest easter egg, and Daniel makes a guest appearance as a wedding singer"

The slightly different between the released version of "The Hangover" and the preview screening is that when Doug and others rushed back to the scene to attend the wedding, the very interesting singer changed actors. Sandler himself starred. This was of course an unexpected surprise, and the previous Dan. Fena, a voice actor, disappeared.

Aronofsky's voice on the eve of the release of "The Hangover" did not have much impact on the film's first-day box office.

This small-cost R-level film with a budget of 35 million yuan was still on the file with 3,269 screens, winning 16.73 million on Friday on the first day, contributing $5,119 to a single screen, and ranking first on the single-day box office list.

The next Saturday, it continued to cut 15.06 million, and on Sunday it fell slightly to 13.19 million, and 44.97 million in the first three days of the weekend, this number shows that there is no suspense for "The Hangover" to break 100 million, generally speaking, the proportion of the box office in the first weekend to the total box office is not very certain, but it is generally less than 30% is more reasonable, and the trajectory is particularly good It may be as low as 15%, even in terms of the upper limit, it is very likely that the hangover will eventually go above 130 million.

"Boys and Girls Black and White", which was released at the same time, was directed by Ashton. Kutcher plays the role of a crossover genius who will star in "Jobs" in the future, and has attracted attention in another identity of his own: a well-known angel investor in Silicon Valley. Of course, now he is still concentrating on his acting career.

The $40 million comedy film, produced and distributed by Columbia, grossed only 7.6 million on its first day, less than half of "The Hangover." In the first three days of the weekend, "Black and White Matching" was just over 20 million, which was also less than half of the 44.97 million.

The two comedies, produced by DD Pictures and Columbia, have similar investments, with "The Hangover" slightly less than 5 million; They were released on the same day, and the cast is not very well-known, but the actor of "Black and White" Bernie. Mark starred in "Ocean's Eleven" and had his own talk show -- which is similar to Ed's . Helms is about the same. It's just that Bernie's show on Fox is a little more popular, and in addition, Ashton starred in New Line Pictures' "Butterfly Effect" last year, relative to the budget of 13 million. The box office performance of nearly 60 million is eye-catching enough. So, not counting the guest actor - Daniel. Sandler's words, the cast of "Black and White" is still stronger than "The Hangover".

But the box office results are clear at a glance, and "The Hangover" won big.

This seems to foreshadow some outcome.

"Before MGM finally announced the results, DD Pictures and Sony Columbia had a battle in advance. "The Hangover" and "Boys and Girls Black and White", both low-budget comedies, were released on the same day, but fans gave their own clear choices, they didn't seem to mind the intimidating 'accusations' that Daniel had received before, and as always, they bought tickets to support DD Pictures' new production. "The Hangover" cut 45 million in its first weekend, far better than the pitiful figure of 20 million in "Black and White". The latter may not lose money, but in the context of the former's big profits, it seems somewhat sympathetic in any case.

However, does this imply the final outcome of the MGM acquisition, that is, DD wins and Sony loses? In response to this, Thermie Brown, co-chairman of Sony Pictures and head of Columbia Pictures. Pascal called the conclusion 'ridiculous'. The Hollywood powerwoman said that the success of "The Hangover" will not change the basic pattern, and that Columbia and Sony are still the largest film production companies in Hollywood at the moment, and that they are strong enough to help revive the MGM brand, and that they are the most responsible successors to this great company with a strong history and proud tradition. And DD Pictures' success with "The Hangover" doesn't make them ignore this huge gap. She said that the international consortium led by Sony is still very confident of winning the final victory.

We don't know if Pascal was overly optimistic, but with DD Pictures' successes on The Social Network and The Hangover, it has already grossed 600 million worldwide in just four months of 2005. With the full release of "The Social Network" in all major box office countries, and the rapid accumulation of "The Hangover" at the box office, this number is likely to rise significantly. So it's unclear whether the scales will favor the larger Sony in favor of the takeover. ”

It's rare for the Wall Street Journal to take a new film's box office results so seriously. And also made a large analysis report. This, of course, has something to do with the imminent revelation of the MGM takeover – in fact, the Wall Street Journal, a media entrenched in the field of financial capital, has already smelled something – but it is not enough to be able to infer the results. But obviously, their reporting will be a kind of weather vane to some extent.

This time, DD Pictures may actually be able to achieve its incredible goals.

Although DD Pictures announced that it would acquire MGM after the news. The news is constantly coming and the momentum is getting louder, but in the eyes of many people, Sony's victory is undoubted - this bias is hidden deep in the heart, and does not appear openly in all kinds of analysis, all kinds of estimates, all kinds of speculation. But that's how it is taken for granted by a lot of people.

Selling a Hollywood Tier 7 studio to their younger brother, an independent studio, is more or less unconventional. Sony is aggressive in the field of media content, and while it is behind Sony, a large conglomerate, it also unites a huge private equity company such as Texas Pacific. The war between the two, no matter how you look at it, looks like an ant and an elephant fighting a decisive battle.

Can ants outperform elephants? It's not completely impossible, it's that the possibility is a small probability event - almost non-existent.

The hesitation revealed in the latest report of the Wall Street Journal really shook the hearts of many people - perhaps, the vigorous vitality of DD Pictures has made MGM moved. Although they will sell the company, it is of course hoped that MGM will be better off after the acquisition at a comparable price. In addition, the opinion of creditors is also crucial, and DD Pictures' revenue is convincing enough.

This speculation becomes more and more intense and sensational just before the results are revealed.

Speculation about Cork's encounters with PR lobbyists of all identities is also often in the newspapers, from film industry colleagues to politicians, from news editors to well-known lobbying firms, from Cleopatra to Elizabeth. Taylor to the predecessor of 007 Bond Pierce. Brosnan ...... All possible candidates have been speculated and reported, and even their respective positions have come to life.

"It's true or not."

Bradley. Cooper is also a gossip enthusiast, and as they were about to attend a post-screening meeting at the Oriental Cinema, Bradley couldn't help but ask about the boiling news.

The opening credits of DD Pictures appear on the big screen, with two people appearing on the left and on the right. The Brando-style image is still easy to evoke the feeling of the golden age of Hollywood, and the figure on the right is a robot image, representing the future. As the two villains approached, they each stretched out a hand and bent down - this means "welcome to watch", and then we quickly changed into two adjacent subtitles "D", forming the logo "DD" of DD Pictures.

The movie begins. (To be continued.) )

PS: The first update, ask for recommendations.

The first update last night was supposed to be sent in the early hours of this morning, and it was wrong