The outside world is amazed, Summit Entertainment and Dawning Movies are not amazed, although after watching the edited version of "The Hangover", Summit Entertainment and Dawning Films are full of confidence in "The Hangover", thinking that the "Hangover" of the laughing dead man will definitely succeed, so they immediately made the decision to increase the publicity budget by 20 million.

Originally, "The Hangover" won $50.76 million at the box office in the first week of release, and it was gratifying enough to beat "Guinea Pig Agent" to top the North American box office, but I didn't expect "The Hangover" to create an astonishing decline for two consecutive weeks, and today, the box office of "The Hangover" has far exceeded expectations and imagination.

However, in addition to being happy, everyone will inevitably feel regretful, very regretful, if "The Hangover" can be released in China, according to the influence of Shuguang Films in China and the current momentum of "The Hangover", it is almost certain that the box office of "The Hangover" will break 100 million, and even 200 million is not impossible, so that "The Hangover" can create a more brilliant box office record in the field of R-rated comedy, of course, the most important thing is to get more financial returns, as long as you think of the loss of at least millions of dollars, it is definitely false to say that it is not heartbroken.

Anyway, Lin Yuquan feels that such a sum of money can do a lot of things, and from his point of view, he is naturally very much looking forward to "The Hangover" to create more history in the field of R-rated comedy.

Not only is he looking forward to the future box office of "The Hangover", but after the new week from August 10th to August 16th, he also has more expectations, and after a long wait, "Host", "The Hunger Games", and "The Expendables" are finally here.

As the vampire queen who created the myth of "Twilight" sales. Stephanie. Mel's new work after the completion of the "Twilight" series is undoubtedly highly anticipated, with book lovers expecting "Host" to be as engaging as "Twilight", and book city owners expecting "Host" to continue to sell well. The media is looking forward to the sales results of "Host", and the "Twilight" tetralogy alone, Stephanie. Mel has confirmed her status as one of the world's leading best-selling authors, and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine last year. Patterson, Janet Ivanovich, Dan. Brown, Stephen. Super best-selling authors like Kim.

Also released on August 12 with "Host" is "The Hunger Games", with the "Underworld" five-part series, Susan . Collins has established a global reputation. But that's only a certainty, and more broadly, Susan. Collins remains unknown. Therefore, Little Bear Press deliberately put the three most promising "Hunger Games" in the new book on August 12 together with "Host", and jointly launched a signing tour in 12 cities across the United States.

Compared with the previous releases of "Beautiful Creatures" and "Edmund's Story", for the release of "Host" and "The Hunger Games" this time. Lin Yuquan is undoubtedly more concerned. In particular, "The Hunger Games", as a romance novel in a sci-fi shell, is very difficult to adapt to the movie, "The Hunger Games" is different, this youth epic full of idols and saviors, it is entirely possible that the novel will shine on the big screen while the novel causes a whirlwind.

Within Little Bear Publishing House and Shuguang Publishing House, everyone has high hopes for their listing. So the result?

"No novel has ever combined sci-fi elements with romance so well as The Host, which has multiple elements of The X-Files and Our Days. It's like a 21st-century extraterrestrial event in "Human Alien", which is fascinating. —USA Today.

"Once again, Mel has brought a brilliant work that should be labeled with a warning label: it will hook you, keep you wanting to read until one or two in the morning, and keep you thinking after the last word." - Time Magazine.

"In 'Twilight', Mel has fully demonstrated his own ingenuity and ability to control the story, and in 'The Host', Mel once again proves this, not only innovatively integrating science fiction elements into a romantic story, but also with a novel perspective, magnificent imagination, and full of irresistible romantic magic from beginning to end." - Los Angeles Times

"Continuing the charm of "Twilight", the storyline of "Host" has ups and downs, which makes people involuntarily have a strong emotional resonance, there is no doubt that Mel's skill in depicting characters and arranging the storyline has reached the level of master, this work with strong sci-fi, thriller, and love elements is almost like Stephen King, Isaac Asimov, and Debbie. McComber's complex. —The New York Times

Waves of praise poured into "The Host", and finally the first printing of 1 million copies of "The Host" sold 160,000 copies in North America in a single day, although this is not comparable to last year's "Twilight: Dawn" first printing of 3.9 million copies, and the single-day North American sales of more than 1.5 million copies, but you must know that "The Host" is a brand new work, "Twilight: Breaking Dawn" is the end of a super best-selling novel, and the first day of sales of 160,000 copies in North America is enough to ensure that this novel will be another bestseller. It also sold 680,000 copies in 26 overseas markets.

And that's just the beginning, Stephanie. Mel has a huge number of fans, but her fans are not so much fans of the Twilight Searly as she is of "The Twilight Zone", and there are more fans who are waiting to flock to the bookstore on the first day of release, and more and more fans will rush to the bookstore as "The Host" receives rave reviews.

As for The Hunger Games.

"Like Lin said, we're definitely not To, I'm talking about how I really felt about reading The Hunger Games, it's the book I've been most excited about in recent years, and I'm so fascinated by it that I have to take it with me when I go out to dinner and hide it under the corner of the table so I don't have to interrupt it. It kept me awake for several nights on end, even though I finished the book. I still think about it in my head when I lie in bed. - Stigh. Fanny Mayer.

"How to put it, a very amazing, very shocking novel. Reading The Hunger Games is addictive, like playing a video game, where you know that the world is not real, but you can't help but cast copper plates again and again, and that's the power of a great novel. —Stephen King.

"In just a few chapters, it easily crosses the genres of thriller, romance and fantasy, and creates a powerful and innovative work as if nothing happened. Collins' creative skills are impressive. -- Time Magazine.

"Among dystopian stories, The Hunger Games definitely stands out among them, throughout the novel. The storytelling is breathtaking, the world's structure is imaginative and realistic, and the storyline is gripping and you can't stop reading. -- USA Today

Relative to the Host. The Hunger Games' book reviews are no slouch. Its first-day sales of 18,000 copies in North America and 82,000 copies overseas should be just the beginning.

After learning about the book reviews and first-day sales of "Host" and "The Hunger Games", Lin Yuquan looked satisfied, so that the year-end sales of the two are undoubtedly very worth looking forward to.

And when he flew to Australia for filming, "The Expendables" landed and was released in the spotlight.

As an action movie with a production cost of $90 million, "The Expendables" is naturally not the most high-profile one in this summer file, but aside from the handful of productions of over 100 million. "The Expendables" is definitely a high-profile work, and the reason is naturally the film's ultra-luxurious lineup of tough guys. In addition to starring Stallone, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Fan. Diesel, Rock. Johnson, Mickey Rourke, Duff. A. Lange and S. Lange both play important roles in the film, while smash hit Hollywood action stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis also make cameos in the film, which is a great gathering of Hollywood's veteran macho men, which also makes "The Expendables" the most anticipated new film in the world this week.

In addition to the North American market, in addition to "The Expendables", there are several high-profile new films released on a large scale, one is produced by Paramount, the sci-fi film "District 9" with 3021 theaters, the film director Neil Blomkamp is not worth mentioning, the film starring Chartor Coopey, Jensen Cooper is also not worth mentioning, and the production cost of the film is not worth mentioning. Jackson, it is also worth mentioning that Paramount seems to be very optimistic about this film, and has launched a fierce viral marketing campaign.

One is the drama sci-fi film "The Time Traveler's Wife" produced by Disney and released in 2984 theaters, directed by Robert Swink, who has only one "Crisis in the Air" worth mentioning before this, starring Eric Barna and Rachel McAdams, with a production cost of $40 million. Niffenegger's best-selling novel of the same name, which has sold more than 6 million copies worldwide.

One is the comedy "Ace Salesman" produced by Paramount Advantage and released in 1,872 theaters, starring Jeremy Pivin, who became completely popular with the TV series "Star Buddies", and won three Emmy Awards from 2006 to 2008.

There is also a new film that has to be mentioned, the masterpiece "Goldfish on the Cliff" released by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki at the end of last year, which is the tenth animated feature film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, and achieved a staggering box office figure of $165 million in Japan.

Although with the box office of "Special Forces: The Rise of the Cobra" last week far less than expected, it was basically announced that it would be difficult for Paramount to overwhelm the peak entertainment in the summer file, but it is difficult to have any absolutes in this world, judging from Paramount's actions, it is obvious that there are high hopes for the low-cost sci-fi movie "District 9", and examples of low-cost creation of high box office abound.

In addition, although "Ace Salesman" seems very inconspicuous, comedy is one of the most popular genres in the American film market, and box office dark horses also abound, taking this year as an example, "The Hangover" does not mention, at the beginning of the year, a set of comedy "Department Store Warriors" with ordinary fat security guards as the protagonist grossed nearly $146 million in North American theaters, and is still ranked 14th in the annual box office list.

If "District 9" and "Ace Conductor" explode at the box office, and "The Expendables" suffers Waterloo again, Paramount may not have the possibility of a Jedi overtake.

So will there be a shocking reversal? For a time, the eyes of countless people fell on the three movies. (To be continued.) )