When the time came to Friday, July 31 again, Lin Yuquan's eyes naturally fell on "The Hangover" and "The Voice of China" again.

Among them, "The Hangover" has to be cared about, because this week "The Hangover" will usher in a very strong competitor "Hilarious Dream Team", yes, just listen to the name and know that this is a comedy, and its production cost of 70 million US dollars is definitely a heavyweight production among many comedies, although such a high production cost cannot be directly linked to the quality of the film, but it can definitely reflect the core selling point of the film to a certain extent, and "Hilarious Dream Team" The core selling point is undoubtedly the high-paid creative lineup.

When it comes to Hollywood's most influential filmmaker in the field of comedy in recent years, Judd. Apatow is definitely well deserved, this old white man who started as a "stand-upcomedy" and existed as a screenwriter for comedy TV shows, TV series, and movies for a long time, until he was 38 years old. The female work "Forty-Year-Old Virgin" became an instant hit, became a first-line comedy director, and then became the undoubted king of comedy in just a few years, known as the founder of a new generation of Hollywood comedy, bringing laughter to people at the same time, changing the entire comedy industry.

Look at Judd. Apatow's report card in recent years, the director's work "Forty Years Old Place. The film cost $26 million, $109 million at the North American box office and $177 million worldwide, and the screenwriter "The New Money Grabber" cost $100 million and $110 million at the North American box office. The global box office is $202 million, the director-produced and screenwritten "One Night Belly" cost $30 million, the North American box office is $149 million, the global box office is $219 million, and the production of "Super Bad" is $20 million. It grossed $121 million in North America and $169 million worldwide, "Forget Sarah Marshall" cost $30 million to make, $63.17 million in North America and $105 million worldwide, "Pineapple Express" produced and wrote $27 million, $87.34 million in North America and $101 million worldwide, and "Don't Mess with Johan" was $90 million in production and $100 million in North America. It grossed $185 million worldwide, and the production cost of "Unborn Brothers" was $65 million, $103 million in North America and $128 million worldwide.

When it comes to the box office of a single film. Judd. Apatow is naturally not the most outstanding, such as with "Forty Years Old Place. "Wedding Oak", which was released in the same year, won $209 million at the North American box office and $285 million worldwide at a cost of $30 million. Another example is "Borat", which was released in 06. The film earned $128 million at the North American box office at a cost of $18 million, $263 million at the global box office, and there are also films such as the "Madagascar" series, "Shrek 3", "Kung Fu Panda", "Ice Age 2", "Rush Hour", etc., but in the field of comedy, especially in the field of R-rated comedy, there is no one like Judd. Apatul has been a success with nearly ten films in a row.

And therefore as Judd. Apatto's third R-rated comedy is the first to be officially directed, and it is one of the more ambitious in terms of subject matter. "Hilarious Dream Team", which cost up to $70 million to produce, is naturally highly anticipated.

And as we all know, Judd. Apatow's comedy has another characteristic. It's played by regular actors and screenwriters – in Hollywood they are called the "Apatow Party".

The "Apatu Party" always appears collectively in his films: A plays the leading role, others play supporting roles, and B is the leading actor in the next film, and one by one they take turns to come down.

This time in "Hilarious Dream Team", it was played by Adam. Sandler, the king of comedy, as the leading actor, Seth. Rogan is the second leading actor, and the cooperation of the three of them naturally has a reason to be unanimously favored by the outside world.

If "Funny Dream Team" is a movie with other themes, it would be fine, but this is also an R-rated comedy movie, and "The Hangover" can only achieve excellent box office results if it is not completely compared to "Funny Dream Team".

In addition, "The Alien Upstairs", which was released at the same time, is also a comedy movie, but since it was released at the same time as "Hilarious Dream Team", it is obvious that this film has not been expected by 20th Century Fox to have too high box office expectations.

As for "The Voice of China", while Lin Yuquan is looking forward to the show itself, he is more concerned about what kind of ratings the fourth episode of the show can achieve.

The result?

In Lin Yuquan's expectations, the ratings of the fourth episode of "The Voice of China" were first revealed, the first phase was 3.01%, the second phase was 3.72%, and the third phase was 4.28%, and in this fourth issue, the ratings of the program have soared to 4.62%, ranking first among all TV programs in the same period with an absolute advantage, according to the internal evaluation of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, it is expected that the ratings of the next program will break 5, I have to say that it is very crazy.

As the only domestic copyright owner of the "Voice of China" network, Dawning Network is undoubtedly a big winner, as of the fourth phase of the program, the cumulative broadcast volume of "The Voice of China" has exceeded 400 million, and the cumulative broadcast volume of related content has exceeded 250 million, what is this concept, only four episodes of the program, the advertising revenue obtained by Shuguang Network has exceeded 25 million.

You must know that there are a total of 12 episodes in the first season of "The Voice of China", and it is expected that after the whole season of the program, Shuguang will get at least 80 million advertising revenue from it.

In this regard, Lin Yuquan was in a good mood, and when the box office and word-of-mouth evaluation of "Funny Dream Team" came, the smile on his face became more and more intense.

How much does the opening weekend box office of "Hilarious Dream Team" have to be considered qualified, according to Judd. Apato's first two films were based on Adam. Sandler's film, combined with the film's high cost, seems to be just a base, and the result is that "Hilarious Dream Team" grossed only $8.72 million on its opening day, far below expectations.

What's worse is that compared to the previous "Forty-Year-Old Place. Male" and "One Night Big Belly", "Hilarious Dream Team" made Judd. Apato's glittering directorial resume has become less than perfect, with a 64% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes, a Metacritic media score of 60, and an IMDB score of 72, such word-of-mouth reviews are clearly not what a good comedy should have, the reviews of "Variety" hit the nail on the head, "Hilarious Dream Team" is ambitious, but it is clearly misplaced, and this set of movies looks like two or three separate sets of movies clumsily compressed together.

It can be said that the expectation of "Hilarious Dream Team" to create another glory has been completely shattered, and as for the other comedy "Alien Upstairs", it is not surprising that it has received a dismal box office and dismal word-of-mouth.

And this is naturally a good thing for "The Hangover", which can gain more box office before the release of "Special Forces: Cobra Rise".

In fact, like many countries and regions, comedy occupies a very important place in American culture, and comedy is undoubtedly one of the most important genres in Hollywood films every year. Naturally, it has become the first choice for people to watch comedy movies.

Two days passed in a flash, and in the latest North American box office rankings, "The Hangover" finally won the box office championship with an excellent decline of 28.65% and a gratifying box office of $36.21 million, with a total North American box office of $119 million and an overseas box office of $67.2 million in two weeks.

According to the current box office trend, as more and more overseas countries and regions are released, "The Hangover" will have a great chance of becoming a box office dark horse this year.

22.08 million US dollars, seeing the opening weekend box office data of "Hilarious Dream Team", Lin Yuquan shook his head. Love 4", Universal Pictures, which has lost one after another at the box office this year, is completely on its knees.

But even if it doesn't kneel completely, it is estimated that there will be huge changes within Universal Pictures, many people will not be able to keep their jobs, and many movies released in the next few years will be adjusted or overturned, and at the same time, under the butterfly effect, the situation of the whole Hollywood will be affected.

And just when Lin Yuquan was already preparing to return to China, another news that would affect the future situation in Hollywood reached his ears. (To be continued.) )