The results of the box office battle have also attracted reports from media reporters who have been paying attention for a long time, and the media's focus is naturally on the few new films that have only been released this week.

The box office champion "The Legend of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" has rightly been praised by the vast majority of people, and the media overall score B is a good illustration of this, although it is not perfect, but a commercial film has received such a high evaluation is enough to prove that the film is excellent, but it is not without other opinions, some people think: "full of Christian metaphors, but less affinity", "in the conscious avoidance of "The Lord of the Rings", "Harry. In the process of similarity between the two series of Potter, he lost his way", "The religious overtones weakened the sense of realism".

Although Li Yu's "Brokeback Mountain" did not get a very high box office, it received the highest A (full score) in this year's public opinion comprehensive evaluation from the media, such as "Entertainment Weekly", "Rolling Stone", "Hollywood Observer", "The New York Times", "Los Angeles Times", "San Francisco Chronicle" and other authoritative media magazines unanimously gave full marks, so amazing, it can be called the crown of the year.

Gene Seymour, president of the New York Film Critics Association, said: "Brokearm Mountain is an old-fashioned romantic love story that also realizes the creator's bold innovation. Ledger's performance completely subverted his previous screen image. ”

Later, "Newsweek" selected "Good Night, Good Luck", "Hidden", and "History of Violence" in the "Top Ten Movies of the Year", "Brokeback Mountain" ranked fourth.

There are countless such praises, and under such an excellent table, no one doubts that "Brokeback Mountain" will be rejected by the Oscars, and it is almost a certainty that "Brokeback Mountain" will be nominated for Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and other awards.

"Memoirs of Yiji" starring Zhang Ziyi and others suffered the opposite treatment from Li Yu's "Brokeback Mountain". Previously, "Memoirs of a Geisha" was regarded as the favorite to win major awards, and the filmmakers also launched a strong publicity offensive around the world, but after the premiere, the film's media overall score was only B-, which was not very good. The vast majority of people believe that the film "fails to recreate the world of geisha", "falls into Hollywood clichés", and "transforms the classical beauty of Oriental culture into an inspirational film for ambitious modern women to survive in the cracks". It was also named by Newsweek as one of the top five most disappointing movies of the year, alongside "Elizabethtown", "Heavenly Dynasty", "Scrabble" and "Nine Songs of Lust".

The only highlight of the film may be the gorgeous and beautiful images and the acting skills of the three Chinese actresses, and in this regard, Zhang Ziyi's performance has not won much praise from critics, and the New York Times commented: "Zhang Ziyi has had amazing performances in "2046", but in "Geisha", there is no such momentum at all. The geisha she played was divided as she grew older and on her way to her goal. ”

In contrast, Gong Li's performance was praised for being elegant and sharp, with the New York Times noting in the same commentary that "her hair was disheveled, and her occasional rage and harshness brought her character and the film as a whole to life." Gong Li's acting talent and personal dignity keep this satirical character from falling into clichés. ”

At the end of the review, the "New York Times" concluded: When impacting major awards, Gong Li, who signed up for the supporting actress unit, has a much higher chance than Zhang Ziyi, the "heroine" who has fewer roles.

The brilliant results of "Red Cliff" occupying the second place with a slight decline were also mentioned by the American media, but after all, this is the second week of the release of "Red Cliff", so the American media only mentioned it slightly, and the focus is not on it, but when this result is transmitted back to China, coupled with the results of "Red Cliff" in other countries and regions, it suddenly makes "Red Cliff" in China to a higher level.

After "Red Cliff" reloaded and landed on the Chinese New Year file last week, it refreshed the best results of this year's premiere in one fell swoop, just like "If Love" such a big film has to retreat, as shown by placing the schedule at the end of December, due to "Red Cliff" and the upcoming "Wuji", there is no blockbuster new film released in the film market this week, with good word-of-mouth publicity and strong support from theaters, this week's "Red Cliff" went to the next city, with 86.34 million, The result of a drop of less than 10 continued to top the mainland box office charts from December 5 to December 11, with a cumulative box office of 181.65 million in two weeks, surpassing the 173 million of last year's annual box office champion "Kung Fu" in only 11 days of release.

In other countries and regions, the momentum of "Red Cliff" is still rapid, and the decline is very small, including Hong Kong 12.7526 million Hong Kong dollars, the first place in the weekly box office list, Taiwan 38.7614 million Taiwan dollars, the first place in the weekly box office list, 653,300 people in South Korea, the third place in the weekly box office list, Japan 11.6034 million US dollars, the third place in the weekly box office list, Singapore 372,500 US dollars, Malaysia 246,600 US dollars, Thailand grossed $353,300, the United Kingdom $6,033,400, Russia $4,017,300, France $1,233,300, Germany $2,786,700, Brazil $2,043,200, Argentina $1,463,300, and Spain $1,951,200

In the end, "Red Cliff" took advantage of the strong word-of-mouth effect, and collected $107 million at the global box office in the second week of its release, ranking second in the global box office list this week, only less than the same global hit "The Legend of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe".

In this way, two weeks later, the global box office of "Red Cliff" has reached 230 million US dollars, and in just two weeks, it has surpassed the entire box office of "Huo Yuanjia" last year, which has to be said to be extremely terrifying.

In the face of such box office results, can the major domestic media not be excited?

"Red Cliff" received another $35.7023 million at the North American weekend box office this week, and the current two-week cumulative box office is as high as $1.087, surpassing the previous "Huo Yuanjia" in North America The North American box office record of $119 million for Chinese films is close at hand, and the only suspense at present is what height it can reach in the end."

"1.703 + 2.3 = 400.3 million US dollars, Lin Yuquan surpassed Zhang Yi to become the highest-grossing director among domestic directors, and he is the king of commercial films."

In addition to the praise, the eyes of the media and fans then began to focus on the upcoming Thursday, and next, whether in North America or the mainland, "Red Cliff" will encounter strong opponents.

Naturally, not to mention it in China, Chen Kaige has been preparing since 02, started filming at the end of 03, and finished in the first half of last year to enter the post-production of the super blockbuster "Wuji" will finally be shockingly released.

In "Wu Ji", almost a qiē element to attract fans, known as a huge investment of 340 million yuan, the only one in the mainland that is comparable to Zhang Yi's big director Chen Kaige, Nicholas Tse, Zhang Dongjian, Zhang Baizi A strong star lineup, it is rumored that the special effects are amazing oriental fantasy epic movies, it is difficult for such a movie not to attract people's attention.

It can be said that among the movies released this year, Cheng Dù did not think about it except for "Red Cliff".

With the release of "Wuji", the situation of the film market "Red Cliff" week will also be broken in one fell swoop, and whether it is "Red Cliff" or "Wuji", if the film wants to get good results, it is bound to launch a fierce competition for the box office, coupled with the subsequent release of "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" on December 23, the box office battle between the Kyoto Film Academy director trio that media reporters began to hype at the beginning of the year is finally going to be staged, why not make people look forward to it?

"Boundless" is very strong, and the opponents that "Red Cliff" is about to encounter in North America are even stronger, because of the filming of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, New Zealand director Peter Murphy who became famous in one fell swoop, and won the most important awards at the 76th Oscars last year, such as Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Jackson is here with his new film.

This $200 million remake of the 1933 sci-fi classic "King Kong" tells the story of a film director who led his heroine and film crew to a desert island (Skull Island) in the 30s of the last century, and brought a giant orangutan "King Kong" back to New York, the metropolis of the civilized world. Unwilling to become a monster for people to visit, King Kong escaped and caused chaos in New York City, and was finally tragically shot by humans.

Peter. Jackson's fame and huge investment, coupled with the remake of the classic, "King Kong" already has remarkable capital, but this alone is not enough, and Peter. Jackson's previous "Lord of the Rings" is similar, "King Kong" is most anticipated is its gorgeous and shocking visual effects, the visual effects are still done by New Zealand's WETA (Weta Digital) studio, judging from the posters and trailers released, its visual effects are even above "The Lord of the Rings", one of the video clips of King Kong vs. Tyrannosaurus Rex immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the audience as soon as it was played.

And unlike the domestic "Red Cliff" and "Wuji", don't forget that there is also the magical blockbuster "The Legend of Narnia: Lion, Witch and Wardrobe", which was the box office champion last week! In addition, the "heretical filmmaker" released with "King Kong" by the fashion industry. Bezoucha's self-written and directed LUN film "The Stone Family" should not be underestimated.

It can be said that this week's "Red Cliff" will face unprecedented competitive pressure in North America, which not only worries the domestic media and fans, but also makes people excited. R1152