"Wolverine", "Wolverine", "Wolverine", for the numerous X-Men and Hugh. For Jackman fans, they didn't have to think about anything else this Friday night, and they were already looking forward to the release of "Wolverine", and they brought their families, friends, and popcorn and Coke to the 4,089 theaters of "Wolverine" in the United States.

At the same time, there are also many movie fans and audiences who have walked into the screening halls of the newly released films "The Ghost of Ex-Girlfriends", "Planet Terra", "Extreme Control" and "Happy Gentleman" this Friday. McConaughey, perhaps, is directed at Jennifer. Ghana, perhaps, is for the family carnival.

Then there are many fans who have unswervingly entered "Spartan 300 Warriors", "Fast and Furious. Love 4", "Fascinated", "Seventeen Again", "Underground Boxing Ring", "Monsters vs. Aliens" and other films are screened.

Finally, there are a large number of audiences who just want to enjoy a movie carnival, and their choice has undoubtedly become the focus of all the films that are being screened and all the film companies are extremely concerned.

When the time came to May 2, the reviews of the new films released were the first to come out, and "Wolverine", which was pinned on by 20th Century Fox, unfortunately encountered bad reviews from media critics and movie fans, "The plot failed to show the slightest specificity that was not necessary for Wolverine, and it was completely a big skewer of cliché stunts." "Deliberately leaving Wolverine on a solo journey seemed completely pointless, the content was empty and boring, and the special effects footage left behind couldn't impress the audience." "Is this still Wolverine? Except for the face and the demonic muscles, it has almost completely abandoned the special functions of the past. ”…… This is naturally a bad omen.

"The Ghosts of Ex-Girlfriends" has even more bad reviews, "A copycat love version of "A Christmas Carol". It's not that much fun to watch the female characters equate themselves to disposable sex partners" "It's outrageously boring. It seems difficult to tell whether it should be a horror film or a comedy" "The male protagonist is stupid. The heroine is stupid, and the ghost is stupid, should this be "Stupid Funny Show"? "...... Planet of Terra isn't much better, it's considered mediocre. "Extreme Control" is considered to be seriously below fan expectations, and the Wall Street Journal's zero-score review is extremely glaring. "A Pleasant Gentleman" has received a lot of praise, but there are still many problems......

In the attention of all parties, the time came to May 2, and the box office on May 1 was freshly released. Naturally, there is no suspense in the first place, it is the much-anticipated "Wolverine", which got a box office of $34.45 million in a single day, far ahead of other movies. Love 4" is $11.86 million, "Spartan 300 Warriors" is $9.52 million, "The Ghosts of Ex-Girlfriends" is $4.04 million, "Fascinated" is $3.15 million, "Back to 17" is $1.78 million, and "Monsters vs. Aliens" is $1.42 million. The Soloist: $1.26 million......

20th Century Fox can be said to be both relieved and headache, and the relief is that the first-day box office of "Wolverine" of $34.45 million fully shows that the film continues the strong ability of the "X-Men" series to attract money. It is already certain that the X-Men series can be continued.

The headache is that the word-of-mouth evaluation of the film is the worst in the series, and it is well known that comic book hero movies are the most likely to explode at the box office on the first day of release, with a box office trend curve on Friday> Saturday > Sunday, and this is because the audience of such movies is mainly teenagers who are scrambling to be the first. In this context, and encountering such unfavorable review factors, the box office of "Wolverine" is very likely to fall sharply in the next two days.

As a result, "Wolverine" must have struggled to reach the $104 million opening weekend box office of "Iron Man" and the $102 million of its predecessor "X-Men 3" in the same period last year.

Universal Pictures breathed a sigh of relief, and under the pressure of the "Wolverine" army, it got a single-day box office of $11.86 million on Friday. The box office appeal of "Love 4" continues to be reflected, and the word-of-mouth failure of "Wolverine" is even better news, everyone knows the impact of word-of-mouth evaluation on the box office of a film, and it is difficult to know that the box office appeal of "Wolverine" is difficult to last.

Summit Entertainment is naturally overjoyed, whether it is "Spartan 300 Warriors" or "Fast and Furious. Love 4" can be described as a good box office, and I think it can grab a lot of box office before the release of "Star Trek" next week, laying a good foundation for this year's box office and profits.

Companies such as Warner Bros. and Disney are hard to be satisfied, squeezed by three films, including "The Ghost of Ex-Girlfriends", "Fascinated", "Back to 17", "Soloist", "Planet Terra" and "Extreme Control", all of which did not do well at the single-day box office on Friday.

"Very good, continue to advance the preparation, filming and promotion of other films step by step." After learning about the box office, Lin Yuquan smiled with satisfaction.

"Let the Bullets Fly" is still an old problem, Ma Ke has always refused to let go, neither agreeing to let us lead the shooting, but only giving us an investment share of 20%, they are happy to occupy 50% of the investment ratio, and the other 30% plan to introduce other film companies, such as China Film and Emperor." At the same time as receiving the good news, Ding value also brought a not-so-good news.

"That's it!" Lin Yuquan shook his head again and again, of course he hoped to cooperate with Jiang Wen to shoot the excellent script "Let the Bullets Fly", but various circumstances made him extremely disappointed, limited by the story told and the smaller scenes, "Let the Bullets Fly" did not have the potential to be a global hit, and the 20% investment ratio meant that even if the film could be successful, the income obtained by Shuguang Film would be quite limited.

That's fine, the problem is that Jiang Wen is really a person with a lot of character, if the filming of the film is handled by him with full authority, the risk is too high, not only may the funds be wasted, but also the young man may be ill, and the filming of "Let the Bullets Fly" is too literary.

The problem is that he fully saw through the purpose of Ma Ke and Jiang Wen, if he filmed according to his ideas, the production cost of "Let the Bullets Fly" would be very high, and the publicity and distribution costs were by no means a small amount, can Ma Ke and Jiang Wen have so much money to invest? The results speak for themselves. Obviously, the two of them are planning to rely on the "Let the Bullets Fly" project to empty gloves white wolf.

It is natural to pursue his own interests within a reasonable range, but through the approach of the two of them, he cannot see the sincerity of being responsible for other investors, and takes huge risks in order to pursue some profits, which is not his style.

"Okay, there's no need to follow up on "Let the Bullets Fly", do our own thing, we have a lot of projects at the moment, and it is imperative to do these projects well." Lin Yuquan quickly decided.

"Okay, it's really not so easy to invest in Jiang Wen's movies."

Giving up "Let the Bullets Fly" did not affect Lin Yuquan's mood, the time came to May 3, and the box office on May 2 was freshly released, as expected, the box office of "Wolverine" fell by 18%, and then collected 28.12 million US dollars, the box office trend is worrying. Love 4 and Spartan 300 saw a slight increase at the box office on Saturday, earning $12.11 million and $9.88 million respectively, while other films also made their own gains.

How much box office can "Wolverine" get in the end? This is something that many people are concerned about, and it didn't make a long wait, but the results were soon revealed, and at $88.75 million, "Wolverine" won the weekly box office without any suspense, surpassing the previous "Spartan 300 Warriors", setting the highest premiere of the year so far, and setting a record. "Speed and Excitement. Love 4" is $36.12 million, "Spartan 300 Warriors" is $28.36 million, "The Ghosts of Ex-Girlfriends" is $11.08 million, "Fascinated" is $8.36 million, "Back to 17" is $4.35 million, "Monsters vs. Aliens" is $4.07 million, and "Soloist" is $3.94 million...... Due to the strong performance of the three films, the market reached $201 million this week, surpassing the previous "Spider-Man 3" led by $181 million, becoming the highest-grossing period in history for the same period.

Despite winning the weekly box office title, the box office performance of "Wolverine" is undoubtedly disappointing, although it became the highest premiere box office of the year, it did not surpass "Iron Man" and the previous work "X-Men 3".

"Spartan 300 Warriors" and "Fast and Furious. Love 4" is naturally a good box office, the former has a cumulative North American box office of 202 million US dollars, becoming the first new film to break 200 million at the North American box office this year, and the latter has a cumulative North American box office of 124 million US dollars, breaking through the 150 million mark is a matter of course.

In the first battle of the box office battle that started in this summer file, Summit Entertainment and Universal Pictures had the last laugh. (To be continued.) )