72_72291 "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to 'The Tonight Show,' I'm Jay Reynolds, and our guest today is Owen Leiberman, a veteran film critic from The New Yorker. Gleiberman), let's get back to today's topic, Owen, what do you think is the reason why Independence Day was so successful? ”

Sitting opposite Jay was an uncle who was only sixty years old, his gray hair neatly combed, his old-fashioned classic three-piece suit was meticulous, his spine was straight, and he exuded an aura of not being angry and arrogant, and there was no smile on his face at this time, which was in stark contrast to Jay's cute expression.

"Hugo Lancaster plus VFX." Owen frowned slightly and said seriously, "A movie has achieved such brilliant results, it is definitely not caused by a single part, maybe relying on Hugo or visual effects, one of the factors, can achieve 200 million, or even 300 million North American box office, but now 'Independence Day' has obviously exceeded such a height." Hugo's strong appeal and epoch-making visual effects have created the glory of Independence Day today. ”

"But in the eyes of many, Hugo's proportion in this commercial film is not as important as imagined, and he looks no different from the dog in the movie, both of whom are attacked by aliens." Jay teased easily, making the scene laugh.

However, Owen didn't laugh, but frowned sternly, "No, this view is obviously wrong. Hugo's appearance in this film may not have any depth to speak of, but he gives the character a personal charm, whether it is his smile or his movements, including the concentration he has with other people, which makes the film full. One of the most representative scenes is that after the death of the first lady in the movie, Steve tried to comfort Thomas, but he looked at Thomas with a heavy but hopeful look, without superfluous movements and lines, and after turning away, he asked his son Dylan to go and be with Thomas's daughter. This small plot seems to many people to be a waste shot, but it is not, Hugo's performance in such a small detail is smooth, and the expression of love is very accurate, which not only successfully moved the audience, but also played an important role in paving the way for the subsequent story series. ”

"Wow, it's been a long paragraph, I've been distracted for a while, and I'm not sure if I understand." Jay's teasing caused laughter to erupt in the studio again.

Owen wasn't annoyed, he knew this was the style of the "Tonight Show", he just explained again, "Let's put it this way, when you leave the movie theater, it's hard to have a deep impact on a character other than the wonderful visual effects in your mind, but a little recollection, you can find the image of Steve in the surrounding area, just smiling sly, with a little calm, and a little sunshine." ”

Jie snapped his fingers directly, "I understand this explanation." This made Owen smile a little, "Now, everyone is paying attention to the box office progress of 'Independence Day', curious that the final box office of this movie can break through the sky overhead." If so, what do you think is the point? ”

"The sky overhead. That's right. Owen nodded with a straight look, "The box office of 500 million US dollars is an unattainable sky for us, if we can pierce the sky, it is natural to see how important it is to us." But I would like to say that even if Independence Day did not reach this height, it had already made history. ”

"Oh, how do you say?" Jay saw the stitches and guided it.

"The box office of 450 million US dollars, and the ability to sprint to 500 million, makes us realize that in fact, the box office of the North American film market still has more potential that has not been tapped. This is good news, the sky is no longer the limit for us. Owen said simply.

Jay's huge chin tapped slightly, "So, do you think 'Independence Day' can break through the $500 million box office?" ”

Owen, who has always been rigorous, shrugged his shoulders rarely, "I'm not going to jump to conclusions, because this movie is trying to penetrate that sky above our heads, and none of us know what the outcome will be." ”

While "The Tonight Show" was hotly discussed, someone else joined in the discussion of the same topic as Jay Renault.

"Good evening, this is the Seattle Voice, I'm Sean, welcome back to the show." Situated under Seattle. In the radio program in the city, it is also being broadcast live at this time, "Just now during the break, I browsed everyone's phone messages, it seems that everyone seems to be very interested in the box office table of 'Independence Day' this week, I have seen at least more than 50 messages discussing this topic, according to our latest news, if nothing else, 'Independence Day' will successfully win the championship again this week, and the cumulative box office will be close to 480 million." Wow, I know, 480 million, that's a terrible number, isn't it? ”

As a radio host, Shane Lawson (Shane) "Just this past weekend, two friends and I walked into the cinema for the third time to watch 'Independence Day', and even though we knew where the plot was going, the viewing effect in the cinema was still amazing. Maybe when aliens do invade Earth, it's probably like this......"

"Hello, this is Chicago B96 and you're on the hotline now." In distant Chicago, a radio program was also being broadcast live.

"Really? Did I call in? Oh, that's great, it's really good. "The voice is an excited middle-aged woman.

Radio host Zoe Bella Belle couldn't help but be infected, and showed a smile, "Yes, this lady, you are online now, do you have any special wishes?" ”

"Well, I've always wanted to see the movie 'Independence Day,' but I never had the time. I've had time now, but my friends have already seen it. I heard that there's a special event in Chicago next week where a group of movie fans are going to the cinema to watch Independence Day, and I want to go to it, but I don't know if it's true, and if so, I want to know how to sign up. ”

"Ma'am, you're talking about the movie viewing event that Young Volcano is organizing next Friday." Zoe immediately understood, and the voice of the lady on the other end of the phone was heard repeatedly, this should be the most lively message in Chicago in the past three days.

Since "Independence Day" is already qualified to hit the box office of 500 million US dollars, the young volcanoes plan to organize a grand movie-watching event, not only to contribute to the film's impact of 500 million, but also to gather those who have not yet entered the cinema to watch the movie, and call on more people to watch the movie. In just three days, more than 500 people have been gathered at this event, and the "Chicago Tribune" has also reported on the event.

"If you want to sign up, just go to the Sears Building, and I think you can find help there." Zoe said with a smile, and then heard a series of screams of gratitude from the lady, "Wow, this should be the hottest focus recently, I was having dinner with my female partner yesterday, and she asked me very seriously if I could accompany her to see this movie next week." My friend hadn't been to the cinema in three years, and it really scared me. But if she really wants to go, I'm more than willing to accompany her. Now that I think about it, maybe it's a good idea to sign up for this group movie. ”

After the first week of September and the second week of September, the whole United States is still hotly discussing the box office trend of "Independence Day", this topic is the biggest hot topic in the past two weeks, even the presidential election that has entered the sprint stage seems to be slightly inferior, and there are even rumors that the next presidential debate will also discuss the impact of Hollywood on driving the country's economy - obviously discussing this trend brought by "Independence Day".

More than 450 different media outlets have mentioned "Independence Day" more than 60,000 times, and the topic has reached a hot date.

Since ABC's "Good Morning America" tasted the sweetness in the topic of "Independence Day", almost two or three times a week has been set aside to discuss the new phenomenon caused by this movie, and Hugo's mantra in the movie "I always like a grand debut" has become a favorite buzzword among young people nowadays, and today "Good Morning America" once again rode the east wind of "Independence Day".

"Eleven weeks, eleven weeks in a row, Joan, can you imagine?" Charles Gibson said in surprise to his partner Joan Langdon.

Joan shrugged, "I'm honestly not surprised, but when it got over 'Hour of Killing', it seemed incredibly easy. This made Charles laugh, "I'm actually more surprised at the speed of box office accumulation, although the box office statistics of the current exhibitors have not yet come out, but according to the analysis of the New York Times, it is clear that the box office of this week's 'Independence Day' will be close to 490 million US dollars, Charles, do you know what that means?" ”

"I contributed two tickets to the history of Zào?" Charles's words made Joan laugh, and then Charles continued, "Of course I know what this means, maybe next week, maybe this week, we are going to witness the birth of history, not 300 million, not 400 million, but 500 million dollars, God, I can't imagine what an exaggerated set of numbers." Do you think anyone can stop Independence Day from making history? ”

"Oh, I'm not sure, maybe it's an alliance of all those who hate Hugo?" Qiong An raised her eyebrows and said jokingly.

Charles suddenly drooped his expression and looked disappointed, "I'm afraid this will be very difficult, and whether this alliance can be established or not will be a huge question." It seems that we should be ready to embrace a new history with open arms. ”

The possibility of hitting the box office of half a billion dollars, just one possibility, made the whole of North America boil