Chapter 348: The Rise of the Scheming
The Hunger Games
Box office: $690 million
Influence: 57
Box office after change: 4. $900 million
Influence after change: 52
Ningyun itself:
Remaining box office: $423 million
Remaining Influence: 23 (Awakened Emma Stone Memories and Hunger Games Identity Reduction)
Luck value: 50
Health: 160,035
After "The Hunger Games" was completed, it made several box office predictions.
When it came to Lionsgate's important strategy, there was a lot of interest in the project.
After the first internal test screening of the changed version of "The Hunger Games", the company's top management was not satisfied.
In fact, after the test screening of the original historical "The Hunger Games", there were more dissatisfied voices.
The difference with "Twilight" is too great.
The whole film is bland and passionless, and the sense of substitution is a joke, how can an adult understand the restless and hormones-filled thoughts of a little girl in adolescence.
Of course, faithful to the original work is really well done, and some fans buy it, which can basically guarantee that they will not lose money.
Even Hollywood, which is becoming more and more specialized, cannot guarantee that movies will not lose money.
It's good to create miracles, of course, but there are so many films every year, and only a few create miracles.
None of the main creators of the original film could have imagined that "The Hunger Games" would create a miracle of the eleventh box office in North American history.
If it can be like the first part of "Twilight", it is worth celebrating.
No one expected that the original film would have such a good reputation among North American teenagers.
The changed version, in the eyes of adults, is a little more confident than the original.
Although most of the whole film is bland, it has a foundation. There are bright spots, and the tangled adolescent love is also more obvious.
In terms of substitution, of course, it has been greatly weakened, but who cares, if the original author doesn't care.
Proximity to Twilight is the most important thing.
If the original "The Hunger Games" and "Twilight" were two teen films in different directions, the changed "The Hunger Games" is a mixture of the two.
Preliminary box office predictions are: $200 million in North America and $250 million overseas.
This is already a result that surpasses the first part of "Twilight".
With an investment of 78 million and a total box office of 450 million, it is an outstanding achievement, and it will definitely be able to start the sequel plan.
In fact, the unpredictability of the box office can also be seen from here.
Unless it's a completely inseparable movie, no one can be sure of a sequel before it's released, and the same goes for The Hunger Games.
The original film's "The Hunger Games" is very good at the local box office, but it is much worse overseas.
in China. Except for those movie reviews that collect money, there is almost a scolding.
Shaky disgusting shots, no ups and downs, guessable follow-up bland plots.
When it was screened, there were no people in the theater who were discussing, and after the film ended, when they went out in twos and threes, the audience did not walk and talk like they did after watching other movies.
I can't even scold it.
It is well known that the box office of Hollywood blockbusters in China. It is greatly affected by the domestic box office in North America.
Even so, "The Hunger Games" still handed over a miserable answer sheet in China.
If The Hunger Games doesn't do well at the North American box office either. In addition, there are no bright spots in publicity, and in the Chinese market, the box office of more than 100 million may be very small.
You must know that the promotion of the original film "The Hunger Games" in China has used labels such as thriller and suspense.
After watching the movie, the distributors on Huaguo's side. also knows that this film is very unsuitable for the taste of the Chinese people.
After the change of "The Hunger Games", the final box office is, North America 2. $200 million, overseas 2. $700 million.
Exceeded expectations, a very good result. Even if there were fans protesting the plot change, it couldn't stop the company's top brass from celebrating, celebrating the success of the adaptation.
Of course, the plans for the follow-up of "The Hunger Games" were launched as soon as the box office was released in the first week.
The original "The Hunger Games", box office 1 in the first week. $900 million, down 58.2% the next week, and the decline declined in the following weeks, and the overall situation was good, showing a total of twenty-four weeks in North America to 4. $0.8 billion.
After the change, "The Hunger Games", the box office in the first week was 1. $800 million, little change. The next week fell by 63.1%, and the decline in the following weeks was also around 50%, which is much more than the original film, but it is basically in line with the trend of fan movies, and it has been screened for a total of 17 weeks in North America, with 2. $200 million.
After the change of "The Hunger Games", the publicity has not changed much, and the expectations of fans are the same, and it can even be said that with the addition of Sam Claflin, it is a little better. But this can only determine the scheduled box office, at most the opening weekend box office.
In 2012, the word-of-mouth of a movie, the speed of transmission is extremely fast, the small change in the plot, and the significant decline in Katniss's sense of substitution have all affected the box office.
And these effects, after the first week, became even greater. This is also the reason why the box office has dropped a lot in the following weeks.
Originally, these changes would not have caused so much drop in the next week, after all, Jennifer Lawrence's skills were there, and more than half of the film's performance was enough for an actor with excellent acting skills to give full play and win the audience's love.
What's more, director Gary Ross really likes Jennifer Lawrence, always likes to give exciting and gorgeous soundtracks when she leaves the country, and always close-ups of the camera, slow advancement, and half of the screen is her big face.
Until Fei.Fang, a Chinese student girl in North America, watched "The Hunger Games" the next day and wrote a movie review.
This film review, which is not outstanding, was unexpectedly widely circulated.
This girl starts by pointing out that Katniss Everdin is a scheming, and I can tell it at a glance!
Then she analyzed and interpreted Katniss from another angle, how scheming Katnis's behavior was.
Since he was a child, he knew how to run to the back door of Peeta's house and pretend to be pitiful, looking at Peeta with animal-like eyes, winning sympathy and deceiving meatloaf.
Yes, this girl has good eyes, and she has discovered all the flashing shots.
The girl then explained in detail the meme of "applying for a certificate" and the meaning of "applying for a certificate".
If it weren't for this goof. Girls' articles may not be as widely circulated.
Katnis, who was a little older, set his sights on the tall and sturdy Gale again, tricking him into helping him hunt and carry the prey......
Not only deceived Gail's physical strength, but also deceived Gael's food.
The camera in the movie clearly understands that Pita's meatloaf has just been received in front. Later, Gael's leavened bread was collected.
Look at how shameful it is for her to break the bread and make an intoxicated expression!
Why is it shameful?
Needless to say!
People know that meatloaf is better than bread and smells better.
This expression of intoxicated leavened bread that doesn't even have sugar must have been pretended to be shown to Gail, and it must have been to deceive more bread in the future!
Also, make your boyfriend happy! Scheming are best at this!
Why I know, that's a long story, don't talk about it.
Always, I'm an experienced expert.
So. Isn't that shameful!
Well, I know someone said meatloaf is for my sister, but don't tell me she doesn't eat it!
Will my sister be embarrassed to get the meatloaf given by her sister and swallow it for her own and not share it for her sister?
In fact, I suspect that Katniss is stealing the beams and changing the meatloaf for bread.
That's right, it's to eat the meatloaf secretly, and then give Gail's bread to her sister, and make the whole family feel that she has love!
Well, maybe that's a far-fetched statement. But it's not wrong for her to collect meatloaf with her front foot and bread with her back foot. There's nothing wrong with using Gail and Pita to scam them into getting food.
If she's only to one man, okay, no problem, I admit it's love, whether it's Gail or Peeta no problem.
But it's two of you, Grandma's. Xiao Bichi, who has stepped on two boats since he was twelve years old, would be a good person?!
She's not a scheming, who would dare to beware of a scheming?
Also, does she really not like killing?
Lie!
In the movie, you can act, clear shots.
She aimed at a poor fawn, and she kept chasing after them when they ran away, vowing not to stop until they were killed.
If it weren't for the kind-hearted Gale who came out to stop it. That fawn died a tragic death from the arrows of the scheming!
See what she does with Gail, who stops her from killing the deer: "Damn.you, Gale!"
She's cursing Gail, her titular boyfriend.
Would really love Gail do this to him?
Don't talk about emotional problems, even if she said it casually, it's understandable.
But this detail shows her true nature, and think about how many cute and innocent critters she has killed before!
Animal protection organizers would rather die than harm animals.
But Katniss chose to kill countless animals just to satisfy his appetite, which is too shameful!
Ask yourself, she's afraid of killing, do you believe it?
She doesn't like killing, isn't she pretending to win sympathy?
Isn't it to show Gale her kindness and weakness in front of him, so that Gale can help him more?
You see, it's not good for her to choose a boyfriend, she has to find a tall and strong one.
Everyone knows that in areas of widespread poverty, it is only useful to be strong and strong.
Another ambiguous object, Pita is the son of the owner of the meatloaf shop.
So, why didn't she position her boyfriend's object as Peta, who looked more suitable.
Maybe not as robust as Gail, but Pita is well-born, rich, has food, and has no family to bear.
But don't forget that shot detail, Peeta's mother is very powerful and stingy, and she treats Pita very harshly.
If you do be Pita's girlfriend, you do get some help with food, but it's definitely very little.
With his mother, who was strictly guarding him, how much extra food did Pita get?
Far less than what you could get from Gael's help with the hunt.
Katniss is well aware that losing Gael's line is even more to lose.
Of course, it's not right to reject Pita outright, it's best to hang on both sides, you see, the meatloaf is not coming.
Even the director couldn't help but want to expose Katnis's true nature, otherwise why would this scene be arranged.
Let me guess worse, in a few years, if Pita's mother dies, or if Pita inherits the family completely and takes over the meatloaf shop, will Katniss separate from Gail and choose Pita as her "true love"!
Some will surely say that this is an unjustified slander against Katniss!
The greatness of her participation in the Hunger Games in place of her sister is irrefutable!
That's right, she actually took the place of her sister.
But irrefutable, not necessarily!
Have you forgotten what The Hunger Games stands for?
That's not just the capital's punishment for the twelve districts, it's also a reward for the victors!
In the first district, the second district, and even the third and fourth districts, the contestants are actively registered.
The winner has no worries about food and clothing for life, large sums of money, rewards and honors!
Don't you do it when it's dangerous?
Yes, most people do, but ambitious people don't.
Take a look at "The Red and the Black", and countless more similar stories, and many more real-life characters.
Hitler protested with bullets at the beginning, the people around him died, he was only lucky to survive, he was a good man and a hero at that time, and now what?
What about commenting on Hitler at that time with modern thinking, why was he so brave at that time?
Do you believe it is for ideals, or is it for the sake of getting ahead?
Is Katniss really weak?
I think most people fall into the trap of preconceived notions.
Everyone has always thought that Katniss is weak, but this is just a false impression given by the film, and being born in a poor area does not mean that he is weak.
Have you forgotten everything? Katniss scored eleven points, a recognition of her prowess from the capital.
She's the one who can shoot birds with an unprofessional bow and arrow!
The powerful power of this long-range weapon, the bow and arrow girl in the arena, has been vividly demonstrated to everyone!
"Shoot" Cato, shoot the boys in the second district, they simply didn't react, if it weren't for love, in order to block the throwing knives of the girls in the second district, the bow girl would have killed all the pros without being injured.
And what about Katnis, who is better than the archery girl in archery, is it really difficult to crush the whole audience with a bow in hand?
After all these years and watching so many Hunger Games, Katniss has never evaluated her strength among the players, do you believe it?!
And Katnis, who has evaluated her strength, just made a little girl who is crying and crying and is about to die, to be honest, I didn't feel it when I watched it, and later I recalled it and I was disgusted and wanted to vomit!
It was that scene that everyone raised their hands to salute her, and she also showed a miserable look of "I am going to die"!
The pros have been trained since childhood, and they are strong, yes.
As for Katnis, he has been training since he was a child, training to survive, and he is much more attentive than the professional players.
One is for honor and money, you can quit if you don't practice well, the other is for survival, in order to survive, who will work harder?
The level of Katnis's bow and arrow, no one knows better than herself.
By casual comparison, she probably knows that she herself is one of the most powerful in the Hunger Games of Seventy-Four.
And so many years of the Hunger Games, which are about life and death, has she ever measured herself?
Just because a story outside the movie doesn't show up on the camera doesn't mean it won't happen.
According to the logic that everyone knows, this contrast, this self-measurement, is bound to happen.
Anyone can bring in Katniss to imagine it, and after such an idea, Katniss's pitiful and ridiculous fake performance is shameless!
(To be continued.) )