"Hahaha! What did I tell you?"

In Columbia City, the summer breeze is light, and in the park, looking at the cramped and restless appearance of a few friends, Kelsey is in a good mood, "Say!

"You said that viy would be successful......", "You said that "The Wedding is Coming" would be very good. "Kelsie, I admire you so much!"

A few little girls said in a loud voice, they were Asian and white, looking at her with a look in their eyes with admiration, now Kelsey is cool, she is the earliest viy fan, the viy spokesperson of their circle! Nowadays, except for those who "I don't like Asians", everyone wants to make friends with Kelsey.

"I don't have anything to admire, just admire!" Kelsey smiled, she had changed a lot lately, she had become a cool kid because of the light.

She also has to be mature and wise, don't lose the face of her idol, wave her hand and say, "The previous bet is over, and we're fine." ”

"Awesome!" The little girls cheered, and then talked about Ye Wei, "Have you read his blog yesterday?", "Looked, it's very interesting!"

"Don't you care about the box office of "The Wedding is Coming"?" Kelsey's expert tone is worthy of the spokesperson, "It's all over 10 million dollars, it's amazing!"

"What?" they asked quickly.

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Ranking - Number of weeks in theaters - Number of theaters/change - Average - Box office of the week - Total box office

10th place - week 4 - 1053 (+527) - 10,138 - 10,675,314 - 18,485,008

The box office exceeded 10 million in a single week!The figure of 18.48 million absolutely recovered the production and distribution costs, and it was absolutely profitable!

This shocked the world, the box office alone looks nothing special, only ranked 10th this week, and the yield is not unprecedented, there are many films that are higher than it, such as the documentary "Super Size Me"6 in the seventh week of release. The cost of 50,000 has received 9.12 million at the box office (33-year-old director Morgan Spurlock has also been hot recently and has also appeared on "The Daily Show"), but the 16-year-old prodigy only has "The Wedding is Coming".

Ye Wei officially became the youngest director at the box office of 10 million in history!

And this is a remake of a bad movie with limited creation, although it claims to have a production cost of 2 million, only 200,000 is really used by Ye Wei for the remake.

As BOM's weekly box office report wrote, this is yet another box office miracle, an incredible miracle!

In the fifth week, "The Wedding is Coming" will increase to 1,089 theaters and continue to be released on a large scale, and no one knows how high this phoenix can fly.

And "The Saved" only +3 theaters (592) received 2.09 million, with a trend of -48. 9%, next week - 368 theaters, its potential has been exhausted, and the total box office of more than 8 million will be its report card. In fact, with its 5 million production fee, it did not make money at the box office, with a good beginning and no good ending.

A new star jumped this week, and the 25th place "Napoleon the Great", which received 350,000 in 18 theaters (an average of 19,693), and increased to 73 next week, looks like a big achievement.

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"No debt, no trouble! Success, Mom, Top of the World!"

On the lawn of the Ye family's backyard, Ye Wei held the flowers on his back and rushed around happily. Duoduo patted his head happily and shouted childishly, "Mommy, the top of the world!!" Toto ran after him, his little tail flying.

On the porch of the house, Ye Haogen and Gu Qiao stood in their arms, smiling so happily and gratifying.

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"I was wrong, I was wrong!"

When it comes to "The Wedding is Coming", Gozman is so emotional to everyone, and "My Grand Greek Wedding", which has experienced a production cost of 5 million, has been spreed 3. 6.8 billion (2. 400 million North American box office, 1. 200 million overseas box office, North American distribution took 51 weeks, 357 days) miracle, he thought that there was no small cost miracle that could surprise him anymore, but ......

At first, I thought Ye Wei was a little poison and didn't support risking investment in him; after the film was remade, I thought that the screening was just a process, and there would be no second week; and then the response was very good, thinking that the box office would be able to collect 3 million, and then 5 million, 8 million, 10 million!?

No, it's already 18.48 million! According to this momentum, 20 million is certain, and 30 million is also very possible!

And "The Wedding is Coming" is just an unexpected sweet joy, their real investment is "Little Sunshine Beauty", and the future of the talented Ye Wei is the most attractive!

VIY can bring more, more, more!

Hanks agrees 100 percent with Gozman, telling his wife, Rita, many times lately, "Investing in this young man is one of the smartest life decisions I've ever made." ”

"It seems that way. Rita, of course, agreed.

The positioning of "Happiness Terminal" as a commercial comedy did not make it a bomb, with only 27.9 million in the first week (an average of 9,927), ranking second (this week's champion was "Dodgeball" Crazy, 48.67 million), and the evaluation was only barely passing, and it obviously couldn't sell well.

Although there is a global market to support, with the appeal of Spielberg + Hanks, it is not difficult to recover 60 million production fees in theaters alone, but this cannot satisfy anyone.

It's actually a little ugly, after "The Old Woman Killer", Hanks almost fell again, but fortunately, "The Wedding is Coming" helped him and gave him a gloss.

Regarding the interviews about discovering and investing in Ye Wei, he has accepted a few interviews, and the media laughed at him as the "god of weddings".

At the same time, Ye Wei appeared on the cover of the latest issue of "Entertainment Weekly", and the handsome hard photos were themed on the set, showing his charm as a young director, with the title: "Genius Power, Ye Wei"

This is an era of globalization, and the Asian media are also enthusiastically following this miracle, this Chinese prodigy, especially the Chinese media!

Mainly online new media, and those who don't pay attention to European and American entertainment will not know, in 2004, the network and the global network were very young, and it was the era when the whole people listened to "Mice Love Rice", talking about sweat, fainting, and falling. But many lively places such as cat flutter and paste bar are also lively, Ye Wei, Ye Wei, and Ye Wei Bar all have fans and fans, and you can also see some controversial or smearing voices.

For example, does Ye Wei speak Chinese? Does he recognize himself as Chinese?

People who don't like him say that he absolutely doesn't understand, and he can't even write his own Chinese name! Does he have a Chinese name? Not to mention understanding Chinese culture, fake foreign devils, traitors!

People who like him say that according to the English information, you should understand, his Chinese name is Ye Wei, his grandfather is an officer of the Anti-Japanese War, how is it a traitor?

At this time, Sina.com got in touch with Ye Wei's brokerage team and wanted to do a telephone interview, and Ye Wei readily agreed.

On this day, this interview has also been published on the front page of the website, and the fans who learned about it clicked to view it for the first time, and the sunspots were ready to move at the same time.

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"Self-deprecation?"

Albert read this film review of Ye Wei on the "Los Angeles Times", his old brows furrowed, thinking back to "The Great Napoleon", where is the self-deprecation? This kid doesn't look like he's talking nonsense......

After thinking for a while, he called with his mobile phone and asked a little impulsively, "Boy, why is that movie self-deprecating?"

At the premiere of "The Wedding is Coming", the two met and exchanged business cards, and they usually had no contact, but this time the old man was really incomprehensible and didn't ask.

"Hey, Roger......" Ye Wei's voice was a little surprised, "You mean "The Big Man" Napoleon? Uh, I think...... It laughs at itself from beginning to end, and at the beginning Napoleon says to the kid 'I can do whatever I want, oh my God!' and he tells a kid about the theme of the film, and the whole bus is full of kids, kids!"

"Isn't this just playing tricks on freaks?" Albert asked, adding, "You've seen 'Welcome to the Dollhouse,' I gave it 4 stars, the same teenage pain, the same freak loser, it's full of anger, passion, and character rebellion, brutal, spicy, philosophical, dark humor, and it's director and screenwriter Todd Sorenz's debut."

And what about Napoleon? All he did was self-deprecation, and even he laughed at his own efforts, and then he suddenly became 'cool'! Why did the audience feel so much about a freak dancing 'cool'? It's like when you look at a retarded person doing simple handicrafts, and you excitedly say it's great, it's just shameless superiority and pity.

Director Jared Hess, he didn't want to explore anything at all, and in the end it was a Hollywood-style happy ending. And the ending of "Welcome to the Dollhouse" is that what awaits the girl is another sad school year, what a lasting irony! Napoleon, here, there is only some unrealistic fantasies. ”

"Napoleon is not Daune, and 'Big Man' Napoleon is not 'Welcome to the Dollhouse.' Ye Wei laughed helplessly, "It's not about adolescent pain, it's not so cruel and ruthless, I also love Daun, but it's a very strict world, and Napoleon's world also has a real side: we grew up in a daze."

And it's also spicy, Napoleon also used a time machine! He also wanted to go back to the 80s, and until then, he had been trying a lot to change his life, and he failed, so he wanted to go. It's the same as Welcome to the Dollhouse, isn't it? You've tried a lot, but it's still a mess.

The difference is its happy ending, which is one of the reasons why I love it, Napoleon himself has not changed in fact, he just has some hope.

His hope was obtained through hard work, courage and luck...... The point is, do you think nerds can explode? I think so, the nerd explode won applause, not because he wasn't a nerd, but because people knew him more.

You know some movies that uncover the scars in people's hearts, and some movies that heal those scars. The film is both self-deprecating and encouraging, so that when the freaks are down, they can say to themselves: 'I'm a Napoleon, and I can be a Napoleon.'" 'Why are teenagers excited to watch this film, because it gives them dreams!'

"Then you still say self-deprecation?"

"Laughing and dreaming, that's cool!"

Albert was silent for a long time before he said, "Boy, you are very emotional. I think nerds can explode, but it shouldn't be in that comedic way. ”

"Roger, why be so strict? Put down Welcome to the Dollhouse, it's 2004. ”

After the call, Albert fell into deep thought again, maybe he should watch Napoleon again.

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"Yes, of course! Okay, we'll talk about it later. ”

Home office, put down the phone, Maurer screamed happily, a new job interview invitation, a photographer for the family comedy project "Imp on the Road"! That's a $30 million project! This is the fourth or fifth opportunity he's gotten recently, and while it may not work out in the end, his position in the industry is no longer on the margins.

Because "The Wedding is Coming", he turned over! It has risen! Just like the old man of time forgave him and let him regain his youth, hahaha!

I love viy, I love viy!

It's not just Maurer who shouts this, but also Peter Heller, whose reputation as a producer can't go back to the state it was before the "Jordan Heirs" screwed up, but he's safe, studios and investors are willing to believe him again, and he's survived the difficulties of life and hasn't been eliminated by the film industry!

There's also screenwriter Carsten McCann, editor Suzanne Hines, and soundtrack artist Christopher Leonards, who was almost killed by Soul Flight......

And the luckiest are "Bourne" Todd Segi and "Kana" Ashley Martto, two older actors who were unknown and did not have IMDB avatar photos, and suddenly received many audition invitations for supporting roles in comedy movies!

Not only that, but with the current box office, they can also get a postpaid salary and bonus, which is awesome!

Not only them, but Michael Arndt is also excited, now the script of "Little Sunshine Beauty" is a certain, certain and certain thing, and viy has the ability to shoot well!

With Ye Wei's success, Salton lawyers have also had a lot of new clients, and they are all developing upward!

It's done, Mom, on top of the world!

And Nicolas Cage and Gia Coppola have also been widely praised for their performances this time, and the Coppola family is really in the limelight this year.

Some people are lucky, others are unlucky. Kevin Thomas, the more successful Ye Wei is, the more he is scolded, there is no place for him in the film industry, he is completely finished......

"Weige, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, can you let me go?"

That night, after Kevin Thomas got drunk and was thrown out of the bar like garbage, he sat on the corner and started the phone and said something excitedly.

"I didn't do anything to you, it was your own fault that sent you into the abyss, if you want me to publicly say that I forgive you and believe that you have changed, get out of the way for me. But can I stop you from making a movie? If you want to make a movie, no one can stop you, and if you want to change it, no one can stop you. But you -- Kevin Thomas -- don't have much to say to you, so be it. ”

Doodoooo -

The phone falls to the ground, and Kevin Thomas falls drunk, a street man alive.

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On Saturday, June 26th, Roger Albert adjusted his rating of "Napoleon the Great" on his official website! The 5 stars were raised to 2 stars, and a paragraph was added after the original review: "I was told that the film has a self-deprecating side, and it is true that it has some self-deprecating moments, but it is not enough to hide its shallowness and rhapsody. ”

Although it is not completely changed, the media and the public know that this is the recognition of Ye Wei's film reviews!

From the bad movie to the passing line, that half of the star was won back by viy, and there was a shining viy light on it!

That's it, influence!

Jared and Jerusha, seeing this change, were in disbelief.

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It's been almost a full month since the release of "The Wedding is Coming", and during this time, Lovett has not had a day of peace of mind, and he wanted to talk to Willis about it several times, but every time he just spoke, Willis turned away from the topic with a wrong face, and he couldn't continue.

The big man didn't bother him, and gradually, he thought it was okay, but the superstar was moody, so he still had a little scruples...... And then it happened.

Willis's angry phone call came suddenly:

""The Wedding is Coming" is going to hit 20 million at the box office, you know!? They're about to announce the "Little Sunshine Beauty" project, the whole world wants to know that I'm an idiot!?"

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Sina.com: Hello Ye Wei, we are honored to have this telephone interview with you, this is the first time you have been interviewed by Chinese media.

Ye Wei: Hello Chinese friends, yes, I also feel very honored.

Sina.com: Today I have prepared ten questions for you, the first one is a question that domestic netizens have debated for a long time, can you speak Chinese?

Ye Wei (laughs, answered in fluent Chinese): Of course I can, I can listen, read and write, there are indeed many descendants of Chinese immigrants who do not know Chinese, but I grew up with bilingual education, my mother is a bachelor of UCSF East Asian Languages, I am more proficient in Chinese than you think, ancient poetry, classical Chinese, I know. I love Chinese, it is a great and beautiful language, let's do this interview in Chinese.

Sina.com: Okay, have you ever been to China?

Ye Wei (answered later in Chinese): I've been here many times, when I was very young, five or six years old, my family went back to visit relatives and travel, and then every year we would go to China at least once, and I witnessed the great changes in China, and every year the face was different. This year I plan to travel to China in August.

Sina.com: Welcome, welcome. Your grandfather was an anti-Japanese veteran?

Ye Wei: Well, "If there is an enemy invasion, it is the most correct thing to defend the country", this is his exact words. I've always been proud of him.

Sina.com: Do you watch Chinese movies? If so, which actor do you like the most?

Ye Wei (laughs): Look, I watch as long as it's a movie. I pay attention to movies from the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and I also like to watch some old films, like Shaw Brothers' martial arts films, but it is difficult to find their tapes in the United States. Dillon and David Kang, their "New One-Armed Knife" is one of my favorite films.

Sina.com: Is it possible that "The Wedding is Coming" will be released in Chinese mainland?

Ye Wei: I don't know much about this, because I didn't do the release of the film, but I very much hope that it can meet the Chinese audience, which is one of my wishes.

Sina.com: You are only 16 years old, and you have achieved many achievements, what are your plans for the future?

Ye Wei: Continue to go to school and continue to make movies. Success has definitely changed my life a bit, no one has interviewed me before, but I try to keep my private life as normal as possible. I'm going to make my first real film, I'm going to college, and before that, of course, I'm going to finish high school.

Sina.com: In the United States, your nickname is viy, and domestic fans have given you a Chinese nickname "Brother Wei", do you like it?

Ye Wei (laughs): Actually, this is also a nickname I have had since I was a child, many of my friends call me that, and I am very happy when girls call me that.

Sina: I heard that you have a girlfriend? Can you tell us more?

Ye Wei: I just want to say that I am a lucky person.

Sina.com: You are the captain of the school's football team, and you also led the team to win the league championship, have you ever thought about playing professional football in the future and joining the Chinese national football team?

Ye Wei: Seriously? I didn't think about it, I didn't want to become a professional footballer, forgot, I'm a filmmaker, that's why you interviewed me.

Sina.com: Finally, is there anything you would like to say to Chinese fans?

Ye Wei: I love you, I will always have you in my heart! Even if "The Wedding is Coming" does not make it to the cinema in China, I am sure that there will be my film that can be released in China in the future, because I will work hard to achieve it. Please continue to support Brother Wei, thank you!