December 1-7, 2006

-- Movies -- Rankings -- Number of Weeks in Play -- Number of Theaters -- Average -- Box Office of the Week -- Total Box Office -- Production Cost (millions) -- Distributor

"Lovely Bones" - 3rd place - Week 4 - 3001 - $4,345 - $13,038,627 - $122,973,183 - $25 - Paramount

Soul Surfer - 18th place - Week 8 - 582 - $2,016 - $1,173,312 - $92,061,169 - $10 - Lionsgate

Carrie the Witch -- 40th place -- Week 9 -- 109 -- $940 -- $102,460 -- $30,057,522 -- $15 -- Lionsgate

This week's North American film market continues to be dominated by "Happy Feet" and "Casino Royale", and the two genuine VIY movies are moving forward in a balanced manner, and the planned "Witch Carrie" has finally exceeded 30 million box office, with this mediocre result all offline drawn, congratulations!

Although the new "Carrie" is 3.75 million less than the 33.8 million North American box office of the old "Carrie" 30 years ago, it is not a success, but it is not a fiasco.

The new Carrie Nina Dubov is alive and well, starring in two horror films and having a $172 million North American box office, she is one of the most popular actresses of the new generation.

Elizabeth Olsen (122 million) and Emma Roberts are not comparable (110 million for "Mermaid" and SS), Blake Lively ("Summer of Jeans", "Admission Notice" for 75 million) and Kristen Stewart are also not comparable (157 million for 5 movies such as "Shivering Space" and "Jumanji 2").

Don't look at "Carrie" being scolded miserably, Dubov is still the highest-grossing starring star in the VIY Girls Gang for the time being. Her youthful and sweet appearance and cheerful and enthusiastic image make her very likable, and her popularity is especially high among teenagers.

Recently, there are two news that make Dubov fans happy, one is in terms of career, the song and dance film project "Dance Out of My Life 2" announced that she has joined as the heroine!

"Dance Out of My Life" was just released in August this year, and although it only has a freshness of 19%, it has a box office of 65.32 million with a production fee of 12 million, and 83% of the audience's popularity, and will definitely win at next year's Teen Choice Awards. Channing Tatum, who has starred in Frank's ex-boyfriend "Josh" in LMS, quietly became popular with it and "Football Stunner", and the producer Summit Entertainment earned laughter.

Her popularity can bring qualitative changes to SU2, and SU2 can allow her to step out of horror movies and further jump into the realm of youth films with her extraordinary and spicy dance style. SU fans are looking forward to the performance of the former member of Canada's rhythmic gymnastics national junior team, which is reported to start filming next year and is expected to be released by the end of next year, with a rising star.

Another news is in terms of private life and feelings, Ye Wei's ex-girlfriend was first photographed by the paparazzi holding hands with Ryan Cooley, the star of the drama "Degras Middle School", on a date on the streets of Toronto, and then announced this new relationship.

Fans and fans have mixed reactions to this, some cheering, some surprised, who is Ryan Cooley?

The most heartbreaking thing is the fans of Wei Na Love, a couple who were so good and sweet at this time last year, and this year they have gone their separate ways.

The two official ex-girlfriends are on a new date, I don't know if Ye Wei was stimulated by this, in the early morning of the 8th, the fans of Wei Lilian were taken aback!

VIY suddenly deleted all the shows of affection except for the first Facebook message announcing the relationship, "We are together again"! Social networking sites including English and Chinese, love letters, love poems, "All-Dead" chapters, etc. were all deleted, the "girlfriend's post" log was also deleted, and even the "Heath Cram is here" video with more than 20 million views on YouTube was deleted.

After waiting for a month, I didn't see the two show their affection again, but it was like this?

This situation was reported by entertainment gossip websites such as TMZ for the first time, does it have anything to do with this year's Victoria's Secret underwear show? But the blacks were overjoyed, and said that it wouldn't last long! I thought it would be a few months, but it turned out to be only a month. Fans who learned the news asked why on various stations, and the girls of Heathram wanted to open the video every day, but found that it was gone......

Ye Wei responded quickly this time, and most people didn't know about it, and he posted a Facebook and Twitter message in the early morning of the 8th:

"Those good things that belong only to us, and you feel that you are not satisfied for a month? ”

......

Ye Wei and Lily burst into laughter during the early morning phone call at the surprise of the outside world, an idea they shared last month, and it shows how the news media is chasing after the wind to mislead the public, or the blindness of news dissemination...... Forget it, forget it.

Wei Lilian's public information is controlled by themselves, and what only belongs to the silent and starless belongs to the silent and starless, and this is what they want!

In the future, we will continue to do what we want to do in a low-key manner, so that life is quieter, more private, and better.

Lily was happy, she was happy, and of course Ye Wei was also happy.

He went home to practice that morning, and in the afternoon he went to the Los Santa Monica Beach Hotel to attend a W'sB Golden Globe PR reception, walked through the catwalk, and chatted with the judges, so that each judge felt that the stars saw them as big shots, and that the film was very good, and it was a wise choice.

It's not hard, but he doesn't really get much interest, but he has to go, it's part of the job.

"Hey, Jennifer, Aliciica!" In the backstage of the hotel's banquet hall, Ye Wei saw the two generals he hadn't seen for a long time, and he was in a little mood.

They didn't have an assistant, and he didn't have an assistant.

Alicia had just arrived in Los Angeles from Sweden at noon, and when she saw him, she immediately smiled, "But!" Jennifer's facial muscles seemed to be a little stiff, and her voice was unnatural: "Hey...... Alicia exclaimed: "Your early morning tweet is so interesting, you and Lily are awesome!"

"Thank you. Ye Wei nodded with a smile and looked at Jennifer, "What's wrong, I'm nervous?" Jennifer said "Yes", and he comforted with a smile: "Don't be nervous, there's nothing to be nervous about." If you are not sociable, follow me, put on a polite and humble smile, and act again. ”

Jennifer's ignorant voice, Alicia understood.

At this time, Harvey Weinstein hurriedly walked in, called out and turned around and walked away: "Weige, you are finally here, come with me!" Ye Weixian responded loudly: "Man, my star is still full of lateness." Then he whispered to the two girls, "That's Mr. Harvey, a despicable old pervert who likes to rub oil, but you're all right." ”

"Oh. Alicia nodded vigilantly, and Jennifer regained some vibrancy and pointed at herself, as if to say, "I?

"It's like this. Ye Wei stretched out her left hand and hugged Jennifer's waist, hugging her so hard that she couldn't help but stick to his side.

Jennifer's expression was very weird, "Dude, it seems that you are rubbing oil...... Ye Wei was stunned and said, "God, I'm a bad boy." He stretched out his right hand and hugged Alicia as well, and walked to the backstage door with a smile, "I really miss you." The two girls laughed amusedly, with a little more joy.

It was a late reception and a belated appearance by VIY to the Golden Globe judges, who was not seen at Paramount's reception for TLB last month. The reason given by Ye Wei is that he is busy with the post-production of W'sB, which is also a fact, fortunately he has a good relationship with HFPA, and Liz and others are in attendance, so no one complains that he is playing a big name.

It was also a reception that was finalized, and the Weinstein brothers did not act until they saw the movie, but it was like a storm.

No way, none of the films they produced themselves this year have the strength to impact the awards season, and "Ms. Potter", which premiered in the UK a few days ago, was well received for Renee Zellweger's performance. There are only two options in front of them, one is to participate in the awards season with the release of W'sB, and the other is to go straight out.

How could the Weinstein brothers be willing to be spectators? They were still in a hurry to make a name for themselves in the new company.

The 06-07 awards season has begun, and the Golden Globe nominations will be announced next Thursday 14th, with an awards dinner on January 15th next year.

Now, whether W'sB works or not, Ye Wei will be an important part of the awards season, IFC is working on "Half Nielsen", SS is tired of critics' reviews and is unable to compete for the main creative award, and Lionsgate is seeking to make a splash in terms of technical awards, such as its critically acclaimed photography.

And Paramount is full of firepower with TLB, and he has to sign up for any award, and he has invested heavily in the operation of the main creative awards, with the goal of having these 6 Oscar nominations:

Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress (Saoirse Ronan), Best Supporting Actor (Stanley Tucci)

Best Actor was also applied, but due to the academy and critics' consistent contempt for action superstars, Keanu Reeves was not shockingly good this time, so Paramount's PR team was not prepared to spend money on this one.

As for the other six, none of them will relax!

This raises the question, if W'sB also has a good market, although the evaluation has not yet come out, the attitude of the Weinstein brothers says something, they are also full of firepower, and they are also going to attack those six ......

How to avoid internal competition?

If this problem is not solved well, it can lead to serious consequences, such as the best director.

Ye Wei's ceiling this year is to get nominations, don't think about winning awards, even if W'sB has 100% freshness and he gets double nominations, then the little golden man must be Martin Scorsese. Martin Sr. will be nominated for the 5th time from the 80s to the present, with the glory of the four major directors of the 80s on his head, and "The Departed" has received rave reviews, he has no rival.

And Ye Wei still has his own problems, it is already a miracle that he set the record of being the youngest last year and was nominated, and he was nominated for the second year in a row? The second youngest record was also refreshed? The Oscar would not be so good to him, and it was not surprising that there was no nomination at the last time. For example, in the 73rd edition, Steven Soderbergh won the double nominations for "Drug Network" and "Never Compromise", and two of the five seats were taken up, which is almost a zero scenario.

Having a nomination is a victory, but if two films win the award at the same time, the votes will inevitably be scattered. Originally, he only signed up with Ke Gu, but he was able to get the nomination, and with Dong Gu, he couldn't get any of them.

Ye Wei had thought about what to do if this problem occurred a long time ago, and it was not difficult to make a choice intellectually, "Lovely Bones".

TLB's directorial presence is strong, while W'sB is very weak. He has always said that W'sB will not have director nominations, but there will be actor nominations, and it is a stage for actors. Even if it is selected by a group of the most professional people in the industry, TLB is still the best director, not to mention that its high box office and high attention have caused public opinion pressure, and if he is not selected, something will happen.

The problem is that he's not the one to get the idea, his opinion is important, but the release PR team makes the decision. The Paramount and Weinstein brothers don't want to back down at all, they just want their movie to get all the nominations and lead the list, and who cares about the other party?

In order to avoid losing both, the two sides still had to conduct a mysterious negotiation, and as a result, only one plan was decided, and TLB was the main force to impact the director award.

TLB is known as "the most difficult adaptation", why is it the best adapted screenplay? The Weinstein brothers said that W'sB's failure to get a screenplay nomination ruined their reputation, and no independent film would dare to look for them again. Best Picture? The real interests are there, and there is no compromise in this case!

Best Supporting Actor, Mr. Harvey and Uncle Tears will have a fight.

Ye Wei doesn't care much about them, and if it's not the same person, there is no question of scattering votes, whether they are nominated together, not nominated together, or who they are, it depends on themselves. But in the two leading actresses and supporting actresses, Liz and Jennifer, Saoirse and Elicica, they have some similarities that make the judges ponder the choice of two: newcomer, girl, VIY gang.

The worst thing is that Saoirsa, although born in the United States, grew up and entered the industry in Ireland and is known as an Irish actress, and Alicika is a Swedish actor.

There are only 5 places, and they may be able to dominate the Oscars in ten years, but will next year's nominees be taken over by the Girls Gang?

Of course, Ye Wei hopes that they will all be nominated, but the two public relations teams think it is doubtful, and they insist on "We guarantee that she will get the nomination!" They didn't talk about the result, so they kicked the ball to him, it's okay to cooperate, I will be the heroine if you are the heroine, I will be the heroine if you are the heroine, and who will be the main force is decided by VIY.

How do you choose his horse? The back of his hand is meat, and the palm of his hand is also meat.

Jennifer is a damn genius, Liz's imaging is really not bad, not to mention Saoirse, she loves this little girl's performance too much, but Alice is also good!

This is one of the reasons for his lack of enthusiasm for the awards season, for whom whoever wins and loses naturally develops is the best. He has to make a choice, and before the deadline arrives, the nominations for the 14th Golden Globe will be announced, and the critics' evaluation of W'sB will be clear, which are important considerations.

This winter bone will be released next Friday on the 15th, and tomorrow Saturday on the 9th.