North American box office for a week

October 29-November 4, 2004 -

Movies - Ranking - Number of Weeks - Number of Theaters/Change - Average - Box Office of the Week - Total Box Office

The American version of "The Grudge" - 1st place - 2nd week - 3,348 - 8,128 - 27,213,141 - 76,080,170

"Saw Horror" - 3rd place - Week 1 - 2,315 - 10,497 - 24,301,242 - 24,301,242

Napoleon the Great - 15th - Week 21 - 387 - 1,538 - 595,080 - 42,061,927

"Captain Sky and Tomorrowland" - 24th - Week 7 - 335 - 864 - 289,331 - 37,291,785

In November, the 2004 U.S. presidential election was held on the 2nd, and George W. Bush won, and the White House will still be dominated by the Republican Party for the next four years.

The cinema has just ushered in this year's Halloween schedule, and at this time of year, there will always be such and such horror films, and in 2004 there are many "oriental elements".

Sony's American version of the Japanese classic horror film "The Grudge" won the championship for two consecutive weeks, for its 10 million production cost, more than 70 million in two weeks, breaking 100 million is no problem, this is definitely a profit, it is foreseeable that in the next few years, Hollywood remakes of Asian classic thrillers will become a trend, as long as there is money to be made, this actually began in 2002 DreamWorks' American version of "Midnight Bell" was a big success.

However, the biggest surprise this year is not the American version of "The Grudge", but the R-rated horror film "Chainsaw"!

With a production cost of only 1.2 million, the box office in the first week was more than 20 million, although it has mixed reviews in the film critics, but nearly 90% of the audience love on Rotten Tomatoes, imdb7. 7 points, all of which show that this cult film is creating its own religion and is rapidly recruiting a large number of believers.

Independent filmmaker Lionsgate shines like stars, and a pair of 27-year-old creators from Australia, Chinese director and screenwriter James Win (Wen Ziren) and screenwriter Ray Warner, also made a stunning appearance. The talent shown by this pair of buddies makes them look promising, especially Wen Ziren, who has been praised as a genius in horror films.

Maybe the future won't be smooth for the two, but they've got off to a great start.

This year's Chinese directors can be described as explosive, including "Chainsaw", the previous two-week champion "Hero", and of course, "The Wedding is Coming", which gave birth to Ye Wei, a super prodigy.

However, while Wen Ziren has attracted much attention, Ye Wei has become more and more silent recently, and he can't be seen in those professional movie market places, only in the entertainment section of the big newspaper, lace tabloids, gossip websites and other places, can he occasionally be found, who to spread scandals with, and who to date......

When it comes to movies, his last words were the joining of Alan Arkin two months ago, which caused a small reaction in the industry at the time, and then he was like leaving the world of filmmaking.

Except for the "Los Angeles Times" movie edition of Monday's column "viy said", each issue of the article is never interrupted, but this column has also shown a decline in popularity recently, it is not difficult to find out the reason, viy's recent words lack controversy, either film reviews, semi-film reviews, or acting, cooking and other experiences, and even logs.

Although it is still funny and humorous, it is a little less sharp and exciting.

Some readers have reported to the Los Angeles Times that they expect to see a man who says, "Film is dying," "It looks like everyone is going to be a predator," and "I'll never apologize for that...... viy, instead of saying "practicing yoga helps muscles relax", "the authentic practice of gong bang chicken", "saved a cat today" viy.

And his film reviews are still quite popular, and from time to time one article is enough to support the column.

The first film review "We Are All Fools in Youth" has now been regarded as a god by fans and fans, and is regarded as the best film review of "Napoleon the Great", not an afterthought, but a prophetic support for it when Roger Albert gave a thumbs up, this cult film has received more than 40 million box office, which is even higher than "The Wedding is Coming".

In terms of popularity, this is already the case, so some of Napoleon's avid fans still make fun of him: in front of Napoleon, the god of weddings is a mortal who sings praises.

The two films are usually put together, and now the new awards season has started again, the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars are of course the hottest spots, and those awards that belong to young people and teenagers, such as the MTV Movie Awards, Teen Choice Awards, Children's Choice Awards, etc., may have a fierce battle, who does the best film belong to?

But the latest film review, "Captain Sky and Steampunk", was not very popular and didn't work, although Viy almost praised "Captain Sky and Tomorrowland" in the article, saying how cool it was, and even his friend "N" who didn't know what steampunk was was impressed.

However, seven weeks later, this sci-fi film is about to be drawn offline, only receiving a pitiful box office of more than 30 million, 46% of the audience's popularity, and the several overseas markets that have been released are also not good, but it is pitiful because its production cost is as high as 70 million, and the opening of 3,170 theaters is not like false publicity, it has lost a lot, a complete loss.

Director Kerry Curran, who was previously beautiful and a newcomer, but invited several big stars to star, fell from the clouds to the abyss and fell into a quagmire from which he could not get out.

Who will ask him to make a film, who will invest in him, and who will want to star in his next movie?

Kerry Curran seems to have no other choice but to make a completely independent film. He has a very, very high www.biquge.info of the Pen Fun Pavilion, but he ended up like this, and the world still doesn't remember his name, and he is about to disappear into the long river of film history, which is embarrassing.

This is the cruel film industry, a work can go to heaven, a work can go to hell, almost all depends on whether it can make money.

The failure of "Captain Sky and Tomorrowland" is also the first "failure" of viy's recommended film, which not only makes many of his column readers, but also makes many of his fans and fans quite disappointed, prodigies should not fail! What happened to viy lately? Is he crazy?

Whether Ye Wei is crazy or not, no one in the outside world knows, whether Ye Wei is working hard for the new project, no one in the outside world knows.

The outside world can only see what can be seen, Ye Wei seems to be lost, lost in the near edge of Vanity Fair, indulging in pleasure, all his thoughts are on picking up girls, for a while this girl, for a while that girl, just don't do anything serious, just consume his little fame, become a smaller and more marginal character, and finally disappear silently.

Even his blog has been updated less, and even if it is updated, it is not related to the movie, "Little Sunshine Beauty" has not been updated for a long time, and the last article was a seemingly inexplicable sentence almost a week ago, "Damn, how do I say it?"

Is there any bad news to say? It really made his fans guess and worry.

At this time, a rumor suddenly appeared on the Internet: "It is rumored that "Little Sunshine Beauty" has been shelved, and the new prodigy film has been cut in half"

The rumors were first reported by Yahoo Films, and as we all know, the crew of "Little Sunshine Beauty" has been carrying out casting work, but recently the audition for "Oliver" was suddenly terminated! Originally, the third round of auditions was held at the end of October, but as a result, all the young actors who passed the second round of auditions received a notice of suspension of auditions.

"We were told there was no third round of auditions, they didn't say why, they didn't tell us if we had a winner, they just told us to wait. The agent of one of the young actors, who did not want to be named, complained to reporters, "This is really a waste of our time." ”

According to the normal process, the third round, and perhaps the fourth round, and sample competition, will be held to determine the candidates, and the biggest possibility of abruptly terminating the audition is that the project is shelved.

This inference was admitted by an insider: "The script is too bland, the plots of the characters are too scattered, and everyone in the circle knows that the reason why the focus gave up on it in the first place was precisely because of this consideration." Ye Wei's preparations are not very good, his professional ability is not enough, the bigger problem is his attitude, compared to the preparatory work, he is more keen on dating and having fun, just like other ordinary teenagers. His sloppiness cost him the trust of Tom Hanks. ”

The rumors spread quickly, and various movie entertainment websites reprinted one after another: "Little Sunshine Beauty" can't be filmed!

There are many reasons, lack of ability, poor attitude, and image destruction...... To sum up, Ye Wei is no longer the genius who dares to hand over $5 million to him, just a little playboy who can be eliminated at any time.

It can't be filmed, just like last year, it was also prepared, and it was all in shape but was suddenly stopped by the focus, this is a cursed project.

In today's Internet era, bad things can spread thousands of miles in an instant, whether it is in North America, or in Asia, this big bad news was quickly followed viy learned, it was really a heavy blow to the honeys, how could it be!

I don't know how much of a little girl is anxious, how many fans are depressed, and there are a lot of anxious inquiries on viy's blog, official website message board and other places, and Kelsey Zhou, who thinks she is the number one fan, also left a message trying to be calm: "This must be a false rumor, do you think viy will be sloppy? I only believe his official statement." ”

To be honest, many non-hardcore fans are really shaken, of course the previous viy won't, and this viy seems to be ...... recently

And those ordinary followers, new informants, believe the words of the media even more, another person who became famous prematurely and was finished!

Die-hard fans hold on to Castle VIY, waiting for their Sky Captain to return in a P-40 and crush the enemies outside the city. For a day, two days, the Sky Captain still didn't show up, he couldn't have heard this rumor, where was he?

Three days, there was finally new news, but it was: ""Little Sunshine Beauty" is shelved seems to be a foregone conclusion, and the official website will be closed this morning"