When the box office statistics of the opening weekend of "Home Alone" came out, the whole of North America was shocked, selling $18.87 million in just three days on December 24, 25, and 26, leaving behind the second-ranked "Mr. Duss" and the third-ranked "48 Hours".

The biggest doubt in front of the media and Hollywood filmmakers now is what is the origin of "Oriental Film Company", the producer of "Home Alone", and why have you never heard of it before?

In the North American box office list in 1982, a total of 4 movies broke 100 million at the box office as of November. After entering December, there are several more movies with strong box office, including "Mr. Duss", which was released on December 17, has sold more than 80 million at the box office, and is about to become the fifth film to break 100 million at the box office this year.

Some box office analysts estimate that "Home Alone" is likely to become the sixth film to break 100 million at the North American box office.

Although the opening weekend box office can be used as a reference for the final box office, it is not absolute.

For example, "Star Trek 2", which was released this summer, had a total box office of only 79 million in North America, but the box office in the first three days of the weekend was more than 14 million. (Some people may not be able to imagine, this is because the box office for three days on the weekend is much higher than the work)

and "ET the Extra-Terrestrial", which was released at the same time as "Star Trek 2", only had a box office of 11 million in the first weekend, far lower than "Star Trek 2". But the total North American box office of "ET" is 360 million, more than four times that of "Star Trek 2".

In general, how much a movie can do at the final box office depends on how strong the movie is.

But no matter what, the first weekend box office of "Home Alone" of 18.87 million can be regarded as breaking a box office record in Hollywood, and it will not be broken by "Star Wars 3" until next year.

This is thanks to Christmas, because the first weekend of Home Alone falls on December 24, 25, and 26. In addition, this is another Christmas family movie, and the 1050 screens eventually increased to 1320, and many times they were full, which created a box office myth of selling 18.87 million in three days.

"Royal Sister 2" is much inferior, and the total box office in the two weeks of release is only more than 9 million, which is only half of the box office of "Home Alone" in the three days of release. And the box office will only decline after Christmas, and the final box office of "Royal Sister 2" will probably not break 20 million.

The reason for this situation is that the box office competition in the United States is too fierce at Christmas, and Chinese-language urban action movies are not very pleasing; Second, American audiences have gradually lost their freshness to popular urban action movies like "Royal Sister", and many Hollywood action movies in the past two years have also slightly added Chinese kung fu elements - albeit nondescript.

The popularity of Home Alone did not subside as Christmas passed, and the weeks that followed continued to be watched by cháo. Especially those children, after reading it once, they begged their parents to watch it a second time, and watched it a third time after watching it for the second time. As soon as children enter the theater, it often means that adults also buy tickets to watch movies, and when they buy two or three, or even four or five, the box office can only be described as soaring.

It only took three and a half weeks for the North American box office of "Home Alone" to break 100 million, becoming another blockbuster with a box office of 100 million yuan after "Mr. Duss".

Compared with the excitement of Kang Jianfei and the distributor and the shower, thousands of parents and teachers in the United States have a headache. After watching "Home Alone", parents and teachers became substitutes for the stupid thieves in the film. Children set up various mechanisms at home or school, and adults will be tricked if they are not careful, perhaps by being drenched in soup when they enter the door, or falling with butter.

So some parents shouted: "Home Alone" has taught the children badly!

The Hollywood Reporter commented: "Home Alone is undoubtedly the biggest box office dark horse at the end of the year, and it's not just a family comedy, it's an excellent heartwarming movie that deserves to be watched by audiences of all ages." ”

More media are focusing on the actors and directors of "Home Alone", Kang Jianfei is too lazy to take any English name, the director's signature is directly "Kang_Jianfei" (Roman pinyin is also this), and he didn't even change his surname, which made many Americans think that the director's surname is "fei".

Such a strange name quickly reminded American media workers of the dark horse "Royal Sister" two years ago. The director of that movie has a similar name, "Jianfei_Kang".

And the little actor Cindy who plays Kevin in the film? Frida was also found, and Cindy's mother said in an interview with reporters: "...... Yes, the director is Asian. It could be rì himself, it could be Korean, or it could be Chinese. You know, Asians all look the same...... The director often praises my son Cindy for being an acting genius, do you know how long "Home Alone" was filmed? It took less than 8 days from the start to the finish, and it took 3 days for Cindy to shoot a children's clothing advertisement last time......"

As soon as the news of Cindy's mother's interview came out, it caused an uproar again. A film with a box office of over 100 million was filmed in less than 8 days, how can it be believed?

The Los Angeles Evening News commented: "It's clear that Cindy's mother lied. Maybe she was a little happy to say anything, you must know that after the hit of "Home Alone", the little boy's salary has soared to $300,000. Perhaps, when the box office of "Home Alone" exceeds 150 million, Cindy's salary will rise even higher. ”

The New York Times said: "It's hard to believe that Home Alone was written by a Chinese director, because it's not just a superficial comedy, it also expresses traditional American notions of family and kinship." The Chinese director clearly has an American heart......"

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20th Century Fox.

Henry? Chels brought Kang Jianfei to Little Alain? Ryder's office, after saying a few words, he smiled at Kang Jianfei and nodded, and left early alone.

Little Alain? Ryder first praised Kwan Zhilin, who was a guest translator: "This young lady is very beautiful. ”

"Xie Lu Xie, I'm Kang's fiancée." Guan Zhilin smiled happily, anyway, Kang Jianfei didn't understand what to say, so she directly promoted herself from girlfriend to fiancée.

"Oh, I'm a little jealous of Mr. Kang." Little Alain? Ryder laughed.

Kang Jianfei asked Guan Zhilin: "What did this foreign devil say?" ”

Kwan explained: "He complimented me on my good looks, I said I was your girlfriend, and then he said you were lucky. ”

Kang Jianfei said: "Thank you for the compliment." ”

Guan Zhilin translated: "My boyfriend said that it is useless for you to be jealous, he will love me for the rest of his life." ”

"Ha Luha, you are a good match," little Alain? Ryder Ha smiled, then said, "Kang, I take back what I said last time. ”

Kang Jianfei asked, "Let me see the sentence of the doctor of the jīng?" ”

Little Alain? Ryder said, "Yes, you did something really crazy. If it weren't for Home Alone's box office, I wouldn't have believed anyone would have made a super-blockbuster movie in less than two weeks. ”

Kang Jianfei smiled and asked, "Is this a compliment in disguise?" ”

"You can understand it that way," little Alain? Ryder said, "I heard from Henry that you're going to sell Home Alone merchandise and sequel rights? ”

Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "I have this idea." ”

Little Alain? Ryder asked, "How much are you going to sell it for?" ”

Kang Jianfei stretched out a slap and said, "50 million US dollars." ”

Little Alain? Ryder shook his head and said, "It's too expensive." ”

"It's not expensive," Kang Jianfei said with a smile, "with the popularity of Home Alone, you can make at least $20 million just by selling movie tapes." And that's not all, don't you think Home Alone is a good fit for a game? Coupled with the income from other aspects such as TV stations, if 20th Century Fox is seriously operated, I believe that the peripheral income alone will be more than 30 million. ”

Guan Zhilin, who translated for the two, swallowed her saliva and could earn $30 million around a movie, and if she hadn't heard it with her own ears, she would definitely think she was lying.

Little Alain? Ryder asked, "Since you know that Lu Dao is so profitable, why do you want to sell it to Fox?" ”

Kang Jianfei spread his hands and said: "It's too troublesome, and I don't have your company's various channels, so it's difficult to achieve the ultimate in the peripheral income of this movie." If I sell it directly to 20th Century Fox, it's good for you and me. ”

Little Alain? Ryder nodded, "Very sensible idea, but it's still too expensive." ”

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "After 20th Century Fox buys the copyright of "Home Alone", he can make several sequels, and the profits he makes may be hundreds of millions, and I only need 50 million which is not expensive. ”

Little Alain? Ryder said: "It's too expensive, how about 30 million?" ”

Kang Jianfei didn't bother to say much to him, so he stood up directly and said, "Okay, maybe I can go to Warner, MGM or something, maybe they will buy it for 55 million." ”

"Wait a minute," little Alain? Ryder hurriedly shouted, "40 million, no more." ”

Kang Jianfei turned around and said with a smile: "For the sake of our friendship, how about 45 million?" ”

"Okay, deal." Little Alain? Ryder raised his eyebrows and said, "Long live friendship." ”

When the North American box office of "Home Alone" rose to 130 million, Kang Jianfei reached an agreement with 20th Century Fox to sell the merchandise and sequel rights of "Home Alone" to 20th Century Fox for $45 million.

Kang Jianfei doesn't want to make a sequel anymore, because this movie can no longer make new ideas, and the box office of the sequel will inevitably be greatly reduced. It is a very cost-effective deal to take advantage of the opportunity of the first hit film to sell the copyright of "Home Alone" at a good price.

Kang Jianfei is really short of money now, not only because he still owes the bank 150 million Hong Kong dollars, but also because he bought hundreds of acres of land between Tseung Kwan O and Tiu Keng Ling, and the construction of the film and television city inevitably requires a lot of capital investment.