Hollywood Hunter

The time came to May 29th, and the box office week from May 22nd to May 28th ended with the envy and surprise of many people.

The most eye-catching box office performance is naturally "Rush Hour 2".

With Daenerys Entertainment doing a certain amount of public relations, this East-West Kung Fu comedy with a comprehensive media rating of just a few, ended up earning a crazy $91.43 million in the first week and seven days. Many people subconsciously love this movie The expectations, the first week of more than 90 million US dollars, can indeed be described as crazy.

You know, the box office for the first seven days of the film was only US$33.01 million in the first seven days. With this start, with the excellent reputation of the audience, the local box office also reached US$141 million.

Now, with $91.43 million in the first week, an almost three-fold increase, what will be the North American local data of this movie this time? !

With the great success of "Rush Hour 2", many people can't help but find that Chinese filmmakers in Hollywood seem to be ushering in their own glory, and it can't be counted as the second time, because it seems that the first time Bruce Lee's Kung Fu movie On the one hand, it was only a flash in the pan, on the other hand, Bruce Lee was the only one who became famous.

This time, a group of people emerged at the same time.

Apart from other things, let’s just talk about this summer’s “Fatal Postcard”, starring Fa Ge and Bai Ge Wu as producer, this is one. Immediately afterwards, "Rush Hour 2" shined brilliantly, without a doubt, and then, with the new version of "Taken", Jeter Lee, who became a blockbuster in Hollywood, collaborated with Zhang Guoshi, who is quite famous in Europe, "Hero", the schedule is July 31.

It is definitely a phenomenon that three Chinese-American filmmakers' main films are squeezed into the same summer file, and none of them are dispensable.

In addition, in addition to "Rush Hour 2", it is worth mentioning that "LA Confidential" was released in the second week of its release.

Under the impact of "Rush Hour 2", this new film by Brian De Palma, which has reached the classic level of word-of-mouth, still controlled the decline to 41, which was within expectations, and received another US$22.83 million.

In two weeks, the cumulative box office of "LA Confidential" was 61.59 million US dollars.

Even if "Jurassic Park 3" is about to be released and earns more than 60 million in two weeks, "LA Confidential" still has great hopes of hitting the 100 million threshold.

In fact, speaking of it, the production lineup of this film is quite strong, not to mention Palma, several protagonists, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Kevin Spacey, have already been well-known in Hollywood before. Fame, as the newcomer's first leading actor Hugh Jackman, this time it is a blockbuster.

Relying on the solid performance skills cultivated step by step in the Australian entertainment industry, after relying on the role of a priest in "Contact" last year, Hugh Jackman stood out under the pressure of several other big stars in "LA Confidential" this time. , still shines brilliantly, and portrays the image of the first male protagonist Bard in a three-pointer.

With the exception of the two films, both of which are from Daenerys Entertainment, the other movies of the period were lackluster.

Of the few other movies released at the same time as "Rush Hour 2" last week, only "The Perfect Murder" starring Michael Douglas was not too bad a failure. However, under the strong pressure of "Rush Hour 2", the film's debut The seven-day box office was only 19.35 million U.S. dollars, which was not even as good as "LA Confidential" in the next week. The box office potential in North America is only about 40 million to 50 million, which is barely equal to the production cost of 50 million U.S. dollars.

The other last week's "Landscape of Las Vegas" cost 40 million U.S. dollars, and after seven days of box office in the first week, it made 6.56 million U.S. dollars. Doc continues to be active in the film business.

In the new box office week on May 29, even if "Jurassic Park 3" is next week, there are still four films of different sizes rushing to start drawing.

However, it is worth mentioning the "2013 Ultimate God" produced by Sony Pictures.

After Simon intervened a little last year, with the operation of Chris Lee, the president of Columbia Pictures, who was attracted by Simon, he finally got the Japanese into it again.

This Kevin Costner was unwilling to reconciled to the failure of "Future Water World" and once again challenged the film of the apocalyptic wasteland. Sony was only willing to invest a maximum of 50 million US dollars at first, but when the project started, the Japanese couldn't help it. Step by step to the blockbuster level of 75 million US dollars.

This is also the only big production of Sony Pictures this summer.

It's not known how Chris Lee works, or that the following summer, the competition is really fierce, and the schedule is accidentally set on May 29th.

Therefore, it also means that even if this movie is successful, it will face strong pressure from "Jurassic Park 3" next week, and the box office will inevitably plummet.

All in all, Simon felt that he could talk to Westinghouse about taking back Sony's film business.

There are hardly any surprises. After the premiere of "2013 Ultimate God" on the previous Thursday, on the day of its release on Friday, the word-of-mouth ban was lifted, and the media was almost full of negative reviews. "Water World" is not as good. After all, "Future Water World" is not a success at the box office, but it has recovered more than 200 million box office worldwide. It is only because the cost is out of control that the investors are not unable to recover the cost.

This time, even if the cost is controlled at 75 million US dollars, which is less than half of "Future Water World", "2013 Ultimate God" has the potential to be a box office dud no matter how you look at it.

The prediction was quickly borne out.

2,746 block screen size, not too small, however,

The box office of this post-apocalyptic sci-fi film was only US$4.63 million on its first day of production.

The pitiful 4.63 million US dollars makes Sony no matter how stupid it is, it is inevitable to feel that it has been cheated again?

Um.

Why do you say again?

All right.

In the following three days of the weekend, the box office of "2013 Ultimate God" finally reached US$13.76 million. Although it squeezed into the second place on the three-day list on the weekend, it is expected that the box office of the first seven days will be only 20 million, far away from Sony's top management. The expectations were too far short.

Simon watched all of this. For "2013 Ultimate God", in addition to admiring Kevin Costner's boldness in repeatedly engaging in his own failures, which completely ruined his personal reputation, he may only be able to play the role of Superman Daddy next. It is inevitable to have an idea.

From the earliest "2001 Space Odyssey" by Lao Bu to the later "Blade Runner" by Ridley Scott to the current "2013 Ultimate God", Hollywood has made bold or conservative or Upbeat or pessimistic predictions, however, as a latecomer, Simon certainly knew that nothing happened.

Compared with the fantasy of filmmakers, the first 20 years of the 21st century can almost be said to be somewhat mediocre.

I don't know if this counts as some kind of reluctance to make progress.

Simon thinks it should count.

From the disintegration of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s to the first two decades of the 21st century, it should have been the most golden 30 years in human history. There was no repeated replacement of the farming era for thousands of years, and there was no Cold War that could destroy the world at any time. Confrontation, everything is so beautiful, it stands to reason that human technology should explode rapidly.

In fact, it is only a continuation of some accumulations of the 20th century.

Perhaps entering the information age is an achievement, but the result has not become too good.

Just like what Simon had considered some time ago, as a result of the rise of the Internet, a large part of the smartest minds were not invested in the continued progress of science, but instead were drawn to research how to place advertisements on the Internet more efficiently and accurately.

If human beings stagnate, the consequences can be imagined.

The most typical farming era.

Why there are wars that have lasted for thousands of years? Wars are still wars. The key lies in the stagnation of this kind of productivity. The lack of productivity cannot produce the needs of a growing population, and wars are inevitable.

Entering the industrial age, many people were initially optimistic. As a result, there were two consecutive world wars. Then, there was the Cold War confrontation that lasted for half a century and almost dragged mankind into a nuclear war several times in a row.

In the final analysis, productivity is still constrained.

Besides, the 30 years after the Cold War, except for a small number of regional wars, can almost be said to be the most peaceful period in human history, and technology is relatively advanced enough. However, too many people seem to be unaware of the crisis, and instead work tirelessly with in distribution.

In thirty years, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

If this trend fails to reappear a key technological outbreak node, for example, the infinite energy brought by controllable nuclear fusion, the result will inevitably be another reincarnation of human history, peace, war,? ? ?

After this war, it is hard to say what will remain.

Because humans have mastered nuclear weapons.

There are always people who say that nuclear war will not break out, because the upper elites who control the world understand what nuclear war means.

Actually, absolutely not.

The upper elite may be far less intelligent than ordinary people imagine, maybe they may be lunatics, or they may be idiots. They just gained power by accident by relying on their instincts of being in the political circles and shopping malls for decades.

And, the unavoidable coercion of public opinion.

These will make the rulers make absolutely irrational decisions.

Imagine that when your country's army is almost wiped out in a conventional combat state, at this time, do you use nuclear weapons at every turn?

Why not?

Just like the great emperor said, if Russia is gone, what else is there to do in this world?

So, when the first nuclear bomb is launched, should the other party counterattack with nuclear weapons? If they do not counterattack, it means destruction. Counterattack, I am not sure whether there will be a second one after the first one, and it is impossible to only counterattack one. So two, three... Countless...

Any chance of calling a stop?

The top politicians may have hid in the safest nuclear protection facilities, and they may have stored enough food for decades, so they certainly have nothing to worry about. Now that your own safety is guaranteed, of course you have to continue.

As for the people?

Who would have thought of that.

After all, the two sides are already red-eyed, shouting to stop, how is it possible, do you want me to admit defeat, will you admit defeat? Perhaps the first round of nuclear bombs has already caused tens of millions of casualties, and no one can escape.

then.

continue.

The sky is full of fireworks and mushroom clouds everywhere.

This is the end.

The time has entered June, and the first is the premiere of "Jurassic Park 3" on June 3.

For such a heavyweight sequel film, the pre-internal screening stage, word-of-mouth and box office prospects can basically be determined, so there is nothing to worry about. After the lively premiere, on the next Thursday, "Jurassic Park 3"'s word-of-mouth ban has also been lifted, with a comprehensive media score of 7.8, which is not the best in the series, but under the curse that Hollywood often cannot escape the trilogy's frequent decline, this is already a fairly good ending made.

After all, "Jurassic Park 3" is actually similar to "Rush Hour 2". With a fairly popular foundation, the comprehensive media score of 7.8 points is enough for the audience to enter the cinema without psychological barriers.

Immediately afterwards, on June 5th, the large-scale production started, and the number of screens in North America reached 4,337, spreading across the board.

The time is no longer the period of the first "Jurassic Park". Hollywood's saturated distribution is becoming more and more mature. The previous "Rush Hour 2" can exceed 90 million in the first week. No one will doubt the box office of "Jurassic Park 3" What's more, Daenerys Entertainment also clearly announced that "Jurassic Park 3" will be the finale of the dinosaur series. Many people stepped into theaters for this phenomenal series.

As a result, on the first day of its release, "Jurassic Park 3" received 32.17 million US dollars under the jealous gaze of all other Hollywood studios.

It’s not just breaking 100 million in the first week, this is obviously a trend that will hit the 100 million threshold within three days of the first weekend.

Perhaps, the only thing that can surpass "Jurassic Park 3" in the short term is next year's Star Wars prequel, and even the DC Movie Universe series will be weaker, unless Simon starts the "Justice League" assembly in advance.

Los Angeles.

Inside the mountainside mansion in Palisades.

The time is June 6th, Saturday.

Three sixes, according to the Chinese saying, is an auspicious day.

This is a celebration party held by Daenerys Entertainment, mainly for "LA Confidential" and "Rush Hour 2". As for "Jurassic Park 3", there will definitely be more in the future. After all, every party is Hollywood The normal living conditions of the indigenous people, if they don’t participate in dozens or hundreds of parties every year, they certainly don’t count as being successful in Hollywood.

Simon is in Los Angeles this weekend, so he won't be absent, so he rushed over around eight o'clock.

Follow the picture to find out the style of entertainment.

Girl a prepared a list in advance, and greeted those who needed to be greeted one by one, and then it was free time.

Tonight's party is very lively.

In addition, there are obviously many more Asian faces. In addition to Jack Cheng, the leading actor in the "Rush Hour" series, Baige Wu and Fa Ge have rushed over. Therefore, it is also a smile. In addition to these, there is also Zhu Momo who came to North America for business by accident, bringing his aunt.

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