Dreams of the Fragrant River

"On the surface, the film seems to tell an absurd allegory of life. However, if you go deep into it, you will find that the meaning contained in it is profound, and it will make you shudder, because maybe one day, you will You start worrying about whether the same thing will happen around you."

--Reggie Smith, The New York Times Film Critic

"The Truman World is a unique and creative film, thought-provoking, touching, and humorous at the same time. Hong Kong actor Leung's performance in the film is both innocent and complex. The personality of the film is exaggerated, and the emotions are exaggerated in the way of comedy. Overall, this is definitely a good film with laughter and tears."

——Richard Sheckler, famous film critic of The Hollywood Reporter

"The world we live in, if it is a TV show, where you are the protagonist of the show, how does it feel to be watched by so many people outside the show? Or the world we live in is not real at all , but a virtual world, how can we distinguish the real from the fake? This is by no means a pure comedy or sci-fi.”

--Jess Evans, famous film critic of the Los Angeles Journal

To be honest, the box office response of "The Truman World" in North America was not as hot as last year's "Tomb Notes". However, the famous film critics in the United States are collectively optimistic about the film. During this period of time, the film reviews of "The Truman World" in the newspapers are hard to see bad reviews.

Judging from the box office curve, the data of "The Truman World" is more stable.

With nearly 2,000 screening canvases at the beginning, "The Truman World" grossed $25.83 million in its first five-day box office. It is said that there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are kings. In this spring, when there is a shortage of good films, "The Truman World" became the champion of the North American weekly box office list as soon as it was released.

Thanks to media reviews and word of mouth. More and more audiences are watching the movie, and the second week of "The Truman World" has hardly dropped much, with a single-week box office of 24.92 million US dollars. Consecutive Weekly Box Office Champions.

The box office in the third week was $2,033, a drop of 18.4% from the previous week. It won the weekly box office championship for three consecutive weeks, with a cumulative box office of 71.08 million US dollars.

It was not until the fourth week of the screening that the single-week box office of "The Truman World" fell to 14.26 million, a drop of 29.8%, temporarily ranking second in the weekly box office list.

In the fifth week, the single-week box office dropped sharply to 4.91 million, and the theater chain began to reduce the number of screenings of "The Truman World" on a large scale.

But the situation after that was very miraculous. The average weekly box office was about 3 million, and it lasted for 4 consecutive weeks. It was not until the summer season was approaching that "The World of Truman" was finally completely released.

From its release to the end of the painting, "The Truman World" actually screened in North America for nine weeks and 59 days, almost two months, with a total North American box office of 102 million US dollars.

The reason is that because of its good reputation, viewers are constantly being introduced by friends to watch the movie, or some people come to watch it repeatedly. Although it doesn't have the ferocity of the viewers like other hot films, it is full of stamina.

The difference between the two films can be seen from the box office curve. "The Truman World" has 20 more days of screen time than "The Tomb Raiders". The box office was $2 million less than the latter. The box office of a popcorn movie like "Tomb Raiders" exploded in a short period of time, and soon withered after the explosion. The key is to see how much money can be made during the hot show.

Kang Jianfei's two consecutive films have exceeded 100 million at the North American box office, which has attracted great attention from the American media. Because there are only about 10 films in the U.S. film market that exceed 100 million at the box office each year, and two consecutive films have exceeded 100 million at the box office, and they were both achieved in the relatively poor spring season.

"There is no doubt that Kang from Hong Kong is a very good director, and he has brought a good film to American audiences this spring." - "Daily Mail"

"Is Director Kang trying to occupy the spring slot? Hope to see his films next spring." - "Chicago Tribune"

"Are Hollywood directors busy attending carnival parties? Why isn't there a good local film in the spring season, yet let Hong Kong movies win the spring box office box office champion!" - "New York Daily News"

"Don't forget, Kang is also Paramount Pictures' second-largest shareholder. He's also the behind-the-scenes boss of Oriental Films, which produced the Terminator franchise. He's familiar with how the American movie market works and what audiences want to see. "-"The Pyramid"

"After Paramount became a shareholder in Kang, the coach was also replaced by a woman. It turns out that the combination of Chinese shareholders and women has greatly improved Paramount's performance. Director Kang even wrote a blockbuster script for Paramount himself. "Pretty Woman", the heroine of this film Sophie Marceau was also invited by Kang from France. The previous year Paramount's "Ghost Story" sold 200 million box office in the United States, although this The film does not have Kang's name on it, but according to Robin, the film's producer and screenwriter, China actually participated in the writing of the script for "The Ghost Story"." -- "Variety"

"Kang is a successful director, but he is also a successful film businessman. Putting aside his identity as the second largest shareholder of Paramount Pictures, Kang has built his own entertainment empire on the other side of the ocean—— (Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group), this is a behemoth that integrates TV stations, newspapers, publishing, records, theaters, entertainment brokers, film and television production and distribution. The comprehensive development model of entertainment diversification is of great reference to colleagues in Hollywood.” --"Washington post"

After the release of "The Truman World", the focus of attention was not actually Liang Jiahui, the actor, but director Kang Jianfei. In fact, this is also very understandable. After all, it is difficult for oriental faces to be remembered by European and American audiences. If you want to be famous, you must constantly brush your face.

The United States is a society where money is paramount, and the identity of Paramount's second largest shareholder undoubtedly gives Kang Jianfei a lot of points. The film he directed has exceeded 100 million at the North American box office for two consecutive years, which is the first time in the United States. If nothing else, the money earned by the two films is enough to attract people's imagination.

United States, San Marino High School.

Zhou Linghua took a newspaper, pulled Yang Caini and shouted in surprise: "Cai Ni, the newspaper says that director Kang's net worth is at least 3 billion US dollars, your godfather is very rich."

Yang Caini had no idea of ​​Kang Jianfei's net worth and said, "Maybe, I don't know either."

When Kang Jianfei mobilized funds at the beginning, he put all the coffins on it, and even mortgaged the land and real estate that he had bought at the bottom of the bargain to the bank, and only this was a huge sum of 2 billion US dollars. Thanks to the stock market crash in 1987, Kang Jianfei only spent 1.7 billion US dollars to buy 37% of Paramount shares, and then he acquired Sega Game Company. In recent years, not only Paramount's share price has soared, but even Sega Game Company Also big profits.

The shares of Paramount and Sega Games held by Light Kang Jianfei have a market value of more than 2.7 billion US dollars. Together with the American Oriental Film Company and Hong Kong's Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group, Kang Jianfei's net worth is indeed 3 billion US dollars.

As for the food company, game machine factory, tourism development company, record company, film and television company, department store chain and cinema industry owned by Kang Jianfei in mainland China, they have all been ignored. If nothing else, dozens of chain department stores are making money every day, which is no different from stealing money.

Zhou Linghua sighed and said, "If only I had such a godfather, I don't have to worry about things after graduation. If you want to go to university, go to university, if you want to work, you will have a good job."

"I actually don't want to ask him for help." Yang Caini said.

"Didn't you say that your godfather loves you very much? If you don't ask him, he will arrange it for you." Zhou Hualing said enviously.

Yang Caini leaned on the table with her chin in her small hand. She sighed, "Actually, I don't know what to do after graduation."

"You have too many choices~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I don't know which one to choose," Zhou Hualing said speechlessly, "By the way, are you going to stay in the United States or go back to Hong Kong after high school?"

Yang Caini said: "Maybe I will go back to Hong Kong. I'm not used to staying in the United States. I have made you a friend after coming here for several years."

After paving the way for so long, Zhou Hualing waited for Yang Caini's words, she said her purpose: "I don't want to continue to stay in the United States, or I will go to Hong Kong with you, and let your godfather reward me with a job. "

Yang Caini didn't want to trouble Kang Jianfei, and she couldn't bear to reject her friend, so she could only say: "Then I'll ask my godfather first."

Zhou Hualing hugged Yang Caini and said with a smile: "You don't have to be embarrassed, I don't ask for a good job, just give me some food."

The two girls chose the future while talking and laughing, but two months back, Kang Jianfei just flew back to Hong Kong from the mainland, and the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony was held as scheduled. (To be continued) r466

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