The Best Director

"Welcome back to "Entertainment Storm", I am Shen Xing! Yesterday, Yangzi's new film "Firefly", which was produced by the amazing director Wang Yang, was released globally and immediately caused a huge sensation."

Entertainment information programs and some news programs around the world are paying attention to this major event in the film industry and reporting on the latest developments of "Firefly"! In Greater China, the Chinese channel of Phoenix Satellite TV is broadcasting "Entertainment Storm". On the TV screen watched by the audience, the program host Shen Xing looks very excited. The screen behind her displays the trailer of "Fireflies" In the scene, the whirlwind and the group of looters were fighting. Shen Xing smiled happily and said: "Both the film critics and the audience have given it extremely high praise and reputation. Yes, that magical Yang is here again!"

The TV screen left the studio and cut to the trailer of "Fireflies". The female voice narration said: "Director Wang Yang's latest film "Fireflies" tells a science fiction story about humans who immigrate to a new galaxy in the future and live on the edge of the galaxy. The film has an investment of US$200 million. , and it is a live-action film that uses m-filming technology, and there are a lot of Chinese elements, such as husbands, scenery, Chinese characters, Mandarin, etc. The film was released simultaneously around the world yesterday, and people went to the theater to watch it..."

TVB channel's "Entertainment Search" also reported: "The heat wave of "Firefly" hits the whole Hong Kong, and fans are fighting for the title of Yangzi!" Beijing Satellite TV, Hunan Satellite TV, Dragon TV, Southern Satellite TV...Taiwan Dongsen Comprehensive Channel : "Under the strong pressure of "Firefly", the performance of "Initial D" starring Jay Chou is temporarily doubtful, Dongsen News comprehensive report."

"Isn't Wang Yang's new movie released? Let's come and take a look." A man from a young couple said cheerfully; "Come and see that, that one..."Firefly"...yes! It's that "Firefly"..." Filmed by the director of Husband Panda." A round-faced father holding his young daughter said with a smile; "Yangzai!!! Azu!!! Yangzai!! Yangzai!!" Several young girls from Hong Kong They yelled crazily; "It looks great!" Several Korean audiences who had just finished watching "Fireflies" praised it.

Not only in Asia, but also in TV, newspapers, Internet and other media in Europe and other places. On the North American channel, the "Evening News" came to the end of a relaxed and interesting style: "Wang Yang, magical return! Maybe you all know, " "Firefly" is creating a new movie miracle!"

It is quite suspected of selling property, but who said that this is not a social phenomenon that is about to explode? I saw a cinema on the screen. There was a long queue to buy tickets in the spacious and clean ticket hall. Most of them were young people. Some people were interviewed by reporters: "Which movie are you going to watch?" Each one was different. The faces of young people of different ethnic backgrounds either smiled or flashed excitedly: "Of course "Firefly".", "Do I need to say more? I have been looking forward to "Firefly" for two years."

, "Originally I planned to watch "Batman", but when I came here, I found that I was more interested in "Firefly", but I couldn't buy a ticket, so I am waiting for the next one.", "Magic Young's "Firefly" .", "ung!! "Firefly"!!"...

The mdB-list is ranked as high as 9.8 points (91.634 rating users)! The official website scores 97 points (out of 1)! Rotten Tomatoes has a 98%/1% review rating (163/167) and a 98% audience rating (156.913 rating users)! This is the almost perfect reputation of "Firefly"!

Roger Ebert, the former die-hard fan of Magic Young and the former male critic of "The Devil Wears Prada", quietly returned,

Although it was given the highest rating of full marks, there was no crazy praise or the slightest hint of controversy. In one sentence of his film review, "Firefly" is: "Wang Yang's real blockbuster." It has reached the top of the world in terms of reputation, It received rave reviews and the audience lined up completely... It seems that it is no exaggeration to say that it is a blockbuster. When the North American box office data for the opening day on June 17 was released yesterday, the whole world was shocked again! How crazy! !

o350,000 US dollars! The average price of each of the 3845 theaters is as high as 15.695 yuan! This is the astonishing box office performance of "Firefly" on the opening day, which suddenly overturned "Star Wars: Episode III" which just set a new record not long ago and gave it a beating!

"This madman is Miraculous Yang..." While the media, fans and fans were amazed and admiring, "Firefly" has tyrannically set a number of North American box office records!

The undoubted new champion in film history on the opening day, facing the vast number of Star Wars fans, No. 1 on various summer movie expectations lists, and the final chapter of the series, "Star Wars: Episode III" received 510,000 yuan, with an average of 13.661 yuan per household (weekly Four, 3661 theaters), "Firefly" incredibly won 340,000 yuan, 34 yuan per theater, it won too much! It even beat "Spider-Man 2", which has now slipped to third place, with 19.91 million (4,152 theaters on Wednesday), 5,954 yuan per theater! If "Firefly" took advantage of Friday's opening, then...

The new Friday box office champion in film history! The second place was "Spider-Man" in May 2002 with 38.26 million, and the third place was "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" in June 2004 with 38.26 million. "Firefly" won 950,000 and 90,000 respectively. 》Still winning too much!

It’s just one day, three days in total over the weekend! The fastest to reach 100 million US dollars? The fastest to 150 million US dollars? 200000000! ? The new weekend box office champion in film history? "...

Looking at such an interstellar science fiction film that was praised by all media critics and praised by everyone, many elderly people seemed to have returned to the summer of 1977 and once again saw the "Star Wars" film at that time. A huge shock and storm came. And many geeks and young people are excited. They really don’t mind the birth of a new interstellar culture. This is their new era! How to predict the box office of "Firefly"? Analysts are having some headaches.

"Fireflies" is a very, very special kind of movie. It is certain that it will be very popular at the box office, but it is still a little early to say that it can break through the global box office of 100 million. You know, although its reviews and opening day box office are better than everyone else. expectations, but there are still many negative factors, especially the current overall sluggishness of the theater market; it is obviously even more impossible to say that it has done nothing. "Firefly" has all the qualifications to be a hit, and it has indeed opened well at present. Well, let’s wait and see how far Zhai can go in the end.”

Having said that, M analyst James Moore still made some assessments and predictions. The North American box office is expected to reach 400 million, becoming the eighth film in film history. Wang Yangci will enter the 400 million club; the global box office is expected to reach 900 million. It is also the eighth film in film history and Wang Yang’s solo.

Now, both Yahoo Entertainment and The-numben.com and other box-office statistics agencies are very optimistic about "Firefly" and remain calm. Analysts are asking whether it will become the next "Titanic" with 1.843 billion in 1997 and 1.167 billion in 2003. After "Lord of the Rings 3", the third movie in film history to have a global box office of over 100 million US dollars is conservative. Of course, these do not take into account the situation after adjusting for inflation.

"Firefly" grossed 350,000 yuan on the opening day, but they were so conservative here because they were naturally worried.

This Weixia can be said to have an endless stream of great directors and dazzling big productions. It was originally very exciting, but things did not develop as people expected. "The Kingdom of Heaven" failed miserably, and "The Man with the Iron Fist" was well received but not a hit. All of them should be runners-up. Almost all commercial films in the third runner-up were messed up, and there were no outstanding independent films. Only "Star Wars Episode III" and "Husband Panda" did not disappoint. This led to fierce competition in the box office rankings, but the overall decline compared to last year Quite a few.

The failure of successive blockbusters has hit the US movie box office market, coupled with the increasingly fierce competition with DVD and other movie viewing channels, in order to win back the hearts of the audience, the American Theater Owners Association has even begun to blame disruptive mobile phone ringtones.

No wonder, like Wang Yang, Steven Spielberg's remake of the science fiction masterpiece "War of the Worlds" has been criticized for "losing all its aura and becoming old and retarded commercial films..." On the one hand, it continues to be questioned for "the story is old-fashioned and rushed." ", on the other hand, it has high hopes as a "rescue movie", and Paramount even boasts that it will create a box office miracle. But now, Miraculous Yang has taken the lead to clear away all doubts, and "Firefly" has risen strongly! It made the audience excited for a while, and also made the sluggish theater market excited!

The people who are most happy about "Fireflies" now may not be Fire Films, but the theater owners; the bosses who have not signed a screening contract with Fire are beating their chests. Even if they immediately rush to the headquarters of Fire Films to fight for the film reel, they will miss the week! So fucking bad! But theater companies still have to pick up the phone.

This is a big gold mine! This is true for movie theaters and movie theaters, and even more so for Fire movies. Fire has made great achievements in various peripheral products in the later period of animated movies, but it is far behind in live-action movies. It even adapted "High School Musical" Projects such as putting on the Broadway stage and launching concert tours have not been carried out, and other films under the banner have little value for exploration, of course excluding DVDs and original soundtracks; However, now "Firefly" is really a treasure, and if you want to form a new culture, you must not just Limited to movies, comics, books, TV series, games, etc. can be displayed; Sheldon's collection of peripheral toys is indispensable, such as character models, Blue Gloves' gloves, Captain Marr's hand gun...

Having said that, the greater the success in the screening stage, the more power it provides in post-production. The opening day of "Firefly" was satisfying and made the fans irritated.

"K!! Go to hell! Ahhh -" Paris Hilton was so angry that she kept black face all day long. She screamed and yelled from time to time. She smashed some things in the presidential suite of the hotel. She vented her anger and prepared to Go out to a nightclub to relieve your boredom with friends. "What's wrong with these people! They're all a bunch of stupid donkeys, they're all crazy!" The curse didn't work, and today the Olsen sisters also felt bursts of chest tightness and congestion. Is "Firefly" that good to watch? !

"Damn it!" Brad Pitt was also in a very bad mood. The outside world had already begun to discuss how stupid his decision was! And the damn love and marriage gossip! "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is only in its second week, so the box office must be affected now!

"What the hell!" Film critics who had savagely criticized "The Devil Wears Prada" and criticized Wang Yang, such as Jeffrey Westhoff of the "Northwest Herald", were now in an embarrassing dilemma. In terms of job responsibilities and newspaper requirements, they had no choice but to turn a blind eye to a phenomenal movie, otherwise they would be laughed at even more miserably; they would have to review it this weekend at the latest, and they didn't know how to write about it.

"Magic Young knows that he has opened up a whole new world of science fiction and has made Firefly a perfect mixture by cleverly adding humor, action, romance, horror and all the elements that audiences have come to expect." - +, Kevin 1 Carlos, "Los Angeles Times"; "This movie has an almost arrogant courage. The "Star Wars" series has always occupied our attention. I have to say that from now on, "Star Wars" will be in the past." "Firefly" is coming."——

4/4, Kat Stewart, Newsday; "Not only is this film one of the best of the year, it may well end up being the best of 25 years. At the very least, it should be considered for Best Picture and Best Picture at Olska Director, it's an honor that belongs to it." - 4/4, Peter Howell, "Toronto Star"; "Epic, it will leave you stunned in the theater because of its world view and complexity.” 11+, Christy Lemire, The Associated Press…

A hymn of praise resounded throughout North America and the world. It seems that the fans will be depressed for a long time. The box office figure of 350,000 is naturally the champion this Friday. The opponents have no chance to win the championship!

Now it seems that it is an unprecedented unlucky thing to be released on the same schedule as "Firefly". This battlefield is so cruel that it makes people despair! It’s obviously not just “Initial D” that was released in mainland China on June 23 that has become cannon fodder; in North America, it’s not just “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” that was the box office champion for the week from June to 16th last week and was not well-received (660,000, Rotten Tomatoes 58%/46%/63%), the new comedy "The Perfect Man", also released on the 17th, is definitely asking for death, with only 50,000 opening day box office ranking sixth, if it were not for the film's starring Hilary Duff With some popularity, I'm afraid it can't even reach one million.

Nowadays, 50,000 can be ranked sixth. You can imagine how miserable the films ranked below are, but the films ranked above are not much better. In the same long night, I changed several fly swatters.

The 150-million-dollar blockbuster "Batman Begins," which debuted on June 15, received an opening-day box office of RMB 60,000 and took away RMB 24.15 million in two days. Be prepared for a fierce battle with "Firefly." In fact, this new "Batman" has definitely received rave reviews at the beginning. It currently has an mdB-8.4 score, and Rotten Tomatoes has a fresh rating of 85%/82%, but only 75% of the audience likes it.

Director Darren Aronofsky is a double-edged sword. He brought a dark and profound exploration to "Batman" and won high praise from film critics. However, this "darkest Batman in history" did not To win the hearts of the vast majority of the audience, it went too far! Because the style of the film is too dark and depressing, and the overall rhythm and atmosphere tend to be dull and literary. Although Warner Bros. and "Batman" fans carefully selected new starring actors such as Christian Bale and Katie Holmes to support the show, many movie fans Fans shouted that they couldn't bear it.

So this new weekend, after waiting for a long time, "Firefly" finally arrived. At first glance, the Joker, Catwoman, Two-Face, Riddler, Poison Girl, etc. all pounced on it, and "Batman" was powerless to parry it. , let alone fight back.

"What is the most painful thing in life? If you want to see "Firefly", you can only buy tickets for "Batman"." A fan said this on his blog, and many people immediately agreed. On the first day of this official weekend, "Batman" only received 9.53 million that made Warner Bros. chill, with an average of 3,858 dollars per theater, losing to "Firefly" by more than nine blocks! It seems that the cleverness was mistaken. The information circulated about it being released two days ahead of schedule was not positive, causing many fans who originally planned to watch "Batman" to turn around and go to another screening room, or wait in line...

Warner Bros. was very upset; Century Fox breathed a sigh of relief but could not get rid of its worries. The third-placed "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" only had 5.23 million on Friday! Neither Brad Pitt nor Angelina Jolie work...

But what can be done? The theater owners over there were overjoyed. They didn’t care which theater was busy and which was deserted, as long as the theater was busy! The film companies all know that whoever interferes will be blown to pieces by "Firefly", and the increasingly fanatical fans are all shouting excitedly: "It's Firefly time! It's Magic Time! It's us time!", "We are the Undertaker!", "We just want to fight against your movies!!", "I like the big ones!!"...

mdB-First place is not enough, and $350,000 on the opening day is not enough. The bigger the game, the better! Everyone is waiting for the weekend North American box office and global box office results of "Firefly" to be released. While it is collecting box office like crazy all over the world, the fan war on mdB is also fiercely going on. "The Godfather" scored 8.9 points, 9.1 points, and " "Firefly" 9.6 points, 9.8 points, 9.7 points... Time flies. When June 17th to 19th becomes a thing of the past, it turns out that there is a kind of movie that can really make people lose their minds!

"I don't want to hear you talk anymore, I want to hear someone else talk about you."

This summer has just begun.