The Best Director

"Fun, lively, noisy, entertaining, everything is perfectly released on the screen." - 4/5, Roger Moore, "Orlando Sentinel"; "A very successful model, Americans can see Zhou's What’s funny about it, are the laughs they didn’t hear before they noticed him; Carrey delivers his consistently witty performance, the two are a perfect match for comedy, and The Green Hornet is sublime entertainment.” — — 4/4, Richard Corliss, The Times; "Tons of fun, nice quips, nice action sequences, this movie is a blast." — 3.5/4, Mick - Russell, "San Francisco Chronicle";

"Listen, this is an exciting comedy. I should shut up and let you enjoy it, but I'm going to say it anyway! It's not just the imaginative nature of the movie's fight choreography, it's the fact that it breaks away from Hollywood. cliche comedy; its energy lies not just in its flashy special effects but in its dreamy performances." -- 4/4, Andrew O. Hull's action-packed, witty globalist entertainment. "The Green Hornet" is a clever attempt, one of the best action comedies ever made. "—4/4, Scott, The New York Times;

"Audiences will laugh from beginning to end. We need movies like this. Silly, hilarious, inexplicable, but always funny. Stephen Chow and Jim Carrey occupy your brain like an exploding cult bomb. There's never a clumsy moment here. .”—4/4, Roger Ebert, “Chicago Sun-Times”…

The much-anticipated "Green Hornet" did not disappoint, it won the Rotten Tomatoes Review Freshness Audience Likeability (115,840 participating users)! In imdb, it also has a good score of 7.9 points. For a commercial comedy. This is definitely a near-perfect word-of-mouth evaluation!

Looking at the pitiful 8% of "Death Sense" from the same period, "I Think I Love My Wife" further highlights its preciousness!

Producer and screenwriter Wang Yang, producer and screenwriter Steve Oedekirk, director, screenwriter and starring Stephen Chow, starring Jim Carrey and others have all received widespread praise, and many fans can’t wait to classify it as a comedy. A masterpiece, another masterpiece from Zhou and Kerry.

Rotten Tomatoes user id heats? gave it five stars: "I couldn't stop laughing when I watched it. It's like if Bruce Lee and Charlie Chaplin had a baby and Jim Carrey got his energy back. This is a Genius combination." F Li It's hilarious and worth watching again and again." Johanna-J gave it 4 and a half stars: "Stephen Chow and Jim Carrey gave "The Green Hornet" new life, and it didn't have the flavor of a comic book. This time it's amazing. .”

"This movie is the funniest movie I have ever seen in my life so far, I was breathless and blurry my eyes the whole movie." - 5 points, ge**e fan chael; "Hahaha ! I just laughed until my stomach hurt. This is one of those hysterically funny action comedies. Hollywood has always tried and failed, not anymore. Fantastic work from Magic Young!" - 5 points,

Gabby-l; "Are you kidding me? Is it a superhero movie? Is it a comic book movie? But...what a fantastic comedy!" - 5 points. Marco-b…

With such high reviews, it is not surprising that "The Green Hornet" won the box office title in its first week, especially since FF has been vigorously promoting it for a long time. Another successful movie produced by Wang Yang! The Flames' winning streak continues to expand!

98.51 million received in the first week! The average price per theater in 3560 theaters is $27,671. According to the closing data survey, the proportion of audiences under 25 years old exceeds 55%, making it very popular among young people! Among them, it broke the record of the highest opening weekend box office in March (7.08 million) just set by "300" with 71.54 million; at the same time, it became the second in the superhero-comedy category, second only to the animated film with 261 million "The Incredibles."

Next week is March 23-29. Despite being besieged by six new films, "The Green Hornet" still strongly retained its weekly championship with 47.67 million (-51.6%). It exceeded 100 million immediately after opening 8 days ago, and reached 146 million in 14 days. After adding 162 million in overseas box office, the total global box office is already 308 million, which is very impressive!

In this era where production costs can easily reach hundreds of millions, the production cost of "Green Hornet" of 120 million is not high, and it has easily recovered the cost. Faced with such good results and the expectations of movie fans around the world, Fire Movies must consider the plan for "Green Hornet 2". The biggest problem in filming the sequel is undoubtedly the return of personnel. Green Hornet and Kaito cannot They couldn't think of anyone who was more charming than those two old guys.

Negotiations will take time, but the prospects look bright.

Jim Carrey was in a really good mood. Back then, he played the Riddler in "Batman Forever" (1995). Although everyone was deeply impressed by it and it did well at the box office, it had a mixed reputation. A few years later, "Batman 4" ended immediately, but fortunately he did not participate in it; now "The Green Hornet" is both a blockbuster and well-received, setting a new record for the first-week box office of his personal film (previously it was 67.95 million for "The Impostor"), which is simply A wonderful comedic turnaround, but he seems to have no reason to refuse the sequel.

So the problem actually lies with Stephen Chow. He is somewhat aloof and authoritarian on the set. Without Oedekirk's mediation and the decision-making authority of Miraculous Young, maybe he and Jim Carrey have fallen out, but this does not mean that he has no feelings for "" "Green Hornet 2" is full of enthusiasm, especially when he didn't want to direct. Still, things are moving along on a pleasant track, which really comes down to the status of the Fire Movie and Bruce Lee's significance to the Green Hornet franchise.

In FF's preliminary plan, Steve Oedekirk will take over "Green Hornet 2" after finishing "Kung Fu Panda 2" and then serve as the director of the sequel; the director of "Kung Fu Panda 3" will use someone else.

There is Magic Yang who has the box office, and Stephen Chow has the box office. It is natural for "The Green Hornet" to land in theaters in mainland China. As long as you print "Produced by Wang Yang. Starring Stephen Chow" on the poster, the audience will definitely come in batches like a tide. Lots of people flocked to the screening room. In fact, China Film Group has coveted it for a long time. The introduction has been decided for a long time, and various media have promoted it vigorously. Movie fans and audiences can mobilize in large numbers at any time!

However, it was not released at the same time. If it were not for the high-definition piracy that affected the box office over time, China Film and Fire wanted to release it in May. Now it is released two weeks later on Saturday, March 31. The saved energy is just about to explode or be deflated. The critical point!

When March 30th to April 5th passed, the sports comedy "Blade of Honor" took over the North American weekly championship with 45.38 million, but its Rotten Tomatoes index was only a satisfactory third week of "The Green Hornet". 24.45 million (-48.7%). The total box office in North America is 170 million. In mainland China, it has received frequent good news and endless laughter. Its momentum is almost as strong as "Firefly" two years ago. The film market in mainland China has grown a lot.

Seeing how powerful "The Green Hornet" is, Wang Yang's first superhero work was a great success. Warner Bros. executives were relieved. Confidence in The Dark Knight skyrocketed.

Who dares to question Qi Qiyang's decision now? Didn't he do well enough? He hasn't proven himself yet? His weakness? ...Yang fans scoffed, and Yang black fans thought it was a bit nonsense. One wonderful movie after another was told to the world. This Pokémon is almost a God in the film industry. Now is his time. As "Variety" said, in a few decades, he will definitely be called "Hollywood's best director in the 21st century", and He is only 27 years old. He could almost be called a "movie boy".

Wang Yang's 11th film "The Dead" has just been released online. After 15 weeks of screening, it finally received 206 million in North American box office. 264 million overseas box office, totaling 470 million global box office, ranking fifth in his personal directing list.

Ranked first in the "Police-Dirty" category, a long way ahead of the second-placed "Training Day" with 76.63 million; in the "Crime Time" category, it ranked first again, with the second-placed "Pulp Fiction" 1.07 100 million; in the "Irish" category it still ranked first, followed by "Road to Destruction" with 104 million; in the "Remake-Asia" category it also ranked first, with Japan's remake of "Godzilla" following it with 136 million Later; in the "Remakes - Foreign Thrills" category, it continued to rank first, and "True Lies", a remake of the French film "Totally Feminine", ranked second with 146 million...

"The Dead" has the strength and performance to sweep through similar films, and the PG-level "Night at the Museum" came from behind to catch up at the box office. After receiving 247 million North American/559 million global box office, it is still in 414 North American theaters and 14 overseas markets. show.

15 weeks, only 15 weeks, "The Dead" is definitely the Oscar-winning best picture with the shortest screening period, and the shortest member of the 200 million box office club, but there is no way, the ticket revenue can no longer support the theater expenses, and I plan to watch it on DVD Its audience will never enter the theater, and unprofitable theaters will naturally draw it down. It can be seen that people are so eager for the magical films, and all the box office potential is quickly used up, even the Oscar is of no use.

"The Prestige" has also been completely closed. Its final record is 93.71 million North American box office / 172 million global box office. Compared with its 40 million production cost, it cannot be a successful film. However, compared to "The Magician" which was drawn with a price of 95.54 million/175 million, it is slightly inferior, especially the production cost of "The Magician" was only 16.5 million. This fact is undoubtedly a blow to the Nolan brothers, and it also allows them to make "The Dark Knight" with great breath.

"Little Miss Sunshine" is still being screened, and its box office is set at 105 million/186 million, making it a veritable dark horse! The next step is to find out in hundreds of North American theaters and small overseas markets where it has not been released. Whether it can break through 200 million depends on luck. The same situation applies to "The Amazing Director". Wang Yang has proved his great commercial ability in another aspect. It has currently received impressive results of 116 million/254 million global box office.

It can be said that all film companies hope to cooperate with Magic Young, which means digging a gold mine! To this end, they have tried every possible means, but only "The Dark Knight" and "Iron Man" have relationships with Warner Bros. and New Line respectively. Of course, as a strategic partner, Lionsgate is much luckier. "The Ghost Story 5" hits the big screen on April 6th!

Also included are the comedies "The Road Trip 2" and "Fire Dogs", as well as the horror films "Grindhouse" and "The Harvest". As well as the new film "Dead Silence" with a production cost of 20 million that Universal has high hopes for.

When April 6-12 passed, the winner of this week was, as expected, "The Phantom 5" (pd 6 million). Although it only had a Rotten Tomatoes index, which was slightly lower than last year's "The Phantom 4". However, the box office revenue in the first week was still 38.62 million, and the Lionsgate heroes were happy again.

Screwed! Weinstein/Dimension's "Grindhouse" (pd 67 million) was a mess. This new film co-produced by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino only had a measly 10.26 million in its first weekend. It was a loss that even sucked. No; Warner Bros.' "The Harvest" screwed up. The new film starring Hilary Swank has a box office of 10.19 million in 8 days of release! Universal's "Dead Silence" (pd 25 million) messed up. It took in 15.67 million in 2,606 theaters in its first week, with an average of $6,013 per theater.

The change happened so fast that the whole world was caught off guard! An ambitious new work from the two fathers of the "Saw" trilogy. Unable to sell tickets. And it was covered in Rotten Tomatoes.

"Cinema has always asked us to suspend our disbelief, but Dead Silence asks us to remain ignorant of its development. A horror film that makes minimal effort at metaphor, simple plot ideas, and deliberately obscure." - 1/ 5. Ed Gonzalez. Los Angeles Times; “Being frightened by puppets? Enjoy being frightened? Then, you’re left in deathly silence. An unsatisfying pantomime.” —c, Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly; “ There is no attempt at humor in Dead Silence, but its greatest sin is its lack of scares." - 1.5/4, Peter Hartlaub. San Francisco Chronicle…

The Rotten Tomatoes index is too bad! I was poured down on my head by this basin of cold water. James Wan and Leigh Whannell suddenly woke up and remembered that Wang Yang's opinions and suggestions made sense. Regarding the puppet theme, its handling techniques, tone, and rhythm... they did not pay enough attention at that time. , until the moment before the box office and critical response on the first day were released, he was still in a state of fanaticism, as if as long as he was satisfied, the audience would be satisfied...

Reality gave them a slap in the face. Unfortunately, there is no way to reverse the situation now. There is no way at all. In the new week of April 13-19, there will be another large-scale release of "Rear Window", "Seducing a Stranger", "Trailblazers", "Wild Speed", "The Adventures of Drink Cup" and "Slow Burn". Six movies New films drown out those failed films that are destined to lose money, and the film market in April is sometimes more cruel than the summer vacation.

If James Wan and Ray Warner were a stock, then it would have fallen from a high-performing stock to a penny stock in just one or two weeks. Maybe after later sales, "Dead Silence" may not necessarily lose too much, but who knows how much revenue it earned from the "Saw" trilogy? No such luck next time. Anyway, Universal, which had won a treasure before, has no interest in continuing to invest in them. Let’s do it next time! Lions Gate is somewhat interesting.

"Bring me back to Flame Movies!" On the one hand, Wang Yang greeted the two and asked them to come back. On the other hand, he strongly invited them back. Flame Movies will invest in any of their new work ideas! He said viciously to the two of them: "I'm telling you, James and Ray, if you don't come back, you are doomed! I will personally make "Saw 6" into a children's film! Imagine Jigsaw changing the baby's diaper in the baby's room scene!"

It seems that it is not good to run back to the flames as soon as they fail, but in the face of Miyaji Yang's kind invitation, how can the two of them refuse? When "Dead Silence" chose Universal, it was a bit disappointing. You must know that their relationship is not just a movie business.

There’s not much to say. James Wan and Leigh Whannell will return to the Flames in their next movie. Although they really need to take a break to think about adjustments, they already have ideas for new themes, such as baby rooms, crying baby girls, ghosts, etc. Haunted house..."The Yin'er Room". In fact, this idea originally originated from a long time ago when they visited Wang Yang's house. At that time, Keke was a newborn baby, and then they remembered "Record of Ghosts"...

Huoyan Films accepted it. Of course, "The Infernal Room" is just an idea now. There is no script, the project has not been established, and it is still too far away to be released. But what is certain is that whether to release it as FF or FM depends on the quality of the film.

For the poor performance of "Dead Silence"; for the soon-to-be-reported news that James Wan, Leigh Whannell and Fire Movies have new contacts; the people involved acknowledged it; for this ending, movie fans are really filled with emotion!

"Welcome back!" Saw fans and Flame fans on the Flame's official website are very excited and welcome. They believe that the failure experience will bring considerable growth value to the two of them. When they return to the Flame, they will be taken care of by Miraculous Yang. The father of saws will definitely be able to prove himself again! They also want to see more classic horror movies!

It is worth mentioning that this week, Lionsgate arranged for "Dead to Die" to be previewed in 11 theaters, and it received a good US$165,700 (an average of US$15,070 per theater). If it can maintain this result for two or three weeks, it will be eligible for expansion. The screening scale is about 500 theaters nationwide. Regardless, Joshua has set his next goal: to produce a film that will be picked up by Flame and released under the ff brand!

"Okay..." On the set of the "saw5" studio, looking at all the scene props in place, Tobin Bell and others who were ready, as well as Wang Yang and Jessica who came specially to visit, he raised his eyebrows Thumbs up, she clapped her hands silently, both of them smiling. Nancy took a deep breath, her mind couldn't stop surging, her dream was about to come true! Once a street girl from Park City, today... a director! She picked up the phone and yelled, "n!"

Following the female director's order, the clapperboard was knocked down, the camera began to run at high speed, the entire set became active, and the filming of "Saw 5" officially started!