The Best Director

A heart-wrenching surprise! Previously, in the sixth week of "Firefly", there was a box office trend of -55.7% in North America and -54% globally. It has entered the closing stage. Except for the Japanese box office, there is no hope. Who would have thought that at this time, Wang Yang would be injured in an accident. Seriously injured? This also led to an abnormal rebound and higher box office trend in the last four days of "Firefly"'s seventh week. NS agency director Paul Dergaraba told the media: "Although this is sad, it is magical. The bad news is Firefly’s good news.”

After its seventh weekend box office receipts of 7.85 million in North America, this science fiction masterpiece actually took in 8.12 million in the next four days, ranking sixth with a total of 15.97 million in seven days a week (an average of 5,497 per theater across 5 theaters). The total box office in North America rose by To 615.82 million!

Box office trend +% compared to last week! The average price per hotel increased by $352! This has to be said to be a natural phenomenon.

At the same time, the former rivals "War of the Worlds", "Batman", "Fantastic Four" and other films have long disappeared; in the second week, "Escape from Clone Island" could not stop its own tragedy, with an average of 3 ,o18; Another big bad movie is "fresh" born, Sony's action science fiction film with a production cost of 135 million, "Top Secret Flight" directed by Rob Cohen and starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and others. "Rotten Tomatoes' three indicators are 13%/6%/49%, with an average of 3,791 per venue during the opening week. The word-of-mouth and box office reviews are extremely bad.

In addition, this week's two 30-million-dollar new films "High School" received good reviews and box office, with a 73% freshness rating and an average of 7,919 million per theater; "Must Love Dogs" failed, with a 34% freshness rating and an average of 7,919 million. A single venue of 7, with a total of 18.86 million, which means that it attracted a large number of audiences but mostly rushed out every week.

Regardless of whether the three new films are good or bad, they are not as brave as the twilight martyr "Firefly". Firstly, the film quality in the movie theater is sluggish, and secondly, there are worries about "Magic Young's last film". After more than a month, many movie fans finally made up their minds. Go watch the Imax version again, or go directly to a regular theater to watch it again; there are also many people who were carelessly shot through the gantry when the game was about to end. At first, they said they were not interested, didn't care, and didn't want to watch it, but in the end My interest is still aroused, and I can't escape this firefly storm. Of course, "the new box office champion in North American film history" is also a very beautiful and dazzling title.

Globally, excluding Japan's box office, its trend only fell by -35.6%, with a box office revenue of 23.87 million US dollars, which was also a rebound from last week's -54%! Taking Japan's performance into account, "Firefly" surged by 128.2% this week, grossing US$73.23 million in seven days a week!

Japan contributed 49.36 million (5.553 billion yen), with an average of 65,326 per theater in 756. Not to be outdone, Japanese audiences showed great enthusiasm for "Fireflies". It only took the opening week to take the lead. Japan's 5-year annual box office rankings, and you can be sure that it will go straight down, opening up a big, big gap! You must know that the second-place "Star Wars Episode III" currently has only 20,000, and the third-place "War of the Worlds" has 10,000.

"Weekly Japanese box office report: "Firefly" dominates theaters all day long" - ""Firefly" sets off a movie-watching craze in Japan" - Yahoo Entertainment; ""Firefly" hits 1.8 billion global box office" - Sina...

Cowboy Bebop has perfectly proven itself to be on a commercial level with "Harry Potter 1", "Titanic", and "Spirited Away". According to analysis, it is expected to become the fourth movie in history to exceed 100 million yen in box office. If According to the current exchange rate of 1=112.5, it is equivalent to 177 million US dollars. The current box office of "Firefly" is 615.8 million in North America, 981.3 million overseas, and 1.5971 billion US dollars globally, firmly occupying the second place in world film history.

Naturally, this continues to attract reports and speculation from media from various countries who follow it. How far can it go? Paul Dergarabé’s assessment to the media was: “1.6 billion is definitely no problem. There is a 90% probability that it will break through the 1.7 billion mark. I hope Magic Yang wakes up soon and sees all this.”

"A complete surprise for Miraculous Young!" Movie fans also thought so. In addition to mobilizing their relatives and friends who have not yet watched "Firefly" to hurry up and experience it, Cowboy Bebop once again injected a tenacious spirit into ImdB's list of fan battles. Power, despite being besieged by all films, it has still not been pulled down from the altar, and with the continuous influx of new forces from Asia, "Firefly" continues to maintain a high score of 9.5 (615,821 rating users). Sitting on the list, "The Godfather" and "The Shawshank Redemption" both ranked second with 9.1 points.

"Firefly" also maintains a high reputation on Rotten Tomatoes, with a film review freshness rating of 95%/98% (211/221), and an audience love rating of 98% (861,412 rating users).

But not every movie is so powerful. They are not even half or one-third powerful, such as "Escape from Clone Island" and "Top Secret Flight". There are almost countless action movies this summer. Even the blockbuster "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is full of rotten tomatoes. Without the star effect of "na", there is a high chance that it will not even be a blockbuster. So the media public really can't find any reason to be optimistic about "Assassin's League". Will this action blockbuster with a production cost of 100 million become another big bad movie?

With "League of Assassins", Flame Films has taught the world what it means to be "bold in employing people". It's no big deal that the adapted script is helmed by rising star Chris Morgan. The amazing results of "Rush" are obvious to all; there are as many as 15 people in the producer column. To create a purely popcorn commercial film with the precise method of applying each director's skills, Zhang Jiazhen, who has collaborated with John Woo for many years and has recently "made three consecutive hits", only has planning work, which seems to explain the past night; having said that, why did the director use the so-called "depressing" film? John Woo?

Why does the heroine need to use the down-and-out Halle Berry? The prototype of Mark Millar's comic "League of Assassins" is indeed her, but isn't her "Catwoman" bad enough? The leading actor is another unknown James McAvoy, and in the entire cast, only Morgan Freeman is a little better.

Originally a combination of bad things and bad things, this movie has always been very low-key. From casting preparation to filming to release, it has not created any eye-catching topics, or its brilliance has been overshadowed by other films from the same company. "Husband Panda" and "Firefly" completely covered it up. Flame Movies follows the route of small-scale high-quality movies, but the attention of movie fans is still stuck on "Firefly". No one knows what Flame's idea is. Is it possible that there is too much money and no place to spend it?

In fact, of course not. The promotional work of "League of Assassins" has not stopped in an orderly manner. It is just like ordinary commercial blockbusters lacking in sensation. The Flames seem to be "proud of decline" and even put out the slogan "It's time" for the film. You Do you believe that John Woo and Halle Berry will turn around?

Some people in the media believe it and some don't, but no one dares to ignore a huge x-factor in the cast, ve-er: Wang Yang, is called the x-factor precisely because he seems to be in bad luck now... 8 On Friday, May 5th, the sixth day Wang Yang was in coma, "Assassin's League" with a halo of bad words was officially released in five North American theaters, and there was no simultaneous global release.

"Yang, dear, wake up! Yang, p1ease, wake up——"

Feeling someone kissing his face tenderly, a very familiar touch of lips, and a vague voice full of love, "Jesse!" Wang Yang opened his eyes in excitement, and quickly stood up and looked around, only to see The spacious living room was completely silent. Except for Danny, who was curled up in a ball and sleeping on the beach, no one was there! "Damn it!" He pinched his forehead in confusion and breathed heavily. It's been more than two months! He found that it was a miracle that he could still survive to this day.

At first, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. What happened? He obviously seemed to have just returned from his trip to Asia for "Fireflies", but he couldn't recall a large part of his memory. The whole world suddenly became like this!

"Danny, get up! Get ready for today's relaxation time." Wang Yang stroked Danny's neck to wake him up, and walked towards the kitchen. On the other hand, the scene in this world made him feel a sense of déjà vu, "Cast Away" 》? He has already felt the martial arts created by the Holy King of Heaven and Earth, the Divine King, the Night Kill God, the Divine Seal Throne, and the Demon Arrogant Ninth Layer, the Strongest Abandoned Young Master. Qiankun will kill the god and seal the throne at night, and ask for the demon and the most powerful and abandoned young master in the ninth heaven, the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty. Fortunately, he still had Danny as his companion, so he didn't need to find a basketball to be "Wilson"; later he finally thought about it, and he was also very surprised that his thinking ability seemed to be missing a big piece, and some things suddenly realized "something is wrong." !", anyway, this is a zombie crisis type world.

"Resident Evil", "Night of the Living Dead", "Deus Expeditions", "28 Days Later"... Wang Yang came to the kitchen and took a deep look at the memo posted on the refrigerator. "Yang is back." He smiled faintly, opened the refrigerator and took out milk, ham and other food. Those movies are not very similar, but they are very similar to Richard Matheson's novel "I Am Legend", which has been adapted to the big screen twice, namely "The Last Man on Earth" (1964) and "The Last Man Standing" (1971).

Before he went to school at the University of Southern California, Wang Yang had already watched those two movies, but he seemed to remember a third time? Is there a third time? I can’t figure it out, for some damn reason, he entered a world like “I Am Legend” where there is only one normal human being left. Is this a dream? But everything is so real! He could read books, watch movies, exercise, and think, but there was always something wrong, and he felt like he was trapped in one place.

"Dudududu——" The long blues harmonica sound revealed sadness. Only the waves, sea breeze and the harmonica sound broke the silence of Santa Monica Beach. Wang Yang sat on the beach, looking at the sea and playing this " "Castle in the Sky", playing throw-and-catch games with Danny running around from time to time. A wave of loneliness came over him and began to erode his body and mind. There was no one on the earth except zombies! ****! ! He really hopes someone can talk to him! I really want to see my family...

Sometimes, Wang Yang would think, "How about dying?" Will he go somewhere again? But what if your family is somewhere in the world? "Oh my God!" He stood up suddenly and shouted excitedly: "Yes! Why don't I leave Los Angeles? Go see other cities? San Francisco?"

"Woof woof! Woof woof woof!" Suddenly, Danny roared and barked like crazy and rushed towards the shop on the beach. Wang Yang had no time to stop him, but he knew that there were zombies lurking in the dark corners of the building at any time. He He ran after him anxiously: "Danny!! Stop, Danny——"

Seeing Danny rushing into a drink shop at lightning speed, Wang Yang's heart suddenly clenched and lifted up: "Danny..." Then the dog screamed "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh..." from the drink shop. Before he could even run away from the beach, Danny ran away. His body was covered with bloody scars, and he ran over in panic: "Oh, oh..." Wang Yang froze with his mouth wide open, he knew If you are injured by a zombie, you will definitely be infected with the virus! He knelt down and hugged the trembling Danny, his eyes suddenly moistened, and he yelled out loud: "****, damn! ****——Danny, oh my God!! ****——"

It is already August 6th, and Wang Yang has been in coma for the seventh day. The possibility of him waking up in the near future is getting lower and lower. One of the reasons is that this morning’s examination found that his cerebral cortex activity is still missing. improve.

"Toot, toot, toot—" In the spacious and elegant suite ward of La Medical Center, Jessica was holding a blues harmonica with both hands and playing casually beside the hospital bed. In fact, she only had half-knowledge of the harmonica, and he taught her it. Yes, the Chinese are either learning the violin or the piano. According to what he said before, Wang’s mother bought the harmonica and gave it to him so that he could learn how to play the instrument on his own so that he would not be criticized for not cultivating his musical talent in the future. However, his talent is limited. Over the years, he has It's only half a bucket of water.

Thinking about Yang and every bit of her life, Jessica smiled sweetly, turned to look at his sleeping face, played the harmonica loudly, and thought of something again and said with a smile: "My dear, if you don't care anymore, I, I will go to the amusement park and ask Prince Charming to come over and kiss you to wake you up..."

"Jessica, I'm asking Ali, Ailin and the others to go out with you for some fun tonight. I'll come and talk to Yang in an hour." Joshua knocked on the door and walked in, making a suggestion. Jessica glanced at her brother and shook her head without thinking: "No, I'm fine, I don't want to leave his side." She wanted to see Yang wake up with her own eyes, and wanted him to see her as soon as he woke up, not the doctor The nurse, not anyone else, knew that he wanted this too; besides, what about the time to wake him up at that hour? She must not miss any possibility.

"I understand, but...we all want you to allow yourself to relax, just for an hour! Jessica, ugh!" Joshua scratched his head anxiously, even though she seemed to be very happy all day long, it was just a forced smile. That's it, excluding necessary bathroom time this week, she has not been ten meters away from Wang Yang! Joshua didn't know how to persuade him. He smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe Yang will wake up tomorrow, but you can't hold it in all day today. Look at you, how many pounds have you lost this week? You can't do this."

Jessica's eyes quickly turned cold, and there was no trace of a smile on her face. The frosty look made Joshua shiver, and he heard her faint voice: "What do you think I can do? You don't understand, you guys All. The most relaxing and happiest way for me is to be with Yang. I don't want to leave for even a minute, you know?" When she couldn't see him, she felt depressed and uncomfortable, but also flustered. Relax? Jessica's voice became colder: "Maybe you think he will wake up tomorrow, but I think he will wake up soon! I'm calling him now, please go away."

"Okay..." Joshua was most worried that she would become depressed and ill. Since she now thought this was the best, then... he nodded and left the ward silently.

Touching Wang Yang's thinner face, Jessica had already made up her mind. The scene of her suffering from acute nephritis last year was still vivid in her mind. He took care of her meticulously and tried every means to make her happy every day. What about this? Thinking of everything from childhood, meeting again in the cinema, falling in love, living together, getting married, giving birth to a baby... Jessica's tears suddenly fell on the harmonica. She would always be with him, trying to make him wake up. This is her life.

After thinking quietly for a while, Jessica clenched her fists and cheered: "Come on!" She put down the harmonica and continued to try various other sounds, shaking wind chimes, rattles and other instrumental music; she also played some classics on the TV Classic clips from movies, including his favorites "Cinema Paradiso", "Forrest Gump", etc., "What about this one?", "How about this one?", "It's not good yet, then this one!"... Continued Next, she went on to play some short DV videos of his daily life.

"Don't move, don't move...can you let Danny roll?"

On the TV screen leaning against the wall of the ward, Jessica squatted under the sycamore tree with a smile, teasing Danny who turned up on his belly. She smiled and said: "Of course, I can also make it dance. I teach it." Dance with it! Danny, right?" Wang Yang's laughter came from outside the screen: "Then let it dance, maybe Danny can star in a dog musical! Danny, dance!" Jay Sika clapped her hands and encouraged Danny, who was lazily on the ground: "Dance!" Wang Yang drawled: "I am the director... Man, you are auditioning now! You missed the opportunity to be a big star. In the end Once, dance?”

"Honey, how should we be parents?" Jessica suddenly stood up excitedly, and Wang Yang asked, "What?"

Jessica smiled and said: "Baby! Look how naughty Danny is, we dote on him so much! I wonder if one of us is there with the baby, very majestic! D-p, Bad-p?" She smiled toothily again He was pretending to glare fiercely again. At this time, Wang Yang turned the dV camera to point at himself, frowned, bit his lip and thought, and immediately got a definite answer: "I am a good ****!" Jessica glared fiercely: "No! Why you, I want to be a good ***!"...

"Haha!", "No, get out of here!", "I'll beat you to death!", "Domestic violence! heLp!"...

"Woo, ah..." Outside the TV screen, Jessica covered her sore nose, holding back the uncontrollable crying, and her red eyes burst into tears. If he was too lazy to sleep, she would put the good ** and The bad guys do their jobs well.

At this time, the dV clip that continued to play suddenly sounded Danny's bark: "Woof - woof woof -" Wang Yang and Jessica, who were only playing and playing, ignored it, so Danny kept barking. : "Woof woof woof, woof woof woof -" Wang Yang, who was lying on the hospital bed, suddenly moved his lips, "woof woof, woof woof -" His brows wrinkled, and he suddenly let out a painful sigh: "Oh... …”

"Yang!!" Jessica's heart skipped a beat and she turned around to look. Was it an illusion? still…