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Heavy rain poured down in torrents, and the sky in Pasadena, the greater Los Angeles area, was overcast. Heavy rain and strong winds invaded this supposedly joyful city.

The new calendar on the wall is January 2, 2006. Today is the day when the 117th annual Rose Parade Championship is held.

This year it will not be held on New Year's Day because according to tradition, if New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, it must be postponed to Monday. This situation first occurred in the third session in 1-893. There is a local legend: "The championship has an agreement with God, and we will always be together." He would never hold a parade on a Sunday, and he would never let it rain during the Rose Parade." However, according to the official statement of the Tournament of Roses Association: "To avoid the fear of horses being tied up outside the local church and disturbing the residents, Worship.”

Now it seems that the legend is really wishful thinking. There have been weather forecasts with wind speeds up to 72 km/h and 130 mm of rainfall (Pasadena). Unfortunately, this forecast is accurate, although the execution The committee did not cancel the championship and the parade went on as scheduled, but the bad weather turned the scene into a mess! At this time, dozens of beautiful floats from all over the world and the United States, as well as silver bands and military cavalry from all over the United States, braved the heavy rain. There were no people in the stands and tourist areas on both sides of Colorado Avenue, which was far less lively than before.

"Happy New Year everyone!" On the slowly advancing Rose Royal Float, this year's Rose Queen Camille Clark waved. She was wearing a beautiful Taobao Women's Clothing Tmall Taobao Mall Taobao Women's Winter Jacket m and a generous white dress. Wearing a shining queen's crown, she has a bright smile on her face. The championship is one of the most important and traditional events in celebrating the New Year in the United States. It is naturally a great honor and joy to be elected as the Rose Queen, but how can she not be depressed? From 1955 to 2005, it was a good 50 years! The bad luck happened to her in 1951!

She had been looking forward to it for several months, but it turned out to be like this... Camille Clark wiped the rain off her face. Her clothes were sticky and clinging to her body, which was very uncomfortable. She continued to wave: "Happy New Year everyone." !” Maybe her idol, Miracle Yang, won’t come to the scene, that’s too bad! The six rose princesses around were equally happy and depressed, waving to the tourists on both sides wearing raincoats or holding umbrellas: "Happy New Year!"

"Wow - that Oklahoma float is so beautiful!" On the side of the avenue, Joshua, wearing a raincoat, repeatedly clicked the shutter of the digital camera in his hand, and the lens was focused on the Oklahoma Rising float that was passing by. , full of western cowboy style. Alexis next to her nodded and agreed: "It's very distinctive."

"PE, sweetheart, look at China Airlines' float! -" Wang Yangyang's voice was very excited. He saw that China Airlines' float was shaped like a dragon boat, and the boat was filled with performers in ethnic costumes, or There are singing and dancing, or drumming and rowing. The dragon scales on the boat are carefully painted, and the gold ornaments are painted. There are several lanterns of different sizes hanging in the sky. The base and surroundings of the entire float are filled with bright red, white, blue and other colorful decorations. The rose and the tall dragon head were extraordinary. He praised loudly: "It's so beautiful. Taobao Women's Clothing Tmall Taobao Mall Taobao Women's Winter Jacket m!" Jessica, who was holding her daughter next to her, also praised: "Charming! PE,

Take a look. "

Although the large LCD TV screen is not far away, Keke still can't see clearly. She really wants to sleep, but those two friendly voices keep surrounding her...

"n-at, dragon boat, dragon boat." Wang Qiyang taught his daughter a few words and continued to watch the next float. However, listening to the patter of rain outside and looking at the terrible situation at the scene, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly: "Too What a pity, why will it rain this year?" Jessica looked regretful: "It's just this year." Of course, this is the first time that the two of them have encountered such weather conditions in their lives. A few days ago, they were happily I planned to take Ke Ke to watch the event together, but today I can only stay at home and watch the live broadcast on TV.

If it had been before Keke was born, Wang Qiyang would have been the first to go to Pasadena to join in the fun. Think about it, it hasn't rained in 50 years, but it rained heavily in 2006! Isn't this something special? He doesn't need to wear a raincoat and hold an umbrella, he just watches the floats and the military parade in the rain. When he gets excited, he can even dance a song in the rain. How nice! After having children, many things changed and the word "ly" took on more meaning. He thought and murmured: "Let's wait for the Rose Bowl in two days."

Every year during the New Year's holiday, the four major college football bowl games, the Rose Bowl, Holiday Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl, will stage a decisive battle. This year's Rose Bowl matchup is the Texas Longhorns VS USC Trojans. Since they are responsible for the 05- The 2006 National Championship(S), so it was held on the night of the 4th. The Longhorns and Troy are the only two undefeated teams in AA's IA district this season. The former is the defending Rose Cup champion and the g-12 district. Champion; the latter is the holder of the -10 district championship, super strong dialogue!

How popular is this game? Football critics said that "USC is in the best shape in history" and that "Texas University is a team that can win games." In the eyes of the media, this is the best season in the history of college football. The most anticipated epic showdown! The Rose Bowl is one of the hottest spots these days, and its ratings will definitely hit a record high, with more than 20 million people expected to watch the live broadcast.

Wang Yangyang is not a die-hard rugby fan. If there is an equally important game played at the same time as basketball, he will choose basketball. However, this does not mean that he has no interest in rugby. On the contrary, if he has free time, he will attend any important events. Compared with basketball, USC's football is too strong. It is the team that has participated in the Rose Bowl the most times, winning 21 championships 28 times. The University of Michigan, which is second, only has 19/7 times. The 29th decisive battle will be held in Pasadena tomorrow, and he will not miss it.

Regardless of whether it rains heavily that day, Wang Qiyang and Jessica will go, because obviously they have no intention of bringing a 20-day-old baby to the Rose Bowl where the atmosphere must be crazy. Keke will be taken care of by Wang’s mother that day, and Wang Qiyang is going to invite Nancy and a few friends to enjoy the game together.

"How about our Fire Movie also join the Rose Parade Championship?" Looking at the gorgeous floats on TV, Wang Yangyang suddenly said with interest. Jessica frowned, looking disapproving. : "Um, oh, I don't know. Will this help the flame movie? I don't know." Wang Yangyang thought for a moment, and the excitement subsided in an instant. He shook his head with a smile: "No, still It’s better to invest the money in an independent film.” Jessica smiled and nodded: “Yes, I also think the float is actually quite luxurious.”…

These rose floats are not cheap. From design to production, if you want them to be exquisite and beautiful, the cost of a float can be as high as hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, and then it will be retired after just one round of the parade.

However, if Flame Films joins the parade to celebrate the New Year and last year's success, the media, fellow filmmakers, movie fans... no one will think that it is "extravagant", "should not be", "funny", maybe it is too appropriate! The North American film industry in 2005 was like the current Tournament of Roses. It encountered a heavy rainstorm that had not been seen in decades, or that was unprecedented! The annual box office market share ranking of distributors was actually won by an independent film company!

New line? DreamWorks? Dimen? Lions Gate? ...Of course not at all. The new overlord sitting firmly on the throne is named Flame Movie!

In the 365 days from January 1st to December 31st last year, Flame Films released a total of 9 movies/7 new movies, and won 3 Oscars. "Mr. Hughes 2" finally had a North American box office of 133 million/256 100 million global box office, and it contributed 41.51 million North American box office to FF in 2005; "Crash", which also received three Oscars, had a North American box office of 62.31 million/109 million global box office, and its North American box office in 2005 was 31.05 million.

Among these two films, FF is the undoubted winner. Their box office results are within the set targets, and this year's new films are even more surprising and exciting!

"Kung Fu Panda", which started the craze of kung fu animation, finally had a North American box office of 229 million/603 million global box office; "Firefly", which shocked the world, had a North American box office of 650 million/1.167 billion overseas box office/1.817 billion global box office; and "Assassin's Alliance" made a comeback. "126 million North American box office / 321 million global box office; "Dance My Life 2", which remains popular, has a North American box office of 80.13 million / 32.79 million in overseas markets that have not been fully released; "Chainsaw 3", the end of the first trilogy It has been fully released in North America, with a box office of 113 million. Including the overseas markets that have not been fully released, its global box office is 184.6 million, and it is very promising to break through 200 million.

Entering December, "Brokeback Mountain" contributed another 16.55 million; "500 Days of Summer", which was screened for nine days, grossed 142 million!

Since "500 Days" has already won the championship by a large margin during the New Year's Eve week from December 30th to January 5th, FF has collected 12 North American weekly championship trophies with nine movies throughout the year. Accounting for 23% of the total 52 weeks! It even crazily swept the North American box office worth 1.45 billion! ! The maximum for a single film is 650 million, with an average of 161.1 million per film; and an average of 196.7 million per new film!

Not counting the cost of publicity and distribution, the total production cost of FF's new film is 465 million, and the box office in North America alone is 1.3774 billion! Over 3.2 billion global box office!

Incredible! The performance of the Fire Movie in 2004 had already shocked the whole world, but in 2005 it got even worse and had a completely crazy explosion! Winning the annual championship with an absolute advantage of 15.2% market share!

Last year's North American box office total was 9.524 billion U.S. dollars. Warner Bros. ranked second with 1.18 billion and a market share of 12.3%; 20th Century Fox ranked third with 1.15 billion and a market share of 12.0%; and the fourth place was 960 million, 10.0% Universal; fifth place: 9.5% Disney (Buve); sixth place: 9.5% Sony/Columbia; seventh place: 9.0% Paramount; eighth place: 5.2% DreamWorks; ninth place: 4.4% of New Line; tenth place: 2.9% of Lionsgate Pictures, with a North American box office of 180 million, "The Ghost Story 3" is its most exclusive movie this year.

Dimensions (1.7%), Miramax (1.7%), MGM/United Artists (1.7%), Warner Independent (0.9%), Focus Movies (0.8%), and Fox Searchlight (0.8%) ranked 11th-16th.

Whether it is a traditional blockbuster film studio with a long history and the backing of a huge media conglomerate, or an independent film company with a variety of business ideas and eccentric ideas, they have all lost in the past year. Gave it to Flame Moth and Butterfly Company, and lost without any room for maneuver.

It has only been less than 7 years since Flame Films struggled to release its first film "High School Musical" in 1999. It has stood at the top of the North American film market with a magical and handsome figure and has become the most successful independent film in history. Film producers, no one.

The top ten grossing movies in North America in 2005 (365 days) are: 1. "Firefly", 650 million, ticket sales (calculated on average ticket price) 100 million, distributor: Flame Films; 2. "Star Wars" "Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith", 380 million, ticket sales of 5.95 million people, publisher: 20th Century Fox; .3 "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", 277 million, ticket sales of 42.95 million people, publisher: Dealer: Warner Bros.

The fourth place is "The Great War", 234 million, Paramount; the fifth place is "Kung Fu Panda", 229 million, Huoyan Films; the sixth place is "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion and the Witch" "And the Wardrobe", 225 million, Walt Disney; No. 7 "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", 206 million, Warner Bros.; No. 8 "Madagascar", 193 million, DreamWorks; No. 9 "Wedding Crashers" , 191 million, New Line; No. 10 "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" 177 million, 20th Century Fox.

In the P10, Fire Movies, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox all accounted for two films each. In 2005, the North American box office champion was "Firefly", and the annual global box office champion was also "Firefly".

This is the best result in the career of Magic BABY Wang Qiyang. His previous records were third and fourth place respectively. Now he has reached the top in one fell swoop, becoming a double annual champion with Flame Films!

He set off a huge storm around the world, "Firefly" movie viewing wave, driving passionate Asian movie fans into madness. His serious injury and coma shocked the world for a week. He and his wife welcomed their first child. His "500 Days with Summer" continues to be popular...

"Yang+Flame=Champion!" - Yahoo Entertainment; "Detailed explanation of the road to dominance of the Flame movie, the magical ability of Yang to shock the past and the present" - Sina Entertainment; "The embryonic form of the future new media empire has begun to emerge, and the Flame has conquered "A trap movie" - "Wall Street Times"; "When 2006 comes, what will the flames do?" - "Los Angeles Times"; "A truly staged myth, unique for a century The dream of making a movie comes true!" - "The New York Times"; "Wang Yang's net worth is hard to estimate, the youngest billionaire across entertainment \u0026 IT" - "Forbes"; "New York Times Chronicle", "Washington Post", "Toronto Star"...

"That's amazing! It turns out that the Fire movie was the box office champion last year? Unbelievable!" Bruce-G was so amazed. When this amazing news spread quickly on the Internet, die-hard Fire fans cheered. This new year is really hapiness!

They left messages of support on the official website and other places, expressing their expectations for 2006. MumbyK6 wrote: "I have been looking forward to "Ice Age 3" for too long!! Release it as soon as possible!" Rees regretfully wrote: "This year Flame seems to have no blockbuster plans, and Magic Yang has no new films. It seems that it will not be able to win the annual championship again." Nas happily wrote: "Awesome! Just do this and beat those self-righteous studios to the ground. Let’s see if they still dare to make garbage!”

Jjnxn wrote: "Among the 6 new movies released by Fire Movie this year, I am most looking forward to "Racing 2". The first one is so crazy! I still can't find a second racing movie that can compare with it. "ldaly said: "I want to watch "Mamma Mia!" with Meryl Streep dancing? Interesting!"

-A sighed and wrote: "Although it is very happy that Flame and Miracle Yang won the championship (I am a fan), is there really no new movie released by MY this year? When can I see "I Am Legend"? Best wishes in advance "Firefly" swept this year's Oscars!" Paul-T wrote: "My thoughts are a bit selfish, I hope that the amazing young man who has become a father will not stop and make a good movie as soon as possible!!"...

In addition, the media and Flame fans have praised this miracle, and they are also speculating that after the main film business has achieved such great success, the Flame Group will continue to be lazy, right? What business will it expand into next? music? game? Many fans said: "I hope it's music. I hope the Flames can release some good records."

"Thank you very much for your support of Flame Movies in the past year! It is because of your trust and enthusiasm that we have created this unbelievable miracle."

Fiona Hasson, spokesperson for Fire Films, expressed her heartfelt thanks to the fans on the official website. As sincere and slightly official as ever, she added: "With such achievements, Fire Films will not be satisfied or relax. We will continue to work hard in 2006! We will continue to strictly demand film quality and satisfy the audience as our purpose! Launch excellent new movies and sequels one after another."

In 2006, FF has confirmed six new films that will be released on a large scale: the animated comedy sequel "Ice Age 3"; the R-rated comedy sequel "The Hangover 3"; the musical comedy "Mamma Mia" adapted from the classic stage play; Popcorn "Ride 2"; R-rated horror sequel "Saw 4"; suspense drama "The Conjuring".

The cloudy sky gradually became clear, the rain stopped, and a ray of sunshine came out.

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