In the second week of May 2011, the opening battle of the summer archives finally came to an end. But, is it really over? The box office battle is indeed over; but the aftertaste left behind is hard to say.
Even the most daring media, even the craziest industry insiders, even the Fast and the Furious series aficionados, even Renly Hall's most devoted fans, before the opening battle, I dare not make such a prediction, such an incredible prediction.
After "Variety" released the box office forecast for the opening battle, a small number of media put forward their opinions. They believed that the gap in this war would be smaller and the competition would be more intense, but overall they still agreed with "Variety". The Seattle Post is one of them.
Eli Wallach thought at the outset that "Fast & Furious 5" had a chance of defeating "Thor", but this chance was very, very small. But even for Eli, he emphasized the showdown of the box office results of the premiere, the three-day opening weekend of "Fast & Furious 5" and the three-day opening weekend of "Thor", the showdown between these two sets of data. Only a lunatic would think that "Fast and Furious 5" can defeat "Thor" and achieve the title of reelection.
Now it looks like it's really crazy.
But the fact is that, in this week's North American box office rankings, "Fast & Furious 5" pulled its teeth, stepped on the shoulders of "Thor", and took the championship crown into the bag, making this wildest, craziest, and most explosive Summer, pushed to the first wave of high/tide.
What's even more incredible is that "Fast and Furious 5" has a strong two-week cumulative box office of 193 million US dollars. From Monday to Thursday, it swept thousands of troops without any rivals at all, showing a rare show. Its box office dominance has exceeded the 177 million of "Iron Man" in the same period. Not only is 200 million in North America within reach, but the benchmark of 300 million can basically be determined.
Two weeks, just two weeks, "Fast and Furious 5" brought out its dark horse character to the fullest, turning all the attention, all the attention, and all the hot spots of the opening battle into a box office, and it has become a summer vacation this year. The biggest winner of the file - no, the release date of this work is the spring file, so it should be the biggest winner of the spring file.
Universal Pictures was overjoyed. Although the movie was only released for two weeks, they still couldn't wait to hold a celebration banquet, which was full of joy.
Not only because "Fast and Furious 5" has created the best results in the series, but also because of the great success of this work, the series has completed the turn from quantitative change to qualitative change, and truly ranks among the ranks of commercial blockbusters. What they need now is not the question of shooting sequels, but the question of how many sequels should be shot.
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It's no exaggeration to say that Universal is already thinking about contract extensions right now - Vin Diesel and Paul Walker have to stay, Jordana Brewster has to stay, who else? Woolen cloth
"Renly-Hall!"
This is an editorial from "The New Yorker", and it is also their answer to Universal Pictures, "Complete Renly Hall's contract renewal as soon as possible! This is the top priority of Universal Pictures!" Among the comments, they Frankly speaking, the success of "Fast and Furious 5" is due to two people: Justin Lin, and Renly Hall.
As a director, Justin endowed the movie with a sharp and tough temperament, which made the movie break away from the previous pattern of petty fights, showing a more grand overall situation, and at the same time brought the adrenaline brought by racing to the extreme. , the success of the film, he absolutely contributed.
As an actor, Renly gave the film more storytelling and connotation depth.
For summer popcorn works, the story of the script has never been paid enough attention, but in fact, shooting an excellent commercial work can never be separated from a solid story. James Cameron's two films Take the masterpieces "Titanic" and "Avatar" for example, you can see it. A good story can give a commercial movie more pleasure, more climax, more excitement, and of course, a smoother viewing experience.
The role of Hobbes plays such a role in the film. His judgment on justice and evil, his interpretation of law and morality, really gave the story a whole new meaning: brotherhood, brotherhood that cannot be let down.
It was because Reyes killed Hobbs' brother-in-law that he decided to join Dominic's lineup and overthrow Reyes; it was because of Brian's unwavering commitment to the family that he decided to let them go; it was also because of Hobbs's inner responsibility and burden, he will never give up the mission of continuing to pursue Dominic and Brian.
The "Fast and Furious" series has been filmed for the fifth part, and finally has a core theme. From Hobbs, from Hobbs played by Renly.
In the comments, they concluded, "It's hard to imagine if it wasn't for Renly, but another actor to play Hobbs. So, is this another 'Fast & Furious 4' 'What?" It means, continuing the line of simple and crude, lacking the core of the story, and becoming another B-level popcorn blockbuster.
In fact, not only "The New Yorker", but after "Fast & Furious 5" won the championship, the major media immediately made comments. They generally believed that this was a "belonging to Renly- Hall's Victory".
Not only because of the two duels of "Renly VS Chris" and "Renly VS Natalie", let Renly win more attention as an individual; not only because Renly is the fifth part of the series. The newly added faces have attracted countless audiences with a stunning gesture; also because of Renly's excellent performance in the film, he has brought his personal charm to the extreme, and at the same time has completed the most important piece of the puzzle of the film's rebirth!
In comparison, what Chris and Natalie lost was a showdown at the box office and a showdown even more. The two people's performances in "Thor" were criticized, especially Chris, who played Saul as a rookie, experienced first-hand the "Hayden Christensen"-style dire straits. In this matchup, they lost completely, and there was no room for manoeuvre.
In the past two weeks, Renly has deservedly become the hottest topic of conversation, even the two main characters Fan and Paul have been resigned. It is not uncommon for media like The New Yorker to attribute all the credit for their victory to Renly.
This is Hollywood, and there will never be a shortage of overnight success myths. What's more, Renly is no longer in such a category. In the previous awards season, he was already the limelight.
Everyone is discussing the same topic, how did "Fast and Furious 5" create this miracle? And how did Renly become the key gentleman in this miracle? The summer season has just begun, and the North American film market has swept away the decline, showing a thriving attitude. Summer is here.
Fisher-Morgan is pondering the same question: How did things get here? Everything went step by step, so what went wrong
The things that have happened in the past few weeks are really too much, too messy and too urgent. He never had the opportunity to calm down and think about it. Everything was like a torrent, rushing down, and he didn't even have time to react. came to the current position. Now that the defeat is set, he has time to reflect on it carefully.
His thoughts followed the context and explored all the way back. Suddenly, Fisher was stunned, and a terrible idea came up in his mind: hype, that deliberately arranged malicious hype. He revealed that the paparazzi found Chris and actively provoked disputes, hoping to increase Chris' exposure, further amplify the effective utilization of the "Thor" project, and drain the last drop of residual value. However, things seem to have gotten out of hand since then.
If there are no extras and everything is done step by step, will the box office of "Thor" have a better performance? Wouldn't Chris be in a better position if he didn't overdo it, and was content with the status quo? If there is no superfluous, single-minded promotion of publicity, will the outcome of the opening battle be different
This idea just came out, like the sharp teeth of a poisonous snake, it bit the blood vessel in his neck fiercely, it was cold and biting, and the blood began to flow back, the stiff and sharp tingling sensation suddenly exploded, Then the shame overwhelmed him, completely unable to breathe.
A heaven, a hell.
Just a momentary deviation of thought, just a deviation of the track of a thought, just a momentary deviation of decision, heaven becomes hell. This is really too cruel and too cold, so that the heart suddenly stiffened, and it was completely breathless.
"No, it's definitely not like this!" Fisher bit the tip of his tongue hard, the smell of blood began to spread, forcibly cut off all divergent thoughts, and cut off thinking abruptly, "Absolutely not!" Fisher Er made a firm conclusion, and the reflection on this issue ends here.
What he needs now is not to hold on to past mistakes, but to look to the future and think about solutions.
The slight sound of "Yah" sounded, and the hotel room door was gently pushed open, but it exploded in Fisher's ear like thunder, raised his head suddenly, and then saw Chris who was downcast.
Chris pushed open the door of the hotel room, slumped his shoulders, and dragged his feet. The effect of gravity on his body seemed to be particularly obvious. Every detail of his body language was feeling the falling weight, and then he walked. Next to the sofa, he paused, slumped down heavily, and then sighed heavily. The sunny and handsome features were completely cloudy at this time, and exhaustion was written on every corner of his cheeks.
A burst of anger rushed to the top of his forehead, and Fisher stood up abruptly, roaring frantically, "My Prince Sol, don't have a dead face that was abandoned by the father and betrayed by the younger brother! You are the actor who plays Thor, and half of the young Hollywood actors are envious of your good luck. Who is it for you to put on this angry gesture! It's just a box office failure at the premiere, you It looks like I just lost the virginity/virginity of the chrysanthemum/flower."