Chapter 668： The audience is the foundation of the movie

The filming of the crew in Canyon National Park continued until mid-April. After completing the scene of Alan Ruston being rescued by a helicopter, this documentary-style biographical film ended all filming. Ryan and The others returned to Los Angeles together.

After only three days of rest, Natalie went into post-production.

Ryan, at the invitation of Drew Barrymore, participated in a trial film of Flower Pictures. The film he watched was "Brokeback Mountain", which had just been cut out of the main plot.

Due to time constraints, this film, which was declared for the Cannes Film Festival this year, has not yet completed all the post-production. What they saw was a sample without the opening and ending or even many pictures without special effects.

Although many details of the film have changed, the main plot is the same as in the previous life, especially the relationship between Jack and Ennis, which is far less thrilling, unrestrained, and unusually subtle than those of traditional **** movies. This may also be related to Li Ang. It is related to coming from the East.

Even if you want to come to the theater later, even if you are under pressure, it will be like before and will not cause too much trouble.

And the scale of the **** movement is getting bigger and bigger. Several states, including Massachusetts, have successively legalized **** marriage. At the Oscar next year, many judges will definitely consider giving this film a heavyweight award.

You know, there are countless gays and bisexuals hidden in Hollywood, and many of them are heavyweights, such as David Geffen, one of the American super-rich and one of the Big Three in DreamWorks.

"Mr. Lee, a very good movie."

After the people around Ang Lee left, Ryan walked over and shook hands with each other, "I think this film will make a difference at the Cannes Film Festival and next year's Oscars."

"Thank you!" Li An's eyes were sunken, his face was haggard that could not be concealed.

Indeed, for a director like him, it only took more than seven months to complete the film preparation to most of the post-production. Definitely under tremendous pressure, I definitely want to work overtime a lot of times.

Having said that, if you can really get heavyweight awards at the Cannes Film Festival and Oscars, all this is worth it.

Ryan only briefly said a few words. The two parties are in two completely different circles. Except for work matters, there is no other contact. After expressing a more satisfactory view of the film, he left the trial with Drew. Mirrored small theater.

"Ryan..."

Standing in front of the theater. When preparing to board the car separately, Drew seemed a little worried, "Are you sure this movie won't cause a huge disturbance?"

"When facing the media, you only need to hold a little bit." Ryan lightly patted Drew on the shoulder, "True love has nothing to do with gender, age, and even less faith and ideology."

"You always make sense." Drew shrugged, and Ryan waved his hand and walked towards his car. The last sentence was left, "Trust me, Drew, this film will leave a special place in film history."

"Brokeback Mountain" even became a symbol. A symbol.

The film will premiere during the Cannes Film Festival, but the release time in North America will definitely be before the awards season. With the attributes of European filmmakers, such a theme is definitely to their liking.

With the coming of May. North America will start a new round of box office competition. Ryan will first be released in this regard is Nicole's production and starring "Paddington Bear", the premiere of the film will be placed in the birthplace of Paddington Bear in the United Kingdom . It was screened simultaneously in the United Kingdom and the United States in late April.

Unexpectedly, the film was rated pg-level in Britain and the United States at the same time, and the reason is that Paddington bears no pants in the film...

Fortunately, the PG level only needs the accompany of the parents, and does not restrict children's viewing. It is also difficult for children of this age to enter the theater alone, and the impact is not too great.

The film received 37.68 million U.S. dollars in North America in the first week, which is not bad for a total investment of less than 60 million U.S. dollars. This is a comedy after all. The situation in the UK is slightly better, with a score of 13.56 million pounds. , Is the highest first week box office performance in the UK since 2005.

After all, this is a classic cartoon image born in the UK, and it is also very popular with the British.

Because of the lack of strong competitors in the same period, the film actually stayed at the top of the British and American box office charts for two weeks, until the release of "The Kings of Heaven"...

The production cost was 130 million U.S. dollars, directed by the great director Ridley Scott, starring Orlando Bloom, who became popular after "The Lord of the Rings" and "Pirates of the Caribbean," and Eva, who dares to show off. Green and the powerful Edward Norton and Liam Neeson joined. If placed before last year, this would be a strong contender for the annual box office title.

It is a pity that since last year, the three major productions of war epic films, especially "Troy", "King Arthur" and "Alexander the Great" have not met expectations. This theme inevitably falls into a trough.

No matter what efforts Fox made in the twentieth century, the results after the film's release did let them experience the bleak feeling of Warner Bros. on "Alexander the Great", even though many film critics are applauding this film. But it didn't help the box office.

"This is a better film than "Gladiator." It's deeper and more thorough, with fewer action shots, and more discussion about human motivation."

From Roger Albert's column, this well-known veteran film critic in the United States gave the movie a high score of nine!

"A very amazing historical work, very worthy of respect, director Ridley Scott's latest epic work, this work is his strongest expression."

David Denby also scored nine points for "The Kingdom of Heaven" in the online column.

These two representative figures of film critics also showed their appreciation for this film. However, the ruthless box office once again proved that they are really just living in the glory of the past, and they are indeed old. However, the film critics are too far away from the taste of the audience, so far away that they have forgotten that the audience is the basis of the film.

"Kings of Heaven" opened in North America on May 6th, the first weekend of the summer file. In the first week, it got a box office of 19.63 million U.S. dollars among the 3,216 theaters. This result almost declared the film's failure or even a failure. Lost money, because in the summer file of the competition for incentives, basically every weekend there will be a large-scale commercial release.

Such a dismal first week's box office shows that the film is not competitive at all.

The big production that will be released in the next week is the "X-Men 3: Last Stand", which has been hyped up by Disney. In the publicity, this film was branded as the end of the "X-Men" series. No., the ultimate battle between the transformed Phoenix Girl and Wolverine Logan attracted countless movie fans into the theater.

As one of Marvel and Disney’s key brand series of films, whether for promotion or distribution, the film appears to be extremely strong, and the box office performance also proves Disney's confidence.

Although only 3,690 theaters joined the screening industry in the first week, the box office of "X-Men 3: Last Week" reached $122.86 million in the first week, making it the first film to break the $100 million mark in the first week of this year. the film.

There is almost no suspense. The opposite of the box office is the film’s reputation among film critics.

"Go to your "X-Men 3: Last Stand", which was supposed to be the climax of the trilogy, but it became the worst part of the entire X-Men series. The only meaning of this film is that It proves that the first two are not bad enough, it can only survive rudely on the reputation of comics."

Roger Albert made no secret of his dislike for this movie, and only scored a three-pointer, but unfortunately he didn't affect many people.

The super sales of "X-Men 3: Last Stand" severely squeezed the living space of other movies in the same period. The box office of "Kings of Heaven" fell below 10 million U.S. dollars in the second week, and fell to 9.62 million U.S. dollars. .

And the "Danny the Wolf Dog" released in the same week was completely cannon fodder. Fortunately, the producers did not have much hope for the film, otherwise it would not be arranged in such a fiercely competitive schedule.

Nicole’s "Paddington Bear" is no exception. The North American box office in the fourth week was only more than $12.5 million, but the North American box office totaled more than $90 million. With at least one month of screening time remaining, the final The North American box office exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars. There is definitely no problem.

Using what Nicole said to Ryan when he left London It’s a bit difficult for the film to recover its cost at the box office, but the network, TV and DVD video copyright negotiations for the film have been completed. Only the United Kingdom and the United States are three. On the other hand, it sold 35 million U.S. dollars, which is enough to bring about 20 million U.S. dollars in profits for her investor.

The money is not too much, perhaps not enough to cover Nicole’s half-year expenditure. The film is profitable but she is very happy. After all, she has also established a Kidman studio, and she cannot always maintain a balance of payments as the biggest goal. .

However, these are not within Ryan's consideration for the time being. He rushed to Cannes in early May and took over the position of chairman of the jury of the 58th Cannes Film Festival.

As early as when Ang Lee found Australia and discussed "Brokeback Mountain" with him, Ryan received an invitation from France. After some consideration, he finally agreed. This is not a bad thing, is it?

"Brokeback Mountain" not only entered the competition unit, but also the opening film of this year's film festival. This theme is very popular among European filmmakers.

In addition, Ryan also saw Yishui's Chinese films on the list of entries and screenings, such as "Green Red", "Promise", "Mythology" and so on. (To be continued...) ()