The all-star western film "The Dragons", led by "Star Lord" Chris Pratt and "Oscar" Denzel Washington, finally broke the spell of "every Western box office must lose" in recent years, slashing $35 million in the first weekend, easily leading the North American weekend box office list, and ending the consecutive championship momentum of Tom Hanks' new work "Captain Sully". The animation film "Funny Bird Story" produced by Warner, enjoyed the excellent treatment of simultaneous release in China and the United States, but fell into the strange circle of "high reputation and low box office": Douban scored 7.8 points, and the mainland only won 34 million yuan in three days. In North America, it performed normally, winning $21.8 million in the first weekend and breaking through $40 million at the global box office.
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No. 1 The Magnificent Seven Dragons the Magnificent Seven
Weekend box office: $35,000,000
Worldwide box office: 59.8 million US dollars
At a time when superheroes dominate the global film market, it is undoubtedly a very risky business to invite a big-name card division to invest $90 million and shoot a Western. Especially after Disney invested $200 million in the Western film "The Lone Ranger", the high-investment Western became the hot potato in the Hollywood industry.
But "The Dragons" can give Sony Pictures the green light because of the addition of a blockbuster cast: "Star Lord" Chris Palat. Since the "Guardians of the Galaxy" turnaround, Pratt has become a "box office medicine". Both "The Lego Movies" and "Jurassic World" have achieved unprecedented box office success.
"Heroic Seven Dragons" is adapted from Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic "Seven Samurai", and the elements of the classic Western are not lacking: the chaotic world in the west, everyone has a shot; gangs and gangs, kill Haoqiang. The vast wilderness, the fierce gun battles, the cowboy galloping under the sunset, and the burning music created by the deceased film score master James Horner, can't help but make people's blood rush. Chris Pratt incarnated as the Western Gunners and did not forget to be naughty and cute, "Training Day" double male Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke once again joined hands, Hayley Bennett played by the mexican town woman may not be as weak and delicate as it seems, and many of the shots of Lee Bingxian, one of the Seven Samurai, are obviously not here to play soy sauce.
Overall, this Western action film, in terms of visual presentation, director Anthony Fukuia is more inclined to the latter, full of action from beginning to end, and does not spend more time excavating these characters, and it also lacks the in-depth exploration of the traditional westworld by the desolate lone hero, not to mention its absurd and extremely politically correct character arrangement.
The Daily Beast even commented that the film was "a fast and furious ride on horseback."
The 2nd "Funny Bird Story" storks
Weekend box office: $21,805,000
Worldwide box office: 40.1 million US knives
If Disney animation is a big white rabbit milk candy, each one is sweet and lubricated, then Warner animation movies are a variety of jumping candies, and there is an explosion of surprises at the entrance.
Compared with animation giants such as Disney, Pixar and Blue Sky Studios, Warner's animation production is relatively small, but the work has a distinct personality, different styles, and willingness to explore technology are its three major characteristics. For example, "The Iron Giant", which has a Douban score of 8.5, is an alternative classic in the Hollywood animation industry.
At the moment when IP adaptation movies are popular, this completely original "Funny Bird Story" is very precious. The film's English name, storks, refers to a bird called the stork, which in Western legend is used to transport children. It is said that whoever gives the bird to the child falls on the roof of the house to make a nest, and the family will be happy and happy. The protagonist of "The Tale of the Funny Bird" is "Sending a Stork".
Despite the suspicion of a second-child promotional film, the plot complexity of the film is far better than that of "Angry Birds" and "Pet Big Secret", which have been sold this year. The super cute baby is warm and funny, and the crane bird who wants to be the boss is more and more frustrated and brave to send a child. The most amazing thing is the stupid wolf pack, which can transform into a suspension bridge, but also into a submarine and an airplane, and Warner's humorous and absurd imagination is explosive.
Unfortunately, the excitement of the film trailer is far less than that of the film itself; coupled with the fact that the "canon" has not yet been on the Chinese translation of the "foreign transmission", the mainland box office of this film has not even broken through 40 million yuan, and it has encountered a cold reception.
The title of this film Chinese, and Pocket Jun felt that it should be called "The Adventure of sending a bird"!
4th "BJ's Child" Bridget Jones's baby
Weekend box office: $4,520,000
Worldwide box office: $83.55 million
Due to the box office in the British hometown, the third part of the "BJ Single Diary" series, "BJ's Children", has exceeded $83 million at the global box office. It cannot be denied that, similar to the first two films in the series, this film is still a non-realistic chicken soup for the soul. At the age of 43, BJ has heard too many sad stories, experienced too many long must be together, long must be divided, she knows that marriage means absolutely not just two love, but even so, mark played by Colin Fis, his arrogant and sullen personality, is still BJ's heart. The open-ended ending of the film seems to be an allusion to the best destination for feminists.
In any case, this "BJ's Child" is definitely the best choice for weekend pastimes, and it will also become the spiritual food for many contemporary female wenqing to continue to choose single life.
5th Snowden snowden
Weekend box office: $4,144,989
Worldwide box office: $15.13 million
Judging from the current box office trend, the biopic "Snowden" and Luceff's "Walking in the Clouds" last year present a trend of "high reputation and low box office". Two weeks after its release, the $40 million film just topped $15 million at the global box office, potentially causing losses to distributors. As far as the film itself is concerned, this decent biopic is not very brilliant, and the entire narrative structure is very loose, from Snowden's joining the army to adding n to the CIA, then joining the National Security Agency, and finally exposing the government, wanting to cover everything and summarize the entire life experience, but it seems to be unfocused. I have to say that Snowden's own charm is much more brilliant than that of Joseph himself.
To gain insight into Snowden's values for the entire Prism Gate, you still have to look at "The Fourth Citizen" two years ago!
8th Suicide Squad
Weekend box office: $3,110,000
Worldwide box office: $730 million
Released in its 8th week, "Suicide Squad" still ranks in the top 10 of the North American weekend box office, and has now reached a high of $730 million worldwide, and it is not easy to achieve such a box office success in the absence of Chinese mainland release. And its cumulative North American box office has also reached the 4th place in the DC superhero box office list, second only to Nolan's "The Dark Knight", "The Dark Knight Rises", and "Batman v Superman" released at the beginning of the year.
Its biggest competitor, Marvel's latest masterpiece "Doctor Strange", will also officially detonate the North American theater line on November 4, and the film has gradually entered the publicity sprint period, and last week exposed a new trailer.
This issue focuses on people
Morten Tedum morten tyldum
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The frozen Nordic continent not only produces beautiful actors, but also has a unique director. Born in 1967, Moten Tedum is a rising Norwegian director.
Although born in Northern Europe, he completed his higher education at the School of Visual Arts in New York. At first, he wanted to become a musician, but then he moved to film and television, whether it was doing special programs on TV stations, or shooting MV commercials and short films.
In 2003, with a very small investment, he filmed his debut film "True Love Maji", which immediately received a large number of praise in Norway and was named "Best Film Newcomer of the Year" by the Norwegian Film Association.
In 2011, after years of preparation, Moten Tedum made one of the most successful Norwegian films of recent years: The Headhunting Game. The shocking ending reversal triggers all the brain-stirring thrills that characterize "high-IQ movies" as well. This thrill is no less than the visual thrill of a car chase in Fast & Furious.
After its release, the film achieved great success both in Norway and around the world, becoming one of the highest-grossing films in Norwegian history.
Three years later, Morten Tedum was photographed by Hollywood to direct "The Imitation Game" that shocked the little golden man, which tells the story of the legendary life of Alan Turing, the grandfather of computers. Although it failed to win the oscars like "A Beautiful Mind", it still made fans and the industry see the huge potential of Moten Tedum as a director.
In the 13 years since his debut, he has only directed 4 films, and he is undoubtedly the kind of filmmaker who works slowly and carefully and cherishes his feathers.
On December 21 this year, Morten Tedum finally directed Hollywood's A-grade blockbuster "Space Passenger" for the first time, starring Cass as the popular fried chicken: "Star Lord" Chris Pratt and "big cousin" Jennifer Lawrence. The film's investment budget is as high as $120 million, the total remuneration of the two leading actors is as high as $30 million, and the eldest cousin also needs to add a 30% share of the film's profits.
Director Morten Tedum is also paid seven figures. Can such a high investment budget be exchanged for excellent box office performance?
After watching the first trailer, I believe that you will have the answer in your heart.
This weekend, the North American cinema line will usher in the landing of three new films, the most champion is undoubtedly Tim Burton's new work "Miss Pepper's Fantasy Castle"
Deepwater Horizon
Directed By: Peter Borg (Lone Survivor, Super Battleship)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Dylan O'Brien, Gina Rodriguez
Genre: Action/Drama/Thriller
Publisher: Lionsgate (Number of Theaters: 3000+)
Overview: The Deep is based on a true event. On April 20, 2010, a BP drilling platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico led to a massive oil spill and the death of 11 staff members. The severity of the accident exceeded many people's expectations, and it once became the most concerned hot event in the world and the worst oil spill in the history of the United States.
Masterminds
Directed by: Jared Hess (Mad Priest, Napoleon the Big Man)
Starring: Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wegg, Owen Wilson
Genre: Action/Comedy/Crime
Distribution: Theory of Relativity (Number of theaters: 2800+)
Overview: The film is based on true events. The protagonist, David, is originally an ordinary cash truck driver, and the biggest daily pleasure is to flirt with his partner Kelly. With Kelly's help, David, who dreams of making a fortune, joins forces with a gang of brain-dead thieves led by Steve to steal $17 million in cash from the bank. But what he didn't know was that Steve had long planned to use him as a scapegoat; their frenzied buying and buying after robbing cash had aroused police suspicion; and Mike, another professional killer, was also in hot pursuit.
Miss peregrine's home for peculiar children
Directed By: Tim Burton (Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein)
Starring: Asha Butterfield, Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
Distribution: FUCHS (Number of theaters: 3400+)
Overview: Based on Ransom Riggs' novel of the same name, it mainly tells the story of Jacob's grandfather, who used to tell him bedside stories since he was a child, and there are many children with special abilities. After his grandfather's death, he followed the clues of various mysteries, and Jacob followed these clues to a castle inhabited by many children with special abilities, and he gradually got to know the people here and became friends with them. At the same time, he also discovers the terrible monster mentioned in his grandfather's story, and his arrival makes the place more dangerous. He must use his peculiar and peculiar characteristics to rescue his new friends.