Director’s Legend

"In less than a month, Shao Shuaijun came to Southeast Asia to grab money again!"

This headline seems to be about the news of a certain robber. In fact, it is Thailand’s largest-circulation newspaper "Thai Lat" about the release of Painted Skin in Southeast Asia, causing a box office sensation. "33 Days of Broken Love" relied on a fresh atmosphere. In April, it swept away in Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea and other countries, at least taking away more than 100 million box office, becoming another feast for the dream company.

In less than a month, "Painted Skin" blew another strong wind. Since its landing on May 7, it immediately set off a huge movie-watching wave. In Singapore, Thailand and other places, it has repeatedly set new highs. Although it has not refreshed the local film history record, it has firmly occupied the weekly box office championship.

"Mission Impossible 3" was released two days ahead of "Painted Skin". The two should have been competing, but "Poseidon" was also released ahead of schedule. The first round of storms began in six Southeast Asian countries on May 11.

This epic disaster film, known as the largest shipwreck in history, cost more than 160 million U.S. dollars, to surpass the Titanic's "Poseidon", but in just two days, it shocked everyone's eyes. Warner Bros., the distributor of the film, claimed to sail Southeast Asia with "Poseidon". Not only did it fail to beat "Painted Skin", it even failed to surpass the box office of "Mission Impossible 3" in the second week of release.

Only in this place in Malaysia, "Painted Skin" lost to "Poseidon", finishing second with a slight defeat. But this is not the failure of "Painted Skin", but the discrimination against "Painted Skin" by the Malaysian government. In view of the recent increasing friction between the two parties, Umno and MCA, and the atmosphere between Malays and Malay Chinese has become increasingly unfriendly, Malays have broken out to boycott "Painted Skin".

If it were not for the Malay Chinese to be more wealthy and to go to the cinema to support, even the runner-up of "Painted Skin" might not have won.

In this regard, the “Star” controlled by MCA issued an attack: “Conservation and xenophobia are not factors for Malaysia’s progress. The excellence of “Painted Skin” belongs to the world and belongs to every Malaysian. Blind resistance is short-sighted and will lead to big The movie on the Peninsula has fallen!"

The New Straits Times, controlled by Umno, published a speech by Hisham Muddin, the head of the Umno Youth League: "Whoever opposes the Malay rulers is infringing on the national interests of Malaysia, whether it is movies or business!" He held up the arrogant look of the Malay dagger.

"Umno's blindness will eventually lead to the re-enactment of the May 13 incident. The Chinese are also Malaysians! Umno is perverse!"-Malaysian Chinese newspaper "Sin Chew Daily" has the same strong wording.

With these political factors, although "Painted Skin" was defeated in Malaysia, the Chinese only accounted for 25% of Malaysia's population, but it supported "Painted Skin" to lose only by a small advantage. It can be seen that more people may not help, and sometimes you get money. many. There are many Malays, but few are willing to spend money to watch movies!

Three blockbusters competed for life and death in Southeast Asia. After incomplete estimation, "Painted Skin" has almost won 40 million yuan in the box office in several Southeast Asian countries, while "Mission Impossible 3" is roughly estimated to be 36 million yuan, from Japan and South Korea. After China, lose another game.

The highly anticipated "Poseidon" received only 4.4 million in two days of the weekend, which was lower than the 16 million in "Painted Skin" and the 14 million in "Mission Impossible 3".

"Although we had hoped that its performance would be stronger, it is too early to estimate its prospects." Warner Bros. distribution director Dan Fehrman refused to admit the failure of Poseidon.

"Southeast Asia is the traditional market for our Chinese-language movies. Here, Hollywood blockbusters have to keep their heads down!" Although Huayi Brothers has similar names as Warner Bros., they didn’t hesitate to be ironic. Wang Zhongjun asked the reporter to win "Painted Skin". What he said about his feelings about the champions of the week.

At the end, Wang Zhongjun said: "Not only in Southeast Asia, but also in the North American market, it's time for Chinese blockbusters to sing dramas!"

As Wang Zhonglei said, Chinese-language films often show high box office in the Asian market, but the real world attention is the box office war in North America. The successful films in North America have basically been successful all over the world. Regardless of whether you are convinced, North America is the vane of film sales.

In order for "Painted Skin" to have an attempt in Europe, even the lifting of the ban with "Source Code", it needs to be proven in the United States to impress European publishers and pressure the government to introduce!

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Last Sunday, "Painted Skin" opened at the box office of 7.5 million, and the reputation and results were amazing. "Mission Impossible 3" was not satisfactory but it was still a blockbuster movie. "Poseidon" alone could kill a blockbuster at the box office of a blockbuster movie. , These three movies came together and attracted countless lights.

It can be said that the world is paying attention to the three-day weekend from May 12 to May 14 in the United States.

This is a world war!

"Mission: Impossible 3" defaces China, expecting "Painted Skin" to kill in North America!" There is already a vague pirated version of "Mission: Impossible 3" on the Internet in China. The netizens found that this movie is a big problem.

In the movie, the first shot of Tom Cruise entering the magic city is a bird jumping above the birdcage; from the window of Xipu’s residential building, the high-rise buildings of Dongpu are seen, where the camera slides over the clothes drying on the balcony Trousers; nervous car chasing on the bustling Nanjing Road; in Xitang, Cruise was looking for his beloved wife, pushing the door and seeing a group of elderly people playing mahjong.

These shots clearly vilify China's image.

Suddenly, the deceived netizens are unable to retaliate, so they can only vent their anger on the Internet, and hope that "Mission: Impossible 3" will be killed again...

"This weekend I finally felt like I didn't have enough time. Well, I didn't watch "Mission Impossible 3" last week, so let's schedule it on Friday. If we didn't watch "Painted Skin", then schedule it on Saturday. "Poseidon" can only be reserved for Sunday! The East and West big production week, there are three flavors of magic, action, and disaster. Wow, I think I have some film reviews."

One of only more than 30 top film critics on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert wrote a diary on his blog. He is the most famous big mouth in the United States. He is often invited to comment on the show "Oscar Night: Guest Admission" before the Oscars and the show "Oscar Night: Winners" after the awards.

Roger's attitude almost represents the attitude of most American audiences. The three blockbusters are all so exciting. "Mission: Impossible 3" has the appeal of Tom's popularity and the reputation of the two previous works. "Poseidon" has sky-high production costs and is full of momentum. "Painted Skin" is not nothing. All Chinese in the United States rushed to tell each other and went to the cinema to support "Painted Skin"!

World war is about to start! (To be continued.)