[US Entertainment] 1994

Josh hangs up the phone reluctantly, and his joyful mood stagnates for a second, but he is soon surrounded by happiness. "Speed" used the box office to weave an extremely beautiful dream. Josh only hopes that this dream can last longer, so that he can be one step closer to the real dream.

On the second weekend of "Speed"'s release, after the accumulation of the previous week, the film's total box office has reached 3682 million US dollars, which not only fully recovered the shooting cost, but also made Twentieth Century Fox a small profit.

Fox has increased the number of screens to 2432 theaters.

During this week, there are still new films released in the North American film market.

Starring in the "Home Alone" series and child star Macaulay Culkin's new film "A Little Goblin" will be screened simultaneously in 6 theaters across the United States on June 17. In view of the success of Macaulay Culkin's previous works, the production MGM is full of confidence in the film, believing that the film will attract countless American families to the cinema.

"Wolf" starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer was also released simultaneously in 2117 theaters in North America on the same day.

In addition, the animated film "The Flintstones" is still strong, and its box office performance is still outstanding in the first few weeks of its release. The box office score of 1266 million US dollars came in third. Although the opening is not bad, compared with the first film's score of over 2 million, this result is still a bit disappointing.

In Josh's view, a memorable event happened in the North American film market this week.

On June 6th, the most well-known animated film "The Lion King" in Hollywood history was released on a small scale in two theaters across the United States.This is a new movie that has rewritten the audience's stereotypes of animated movies by itself, and opened up a wave of amazing box office for animated movies. After "The Lion King", the era of blockbuster animated movies has officially arrived.

Before "The Lion King," animated films were considered children's exclusives, with stories that lacked depth and were full of tedious childishness and whimsy... and "The Lion King"—a movie that earned more than $4 million in North America At the box office, the global box office of more than 2000 million US dollars broke the records of countless animated films. Until more than 9 years later, in the box office records of animated films, "The Lion King" still ranked in the top three, second only to "Finding Nemo: Finding More Lee" and "Shrek 20".

In addition to its astonishing box office records, the artistic achievements of "The Lion King" are also impressive.

In 1994, when the competition was particularly fierce, this animated film was shortlisted for 4 nominations and won two statuettes. In a party dedicated to masters, "The Lion King" can be said to have created a miracle.

And a week later, "The Lion King" will be released in North America. For all the movies that are being released in the North American market, "The Lion King" at this moment is just a cute lion cub. The lion stepped into the vortex of the summer file, and its power will shock the whole world.

Josh still looks forward to the head-on collision between "Speed" and "The Lion King".

It's like the scene where he expected "Shawshank's Redemption" to meet "Forrest Gump" at the Oscars.

Josh felt that his mentality was a little weird. He knew that compared with "Forrest Gump" and "The Lion King", the probability of winning "Speed" and "Shawshank Redemption" was very low, but he still looked forward to that And the feeling of classic confrontation.

At least 20 years later, when people revisit the classics of film history, they will find that many works are starred by Josh Walter, and that will definitely be the most proud thing for Josh.

"Speed" was released in the second week. After three days of waiting, the film's box office results were finally announced.

1806 million dollars!

In the three days of the weekend, "Speed" still firmly occupied the number one position on the weekend box office list. The total box office of the film has reached 5400 million US dollars, setting an excellent record for the box office of the films released this year, second only to "The Flintstones" " and "Aeroplane", the latter has so far earned a box office of 7200 million US dollars. It is conceivable that it is only a matter of time before "Speed" surpasses it.

If nothing else, the box office of "Speed" can even surpass that of "The Flintstones"!

Among the films that have been released this week, "Speed" firmly occupies the first position. No.2 is "Wolf" starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer. The film was released for a week, with a box office of 1799 It is only 7 dollars lower than "Speed" and is the biggest competitor of "Speed" this week. "Speed" won by luck.

Ranked third this week is "The Flintstones", with a weekend box office of US$783 million, bringing the film's total box office to US$9400 million. There is no doubt that this year's top ten North American box office list, "The Flintstones" People" has already taken its place.

No.4 is "Urban Hillbilly 2". This sequel obviously failed the expectations of Columbia Corporation. It was released for two weeks, and the box office was 2294 million US dollars.

No.5 is the newly released "Little Devil's Move" this week, with more than 1900 theaters and a box office of more than 500 million US dollars. MGM can only swallow the bitter fruit of failure alone.

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As soon as the box office results of "Speed" came out, the entire Hollywood film market was once again shocked!

"This summer's most popular movie has been born! "

"The drop rate is only 7%, what magic power does the speed of life and death have?" "

"Richard Gere gets slapped in the face again, audience: Josh Walter is a medieval wizard"

"Josh Walter performed another miracle, where is his next stop?" "

"Cindy Crawford's statement: no intentional targeting, Keir congratulates Walter's success"

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It can be said that "Speed" is popular in North America, and the most embarrassing person is Richard Gere.After all, in a talk show on ABC TV two days ago, Richard Gere also vowed that "Speed" will inevitably face a hell-like decline in the second week.

"It was just a fluke, yes, the audience might find it more interesting what happened on a bus, but that's all." It was printed in the newspaper, ""The Speed ​​of Life" is not a movie that is enough to impress the audience, it can only be a fast-food consumption, and the audience will soon forget it."

"Star Weekly" magazine couldn't help ridiculing: "Richard Gere has probably been a superstar for a long time, and he obviously forgot that the most common consumption of poor Americans is fast food, and KFC and McDonald's restaurants are open all over the world." Hasn't Mr. Richard Gere ever gone in to spend money in the streets and alleys of the United States?"

"Star Weekly" even released a picture of Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford holding a picture of burgers after an event.

"It's a pity that after being slapped in the face at the Oscars, the excellent box office of "Speed" doubled, allowing Richard Gere to see the magic of Josh Walter again. It is even more regrettable that "Speed" In the near future, Richard Gere's box office will surpass Richard Gere's most outstanding work in recent years, "Pretty Woman", from this perspective, Richard Gere has no qualifications to criticize Josh Walter."

"Hollywood has never been a place where seniority is ranked. Work and achievements are everything. Keel's criticism of Walter is like a fledgling newcomer criticizing the top experts. Maybe we should start thinking, what Hollywood needs is a group of hardworking and talented newcomers, or A group of old people who don't want to make progress."

As for Josh, who has been praised and praised by several media at the moment——

After being hit by his own sister, he decided not to call his family to announce the good news. He held up the phone and swayed it from side to side after thinking for a long time. He decided to call Rui Fan. He didn't know how the other party was doing recently. Not in touch anymore.

"Dear Rui Fan, how are you doing recently? How are you preparing for the concert? Do you need my help?"

Although the call was connected, there was no response from the other end of the line for a long time, and Josh couldn't help being a little puzzled: "Hey, Rui Fan, are you talking?"

But there was a crisp, strange, yet familiar male voice on the phone.

"Rui Fan?" Josh felt something was wrong, so he called out tentatively.

Finally, the answer came from the other end of the phone: "This is Leonardo DiCaprio."

???

DiCaprio controls Rui Fan's phone?

Josh's mind buzzed for three seconds, and finally he woke up: "DiCaprio, why is Rui Fan's phone in your hand?"

"None of your business." The voice on the other end of the phone was extremely cold. Before Josh could react, the phone was hung up. Josh dialed back, but no one answered it.

Josh suddenly had some kind of bad guess.

He sorted out the timeline.DiCaprio expresses that he admires Rui Fan→I gave him Rui Fan’s contact information→Rui Fan is a little distressed→Rui Fan’s phone is controlled by DiCaprio→Rui Fan is controlled by DiCaprio →Rui Fan fell into the hands of the perverted Leonardo DiCaprio, who is superficially sunny and has a strong desire for control.

After pushing all this, Josh was in a bad mood.

Knowing people, knowing the face but not knowing the heart, how could he think that Leonardo DiCaprio is a pure and good person because of his good impression of Dachuan in his previous life?

Maybe he was doing some inhuman things to Rui Fan.

After all, after Leonardo was nominated for both the Golden Globe and the Oscars, the North American media called him "the next River Phoenix", thinking that Leonardo had a sunshine mixed with a gloomy atmosphere similar to River .

This is also the reason why although Josh was nominated for this award a year earlier than Leonardo, no one called him the second Walter. The difference in temperament between the two is quite big.

Although Rui Fan and Josh collaborated in "The Uninhibited Sky", the two people's painting styles in the movie are somewhat similar, but after the movie was finished, Josh started towards the style of popular movies, while Rui Fan was more inclined towards niche movies. Accumulated a large number of loyal fans.

Because he was called the next Tom Cruise by the good media, Josh deeply understands how an actor cares about titles. No one wants to be the next so-and-so, even if that person is a famous superstar.

Without even thinking about it, Josh quickly ran out of the house and ran towards Rui Fan's house.

The author has something to say: The author is lazy and needs to be rescued.

I will strive for 9000 tomorrow, okay? I chatted with my college classmates and talked about the three and a half years of graduation. Everyone felt that it was better than before.