[US Entertainment] Actor

This summer's blockbuster melee has made movie-loving audiences full of attention, science fiction, comedy, adventure... even geeks who are separated from the real world can find their favorite movies in it.

At this time, the American people are undoubtedly the happiest group of people in the world. Thanks to Hollywood's developed and large-scale film industry, the world's best directors, actors, editing and special effects are gathered here. When other countries While most audiences are still looking forward to when the sequel of a blockbuster movie will be released, American audiences can already express their viewing experience on the Internet.

This is the unique confidence of American audiences, because the United States is the most powerful country in the world.This confidence was passed on to the filmmakers, so audiences all over the world can watch Americans save the world and defeat aliens in the cinema, and American journalists debunk the plots of the presidential scandal. It is always the one who completes the great task American.

This is brainwashing at the conscious level, but the audience was washed willingly.

In mid-July, the professional film magazine "Variety Show" selected the most popular movies in the summer season. Based on the feedback from 3 viewers across the United States, "Variety Show" selected the top ten from nearly a hundred films. "Pirates of the Caribbean" Impressively on the list, the highest number of votes ranked second, second only to "Finding Nemo".Among the most suitable films for family viewing selected by the British "Empire" magazine, "Pirates of the Caribbean" also ranked in the top five with a considerable advantage.

With the increase in the number of days the film was released, more and more audiences walked into the cinema to watch the film, and the word-of-mouth of the film gradually fermented. The new film recommendation columns of "Hollywood Report", "Premiere", "New York Times", "San Francisco Chronicle" and other magazines have reported in detail the filming details of the film, starring Johnny Depp, Keira Nye Terri and Ebert also became the most watched stars in Hollywood in July.

Simultaneously with the rise in media attention, there is also a movie box office.

On July 7, Jerry Bruckheimer served as producer, Michael Bay directed, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence co-starred "Bad Boys 18" storming, and "Pirates of the Caribbean" which was released for two weeks Meet on a narrow road.Under the collision of the two, "Bad Boys 2" firmly occupied the first place in the weekend box office with a record of 2 million US dollars, while "Pirates of the Caribbean" ranked second with 4670 million US dollars.

Seemingly facing a loss, the box office performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has aroused the exclamation of all Hollywood.

The box office of US$4640 million in the first week is indeed an exciting figure, but in the summer season full of strong movies, this figure is at best a good start. Whether a movie is competitive or not depends on the second week. decline.

The huge "X-Men 2" made a box office of 8555 million US dollars in the first week of its release, but in the second week, this figure became 4100 million, a drop of more than 50%. "Hulk", which is considered to be a failure of Chinese director Ang Lee, also achieved an excellent result of 6260 million US dollars in the first week, but in the second week, this figure became a poor 1840 million, a drop of 70%.

Now, "Pirates of the Caribbean" has given a perfect answer.

3800 million US dollars, only 840 million US dollars less than last weekend, a drop of less than 20%! The current cumulative box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has reached 1 million US dollars. This is only the second week of its release. The total box office of the film has exceeded 3700 million US dollars.

The decline in the second week has already proved the word-of-mouth of the film from the side. Audiences who have watched it once are willing to re-enter the theater for the wonderful plot and performance. The good evaluation of the print media and the Internet has also attracted more curious audience Want to know if this movie is really that good.

No matter what the final box office results are, one thing is certain-"Pirates of the Caribbean" will definitely become the best movie of this summer, whether it is box office or word of mouth.

Early in the morning, Lynn excitedly knocked on Ebert's door and reported to him a series of feats achieved by "Pirates of the Caribbean": "I can guarantee that "Pirates of the Caribbean" should be the entire summer file except "Finding Nemo". It is the film with the lowest decline outside. The cooperation between Pixar and Disney is really unsolvable.”

Ebert rubbed his messy hair, and walked into the bathroom like a ghost.

"Ebert! Can you pay attention to your image a little bit, I think those media who praise your appearance are big fools, blind!"

Mr. Manager was greeted by two big white eyes from his own star.

After taking a shower and feeling sober, Ebert flipped through a stack of newspapers and said, "It's already the eighth week of the release of "Finding Nemo", and a movie that has been released for two months is still on the box office list. Ranked No. 2, the box office is only more than 6 million US dollars lower than "Terminator 3", which was released for three weeks, a magical movie."

"It was No. 5 last week and No. 4 last week. It will not leave the list in a short period of time. Audiences have always favored family-friendly films, provided they are shot well enough."

In fact, "Finding Nemo" stayed on the list for a total of 11 weeks before reluctantly leaving the list. On the box office list for the whole year of 2003, the film had a total score of more than 3 million US dollars. Ranked third, second only to "Lord of the Rings 3900" and "Pirates of the Caribbean".

"Michael Eisner is going to die with pride. With the two movies "Finding Nemo" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" escorted, the biggest winner of this year's summer vacation is Disney. He spoke to Johnny Depp in the media a few days ago Apologies, but Pirates of the Caribbean is definitely going to have a sequel anyway, and he'll have to win over Johnny Depp early."

"In front of the dollar, everyone is a slave." Lynn laughed. "Even if Michael Eisner changed his tune, more and more senior executives in Disney are dissatisfied with him. In recent years, Disney Pictures has only an animation department. The most profitable, but the "Toy Story" series, "Monsters, Inc" and "Finding Nemo" are Pixar masterpieces, Michael Eisner and Steve Jobs' relationship is rotten, "Pirates of the Caribbean" is becoming Disney's most profitable franchise, but what did Eisner do with Johnny Depp, oh well, we can expect a change in the helm at Disney."

Ebert listened to Lynn's popular science with great interest. He and his agent hadn't seen each other for several days. During this time, apart from promoting "Pirates of the Caribbean", he also had to work hard on "The Pentium Era". When it comes to publicity, the former is just a supporting role, and the latter is what he needs to focus on.

Thanks to the good performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean", Ebert has a clearer impression in the minds of North American audiences. The pre-sale tickets of "The Pentium Era" sold much better than Universal Pictures expected. Competing for the masterpiece of next year's awards season, so part of the film's revenue is from DVD sales, and the box office performance of the summer file is not the focus of Universal's attention.

After all, in the first week of its release, the film faced competition with new films such as "Prodigy 3D" and "Tomb Raider 2", as well as blockbuster films such as "Bad Boys 2" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" with relatively few release weeks.

"Let's promote it harder!" Lynn patted Ebert's shoulder lightly, "I don't think the box office of "The Pentium Era" will be as bad as the outside world predicted. Think about last year's "White Night Chaser", it The situation is even worse than it is now, but it has become a dark horse in the summer."

Ebert smiled slightly: "Of course, I haven't forgotten the tragic situation of falling off the horse because of this movie. We also have 'Warrior', which is a natural propaganda tool."

""Pirates of the Caribbean" can get you more chances to perform in commercial blockbusters, and "The Pentium Era" can let you be the leading actor and become a front-line actor. Do you know how much your salary is now?"

Ebert shook his head, and he quickly saw Lynn stretching out eight fingers: "800 million dollars."

"Among the male actors of your age, your salary can be said to be the highest. But it is not enough. For many people, 800 million may be a peak that they will never be able to climb in their lifetime, but you are different. You have to be all The best of actors, even if the film company is willing to offer 1800 million, you don't have to be tempted."

"You don't look at all like those guys who were called vampires by the film company." Ebert made a small joke, and then recovered his calm look, "Anyway, Lynn, thank you."

"Not all agents are vampires. The so-called higher-ups curse only because they don't want to pay the actor the $1000 million they deserve, and are only willing to give the $500 million discount. The actor's The money is tied to the agents, they just want to get what they want."

After only resting for half the morning, Ebert was soon busy like a spinning top.

After more than half a month of publicity for "The Pentium Era", the film has finally been fully released in North America.In the first week of its release, "The Pentium Era" will face competition from several excellent works. Universal Pictures has made sufficient preparations for this film, including inviting big-name stars to participate in the premiere, naming horse racing competitions, and inviting famous talk show hosts Conan O'Brien hosts film premieres and more.

However, on the day of the film's premiere, a sensational news in North America disrupted a series of arrangements for Universal Pictures, taking away the attention of all the films released this week.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Gisele Bundchen are officially breaking up!

Leonardo DiCaprio, who was just exposed by the American media to break up with his girlfriend in the morning, unexpectedly appeared at the premiere of "The Pentium Era" in the afternoon!

The three leading actors in "The Pentium Era" are all men, and the one who shows up the most times in the movie is Elizabeth Banks, who is still unknown in Hollywood. Could it be that Banks is Leonardo's new girlfriend?

The good media immediately dug up the old news that Leonardo and Elizabeth Banks had collaborated in "How to Get Away with Law", and they immediately flew from all over Los Angeles to the premiere of "The Age of Punishment" with long guns and short guns , hoping to unearth some clues.