Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 1093 Confused (6000 words)
On August 2014, 8, the second superhero blockbuster "Guardians of the Galaxy" launched by Marvel Entertainment this year officially landed in major theaters around the world.

In 2014, "Guardians of the Galaxy", the last of the three major axes in the North American summer season, set sail for Marvel's universe view "Space Clue", won the championship with a score of 9400 million U.S. dollars, breaking the record for the opening of a film in North American film history in August. !
Its box office and word-of-mouth double-booming posture echoed the release of "Captain America 4" in April, announcing the panorama of Marvel's prosperity in 2.

This week, the total revenue of the TOP12 box office in North America rose by 26.1% driven by "Guardian", closing at US$1.72 million.

North American weekend box office list (2014.8.1-2014.8.3):
No. 1, "Guardians of the Galaxy", with a box office of 9400 million U.S. dollars this weekend, Marvel Entertainment, with a cumulative box office of 9400 million U.S. dollars, a scale of 4080 theaters, and an investment cost of 1.7 million U.S. dollars;
No. 2, "Super Body", this weekend's box office was 1828 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office was 7957 million US dollars. The scale of the theaters was 3202, a decrease of 58.4% compared with last week, and the investment cost was 4000 million US dollars;
No. 3, "Up", with a box office of 1403 million US dollars this weekend, worldwide, with a cumulative box office of 1403 million US dollars, and a scale of 2468 theaters;
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This week's North American box office champion is the penultimate film of Marvel's second phase, "Space Clues" set sail for "Guardians of the Galaxy".

As the 10th film of Marvel Pictures, "Guardians" was released on a large scale in 4080 theaters. The performance of a single hall successfully exceeded 2 US dollars (23039 yuan), and it won 9400 million US dollars in three days on weekends, successfully rewriting a series of box office record.

First of all, 1120 million US dollars was recorded in the midnight session on Thursday, surpassing "Captain America 2" (1020 million) to become the highest Thursday midnight session so far;

Secondly, the opening box office of 9400 million U.S. dollars surpassed the 3 million U.S. dollars of "Bourne Shadow 6928", becoming the highest opening in August in North American film history;
第三，这一成绩次于《变形金刚4》(1亿美金)和《美国队长2》(9502万)，位列2014年开画榜第三位；
Fourth, this achievement ranks sixth in the opening list of Marvel Universe films, second only to "The Avengers" (2.07 million), three Iron Man films and "Captain America 2";
Fifth, it ranks ninth on the opening list of all Marvel-adapted films. In addition to the above five films, there are two Spider-Man and "X-Men 3";
Sixth, it ranks second on the opening list of sci-fi adventure films, second only to "Star Wars Episode 3" (1.08 million);

Seventh, ranked No. [-] on the opening list of films starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, and Bradley Cooper;
Eighth, it ranks second on the opening list of Vin Diesel's personal starring films, second only to "Fast and Furious 6" (9737 million).

It is worth mentioning that the total revenue of TOP12 in North America this week reached 1.72 million US dollars, an increase of 40% compared to the same period last year!This is also the highest weekly income in film history in August.

I have to say that this opening result is quite satisfactory. Although it failed to reach the 4 million yuan level of "Change 2", it has successfully surpassed "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" and "X-Men: Days of Future Past", both of which belong to the Marvel camp. ", and basically the same as "Captain America [-]".

Judging from the current trend, the final accumulation is likely to be consistent with the "Winter Soldier" at 2.6 million US dollars.

In this way, the second phase of Marvel was a complete victory in 2014. From the beginning of the project to the present, it has spanned 6 years and 10 consecutive films without failure!
This achievement is enough to be written into the textbook of marketing. Thinking back to the ridicule Chen Hao suffered in North America when he proposed the Marvel superhero movie universe, now it seems that geniuses do not mix with mediocrities!
And more importantly, this year's two films are inextricably linked to next year's "second phase finale" "Avengers 2". It will pour a spoonful of oil on the fire of "Avengers 2"!
What's even more amazing is that this film has attracted a large number of female audiences. According to the statistics of the distributor, as many as 44% of the audience are women!
Successfully surpassed the 40% of "The Avengers" to become the highest proportion of women in the Marvel Universe film. It seems that the male lead and comedy style of the main funny line are indispensable.

And if you want to fully understand the importance of "Guardians of the Galaxy", you have to start with the setting of Marvel's universe.

Although the two old rivals, Marvel and DC, have been fighting for so many years, they have been learning from and learning from each other in terms of character setting and story structure, and so is the entire world view.

Whether it is Marvel or DC, in fact, the main line can be roughly summarized into three clues: earth clues, cosmic clues and magic clues.

These three clues were gradually born along with the development of comics. At the beginning, the scope of activities of superheroes was limited to the earth or even a certain city. Marvel’s Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, DC’s Batman, Flashman, etc. They are all typical representatives of earth clues.

And as the imagination gradually expands to outer space, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and DC's Green Lantern are all interstellar voyagers who travel through the space area, and Superman no longer stays on the earth with peace of mind, and begins to expand his business to outer space. .

In the end, the mystical charm of magic is too powerful, so cartoonists mixed this element into it. Iron Man’s lifelong enemy, the Mandarin, Doctor Strange, and the famous DC Constantine are all representatives of this clue. figure.

Therefore, as the starting work of one of the three lines "Space Clues", "Guardians of the Galaxy" is of great significance!

If "Captain America" ​​leads to SHIELD in the "Marvel Four Bureau", then the "Guard" provides conditions for the landing of "Sword Bureau".

I think that the box office failure of "Green Lantern" starring Ryan Reynolds was one of the important reasons why DC's "Justice League" project could not be promoted.

On the other hand, the successful operation of "Guardians of the Galaxy", the joining of "Earth Clues" and "Space Clues" is just around the corner, creating a lot of room for the inevitable "Reunion" vs. Thanos.

In terms of film style, Nolan's "Batman" series has led the serious trend of superhero films. Under the influence of these trilogy, superhero films have shown a deep tendency.

Take the Marvel universe project as an example, the three Iron Man, two Captain America, and two Thor are all "positive". The first work of DC's "Justice League" project "Man of Steel" is still sad route.

But now "Guardians of the Galaxy" dares to commit crimes against the wind and boldly try to be funny and comedic. I have to admire the courage of Marvel Entertainment. Seeing the debut of Xingjue's lewd dance steps in the opening chapter, I believe many people have a sense of brokenness. .

The success of the "Guard" in testing the waters will undoubtedly give reassurance to "Ant-Man", which also takes the comedy route.

Coupled with "Doctor Strange", which is likely to take the thriller route, Marvel has proudly confirmed that it has a variety of commercial film styles.

This kind of project can contain [-] kinds of styles such as plot, action, comedy, thriller, etc., which is probably the only one from ancient times to the present.

Since the word-of-mouth of this film is so good (92% on Rotten Tomatoes and A on CinemaScore), I believe it will have good stamina!

The comprehensive media rating of "Guardians of the Galaxy" is 76 points, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is 92%. 172 people voted for freshness, and 14 people scored Rotten Tomatoes.

What I want to explain here is that the comprehensive evaluation score of "Guardians" as high as 76 points is the second highest score since the launch of "Marvel Three Phases", second only to the 1 points of "Iron Man 79"!
At the same time, it also joined hands with "Iron Man" to become the only two "superhero" films with full evaluations, which can be said to be popular at the box office and word of mouth.

Among them, the "St. Louis Post-Post", "New York Daily News", "Washington Post", and "HitFix" scored full marks ("Iron Man" was the three full marks).

"Dazzling and even cool energy gushes out from the screen. Although it is a bit clichéd and dull, the unparalleled sincerity and excitement are still impressive. I believe that every audience will look forward to the next adventure of these four idiots!"

"The rhythm is brisk and clear, the plot is more funny than funny, and the visual effects are extremely gorgeous but not lengthy, which can meet the viewing needs of all comic fans and non-comic fans!"

"After watching the film, I have to admire Marvel's courage. "Guardians" is definitely the riskiest film of Marvel so far, but it is also the most surprising work!"

"Guardians of the Galaxy is a mockery of the most serious superhero movies, and it's so perfect and cynical!"

"The most charming Marvel film so far, the team composed of five leading actors is definitely the most successful team in the same type of film!"

"Perfect mix of sci-fi action and comedy. Thrilling, funny, self-aware, graceful and even shed a tear for a twinkle or two!"

"A dizzyingly subversive, self-paced space opera!"

……

The word-of-mouth and box office of "Guardians of the Galaxy" are both soaring, which made Marvel Entertainment relieved and excited at the same time.

The successful attempt of comedy style has expanded the style and type of Marvel superhero movies and made them more diverse.

The development of space clues is particularly important for the opening of the third phase of Marvel Entertainment and the future layout.

Now the two points that Marvel was most worried about before are no longer a problem, and even brought surprises, which naturally makes Marvel Entertainment very excited.

At the same time, it also makes everyone look forward to "Avengers 2" and the third stage of Marvel Entertainment!
……

After the time entered August 2014, the crew of "Jingjue Ancient City" completed the scenes of Hu Bayi's educated youth and robbery of the general's tomb, and had left the Northeast and went to the frontier to shoot the film's main scene, Jingjue Gucheng.

Jingjue ancient city was once a relatively powerful ancient country among the famous 36 countries on the Silk Road in the ancient Chinese Western Regions.

It's just that in the long river of history, it has long been buried by the vast yellow sand!
This time, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang joined a national archaeological team in the Western Regions funded by Chinese Americans under the lead of Da Jinya.

This American Chinese is naturally Shirley Yang, because his father was obsessed with the culture of the ancient city of Jingjue, so he disappeared during an expedition to the ancient city of Jingjue last year and has never been heard from.

The main purpose of Shirley Yang's funding this time is to find her father.

And this national archaeological team is led by Professor Chen. After the tombs of the Loulan River in the frontier were discovered, it became the target of tomb robbers. Countless expedition teams, archaeological teams, and tomb robbers rushed into the Taklamakan Desert to hunt for treasure.

This Professor Chen, who has studied the culture of the Western Regions for a long time, is worried about the destruction of the ancient tombs in the frontier. He has been looking for an application from the leader, hoping to personally lead a team to the desert to conduct an on-site evaluation of these relics.

The superiors used the lack of funds as an excuse to push back again and again. In fact, the funds were secondary, mainly because too many people had accidents in the desert, and they were worried that something would happen to the professor and the others.

It wasn't until Shirley Yang appeared and promised to contribute money and sponsorship that the superiors couldn't delay any longer, and this trip to the Western Regions took place.

However, if Professor Chen and Shirley Yang wanted to do archaeology, they had to find the tomb first, especially in the desert, so they needed someone who knew Tianxing Fengshui.

Professor Chen and Da Jinya have a lot of intersections, so Da Jinya recommended Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang to Professor Chen after learning the whole story.

In the end, under the lead of Da Jinya, Hu Baxiaolu succeeded in the interview, and was able to join Fatty Wang in this archaeological trip to Jingjue Ancient City.

"Is the camel okay?" Chen Hao asked.

"There should be no problem." Wen Muye said, "These camels are all veteran actors, and they have participated in many film and television dramas. Teacher Wang Yongquan also stayed with the camels for a while, so he can basically control them well."

Chen Hao nodded after hearing this, "When the blower is on later, pay attention to the drone."

"I see, Director Chen!" Wen Muye nodded.

"Okay, then get ready to start shooting!" Chen Hao said.

After 10 minutes, the crew was ready and the filming officially started.

"Scene 102, Scene 1, Scene 1 of "Exquisite Ancient City" is the first time, bang!"

"Start!" Chen Hao shouted.

It was already the fifth day since the archaeological team set out, and the third day after entering the Black Desert. In front of them was the ruins of the ancient city of Xiye. The team was supposed to arrive tomorrow.

But the local guide, An Liman, said that the storm would be so big that even a sand wall wouldn't be able to stop it. If they didn't rush to the West Night City ruins, the team would be buried alive in the desert.

"Everyone pack up quickly and get ready to go." Hu Bayi jumped on the camel and shouted loudly.

However, the old man An Liman slowly got off the camel, took out a blanket, spread it on the yellow sand unhurriedly, knelt on it, closed his eyes slightly, looked devout, stretched out his hands to the sky, and then covered his face again. Covering his own face, he read aloud: "Allahhu."

He is praying to Allah, a homework he must do every morning.

Seeing that he was so calm and relaxed, Hu Bayi thought that he said that the big storm was not too serious, so he relaxed accordingly, and went to watch the beautiful scenery of the desert with Fatty, Shirley Yang and others.

Who would have thought that after An Liman finished praying, he would look like a different person, his body seemed to be fully wound up, he rolled up the blanket three times, and jumped onto the camel like a spring.

Then he whistled a long time: "Oh, yo, yo, yo... run fast, if you run too late, you will be buried in the purgatory of black sand." While urging the big camel under his crotch.

"Crack!" Chen Hao shouted.

Because the big camel didn't move at all.

Wang Yongquan also smiled awkwardly, "Did you lose the chain at the critical moment!"

In order to play the role of An Liman well, Wang Yongquan specially came to the frontier ahead of time to learn the local dialect with the locals, and at the same time learn to train camels so that he can be a good guide.

At the same time, not only Wang Yongquan, but everyone in the entire nine-member team had to learn to ride a camel.

Chen Hao doesn't want the movie he made to be like the later generations, where you can't see the horse even if you ride a horse, only the upper body of the actor, dangling around in a fake appearance.

For this reason, both Tianxian and Wen Yongshan came to learn how to ride a camel in advance, and they suffered a lot.

"Get ready, do it again." Chen Hao said.

10 minutes later, filming started again.

"Scene 102, Scene 1, Scene 2 of "Exquisite Ancient City" is the first time, bang!"

"Start!" Chen Hao shouted.

After An Liman got on the camel, the camel began to gallop wildly.

Seeing this, Hu Bayi couldn't help but yelled: "This fucking old man."

In such an urgent situation, he was still praying slowly and leisurely just now, and now he ran so fast, he could only call everyone to leave immediately.

Hearing the words, the other seven people also got on their camels and started to run.

"The four aerial cameras are divided into east, west, and north." Chen Hao said, "The blower is on!"

Following Chen Hao's order, the five blowers immediately output full horsepower, and a gust of wind and sand was blown up in the desert.

The entire archaeological team is advancing against the wind and sand.

"Crack!" Looking at the monitor, Chen Hao suddenly stood up and said, "Stop the blower!"

After finishing speaking, Chen Hao ran out because Wen Yongshan fell off the camel.

The celestial being closest to her also saw Wen Yongshan fall off the camel, and immediately jumped down to help her up, "Are you all right? Bah!"

"I didn't, bah! Bah!" Wen Yongshan also took two mouthfuls of bah, because the blower was blowing sand, and the surroundings were full of dust, and she ate a mouthful of sand when she opened her mouth.

Chen Hao also ran over staggeringly, because it was full of sand, so he couldn't run fast.

"How is it? Are you okay?" Chen Hao looked at Tianxian and asked.

"I'm fine." Wen Yongshan replied with a smile, then stood up with the support of Tianxian, "Let's continue filming!"

Chen Hao looked at Wen Yongshan and was sure he was fine, that's right, the place is full of sand, if you fall down, you won't get serious injuries.

"What about you?" Chen Hao looked at Tianxian and said.

Tianxian smiled and shaved her wind-blown hair behind her ears, "Small."

When Tianxian was filming "The Legend of Condor Heroes" and "The King of Kung Fu", the action scenes were much more difficult than this, so this is really nothing to her.

The current actors are not like the idols of the later generations. The whole team has to stop working if they break the skin. After the whole team comforts them for a while, they have to go to the hospital.

Chen Hao nodded to the two women, and then shouted, "Take a break for 10 minutes, then continue shooting!"

"Scene 102, Scene 1, Scene 3 of "Exquisite Ancient City" is the first time, bang!"

There were no more problems with this shooting, and it went perfectly.

It also depends on everyone's hard work on camel riding skills before, so the shooting can be relatively smooth.

During lunch break, Chen Hao found Tianxian, "Are you tired?"

"It's okay!" Tianxian smiled while eating his boxed lunch, "It's easier than I imagined, there is no need to hang wires, and there are no difficult movements."

Chen Hao nodded after hearing this. In his previous life, he also watched some behind-the-scenes footage of Tianxian. He must have a little kung fu while hanging the wire while maintaining a graceful and capable posture.

Just as Chen Hao was about to speak, Wen Yongshan came over, "Director Chen, a fairy."

"Shanshan." Tianxian smiled and said, "Did you get hurt this morning?"

"It's just a little pain, not injured!" Wen Yongshan said, "I'm more afraid of the sun than being injured. The sun here is too strong."

"Haha, then you should put on more sunscreen." Tianxian said, "I have it here, do you need it?"

Seeing that the two were chatting, Chen Hao got up and went to find Wen Muye after eating the boxed lunch.

"We're going to shoot a big storm scene in the afternoon, so you should pay more attention to avoid any mistakes." Chen Hao said.

"Don't worry, I'm watching." Wen Muye said.

"Especially pay attention to quicksand and the like, we must ensure safety." Chen Hao said, "Count the number of people after shooting every day, don't know if there are few people."

"I see." Wen Muye said.

After Chen Hao finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Lao Wen, you have been with me for the longest time. People like Ning Hao and Yang Qing have long been on their own. Guo Fan's second feature film has already been drawn. By the way, there is also Lu Yang. The new "Embroidered Spring Knife" will be released in a few days.

You have no idea? "

"I'm not in a hurry, I feel that there are still many things I haven't learned, so let's wait." Wen Muye said.

After hearing this, Chen Hao smiled and said, "It's okay, if the foundation is deeper, maybe it won't make any noise, and it will become a blockbuster."

After the noon break, the crew continued filming.

One advantage of filming in the frontier is that the sunshine time here is obviously longer than that of the eastern cities. At night in the eastern cities, the sun here may not even set.

"Scene 104, Scene 1, Scene 1 of "Exquisite Ancient City" is the first time, bang!"

What An Liman said was correct, the archaeological team soon encountered a huge sandstorm.

The ten blowers of the production crew started at full power, forming a huge stormy weather. The wind was blowing extremely fast, and more and more fine sand was swept into the air by the wind. .

The bodies of the members of the archaeological team are like pieces of paper, every step is involuntary, and they will be swept away by the strong wind at any time, and they can't hear anything except the sound of the wind.

Hu Bayi saw a person lying on the ground, so he carried him on his back. It turned out to be Professor Chen.

It's just that the wind was too strong, Hu Bayi just took the first step, he was blown unsteadily by the wind, and the two rolled down the hillside together.

"Okay, it's over!" Chen Hao shouted, "Look at how people are doing."

As soon as Chen Hao finished speaking, Chen Kun and Yang Xinming stood up, patted the dust off their bodies, and spat a few times, "It's okay, it's okay!"

Chen Hao was relieved after hearing this, but Wen Muye came to report, "The wind was too strong, and an aerial camera broke down."

"Is there a spare?" Chen Hao asked.

"There is one more." Wen Muye said.

"Then go buy two spares." Chen Hao said.

"Okay, everyone, work harder and try to shoot more scenes." Chen Hao said.

……

Chen Hao worked hard in the frontier to shoot, but fortunately, the progress is not slow.

During the lunch break that day, Sister Shi came to Chen Hao with a worried expression and whispered a few words.

After Chen Hao heard it, he couldn't believe it, and he suddenly stood up and said loudly, "What you said is true?"

Sister Shi just nodded when she saw this, and handed a notebook to Chen Hao. Chen Hao looked down and was stunned!

(End of this chapter)