Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 800 "Edge of Tomorrow" First Week in North America

After negotiating the cooperation with Xiao Lizi, Chen Hao went to the digital field again. Chen Hao had already contacted the other party before and started the cooperation of the new film.

Digital Realm has also collaborated with Chen Hao on films such as "The Martian" and "Pacific Rim" before, and the two parties are also familiar with each other, but this time the cooperation is shooting a 3D movie.

Chen Hao came here to see the 3D camera firstly, and secondly to explain the photographic effect he wanted to the digital field.

The so-called 3D camera is a camera made with a 3D lens. It usually has more than two camera lenses with a distance close to the distance between human eyes, and can shoot different images of the same scene similar to what human eyes see.

Holographic 3D has more than 5 lenses on the disk, and the same image can be viewed in all directions through dot grating imaging or rhombus grating holographic imaging, as if you are on the scene.

Using a 3D camera is slightly different from 2D shooting, and Chen Hao still has to learn from the experience.

So in the past few days, Chen Hao has been running in the digital field.

While Chen Hao was studying, time entered the second week of December 2009, and the North American box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" was released.

North American weekend box office list (2009.12.4-2009.12.6):
No. 1, "Edge of Tomorrow", released for 3 days, with a box office of 2385 million US dollars this weekend, Tianchi Pictures, with a cumulative box office of 2385 million US dollars, 3020 theaters, and an investment cost of 2930 million US dollars;
The second place, "The Weakness", was released for 2 days, with a box office of 17 million US dollars this weekend, Warner Bros., a cumulative box office of 2044 million US dollars, 12926 theaters, a decrease of 3326% from last week, and an investment cost of 49 million US dollars;
No. 3, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon", released for 2 days, with a box office of US$17 million this weekend, Tianchi Pictures, with a cumulative box office of US$1570 million, and 25564 theaters, a decrease of 4124% from last week , with an investment cost of USD 63.4 million;
No. 4, "Brotherhood", released for 3 days, with a box office of 970 million US dollars this weekend, Lions Gate Pictures, with a cumulative box office of 970 million US dollars, 2088 theaters, and an investment cost of 2600 million US dollars;
No. 5, "A Christmas Carol", released for 24 days, with a box office of 752 million US dollars this weekend, Disney, with a cumulative box office of 11501 million US dollars, 2546 theaters, a decrease of 52.3% compared with last week, and an investment cost of 2 million US dollars;
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"Chen Hao's new sci-fi film "Edge of Tomorrow" narrowly wins the championship!"--"Los Angeles Times"

"Edge of Tomorrow tops the list with $2385 million in opening weekend!" --- "Variety"

"Edge of Tomorrow ends The Twilight Saga: New Moon's three-peat! Measuring Films has beat itself!" - The Washington Post

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Entering the first week of December, a total of 12 new films were released in the North American film market, and Chen Hao's new sci-fi film finally succeeded in reaching the top.

Although the box office of US$2385 million in the first weekend was more than 2012 million less than the US$3250 million of "900", it still won a weekly championship!

It is also because the other three new films are too weak, and they are not as good as "The Weakness" and "New Moon", which have been released for 3 weeks.

"Edge of Tomorrow" relied entirely on Chen Hao's box office appeal in North America to win, after all, it is a Chinese film!

However, the North American media's evaluation of the film is very good.

"A tongue-in-cheek, frenetic sci-fi flick that emulates the best of the genre (Alien, The Matrix, Groundhog Day) while still being fresh, and more importantly it Capable of grabbing the heart." --Empire

"The fun of Edge of Tomorrow is that it's not an action movie first, but a little movie about solving puzzles with a blockbuster look and a cheeky inside." --Variety

"Action and surprises from the beginning to the end." -- "Rolling Stone"

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On IMDB, the score of "Edge of Tomorrow" is as high as 8.5 points, and a total of 3 viewers participated in the scoring within 25642 days.

qingliandiqiu: The first impression is that it is crisp and neat, the text and drama are streamlined, without sloppiness, and the perfect narrative rhythm of a brainless popcorn movie; then it is the combination of all ingredients, the action scenes are dazzling, the jokes are not cold, and the emotional scenes are full of points.

dutianzi: It's really good. I want to watch it again. I really like director Chen.

fankaifan: The remake of Groundhog Day is so tense and exciting, the heroine is not inferior to the original version, Yakesi, Yakesi!!! PS If you use "Tom Cruise wakes up on the helicopter" to end abruptly, it will be more Fits my bad taste!
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It can be seen from the ratings and evaluations of movie fans that everyone has a high evaluation of "Edge of Tomorrow".

At the same time, on the Rotten Tomatoes website, the Rotten Tomatoes index of "Edge of Tomorrow" is as high as 90%. A total of 80 film critics participated in the scoring, of which 72 gave Fresh Tomatoes and 8 gave Rotten Tomatoes.

The popcorn index of "Edge of Tomorrow" is as high as 92%. Obviously, fans in North America really like this action science fiction film.

According to the evaluations on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes, "Edge of Tomorrow" is likely to achieve good box office results due to its good reputation.

It's just that Chen Hao knows that when "Avatar" is released, all films will lose their luster. "Edge of Tomorrow" won't surpass "2012"'s box office of 9250 million US dollars.

"Have Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Cillian Murphy and others confirmed their cooperation?" Chen Hao asked after putting down the "Edge of Tomorrow" report.

"We have already contacted them, and they all confirmed that they can play." Smart nodded upon hearing this.

"And Wally Pfister, Hans Zimmer and others behind the scenes have also been contacted?" Chen Hao asked.

"Yes, everything has been contacted." Smart replied.

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words. The Asian aspects of the new film are almost ready, but he has been following his assistant director Lu Yangjing very much, and wants to start filming his debut film.

In this regard, Chen Hao is encouraging. After all, he has been with him for so long to let him be a teacher. Now that he has an idea, Chen Hao will naturally let go.

It's just that Lu Yang got used to it and left suddenly, so he had to find another assistant director.

As for the former Yang Qing, his debut film "Nightclub" performed well, and Chen Hao has already arranged a new film for him, so the assistant director of the new film has to find another talent.

So, Chen Hao called his teacher Xie Fei again and asked him to recommend a candidate for him.

At the same time, Chen Hao also contacted Yu Feihong, Ning Hao, and Hao Yi, and asked them to see if Diying has any outstanding film talents to recommend to him recently. After all, Diying has a director, and maybe he can meet a future director!

While Chen Hao was thinking to himself, Kevin Fitch and Benjamin also came.

"Okay, everyone is here, let's start!" Chen Hao said.

(End of this chapter)