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Chapter 404 Consecutive Championships
It's hard for a movie to please everyone, and "Taken" is clearly not that kind of movie, except for most of the praise, shouts of cool, and a few comments in between: "On a sleepy afternoon, it can make You pass the time nicely." Some viewers didn't like it, because the plot was too exaggerated, the main character killed so many people without getting punished, it was like a fantasy superhero movie, and it wasn't realistic enough.

On Saturday afternoon, the box office data for Friday, August 8st was freshly released. The newly released "Alliance of Thieves" received a box office of 1 million in 3372 theaters, ranking second.The champion of this day is "Taken" in 7022 theaters. It swept a box office of 3754 million, and it is expected to exceed 1.5 million in the first weekend.

It is not surprising for Ning Sheng and Fa Ge to have this achievement in China. Their influence and box office appeal are the top in Asia, but there are always some people who are unwilling to touch each other. We will soon see what the result is.

And when "Taken" airborne champion in the box office rankings of Asian countries with a crushing attitude, fans and audiences in North America also gave high praise to this Chinese blockbuster.

Whether it is the 90% freshness of the Rotten Tomatoes website or the score of 8.5 on the IMDB website, everyone has seen the love of North American audiences for this Chinese movie.

The after-show survey of the theater company has explained some situations. "Taken" not only attracted young people to join in the show, but also middle-aged and elderly people in the audience. The proportion divided by 25 years old is 50%: 50% , and the ratio of male and female viewers is also 50%: 50%!There is no doubt that this is the most perfect audience combination for a movie, and it is loved by men, women and children alike.

"It's very exciting to be able to appeal to all audiences, men and women, old and young. People will be immersed in this interesting viewing process and experience another life immersively, which is very exciting. It’s the coolest thing about it.” Jason Berg, the director of the North American distribution of “Taken”, told the Los Angeles Times, and said with a smile: “When we called last night, Ning Sheng once said to us, ‘We Now expect more.' Indeed, Taken is definitely worth watching."

The box-office statistics website has attributed the expected success of "Taken" to the following factors: "an irresistible director, cameos from big-name stars, a wonderful close-to-life story, and, as always, great action scenes."

The calendar on the wall has been flipped over and over again. There are countless audiences coming in and out of theaters all over the world, including North America, every day. IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes’ ratings and comments are also added every day. Soon, this weekend will be August 8-1. In the past, "Taken", which also won a big victory on the first day in North America, won the championship next week without any suspense, with a box office of 3 million US dollars.It became Fa Gor's new box office record in North America.

"RoboCop 4" was directly defeated by it. It has 55% freshness of film critics and 56% audience preference. It also had a good opening weekend of 2578 million, ranking second.The third is "Dumb and Dumber 1150" with 2 million. Comedian King Jim Carrey's sequel after many years is undoubtedly a failure, followed by "Sausage Party" with 1010 million.

In Film Report's weekend box office report review, editor A Nuo described this week's champion: "Another classic of Chinese action films, a work with the ability to create new records, and now no one can stop Ning Sheng's footsteps."

The opening box office of 5067 million at the weekend and the 90% like rate of Rotten Tomatoes let people see the audience's enthusiasm and love for "Taken"; and the North American film critics who came to pay attention to the first "Face Changing" have already seen it. gave his own answer.There are 200 film reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, of which 170 are fresh and 30 are rotten. The freshness of popular film critics is 80%, and the freshness of well-known film critics is 85%.

"It's an over-exaggerated story. What on earth does the Chinese director Ning Sheng want to do? Could it be that he was kidnapped by a gang in Paris, France? I don't think this movie is good news for Paris, a tourist attraction!" ——Jie West Black, Los Angeles Times.

"The acting skills of the actors are impeccable, and the editing of the screen is very beautiful, but I am disappointed that from the beginning to the end, Ning Sheng, a young Chinese director, gave us a point of view. It is not safe for young girls to travel abroad! Then this point of view is correct. I’m afraid the police in Paris won’t agree?”—James Blaine, San Francisco Journal.

"From the beginning to the end, it is an old man's neurotic suspicion and worry. It is ridiculous that this kind of worry has become real in the movie. Although it is just an entertainment movie, it is obviously a ridiculous story that is completely unreasonable. ’” — Harder Dutt, New York Weekly.

Among the 30 rotten film reviews, most of them accuse the film of lacking connotation, being too fake, exaggerating the security problems in Paris, etc., which are cast aside by everyone; but have these problems not been seen in previous Hollywood movies?Or which one of those successful commercial films is completely reasonable?It's just that when a Chinese movie is released in North America, some people don't like it or give negative comments. This is a normal thing, and it has nothing to do with the quality of the movie. I believe many people understand this in their hearts.

Of course, "Taken" is not a loner cast aside by thousands of people. 80% of the film critics enjoyed this entertainment feast to their heart's content.

"An old father, who started the investigation from a foreign country by himself, carried out forcefully, tracked down all the way, picked up all the bad guys, and finally saved his daughter. The straightforward and simple main line runs through this indulgent, novel and unique movie." —— —Elizabeth Willingston, New York Daily News.

"Let me sit willingly for more than an hour, and I don't want to miss a picture or a line, vigorous action scenes, merciless gun battles, saving good people, punishing bad people, the eternal theme of justice over evil, but filmed again It has a new sense of the times, which is really enjoyable!" - Owen Doug, Los Angeles Times.

With 80% freshness, 90% likes, good reviews and good results such as box office champions, these are enough to attract movie fans who have not yet watched the movie to enter the movie theater to see this movie from China, which is known as "the coolest" The blockbuster "Taken".

After "Taken" won the championship with 5067 million US dollars in the first week in North America, the total box office results of the first week in Europe also came out. Although the box office revenue in Europe has always been unsatisfactory, it won nearly 5000 million in three days in the first weekend. The performance of Huaxia coins still created a new box office record for Huaxia movies in Europe.

The box office results in the West are so good, so how much box office is "Taken" in Asia?
In addition to the Chinese market, other countries in Asia contributed a total of [-] million Chinese dollars to the box office for the first three days of "Taken", and of course most of them were contributed by Japanese and Korean movie fans.

Calculated in this way, the total overseas box office of "Taken" has reached nearly [-] million Chinese dollars.

As for the home market, the Huaxia Market, the box office results of the first three days were not much worse than the total results of other countries combined.

"Taken" won the championship with a score of 1.5 million on the day of its premiere. On the following Saturday and Sunday, they made persistent efforts and won 2.1 million and 2.6 million respectively against the trend. They won a total of 6.2 million in the three days of the weekend. At the same time, the movie "Taken" won the box office champion in more than 20 countries and regions around the world at the same time!A real hit all over the world!

Because of the good performance of the movie, Ning Sheng and Fa Ge had to split up the promotion. Fa Ge continued to promote in Asia first, while Ning Sheng flew to North America to participate in the talk show, adding strength to the promotion of the movie in North America.

Ning Sheng's popularity in North America has not yet received an invitation to a program like "Oprah's Talk Show", but the "Los Angeles Evening Interview" he accepted is also a national interview program.

The host asked, "When you started filming "Taken", from the scenes you directed, what do you think is the most important part?"

Ning Sheng sat on the sofa and replied, "In "Taken", there are more action effects that directly achieve the most effective purpose, which is related to the work behind the background of the protagonist in the film. So the audience can see What is more impressive is that Fa Gor deftly removes all obstacles."

"What qualifies as an action scene?"

"We arranged a lot of rehearsals for Fa Ge, especially before the shooting, I asked Fa Ge to go to a professional for training, because I wanted him to complete the action of the film as much as possible. Of course, we will not let Fa Ge He jumps off a bridge or crashes a car, but he has a lot of fight scenes, so it takes a lot of time to rehearse. It's very demanding for him. Because I don't want the speed of the action to be reflected in the frame too much. Hurry up. In fact, Fa Ge has really become stronger in learning and fighting."

"We noticed his inner struggle during the horrific torture scene. How did you navigate the scene?"

"In fact, the scene was really tense and scary. In the film, when Fa Ge finds out that his daughter's best friend has died of an overdose, he becomes even more angry. He learns the darkest side of things, and the instinct of being a father It took away any worries and inhibitions from him. So, I think that scene took him out of his mind."

"Will Zhou Runfa be difficult to get along with when he was on the set?"

"Fa Ge is a serious person. We used to seal the scene for him. He doesn't like to be disturbed by some "frenzy" behavior while working. It will make it difficult for him to enter the role. We can't imagine anyone else playing this role. The role. Fa Ge's personality and his own conditions are very suitable for this role - 1.82 height, but also very sensitive. When you see him, you will never think he is a militant, but you can feel it Something beneath his ruthless exterior."

"Your expression of the city of Paris is completely different from previous film and television works. Why?"

"I didn't want to stylize a special version of Paris, the capital of 'cosmetics'. I wanted to express the real Paris."

"That's pretty difficult for all the nighttime scenes, isn't it?"

"We shoot many night scenes with digital cameras, which will be more sensitive to light. For example, we use 35mm film to shoot buildings flashing during the pursuit, because the digital camera is not well-handled and the picture will be rough, unable to show the scene at that time. Some bouncing shots."

"What do you think is the most difficult scene in the last scene of the film?"

"The fight scene at the end of the movie has to have a lot of gripping stuff. For the set work, we needed to show the details of the dangerous action, like the sound of the knife going over the face. Even the blade isn't perfectly sharp, it needs to be in the tight space of the set Lots of rehearsals."

"Taken" has established a hot sale and a big profit in the world.When the curtain fell from August 8rd to 3th, in the North American film market, "Taken" continued its trend of winning the weekend. With a large absolute advantage, 10 theaters received 3754 million box office for the second week.

"RoboCop 4" lost the second week without any suspense. In this week with a total box office of 2.48 million, it ranked second and took away 3678 million; the third "Sausage Party" completed with 2313 million Overtaken, the total box office has reached 4 million in 1.03 weeks of screening. This animation, which has an investment of not less than 2130 million US dollars, is undoubtedly a big profit. The ticket warehouse was released; and "Dumb and Dumber" with [-] million fell to fourth.

The winning score of 7526 million in the first week and the positive momentum not only allowed "Taken" to sweep all opponents in this newly opened battlefield, but also contributed strong support to the global box office of the film!

Also in the new week, the European market and Asian overseas markets together contributed more than 12.1 million Huaxia dollars to the box office of "Taken", and Huaxia, a big box office, continued to exert its strength. With the appeal of Ning Sheng and Fa Ge Under the circumstances, with the support of my brother, Zhang Manyu and other fans, and under the effect of good word-of-mouth, in the Chinese market, "Taken" won the box office championship in the second week with a score of [-] billion.

As for the three-nation co-production blockbuster "Alliance of Thieves", which was released at the same time as "Taken", it ranked second this week with a score of 3.6 million, and the cumulative total in two weeks was less than [-] million. For individual fan groups, it's like the sky is falling and the earth is falling, panicking like the end of the world!

"Xiu Xian Ouba's acting is so good, how come the box office can't even exceed [-] million? Is there something shady about it?"

"My goddess Jun Ji-hyun is simply responsible for the beauty of the whole film. You need to have a good face, a figure with a figure, and acting skills. Even if the box office results are not satisfactory, it has nothing to do with us Jun Ji-hyun!"

"That's right, the director should let us Xiuxian Ouba be the protagonist, and choose an old Korean man who doesn't know him at all. He looks like a jerk, and he doesn't look like a prince in a dragon robe. It is simply the biggest poison for box office failure. !"

"When it comes to poison, I think it should be those Korean obasans. I remember it seems to be a TV series in a Korean drama, right? Why did it come from a movie? Could it be a relative of the director?"

"Anyway, it's the director's fault. We Kimura-kun managed to have a movie released in China and it failed like this. It's fucking hell——"

(End of this chapter)