854: Halloween, I'm scared of you
The audience all gave thumbs up, and their enthusiasm also led the crowd around to continue watching the movie. This was also directly reflected in the popularity of the box office.
"Kung Fu Panda 2" broke 100 million in two days in China, setting a record of 138.5 million.
According to statistics from China's National Film Special Fund Office and comprehensive electronic ticket sales of major large theaters across the country, "Kung Fu Panda 2" earned about 74 million yuan on the first day of its national premiere on October 28, and the box office exceeded 100 million yuan in two days in the first weekend, surpassing the record of "Avatar" and second only to the record of "Inception 3D" which is the magical film.
However, some theaters pointed out that "Avatar" was released on Monday at the lowest point of watching movies every week, while "Kung Fu Panda 2" premiered on the hottest Saturday. The two are not comparable, but it cannot be denied that "Kung Fu Panda 2" is still a movie with super popular popularity.
What's even more contempt is that Panda's box office has exceeded 300 million in 6 days of release, and it has strongly occupied the November schedule.
Not only in China, but also in Asia and the whole world, the panda style has once again blew!
The direct competitor of the same period, "Cat Wearing Boots", also has a good reputation, and is mainly cute, and it is indeed extremely cute. The cat's eyes are like flawless gems, which makes people love them. Of course, from the current situation, it is obvious that Abao, who appeared in the sequel, was more cute.
The North American weekend box office list from October 28 to 30, 2011 was released in the early morning of the 31st. With the gust of frigid wind on Halloween, the two 3D animated blockbusters were completely fearless, and while "local" battle "Supernatural Phenomenon 3" was defeated by the championship.
"Kung Fu Panda 2" broke the box office record on Halloween Eve at $75.6 million in the first weekend. The single-player revenue reached 16,000, which easily won the championship. "The Cat in Boots" only won 34 million US dollars with the support of a better theater chain. The single-player revenue reached 8,603 US dollars, which is not even half of its competitors!
As a solo work of the "Monster Shrek" series, "The Cat in Boots" was originally scheduled to be released the year after tomorrow, but the production plan of the fifth part was aborted due to the early fall of the "Shrek" series. Therefore, in order to ensure the release of (at least) two animations in a year, DreamWorks had to shorten the production and release cycle of the film.
Unfortunately, he encountered the aggressive Phantom "Kung Fu Panda 2". In this competition, the young Phantom animation was slightly better than the big brother DreamWorks. Li Donglai laughed to the last time.
But it cannot be generalized by partiality. After all, "The Cat in Boots" inherits the consistent characteristics of DreamWorks animation, spoofs classic fairy tales, heartless and nonsensical and funny. But at the same time, it learns from the lessons of the "Monster Shrek" series, and gives full play to the personal characteristics of the cat's "cute and cheap" combination. Coupled with the Zorro-style combat ability characteristics of the "boot cat" and carefully crafts fancy but not bloody action scenes. While capturing the taste of children, it also meets the adult audience market.
The appearance of two Latino stars Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek will naturally reproduce the scene where Mexican audiences supported "Hellboy 2" back then. As expected, according to the statistics of relevant departments, Latino audiences contributed more than 35% of the total box office.
The third place this week is still "Supernatural 3". This ghostly "ghost" once again reaped 18.5 million US dollars. Although the decline was as high as more than 60% the next week, the total box office in 10 days of release has reached 81.3 million US dollars, which is basically in line with "Supernatural 2". With the support of Monday's Halloween schedule, it is just a matter of how much it costs. Given that the film's cost is a jaw-dropping $5 million, for Paramount, this film is just a matter of how much it earns.
The science fiction film "Time Planning Bureau", starring "Boss Jia", won a box office of 12 million US dollars in 3,122 theaters, ranking fourth in the list.
Looking at Justin's recent works, in addition to "Social Network Battle" co-starring with Li Donglai, the rest of the film "Bad Teacher" (31.6 million US dollars) and "Friends Go to Sleep" (18.62 million US dollars), which have performed in other sci-fi shows, are just average. However, in terms of the film's popularity, film critics have expressed their affirmation of Justin's personal acting skills, and believe that Boss Jia's screen journey will become more and more smooth.
In contrast, "Lyme Diary" starring Johnny Depp was not so lucky. The film was released in 2,272 theaters. With the double set of selling the original work and Uncle Depp's popularity, it only earned 5.01 million US dollars in three days on weekends, which was much lower than industry expectations. Not only did it set the lowest score for Uncle Depp's personal paintings in recent years, but it was also criticized as "destroying" the original work. This is also the screen Waterloo of another best-selling novel after the failed adaptation of "Atlas Shrugging". Although Uncle Depp's acting skills were also recognized, the overall quality of the film completely concealed personal performance.
This shows how important a good director is.
Halloween is coming on the third day of the full release of "Kung Fu Panda 2".
It’s strange that he has been in the United States for several years. He has never celebrated Halloween once. Perhaps because there are no children at home. Two little guys in London have been hinting at him from time to time a week ago, "Brother-in-law, what kind of days is it like to spend?" "Brother-in-law, what's your memory? Have you forgotten something important?" "Brother-in-law, you can keep your word."...
I wanted to remind him openly and secretly that Halloween is coming soon, so don’t forget what I promised them. I clearly want to come, but I am shy and dare not say it directly, so cute.
Li Donglai couldn't stand the torture of two little loli. There was an unmarried pregnant woman in the family who was clamoring to go to school from time to time. He was so annoyed by the family that he couldn't help. "It seems that he has to go there. If he doesn't like his future father-in-law, he will have to meet his parents-in-law!"
Time passed day by day, Yoona went to promote the world, and Li Donglai was about to set off.
"Baji--" On the lawn in front of the house, Li Donglai bent over and kissed his girlfriend's belly frantically and gently. He has been pregnant for nearly four months, and her lower abdomen has changed significantly and her waist is wider. It is not as compact and slender as before. He smiled at his belly and said, "Dad is going to see grandpa. Come on, little baby, don't let dad be kicked out of the door!"
"Haha, it's so itchy! Don't talk back to my dad. He is so sarcastic and easy to talk to." Emma rubbed his head hard. Pregnant women will have a lot of maternity and her face will be much softer.
Li Donglai, who stood up, pouted and said, "Of course, he is a lawyer. He is a good-talking person. Come on, my little witch, I'm going to pick up my sister-in-law." Emma rolled her eyes charmingly, and still leaned over with the corner of her mouth: "You are so annoyed!"
Because he gave up his private plane and used it for promotion to the crew of "Kung Fu Panda". He quietly took a flight to London. However, he was still caught by a London paparazzi and was harassed all the way to Mr. Watson's home.
Chris still had no good face when he saw Li Donglai. He was an easy-going and generous person and greeted everyone with a smile. If Li Donglai had not touched his bottom line, he would not have looked at Li Donglai repeatedly.
The two men were a little embarrassed when they met. Juliet pushed her husband and entertained Li Donglai into the room. The twins Nina and Lucy didn't care about those, and they cheered and cheered when they saw Li Donglai. They kept shouting, "Brother-in-law. You finally came to pick us up. I thought you had forgotten."
"Haha, what should I do if I forget you?" Li Donglai deliberately teased them.
Nina tilted her head and thought for a while, saying, "Then I will never like you again."
Lucy exposes her, "Lie, but you just said you want Alex to take us there too."
"o.m.g!" Nina slapped her forehead in annoyance, embarrassing her for being unlimited. But this little adult look made her look even more cute.
They didn't stop for too long. Juliet told Li Donglai to take good care of them and not to make trouble, so he helped pack his clothes and go to the United States to celebrate Halloween. Chris had nothing to say, but for the sake of the child, he still drove Nina and Lucy to the airport in person. Li Donglai wanted to say something to relieve the embarrassment, but he had never encountered such a situation before. When he spoke, he was disheartened and was very depressed.
Juliet saw it and patted his shoulder comfortably, hugging and saying goodbye to him.
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The night before Halloween was the most "haunted" time of the year, with all kinds of monsters, pirates, alien visitors and witches coming out one after another.
Before the Age of Christ, the Celtics held rituals in late summer to thank the grace of God and the sun. The fortune tellers of the time ignited and performed witchcraft to drive away the demons and monsters that were said to be wandering around. Later, the Romans celebrated the Harvest Festival with nuts and apples and merged with the Celtics on October 31.
In the Middle Ages, people wore animal-shaped costumes and terrible masks to drive away ghosts in the night on Halloween Eve. Although Christianity later replaced Celtic and Roman religious activities, early customs remained.
Children wear various costumes and masks to attend Halloween dances with jokes. Paper-patterned witches, black cats, ghosts and corpses are often hung on the walls around these dances. Grinning or abominable pumpkin lanterns are hung in front of the windows and doors.
On Halloween eve, children will carry pumpkin lanterns, wear all kinds of weird costumes, go door to door to ask for candy, and keep saying: "T-day ck-or-treat", which means whether to give or not, just make trouble if you don't give or not!
If you refuse to give candy, the children will be very angry and use various methods to punish you, such as dumping garbage at your house, etc., until you are willing to give them candy.
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"ah--"
As soon as they rushed into the house happily, they didn't notice that the lights in the house were dim. The two twins were frightened by a monster's head that fell off their heads. Then they walked out in a hurry and Emma laughed proudly from inside.
Nina and Lucy rushed in "angrily", "Sister, you really scared us."
"Haha, you two little guys, Halloween has just begun."
Chapter completed!