Director’s Legend

() "In less than a month, Shao Shuaijun came to Southeast Asia to grab money again!"

This headline seems to be about a robbery news, but in fact it is the report of the most widely circulated newspaper in Thailand, "Painted Skin", which was released in Southeast Asia and caused a sensation at the box office. "33 Days of Broken Love" relied on a fresh atmosphere, and in April before, it swept across Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea, and at least took away more than 100 million box office, becoming another feast for Dream Chasing Company.

In less than a month, "Painted Skin" has blown another big wind. Since it landed on May 7, it immediately set off a huge wave of movie viewing. In Singapore, Thailand and other places, it repeatedly set new highs. Although it did not break the local film history record, it still firmly occupied the weekly box office champion.

"Mission: Impossible 3" was released two days earlier than "Painted Skin". It was supposed to be a battle between the two, but "Poseidon" was also released ahead of schedule. On May 11, the first round of storms began in six Southeast Asian countries.

This epic disaster film, known as the largest shipwreck film in history, with a cost of more than 160 million US dollars, surpassed the Titanic's "Poseidon", but it shocked everyone's eyes in just two days. The film's distributor, Warner Bros., claimed that "Poseidon" would set sail in Southeast Asia, but not only did it fail to beat "Painted Skin", the box office in some regions even failed to surpass "Mission: Impossible 3" in its second week of release.

Only in Malaysia, "Painted Skin" lost to "Poseidon" and finished runner-up with a narrow defeat. But this is not the failure of "Painted Skin", but the discrimination against "Painted Skin" by the Malaysian government. In view of the recent growing friction between the two political parties, UMNO and MCA, and the increasingly unfriendly atmosphere between Malays and Malay Chinese, Malays broke out to boycott "Painted Skin".

If it weren't for the fact that the Malay Chinese are richer and go to the cinema to support, "Painted Skin" might not even be able to win the runner-up.

In this regard, the "Star" controlled by MCA published an attack: "Conservation and xenophobia are not the factors of Malaysia's progress. The excellence of "Painted Skin" belongs to the world and to every Malaysian. Blind boycott is a short-sighted behavior that will lead to a big Films in Peninsular Malaysia are in decline!"

The New Straits Times, which is controlled by Umno, published a speech by Hishammuddin Hussein, head of the Umno Youth League: "Whoever opposes the Malay rulers is infringing on Malaysia's national interests, whether it is movies or business!" The article is also accompanied by He held high the arrogance of the Malay short sword.

"Umno's blindness will eventually lead to the re-enactment of the May 13 incident. The Chinese are also Malaysians! Umno is going against the grain!" ——Malaysian Chinese newspaper "Sin Chew Ribao" has an equally strong wording.

With these political factors, "Painted Skin" lost a glorious defeat in Malaysia. The Chinese only accounted for 25% of the population in Malaysia, but it supported "Painted Skin" with only a slight advantage. It can be seen that more people do not necessarily work, and sometimes they have to pay many. There are many Malays but few are willing to spend money to watch movies!

The three blockbuster films are fighting for life and death in Southeast Asia. After incomplete estimates, "Painted Skin" has almost won a box office of 40 million yuan in several countries in Southeast Asia, while "Mission: Impossible 3" is roughly estimated to be 36 million yuan. After the country, another game was lost.

The much-anticipated "Poseidon" earned only 4.4 million in two days on the weekend, lower than the 16 million of "Painted Skin" and the 14 million of "Mission: Impossible 3".

"While we had hoped that it would perform a little stronger, it is too early to estimate its prospects." Warner Bros. distribution director Dan Fairman refused to admit the failure of "Poseidon".

"Southeast Asia is the traditional market for our Chinese-language films. Here, Hollywood blockbusters have to keep their heads down!" Although Huayi Brothers has the same name as Warner Bros., they did not hesitate to sarcasm. Wang Zhongjun faced reporters and asked "Painted Skin" to win He said so about the thoughts of the champions in many places.

In the end, Wang Zhongjun said: "Not only in Southeast Asia, but also in the North American market, it's time for Chinese blockbusters to perform!"

As Wang Zhonglei said, in the Asian market, Chinese-language films often achieve high box office results, but what really attracts the world's attention is the box office competition in North America. Successful movies in North America are basically successful all over the world. Whether you are convinced or not, North America is the vane of movie sales.

If "Painted Skin" wants to have a plan in Europe, even with the lifting of the ban on "Source Code", it needs to prove it in the United States, so as to impress European publishers and put pressure on Zheng Fu to introduce it!

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Last week, "Painted Skin" had a box office opening of 7.5 million. The word-of-mouth and results were amazing. "Mission: Impossible 3" was not satisfactory, but it was still a blockbuster. , These three films came together and attracted countless attentions.

It can be said that the world is paying attention to the three-day weekend from May 12th to May 14th in the United States.

It's a world war!

"Mission: Impossible 3 vilifies China, and I look forward to the massacre of "Painted Skin" in North America!" There are already vague pirated versions of "Mission: Impossible 3" on the Internet in China. Originally, because "Mission: Impossible 3" was based on Chinese materials, people paid more attention to it. Netizens suddenly discovered that this movie has a big problem.

In the movie, the first shot of Tom Cruise entering Shanghai is a bird jumping on the cage; the high-rise buildings in Dongpu can be seen from the window of a residential building in Xipu, and the camera slides over the clothes drying on the balcony Trousers; the tense car chase on the bustling Nanjing Road; in Xitang, Cruise was looking for his beloved wife, and when he opened the door, he saw a group of old people playing mahjong.

These shots clearly vilify China's image.

Feeling cheated, the netizens are powerless to retaliate and can only vent their anger on the Internet, pinning their hopes on "Painted Skin" to kill "Mission: Impossible 3" again...

"This weekend I finally felt that I didn't have enough time for the first time. Well, I didn't watch "Mission: Impossible 3" last week, so I arranged it on Friday. I didn't watch "Painted Skin", so I arranged it on Saturday. " Poseidon" can only be reserved for Zhou Ri! The week of big productions in the East and West, three flavors of magic, action, and disaster, wow, I think I have some film reviews."

One of only more than thirty top film critics on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert wrote a diary on his blog. He is one of the most famous big mouths in the United States. He is often invited to comment on the show "Oscar Night: Guests Entrance" before the Oscars and the show "Oscar Night: Winners" after the ceremony.

Roger's attitude almost represents the attitude of most American audiences. The three blockbuster films are all so exciting. "Mission: Impossible 3" has Cruise's popularity and appeal and the word-of-mouth of the two previous works, and "Poseidon" has a sky-high production fee, full of momentum. "Painted Skin" is not nothing. The Chinese in the United States are all running to tell each other, and they will go to the cinema to support "Painted Skin"!

World war is imminent! (To be continued.)