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Chapter 554 The Battle Begins

Of course, it is difficult for a movie to satisfy everyone. Obviously, "Rage and Rescue" is not that kind of movie, especially in North America. Although Emma Roberts is the starring role, everyone has been baptized by superhero blockbusters in recent years. Obviously, not all the audience praised Ning Sheng's movie!
In addition to 89% of praises, shouts of coolness, and some intermediate comments: "In a sleepy afternoon, it can let you pass the time well." There are also 11% of the audience who don't like it, because it is boring and the camera is always shaking. Back and forth, Emma is too powerful a protagonist, etc.——
On Saturday afternoon, North America's Friday box office data was released. The newly released "Thor 3" received 3372 million box office in 4022 theaters, ranking first.And "Rage and Rescue", which is being screened in 3154 theaters, has swept a box office of 2864 million US dollars, and it is expected to exceed 7000 million in the first weekend.

This result was somewhat uneventful. It was neither a disastrous failure as some people expected, nor a big explosion as some people expected.However, seeing the ratings on the Internet, I believe that the follow-up box office of the film will not disappoint everyone. On the contrary, "Thor 3", which is now on the top, has a poor reputation, and I am afraid that the follow-up will be weak!
The calendar on the wall has been turned over and over again. Since the premiere, "Fire and Rescue" has seen countless viewers come in and out of theaters all over North America every day, and the scores and comments of imdb and Rotten Tomatoes are also added every day. Soon, July 7 No.-28 this weekend has passed. On the first day, "Rage Rescue" won the championship without any suspense. Rescue was defeated head-on.

It has 45% freshness of film critics, 65% of audience likes, "cookies and shabby", "Hollywood's over-extraction", "a little bit of fun" and other not-so-good reviews, but it also has a good score of 6578 million in the first weekend , in second place.The third place is "The Invisible Guest" with 1050 million, followed by "Maze Runner 1014" with 2 million --- North American filmreport's weekend box office report comments, editor Dawson described this week's champion as "an expected commercial work , the world celebrity husband and wife file, whether it is popularity or topics, they are not lacking, not to mention there is a wonderful movie, so now no one can stop the couple's footsteps." He also sympathized with "Thor 3" "this The movie is actually not that bad, or the "Thor" series has never been as popular as other Marvel super blockbusters, but this time, they met Ning Cheng and his wife, and the loss was even worse!"

The weekend opening box office of US$7967 million, and Rotten Tomatoes still have an 88% like rate, which makes people see the audience's enthusiasm and love for "Rage Rescue"; Rotten Tomatoes has included 350 film reviews, of which 291 are fresh and 59 are rotten. The freshness of public film critics is 82%, and the freshness of well-known film critics is 86%.

"An over-exaggerated story, what on earth is Ning Sheng trying to say? This is more like a brutal revenge." - Mike Lane, "Northwest Herald"; The soundtrack is very beautiful, but disappointed that from the beginning to the end, Ning Sheng didn't want to discuss any issues, it was so arrogant and empty. The ending also tells us that all problems are solved through violence, and a happy ending is to tell Folks, encourage violence?" - David Bias, Atlantic City Journal; "2 hours of watching the camera shake, some interesting details, but mostly repetitive and dull." - Sean -Fraser, The Chicago Reader... Of the 56 rotten film reviews, most of them accuse the movie of being meaningless. Hollywood formulas and clichés are certainly despised by everyone; but once almost all of them are gone, it won't be everyone. Satisfied, after all, something too offbeat has never been mainstream.Of course, the simplicity, directness, brutality and power of "Fire and Rescue" still made 83% of the film critics enjoy this entertainment feast to their heart's content.

"A rare film! From beginning to end, it's coherent, relaxed, full of voice, and clean." - Ellie Hermione, The New York News; "A perfect mix of warmth and violence, all expectations are met Realized, really enjoyable!" - Windsor Lawrence, "Los Angeles Times"; "The editing rhythm is very good, the plot advances tightly, ups and downs, and the stalks are thrown one by one. A work that makes people feel the coolest!" ——Jason Smith, "Hollywood Movies and TV" --- has 82% freshness, 88% likes, box office champion --- etc. good evaluation and good results, and also There are celebrity couples, and these topics that can be hyped are enough to attract movie fans who have not yet watched the movie to enter the movie theater to see the demeanor of this movie, which is praised as the best partner of "star couples". The box office of "Rage and Rescue" in the first week is naturally increasing every day, and the distance from movies such as "Thor 3" is also getting wider and wider.

And while "Rage and Rescue" was booming at the box office in North America, in Huaxia, Asia, the box office on the day of its premiere was calculated the next day.

《怒火救援》在华夏全国3890家影院收下1.6亿票房，名列当日票房排行榜No.2，No.1上的是《笔仙5》，这部影片在全国4350家影院收下了2.1亿票房，周六票房很可能破3亿。

The next day's media reports were also released one after another, basically centering on the two movies "Rage Rescue" and "Pen Fairy 5" - any fool can see that among the movies currently released, the most powerful Those are the two movies.

""Pen Fairy 5", a representative of Asian thriller horror films.",""Pen Fairy 5", the courage of Japanese and Korean filmmakers to seek novelty", ""Pen Fairy 5", creating a new wave of thriller movies", ""Pen Fairy 5" Immortal [-]" hits theaters in Japan and South Korea, the main creative team danced and detonated the audience" and so on!
These are all the news about "Pen Fairy 5". Basically, everyone is very respectful. They feel that the fifth film of this Japanese and Korean classic thriller series filmed by Huaxia director Zhou Yiwei has reached a new height, "abandoning the previous horror films. The eerie horror in the movie focuses on depicting the real scare", "this realistic tendency also reveals Zhou Yiwei's motivation and intention for filming "Pen Fairy 5" - it is no longer a traditional Chinese thriller and ghost film, It is a new genre that combines the essence of Japanese and Korean horror films!", "It is a new attempt of cooperation between Asian filmmakers", "This film represents a huge change in director Zhou Yiwei's film production ideas and methods, and is a milestone. , will open up a new idea for Chinese horror films!"

Pretty much compliments.

Ning Sheng was not surprised by this. Looking at the number of screens for "Pen Xian 5", it was higher than his "Rage Rescue". Most of the screenwriters are Japanese and Korean filmmakers, but the director of the film is a real Chinese, a director who is famous for his horror films!
And the other party directly communicates with the business groups behind China's major theaters. Compared with Ning Sheng who never participates in the private banquets and play parties of those bosses in the circle, the theater bosses are not optimistic about Ning Sheng's "Rage" Under the premise of "Rescue", it seems logical to arrange more films for "Pen Xian 5", not to mention that the consortium behind it may have other cooperation.

However, Ning Cheng really doesn't care about this bias. Good movies are never really buried. As long as the audience loves to watch them, the theaters will naturally provide them. It can be said that the audience is limited!After all, they were never mainstream!

Compared with the praise of "Pen Fairy 5" by the media, the media did not hold back their praise for "Rage Rescue".

"Another amazing work by a genius director!", ""Rage Rescue", a successful commercial work!", "Ning Sheng-the God of commercial movies!", ""Rage Rescue" is amazing!" "terrible film, terrible director"

"The film's poster is full of gunpowder, but this is definitely not the most anticipated part of the film, because the film's cost of 5 million will never produce a T3-style hot effect. This time, the former soldier played by Emma Roberts is also action. The characters that are as important as the psychological drama, especially his emotional interaction with the little girl Dapita become the focus of the film, and the performance of the two in the film also proves that their performance makes those action scenes more exciting!" --- Chiku Entertainment!

"Director Ning Sheng's unique approach and superb skills in handling action scenes and gun battle scenes are fully displayed. From the scene of tears overflowing from the corners of Emma Roberts' eyes, we can see that Emma's acting skills have become more mature, and the joint efforts of the husband and wife team It is definitely worth buying a ticket for everyone!" --- Chaofan Film and Television.

Of course, when "Rage and Rescue" lost to "Pen Fairy 5" at the box office on the first day, it can have so many praises because of the high quality of the film itself!

It is also inevitable that some media fanned the flames, watching the joke "Ning Sheng invested [-] million in an international production, but a horror film produced by an all-Asian filmmaker won the single-day box office championship. It can be seen that Ning Sheng's genius myth is coming to an end. !"

However, compared to the schadenfreude of these few media, most of the media and audience are still sober and rational!

Although everyone knew that Ning Sheng’s movie had a foreigner as the protagonist, and there was no important Chinese character, and almost the entire filming was done abroad, especially when the movie’s protagonist was actually Emma Roberts. She is an angry Hollywood actress, so from the very beginning, this movie has not been favored, thinking that "Rage Rescue" will be the Waterloo of Ning Sheng, a talented director, but when they actually saw this movie, they had to Admit it, "Rage Rescue" is not Waterloo.

It's not a great film though.It is also doomed that it is impossible to gain anything at the Golden Tripod Awards, but the movie's action scenes similar to "Taken" and the exciting and interesting story progress still make the media have too many topics to report.

"Blanket star Mr. Fan's self-salvation-starting with the tricks!", "Emma Roberts is doing well and is expected to return to the ranks of Hollywood's first-line actresses!", "A classic commercial blockbuster, in Ning Sheng's hands, always It's easy to come by, but when will Ning Sheng present us a work with more connotations?"--
Generally speaking, there are more reports about "Pen Fairy 5" than "Rage Rescue", because it is true that "Pen Fairy 5" can report more points-whether it is from the content of the film, the main creative tidbits, the leading role Stars, or investors.After all, the biggest star of "" Fury and Rescue in China is the director Ning Sheng, and apart from him, Emma Roberts' popularity in China is all based on the identity of Ning Sheng's wife. There are not many works, appeal and influence Obviously limited, and another big Chinese star who participated in the role - Fan Binbin, but because he is just a secondary role, there is really nothing to say.

In addition, apart from the reports on "Rage to the Rescue" and "Pen Fairy 5", there are very few other film news, and they are all reduced to foil, which can also be seen from the single-day box office rankings.

"Pen Fairy 5" and "Fire and Rescue" occupy the first and second places respectively, and the third place is the low-budget film "Return to the Wolves" directed by Yi Feng, which is a movie with animals as the main characters , received 2370 million in 5470 theaters, and it didn't set off too much movie-watching frenzy, but it shouldn't be a problem to recover the cost and make a fortune.

With the maturity of China's film market, low-cost alternative films like "Return to the Wolves" can also achieve good results, at least they don't have to lose money like before!

Except for "Return to the Wolves", other movies can't afford much trouble!
On the market, basically, "Rage Rescue" and "Pen Fairy 5" are competing.

So, under such circumstances, Saturday, October 7, passed.

2.1 million, which was calculated on Sunday. The Saturday box office of "Rage Rescue" is still second in the single-day box office list. The first is "Pen Fairy 5", 2.2 million, and continues to rank in the first place.

The media that watched the excitement before and laughed at Ning Sheng turned the tide!
""Rage and Rescue" hits back and catches up fiercely", "Is another Chinese director about to fall under Ning Cheng's hands?" "Ning Cheng's reputation as a genius really lives up to his reputation!"——
Although "Pen Fairy 5" is still number one, as long as you are not a fool, you can see that the current situation is not good for "Pen Fairy 5": Compared with Friday, the box office of "Rage Rescue" increased by 5000 However, "Pen Fairy 5" only increased by 1000 million. This is obviously insufficient stamina-especially the difference in the box office results of the two films is only 1000 million. Everyone feels that maybe after the third day, "Pen Fairy" Immortal 5" will be squeezed out of the championship, and will be completely trampled under the feet of "Rage Rescue" from then on, with no power to turn around.

But it's too early to say whether it will win or lose, because "Pen Fairy 5" is still at the top of the box office, and the premiere weekend is not over yet, so anything can happen.

And on Sunday, there will be "Legend of the Shark Pearl", the long-awaited fantasy film, starring the hot newcomer Wang Dalu in recent years, popular stars and fantasy themes, as well as sophisticated special effects production, media and audience We all have high hopes for this movie!
Therefore, this Sunday's box office champion is no longer just a competition between "Rage Rescue" and "Pen Fairy 5", they will also welcome a new challenger "Legend of Shark Pearl"!
Shuanglong grabbing the pearl turned into a war of the Three Kingdoms, but the audience was even happier!

(End of this chapter)