December 16, Los Angeles, sunny.

Flying over from New York and rested for a day, Tangtang pulled Lu Xiaoran out of the hotel, she wanted to go shopping!

It's a rare trip, she wants to buy...

Beverly Rodeo Avenue Shopping Center, the highest-end shopping center in the Los Angeles area, saw two Chinese people coming, and the shopping guide was very enthusiastic.

After trying several bags, I finally chose the red style. After checking out, Tangtang looked at Lu Xiaoran who was browsing his phone and suddenly asked, "Hey, do you think we should buy a house here?"

“…You want to become an American?”

"No, it's just that when you are on vacation, you have a place to rest and always stay in a hotel. I think it's boring!"

Tangtang quickly denied it.

"Good better, I don't like America!"

“…What are you looking at?”

"Look at yesterday's box office report!"

"How about it?"

“…The first day of $8.48 million is OK!”

"This is OK?"

"What else do you want to be released on the same day as Star Wars? "

"Star Wars" is worthy of being an American national IP. "Star Wars 8" has a box office of US$104 million on the first day - it is expected to be around US$208 million to US$214 million in three days of the weekend!

Dominate the list with strength!

"Knife Unsheathed" ranked second in $8.48 million...

"Star Wars 8", media ratings were lifted and their reputation exploded.

The rotten tomatoes are harvested at 145 fresh, 10 rotten, with a freshness of 94%, with an average score of 8.3;

Metacritic score is 86 points, and several media have also given full scores;

The ign score is 9.7 (out of 10), and it is believed that "Star Wars 8" is the best since "The Empire Strikes Back".

Of course, this is media rating, and the audience's reputation is polarized...

The audience popcorn index on Rotten Tomatoes is only 56%…

Why do the audience give negative reviews?

Director Ryan Johnson doesn't want to repeat the previous pattern, trying to innovate, and then annoyed Star Wars fans...

But no matter how annoyed it, they are "Star Wars" after all, and some are loyal fans!

"So is it possible for "Knife Out" to surpass "Star Wars"?"

Lu Xiaoran was speechless: "...what are you thinking?"

...

The eyes shifted to China, and "Youth" is released!

"Youth" is a good movie, and you can get a glimpse of the past...

Very realistic, it's a bit too much...

Yan Geling is similar to the diary. As a writer, he always likes to look at the world from a critical perspective!

"Youth" is very good, unlike the youth of the big yard children in the Beijing circle - once a group of people make movies to commemorate their youth, they are basically the passionate tone of "Sunny Days". Most of the protagonists are inseparable from cheering, fighting, making trouble, and filming the plot of the woman. Under the restlessness of youth, no matter how hot the hatred is, it can become the passionate love of brothers in the world.

When the directors in Hong Kong film nostalgia, most of them will inherit the literary traditions written by Zhang Ailing or Li Bihua - Wu Ninthian soft words in the old wooden attic are chatting at the mahjong table; the gentle tone of the saxophone permeates the bar; the flames of candles sway in the soft light mirror; the high heels of women in the alley under neon lights are deep and shallow.

The male and female protagonists may be old lovers who have not met for a long time, or opponents in different camps, or the white party has hooked up the rich young women. Their love and friendship between the people around them will eventually compose a debt or a love song for the talented man and the beauty.

Not interesting...

There is only director Feng Xiaogang's youth is different from others. He gets from the bottom!

Sometimes I feel that the tone of the self-media is a bit unfair - 'When I am a hutong sing Feng Xiaogang and the children of the big courtyard, I can't help but feel a little inferior, but because of my inferiority, I still have to be in a circle!'

‘To put it bluntly, different aspirations and ways do not match each other’s plans, with Wang Shuo’s arrogance…’

What's wrong, people from the bottom are not worthy of being called big directors?

Wang Shuo wrote scripts for so many people, why did Feng Xiaogang create Feng's comedy?

Unfortunately, after "Youth", he filmed "Cell Phone 2" and became a target...

Then, "Only Yun Knows" completely disappeared...

The times abandoned a person and didn't even say hello.

However, this did not affect the box office burst of "Youth"...

The first day won 78.21 million;

The next day's box office was 104 million;

On the next day, 110 million...

On the first working day, it finally surpassed Operation Red Sea, with a single-day box office of 66 million, surpassing Operation Red Sea 56 million...

"Red Sea" has been released for 18 days after all!

The cumulative box office is 3.2 billion, and after the climax of the movie, it is now in the final stage...

...

North America, ended its first weekend, "Knife Out" ranked second with a score of $32.54 million, and the number one ranking was of course "Star Wars 8" - the latter made $220 million in the first weekend...

On the first working day, Star Wars' box office fell by more than 60%, closing at $22 million, and "Knife Unshe" fell by 30%, with a single-day box office of $6.8 million, and is still ranked second.

Today is the 20th. "The Knife Out" was released for 6 days, with a cumulative box office of US$56 million, but today's single-day box office ranked third - "The Brave Game: The Decisive Battle" was also released, with a box office of US$7.2 million on the first day.

Dwayne Johnson's appeal is amazing!

The distribution company is optimistic about "Knife Out", and the box office forecast has experienced a triple jump, from the initial $80 million, then $155 million, and now it has become $180-200 million...

The audience's reputation is so good that it is booming, and it is blessed by big stars.

But the necessary publicity still needs to be done. For example, now, he is on the "Allen Show" scene and is nonsense with Alan DeGeneres...

The main thing is to talk about some interesting filming stories, and the Chinese people’s views on American actors…

The one that was very good after that - Lu Xiaoran went to "Fat Lun Tonight Show" before, accidentally talked to the host Jimmy ** about some American movies and American stars he liked, and mentioned the outdated Stallone, Bruce Willis, Shangryunton and Nicholas Cage...

I don’t know what happened, the ratings of that section, including the online click-through rate, were particularly high...

Then it became a fixed program. As long as Lu Xiaoran promotes it, he will definitely be asked about these things.

Lu Xiaoran came out of the recording scene of "The Allen Show", sighed, and then returned to the hotel.

After eating something simply, she sat by the window in a daze - Tangtang went home the day before yesterday, after all, she still had to record "Xieyou Inn"...

In short, he has been to the United States several times, and he has spent half of his time in the United States this year - helping Hollywood make movies...

But there was no sign of gradually adapting.

People, cars, buildings, food, and brands of strip balloons in the room all feel very twisted.

Everything really feels like being a stranger in a foreign land.

Maybe this is the feeling that the Chinese people are hard to leave their hometown...

But he still has two days to go on a promotional trip.

This is the best thing for the Americans. You don’t have to run away from the road show, just participate in more shows!

But when he participated in the show, he felt that Moji was because the hosts were always asking him what he thought about Jianguo - what could he think?

He doesn't understand politics, especially American politics!

After thinking about it for a long time, I woke up and thought that I was probably homesick...
Chapter completed!