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Major portal websites and film and television review websites are accumulating the popularity of "District Nine".

The freshness of Rotten Tomatoes 93 and more than 500 comments contrasted with more than 1,200 related posts in the Yahoo community, with more than 30,000 replies, and the click-through rate of the first day's release exceeded 100,000. The popularity is easily finished. Discussion topics brought by the screening of "Lightning Dog" over a week.

And on IMDB, a website dedicated to film and television with the most users, a group of fans who have watched "District Nine" handed in their scores with excitement.

On the homepage, there were 425,418 viewers participating in the score in three days, and the score remained at 8.9. The number of TOP250 users participating was 112,456, and the score was 8.5. In one fell swoop, it reached the top 30 in film history, and "Apocalypse Now" and "Saving Private "Ryan", "Shards of Memory", "Doctor Strange Love" and other films are tied.

Of course, IMDB’s TOP250 ranking is not the truth. In terms of voting that is not so objective, the power of fans will always prevail.

In particular, the audiences themselves have movie feelings and personal adoration of the director, so it only takes a little reason for fans to score full marks.

Just like Quentin and Nolan’s movies will get higher and higher scores with their fame. Previously, "Shards of Memory" only scored 8.0 points. When "The Dark Knight" came out, it directly soared to 8.5; "Pulp Fiction" as a postmodern Works that are slightly more mature are even more popular, are they very objective?

It can also be seen from the scoring distribution that "The Ninth District" is also dominated by the number of people with full marks. Among them, it is not a love of Lehman's past works, plus the quality of the "Ninth District" itself, which is somewhat impulsive. .

"District Nine" is excellent. After filling the gap of insufficient production funds, the screen shots are more durable and easy to watch, but it is by no means perfect.

However, film critics are still very happy to have released a "Ninth District" at such a time, and praises are overflowing——

"...Continued the excavation of the character, lacking some warmth, and still ironic, but hiding the irony behind the class stance, and highlighting Vekus' despair."

"The whole movie begins with alien prawns falling to the earth, and unlike the strong invasion of alien races in the past, prawns may be the most unorganized difference, showing a bloody indifference. In addition, the film’s The background is quite similar to the apartheid period in South Africa. You see the prawn as the struggle history of the black people in Johannesburg without any awkwardness."

"The intention is great and full of sincerity. There are both ridicules about the prevalence of utilitarianism, and the attitude of prawns in the market for 20 years. What is more rare is the sense of reality in the lens and the pseudo-documentary tracking shooting."

"At the end of 2008, this movie made Hollywood feel ashamed."-"Chicago Tribune"

"A film with advanced thinking, a fable about life."-"New York Times"

"It turns out that science fiction films don't have to be complete entertainment."-"Hollywood Report"

On November 10, the first weekend box office of "District Nine" was released. Following the advance show + 29.87 million on the first day, 22.58 million was credited on Saturday, and 20.75 million was collected on Sunday. The cumulative total of the first week reached 73.2 million. Exceeding the 65 million or 12% increase required by overseas filmmakers, fulfilling the expected market target.

Let's put it this way, the size of the North American movie box office basically determines the height of overseas interests. There are very few movie walls that do not smell outside the wall, such as "Loch Ness Monster: Legend of the Deep".

Moreover, those who are engaged in movies know that in terms of overseas accounts, theaters and distributors get higher, not as profitable as North America. Even if the overseas box office is higher than the domestic box office, it is better to change to the North American cumulative box office.

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Liam came in with the latest weekly ranking data. Of course, this week's champion is "District Nine", which is highly praised and popular.

But apart from this one, "Lightning Dog" dropped less than 30% in the next week, with 16.92 million in the account and ranked second. What is left is "Classic Cars" produced by Warner and "Four Christmases" produced by Universal. Following that, the cumulative total of the top ten works exceeded 128 million, 4% higher than the same period last year.

Without counting other works, it can be said that "The Ninth District" supported the North American market this week because it directly occupied half of the market share.

"It's okay to hit 400 million in "District Nine", right?" Lyman asked.

Production costs + publicity costs, if you simply calculate, 200 million in North America and 200 million overseas can pay back.

"You have too little fighting spirit. The most optimistic forecasting agencies have given a score of 300 million in North America and 600 million in the world." Liam replied cheerfully.

According to the current trend of popularity and word-of-mouth, "District Nine" quickly swept male audiences under the age of 40. Many fans who like cult movies are supporting "District Nine", and the theater operators have reached a consensus. It should be added, and the number of screens will be increased to 3,800.

"The plot is smooth, and those who like depth and those who don't like depth can be seen, and the market is optimistic, and film critics are also praising them, and they also urge you to make more thoughtful works." Liam briefly summarized the popularity of the film. Points,

"Film fans have a high rate of returning heads. Those who really like it can't be seen enough at one time. Therefore, there should be no obstacle to getting another high-grossing reputation in your boss's career."

"That's good." Lehman was a little happy, "but don't relax the promotion and guidance, let them hold on for a while."

"Don't worry, during the hot screening stage, I must have been busy the previous month. Edward Norton's agency also asked me to express my gratitude to you."

The ticket warehouses in major cities across the U.S. basically started roadshows everywhere from the first day of release. Lehman was absent. Of course, Edward Norton, who was most acceptable to fans of the whole movie, took the burden and spent every day in the car.

Although a little tired, Edward himself is still very professional and has always been working with him. In addition, "The Ninth District" is considered the best part of his actor career, which also makes him motivated.

To be honest, this one is quite unlucky, and his personality is a bit arrogant. Johnny Depp is still recognized as a trouble on the set, but has anyone stopped his charm?

So, what is the situation with Edward Norton?

The family is rich, acting is pure interest, and a little bit horny. The management definitely doesn’t like actors who are troublesome in filming and have less appealing power. You will know by watching the plays he takes. There are no great resources, most of them are. He needs the strength to act.

And the biggest advantage of "District Nine" is that for the protagonist, it is to broaden the priority of the contract, which allows the management to increase the weight of him.

Actors need to be close to their achievements, as it is in the industry.

In other words, a movie that has a good chance of breaking 500 million, and hopes to break 600 million, will allow Edward Norton to get rid of the strong, but the film does not have much box office impression labels.

"However, next week, we will run into "007: Quantum Crisis" released by Columbia. You know, this series has a lot of fans. With the blessing of feelings and memories, the momentum is fierce, and we are likely to be unstable."

"I remember this movie often used up most of its screening potential in two or three weeks."

"After all, 22 films have been made. The inherent framework and routines-Bond, Bond girls, luxury cars, sports cars, and pretenders are all indispensable elements. Apart from series fans, no audience will watch it. So once The accumulated fans are almost consumed, and 007 will fall off a cliff. However, there have always been many film sponsors for this series, and the production does not cost much, and the profit margin is not small."

"It's okay, just take care of our own movies, and the audiences of "007" and "District Nine" do not overlap."