Most of the summer vacations in North American schools start in May, so August is not considered a summer season, but it continues the August craze of "The Sixth Sense" last year. This year, the movie that also rose to Chen Tiandu has also risen... Although it is not deliberately arranged to be released in August, both movies were chosen in such a month, which makes people wonder if he has any special feelings for August...

Although there are no discounts or discounts in North America, a large number of theaters in bustling areas are still full. From Monday to Thursday, the average attendance rate of all theaters has not fallen below 30%, and the attendance rate suddenly exceeded 75% on Friday, and it earned more than 20 million US dollars in a day.

The movie continues to sell well, changing the speculation that Hollywood media predicted that the box office boom would gradually pass before it was released, and that the next week lost to the first week.

On the contrary, because several movies released at the same time were rarely matched, most viewers went to the cinema and went to "The Matrix". The only one that could affect "The Matrix" was "The Running Bride", which was released a week after July, was the comedy starring Julia Roberts, a big-mouth beauty, and even entered the third week, it still continued to occupy a place in the top three because of its excellent reputation. The box office appeal of the big-mouth beauty can be seen.

——But that's all.

If the first half of the year was a carnival for fans of "Star Wars", then in the second half of the year, the entire North American film industry has been covered by the social trends and topics caused by "The Matrix".

As the release continues, the reputation and topicality are spreading more and more widely. Everyone believes that if the movie is not at the R-level, the box office will probably be higher.

After winning the first week of box office championship in The Matrix, the New York Times also put aside its reserve and reported the movie in the entertainment edition. The author is a famous film critic Mike Weissy. He wrote: "I have never seen such a well-known science fiction movie before. The rhythm of the movie is different from any current science fiction movie. It uses a large number of 0.5-second short shots to keep the audience's emotions on excitement and tension. I want to say that even if this movie is released ten years later, it will also cause a trend. Its ideological charm and action scenes are unique and charming!"

As Mike Weissy said, The Matrix did not drop as the popularity ended after the first weekend.

On the contrary, it seems that at this time, a more violent topic storm began to set off on the Internet.

Various exciting stills have been circulated from the official website of the movie to other websites, and unique fighting and various classic lines have begun to circulate.

Such spontaneous promotion has both advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that there are too many spoilers. You should know that Chen Tiandu's last movie "The Sixth Sense" was because fans spontaneously retained the ending, which created a box office miracle.

Of course, the benefits are also very obvious. More and more people know that this movie is super awesome and are becoming more and more interested.

On the official website of "The Matrix", the comments are basically praised:

"New philosophy pioneers in action movies", "A model work of cyberpunk! A revolutionary expression of the concept of bullet time", "A science fiction masterpiece containing rich philosophy, Yuan Heping's action guidance pushes Oriental martial arts art to the world, Neo's shot of avoiding bullets has become a classic~", "After watching the movie, I was in the Matrix", "I saw it all over", "I couldn't tell the difference between virtuality and reality, and I felt like I fell from one dream into another"...

"If "The Sixth Sense" is a famous work of Christmas-Chen, then "The Matrix" is the foundation work. It is outstanding in both the story content and the expression techniques of the movie. It is so exciting, the pace is fast and not dragging, and I like this movie too much. As a commercial science fiction film, it contains rich philosophy, which brings the double impact of vision and soul."

These are all expressions of excited fans expressing their feelings, and of course some give opposite opinions. "...It's a pity that the ending paves the way for the sequel and looks slightly bloody, but the three gray mechanical squids in the easter egg became the highlight!"

Considering the fusion style issue, when Chen Tiandu wanted to make changes to mechanical squid, he also combined the opinions of many people.

Whether it fits the style of the whole article is the top priority and is the first to bear the brunt. Therefore, although squid is suspected of being cute, it is a very rare one. Of course, the shots of mechanical squid appearing in the first part are also very short. The ones that feature them are just the ending easter eggs. Moreover, the oval metal face, scarlet electronic eyes, and gray near-metallic luster shell are not too conspicuous and bright compared to the whole piece.

Matrix Special Effects Studio, for mechanical squid, it is not just a few shots.

According to Chen Tiandu's wishes, there is also a story related to the movie. Of course, it is a fight and playful play. After the movie was released, this story was officially uploaded to the Internet and was well received by the audience.

Not only Chen Tian has attracted attention, but even the actors who play Tank and the third computer special police have been asked and paid attention to the movie fans. This means that they really accept and fall in love with "The Matrix". Whether the movie viewing craze can be launched depends on their word of mouth and to promote the movie virality for free in reality.

In Hong Kong, director Yuan Heping, who is filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", was interviewed by a reporter from the Oriental Daily. "Ask him what he thought of being popular in North America because of the action style of "The Matrix".

Yuan Heping was ridiculous and laughing. He thought that he was so old that he had been acting in the movie since 1970. Decades have passed. Instead, because of this "The Matrix", it became popular in the United States, which makes people sigh and feel a little sad.

Although it is a bit heartbreaking for Hong Kong people to pursue this Hollywood work in such a way, the speed of Hong Kong film innovation in the past decade is far from keeping up with the growth rate of audience curiosity. Every year, four or five hundred movies are often a hot-selling movie the previous year, and at least 10 or 20 followers will appear in the next year. The decline of Hong Kong films in later generations is not an exaggeration to say that they are self-destructive and self-inflicted consequences.

The Li Case also congratulates the Eighth Master, "It's a good thing to be popular, it's time to be popular. It just so happened that my "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also borrows your light and becomes popular."

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Even big newspapers like "Atlantic Monthly" commented on the entertainment page, "In this movie, he proved to us his screenwriter skills, directing skills, and production skills, 'I'm not just a Chinese who can only make horror movies, as a Chinese, I'm also a kung fu boy.' All Chinese stars who come into Hollywood have all learned a few kung fu tricks. Now it's Christmas. It's already a little pale to describe him as a promising future. Maybe we can expect more and quietly see what kind of results he can achieve!"

There are also people who are obsessed with movies, such as the film critic named John McCalon of the Chicago Sun, who commented on the movies from a philosophical perspective, "A thousand people watch it, there are a thousand Matrixes. Every morning I wake up, is the sleepy person in the mirror really you? Do you have an inexplicable sense of emptiness? Are the facts you know are real? Everything will be revealed slowly..."

He analyzed the connotation of "The Matrix" from 26 philosophical ideas, including "Alice in Wonderland", "Cyberpunk", "Descartes", "Christ", "Kant", "Marx", "Prophet", "Socrates", "Trinity", "Utopia", "Yaosheng Family", and "Dao". Chen Tian was stunned by the number from a to z.

A cool science fiction movie has at best more explanations of the environment and choices of virtual reality, and has some thoughts about reading the Bible. It can be written so many things by film critics. He, the initiator, can only give him a thumbs up and say, "You are so talented"!

This guy is really thinking too much!

Chen Tiandu made this movie purely because he liked it, which consolidated the little influence he had just had in the United States. However, if the outside world likes to give him a high hat, he will not stand up to defend anything. The more "connotation" the movie is, the easier it is to win awards. Maybe he can still go to the Oscar next year. Although there is little expectation, the halo on his body will be brighter with one more trophy, which is always good.

Some people praise them and some criticize them, and most of the criticisms are almost the same, "can't understand", "not knowing what's going on", "what I can't watch popcorn movies", "pretending to be profound"...

However, those who praise are still the absolute main force. Some people can't understand it, so naturally some enthusiastic movie fans take the initiative to defend them.

"This movie almost completely undermines the concepts and patterns of previous movies. It redesigns a world. This world has its own rules, its own operating mechanism, and even its own physical phenomena - called "anti-physics" - For example, when a helicopter hits a glass building, the glass building does not directly shatter as usual, but stirs up a layer of waves, ripples everywhere, and then breaks outward from the impact point. It is indeed a brand new visual effect. In addition, the concept of "bullet time" praised by countless people makes this movie completely break the audience's imagination framework. The direct consequence is that there are complaints of "not understanding" among the audience..."

Compared to Americans who like to study in depth, Koreans feel quite funny. "Neo's relationship is good. If you want to kiss or not, you have to be interrupted by external objects several times. Is it completely the same as the Korean drama?" A curious Korean netizen saw this comment and compared the plot of the movie and found that it was a bit similar.

A chaotic week passed, and the box office results of the Matrix Movie Studio won the next week on Monday morning.

The attendance rate on Friday reached 75%, Saturday 70%, and Sunday 65%, and once again won $52 million in these three days, with a cumulative harvest of $88.5 million in one week. With the results last week, the box office in North America successfully exceeded 100 million in the next week, reaching $149.38 million. It was released in some overseas regions and won $72.5 million this week. In the overseas market, Japan is still the biggest contributor.

By this calculation, the global box office of the movie has exceeded 200 million.

This result directly made "The Matrix" firmly occupy one place in the top ten annual box office list in North America. Including last year, Chen Tian, ​​who has debuted for two years, has won the top ten annual box office list twice.

After this result is announced, the responses it can arouse among the potential fans will be announced until next week.
Chapter completed!