In October 2014, "Titanic", which was still in the frantic filming stage, traveled north to Canada and south to Monterey. Although Cheng Xiaoyu was very low-key, it still caused a stir in the media because he not only put the expected

The 400 million U.S. dollars was spent, and Cheng Xiaoyu, who saw it becoming more and more unreliable, also asked the company to increase the budget and increase the allocation to an unprecedented 600 million.

What's even worse is that the film faced difficulties in its later stages, and everyone thought that the original Christmas release date was basically hopeless.

On January 28, 2015, Stavin Bell announced that the release date of "The Shawshank Redemption" would be postponed from July 2 to December 9, saying: "It is a difficult decision to make, which means that we

The relationship with Xi Chu is no longer balanced, but we still hope that competition is healthy."

But "Universal"'s "unfairness" is just a small one. Their "Shawshank Redemption" only invested 70 million US dollars, and "Xichu" has now invested twelve times this amount...

At that time, Wall Street experts made special calculations and concluded that this move would lead to a sharp drop in the film's revenue, loss of money, Xichu's bankruptcy, and the possibility that Xichu International would be dragged into the abyss.

In July 2015, most filmmakers openly declared that by betting everything on 3D and IMAX, the film's box office prospects would be "a disaster no less than the sinking of the Titanic itself."

In October, the media revealed that publicity and public relations expenses had been increased to 250 million. The debate over the prodigal director Cheng Xiaoyu’s unrestrained spending is still raging.

On December 9th, the competition for hegemony in the Christmas period begins. Three heavyweight films will appear one after another: "Black Swan", "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Titanic". Who among the three can take the top spot at the box office, and who can laugh?

Afraid of the Oscars, the film critics who are accustomed to sit back and discuss things were silent collectively. It was obvious that most people were not sure about the outcome.

When "Titanic" premiered on December 22, AMC's IMAX theater was gloatingly described by some media as "deserted and empty."

Everyone thinks that Cheng Xiaoyu's Xichu entertainment empire is going to sink. The United States is the world's largest ticket holder. If you can't conquer the United States, you can't conquer the world. What's more, Cheng Xiaoyu's insistence on betting on 3D and IMAX goes against the trend of history.

If you want to die, why not die?

In addition, there has never been a miracle of reverse box office growth in the United States. Box office forecasters have calculated that "Titanic" will suffer a huge loss of more than 500 million U.S. dollars, and "Xi Chu International" will also lose money because it has built so many IMAX and 3D theaters.

The losers don’t even have any pants left...

Wall Street banks couldn't wait to announce that they had lowered the credit ratings of Cheng Xiaoyu's entertainment empire "Xi Chu" and "Sound of Rain". Hollywood's six major schadenfreudes were gloating that there was one less competitor, and many capital tycoons began to sharpen their knives and prepare to divide the losers.

.....

Wall Street doesn’t believe in tears…

Hollywood doesn’t believe in miracles either…

Starting from Monday, "Titanic" and "The Shawshank Redemption" have started a battle on IMDB. The ratings of the two have been rising and falling. Not long ago, the media reported that "The Shawshank Redemption" opened with a perfect score on imdb.

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Although the movie's popularity rating is declining, it still firmly holds a super high rating of 9.6, which is 0.4 points higher than the second-placed "The Godfather of New York". The imdb rating system seems to be the most democratic way.

However, a simple score often cannot represent the whole story.

imdb uses the "Bayesian statistical method", the final score of top250 =)xr+)xc. Among them, r, v, m, c have different adopted values. To put it simply, in addition to the user's score, the number of voters and active users

Voting and other aspects will affect the top250 scores, ensuring the fairness and pertinence of this ranking to the greatest extent.

This also means that although "The Shawshank Redemption" will decline, it will be very limited. It is very likely that the number one movie on IMDB will be born.

But something changed a week later. "Titanic" was released. Although the initial score of 9.7 was far less exaggerated than the perfect score of 10.0, surprisingly it was very strong.

As time goes by, the two movies alternately ranked first on IMDB's TOP20 list. The funny thing is that the first place is not based on whose score has increased, but who has dropped less...

It's not unusual for Stavin Bell's film to occupy the first position. What's strange is that Cheng Xiaoyu's "Titanic" can be inseparable from his "Shawshank Redemption"...

Many online media have reported on this phenomenon. There is no doubt that "Titanic" is also a classic. The soaring number of votes from both parties, as well as the fanaticism of movie fans, determine who will be ranked first in the final TOP250.

Audiences who have only watched one of the movies will often give the other a low score. This practice is especially common among fans of "Titanic".

A fan of "Titanic" said: "After watching such an epic movie, other movies can't be watched at all. I don't care how much emotion "The Shawshank Redemption" shows off. I only care about "Titanic" tonight."

"Why can't that true love get good results..."

A female fan said: "Although I really want to give "Titanic" a low score because the ending made me cry all night, but when I think of the handsome Leonardo and the extraordinary beauty of Catherine, I still feel that I must support...

....”

Fat Eddie, who has always only watched horror movies, published a short review on IMDB: "When you watched this movie on the giant screen, you were surrounded by a huge surprise. Maybe my judgment was not enough.

Sober and sane, but who cares? A movie like this deserves a 10 from me!”

Then the battle for the top spot between "Titanic" and "The Shawshank Redemption" began. Immediately, "The Godfather of New York", which had long occupied the top spot, also joined the battle group, and the scores of the three were constantly changing.

, fans of "The Shawshank Redemption" gave "Titanic" a lot of votes, and fans of "Titanic" immediately responded.

Fans of "The Godfather of New York" voted one point for both... But after one of Cheng Xiaoyu's Chinese fans issued a recruitment order, the number of Chinese fans, which numbered in the hundreds of millions, was based on a huge base.

Overnight, "Titanic" returned to the all-time high of 9.7 points, and "The Shawshank Redemption" reached 9.3 points...

IMDB, which found the abnormality, had to ban the Huaxia IP.

But this battle has just begun and is protracted. The official imdb website stated that they will try their best to ensure the fairness of this battle for the top spot. The temporary ranking of first does not mean anything, nor will it bring more popularity to the two movies.

Box office, I hope fans on both sides will remain calm and restrained.

As for future results, it is difficult to predict. "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Titanic" are both classics in film history. Sometimes ratings are not the truth, but box office support is!

All of this was a small episode that happened in the first week of the release of "Titanic". No filmmaker took this fight between dragons and tigers seriously. If you throw 800 million US dollars into the sea, you still have to hear the sound of water, right?

Publicity fees still played a big role. Under Harvey Weinstein's strategizing, the media offensive did not stop. Catherine Blanchett and Leonardo Dane DeHaan attended various events non-stop.

A variety of talk shows, soft, hard, and wide word-of-mouth among moviegoers, as well as the biggest investment gimmick in history, urge the audience to enter the cinema and the IMAX screening room to experience what real visual shock is.

More and more people know through social networks and forums that this movie is not at all what they imagined. More and more people know that this movie must be watched at least twice, once in 2D to cry to one's heart's content, and again in IMAX.

Use it to experience stunning and immersive visual effects.

After this week, "Rotten Tomatoes" has included 370 film reviews for "Titanic". The freshness rating from popular film critics is still 98%, and the freshness rating from well-known film critics is also 98% (105/103).

This week, the war of words between the media continues. Debates about "Titanic" and "The Shawshank Redemption" can be seen everywhere, and the media has nicknamed it "World War III."

"Freedom" and "faith" are more important than "love" and "disaster" and are more worthy of being remembered! - "The Washington Post".

"The greatness of "Titanic" is not the special effects and new technology, but the unparalleled appeal and love worthy of praise!" - "Hollywood Reporter"

""Titanic" can be called a great commercial film, but Cheng Xiaoyu's conceited investment in 3D and IMAX dug a grave for himself, while "The Shawshank Redemption" undoubtedly has a more profound artistic value.

The connotation is a classic film worthy of careful interpretation and taste, and exploring the intentions behind the lens!" - "Los Angeles Times"

"'Titanic' is an epic masterpiece with a seemingly old-fashioned and simple plot but extremely profound. It is as shocking as the historical 'Titanic' encounter with an iceberg. Chinese-American Cheng Xiaoyu filmed an epic that made the entire Hollywood

Shame on the special effects movie! You can only understand how great he and his movies are when you sit in the theater and cry!" - The New York Times

The famous film critic Roger Ebert published an article in "Movie Review" called "The Hollywood Film Industry at a Crossroads", which described in detail that "Titanic" may become the most important IMAX film.

, will also be a milestone in Hollywood movies.

"Most people in the media are discussing the artistic value of "Titanic" and "The Shawshank Redemption," but they ignore that "Titanic" uses the world's most advanced IMAX camera, which offers more than just

A classic movie is an unparalleled visual experience. There is no doubt that regardless of the final box office performance of "Titanic", IMAX movies will become the development trend of the film industry, and "Titanic" is truly groundbreaking.

The IMAX movie will be recorded in history forever!"

Peter Copra ridiculed: "Even Mr. Roger, who is always fair, cannot withstand the silver bullet offensive. Who knows whether 3D and IMAX will be the future trend, but maybe we have to wait ten years, maybe we have to wait twenty years, anyway.

Not now... It seems that Cheng Xiaoyu is desperate and has no hope at the box office. He plans to put all his money into the Oscar? He won't even get a nomination! Okay! Forgive me for forgetting that he also has special effects and "The Shawshank Redemption"

Best screenwriter..."

No matter how the public and the media view the movie "Titanic", box office data is the key to measuring success or failure.

Everyone was watching the figures for the first week of "Titanic"'s release, and on Sunday night, the editors-in-chief of the "Washington Post" and "Los Angeles Times" had even written "The eight-billion-dollar ship "Titanic" has completely

"Sinking" was prepared to be published in the newspaper as soon as the data was received at eight o'clock on Monday morning.

All filmmakers feel that no miracle will happen, just like the "Titanic" is destined to sink.

However, a miracle really happened.

The new week's box office figures were released. When the data was sent to all the film companies and media, everyone thought there was a mistake. The editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times immediately called the statistics department of the Film Association to ask if there was a mistake.

I got the data wrong, and the other party’s answer was definitely: “That’s right!”

The editor-in-chief of the "Washington Post" even called and asked bluntly whether "Titanic" was a box office hit?

The Motion Picture Association of America didn't even bother to respond to such an unreasonable question and hung up the phone directly.

"Titanic" grossed US$86 million in its first week, two days after its release over the weekend, while "The Shawshank Redemption" only grossed US$45 million in its second week.

, "Black Swan" was even worse. It occupied the most golden Christmas period but only received a weekly box office of US$10 million...

The box office revenue of "Titanic" was almost twice that of the well-received "The Shawshank Redemption". When this data came out, the industry was in an uproar. When box office analysts pointed out that all this was due to the ultra-high prices of 3D and IMAX.

, all media fell into collective silence.

The media supporting Cheng Xiaoyu did not expect such a big surprise, while those opposing Cheng Xiaoyu did not expect such a huge blow.

Before the media could think of words to say, the storm became more intense. Early in the morning, President Duanmu Linsha announced the box office of "Xi Chu" in overseas markets in a high-profile manner. Thanks to the strong performance of the Chinese market, "Titan"

Outside the North American market, "Nick" took in a box office of US$110 million in one week.

The global box office has always been divided into North America and other regions, and the total box office in other regions has always been less than half of the North American box office. Although with the huge growth of the Chinese film market, there have been movies that have often surpassed half the figure recently, but they have never surpassed North America.

A precedent for all box office sales in the market...

"Titanic" is the first movie to complete this figure... and "Titanic" took in 200 million U.S. dollars at the global box office in one week. However, counting 200 million a week, it is still far from 2 billion.

The goal is still far away...

At this time, no one thought that this was just the beginning of the miracle of "Titanic"!

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Appreciation has nothing to do with taste. The reason why it is called a classic is that it is a classic in any era. Some people say they like Carl. Carl saves the little girl to save himself, not to save others. What he shows in the whole movie is only human nature.

Selfish, his feelings for Ruth are just possessive, but the truth is real enough. It’s not against everyone’s liking of Carl. Who you like is the result of everyone’s thinking. This is not critical. The key is that "Titanic" does say
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