"Your Zombie Night has made teenagers across the United States crazy. How many children have not returned home, or have waited for their parents to fall asleep before sneaking out of the house. The BBC and American cable TV have reported several such incidents. Your movie

Even before it was released, people were looking forward to it, which is not common in the history of American movies! Not to mention the TV talent show that followed, it was a phenomenon that stunned the United States!" Jeremy lit a cigarette and handed it to

I gave one to Zhou Shaoming, looked at him with wide eyes, then shook his head and sighed: "Now I know that some people are born smart. There are many directors like you who can make good movies, but there are so many

Not many people have clever ideas to promote movies."

After a pause and shaking his head again, Jeremy said, "Even a simple music club can come up with such a good idea! I'm sure that from today on, the video light and shadow dance will be at every big-name star's concert."

Show up! Maybe Michael Jackson will buy the copyright from you!"

"Wow, I really didn't pay attention when you said that. I didn't register a patent!" Zhou Shaoming laughed and said strangely.

Avril Lavigne, who was singing and dancing vigorously outside, had already brought the enthusiasm of the audience to its peak. Several fans who fainted due to excitement were lifted over their heads by other fans and carried out in a relay manner, and were carried out by doctors and security guards waiting aside.

The cheerful songs soared into the sky, and the more than 5,000 fans knew clearly that they would never forget this day.

Time passes day by day. Although all the post-production of Zhou Shaoming's "Resident Evil" has not been completed, the carefully edited two-and-a-half-minute trailer has been launched on major Internet portals, and has been heavily advertised during prime time on TV stations, starting in advance.

Warm up.

This super-visual blockbuster with an investment of US$60 million, including US$25 million in visual effects alone, has attracted people's attention. Countless people are eagerly waiting for this super-visual movie, which is known as "an epoch-making super-visual movie among zombie movies."

"Listed.

The two-and-a-half-minute trailer, the parkour and zombie frenzy that stunned all young people, made the official website of "Resident Evil" extremely popular, with countless comments!

"Oh my god. What kind of exercise is that girl in red doing? It's so cool!"

"I heard it's a new street sport. This is so cool!"

"Are you mistaken! Can zombies run so fast? If this happens, I might as well hide at home and wait to die!"

"Wow. Zombie wave! My God, this is the real zombie craze!"

"The special effects are so cool. No matter what, I want to watch this movie!"

Yes. I want to watch this movie!

"Resident Evil" amazed everyone before it was released, but on November 1st, the first Halloween of the new century, it belongs to "Saw II"!

November 1st. When the clock passes 12 o'clock, the midnight bell rings across the United States. The first hint of Halloween coming comes from the movie theater.

Countless people rushed into the cinema for the "Father of Chainsaw" sign to watch Saw 2, which was not directed by Zhou Shaoming but was produced by him. I believe they will not be disappointed this time.

The battle for the box office charts on Halloween is inextricable.

Blair Witch: Book of Shadows was released in 3,317 theaters in the United States on October 27. It grossed a box office of 13,223,887 US dollars. Although there was a lot of criticism on Rotten Tomatoes, the pseudo-documentary-style thriller movie was still in the limelight for a while, and was blacklisted by Chicago fans.

The Sun newspaper praised it as "the only movie that can perfectly snipe saw2."

But when the curiosity is overdrawn, the passion fades faster than the client who thinks the prostitute is too ugly after the prostitution.

On November 1st, saw2 re-entered the battle and swept everything!

Zhou Shaoming, who pays great attention to the construction of the fan team, had planned it in advance as early as a year ago. When countless fan teams wearing uniform black T-shirts with the word "saw" lined up neatly and shouted, led by the person in charge from each place.

The slogan 'saw, saw', as batches of troops rushed into the theater like a desperate charge on the battlefield, made everyone understand that the charm of saw, at least for a few years, no movie can shake it on Halloween.

leadership.

The soaring box office and good reputation allowed Saw2 to escape the fate of being ignored again and again in the original world. The perfect screenwriter and the underlying theme that has always been adhered to, cherishing life, have been strengthened, and the relationships between the characters in the play have become more complicated.

After countless killing machines that make people drop their glasses, it is still deeply touching and has a unique and profound connotation.

On November 1, saw2 was released in 2,987 theaters across the United States. In just one day, the box office revenue was US$18.24 million!

Then it was a hit for three consecutive days. By November 3, the box office score was 49.25 million U.S. dollars, far exceeding the box office score of the second-place "Charlie's Angels" of $40,128,550, and surpassing the third-place "Meet the Father-in-law" of $12,638,560.

The "Blair Witch 2 Book of Shadows" that the Chicago Sun News blew up in the sky was thrown out of sight.

"The Witch 2" only earned a miserable $5,011,801 on November 3, which is not even worthy of giving Saw a shoe!

“Smith Weekly started an era that will continue!”—Washington Post

"No movie can stop it! saw2 leads the box office list!" USA Today

"Word of Mouth and Box Office, Smith Weekly's Secret Quest Series at Film, Issue 1!" Vanity Fair

"The Age of Dominion Comes!" American Film

Countless applause came in, and the number of fan registrations on Saw's official website soared again. After a year of thinking and watching again, countless people gradually understood Zhou Shaoming's hidden thoughts in the movie. People who originally dismissed plasma films have changed.

Thoughts, I fell in love with this epoch-making work.

Director Smith Zhou is so popular again. No one remembers who the director of Saw2 is. There is only one message in everyone's mind. This is Smith Zhou's Saw and it is his work!

Naturally, everyone is looking forward to Smith's sci-fi masterpiece and the horror zombie film "Resident Evil" even more. Fans' countdown pages have even appeared on the Internet, counting down to the release of that crazy movie.

Amid the heated discussions and eager waiting among movie fans across the United States, this day is getting closer and closer.

Before Christmas, Zhou Shaoming was so anxious that he worked day and night. After sleeping for only two hours a day for half a month, the film was finally completed. It became the only film in history that was completed only two days before its release, which can be regarded as a creation.

A small record.

Many people advised Zhou Shaoming to release the movie next summer, but Zhou Shaoming refused to agree. He was so anxious that he almost foamed at the mouth and finally settled down and waited for "Resident Evil" to take the world by storm.

There was no way around it. Even if Zhou Shaoming risked his life, he would not give in even a little bit on the visual effects. He insisted on being perfect, perfect, extremely perfect. He pushed the programmers of Industrial Light and Magic to work overtime, and even Several people fainted due to overexertion and were sent to the hospital.

But finally, it was finally completed without any danger.

Time is so tight that Lionsgate Pictures is unable to adjust the broadcast of Resident Evil in cities outside North America, but Zhou Shaoming doesn't care because the director's system stipulates that it will only be released within this year.

North America's box office performance basically accounts for half of the global box office. It would be best if the box office in other places can increase, but we still have to focus on the thousands of theaters in the United States.

The Christmas period has been a time when all kinds of movies are released together since ancient times. Movies that are aspiring to win Oscars in the coming year, or movies that are specially shot for family fun because they want to take advantage of the last box office feast of the year to make crazy money. It was coincidentally scheduled to be released during this period.

Let us focus on the 2000 Christmas movie rankings in North America and see what opponents "Resident Evil" has.

At the top of the list right now is Universal Pictures’ family-friendly movie, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

The film was released in 3,182 theaters for four weeks and grossed a total of US$195,646,175. It seems that the box office performance will exceed the US$200 million mark.

This is a comedy movie starring the King of Comedy Jim Carrey. It is particularly suitable for this Christmas atmosphere. People love to take their children to watch a movie that makes them cry with laughter. Therefore, it is reasonable that the box office explosion will be huge.

But after "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", Jim Carrey has never made a comedy movie again. After a reporter with nefarious interests dug up a conversation between Director Smith and Jim Carrey at the 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, he no longer wanted to make a comedy movie. Knowing why, he rejected "Me, Myself and Irene", which everyone had high hopes for, and wanted to compete in the comedy market again. He sat at home wholeheartedly, waiting for any movie that wanted to win the Oscar to invite him.

Regarding Jim Carrey's idea, the die-hard Zhou Heibo said sarcastically: "Jim Carrey wants to act in a drama? Is this Smith Zhou's suggestion? I'm so sorry, not only do I want to laugh when I look at Jim Carrey's face, I can even hear his The name makes me laugh. Because how could he be so idiotic as to listen to Smith Zhou’s advice? Haha!”

Ridicule is all about ridicule. Although Jim Carrey's "The Grinch" has nothing new in its content, it can always make people smile and willingly spend a lot of dollars.

Ranked second is "Braveheart," starring Oscar-winner Mel Gibson and the breakthrough work "100% Man."

Mel Gibson breaks away from his heroic image and uncharacteristically plays a romantic and humorous little man. After an accident, he suddenly discovers that he has acquired the magical ability to hear the voices of women around him and fully feel the true inner feelings of women. world.

Wow, that's an interesting ability, isn't it?

Although the audience has some doubts, they think that Mel Gibson, who has always participated in big-budget movies, shouts freedom and charges forward, can he play this completely grassroots person and play an ordinary little person?
Chapter completed!