Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion Chapter 591

Chapter 591 received rave reviews

In October, Lionsgate's third fall movie "American Sniper" was released. Link was the starring role in the movie. He could only temporarily stop training and follow the crew to promote it.

"American Sniper" was initially released in 4 theaters in New York and Los Angeles. It took in a box office of US$2.51 million for two consecutive weeks. The average box office per theater reached US$44,800, making it the highest box office among all on-demand movies this year.

The film has a good reputation. Link's performance in the film has been recognized by many professional film critics. They believe that he not only plays the character and habits of an ace sniper, but also the emotions of a killer. It is very contagious and is the most popular one this year. One of the classic screen images.

"Variety" commented that his acting skills were better than last year's "Gone Girl", and he has great hope of being nominated for an Oscar next year for this role.

The New York Post commented that in this film, in which Eastwood looked on coldly at the war in Iraq, Link used a nuanced performance to create a believable character. The film's consideration of the character's physiology and psychology is amazing. The characters appear real and believable due to Link's detailed characterization.

"The Hollywood Reporter" A vivid, nerve-wracking film about tragedy befalling a war hero, the film has qualities that make you think of it as a version of "The Hurt Locker." Sister film.

The overall media review score is 91 points, and 22 media have given it a score of 95 or above. The freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes is 88%, 63 people support it, and the Yahoo audience score is A.

It is also a rare high-quality movie this year.

Due to its good reputation, the film began to be released on a large scale in North America in the third week after the screening. It grossed US$89.26 million in 3,555 theaters in North America during its first three days. This was also the highest first-ever box office performance among all non-sequel and non-animated films released this year. The best movie ever.

  In the second week of large-scale screening, the number of theaters expanded to 3,885. In just 12 days of release, the North American box office exceeded 200 million, becoming Lionsgate's ninth film to achieve a box office of over 100 million in North America.

Overseas, due to subject matter restrictions, there are not many areas where it will be released. Starting from October, it has been released in 68 countries and regions. The box office exceeded 100 million US dollars in the first week of release. After 26 days of release, the overseas box office exceeded 200 million US dollars.

In North America, after 20 days of large-scale release, the cumulative box office exceeded 300 million US dollars. It is also the fifth North American movie with a box office of more than 300 million US dollars so far. It is also the highest-grossing non-sequel and non-animated live-action film.

Even though it was released during a period of low popularity, such as the autumn season, the film's reputation and popularity surpassed Link's previous films such as "Avengers", "Captain America" ​​and "Suicide Squad".

Many media commented that this is Link's best movie since his debut, saying that "American Sniper" is a real man's movie jointly created by three tough guys, directed by Link + Clint Eastwood. +Movie prototype Chris Kyle.

 It's a pity that Chris Kyle is no more.

Not long after Link bought the film rights to the autobiographical novel "American Sniper" in 2013, Chris Kyle was persuaded by a retired Marine who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Shot and killed the friend who came with Kyle.

 The marksman died in a shooting. During the promotion, everyone heard the story of Chris Kyle and sighed.

Link also took the opportunity to promote the movie to donate US$100 million to several charitable foundations that treat such mental illnesses, and plans to add help to retired military personnel to the charity projects of the LINK Global Charitable Foundation. This charity It will benefit veterans all over the world.

 After his father-in-law learned of his decision, he immediately expressed his support and took the lead in donating US$500,000 to the Link Charity Foundation.

In addition to his father-in-law, hundreds of entertainment and sports stars including Taylor, Paul Walker, O'Neal, Selena, Chris Paul, De La Hoya, and Elon Musk also donated. In less than a year, the foundation received 120 million donations. .

Although the Link Charitable Foundation does not rank among the top 50 in terms of scale and strength among charitable organizations, after more than five years of development, Link Charity has become more and more famous, and more and more people are being helped. Now people are coming to donate. The number of people also increased rapidly.

 Since the beginning of 2010, the Link Global Charity Foundation has received a total of US$380 million in donations, and its strength has become stronger and stronger. Coupled with the foundation's good investment returns, it will be even stronger in the future.

"American Sniper" performed well at the box office and received very positive reviews. Many film critics believe that Link is eligible to be nominated for the next Oscar for Best Actor. This is good news for Link, but for some people Say, not really.

 “Congratulations, Link, for making a good movie.”

While drinking coffee and playing cards in a cafe, Leonardo said with a complicated expression, and his voice was also a little strange, sour.

“Thank you! In fact, all the movies I starred in were good. There was never a bad movie. “American Sniper” was just slightly better.”

Link sat nearby and watched a few people playing cards, taking a sip of his iced coffee.

 “Is The Blue Sea a good movie too?”

 Leonardo curled his lips and said.

 "Leon, this is "Blue Sea Pursuit 2", not "Blue Sea Pursuit", please pay attention when you speak."

Paul Walker reminds.

 Because he is the male protagonist of Bi Hai 1.

"I am a supporting actor in "Blue Sea 2". Besides, it is a casual movie, so the quality is not too bad."

Link smiled. Blue Ocean 2 was a movie he made in 2008. At that time, he had just entered the film industry and had no acting skills. But now he is the best actor in Berlin and Cannes, and has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor three times. A truly talented actor.

 My acting skills have improved rapidly, but time also flies by, seven years in a blink of an eye.

“Many people in the media are now saying that you have the opportunity to be nominated for the Best Actor Oscar next year. If you have the opportunity to win the award, will you fight for it?”

 Leonardo asked, staring at him.

"Do we still need to ask this question? Link has already said that his goal as an actor is to win the Oscar for Best Actor. Now that he has the opportunity, he will definitely not let it go, right Link?"

Casey Affleck laughed.

Link glanced at DiCaprio with a serious expression and smiled: "Yes, but you also know my situation. In the past few years, I have played several good roles. I was nominated for the Golden Globe Award three times, but once won the Oscar. There is no candidate for the leading actor. It is obvious that the judges are targeting me. It is not certain whether I will be nominated this time, let alone win an Oscar.”

 “Link, you are right to think so.”

Leonardo relaxed a little, put down his cards and said, "You are only 26 years old. You are too young. There is no need to rush to win an award. You can learn from me and make commercial films first, and then fight for an Oscar when you are in your forties or fifties." , it will definitely be easier then.”

Link smiled lightly and did not refute.

Leonardo has made a lot of preparations to win the Oscar for Best Actor since last year, including getting older and uglier, finding someone to expose what happened to him on the set, working a lot, and finding a black girlfriend. Last month he even Donate to several environmental organizations.

There is more positive news than in the past few years combined.

 The purpose is to win the favor of the Oscar judges.

Now seeing that Link's movie is a hit and has a very good reputation, it puts him under some pressure.

If Link is successfully nominated, and with Lionsgate's public approach, maybe next year's Oscar winner may not go to Link.

Just like in 2012, when everyone was optimistic about Meryl Streep, Harvey Weinstein was in charge of public relations, and the situation was great, but in the end, it was the 21-year-old Jennifer Lawrence who won the Oscar for Best Actress. The Protagonist Award was a big upset.

Now that it's Link's turn to compete for the Olympics, Lionsgate's public relations team will probably work harder and spend more generously. In addition, Link is a world idol, a super athlete, and a great philanthropist. Recently, there are rumors that Link is preparing to retire from the industry.

Taken together, these factors increase Link's probability of winning the prize infinitely.

Thinking of this, Leonardo's calm heart became anxious again. He glanced at Link and said, "Why don't you say anything? Do you have other plans for the Oscars?"

"No! The Oscar is a small goal. I perform seriously and strive to film the role well. The rest is left to the audience to decide. As for whether I can win the award, I don't care much. If I regard winning the Oscar as working as an actor, The ultimate goal is to fail if you don't win the prize. This idea is too narrow and this goal has no meaning.”

Link said calmly.

"That's true, Link. I'm also a judge. When the Oscars selects Best Actor this year, I will definitely give you a vote."

 Tobey Maguire laughed.

 “Link, I vote for you too.”

Woody Harrelson and the others held the cards and laughed.

Link expressed his gratitude to several people and promised to drink wine if he was shortlisted.

 Leonardo curled his lips, looked at a few poker friends and said, "My new movie is not bad, so don't forget to support me."

The Oscar voting rule system is borrowed from the election rules for party leadership candidates. When nominating Best Actor and Actor, there are five places on each ballot, and each judge can fill in 3-5 people, so during the nomination stage, the two people do not have too much Lots of competition.

“Your movie hasn't been released yet, so who knows if it will be good or not. We can wait until the movie is released to vote.”

Paul Walker said.

“Yes, we are talking about Link now. Link's performance in this drama is great and he has a great chance, so we support him.”

Tobey Maguire smiled.

“My movie is better, and after you see it you will know what the best movie of the year looks like.”

 Leonardo said seriously.

"Is it really that good? Link, I remember this movie was released by Lionsgate, right? If this movie is really good and Leon's acting is good, I suggest you use the power in your hands to postpone this movie until next year. Even if it's released, Leon can't compete with you for the Best Actor Award.”

Joaquin Phoenix laughed.

 “I protest, Link, you must not do that.”

 Leonardo said nervously.

Link shook his head, "Don't joke with this guy. He can do anything to get an Oscar now. If we keep talking, he probably won't be able to sleep."

 “Hahaha, Leon's nervousness is very interesting.”

“I didn't expect him to care so much about Oscar, he's a little nervous.”

 Everyone laughed and joked.

Leonardo's face darkened, and then he realized that he had acted too eagerly and had been fooled by everyone. He slapped the table angrily.

"Hurry up and play cards, don't talk about those messy things, Link, if you don't want to play cards, don't disturb us."

Leonardo said.

 “OK!”

Link smiled softly, looked around for a while, and said goodbye in advance. After leaving the cafe, the car turned to Lionsgate Studios and picked up Ivaca to get off work.

“American Sniper” was released less than a month ago, and the box office in North America exceeded US$320 million. The box office performance and word-of-mouth were both good, and major theater chains decided to extend the screening time of the film.

In the North American film market, the screening period of well-received and well-received films is often more than 80 days, and the worst is less than 45 days.

 His movie has an excellent reputation and is in line with the main theme. It is expected to be screened for no less than half a year.

　　When "American Sniper" was a hit, the first autumn film "Inherent Evil" was released at the box office. The cumulative box office in North America was 9.23 million US dollars and the overseas box office was 6.75 million US dollars. Compared with the cost of 20 million US dollars, the loss was more than 12 million US dollars.

However, this movie has a good reputation and may win the Golden Globe and Oscar awards.

  The second autumn film "Superbody" has accumulated a North American box office of 128 million US dollars and a global box office of 469 million US dollars. With a revenue ratio of more than 10 times, it is a dark horse movie.

There is also "The Martian", which was released at the end of the summer season. It has been released for more than a month. The current box office in North America is 226 million U.S. dollars, and the overseas box office is 402 million U.S. dollars. The total global box office exceeds 600 million. Compared with the cost of 108 million, it is also a large-scale movie. Selling ranks.

From "The Martian" to "Superman" to "Sniper", Lionsgate's movies have been a hit, and the total box office has successfully surpassed Disney, Universal Pictures and Paramount, becoming the first in the industry.

 Considering that Lionsgate and "The Hunger Games 4" are on the way, colleagues are relieved and the pressure is increasing again.

"The Hollywood Reporter" said that Lionsgate's movies have been successful in the summer and autumn seasons. The total box office of movies released in North America has reached 1.94 billion US dollars, which is not much different from the total box office of Lions Gate last year. Plus Lions Gate There are still several movies under the studio that have not been released, and this year's total box office revenue has steadily exceeded last year's.

If there are no dark horses in the next six major movies, Lionsgate may be the overall box office champion this year.

 The Hollywood Reporter joked that Lionsgate has become a nightmare for the top executives of the six major film studios. Link is conquering Hollywood with high-quality and high-box-office movies, and competitors are unable to fight back.

However, Link is not so optimistic. As far as he knows, Disney still has a "Star Wars 7" and three movies with a production cost of hundreds of millions. Universal Pictures and Warner Pictures also have many movies that have not been released.

 It is not easy for Lionsgate Pictures to continue to maintain its leading position, and the box office of several movies released by Lionsgate Pictures this year also belongs to Disney and Paramount. There is a lot of water in the number 1.94 billion.

 So now is not the time to be happy. The remaining films require more efforts and more publicity to maintain the existing advantages and prepare for the listing of Lionsgate Pictures in the coming year.

 (End of this chapter)

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