http://tinyurl.com/ykbrml2 Box office preview: 'Wild Things' destined to be king 「野兽冒险乐园」目标冠军 by Nicole Sperling Categories: Box Office, Film, Movie Biz Spike Jonze has adapted Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s book Where the Wild Things Are into a movie that isn’t for kids. Yes, its lead is a young boy who goes on a mythical journey filled with lovable two-story-tall monsters but make no mistake Wild Things isn’t for the under-10 set. How that translates into box-office dollars will be very interesting. Tracking suggests the movie opens to around $30 million with most of the money coming from the young hipster crowd of 17-34 year olds. The numbers also suggest that parents have gotten the message and are unlikely to bring their children to the theater. 史派克琼斯改编自莫里斯山达克经典童书的「野兽冒险乐园」，并不是一部 为儿童打造的电影，是的，虽然他的剧情是描述一位男孩在两层楼高的可爱怪兽 陪伴下经历一趟神奇的旅程，但本片其实并不适合10岁以下的儿童单独收看， 而他的票房表现将会是本周的观战重点。目前的调查显示，本片将会开出将近 3千万美金的票房，主要的观众群会是17-34岁赶流行的年轻影迷；调查结果 也显示家长们已经收到讯息，不太可能带孩子进入戏院看本片。 Also opening this weekend is the Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler-vigilante themed Law Abiding Citizen and The Stepfather, the remake of the 1987 thriller that starred Lost’s Terry O’Quinn. Those movies unfortunately will have to contend with the growing phenomenon of Paranormal Activity which gets its first weekend of wide release after already making an astounding $7.9 million in 160 theaters. It’s a very crowded weekend and Hollywood’s going to need a lot of movie-going to make each of these films a winner. 本周其他上映的新片还包括杰米福克斯与杰洛德巴特勒合作的警匪片「怒法冲冠」、 与「Lost档案」主角泰瑞欧昆1987年惊悚片的重拍「继父疼死你」。很不幸的， 这些电影将要与越来越热门的「灵动：鬼影实录」相互竞争，灵片上周只有160家 戏院上映就开出将近8百万美金的票房。 总之，本周将是很拥挤的周末，片场老板们一定会希望观众多一点，这样他们才会 成为赢家 1. Where the Wild Things Are: $30 million Spike Jonze may have no children but he certainly remembers what it feels like to be one. His meditation on childhood Where the Wild Things Are is a movie worth seeing if its just for the visual spectacle and the great music. He’s filmed a movie based on a book that people called unfilmable, rather similar to Warner Bros. last big risk, Zack Synder’s adaptation of Watchmen, which was also deemed unfilmable. Watchmen topped out at $107 million domestically. How Wild Things ultimately performs is going to depend solidly on the word-of-mouth from the 20-year-old crowd. If they dig Jonze’s unique vision they could turn it into a hit. If they pass, the expensive adaptation will be deemed a valiant failure. Let’s hope for the former 1.野兽冒险乐园－3千万美金 史派克琼斯可能还没有小孩，不过他显然还记得当初还是小孩时的感觉。 如果只看特效场面与完美配乐的话，这部儿童奇幻片算是值得一看。 琼斯的新片改编自一本被认为无法拍出来（或拍好）的畅销书， 这点跟华纳兄弟先前投资，查克史奈德导演的「守护者」有异曲同工之妙， 而守片最後在美国卖出破亿的票房。本片最後的命运决定在7年级观众的口碑， 假如他们能享受琼斯独特的视觉风格，这部耗资不斐的童书改编就能大卖， 否则就会被看作是一场惨败，我希望本片能够成为前者 2. Couples Retreat: $17 million Last weekend, Vince Vaughn contradicted the latest theory flooding Hollywood that movie stars don’t matter anymore. Well, they seem to matter in the case of Vaughn. The movie got terrible reviews in the press and the trailers showed the film’s only two jokes, yet Couples Retreat still outgrossed expectations and that was due primarily to Vaughn. Audiences love his schtick and he gave it them in boatloads in this film. My guess is the movie drops at least 50% its second weekend when audiences get distracted by the sheer number of other options in the marketplace. 2.伴侣度假村－1千7百万美金 上周，文斯范恩公然挑战最近影坛的「明星无用论」，而文哥看来是挑战成功了。 本片尽管媒体的评分是恐怖的低，预告片也只有两个比较好笑的笑点， 但是首周的票房还是超出影评预期，而这一切都要归功於文哥；观众们对他的铺梗 仍然相当买帐，他也带给观众一部充满乐趣的电影。不过我预测本片至少会在第二周 下跌一半，因为观众本周有太多选择了 3. Paranormal Activity: $16 million Not since The Blair Witch Project has a movie captivated fans with its marketing alone. Such is the case with Paranormal, which will expand to 760 theaters this weekend thanks to millions of online fans demanding it. With media attention at a fever pitch a high-teen gross could happen. 3.灵动：鬼影实录－1千6百万美金 自从「恶夜丛林」之後，影坛就没有即使没广告也能让影迷这麽着迷的电影了， 不过本周将会增厅至760家戏院的鬼影实录将会复制这种现象，因为他已经引起了 数以万计网路影迷的讨论，随着媒体的持续注意，本片也将引发年轻影迷的观赏 热潮 4. Law Abiding Citizen: $15 million Something about those television ads is working. Men’s interest in this movie has spiked in the last day, meaning the ultra-violent Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx two-hander could open impressively this weekend. It’s tracking a bit older than Paranormal Activity and those movie-goers aren’t always first out of the gate to see a film. Regardless, this revenge flick has some legs and should open respectably this frame. 4.怒法冲冠－1千5百万美金 本片的广告效果还不错，因为在最後几天，男性观众对本片兴趣的激发， 意味着这部由杰洛德巴特勒与杰米福克斯两大卡斯挂帅的暴力片能够在本周 开出不错的票房。本片的潜在观众群年纪比「鬼影实录」的来的大一点， 他们不一定会抢在首周买票看片，不过这部复仇电影不仅会开出值得尊敬的 票房，後势也相当看好 5. The Stepfather: $13 million Starring Nip/Tuck’s Dylan Walsh as the creepy stepfather (and Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgley as the stepson), this $19 million remake should open strong enough to please the suits at Sony. And Screen Gems, the unit releasing the film, has a definite knack with opening genre films. The real thing standing in its way is the surprise heat surrounding Paranormal. Unfortunately, that may take a little wind out of its sails. 5.继父疼死你－1千3百万美金 「整形春秋」的迪伦华许饰演个性怪异的继父，加上「花边教主」的潘贝德利 饰演继子，这部成本1千9百万的重拍版本应该可以开出让索尼影业满意的成绩。 然而尽管发行本片的银幕宝石是一家对於惊悚片有独特绝招的单位，但还是无法 抵挡目前火红的「鬼影实录」风潮 -- 2581 NY Ｂ 　 TC Ａ　 ρ 雀 LA CR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ 扁哥 扁维拉 宝贝扁 扁纳森 扁恩特斯 扁吉 扁兰克林 扁拉斯顿 扁屈特 --

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