Parasites swept the world; Lv Zhang’s new film starts shooting and returns to Chinese movies.
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Statistics released by data analysis company comScore last Sunday show that the overseas box office revenue of Hollywood movies is expected to exceed 30 billion dollars for the first time in 2019. The growth of overseas box office can make up for the year-on-year decline of domestic box office in the United States, thus keeping Hollywood’s total global box office revenue above $41 billion this year.
This year, the domestic box office in the United States has not fully recovered from the bleak performance in the first quarter, which is the lowest level since 2013. However, Disney films such as Avengers: Endgame, The Lion King and Frozen II, which were released one after another, all performed very well. In the end, the local box office totaled more than $11 billion, and the year-on-year deficit decreased from 11% at the end of April to about 4% at present. In the end, the local box office is expected to be close to the second highest annual box office in 2016 of $11.37 billion. Similarly, the annual global box office is expected to be slightly lower than the $41.7 billion in 2018.

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Former US President Barack Obama shared his favorite film and television works on Twitter and Ins, including:
American factory
Amazing grace.
Apollo 11
Children of Jianghu
Atlantic
Migratory birds
Booksmart
Diane
The Farewell
Fast car king
The Irishman
Mercy of Justice
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Little Women
Marriage story
Parasites
Souvenir
Transit
At the same time, Obama also released three dramas that he called "as powerful as movies":
Life in London Season 2
Unbelievable
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According to The New York Times, martin scorsese said he didn’t need to see The Clown. Earlier, he said that he had read the script of The Clown and praised Joaquin Phoenix’s performance. He said in an interview, "I have seen some clips and I have already understood them. So now, why do I need to see it? I already understand, it doesn’t matter. "

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At midnight on December 31, 2019, the American video website Netflix officially took off the classic American drama Friends. Fans won’t be able to watch the show on WarnerMedia’s new platform HBO Max until March this year. HBO Max signed a five-year contract, and 10 seasons of Friends were exclusively broadcast in North America, with a value of about 425 million US dollars. However, outside the United States, Netflix still enjoys the right to broadcast Friends. Netflix announced that it would remove Friends at the end of 2018, which caused strong dissatisfaction among netizens, so it paid Warner a huge sum of $100 million to renew Friends for one year.
Before HBO Max was put on the shelves, the only (legal) way to watch Friends in the United States was to buy DVDs, or buy them through e-commerce companies such as Amazon, iTunes and Google Play, or watch cable TV reruns-both ——TBS and Nickelodon were broadcast. At present, the DVD series Friends ranks the third best seller on Amazon comedy DVD (the top two are the final season of The Big Bang Theory and the full season edition of The Office).

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Syd Mead, an artistic designer of film concepts such as blade runner and Alien, died at the age of 86. Meade had been treated for lymph node cancer for the past year, but died of complications in Pasadena, California on Monday. Roger Servick, his partner and companion of forty years, was with him on his deathbed and heard his last words: "I’m finished, and now they’re coming to take me back."
Meade once boldly used conceptual art and architectural background to make special effects for ridley scott’s classic sci-fi movie blade runner, and was called "visual futurism". Later, he also served as a special effects consultant for Tomorrow World, Blissful Space and Blade Runner 2049. The most famous works are the building in blade runner, the super-fast light wheel in Chuang series, and the USS Sulaco spacecraft in Alien.

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Walt Disney Pictures announced on January 2 that the company officially closed in 2019 with a global box office income of $11.119 billion. If the FOSS film is taken into account, the value reaches $13,151.7 million. In the global box office of $13,151.7 million, the North American market produced $4,328.3 million and the overseas market contributed $8,823.4 million.
Considering only Disney-branded movies, the studio broke through the box office mark of $11 billion ($11.119 billion) worldwide in 2019, thus setting a new record in the industry, of which overseas market revenue reached $7.354 billion.
In North America, "Disney" brand films earned a total of $3.7648 billion in 2019, breaking the record high of $3.0923 billion just set by the factory in 2018. This is the third time in the history of North America that a studio has reached the box office height of $3 billion a year, and it was all set by Disney.
In 2019, Disney released six films with a global box office of over one billion dollars: Captain Surprise (1.13 billion dollars), Avengers: Endgame (2.798 billion dollars), Aladdin (1.05 billion dollars), Toy Story 4 (1.074 billion dollars), The Lion King (1.657 billion dollars) and The Lion King. At the same time, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($815.7 million) is also moving towards this height. Among them, Avengers: Endgame and The Lion King are among the top ten box office movies in the world.

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The National Film Bureau released data on December 31: In 2019, the total box office of national films was 64.266 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%; The total box office of domestic films was 41.175 billion yuan, up 8.65% year-on-year, accounting for 64.07% of the market; The number of people watching movies in urban cinemas was 1.727 billion. In 2019, 9,708 new screens were added, and the total number of screens nationwide reached 69,787.
In 2019, a total of 850 feature films, 51 animated films, 74 science and education films, 47 documentary films and 15 special films were produced, totaling 1037. Among the top 10 films at the box office in the whole year, 8 were made in China. There were 88 films with a box office of over 100 million yuan, including 47 domestic films.
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Top Ten Box Offices in China Mainland in 2019:
1. Ne Zha 5.001 billion
2. The Wandering Earth 4.679 billion
3. Avengers: Endgame 4.248 billion.
4. My People,My Country 3.121 billion
5. The Captain 2.902 billion
6. Crazy Alien is 2.211 billion yuan.
7. "Flying Life" 1.726 billion
8. "Fire Heroes" 1.702 billion
9. Better Days 1.556 billion
10. Speed and Passion: Special Action, 1.434 billion.

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The top ten box office in Hong Kong in 2019 (HKD/USD). Among them, Avengers: Endgame became the first film in Hong Kong film history to break HK$ 200 million.
1. Avengers: Endgame-222.5 million (28.4M)
2. Toy Story 4-86.56 million (11M)
3. Spider-Man: Heroic Expedition-84.81 million (10.8M)
4. Captain Surprise-75.47 million (9.6M)
5. Aladdin-59.56 million (7.62M)
6. The Clown-59.56 million (7.6M)
7. Frozen II-54.96 million (7.05M)
8. Alita-45.09 million (5.74M)
9. Speed and Passion: Special Action-36.97 million (4.71M)
10. The Lion King-36.23 million (4.61M)

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Taiwan Province’s Top Ten Box Offices in 2019 (NT/USD). Among them, The Lion King, Frozen II and Toy Story 4 are the top three in the box office history of animated films.
1. Avengers: Endgame-910 million (29.4M)
2. Speed and Passion: Special Action-454 million (14.6M)
3. Captain Surprise-404 million (13.1M)
4. Spider-Man: Heroic Expedition-380 million (12.2M)
5. The Clown-330 million (10.7M)
6. The Lion King-315 million (10.1M)
7. Frozen II-314 million (10.3M)
8. Toy Story 4-313 million (10.1M)
9. Aladdin-290 million (9.2M)
10. Alita: Fighting Angel-277 million (9M)
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Italy’s top ten box office in 2019 (EUR/USD):
1. The Lion King-37.51 million (42.9M)
2. Avengers: Endgame-30.28 million (34M)
3. The Clown-29.34 million (32.2M)
4. Frozen II-18.09 million (21M).
5. Aladdin-15.44 million (17.3M)
6 6.《Il primo Natale》——1337 million (14.9M)
7. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil-12.37 million (14.3M)
8. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood-11.88 million (13.3M)
9. Spider-Man: Heroic Expedition-11.77 million (13.5M)
10. Dumbo-11.21 million (12.3M)

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Recently, Fandango released exclusive stills of the blockbuster new films released in North America in 2020: Tenet, wonder woman 2, Black Widow, 007: No Time to Die, Mulan, A Quiet Place 2, 1/2 Magic, Birds of Prey, and Jedi Police: Fast Pursuit.

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Recently, Netflix announced the list of 29 films confirmed to be online in 2020:

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Rotten tomatoes released the top ten films with the highest freshness in 2019:
1. "They are no longer getting old"
2. Midnight First Aid House
3. Don’t Stop the Camera
4. Waitress
5. Life is Bound
6. Mickey and the Bear
7. parasites
8. Apollo 11
9. Jianghu Children
10. amazing grace

Rotten tomatoes released the top ten dramas with the highest freshness in 2019:
1. Life in London Season 2
2. "Erase and Start Again"
3. The second season of Barry
4. The third season of "Better Things"
5. Live in the Present Season 3
6. Rick and Morty Season 4
7. Diablo Season 2
8. "Big Chick" Season 5
9. the sixth season of "detective"
10. The Big Mouth Season 3

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Metacritic announced the top ten films with the highest comprehensive scores of film critics in 2019:
1. Parasites
2. Irish
3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
4. Marriage Story
5. The Original Diamond
6. Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
7. the sword is drawn.
8. Little Women
9. The Farewell
10. Dolor y gloria

Metacritic announced the top ten dramas with the highest comprehensive scores of film critics in 2019:
1. Life in London Season 2
2. The Watchman
3. The Battle of Inheritance Season 2
4. reincarnation party
5. Chernobyl
6. Colored glasses
7. The second season of Barry
8. Unbelievable
9. Good Land Season 4
10. "Writing Youth with Pen"

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Deadline’s chief film critic Pete Hammond announced his top ten films of 2019:
1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2.《1917》
3. Parasites
4. Speed Car King
5. The Pope’s Succession
6. Marriage Story
7. The Clown
8. The Farewell
9. The Secret Life & The Fantasy World of Young Jojo
10. The Last Black Man in San Francisco

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DVDBeaver, a well-known veteran disc station, announced the list of the top ten 4KUHD in 2019:
1. The 40th anniversary of Lionsgate’s "Apocalypse Now" was celebrated by Blu-ray, which made an excellent restoration for Coppola, the director.
2. Agito’s 1977 edition of "Evil Wind Bursts", the 35mm original film was completely restored in 4K, and a 4.0 English surround stereo audio track was added.
3. Warner Kubrick’s classic thriller The Shining
4. Fox’s Alien
5, Studio Canal "Venice Ghost"
6. Warner’s The Wizard of Oz, this version should be the best experience of home theater.
7. Studio Canal Carpenter’s classic horror thriller Extreme Space in 1988. This version also included nearly 4 hours of documentaries, which is very sincere. UHD is also the best audio-visual version so far.
8. Warner’s Batman Returns
9. Lionsgate Film "The Witch"
10. Vinegar Syndrome first set foot in 4UHD, the sci-fi film "Jurassic" starring the late actor Paul Walker, which will also be officially launched on Amazon in January this year.
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The BBC selected 25 best films in 2019:

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The 13th American Association of Internet Film Critics (IFCS) Awards announced the winners. The Irishman won the best drama and director, and The Sword Out of the Sheath won the best comedy. The complete list of winners is as follows:

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The 2nd Grand Western New York Film Critics Association Awards (GWNYFCA) announced the winners. Marriage Story won five awards, including Best Film, Best Actor (adam driver), Best Actress (Scarlett Johansson), Best Original Screenplay and Best Music. The complete list of winners is as follows:

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The winners of the 13th Houston Film Critics Association Awards (HFCS) were announced. "Parasite" won three awards: best film, best director and best foreign language film. The complete list of winners is as follows:

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Winners of the 31st Palm Springs Film Festival released:

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The winners of the 7th North Carolina Film Critics Association Award (NCFCA) were announced. Parasite won four awards: Best Drama, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. The complete list of winners is as follows:

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The winners of the 9th Australian Film Academy Awards (AACTA) were announced. "Parasite" won the best film, and quentin tarantino won the best director. The complete list of winners is as follows:
Best film: Parasites
Best Director: quentin tarantino Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Best screenplay: The Fantasy World of Young Jojo
Best Actor: adam driver’s Marriage Story
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan Little Women.
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Supporting Actress: Margot Elise Robbie Bombshell

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The winners of the 77th Golden Globe Awards are released! Best film in drama "1917" and best foreign language film "Parasite". The complete list of winners is as follows:
Best film in drama: 1917
Best Actress in a Drama Film: Judy by René E Zellweger.
Best Actor in a Drama Film: joaquin phoenix’s The Clown
Best film in music/comedy: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Best film in music/comedy: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Actress in Music/Comedy: Awkwafina.
Best Actor in a Music/Comedy Movie: taron egerton’s Rocket Man
Best Supporting Actor in the Film: Brad Pitt Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Original Film Score: The Clown
Best limited drama/TV movie: Chernobyl
Best Actress in a Limited Drama/TV Movie: michelle williams’s Fauci and Walden
Best film director: sam mendes’s 1917.
Cecil B. Demir Lifetime Achievement Award: Tom Hanks
Best Actress in a Drama Series: olivia colman’s "Crown"
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Patricia Arquette’s "Evil"
Best original song: (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again "Rocket Man"
Best comedy/musical series: Life in London
Best Supporting Actress in the Film: laura dern’s Marriage Story
Best Animation: The Lost Link
Best Screenwriter: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood quentin tarantino.
Best Actor in a Drama Series: Brian Edward Cox’s The Battle of Inheritance
Carol Burnett TV Lifetime Achievement Award: ellen degeneres
Best Foreign Language Film: Parasites
Best Actress in Musical Comedy Series: Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Life in London
Best Drama Series: The Battle of Inheritance
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Stellan Skarsgard’s Chernobyl
Best Actor in Musical Comedy Series: Lamy Yusuf’s Lamy
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Director Lv Zhang’s new film "Liuchuan" was launched in Beijing a few days ago. This film is also the work of director Lv Zhang who returned to the Chinese film industry after ten years’ absence. The film was produced by Naian, starring NiNi, Edward Zhang and Xin Baiqing.
The story of Liuchuan revolves around beginning of spring and beginning of winter, two brothers with different personalities. After entering middle age, although both of them live in Beijing, they have been alienated for a long time because of their respective life trajectories. Suddenly, one day, my younger brother beginning of winter proposed to his elder brother to visit Liuchuan, Japan, in order to find the woman they both admired in their boyhood.
Born in Jilin in 1962, Zhang Lv is a Korean. As the most creative creator of China, his films have been shortlisted in the world’s top film festivals such as Venice, Locarno, Cannes and Berlin in the past twenty years, with rich honors. For a long time, Lv Zhang has made films with the joint efforts of China, South Korea and France. His films have traveled in different Asian countries, shuttling between the two ends of geographical boundaries and exploring in different cultural, political and emotional spaces. In recent ten years, Lv Zhang was invited to be a film professor at Yonsei University, a top-ranking university in South Korea, and began to make films in South Korea, and made films with So-ri Moon (Oasis), Shin Min A (My girlfriend is a nine-tailed fox), Simplicity (Parasite), Hae-il Park (memories of murder), Kwon Hae hyo (After), Jae-mun Yun (Despicable Street) and so on.
"Liuchuan" is his first film to return to Chinese ten years later. The film was made out of focus at midnight and assembled excellent production teams from China, South Korea and Japan. This is also the second time that director Lv Zhang has been filming in Japan since he was shortlisted for the Berlin work Fukuoka at the beginning of last year. "Liuchuan" will continue its light creative style, and tell a romantic love story between Beijing and Liuchuan with three outstanding Chinese film actors.
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On January 12-19, 2020, the forest elephant will present 14 video works with southern characteristics, injecting water vapor and warmth into the dry and cold air. This film festival has an opening day package and a closing day package. On the opening day, there are three films: My Memory, Torch Troupe and River of Life, and on the closing day, there are three works: Gossip, Roaming and Youth Nezha.
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The French Cultural Center in Beijing will show the restored versions of several classic films in January, which will take you through the golden age of French film history from 1920 to 1970 through light and shadow. The selected films are rich and varied, and they also pay tribute to many legendary filmmakers in French cinema: louis malle, Marcel Carné, jacques demy, Claude Sotai, jean gabin, simone signoret, yves montand and Jean-Paul belmondo.
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