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As expected, “Transformers: Age of Extinction” was a huge No. 1 at North American theaters over the weekend, taking in an estimated $100 million and prompting Rockette kicks from Paramount Pictures. The movie industry’s broader reaction was more muted pending a final box-office tally; Sunday estimates have a way of declining a bit on Monday, when actual grosses are reported and headline writers have moved on.
不出所料，《變形金剛：絕跡重生》(Transformers: Age of Extinction)周末在北美影院雄踞票房首位，約為一億美元，令派拉蒙影業(yè)極為興奮。在等待最終票房統(tǒng)計期間，電影業(yè)界的普遍反應則要緩和一些；周日，人們預計票房在周一會有所下跌，屆時會得出真正的票房總收入，頭條寫手們的注意力也會轉移。
But even if the North American opening for “Age of Extinction” ultimately dips below the magic $100 million mark, this robot extravaganza from Michael Bay will still have achieved something momentous: For the first time, a Hollywood movie delivered roughly the same big total in China as it did in North America. “Age of Extinction,” which cost Paramount at least $325 million to make and market, sold $90 million in tickets in China over its first three days, by far the best result on record for any Hollywood film in that fast-growing market. (To compare, the last “Transformers” movie, released in 2011, opened to less than half of that amount there.) Imax theaters in particular turned out crowds; the large-format exhibition company said that ticket sales in China for “Age of Extinction” beat those for “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” its previous record holder, by more than two to one.
但就算《絕跡重生》在北美首映的票房低于有魔力的一億美元大關，邁克爾·貝(Michael Bay)帶來的這部機器人大片仍然取得了某些重大成就：它是第一部在中國的票房總收入與在北美差不多的好萊塢電影。派拉蒙在《絕跡重生》上至少花費了3.25億美元的制作和市場推廣費用，在中國的票房三天內(nèi)達到9000萬美元（約6億人民幣），在這個飛速增長的市場里創(chuàng)下了好萊塢電影迄今為止的最高票房紀錄（作為對比，2011年發(fā)行的上一部《變形金剛》系列電影剛開始上映時票房還不到這個數(shù)字的一半）。Imax這種大屏幕放映的影院特別吸引觀眾；Imax公司說，《絕跡重生》在中國的票房銷售超過了上個紀錄保持者《霍比特人：史矛革之戰(zhàn)》(The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)，是后者的兩倍還多。
“This is a huge turning point for the Hollywood-China dynamic,” said Phil Contrino, chief analyst of BoxOffice.com. “It levels the playing field between the two markets.” “Age of Extinction,” which took in an additional $111.3 million from other foreign markets, received disastrous reviews from critics, many of whom complained of an overlong running time of 166 minutes. But ticket buyers gave it an A-minus grade in CinemaScore exit polls, boding well for word of mouth. No other film opened in wide release against the movie, the fourth installment of a franchise that has now taken in more than $3 billion globally.
“這是好萊塢-中國時代的一個巨大轉折點，”BoxOffice.com的首席分析師菲爾·康特里諾(Phil Contrino)說，“它令兩個市場公平競爭。”《絕跡重生》在其他國外市場也獲得了1.113億美元的票房收入，評論家對它惡評無數(shù)，許多人都抱怨166分鐘時間太漫長了。但買票看電影的人在CinemaScore的觀后投票中為它打出了A-的分數(shù)，預示著該片會有良好的口碑。這個系列大片的第四部在首映期間就獲得如此廣泛的發(fā)行，這是前所未有的。這個系列在全球的票房已經(jīng)達到30億美元。
