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The feature film opens.

Ed Warren, wearing a strange pair of flat glasses, was picking out coins at a convenience store down the street.

It just so happened that there was no business, and the obese black female shopkeeper with a friendly face reached out and took the initiative to pick out one, and said, "This one, this one is good, it's very new."

Ed Warren shook his head with a smile: "New ones are not good, what you want is the old ones, the older the better."

"Hey, I know some people like to collect coins, but these general-purpose federal steel coins seem to have no collection value?"

Ed Warren hesitated a little, and explained with a smile: "I'm not for collecting," he said, picked up one, held it in his hand with appreciation for a moment, put it aside alone, and then felt a little lost Di explained to the female shopkeeper: "Some coins are used many times by people, and they will have a very magical wish power, which can restrain the darkness and bring good luck."

The black female shopkeeper heard what Ed said was true, but she didn't believe it very much, and said, "I heard that the bank will regularly collect and destroy discarded coins. You should go there, it must be the oldest."

Ed shook his head and said: "It's not easy to gather wish power. It must be a person's good thoughts, and it will be washed away by evil thoughts. Moreover, it naturally dissipates quickly, and those discarded coins can't hold too much."

The black female shopkeeper understood: "Oh, then I understand, paper currency must not be able to store the power you want, it can only be coins."

"Ma'am, you're smart."

The black female shopkeeper was even more curious: "Then can you tell me, what are you going to do with these...coins with wish power?"

"Ghostbusters," Ed smiled harmlessly, and added, "I'm a ghost investigator."

The black female shopkeeper obviously resisted to roll her eyes.

Ed quickly finished the selection, carefully took off the special glasses on his face, and took out his wallet to pay the female shopkeeper double the price as agreed.

The black female shopkeeper also saw the way, glanced at the few coins, and pointed to the glasses with determination: "Can I wear it, if it's interesting, these coins will be free for you."

Ed hesitated a little, but nodded, and said, "You can take a look, but I will still pay you as agreed."

This is of course the best.

The black female shopkeeper reached out to pick up the glasses, put them on, and looked at the few coins picked out by Ed, showing a surprised expression.In the field of view of the glasses, compared with the others, the few coins that were picked out all had a warm white light.

Carefully taking off the glasses and returning them to Ed, the black female shopkeeper's expression was a little more awe-inspiring: "Sir, is this actually true?"

Ed handed a few banknotes to the female shopkeeper, nodded and said, "Of course."

The black man took the banknotes and looked at the coins with obvious reluctance.

Ed put the coins away and said with a smile: "These are useless to you, your place is very clean, and these coins must be used as soon as possible, leaving the circulation among the crowd, the wish power on the coins will still dissipate quickly. "

The black female shopkeeper nodded, and immediately said: "If you say so, I will be able to sleep well in the future. Frankly speaking, I live upstairs, and I can always hear strange noises at night."

"It's probably a mouse," Ed said, "You can find a rat catcher for this."

"I think so now, those nasty little things." The black female shopkeeper showed her white teeth with a smile, and became curious about the pair of glasses as she spoke: "Sir, what's so magical about your pair of glasses?"

"It's actually very simple, it's painted with the purest newborn baby's tears, and..." Ed stopped here, and said with a smile: "I still won't tell you, because this pair of glasses can not only distinguish coins, but also see you." Things you don't want to see, it's not good for you. Some things, you can't see it, and both parties can live in peace."

The black female shopkeeper nodded persuasively: "Sir, you are very right."

While chatting, two middle-aged men in black suits entered the door together. When they saw Ed, they walked over quickly. One of them showed him his FBI ID: "Is this Mr. Warren?"

Ed nodded calmly.

The man in the suit who asked the question confirmed Ed's identity, and eagerly made a gesture of invitation: "Mr. Warren, we need your help with something very important."

Ed nodded to the black female shopkeeper who was slightly surprised but soon realized, and walked out with the two, saying, "I need to go to the nearby area to do something first, and they are also in a hurry."

The two FBI agents could roughly guess what Ed was going to do, and there was no objection. One of them added: "Exactly, Mr. Warren, can we let us observe your ability first?"

"Of course." Ed nodded, and half-jokingly: "I thought you FBI would treat our ghost investigators as liars."

Both of them were a little embarrassed, and one of them said honestly: "If it was a week ago, Mr. Warren, I would definitely think you are a liar."

The three talked and came to the side of the road. Ed was about to open his car door. Hearing what the two said, he paused and frowned slightly: "One week, and you came to me again, two, I just hope Nobody has died from it yet."

When the two agents heard the words, their expressions were a little frightened and powerless, and one of them shook his head: "Mr. Ed, I'm sorry."

Ed didn't talk nonsense, opened the car door, and pointed to the co-pilot: "Let's take a car, who can tell me the general situation of the matter?"

Chapter 1233 Nothing new at all

The maids at the mountainside mansion in Brentwood Heights were on edge early Sunday morning.

Scared by the movie last night.

Simply telling a story, there is not much special about it, and it is still a typical high-concept horror film.

After being approached by the FBI, Ed Allen successfully carried out a ghost hunt in a nearby resident's house and was approved. Afterwards, the plot entered a town surrounded by ghosts.

According to the only escaped priest in the town, Pastor Bill Jost, on a haunted night, many people in the town who did not believe in the existence of ghosts all their lives experienced the most terrifying night in their lives that night.The next day, everyone wanted to escape, but found that the town had been shrouded in thick fog. Many people drove out and drove their cars until they ran out of gas, just circling in the town.

Worse still, there were deaths.

Neighbors heard gunshots and went to check. They first found the body of underground abortion doctor Mark Coles on the sofa in the living room, while the doctor's wife and two children were hacked to death with a knife.Pastor Bill Jost, who knew some common sense of psychics, judged that Dr. Coles should have been possessed by an evil spirit. After killing his wife and children, he woke up and swallowed a gun to commit suicide because of guilt.

Finding it impossible to escape, the residents of the town tried to save themselves, but the results were ineffective.

More and more people were killed by evil spirits in various ways in the next few nights. Finally, at the suggestion of Pastor Jost, everyone hid in the church in the town, barely resisting the attack of evil spirits .

However, avoiding blindly cannot solve the problem.

After persisting for three days, it was still Pastor Jost who took a holy cross in the church and tried again in one day, and finally managed to escape this time.

The city government where the town is located didn't believe this at first, and sent several waves of police and rescue teams into the town, but no one was able to get out. Everyone finally realized the seriousness of the matter, and found a well-known The Warrens.

The Warrens, together with the supporting characters who appeared in the film universe series of The Conjuring, cooperated with the local government and the church to start a battle of humans and ghosts to save the town.

Ultimately, of course, victory over evil.

At the same time, the truth was found out.

The cause of the incident was that the underground abortion doctor Mark Coles buried too many abortion fetuses in the woods where resentment gathered, and the resentment of a large number of ghost babies gathered, triggering a terrifying blood moon. Under the stimulation of the blood moon, many ghosts that should have dissipated naturally Congealed into evil spirits, some sleeping evil spirits also awakened under the call of the blood moon, which finally caused the horror of dozens of deaths in this small town.

The war between humans and ghosts that the Warrens and everyone joined forces can also be called a life of death.

The turning point is that Camilla, the aborted girl in the opening chapter, bravely stood up and influenced the most ferocious ghost baby born from her, causing the most difficult ghost baby army like a bee swarm to lose its dominance and collapse.The Warrens then formed an encirclement circle with tens of thousands of wish power coins raised temporarily, and blocked all kinds of evil spirits in Dr. Coles' clinic, and then used holy water and weapons made of wish power coins to "purify" them intensively. .

120 minutes of thrills, summed up in one sentence, in fact, the Warrens fought against the ghosts in the town and won.

Standard high-concept mode.

However, the thrilling ups and downs shown in the plot of the film made the hearts of all viewers beat faster.

The girls who watched the movie together last night, even though they huddled together on a big bed to comfort each other, some still had nightmares.Even after a night's rest, after waking up early, various horror scenes in the film will inevitably appear in my mind.

Inside the manor owner's villa.

Lily Favel absently sorted out today's stack of newspapers and put them in the dining room where Chen Qing was dining. She went to the kitchen to check the progress of the breakfast, and unexpectedly found that the two women who watched the movie together last night The waiter was leaning against the kitchen counter and talking in a low voice while the other people were busy. He stepped forward and took a look, only to find that there was a small pile on the kitchen counter next to the two of them poured out of a piggy bank next to them. Coins are being picked and picked.

One of the girls also made a similar judgment: "This is not good, it's too new."

Lily Favel only felt a flock of crows flying past her forehead.

We are all highly educated people!

However, after complaining, at the invitation of the two women, she still couldn't help but go over, pick and choose, and chose two coins that she thought were neither new nor old, and put them into the breast pocket of her uniform.

Secretly making excuses.

I am not superstitious, anyway, put two coins in my pocket without sinking, maybe I will need it sometime.

It's just a pity, it would be nice to have a long sword inlaid with wish power coins like in the movie last night.Wearing glasses that wiped the tears of a newborn baby, and holding a long sword of wish power, no matter what the hell, it will be wiped out with a single stroke of the sword.

Ok.

Of course, this is purely an entertainment idea, and I am a highly educated person.

After roughly turning around and leaving the kitchen, Lily Favre came to an office dedicated to the maids in the villa, and found Christie Latham sitting at a large desk by the window, staring at the computer screen seriously. .Spotting Lily appearing, Christie was about to move the little hand holding the mouse, but Favel snatched it away, and then poked his head over.

On the computer desktop is the page of the eBay auction website.

This is also an e-commerce website invested by the Westeros system, mainly focusing on second-hand retail.

Of course, this is not the key.

The key is the search entry displayed on the page, Willpower Coins.

It seems that everyone is thinking about these today.

Christie was a little embarrassed, but since she was seen by Lily, she still explained: "I'm just a little curious," and then pointed to the popular keywords next to him: "Look, in the last few days' searches, the number one It's the wish power coin, and the second place is the wish power long sword, heh, it's so interesting."

Lily didn't make fun of it, she pulled up the chair to check it together, and commented: "These are fake at first glance, either too new or too old... Well, this, the Long Sword of Wishing Power, there are so many people buying it. Is it a fool, it's so expensive... Hey, there are tears of a newborn baby?"

Advertise an advertisement, it's really good, it's worth installing, even Android and Apple phones support it!

Christie nodded, and said, "I just saw a report on the Eaglet portal. A maternity nurse in Chicago secretly collected the tears of newborn babies and was fired after being discovered."

"Unlucky guy."

"What's more," Christie said, and simply switched pages, went to the Igret portal, searched, and quickly opened a news item: "Look, Miami, Florida, is also an underground abortion doctor. After watching this movie on Friday, I was afraid to go home and went to church to confess. The pastor finally drove him away, and he changed a large box of coins at home like a madman, and drove his wife and children away, saying It's because I'm worried about being possessed."

Listening to what Christie said, Lily also quickly browsed the article, and said with a smile: "Look at the article, the last sentence, the most horrific anti-abortion movie in Hollywood, I think it's right. I used to... Anyway, if When I have a baby in the future, I will give birth no matter what, and I dare not go for an abortion.”

Christie nodded sympathetically.

The two continued to browse the Internet related information. They had been staying in China with Chen Qing before. When they came back here and read the news, they realized that the topic of this movie was really hot in recent days.And the title of "Hollywood's scariest anti-abortion movie" was not originally the article's original title, but it was a title around the day, and it was quickly recognized and became popular.

Abortion has always been a sensitive topic in the United States.

It is conceivable that for a long time to come, anyone who has watched this movie will inevitably have a strong psychological shadow if they think about the terrifying and mutilated ghost baby in the movie before they want to have an abortion.Therefore, a bishop in the conservative Alabama area even publicly called on believers to lead their families to watch the event, saying that it can play a very good 'educational significance'.

In addition, various ghosts, wish power coins, yin and yang glasses, etc. in the film have also become popular discussions on the Internet, and even search hotspots on online retail websites.

The two girls who had just returned from China quickly thought of the main point of the matter.

This movie is so topical, the box office shouldn't be bad, right?

Check it out.

Sure enough, the first is the comprehensive word-of-mouth of the media, creating the highest score in the series, reaching 9.3 points, an absolute classic level.

The famous film critic Roger Ebert's comment is the most representative. The critic praised that "just as George Romero defined zombie movies, it has redefined Hollywood horror movies."Many of these elements will be imitated by subsequent Hollywood horror films'.

The two women recalled that it was true.

The previous Hollywood horror films, even the scariest ones, did not have so many novel settings.

Hollywood magazines even compare it to the "Super Bat War" in the Conjuring movie universe. This is not to say that the plot is similar, but that the film has obviously played a link between the past and the future for the entire Conjuring movie universe, so that the series does not become mediocre. Constantly repeating myself has completed a transformation, and the future will be more mature and interesting.

The box office of the film is even better.

With a scale of 3354 opening screens in North America, the box office revenue on the first day reached 1556 million US dollars. On the past Saturday, Halloween, the revenue increased again to 1812 million US dollars. In just two days, the cumulative box office of the film has reached 3368 million US dollars. .It is estimated that the three-day box office in the first weekend is expected to be between 6000 US dollars, and the box office in the first seven days may exceed [-] million US dollars.

All relevant data hit a series of new highs.

In comparison, the seven-day box office in the first week of the movie was only 4613 million US dollars, which is only equivalent to the three days of the first weekend of the movie.The previous phenomenal box office was 5963 million US dollars in the first week.

However, the industry also generally predicts that although the first week will exceed 6000 million, it is very difficult to hit the domestic box office of 1.5 million US dollars like that, because the timing is not good.The Thanksgiving holiday season will soon be full of blockbuster movies. Under the fierce competition, it is difficult to take the long-term. The total domestic box office is most likely to be between 2 million and [-] million US dollars.

On the other hand, compared to the low-to-medium production cost of 2500 million US dollars, due to the use of a large number of CG special effects, the budget cost doubled to 5000 million US dollars, coupled with the same rising publicity, the domestic box office will definitely exceed 1.29 million US dollars. , but if the box office revenue is calculated, the gross profit return on the local side will not be as good.

Globally, however, overall returns are still promising to exceed in terms of quality.

In any case, as the magazine commented, for the entire Conjuring movie universe series, the key significance is not the box office, but just like the "SuperEditor War" of the DC movie universe series, the entire movie universe has completed a transformation, and all aspects have been renewed The definition has revived the interest of many viewers who have already experienced aesthetic fatigue in the series.

Calculated in this way, the investment of 5000 million US dollars is definitely not a loss.

You know, since it was released, as we all know, the box office of the follow-up projects of the entire DC movie universe has increased a lot.It will likely do the same for The Conjuring Cinematic Universe.

The two girls flipped through the information, thinking that it was a project produced by a company under the name of their boss, they inevitably felt a sense of pride.

They were whispering together, and the female guard Catherine Elgar, who had been with Chen Qing and Lin Su for a long time, entered the door and reminded the two girls that Chen Qing had finished her morning exercise and had gone to take a shower and change clothes. They should go to the restaurant and wait for the service. Then I got up.

After leaving the office, Lily couldn't hold back, and took out the two coins she had just chosen to show to her companions, and generously gave one to Christie.

Christie liked it too, and it was also in her breast pocket like a talisman.

When he came to the restaurant, Cheng Tae-hee was already sitting here, flipping through the newspapers that Lily had prepared earlier, saying hello, and Lily Favel glanced at it, and found that Cheng Tae-hee was also reading a report on the subject, titled "Received by Shocked, out of favor, this week may not be able to break through the [-] million threshold'.

Lily Favel recalled the similar report she had read just now, and felt a little regretful.

As of the fifth box office week of the previous day, it earned 1671 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 1 million US dollars, which is only 8596 million box office away from the 1400 million box office threshold.It just so happens that it is the week of Halloween again, not only the official has increased its publicity again, but fans have also launched support activities to hit the [-] million threshold.

It's a pity that it's too strong, not to mention that there were two other new films that started production last Friday.

According to the box office estimates for the two days of Friday and Saturday, the decline in the sixth week of release is likely to be around 35%, which does not seem to be too deep, but considering the market environment where the demand for horror movies in the week of Halloween increased greatly , If it is not encountered, let alone a 35% drop, it is not impossible for the box office to reverse.

It is expected to drop by 35%. This week's box office is expected to be between 500 US dollars. After a full week, it will be [-] million US dollars away from the [-] million threshold.

Obviously, the film will definitely exceed 1000 million next week, but as a phenomenal horror film, it is a pity that it could not break through an important threshold during the originally promising Halloween period.Moreover, being squeezed, the media also predicts that after breaking through the [-] million threshold, the total domestic box office will probably shrink by at least [-] million US dollars.

However, whether it is the official or the fans, it is actually not too regrettable.