In the last week of November, new films such as "Knife Out" and "The Queen and the Skinny" flooded into the "Thanksgiving" schedule, competing with "Joker", which has been at the top of the list for nearly two months, plus those who started earlier. With rivals such as "Frozen 2" and "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood", the global movie market once again ushered in a hot holiday market.
At the same time, a much-anticipated "net big" movie has launched a limited theater screening: directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pessi. "The Irishman" first landed on North American theaters in early November and officially launched on the Netflix platform this week for preheating.
Starting on the 20th, "The Irishman" also completed its debut in Korean theaters: According to KOFIC website statistics, "The Irishman" once broke into the top ten after the painting opened, and was screened on 68 screens at most. As of the 29th, it has been mobilized. 21,631 spectators entered the venue, and a total of 185 million won (approximately 1.1 million yuan) at the box office.
Because "The Irishman" involves language use and violent scenes, it is rated as R (restricted level) for release in North America; this time "The Irishman" is rated as "not watchable by young people" in South Korea. At the same time, the protection of underage groups has also become a common practice in normal countries in the world.
querying IMDbPro information shows that the overseas box office of "The Irishman" is South Korea (US$115,000), Norway (US$48,000) and Italy (US$4,089). North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and the Netherlands have no box office statistics. After "The Godfather", another "gangster epic" has made the world look forward to it.
In addition, the early word-of-mouth of "The Irishman" is also astonishing: on Douban, the average score of "The Irishman" reached 9.1 points (8,844 evaluations), which complemented Mtime.com's 8.6 points (128 evaluations), and Rotten Tomatoes was fresh The rate soared to 96%, showing that "The Irishman" has been unanimously recognized by Chinese and foreign audiences.
According to the information page of Mtime.com, this film is based on the documentary novel "I Heard You Paint Houses" (I Heard You Paint Houses). It tells the story of the underworld killer "Irish guy" Frank Shelan. The title of the book is " "Black talk" alludes to the blood splattered on the walls and the floor when professional killers perform their tasks.
However, "The Irishman" was rated as R-rated by the American Film Association. No matter whether the theater market or the streaming media platform is related to the country; in the 21st century when most normal countries around the world implement a classification system, "The Irishman" remains the same Isolate from the vast Chinese audience and become a legacy that cannot be ignored along with the "Golden Lion" winner "Joker". The two sides contrasted, leaving nothing but a sigh.
