科幻電影很少獲得影評人的褒獎,但這類電影從來都不是拍給影評人看的,它們是為影迷而生。在科幻巨製《超能查派》正在火熱上映之際,本篇盤點史上票房收入最高的十部科幻電影:注意星戰系列佔據了榜上的半壁江山!
On Friday, 「Chappie」 comes to movie theaters around theworld. It was directed by Neill Blomkamp, whom you may recallwas the director of 2009’s 「District 9.」 That movie was one ofthe rare science fiction movies to be nominated for a BestPicture Oscar, but sadly, it lost to the 「The Hurt Locker.」
《超能查派》正在全球火熱上映。本片導演尼爾•布洛姆坎普也曾執導過2009年的電影《第九區》,後者是罕有的獲得奧斯卡最佳影片提名的科幻電影,可惜最終輸給了《拆彈部隊》。
For sci-fi, that’s par for the course. The movies rarely win critical accolades, much less Oscarnominations, and to date, no science fiction movie has ever gone home with the statuette. Butscience fiction movies aren’t made for the critics. They’re made for the fans.
對科幻電影來說,這種待遇完全在意料之中。這類電影很少能獲得影評人的青睞,更別提獲得奧斯卡提名了,迄今為止,從來沒有科幻電影捧起過小金人。但科幻電影不是給影評人看的,它們是為影迷而生。
And what rabid fans they are, dressing up in full Imperial Stormtrooper regalia to line up around theblock and see the first screening at midnight on opening day. So movie studios keep making them,knowing they』ll make more money than they made with 「Birdman,」 or 「The Hurt Locker」 for thatmatter.
科幻片的影迷是何等痴狂,他們會穿著「帝國突擊隊」的全套行頭排長隊,就為了在首映日的午夜先睹為快。這就是為什麼電影公司不斷拍攝科幻影片,因為他們知道這些片子要比什麼《鳥人》或《拆彈部隊》掙錢得多。
Fortune decided to take a look at the 10 highest-grossing science-fiction movies of all time, usingdata from Box Office Mojo and adjusting for inflation.
《財富》雜誌決定看看歷史上最賺錢的10大科幻電影到底是哪些。我們使用的是電影票房網站BoxOffice Mojo提供的數據,並剔除了通脹因素對票房收入的影響。
Here they are below, starting with number 10.
先從第10名開始。
Spoiler alert: You may see the name of a certain franchise repeated more than a few times.
劇透提醒:你可能會看到某部影片的名字多次出現。
10. Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones (2002)
10、 《星球大戰前傳二——複製人的進攻》(2002)
The 「Star Wars」 prequel trilogy told the story of a young Jedi who grows up to become DarthVader, Lord of the Sith. The critical reception that the trilogy received could politely be described as「lukewarm.」
《星球大戰》前傳三部曲講述了一個年輕的絕地武士如何成長為黑武士,即西斯王的故事。星戰三部曲所獲得的評論,可以委婉地稱為「不溫不火」。
Fans had issues with it too, and the second installment in the trilogy, 2002’s 」Attack of the Clones,」won the dubious distinction of being the least commercially successful film in the 「Star Wars」canon. Still, it earned $311 million, the equivalent of $404 million in 2015, so it squeaks its way ontothe bottom rung of this list.
影迷們對它也頗為不滿。作為這個三部曲中的第二部,2002年的《複製人的進攻》獲得了一個讓人起疑的名聲,即「星戰」系列中在商業方面最失敗的一部。不過它仍然賺了3.11億美元,相當於2015年的4.04億美元,由此擠進這個榜單的墊底位置。