The latest Star Wars movie broke the $1 billion mark before fans in China could see it, but producers anticipate “The Force Awakens” will play “very very well” in the world’s second-biggest film market.
《星球大戰(zhàn)7：原力覺醒》（以下簡(jiǎn)稱《星戰(zhàn)7》）目前票房已突破10億美元大關(guān)，不日又將與廣大中國(guó)影迷見面。該片制片人預(yù)計(jì)，《星戰(zhàn)7》定會(huì)在中國(guó)這個(gè)全球第二大電影市場(chǎng)“票房大賣”。

The film opens in China on Jan. 9.
《星戰(zhàn)7》將于1月9日全面登陸中國(guó)院線。

Director J.J. Abrams watched the Chinese premiere in Shanghai with a Chinese audience. He told a news conference that he was thrilled to see people “l(fā)aughing and cheering in exactly the same places that we’ve seen other audiences.”
《星戰(zhàn)7》近日在上海舉行首映禮，導(dǎo)演J·J·艾布拉姆斯到場(chǎng)助陣。他在新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上表示，首映式讓他很驚喜，因?yàn)樗吹健澳切┠茏屚鈬?guó)觀眾發(fā)笑或叫好的橋段，對(duì)中國(guó)觀眾同樣適用”。

“It’s a testament to the power of cinema, that it does not matter where you’re from, you can get caught up in a story,” Abrams said.
“這就是電影的魅力。不論你來(lái)自何方，都會(huì)被精彩的故事所吸引?！卑祭匪谷缡钦f。

$1 billion:
突破十億票房：

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” took 12 days to earn $1 billion worldwide, becoming the fastest movie to achieve such a feat. The previous movie to reach $1 billion the fastest was “Jurassic World,” which did it in 13 days in June — and which had the benefit of record grosses in China.
《星戰(zhàn)7》上映12天后就在全球狂攬了10億美元，成為史上吸金最快的影片。此前的吸金冠軍是今年6月上映的《侏羅紀(jì)世界》——13天內(nèi)收獲10億票房。不過，后者還得感謝同步開畫的中國(guó)市場(chǎng)。

“Star Wars” producer Kathleen Kennedy said the movie’s success to date was “a huge surprise.”
《星球大戰(zhàn)》系列制片人凱瑟琳·肯尼迪稱，該片目前取得的巨大成功，完全在他們的“意料之外”。

“We certainly hoped for enormous success, but I think the fact that we crossed the billion-dollars … it’s almost so overwhelming it’s difficult to really process just what the response has been to the movie so far, and it hasn’t even opened here yet,” she said.
她表示：“我們當(dāng)然希望影片能取得巨大成功。不過我覺得，現(xiàn)在票房已達(dá)10億……這太讓我們受寵若驚了，我們根本沒料到本片會(huì)有如此反響。而且，這片子還沒在中國(guó)上映呢?！?/p>

“Certainly we’re hoping and anticipating that it will play very very well here.”
“當(dāng)然，我們希望，也認(rèn)為，本片能在中國(guó)票房大賣?！?/p>

Chinese market:
中國(guó)電影市場(chǎng)：

The Chinese market has become increasingly important for Hollywood as revenues from movie theaters stagnate at home. Some movies have incorporated Chinese characters or stories to try to appeal to the Chinese movie-going audience.
全美票房收入近來(lái)持續(xù)低迷，因此中國(guó)市場(chǎng)對(duì)好萊塢顯得愈發(fā)重要。不少好萊塢電影加入了中國(guó)面孔或中國(guó)元素，以此來(lái)吸引中國(guó)影迷。

Asked whether “Star Wars” movies would do the same in the future, Kennedy said they had just finished shooting “Rogue One,” the first stand-alone “Star Wars” story. Hong Kong martial arts actor Donnie Yen and Chinese actor and director Jiang Wen have roles in it.
在被問及未來(lái)的《星球大戰(zhàn)》系列影片中是否會(huì)加入中國(guó)元素時(shí)，肯尼迪表示，片方剛剛結(jié)束了《星球大戰(zhàn)》系列首部外傳《俠盜一號(hào)》的拍攝，香港武打演員甄子丹與內(nèi)地演員兼導(dǎo)演姜文均在其中有戲份。

“They play wonderful characters, and certainly there are many mythologies inside Chinese literature that I know we can explore in the future and find ways in which we can integrate some of those stories into the Star Wars universe,” said Kennedy.
肯尼迪表示：“兩位演員的表演都非常棒。另外我覺得，中國(guó)文學(xué)中有那么多神話傳說，相信會(huì)給我們未來(lái)的創(chuàng)作帶來(lái)不少靈感，并以某種方式被寫進(jìn)《星球大戰(zhàn)》的故事中去?！?/p>

Vocabulary
gross：總收入
stagnate：淤塞；變蕭條

英文來(lái)源：美聯(lián)社
譯者：garywguo
審校&編輯：杜娟