好莱坞的秘密花园|好莱坞的乐与愁

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好消息——票房喜人
Good news
　　
圣诞前夕，影迷们为好莱坞献上了一份厚礼——2009年北美（美国和加拿大）市场的电影总票房预计将首次突破百亿美元大关。
Audiences have given Hollywood a big present in advance of Christmas -- U.S. and Canadian movie ticket sales for 2009 were expected to cross the annual $10 billion mark for the first time.
　　
影迷们蜂拥到影院观看本年度美、加市场票房冠军《变形金刚2：堕落者的复仇》以及《暮色2：新月》等影片，使得今年的票房总收入远远超过08年创下的96.3亿美元佳绩。
Already, ticket sales have topped 2008"s $9.63 billion as moviegoers flocked to "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," the year"s top seller in the United States and Canada and "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," among many others.
　　
好莱坞票房公司表示，截止上周日，今年美、加市场的票房离百亿大关只差3600万美元。
Through Sunday, the total U.S. and Canadian box office stood just $36 million short of crossing the $10 billion mark, said Hollywood.com Box Office.
　　
好莱坞票房公司总裁德加拉伯迪安表示，“未来10天左右，我们将看到一些令人惊喜的票房数字，今年的票房势必要突破百亿大关”。 他预计，随着圣诞序幕的拉开，09年总票房将超过104亿美元。
"We"re looking at some huge numbers for the next 10 days or so that will put us well over that $10 billion mark" for the year, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Hollywood.com Box Office. He expected the 2009 total to come to more than $10.4 billion as the busy Christmas holiday unfolds.
　　
去年圣诞节票房收入为7600万美元。保罗?德加拉伯迪安预计，随着《福尔摩斯》、《鼠来宝2》和《这很复杂》的上映，今年的圣诞票房将超过去年同期水平。
Ticket sales on Christmas Day last year were $76 million, and Dergarabedian expects this year"s total to surpass that with "Sherlock Holmes," "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," and "It"s Complicated" hitting theaters.
　　
坏消息——盗版猖獗
Bad news
　　
最新报道显示，派拉蒙公司最担忧的事还是发生了：《星际迷航》成为09年度最受盗版商“青睐”的影片。
Paramount"s worst fears are confirmed: "Star Trek" was the most pirated film of 2009, according to a new report.
　　
该公司早在10月就曾向美国联邦通信委员会报告说，《星际迷航》已经成为盗版行业的一大热门影片。派拉蒙首席运营管弗雷德里克曾向有关官员表示，各种非法文件共享“十分猖獗”。
In October, the studio told the Federal Communications Commission that "Star Trek" had become a hot commodity in piracy circles. Illegal file-sharing had advanced from "geek to sleek," Frederick Huntsberry, the studio"s chief operating officer, told officials.
　　
据TorrentFreak网站的统计数据显示，在过去一年里，《星际迷航》在网上被下载了将近1100万次，紧随其后的是《变形金刚2》（1060万次）。这两部影片都跻身北美年度票房排行榜前列。
Now, according to data from TorrentFreak, "Star Trek" was downloaded nearly 11 million times this past year, just edging "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (10.6 million). The films were among the biggest of the year at the box office.
　　
而票房成绩并不理想的，由盖?里奇（《大侦探福尔摩斯》的导演）执导的《摇滚帮》则排在非法下载榜单第三位。该片在全球范围内总收入还不到2600万美元。
At the other end of the box-office scale, "Sherlock Holmes" director Guy Ritchie"s "RocknRolla" ranked No. 3. It grossed less than $26 million worldwide.
　　
有趣的是，曾因“泄漏案”闹得满城风雨的《金刚狼》，仅以720万的下载次数位列第九。本月初，联邦调查局指控一位嫌疑人违反“联邦版权法”，并宣称该疑犯于去年春天将该片上传至网上。
Interestingly, for all the fuss about the "Wolverine" leak, the film came in at No. 9 with 7.2 million. The FBI earlier this month charged a man with violation of federal copyright law, alleging he uploaded the film to the Web last spring.
　　
该名单上的影片还有：《宿醉》（第4）、《暮色》（第5）、《第九区》（第6）、《哈利波特与混血王子》（第7）、《国家要案》（第8）和《神秘代码》（第10）。
The list was rounded out by "The Hangover" (No. 4), "Twilight" (No. 5), "District 9" (No. 6), "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (No. 7), "State of Play" (No. 8), and "Knowing" (No. 10).

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