Chapter 1000

"Interview with the Vampire" sent a post to Pulp Fiction, or to be more precise, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt sent a post to Hugo Lancaster.

But no matter which way of saying it is, the whole market is boiling, even if people know that a movie that has been released for four weeks cannot compete with a movie released in the first week, but they are still eagerly looking forward to this result, even if there is no way to form In a head-to-head confrontation, the two works can also play against each other in the air. For example, comparing the opening box office of "Interview with the Vampire" to that of "Pulp Fiction", the box office competition during the same period is much more fair.

At this moment, people seem to be ignoring the fact that "Pulp Fiction" is an independent film that cost only $8 million, while "Interview with the Vampire" cost $60 million and is still in 2,600 theaters Released - almost twice as many as "Pulp Fiction".

Objectively speaking, this is a battle between heavyweight and lightweight. But people didn't feel strange or unusual at all, instead they were enthusiastic. From this aspect, we can see the strong momentum that "Pulp Fiction" has formed since it was released for four weeks. Even works of the level of "Interview with the Vampire" must be careful.

Whether it's a media hype or an afterthought by the audience, the confrontation has finally come, and "Interview with the Vampire" has finally premiered!

First-round duel first: media word of mouth.

"Interview with the Vampire" aroused extreme praise from the media after its release. "USA Today", which has always been quite harsh on Hugo, was full of praise for the work and gave it a full score of 100. Pulp Fiction" is the same evaluation, which also gives a preliminary glimpse of the camp choice of "USA Today". In addition, "Empire" magazine also expressed its appreciation with one hundred.

The other extreme is the strong disdain from the "Los Angeles Times" and "U.S. Weekly", with only 40 points of evaluation, which is almost a complete criticism of the work. This makes people have to make up their own minds and fantasize about the hidden message behind the film review.

Relatively speaking, magazines such as The New York Times, the Chicago Sun, and the Rolling Stone all gave a score of 75, which is neither high nor low, indicating their attitude.

In the end, the comprehensive evaluation of the nineteen media was only 59 points, which was a world of difference compared to the 95 points of "Pulp Fiction".

The second round of duels followed: actor evaluations.

The major media's comments on the two actors Brad and Tom are quite interesting. The comments focused on Tom are mainly amazing. Almost all the media said that they did not expect Tom's interpretation of the role to be so in place and so wonderful. Called the biggest highlight of the film; the evaluation focused on Brad was based on sex. Most of the media believe that Brad has exerted the advantages of his appearance to the limit, perfectly showing the pale and elegant, evil but kind vampire.

The media believes that the "flowery appearance" of the two leading actors really adds a lot to the movie. But the discussion about acting is a bit inferior. Tom works hard, but after all, he lacks a little spirituality; Brad has been reduced to the title of facial paralysis. The general view is that he has not been able to interpret the inner struggle and delicateness of the character. The heat is not a little bit.

Obviously, whether it is Tom or Brad, they are still far from the current Hugo in terms of talent and ability in acting. This can be fully felt from the audience, from film critics, from senior actors, from awards and other aspects.

The third round of the showdown is obviously the audience evaluation.

The theater score of "Pulp Fiction" is as high as "A+", which is obviously an impossible data to surpass, but "Interview with the Vampire" also achieved "A" feedback, which is a high investment for a commercial film. Undoubtedly a total victory. At this point, the two sides are considered to be tied.

The fourth round of the showdown can start from popularity.

The two male protagonists of "Interview with the Vampire" created a pale but charming image of a vampire, which became popular all over the United States overnight. Brad was even stronger and was considered to be a new generation of sex. Feeling the male god, it is enough to compete with Tom. At the same time, the chain reaction of the vampire subculture caused by this film has also begun to take shape. It is foreseeable that although this film has not yet passed the score of the film critics, the audience is very impressed, and it will inevitably generate a group of special fans.

As for "Pulp Fiction", it has set off a retro trend, whether it is clothing, restaurants, or music and dance, all of which have caused a frenzy. More importantly, the way the film is shot has an immeasurable influence on the entire film industry.

Therefore, the former enhances the popularity of actors, while the latter enhances the popularity of works. On the whole, it is a tie.

The final round of duel is naturally the top priority, the box office.

Before the box office release in the second week of November, although "Interview with the Vampire" lags far behind in the comprehensive media reviews, it still relies on the overall effect to create huge waves, and it still has a fighting force with "Pulp Fiction". Perhaps, "Interview with the Vampire" won't be as iconic as "Pulp Fiction", but it still managed to hold its own in 1994. Of course, subsequent history also proves this.

There is no doubt that the confrontation between Tom, Hugo and Brad is not groundless. Even with the media hype, it was quickly accepted by the general public and immediately became the hottest topic after dinner. Picking one of the three top actors to be their favorite has become the focus of everyone's enthusiasm: even men can pick the one they admire the most.

Such a follow-up effect is obviously far beyond the imagination of the media. This not only makes the media very proud, which shows the effectiveness of their work, but also surprises the media. This topic was originally just thought of by them for hype, but unexpectedly It was very popular, which also strengthened their idea of ​​​​continuing to dig.

The most interesting thing is that Brad's "amazing remarks" at the premiere became the main firepower for the media to create explosions. The reporters thought that Brad was bound to be severely attacked. With Hugo's popularity in North America today, Look, Brad is definitely guilty of outrage. The same is true, whether it is Brad's performance in "Interview with the Vampire", or Brad's current qualifications and achievements, including the past where Brad lost several head-to-head duels with Hugo, all become the focus of attack.

But after Brad saw the news, he responded quickly the next day-Martin Baum, as an agent, contributed greatly to not only clarifying his remarks, but also expressing his apology in a very friendly manner. Kindly praised Hugo.

Under Martin's operation, these remarks quickly spread, and the rumors were stifled in the cradle for the first time. Most importantly, Hugo wasn't in the U.S. at this time—he was still on vacation, so the reporters had no way to intensify the conversation, but watched Martin's crisis PR undermine their efforts.

Therefore, the first wave of attacks against Brad was quickly calmed down. The reporters are not in a hurry, anyway, there will be more opportunities in the future. Afterwards, everyone focused their attention on the box office.

"Interview with the Vampire" was released in 2,600 theaters. With a box office data of nearly 14,000 dollars in a single theater, it achieved an unbelievable phenomenon-level opening weekend box office of 34 million dollars, which was easily created. It set a new box office record for a November premiere in North American film history.

Obviously, 1994 is a year in which records are constantly being refreshed, even in the autumn season known as tasteless.

Although "Interview with the Vampire" has invested 60 million US dollars and the publicity is extremely huge, it is still surprising that it can achieve such an excellent premiere at the box office. Compared to the $16.8 million figure that "Pulp Fiction" earned at its premiere, it's definitely not inferior.

From a purely statistical point of view, "Interview with the Vampire" is naturally better, and the box office of the single venue also exceeds the "Pulp Fiction"'s $12,000 data, which is incredible; but objectively analyzed, the themes of the two , cost, cast, publicity and other aspects, the results can be said that the two should be comparable.

This really stimulated the adrenaline of countless audiences, and all the audience couldn't help but get even more excited. The confrontation between these two films of different levels actually formed! Moreover, the dominant "Interview with the Vampire" did not gain much advantage, and the recently booming "Pulp Fiction" did not completely defeat its opponents, which made the audience very interested.

So, in the second week of November when "Interview with the Vampire" grossed $34 million at the box office, what kind of results did "Pulp Fiction" make at the same time?

"Pulp Fiction" responded with an incredible drop of 15%: Even if "Interview with the Vampire" is stronger and stronger, I can still handle it easily!

The 15% box office drop ended up with a weekend box office figure of $8.3 million, which also made the cumulative box office of "Pulp Fiction" further rise to $79 million, and the 100 million box office is not far away. waved. The "Pulp Fiction", which is in its fifth week of release, directly confronts the ferocious "Interview with the Vampire" that premieres, and will definitely not fall behind. This is the demeanor of the strong man that people lament. This is naturally the competition between the two works. More intense and exciting.

The battle between "Interview with the Vampire" and "Pulp Fiction" can definitely be called a splendid one, making everyone watch it with gusto. situation.

When everyone was talking about the great showdown between the two films, Disney seemed a little glum, because their release of "The. Santa. Clause" just became a spectator, no matter what Disney did. To shift the focus, you can only sit on the sidelines and worry, which is really a tangled situation.