Chapter 1001 1001 Battle of the Focus
The competition between "Interview with the Vampire" and "Pulp Fiction" became the focus of November, and this showdown, which required popularity, explosiveness, and attention, attracted almost all the media's reporting resources. Especially the confrontation between Hugo and Tom, the two most popular actors today, Hugo and Brad's unresolved grievance that began two years ago, and Tom and Brad in the same work. The tension made this showdown explode all the topics.
Under such circumstances, Disney's family-friendly work "Santa Claus" seems a bit lonely.
In fact, "Santa Claus" is very popular with family audiences when Thanksgiving is still two weeks away and Christmas is more than a month away. Released in 100 theaters, it did not live up to Disney's high expectations and won a box office of 19 million US dollars.
The 19 million dollar premiere result in November is definitely an excellent result, and it is the result that broke out under the pressure of "Interview with the Vampire" premiering more than 36 million dollars. , which is even more difficult.
But no matter how much Disney hype and publicize it, it has never been able to move the media's focus away from "Interview with the Vampire" and "Pulp Fiction." There is no way, this is the energy of the explosion, this is the energy of popularity.
In the second week of November, the weekend box office rankings of North American movies are really interesting. "Interview with the Vampire" and "Santa Claus" both reached the top with super high standards, ranking first and second, respectively. "Pulp Fiction" once again showed a negative performance Unable to carry it back, it stayed in the third place, while "Cosmic Soldier" relied on good reputation to occupy the fourth place, and "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" ranked fifth.
But under such circumstances, no one is discussing the 20 million box office of "Santa Claus", no one is discussing the excellent performance of "Space Shock" in its third week of release, and no one is discussing "Mary Shelley's Fran" Kenstein" a horrific drop of 66 percent.
All eyes were on "Interview with the Vampire" and "Pulp Fiction," a rare sight indeed.
It seems that the major production companies still think that the records created in the fall of 1994 are not enough, and the competition between the various files is even more exciting in the next month or so, and also the struggle between Tom, Brad and Hugo. pushed to the climax.
In the third week of November, "Star. Trek: Generations" hits strongly. This work relies on a strong fan force to grab the weekend box office of 23 million US dollars in the first week and win the this week's box office champion.
The box office of "Interview with the Vampire" dropped as much as 52% in the second week, and the weekend box office fell to 17.4 million. This performance is far from the performance of "Pulp Fiction", which dropped by only 9% in the same period. Yes -- and of course, "Interview with the Vampire" debuted higher. But it is undeniable that the disadvantage of the comprehensive media review is gradually manifested. All signs show that the long-term box office performance of "Interview with the Vampire" is estimated to be inferior to "Pulp Fiction".
"Santa Claus" once again continued the fate of escorting. This week's box office fell by only 11%, and received $17.2 million, trailing "Interview with the Vampire" by only $200,000, and it can only occupy the third place. throne. This is not only embarrassing, but also once again lost the opportunity in terms of topicality and was robbed of the limelight.
Objectively speaking, the box office performance of "Santa Claus" accumulating $40 million in two weeks is amazing compared to its cost of $22 million.
"Pulp Fiction" came in at No. 3 this week with a $6.6 million weekend box office decline of 20 percent. Since its release six weeks ago, the box office drop of "Pulp Fiction" has always been within an astonishing range, which also makes this film a low start-a work with a debut box office of only 16.8 million US dollars. This is really a myth of independent films.
This week's focus is still on "Interview with the Vampire". The huge drop made this work's final cumulative box office footprint shrink immediately. Originally, people were speculating on whether this work was expected to hit 200 million US dollars. This time the expected target suddenly dropped to one. fifty million dollars. Relatively speaking, "Pulp Fiction" once again handed over an astonishing decline, and the possibility of the box office exceeding 100 million US dollars has exceeded 95%. People are waiting for the historical moment to come.
In the fourth week of November, Thanksgiving is approaching, and the box office of movies during the holidays has risen to varying degrees, and the "Santa Claus" targeting the family market has finally ushered in a good opportunity to rise!
"Santa Claus" grew 19 percent at the box office this week, taking in $204 million, which even surpassed its premiere box office. Happy smiling.
Logically speaking, "Santa Claus" is always going to steal the spotlight. This achievement allowed the film to complete its counterattack in the third week after it was released for two weeks, winning the North American box office weekend championship! But what is surprising is that the focus is still not on "Santa Claus", because this week "Pulp Fiction" made history: the box office successfully exceeded 100 million!
"Pulp Fiction" is not a family movie, but its strong word of mouth, praised by critics and audiences alike, made the work attract a large number of holiday audiences, which led to a 20% increase in the box office of the movie, making it the first week of the week. In addition to the film with the highest box office growth, it earned a weekend box office of $7.9 million, and incidentally took the film past the 100 million threshold.
The so-called "bringing over" means literally, because the cumulative box office of "Pulp Fiction" after its release seven weeks was 109 million US dollars, which just passed the 100 million threshold.
In an instant, all the focus, all the brilliance and all the attention was robbed by "Pulp Fiction". I have to say that "Santa Claus" is very sad, even more sad than its frontal competitor "Interview with Vampires".
As the box office of "Pulp Fiction" crossed the 100 million threshold, a series of records were immediately born. This work became the first independent film in film history to exceed 100 million at the box office. Along with this record, the entire North American film market became a sensation. Maybe it's just a flash of inspiration, maybe it's just a special phenomenon, but in Hollywood, any coincidence will become a breakthrough point for major companies to seek benefits, and independent films have been given great attention by major movie companies almost overnight.
Not only have top production companies started to pay attention to the operation and planning of their own independent labels, but major brokerage companies have also begun to pay attention to the potential value of this field, which will directly give birth to the strong rise of United Elite Brokerage Company in the future.
This can almost be said to be a record of the adaptation of the film layout!
At the same time, "Pulp Fiction" also created another legendary record. Hugo became the first actor in American film history to have five consecutive films with a box office of over 100 million! From "Righteous Sea Heroes" to "Pulp Fiction", Hugo has passed the 100 million box office threshold for five consecutive films, including two 200 million works, which is enough to make Hugo a veritable box office superstar.
Before this, no actor has ever made such achievements, whether it is Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, or the four major actors in the 1980s, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Dustin - Hoffman and Jack Nicholson, or Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger after the dramatic pay change in the second half of the 1980s, and action star Silvestre T-Stallone, Jean-Vincent, etc., none of them were able to set such a record!
To be the leading star of a $100 million box office movie is a huge success; to be able to cross the $100 million threshold for two consecutive works is a brilliant achievement; to be able to achieve this three times in a row is enough to be proud of the United States.
Now, Hugo has created five consecutive films with a box office of more than 100 million yuan in one fell swoop, directly laying the foundation for him to be the first person in the United States. At this time, there is no actor who can compete with Hugo in Hollywood. Enough to get him to the top of the pyramid.
It can be said that "Pulp Fiction" not only created a history, but also broke the pattern of Hollywood. All of this happened in such an independent film with an investment of 8 million US dollars, which is even more mythical!
So, in the fourth week of November, everyone became a witness to the history of "Pulp Fiction", and no work can be compared with "Pulp Fiction" in topicality, not even "Interview with the Vampire".
"Star Trek 7: Star Trek" had a box office of 13 million this week, a drop of 42%; "Interview with the Vampire" had a box office of 11.7 million this week, a drop of 32%; There is a new work released this week, "Junior (Junior)," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, invested 60 million but only contributed $9.8 million at the box office.
Coupled with the "Santa Claus" who won the championship in a counterattack, "Pulp Fiction" can only rank fifth in the box office rankings this weekend, but no one can steal the style of this work.
It is worth mentioning that "Interview with the Vampire" once again fell by more than 30%, and it still created such a decline in the case of the competitor's box office increase, which is even more terrifying. What is even more incredible is that the movie The box office figures in the same period have gradually been equal to that of "Pulp Fiction", and the box office advantage of the premiere is very small, and the follow-up box office is even more worrying; and "Little Guy" joins the battle, making Arnold, Tom, and Hugo three box office superstars It collided head-on, but it was a pity that Arnold released a squib, and the 60 million cost handed over 9.8 million that failed the premiere box office, which was disappointing.
In this focal battle that is doomed to be impossible to win, "Santa Claus" has become a victim, and has made great achievements but has never been able to go any further; "Pulp Fiction" made history amid the cheers of millions of audiences!
So, where will the historical footsteps of "Pulp Fiction" go in the end? What will be the follow-up box office trend of "Interview with the Vampire"? What will be the outcome of this remote competition?