Chapter 1002 1002 Victory in the First Battle

"Pulp Fiction" ran for seven weeks and grossed $109,000, and "Interview with the Vampire" ran for three weeks, grossing $83 million.

This lightweight vs. heavyweight showdown presents an unexpected but reasonable curve.

"Interview with the Vampire" had a strong start and a huge momentum, but was limited by its own quality and had a weak follow-up. It was originally hoped to hit the total box office of 200 million US dollars, but then fell to 150 million. Now it is even more popular by many media I think the goal of 100 million is the most practical; "Pulp Fiction" has a steady start, but its explosiveness is slightly inferior, but its endurance is sky-high. The original goal of a total box office of 50 million US dollars has been improved step by step, but it was released in seven weeks. It has passed the threshold of 100 million, and now the general opinion of the media points out that it is fully capable of hitting the box office of 150 million US dollars.

No one expected that the result would be a lightweight victory - although the dust has not been completely settled, "Pulp Fiction" is already unstoppable at this time; but this is a reasonable ending, otherwise people will start I wouldn't put "Pulp Fiction" on the same level as "Interview with the Vampire", because "Pulp Fiction" has a chance of winning.

The first week of December, after a Thanksgiving explosion, saw a collective decline at the box office for all movies.

"Santa Claus" plummeted 45 percent, but still held the top spot with an $11 million weekend box office. This masterpiece, which cost only 22 million, has accumulated a total of 84 million US dollars at the box office in four weeks. It is a great victory at any time. In the first duel, it was never able to detonate the topic in a real sense.

"Pulp Fiction" fell 27%, becoming the only work this week that fell less than 30%. It won $5.8 million in three days over the weekend, and it rose instead of falling. Straight up to the runner-up position!

This also means that in that unfair contest, the "Pulp Fiction" on the weaker side not only defeated the powerful rival "Interview with the Vampire" in the box office performance of the same period, but also in the eighth week of its release and its release. In the fourth week of unfair head-to-head competition, an incredible victory was achieved!

"Interview with the Vampire" continued to plummet 56 percent this week, and its $5.1 million box office was not compared to "Pulp Fiction"'s 9 percent drop in its fourth week. Compared to "Pulp Fiction", which was released in its eighth week at this moment, it is also far behind, and it can only rank fifth on the list this week.

It only lasted for three weeks, and the mighty "Interview with the Vampires" only maintained its advantage over "Pulp Fiction" for three weeks, and then returned to the pre-liberation overnight. The competitiveness was like a deflated balloon, and it was swept away. . The only thing that is fortunate is that "Interview with the Vampire" has accumulated a total of 91 million at the box office in four weeks. Not surprisingly, 100 million US dollars is still no problem.

"Star Trek 7: Star Trek" and "Little Guy" occupy the third and third place this week, respectively, with a slight gap.

Obviously, the outcome was already decided at this point. "Interview with the Vampires" only lasted for four weeks before showing signs of fatigue. After that, it was even weaker. First it dropped by 57% for a week, and then 1% for a week. Forty-three drops, the weekend box office has slipped to the edge of one million dollars, and even the $100 million box office threshold seems so close and far, which really surprised everyone.

The late stage of "Interview with the Vampire" declined so rapidly, no one could have predicted that the box office could break through the 100 million box office with only less than 10 million remaining, but now it has cast a shadow, and Warner Bros. The brothers are even more gloomy. The original premiere box office was very happy, but the follow-up development turned out to be a bad week, which forced Warner Bros. to re-plan.

In the end, "Interview with the Vampire" was released in advance after only eight weeks of release, because the box office of a single venue had fallen below $800, and the empty seats made major theaters reluctant to allocate venues to this work. Warner Bros. is also helpless. Fortunately, "Interview with the Vampire" earned $1.3 million at the box office on the weekend of the eighth week, thanks to the strong promotion of Warner Bros. and the promotion of the New Year's holiday, which also helped the film's popularity Cumulative box office insurance narrowly crossed the 100 million threshold and settled at $101 million.

Then, "Interview with the Vampire" ran for another five days on New Year's Eve 1995, and it officially rolled off the line on January 5, and its cumulative box office staggered to $101.7 million. While the competitor "Pulp Fiction" is already far ahead, striding all the way to the 150 million box office, "Interview with the Vampire" can only watch the opponent's back get farther and farther away.

This result made many people sigh.

In fact, "Interview with the Vampire" was a huge success. The $100 million box office was still the top level in the early 1990s. It is estimated that there is no problem in the top ten at the end of the year, and the film is the two male protagonists Tom-K. The popularity brought by Ruth and Brad Pitt is even more immeasurable. The most important thing is that this movie has also become a milestone in the vampire theme. Even after 20 years, people still cannot ignore this movie when discussing it again. Brilliant and classic movie.

But it is a pity that "Interview with the Vampire" meets "Pulp Fiction", and the competition between the protagonists of the two films is very hotly hyped, which also makes the contrast between winners and losers more stark. "Interview with the Vampire" may be good enough and successful enough, but compared to "Pulp Fiction", all of that is trivial.

While "Pulp Fiction" prevailed in this duel with the weak over the strong and the small and the big, it allowed people to witness the powerful explosive power of independent films, and also made people feel the power of Hugo, Tom and Brad. The popularity battle between the three actors gradually began to spark.

Just when everyone thought that "Pulp Fiction" would, with the blessing of Hugo, crush "Interview with the Vampire at Night" and achieve a complete victory, the film market actually changed again: "The Years of Love" was officially released!

The timing of the appearance of "The Years of Love" is really interesting. After many years, people can't help laughing at it. History is made by people inadvertently. At the end of 1994, it was originally a news that was just hyped up to create a gimmick. , but because of one coincidence after another, it has become the most important point of view in the history of Hollywood's development.

"Burning Years" was chosen to be released in the third week of December. This movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt was given the gift of the competition between the three male actors. Known as "The New Rival".

The news media generally said that although the showdown between "Interview with the Vampire" and "Pulp Fiction" was unfair, it did spark a strong spark, and the box office rise of "Pulp Fiction" still showed no signs of weakening, but "Night Interview" Vampire" has also been weak.

Brad's "Burning Years" is obviously the relay, taking over the seat of "Interview with the Vampire" and continuing to fight against "Pulp Fiction". This time, although there is no Tom Cruise's participation, it has become a confrontation between Brad and Hugo, and the excitement will never be reduced.

When it comes to Brad and Hugo, people are definitely not unfamiliar.

From "Love in the Big River" to "River of Righteousness", from "Schindler's List" to "Farewell to the Lovers", the duel between these two actors has been hyped countless times, and every time it is full of sparks . Also, no need to remind everyone, everyone will not forget that Brad's remarks at the premiere of "Interview with the Vampire" were over-interpreted by the media, which instantly inspired gossip in the entire movie market.

What is even more intriguing is that "Entertainment Weekly" broke the news that "The Years of Love" and Hugo still have a puzzling relationship.

According to the report of "Entertainment Weekly", Hugo once tried to participate in the audition of "Burning Years" after the Golden Globes incident, but the film's producers and screenwriters obviously had no interest in the "infamous" Hugo at the time. refused without hesitation.

And after the brilliance of "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Schindler's List", the "Burning Years" crew actually extended an olive branch to Hugo! This time, it was Hugo's turn to reject "The Burning Years" and chose "Pulp Fiction" instead.

The embarrassed "Burning Years" crew could only turn their targets to Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise. As everyone knows, Johnny, Tom and Hugo still have personal friendships, and they refused without any hesitation. , In the end, the hero of the movie fell into Brad's hands.

After "Entertainment Weekly" broke the news at this juncture, it was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, and directly detonated the remaining chemical reaction during the fierce battle between "Interview with the Vampire" and "Pulp Fiction", and this time it was even more It was Hugo and Brad facing each other, and the scene was far more lively than the first war, which had not yet completely ended.

The main reason is that the movie "The Burning Years" actually involved a group of actors of similar age. Obviously, Hugo, Johnny, and Tom are a good group of people, and Brad stood by Hugo. on the opposite side. Such gossip and such insider stories really make one's blood boil.

"Second duel", as the media called it, almost put "Pulp Fiction" and "Burning Years" on the seats of both sides in the arena, and took advantage of the gunpowder of the previous duel to put all public opinion The focus is drawn.

Unexpectedly, this episode of gossip has become the focus of reporters' attention after the premiere of "The Years of Love". Even the distribution company Columbia Pictures has been doing public relations work, but it cannot stop the flaming enthusiasm of the reporters for gossip. . One surging question after another poured down on Brad.

Brad has been taught a lesson at the premiere of "Interview with the Vampire", and he is obviously a good boy. But objectively speaking, Brad didn't usher in an outbreak until this year, and he still has too little experience dealing with reporters.

When the reporter went on and on about the relationship between "Burning Years" and Hugo, Brad finally couldn't help it, and he said angrily, "I don't know how the whole process is, But I know it's me at the movie premiere today. Me, Brad Pitt!"

boom! The smiles of the reporters were almost uncontrollably emerging from the bottom of their eyes.