Chapter 1307 1307 Breaking the Table in the First Week
In fact, this happened as early as last year's "Interview with the Vampires". Many media believe that Tom Cruise gave the best performance of his career, and the evil and gloomy image of the vampire brought Tom's beauty into full play; But relatively speaking, Brad-Pitt's performance is rigid and vague. The role that originally played a larger role was played blandly by Brad, and Brad's strong and bright image was far from the pale and fragile of a vampire. Far.
However, the gap between the two is not that huge, and "Interview with the Vampire" was originally a work supported by the beauty of the two male protagonists, so there were still many praises for Brad at that time, and Brad Homeopathic boarded a new career high.
It's just that this time the "Seven Deadly Sins", Brad did not have such good luck. The stark contrast with Hugo completely left Brad at a loss. In the face of Hugo's excellent performance, Brad not only had no chance at all, but also completely exposed all his shortcomings and loopholes. It can be said that this is a matchup that even the bottoms lost.
"Seven Deadly Sins" is also considered by many media. This is a work that everyone can see clearly the huge gap between Brad and Hugo. Nowadays, in terms of performance, it is very difficult for this group of actors of the baby boomer generation. There are people who can stand on the same level as Hugo, including Tom Cruise, who was nominated for an Oscar many years ago.
It can be seen from the evaluations of many media's acting skills that aside from the finished film, the media also has the upper hand on the film's praise, which also makes the audience who have not watched the film more curious about the "Seven Deadly Sins". Stimulate the audience into the cinema.
There are some praise, some criticism, some discussion, and some ignorance... After the premiere of "Seven Deadly Sins", a total of 22 professional film reviews have been received - this is deducted because of the "Los Angeles Times" film review. The number after the editorial was a big surprise. In the end, the comprehensive media score of the "Seven Deadly Sins" came to 75 points.
Seventy-five points, this score can be regarded as a surprise for a thriller and suspense film, which means that more than two-thirds of the media have recognized the film.
It is worth mentioning that the thriller and horror movies that have never been able to achieve good results in audience ratings, this time "Seven Deadly Sins" got a super high score of "B+" in the theater scores.
Since thriller movies are often too scary and affect the audience's rating psychology, and this type of movie is also easy to be shoddy, there are not many who can achieve a "B" score, but this time "Seven Deadly Sins" After the premiere ended It even came to the incredible "A-" at one time, which made many people fall below the glasses,
However, young volcanoes dominated the premiere, which also affected the objectivity of the scores. After that, as more and more audiences entered the cinema, the audience scores declined, but they finally got a "B+" , this shows that the film's great popularity.
Many people did not expect such a situation. The thrilling and suspenseful nature of "Seven Deadly Sins", the obstacles to the release of the cold schedule in September, the embarrassment and unhappiness between reporters and Hugo, the fiasco of David Fincher's directorial debut, The screenwriter's name is unknown... All this seems to indicate that the prospect of "Seven Deadly Sins" is covered with a layer of fog, but the storm caused by the film's release has surprised everyone.
The first is that the film has been well-received by the always cunning film critics, if not "Seven Deadly Sins" is the worst Hugo work since "Sleepless in Seattle" - the original "Sleepless in Seattle" media review With a score of 73 and a theater score of "B+", people even begin to suspect that harsh and strict film critics have been conquered by Hugo.
Secondly, a film review in the "Los Angeles Times" actually kicked off a vigorous discussion in the United States, and even pushed the August resistance to a new peak, so much that it became the mainstay of next year's presidential election. one of the important issues.
This is an unimaginable situation for any film. The "Seven Deadly Sins" has risen from the level of a simple film work to a whole new level, becoming an important catalyst in the history of media reform, and will also cooperate with "Pulp fiction" generally goes down in history with solemnity.
Can anyone really imagine such a situation? Even Hugo himself was completely dumbfounded and couldn't believe it.
The "Seven Deadly Sins" made a grand debut at such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Although September is a quiet season, it is intriguing that MGM invested 45 million US dollars to make "Showgirls" and also chose to premiere in the same week as "Seven Deadly Sins".
"Yan. Dancing Girl" is directed by Paul. Verhoeven, the director of "Ben. Neng". It is a mid-range investment, and it was originally considered to have the potential to make a difference in the box office market. The same achievement as "Ben. Can" can at least create a topic. But unfortunately, after the internal preview, it was criticized and criticized, so MGM broke the jar and found a random schedule in September, and arranged the release.
But the interesting thing is here, they actually chose the same schedule as the "Seven Deadly Sins". Of course, this can also be understood as September is a deserted schedule, and any schedule is actually not much different. But MGM and New Line Cinema, the two big players behind it, make it hard not to think that Hugo rejected the invitation to perform "007".
However, "Yan. Dancing Girl" has only been screened in 1,400 theaters, which is much weaker than the 2,500 rooms of "Seven Deadly Sins". Maybe MGM really gave up on this work.
Facts have also proved that MGM had to give up. After the premiere of "Yan. Dancing Girl", the media comprehensive evaluation was only 16 points, and the theater score was only "C-", which can be said to be a complete failure. It is almost impossible for such achievements to make a difference in the face of the "Seven Deadly Sins", and we can only hope for the incense in the movie. The erotic scenes lured some viewers into the cinema.
It can be said without a doubt that "Seven Deadly Sins" is released this week without any positive competitors, "Yan. Dancing Girl" obviously lacks confidence, and last week's defending champion "To. Wong. Foo" ,Thanks.For.Everything!Julie.Newmar)" Although he has completed two consecutive championships before, the winning result is only 6.5 million, it is really difficult to form an effective confrontation.
What people are concerned about now is how much box office "Seven Deadly Sins" can get under such a boom? The $6 million predicted by the New York Post? Or the record-breaking $13 million predicted by the Los Angeles Times?
But when the box office data for the fourth week of September came out, almost everyone was dumbfounded: Is the North American Cinema Alliance Exhibitor. Relations sure that the data has no statistical errors?
The exhibitor relationship seems to have anticipated this situation for a long time, and specially posted the corresponding announcement, especially emphasizing that this week's box office data has been repeatedly confirmed, and all data are correct. Now everyone is completely stunned!
$34,390,500!
what data is this? Thirty-four million dollars? Are you sure it's not wrong? The exhibitor relationship is determined to be the data that has been repeatedly confirmed? Could it be that the statistical system has gone wrong, or that there has been some error in the calculation process?
How incredible is the movie box office of 34 million US dollars, a simple comparison is enough. This summer's most watched and controversial movie "Future Water World" was held in the last week of July. After a grand premiere, the $175 million film finally made...$21 million in its opening weekend, winning the North American box office in the last week of July.
34 million to 21 million, 30 million cost to 175 million investment, and more importantly, 34 million can easily win the championship even in the summer season! But all of this happened in the cold September, the September that no one paid attention to, the September that was despised by everyone!
Let’s do another set of data comparisons. The “Pulp Fiction”, which was released in October last year and finally created countless miracles, scored 16.8 million US dollars at the box office in its opening weekend, and finally swept 172,000 in North America. It was released in the summer of last year, and it raked in $239 million per hour in North American theaters, and the opening weekend score was $304.5 million.
So how much did "Seven Deadly Sins" open at the box office?
Thirty-four million dollars!
This is not only a new record for Hugo's individual premiere box office, surpassing "Speed of Life" and "Sleepless in Seattle" in one fell swoop, setting a new record for Hugo's premiere box office; It broke the new box office record for the premiere in September, and directly increased the original record by more than two times. Such a strong performance almost created an insurmountable height.
The fact is also true, "Seven Deadly Sins" made a box office record of 34 million US dollars, and it was not until 2002, seven years later, that "Sweet. Home. Alabama" was sold for 3,560 US dollars. One hundred thousand dollars to break.
If the breakthrough of "Schindler's List" is because of its feedback and tribute to historical events, the breakthrough of "Life and Death" is because of its commercial popcorn movie attributes, and the breakthrough of "Pulp Fiction" is because of its impact on independent films. Earth-shaking subversion, these films have received explosive responses at the box office, and it is understandable, then the outbreak of the "Seven Deadly Sins" is completely unexpected.
Such a movie without any gimmicks except the confrontation between Hugo and Brad; such a movie that people questioned as a strange choice, Hugo left "Mission Impossible" and chose "The Seven Deadly Sins", It was even suspected that this was a prank choice; such a thriller and suspense film without any commercial potential has achieved one of the most incredible miracles in film history.
But that's how history was born! The $34 million premiere, which was so terrifying that one could barely control the trembling of his body, was born.