Chapter 1309 1309 Shocking the World

When people review the history of film development, everyone will lament the irreplaceable position of 1994 in film history. Relatively speaking, 1995 is a lot inferior. However, 1995 was also an indispensable link in the history of the development of the entire film industry. In particular, with the film industry as the origin, a confrontation against the entire traditional media industry broke out. For the first time in history, the "self-view" consciousness of ordinary people was shocked and decided. , from the resistance action on August 5th to the release of "Seven Deadly Sins" in the fourth week of September, all of which have played an important role in promoting this historical event.

This also makes 1995 occupy a very important position in the history of American news development and cultural change.

"Seven Deadly Sins" was born in the context of such a cultural wave. Perhaps the quality of the film itself cannot be compared with that of "The Silence of the Lambs", and its depth is not comparable to that of "Pulp Fiction", but the fact is that this The film has established its own status in film history by relying on its own excavation of social issues and ingenious arrangement of the story structure. In the history of more than ten years in the future, "Seven Deadly Sins" has always occupied an unshakable position in the top 250 of IMDB, and it has been in the top 25 all the year round. This shows that this movie is in the hearts of fans. position.

In the fourth week of September, "Seven Deadly Sins" topped the North American box office chart with an astonishing record of $34 million, swept the eight wastes and occupied the top spot, and the runner-up "Yan. Dancing Girl" only won eight Million-dollar box office, this achievement is already very good for September, but under the background of "Seven Deadly Sins", it has almost become a transparent person. "Beautiful Girl", which had won the championship for two consecutive weeks, won $4 million at the box office and slipped to the third place.

Apart from these three works, there is no film with a box office of more than 3 million US dollars. Not only can you see the deserted and lonely September, but you can also clearly feel the strength of "Seven Deadly Sins" in the entire film market.

"Seven Deadly Sins" can almost be said to occupy the right time and place at this time. It has been praised by film critics, praised by audiences, and has an advantage in social issues. There is only such a box office giant in September. , Under various favorable circumstances, the film's second consecutive championship is basically a result without suspense, even if the "Houston Chronicle", "USA Today" and "San Francisco Chronicle" are not very interested in the film. There's no denying this fact either, because numbers don't lie.

But the question is, how much drop in the next week's box office can the "Seven Deadly Sins" be?

In the fifth week of September, another batch of cannon fodder hit North America. It is a pity that these works are not ready to fight, whether it is the classic horror movie series "Moonlight Panic 6: Black Horror Night (Halloween: The/Curse. Of). Michael. Myers)", the thriller and suspense movie "Devil. In. A. Blue. Dress" starring Denzel Washington, or the family comedy "The. Big. Green" ', they can't show enough confidence.

Especially the "Blue Devil" who collided with the theme of "Seven Deadly Sins", the distribution company Sony Pictures has almost given up, with only 1,200 theaters, and a posture of letting it be crushed.

The fact is also true. Under the positive and positive effects of many aspects, "Seven Deadly Sins" has not been challenged this week, and the depressed September has created conditions for this work to sweep thousands of troops. Almost all audiences flocked to the cinema. , all came only for the "Seven Deadly Sins", which also caused the "Seven Deadly Sins" to drop by only 12% in the next week, and won the next week's box office of 29.9 million US dollars in one go, easily re-elected. North American weekend box office champion!

The 12% drop in the box office reminds people of last summer's "Speed ​​of Life and Death", which was a 30 million-level premiere at the beginning, and then became more and more courageous, for four consecutive weeks. It won a box office of 20 million yuan, even surpassing the brilliance of "Jurassic Park", creating a small miracle.

And now, "Seven Deadly Sins" actually grabbed $29.9 million at the box office in the next week, which not only surpassed the $27 million in the second week of "Life and Death", but also exceeded this year's summer sales. The "Batman Forever" became the runner-up at the box office in the next week of film history, just behind "Jurassic Park", which also achieved a box office of 30 million in the next week.

At this time, people are already completely at a loss for words. If the "speed of life and death" works miracles, people can also say that this is a commercial popcorn movie, and it is in the summer time when the audience traffic is the most concentrated; what about the "seven deadly sins"? ? People can hardly find any bright spots worthy of making history, but it has become such a myth and shocked the United States!

What's even more shocking is that - or people have become accustomed to this, "the speed of life and death" invested 28 million, while the "seven deadly sins" investment was only $30 million, and now the "seven deadly sins" invested 28 million dollars. "Sin" not only recovered the book cost in its opening weekend, but also sprinted to $73 million in the two-week cumulative box office, and New Line Films can already announce the film's entry into profit mode in advance.

Although everyone in Hollywood knows that Hugo is currently the most cost-effective actor in the United States - and even the world, they are still shocked time and time again by Hugo's excellent performance. From now on, Hugo is simply A cash cow, a money printing machine, any work that Hugo takes a fancy to will immediately make a lot of money.

Even "Before Sunrise", which was used by the "New York Post" as an objection case, is now both fame and fortune. The investment of 2.5 million US dollars has been exchanged for a global return of 85 million, and it has also gained Berlin. The Silver Bear Award for the best director of the film festival. As the major awards ceremonies at the end of this year are coming, many people have brought this work out and said that this work has full hope in the director, screenwriter, and actor. , leading actress and other awards make a difference.

People in the circle have joked that Hugo is a golden hand, but now it seems that this is not a joke at all, it is completely true!

Judging from the trend of box office data in the past two weeks, it is a certainty that the box office of "The Seven Deadly Sins" will exceed 100 million. There is no doubt that it is not difficult to surpass the box office record of "The Silence of the Lambs". The problem is that "The Seven Deadly Sins" can Has the box office passed the 200 million threshold like "Speed ​​of Life and Death"?

In the fifth week of September, the crushing of "Seven Deadly Sins" brought a wailing sound from other works. This week's highest-grossing "Moonlight Panic 6: Black Horror Night" earned only $6 million at the box office. The runner-up in the North American weekend box office rankings is really a situation that makes people laugh and cry, but at the same time, it can only sigh more and more about the strength of the "Seven Deadly Sins".

After these two works, the box office of "Greenfield" and "Blue Devil" were both less than five million US dollars, occupying the third and third places respectively, and the results were dismal. As for the fifth place, last week's runner-up "Yan. Dancing Girl", this unpopular work has plummeted by 60% at the box office this week, and the weekend box office has been reduced to the edge of 3 million, 4,500. The investment of millions seems to be lost.

Different from when "Speed ​​of Life and Death" and "Pulp Fiction" set historical records, their competitors at the same period can be said to be strong players, especially the former, who need to face "The Lion King" and "Forrest Gump" in the summer vacation. ”, “True Lies” and other works; “Seven Deadly Sins” hardly felt any challenge in the autumn period, and the original plan of New Line Film Company really broke out at this time. In the case of the opponent mentioned, the "Seven Deadly Sins" can be said to be the best.

However, it is clear that there are not only New Line Films who are smart, there are many other film companies with the same wishful thinking, and Warner Bros. is the best.

Before "Seven Deadly Sins" came out, Warner Bros.' "Assassins," which launched in the first week of October, was widely regarded as a box-office juggernaut.

"The Last Assassin" has invested 50 million U.S. dollars, and the cast lineup is extremely strong. Richard Donner, the heavyweight director of outstanding commercial action films such as "Free. Willy", took up the guide tube, and the cast invited Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Bandera. and Julianne Moore (Julianne. Moore) co-star.

It is worth mentioning that the screenwriters of this work are Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski, who will be famous all over the world and go down in history by relying on "The Matrix" in the future. , later transgender, renamed Lana Wachowski), which is the debut of the two brothers.

It can be seen that this is a very promising work. Warner Bros once hoped to arrange this work to be released in the summer, but after careful consideration, it was decided to release the movie in a more certain autumn. It's the same idea as New Line Cinema.

Warner Bros. arranged the release of "The Last Assassin" in October, just because September was an abandoned schedule, they at least still found the potential of October from last year's "Pulp Fiction", hoping that without competitors, " "The Last Assassin" can dominate the box office.

Before the outbreak of the "Seven Deadly Sins", "The Last Assassin" was also widely viewed by people in the circle, thinking that this work could make a difference in the autumn and the box office breaking 100 million is also very promising.

But the current situation has completely deviated from the expected track of Warner Bros. In September, the "Seven Deadly Sins" had already come ashore first, dragging almost the entire market to the "Seven Deadly Sins" screening hall. Instead, "The Last Assassin" lost Get ahead. But "The Last Assassin" has lost its chance, and Warner Bros. can only bite the bullet.

The confrontation between "The Seven Deadly Sins" and "The Last Assassin" also added a touch of suspense to the slightly boring autumn season. In the first week of October, in the face of the impact of "The Last Assassin", New Line Films did not retreat but advance, increasing in one fell swoop One hundred theaters have further expanded their screenings, demonstrating their strong self-confidence!