1552 Chapter 1552 Uneasy Expectation

"Independence Day" is about to be released, and countless news media are talking about this film, not only because of the huge publicity of the film in the past six months, but also because the film itself has gathered countless topics and decided countless topics. .

As early as half a year ago, people began to speculate about the premiere and final box office of "Independence Day". This is undoubtedly the hottest topic after the opening of the 20 million club. Now the answer is finally about to be revealed, not only Jie, not only The reporters at the scene, I am afraid even 20th Century Fox and the "Independence Day" crew themselves, are also curious.

Three sets of data can be compared, one for "Ace Commissioner", one for "Terminator 2", and one for "Future Water World". The first is the second member of the 20 million club; the second is by far the best-performing work in the Independence Day schedule; the third is the biggest negative teaching material for high investment and high returns.

"The Ace Correspondent" had a box office of 19 million in its premiere, "Terminator 2" had a box office of 20 million on its Independence Day, 31 million in its opening weekend, and "Future Water World" had a box office of 21 million. ; "Ace Commissioner" has accumulated 54 million at the box office so far, "Terminator 2" has finally accumulated 204 million at the box office, and "Future Water World" has finally accumulated 83 million at the box office.

So, what about Independence Day?

Considering Hugo's unparalleled box office appeal and the market prospects of "Independence Day", a commercial film that almost relies on computer special effects, many media have given their own guesses, and the one with the highest expectation is "Chicago Forum". ”, which was beyond everyone’s expectations.

"Chicago Tribune" believes that "Independence Day" is very promising to make history, not because of Hugo's appeal, but because of people's curiosity, "curious about how Hugo created miracles, or curious about how Hugo fell from heaven What the hell is a work in hell?" Such a view is really dumbfounding, but it also has a strong "Chicago Tribune" style.

They said that "Independence Day" is expected to take in $30 million at the box office on Independence Day, and 43 million in ticket sales over the three-day opening weekend, which means, " Independence Day earned $73 million in its first week, and has recovered two-thirds of its book costs.

The "Chicago Tribune" prediction is really bold. You must know that the current historical record of the opening weekend in film history is only the $52 million created by "Batman Forever" last summer vacation, and they are not afraid of "Independence Day". ” forecast that it will be as high as 43 million in three days over the weekend - which is not only bold, but shocking when the box office revenue has been consumed by 30 million on Independence Day.

Even Hugo's most loyal supporter, the Los Angeles Times, dared not be so daring, their predictions were only 25 million on Independence Day, 35 million on opening weekend, and finally $60 million in first week revenue. .

It is not an easy task to achieve good results during the Independence Day schedule, because the surging crowds have already set off a frenzy on the holiday of Independence Day, which will inevitably lead to a significant drop in the number of people entering the cinema on the three days of the weekend - even if Entering the cinema may also choose other films, and the diversion of audiences during the holidays makes it more difficult for films to achieve good results.

This is also the reason why the concept of the Independence Day schedule has been proposed, but it has not been taken seriously by Hollywood: it is difficult to produce a work that can last for four days on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday—or even five days. In the past few days, it has continuously and steadily maintained a high intensity to attract a large number of people into the movie theater. Even if it creates a miracle like "Terminator 2", it is tantamount to exhausting the lake to fish and drinking poison to quench thirst, and it will not be of much benefit to the long-term development of the box office.

Therefore, even the "Los Angeles Times" predictions are already very strong, because they believe that "Independence Day" can easily surpass the record set by "Terminator 2" and achieve greater success in the Independence Day schedule. The most direct expression of Hugo's confidence.

This also sets off the bold and unusual prediction of the "Chicago Tribune".

In addition to the supporters, the opposition is not small. The media represented by the "New York Post" and "USA Today" generally believe that "Independence Day" will become the second "Future Water World", and the box office hits A fiasco would drop Hugo from box-office superstardom.

The "New York Post" believes that "Independence Day" should perform well at the box office, with $10 million on Independence Day and $15 million on three weekends. Objectively speaking, compared to "Ace Commissioner" and "Future Water World", this result is already very good.

In the "New York Post" forecast article, they said, "Ace Commissioner" has proved that the 20 million club is meaningless, and the actor's role in increasing the film should not be further magnified, and the film will return after all. To the film itself, the story itself - this is exactly what Hugo has always emphasized, and "Independence Day" is no exception; and "Future Water World" has proved that high-tech special effects cannot enhance the charm of the film, nor can it make the film more attractive. The story becomes exciting, but on the contrary, it will make the whole story more hollow, making the story structure of the current commercial film, which is already very weak, vulnerable.

In fact, the New York Post's point of view has been recognized by many people, because people who are generally opposed to high investment and high return firmly believe that excessive use of computer effects will only make people ignore the story itself, and the film must return to the basis of the story after all. .

So the New York Post's "Independence Day" box-office prediction was surprisingly well supported. But in fact, this is not surprising, because Colin Myler has learned well this time, and he is finding his own voice while conforming to the mainstream voice. So here comes the supporters.

"USA Today" is more extreme than "New York Post", at least Colin still takes Hugo's box office appeal into account, thinking that "Independence Day" will definitely have a better opening at the box office than "Ace Correspondent" and "Future Waterworld" is better, but "USA Today" doesn't give Hugo any face at all.

It grossed 6 million on Independence Day and 10 million on its opening weekend. This is the box office forecast number given by "USA Today", because they believe that the audience has already experienced the lessons of "Ace Commissioner" and "Future Water World", and the audience will not continue to be fooled. Smart audiences know how to avoid "Independence Day" is such a badly doomed production, even starring Hugo should not be an exception.

It can be said that for a while, the entire American market has paid attention to the premiere of "Independence Day", and as many as 23 media have discussed the box office of "Independence Day" in the first week, of which 17 The media all gave their own accurate predictions, and the other six only gave a vague reference range. As for the media that mentioned the premiere of "Independence Day", it is simply impossible to count.

The reason why Jie asked this question at the premiere ceremony was also because he was very curious, and that kind of uneasy anticipation, no one can exception, everyone is watching the release of "Independence Day". However, Hugo will not express his views directly, as he said: this is a matter for the audience to decide, his work has been completed, and there is no way to change the result.

Jay knew that he couldn't find more information about Hugo, so he gave Cameron the right to speak, "So, Cameron, what do you expect from this Hugo movie? You know, I mean box office results."

Cameron was obviously not as old-fashioned as Hugo in dealing with these questions. She smiled in horror, "Uh, 200 million?" He waved his hand, "No, I don't know, I just hope that this film can create better results. You know, Hugo paid a lot for this film, and he also specialized in computer special effects during the shooting process."

Although Cameron's answer was not so clever, it was not the first time for her to face an interview after all, and she changed the subject very cleverly, which made Jie smile with a meaningful smile and chuckle lightly.

Just when they had a wonderful exchange, the red carpet began to riot again, Hugo cast his eyes, and then saw Leonardo in a hurry, which surprised Hugo, because Leonardo Having joined the "Titanic" crew, and now the filming is in full swing, he thought that Leonardo would not be here today.

"Wow, let's see who came to the scene!" Jay immediately abandoned Hugo and Cameron, and said loudly, "Leonardo DiCaprio! We finally got it. He, it seems that my promise has not expired."

Leonardo hurriedly buttoned his suit, saw Hugo approaching, with a big smile on his face, the two hit his right fist on the red carpet, and then Leonardo suddenly He did a knightly salute, which made all the audience scream.

After standing up, Leonardo gave Hugo a hug and said in his ear, "I hope the movie is a success! Remember, you owe me a bottle of red wine." This made Hugo laugh out loud.

Jie immediately greeted Leonardo, "Leo, Leo, Leo..." But because the screams at the scene were too noisy, Jie had to shout Leonardo a few times in a row, and then Let the atmosphere of the scene settle down, "As far as I know, you are currently preparing for a new film, and it should be the busiest time, why are you here?"

Leonardo shrugged and said with a smile, "Hugo, this despicable guy, bought me with a bottle of red wine. He knows that I can't refuse such a deal." This made everyone in the audience burst into laughter. , "Besides, I heard that many people will come today. My exposure rate is a little low recently, and I am worried that everyone will forget me, so I made a special trip to seek a sense of presence."

I have to say, as a friend of Hugo, Leonardo's sense of humor is obviously also very good.