Chapter 1578: 1578

From the terrifying box office in the first week, to an astonishing 23% drop in the second week, and accumulating $224 million in two weeks, the box office curve of "Independence Day" has become the most exciting since 1996. In TV dramas, everyone is looking forward to the next plot trend, and every ups and downs can affect the hearts of countless audiences.

In the third week of July, the answer to the exhibitor relationship of the North American Cinema Alliance was announced at the first time, which was US$38.6 million! "Independence Day" still brutally handed over $38.6 million at the box office in its third week of release, and this week's box office drop was only 28 percent, which is not enough to be astonishing. To describe it, this is the box office data that has set a precedent in history, and it is even more frightening than the box office data of the first week of release.

Because this is the third week of the movie's release - after two weeks of energy consumption, any work - especially a commercial movie - will usher in a sharp drop in the box office, which is an inevitable law of the market. Compared with the explosive power of the movie's premiere box office, the battery life in the next few weeks is the most important and the most difficult, because this is not only related to the appeal of the film's actors, but also to the movie's appeal to the audience. force.

Maybe many works can take the weekend box office of 40 million US dollars in the first week, but not every work can hand in a drop of more than 30% in the next week and the third week in a row - especially Commercial films, even a handful.

Throughout the history of North American movie box office rankings, the current weekend box office record holder for the third week is "Tornado". This work, released at the beginning of this summer's holiday season, refreshed the previous "Jurassic Park" and "Life and Death". "The record held, handing over $29 million in the third week, stunned the entire North American film market.

But now, "Independence Day" not only easily broke this record, but also raised the box office performance in the third week from 20 million to 30 million, and infinitely approaching the 40 million level. This is undoubtedly a change A performance in history, even more terrifying than the $80 million opening weekend box office, can definitely be called the best performance in history-maybe in the near future, "Independence Day"'s seemingly unsurpassable opening box office Records will be broken, but the box-office record set by "Independence Day" in its third week will be the target of countless works for a long, long time.

Stunned, speechless, and stunned... No amount of gorgeous words can describe the excitement of the media at this time.

"Hugo Lancaster rewrites history!"

"With a 28% drop, 'Independence Day' handed over a perfect answer!"

"CGI and Hugo Lancaster's Big Win!"

"This is an unbeatable movie! Lancaster chanting 'Independence Day' King's Landing!"

"The dream of 400 million! 'Independence Day' strides forward!"

...... The headlines of the major media are sensational, but even if these headlines are scary, exaggerated and exciting, it is not an exaggeration. Almost the entire United States has begun to riot.

Objectively speaking, no matter whether people like the "Independence Day" movie or not, or whether Hollywood professionals agree with the concept of "high investment, high return", let alone those who believe that computer effects will ruin the art of film, no one can. Denial, the continuous box office frenzy of "Independence Day" for three consecutive weeks has played a driving role in the entire film market and even the entire North American economy. While opening a new era, almost every link in the Hollywood industry can be benefit.

With a 28% box office drop in the third week, the three-week cumulative box office of "Independence Day" has reached 289 million US dollars, ranking among the top ten in the history of North American box office, and surpassing it. "Home Alone", which had previously created a box office of 285 million US dollars, held the sixth place in film history!

At present, "Independence Day" has become the leader of all Hollywood box office works with a box office of 200 million, and the next step is to move towards the threshold of 300 million. There is no doubt that the film's box office next week is about to break through the 300 million natural moat - as long as the fourth week's box office drop does not exceed 70%, "Independence Day" can reach this height, and from the first two of the film. Judging from the weekly decline, it is clear that there is no difficulty in achieving this goal.

This also means that after reaching 100 million and 200 million at the fastest, "Independence Day" will also become the fastest work in film history to reach US$300 million, joining the "300 million box office" club of Hollywood movies!

If this breakthrough is successfully completed, "Independence Day" will not only become Hugo's first professional commercial work with a box office of 300 million US dollars, but also make "Independence Day" the sixth film in North American film history with a box office of over 300 million US dollars. After "Alien E.T", "Jurassic Park", "Forrest Gump", "Star Wars", "The Lion King".

Now in 1996, 300 million is the limit of the North American film market. Only five films in the entire history have reached this level, and the time they have taken to reach this level also proves this.

"Jurassic Park" took 67 days to break through $300 million, "Alien E.T" took 184 days, "The Lion King" took 188 days, "Forrest Gump" "True Story" took 193 days, and "Star Wars" took more than a year.

But what about Independence Day? It's only been three weeks now, four weeks? Or five weeks? For now, Independence Day looks promising to hit that threshold using just half the time of Jurassic Park.

Therefore, when the "Los Angeles Times" used its front page headlines to announce that the "Independence Day" box office was sprinting towards 400 million. This is not a joke, nor a mockery, but a reality. The miracle that everyone once thought was impossible is now happening. "Independence Day" has created such an incredible situation with one step at a time. Make miracles possible.

"Independence Day" is the current historical destroyer of the entire North American film market. It is creating an unprecedented world with an inviolable and unstoppable attitude, which will also be a brand new world that no one could imagine.

It is hard to imagine that a controversial "Independence Day", under the circumstances of heavy pressure and suffering, in the case of people's general uncertainty and suspicion, not only was not crushed, but also made great strides forward. , has dominated the North American film market with a huge sweep, and pushed the wheel of history forward. Facts have proved that "Independence Day" is obviously not "Future Water World", nor is it "Jurassic Park" or "True Lies", it is "Independence Day", a unique and irreplaceable "Independence Day"!

Faced with the performance of "Independence Day" in the third week, which was still so excellent that people could do nothing, many works completely discarded their armor.

"Independence Day" completed the first three consecutive championships without any suspense after the opening of the summer program this year, and the huge advantage made it impossible for other works to compete directly. Except for "Independence Day", no work has exceeded 10 million at the box office. , the top-performing "Different Ben. Neng" only grossed $8 million at the weekend box office, in stark contrast to the strength of "Independence Day."

In the face of the performance of "Independence Day" sweeping 38.6 million US dollars, the weekend box office of all works this week collectively plunged by 40%, and the 38% drop in "Life and Death Pride" is already the only one this week. The "green word" has become "green", and many works have fallen by more than 60%.

In stark contrast, "Ace Correspondent" suffered a 75% drop. It only earned $250,000 at the weekend box office, and it was released after only six weeks. "Interview with the Vampire" against "Pulp Fiction" was even more bleak.

Just such a data detail, we can see the share of "Independence Day" in the entire North American film market today.

As for the four new works released this week, it can be described as a "rabble crowd". The weekend box office of the four works is all five million. No one can break through six million. The four works of the film all stumbled, and the box office performance of "Ghost of Horror" of $5.5 million is already far ahead, becoming the "champion" of the four works released this week - not even a fraction of "Independence Day" achieve.

Although the strong performance of "Independence Day" in the first two weeks made people generally believe that it is undoubtedly very difficult for the four new works to perform well; but no one expected: the gap is so large, "Independence Day "A sneeze is enough to keep the rest of the work scrambling.

However, no one will feel sorry for the losers - even the film companies themselves don't care too much, because the hope brought by the huge success of "Independence Day" has enough to make up for their losses, they care more about " How high can the box office of "Independence Day" really reach the threshold of 400 million?

Everyone up and down Hollywood is cheering for "Independence Day", because they all know that this is a feat of writing history, and everyone is a witness to this history.

It is worth mentioning that "Trainspotting" was screened in eight theaters this week, and the box office of a single theater was only 32,000 US dollars - even the single theater created by "Independence Day" in 3,200 theaters. There is not much difference in the box office. It can be seen that Americans did not appreciate the essence of the film. Such a classic can only wait for the precipitation of time to slowly bloom.

No one cares about "Trainspotting", just like no one cares about other losers, because now there is only one "Independence Day" in the entire North American film market, and only this "Independence Day"! This movie starring Hugo is striding forward with its head held high, and who can keep up with it?

Maybe not.