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Box office, this is only one of the factors that refer to the success of a work, and it is only one of the factors to measure whether a work can be called a classic. Even for many artists, this is a factor that is not worth mentioning at all . But for the major film companies, for the film industry, this is a decisive factor.

However, if the box office exceeds a certain level, whether it is a film company or an artist, whether it is the film industry or other economic industries, the box office can have an immeasurable impact. For example, "Forrest Gump", which made $677 million at the box office, "The Lion King" which made $870 million, and "The Lion King" which made $980 million Jurassic Park".

If a movie can make two billion dollars worldwide, whether it is an art movie or a commercial movie, it is a good movie; whether it is an artist or a businessman, there is no denying the excellence of the movie.

In the summer of 1996, "Independence Day" debuted amid a lot of anticipation and controversy, but this movie broke out with an unimaginably powerful momentum, destroying countless disputes bit by bit with an absolutely strong box office performance. Now, "Independence Day" has made $412 million at the box office in North America, and the temporary cumulative box office in overseas markets has also reached $384 million, which means "Independence Day"'s current The cumulative box office has reached 796 million US dollars, this performance is absolutely indisputable.

It's just that the skeptics can't help but pick their bones. Although "Independence Day" has created a new history at the North American box office, it has not surpassed the global cumulative box office of "The Lion King" and "Jurassic Park", so "Independent" It is still inconclusive about the historical status of the "Sunday".

This is a fact, but no one dares to easily make predictions about the final box office of "Independence Day", because people's imagination is too scarce, and it is impossible to imagine what the end point will be like. The spacecraft "Independence Day" is slowly exploring the unknown world after the "400 million box office".

In the second week of August, "Independence Day" was broadcast simultaneously in 20 countries and regions around the world, of which 14 countries and regions held premiere ceremonies. After the craze on the topic was fed back to North America, major news media were talking about it. This is the seventh week that "Independence Day" has been released in North America, but the topic has not only not cooled down, on the contrary, it has continued to heat up with the release of overseas markets one after another.

This week, the North American film market still seems to be sluggish, with more than enough noise but not enough excitement. There are five films that have been released on a large scale in more than 1,500 theaters, but they generally do not have the strength to break out at the box office. Among them, the most watched The ones are "Tin. Cup" and "The. Fan".

"Tin Cup" is starring Kevin Costner. This film is Kevin's new work after the "Future Water World" fiasco. It invested 45 million US dollars and made a great achievement in 1988. "Million Gold" Arm (Bull. Durham)" the original crew worked together again, shifting the scene to the golf course.

"Crazy Fan" is a thriller movie about a baseball fan out of control, starring Robert De Niro, with an investment of up to 55 million US dollars, and the addition of Ellen. Barkin also makes the cast The lineup is quite topical.

The scale of the two works' screening theaters has reached more than 2,000. Obviously, it is a work that hopes to perform at the box office, but the media is generally not optimistic. On the one hand, the two works are both sports themes, "crazy fans" or thrillers, and it is not easy to achieve good results during the summer season; on the other hand, the appeal of the two actors, Kevin and Robert, is obviously unable to confront Hugo head-on. -- even though "Independence Day" has been out for seven weeks.

This also makes this week's North American weekend box office competition lack a lot of highlights, but when the charts come out, people still underestimate the infinite potential of "Independence Day" - this work once again brought a huge surprise!

"Independence Day" dropped just 20 percent on the weekend of its seventh week of release, grabbing $14.4 million at the weekend box office. The seventh-week weekend box office record set in 1993 continued the record-setting momentum.

At the same time, the $14.4 million weekend box office was enough for "Independence Day" to complete a terrifying seven consecutive championships. Both major competitors performed very weakly, and "Tin Cup" barely crossed the 10 million threshold at the weekend box office. , and "Crazy Fans" only had an income of $6 million, occupying the second and fifth positions this week; in addition, "Jack at Home" and "Killing Moment" ranked third and fourth. Both handed over $8 million at the box office.

Hollywood's summer season has always been known for its fierce competition, especially after entering 1990, with "Terminator 2" as a watershed, Hollywood's box office competition has entered a new white-hot stage.

Before the 1990s, it was not too difficult for a movie to win consecutive box office titles. "Beverly Hills Detective" won the championship for 13 consecutive weeks, "Mr. Douce" won the championship for 13 consecutive weeks, and "Outside" won the championship for 13 consecutive weeks. Starman E.T" has won the championship for 16 consecutive weeks.

However, after the 1990s, due to the fierce competition in the film market, this was almost impossible. At the beginning, "Yihai Xiongfeng" won the eighth consecutive championship in the winter, which was incredible. This is also Hugo's work in that work. The reason for the high-profile after that, and "Home Alone" created an incredible 12 consecutive championships in 1990, which is the last epitome of the championship in recent years.

In the 1990s, not to mention ten consecutive championships, even three consecutive championships became extremely difficult. But now, "Independence Day" has completed seven consecutive championships in one go-and it is still in the summer season. Such a feat complements the film's box office results, illuminating the excitement and brilliance of the whole summer.

Relying on the strong performance of seven consecutive championships, the cumulative box office of "Independence Day" reached 432 million US dollars! It can be seen that after the "Independence Day" box office exceeded 400 million, there is no plan to slow down at all, and it is still advancing with great strides. The weekly box office growth rate is sky-high!

In the third week of August, in the face of the impact of "The. Island. Of. Dr. Moreau" and "The Offline Family 2 (A. Very. Brady. Sequel)", "Independence Day" hundreds of The 18/18 drop handed over $11.8 million at the weekend box office, while neither competitor was able to break the 10 million threshold. So, eight consecutive championships!

In the fourth week of August, which is also the last week of this summer's program, "The. Crow: City. Of. Angels" and "First. Kid" held their grand premieres It was a perfect ending to the summer season, but neither of the two works exceeded 10 million at the weekend box office.

In contrast, under the stimulation of the last week of the summer season, "Independence Day" and other works have ushered in a rebound in the number of moviegoers, and the box office has all experienced a green increase. Among them, it is natural to dominate the summer season this year. The "Independence Day" of "Independence Day" attracted the most attention and easily became the biggest beneficiary of this week, with the box office picking up by as much as 21%!

In the nine weeks since its release, in addition to the one-week box office drop of more than 30%, "Independence Day" has not only handed over a drop of less than 30% every week, but now has a 2% drop. Eleven's increase, such a performance already makes people wonder how to evaluate it, maybe it can only be a smirk.

Relying on the last craze of the summer season, "Independence Day" handed over $14.3 million at the weekend box office this week, achieving its ninth consecutive championship without any suspense! At the same time, the box office records for the eighth and ninth weeks of film history are also included in the bag.

When people came to their senses, they realized that the summer season was over, and "Independence Day" continued its strength from the first week of July to the last week of August. Under the impact of many competitors, it performed extremely well. People were stunned, and in the end, he held on to his championship title and ended the 1996 summer season with a strong result of nine consecutive championships.

What is even more frightening is that the cumulative box office of "Independence Day" has quietly reached 465 million US dollars. This history-making work has not only become the first film in North American film history and won the first round of screening. Works with a box office of 400 million dollars, and they directly exceeded the threshold of 450 million dollars in one fell swoop. Is this... Is "Independence Day" really going to sprint toward the box office of 500 million dollars?

When this idea came out, everyone was startled by themselves, which was almost a height that was simply unattainable. When Leonardo said "500 million dollars" without thinking on the red carpet of the premiere, everyone laughed, even Leonardo himself laughed. This is simply an unintentional little kid. Just humor. It's as if people always say "you look like eighteen years old" when they praise beauty young, this is a "dream" that can't be seen.

Everyone thought $500 million at the box office was a joke at first. This is the current state of the entire North American film market. Even "$400 million" is a distant dream, let alone five hundred million. It has never been People imagine that the box office of a work can exceed 500 million, maybe... maybe it won't reach this height in 20 years.

But what about now? The outstanding performance of "Independence Day" not only gives people the right to imagine, but also relies on solid performance to create a foundation for this "imagination" to become a reality. It seems that the mythical $500 million box office has already been laid out in front of us. Come, use the bright stars in the sky to outline a magnificent blueprint.

The summer season has come to an end, and the next is the autumn season, when competitors are generally weak. It can be said that from September to November, it is difficult to produce works that really shake the North American film market - after all, the "Seven Deadly Sins" are not every year. can appear. This also means that after "Independence Day" has struggled to hold on to the ninth consecutive championship, there is a flat river in front of us. Maybe... Maybe "Independence Day" can really grow lotus every step of the way and create that unparalleled $500 million box office!