Chapter 1596 1596 500 Million Is Coming
The summer is over, but the "summer period" that belongs to the North American film market is still not over. The powerful momentum of "Independence Day" started from the first week of July, sweeping across July, August, and collision. September.
In the generally sluggish September, "Independence Day" could not find any competitors at all. In the first week of September, a 25% drop, the weekend box office was 10.7 million, and it achieved ten consecutive championships; 9 In the second week of the month, the decline was as high as 27%. The weekend box office fell below the 10 million level for the first time. Although it only earned 7.8 million US dollars, it still defeated a group of opponents who did not have any competitiveness and won the second consecutive year. The momentum of the championship continued for eleven weeks!
Although the weekend box office officially fell below the 10 million level, "Independence Day" continued its pace of making history. The eleventh weekend box office of $7.8 million still became the eleventh week in film history. The record holder for the weekend box office narrowly beat the previous record holder, "Aladdin," by less than $150,000.
In this way, "Independence Day" has won the championship for 11 consecutive weeks with undisputed performance since it was released for 11 weeks, and it has also made all the historical records of the weekend box office for the first 11 weeks after the release of a movie in film history. In the bag, the screen brushing work was completely completed.
At the same time, "Independence Day" brought its number of consecutive championship weeks to double digits, becoming the first work to win consecutive championships for more than ten weeks after "Home Alone" in 1990. Since the birth of the concept, it is the first work in history to be able to win the championship for more than eight weeks. At present, "Independence Day" has won 11 consecutive championships, and in the film history list, it is only ranked in "Beverly Hills Detective", "Mr. Douce", and "Ambition" who also won 13 consecutive championships. After 12 consecutive championships of "Home Alone", it ranks fourth in film history!
Carrying the powerful momentum of eleven consecutive championships, "Independence Day" brought its cumulative box office to 488 million US dollars in one breath. The "500 million US dollars" that once thought it would never be touched turned out to be in a blink of an eye. It is already close at hand, within reach, just one step away.
When people still think that the $400 million box office is the limit of the North American film market, "Independence Day" easily broke this shackle and moved towards a higher level that no one imagined. Who would have thought that Leonardo's joke would now come true.
Eleven weeks, $488 million, and just $12 million at the box office, "Independence Day" could create an all-time high that no one could ever dream of, and according to Hollywood movies From the experience of the market, considering factors such as the release time, the box office drop in the tenth and eleventh weeks, and the current popularity of the audience, this little distance is not a problem at all, and it is absolutely not a problem for "Independence Day" to break through the sky. The question is "when" and when will Independence Day make this history?
Therefore, not only ordinary audiences, but also news media, film practitioners, behind-the-scenes bosses of major film companies, and Wall Street authorities who control the economic lifeline... Hollywood, the whole of North America Society, and the whole world, are paying attention to the progress of "Independence Day", and everyone is looking forward to the day when history is created.
Just when all eyes were on "Independence Day", in the third week of September, the North American film market had a sudden change, and "The. First. Wives. Club" was born, ending "Independence Day". "The eleven consecutive championships, topped the North American movie weekend box office rankings this week!
Because the performance of "Independence Day" is too strong, no one can shake its dominance even in the summer season when the strong players gather. In the empty and boring September, naturally no one would imagine that there are works that threaten "Independence Day" In addition to "Independence Day" in the first two weeks, the best weekend box office was only more than 7 million US dollars, and there is no threat at all; what's more, now people are concerned about "Independence Day" When did the cumulative box office of the company really cross the historical line, but no one paid much attention to the North American weekend box office rankings.
Under such circumstances, the rebellion of the "Ex-Wife Club" caused chaos in almost all media. "'Ex-Wife Club' ends the 11th week of 'Independence Day'!" News headlines like this spread all over the United States overnight. The time to prepare, the time to change the dynasty has come.
"The Ex-Wife Club" was released by Paramount Pictures for a mere $26 million, starring Diane Keaton and Maggie Smith. The film has placed too much hope, but the scale of 2,000 screenings is not even comparable to the new "Last. Man. Standing" released this week.
New Line Cinema's "Ultimate Warrior", with a total investment of $67 million, starring Bruce Willis and released in 2,600 theaters, is considered to be the challenge of the week A strong contender for the 12th consecutive championship of "Independence Day".
However, as a thriller and action film, "Ultimate Warrior" overlaps with "Independence Day" to a certain extent, so the market potential is limited; secondly, Bruce's situation in the past two years is really average, "Die Hard 3" "The box office was mediocre, and "Twelve Monkeys" was stole the show by Brad again. So people don't think "The Ultimate Titan" has the ability to pull "Independence Day" off the horse.
This is indeed the case. "Ultimate Titan" only received $7 million in the opening weekend box office data. For the investment of $67 million, it is a drop in the bucket. Although this work has just premiered, it has already announced the box office. failed miserably. But who could have predicted that the "Ultimate Warrior" could not do anything, but let the "Ex-Wife Club" complete.
As a comedy, "The Ex-Wife Club" was very popular in the cold September. The third weekend of September in September actually grabbed 19 million US dollars at the box office. This achievement has been since the first week of July. Since the release of "Independence Day", the best premiere data in the second half of the entire summer season. Even in the first few weeks, it has the ability to compete with "Independence Day" - of course, if it was in the first few weeks, not September, "Ex-Wife Club" may not have received so much attention. Timing is a delicate thing.
In the face of the strong performance of the "Ex-Wife Club", "Independence Day", which entered the twelfth week of its release, naturally could not burst with such powerful energy, and could only give up the throne, ending the eleven weeks of "Independence Day". In the world, this not only declares that "Independence Day" has missed the consecutive championship record of "Home Alone", but also officially declares that the unparalleled magical performance of "Independence Day" in 1996 has finally come to an end.
Finally, in the third week of September, "Independence Day" handed over a 20% box office drop, grabbed $6.2 million at the box office in three days over the weekend, and ranked first in the "Ex-Wife Club" in the North American weekend box office rankings this week. ” and “Ultimate Titan”, ranking third.
Although the eleven-week dynasty of "Independence Day" has temporarily ended, this does not mean that the pace of record-setting has slowed down. On the contrary, the 20% box office drop this week has once again handed over a magical answer, which also makes Independence Day's $500 million hit is another big step forward, and it's very possible that Independence Day will make history before October!
Eleven consecutive championships in the summer season, this record can already be declared in advance and cannot be broken, maybe... Maybe it is possible in other seasons, for example, "Yihai Xiongfeng" created eight consecutive championships in the winter season, but in the summer However, it is difficult to surpass it, because the competition will only become more and more fierce, and the opponent will only become more and more powerful. Three consecutive championships is an arduous task. Eleven consecutive championships? Totally impossible.
Therefore, along with the aspirations of the "previous club", "Independence Day" officially has a strong record that belongs to its own unprecedented: 11 consecutive championships in the summer season!
After the change of dynasty, the "Ex-Wife Club" is obviously very popular with the audience. It has achieved three consecutive championships with high popularity. The cumulative box office has directly exceeded 60 million US dollars, and it is hoped to hit the ultra-high threshold of 100 million US dollars. For a comedy with a mere $26 million investment, it's definitely a big win, even better than "The Correspondent."
Jim Carrey lays down again. As one of the only two members of the current 20 million club, although Kim did nothing wrong and did not take the initiative to provoke or compete, he inevitably became a topic of media ridicule. Although "Ace Commissioner" and "Independence Day" do not have the qualifications for a direct comparison due to their different themes, but... this is life, the stronger the performance of "Independence Day", the sadder Kim's life will be. .
After the end of his midsummer dynasty, the performance of "Independence Day" still did not show any decline. After the end of the 11th consecutive championship, "Independence Day" ushered in a new round of movie viewing frenzy in the fourth week of September. The United States organized a huge movie viewing event to unite all fans, and everyone gathered together to sprint historical records, even "The Tonight Show", "Oprah Talk Show", "Saturday Night Live" and other programs. They all call on people to walk into the cinema together to join the heat wave of collective viewing.
Although it failed to hit the 12th consecutive championship, "Independence Day" ushered in a rebound in the weekend box office of the fourth week of September. Among them, the only work that handed over the green word increase.
More importantly, the weekend box office performance of "Independence Day" last week was very good, and this week it actually turned over the increase, which means... which means... 500 million US dollars at the box office! The cumulative box office of "Independence Day" finally exceeded 500 million US dollars, and it has truly become a unique existence in North American film history!
Five hundred million dollars, it really showed up!