Chapter 1597: 1597 Midsummer Dynasty
On September 27th, it was an ordinary Friday, but thirteen cities across the United States held grand movie viewing events, not to watch the work that premiered this week, but to watch it for three months. The "Independence Day" event called for the response of more than 5,000 movie fans across the United States, and was staged lively in cinemas in these thirteen cities.
Both Fox TV and ABC TV station specially sent a shooting team to record this special moment. Not only the two major TV stations, but also hundreds of reporters also participated in this viewing event. Like the grand occasion of the Fourth of July fireworks display, such a scene has far exceeded the scope of a movie and has truly become a social phenomenon!
On September 27 alone, "Independence Day" handed over $4.7 million, and this is already the eighty-sixth day of the movie's release!
Before September 27th, the exhibitors of the North American Cinema Alliance announced the box office progress of each day of "Independence Day". Even the exhibitors knew clearly that this was a historical creation process that attracted worldwide attention, and they also hoped that Everyone became a part of it, and it was like a countdown to the new year, and everyone joined in the cry of "five, four, three, two, one".
On September 26, the cumulative box office of "Independence Day" has reached 498.3 million US dollars, which also means that 500 million is just the last step. Therefore, in The next Friday, "Independence Day" set off a new wave of movie viewing frenzy after 86 days of release, officially marking the rewriting of history!
On August 9th, it was a day that went down in history. The first film in North American film history with a box office of over 400 million in its first round was born; just less than two months later, on September 27th, it was another year. On the day it entered the annals of history, the first film in North American film history with a box office of 500 million was officially born, and it was also the first film in global film history with a box office of over 400 million in a single country!
Almost all the media in the United States reported on this incident for the first time, "500 million! 500 million! 500 million!" This is the front page headline from the "Chicago Tribune", which once again stole everyone's focus, it is concise and clear The title expresses the excitement in the heart heartily.
Since the birth of "Jaws" in 1975, it marked the official maturity of commercial films. In the past 21 years, there have been many box office masterpieces that go down in history, but today is a brand new page. The birth of "Independence Day" not only marked the U.S. film market's ability to blow out $500 million at the box office, but also marked the beginning of a new era in the investment, production, distribution, and promotion of commercial films, opening the door to the entire North American film industry. new chapter.
"After 'Gone with the Wind', 'Independence Day' once again changed the direction of the entire industry!"
"Rule Changer: The unparalleled success of 'Independence Day' completely changed the game in Hollywood!"
"The new world of computer special effects, commercial blockbusters have officially entered the computer age!"
"Writing a new record in film history, 'Independence Day' made $500 million at the box office!"
"The myth of $500 million, Hollywood has the energy to affect the country's economy!"
"The victory of Wall Street, the miracle of a $100 million investment in exchange for a $500 million investment, and Hollywood has fully entered the era of gold and dollars."
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"To the top of Hollywood, Hugo-Lancaster's mythical journey!"
"Mr. 400 million lives up to the name - 200 million plus 200 million equals 500 million!"
"The first person in the club of 20 million, Hugo Lancaster is worth the money, and the box office of 500 million sets a new record!"
"Hollywood is going to change: the sky above is pierced by this man named Hugo Lancaster."
"From the Raspberry Awards to the Oscars, from box office fiasco to box office myth, Hugo Lancaster is doing wonders."
"It's Lancaster's time!"
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"Twentieth Century Fox wins big, a gamble that could bring Las Vegas down!"
"Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company made a strong breakthrough and challenged the three major Hollywood brokerage companies!"
"Super Bowl Effect = $500 Million Box Office!"
"A Corporate Victory: Twentieth Century Fox and Endeavor Elite Work Together to Create Miracles."
"The Road to $500 Million for 'Independence Day': The Battle Begins on the Fourth of July!"
"The salted fish turned over, and 20th Century Fox left its competitors far behind and went down in history!"
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From "Independence Day" itself, to Hugo-Lancaster, to the height of the company, the media in the United States reported the news of "Independence Day"'s historical success in the first time. In the era when the Internet was not yet popular, The newspapers hanging on the newsstands are all about the same feat of news event on the front page, except for the presidential election, which is probably only "Independence Day".
Obviously, this work is already sensationalizing the whole country. The box office of 500 million US dollars not only means breaking the film history record, but also means the added value of culture. The film industry, as a kind of cultural soft output, will create immeasurable speculation for the United States , whether it is to stimulate domestic demand or promote foreign trade, "Independence Day" has created a new model, reached a new height, and further improved the strategic position of the film industry.
Not only the paper media, but also the TV media are very lively. According to incomplete statistics, only in the three-day period of the weekend from September 27th to 29th, "Independence Day" and Hugo's Related topics have been mentioned more than 1,300 times on TV screens across the United States, far exceeding the presidential election, demonstrating the power of this film.
In the end, the North American Cinema Alliance officially announced the box office data on September 30. In the weekend box office rankings in the fourth week of September, "Ex-Wife Club" handed over 1,500 with an excellent 19% drop. The weekend box office of 10,000 US dollars achieved the championship again; and "Independence Day" handed over a 60% increase, and the weekend box office reached 9.9 million US dollars, returning to the runner-up position in this week's rankings.
At the same time, the cumulative box office of "Independence Day" for 13 weeks has officially reached 508.2 million! This is a set of data for writing history.
Beginning with its grand premiere on July 3, "Independence Day" took only eighty-six days to generate $500 million at the box office, reaching an unprecedented height in history. People don't even know what the $500 million box office is. Surprised, it was even more surprising that such a result was achieved in eighty-six days. In less than three months, "Independence Day" has reached a height that no other film in the history of North American films has been able to achieve. Even twenty years later, such a feat will surely make people relish road.
This also marks that "Independence Day" has officially reached the top box office in North American film history. This is not only Hugo's first work with a box office of over 300 million, but also Hugo's first year-end box office work— —It is hard to imagine that although Hugo has created box office miracles every year before, he has never dominated the year-end box office rankings. Now, although there are still three months before the end of the year, "Independence Day" is already doing his part. An early announcement puts an end to all surprises.
However, since "Independence Day" was released, records have been created almost every day, so now it has won the first box office in film history, but there are not too many surprises, which is completely a natural result.
From "Jaws" in 1975, to "Star Wars" in 1977, to "Alien E.T" in 1982, to "Home Alone" in 1990, and "Terminator 2" in 1991 , and finally to "Jurassic Park" in 1993, "Forrest Gump" and "The Lion King" in 1994.
The rise of the North American movie box office has gone through a long journey, until the summer of 1996, and finally entered a new world. "Independence Day" first opened the door of the club with a salary of 20 million, and then opened the door of the 50-million-dollar club. The door to the box office of 100 million yuan, showing a brand new world to Hollywood.
What's even more interesting is that "Independence Day" was released on July 4th, which is the Independence Day of the United States, and this work not only started the madness of the Independence Day period, but also opened the frenzy of the summer period, and even more so. Set off a riot in the film market, and every step of "Independence Day" is writing history. Perhaps, just like the name of the movie, this is the Independence Day that belongs to the movie market. Starting today, we will enter a new era!
"Independence Day" created a midsummer dynasty in 1996, even in North America two decades later, there was "Titanic", then "Avatar", and "Avengers", which could break "Independence Day" Recorded works are emerging more and more, but no one can forget the midsummer dynasty in 1996, because this is the beginning of the full-scale commercialization of the North American film market, and "Independence Day" is still in the distant and ancient 1996. It is unimaginable how difficult it is to create this record in 2010.
The first step to create history is always the most difficult. Just like "Gone with the Wind" back then, "Independence Day" is destined to go down in history and become an important coordinate in the history of North American film development.
Of course, what is more important is that this is a dynasty created by Hugo, and this has also become the moment when Hugo really reached the top of the superstar. Although Hugo was already a unique superstar last year, "Independence Day" The appearance of the film not only shines brightly in the box office, but more importantly, it makes up for Hugo's last shortcoming in commercial movies, creating an impeccable and perfect superstar - $500 million at the box office, which is the most Nice trophy!
The North American film market ushered in the 500 million box office of "Independence Day", but this piece of land is only one of the territories of the "Independence Day" midsummer dynasty. In overseas markets outside North America, the "Independence Day" performance is the same Unstoppable, as people have always expected, "Independence Day" continued the strength of North America and continued its own pace of making history on a higher stage around the world.
Five hundred million? 600 million? or more?