Chapter 1892: 1892 Record Edge
$13,200 for a single hall and $33 million for a weekend.
With such data, it easily blows up the weekend box office results of this summer's "Speed 2", "Con. Air", "Face Changing" and other works, and airborne North American film history with an absolutely strong attitude. Premiere in September No. 2 at the box office -- will trail "Seven" at $34 million.
"boom!"
This is almost an incredible miracle for the entire North American market. Since the "Seven Deadly Sins" broke history strongly in 1995, the current September box office premiere ranking runner-up is "The Ex-Wife Club" released last year. The weekend box office of 18 million US dollars can be called It's eye-catching, but compared with the 30 million-level data of the "Seven Deadly Sins", it looks extremely lonely.
Now, the second part of film history, which earned 20 million—or even 30 million—at the weekend box office in September, is born. It is "L.A. Confidential", which also comes from Hugo's work, and once again wrote the box office. Shinhwa, with his absolutely strong results, proved his incomparable power today.
More importantly, "LA Confidential" created this achievement under the circumstances of being surrounded by enemies.
Two years ago, when "Seven Deadly Sins" made history, the competition was weak, and almost no one looked at the autumn file in September; and after experiencing the vicious incident during the filming of "Death Row" at that time, the rebellion provoked by young volcanoes The momentum was huge, and it continued to spread under the catalysis of the single "Apologize"; not to mention that on the eve of the presidential election, sensitive topics ignited the enthusiasm of the whole society and directly pushed the "Seven Deadly Sins" to the top. The cusp.
Under such circumstances, the "seven deadly sins" handed over the answers that broke history.
Now, two years later, "LA Confidential" is facing the menacing "Devil's Roar" and "Groom's Wrong Turn", as well as David Fincher's "mind game". It is also inferior by more than two grades. In addition to the cast lineup as the biggest topic, Warner Bros. even did not hesitate to use the news of "Sudden Storm" for 40 consecutive weeks to promote the movie. It can almost be seen as a desperate Extreme choice.
But even under such a situation, "LA Confidential" still created its own history, with a weekend box office of 33 million US dollars, only a slight gap behind the record of "Seven Deadly Sins", but Whether it is media word of mouth or audience feedback, "LA Confidential" has achieved an overall lead, not to mention the brilliance created under unfavorable conditions, which is enough to make people believe that "LA Confidential" won it heartily!
Without any additional factors, without any topical gimmicks, and without any motivation to help, "LA Confidential" won a box office of 33 million US dollars in the three days of the weekend just relying on the appeal of a strong cast lineup, which once again made people I have deeply felt the powerful power of Hugo. It can be said that "LA Confidential" has created such achievements solely relying on its own reputation and Hugo's appeal. This is a shocking education for the entire Hollywood.
"L.A. Confidential" broke through 30 million at the box office for the second weekend in film history in the deserted September, which seems to answer Hollywood's question: Is the box office miracle of "Independence Day" really just a meteor? ? Or can it become the development trend of the industry?
The answer should be the latter.
"L.A. Confidential" relied on a meticulous story, an outstanding script, brilliant characters, and wonderful actors with almost no computer special effects, and won not only the approval of tricky film critics, but also the approval of discerning audiences. . Under such circumstances, coupled with a charismatic actor, the box office miracle model is completely replicable.
This summer, although the box office of "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" was excellent, it still failed to create miracles; the box office failures of "Batman and Robin" and "Speed 2" were almost a loss. Lost money and infamy; "Conspiracy. Theory" and "Cop. Land" topped the weekend box office, but the opening box office and the cumulative box office were not satisfactory ...
On the contrary, the dark horse "Men in Black" turned out to surprise the entire North American market. From the first box office to the follow-up box office curve, it is very gratifying.
All of this proves a truth: computer special effects can indeed be the key to changing the film industry, but the script is still the most important foundation. Simple and crude as "Independence Day", there is still an excellent story, and the rhythm control is worthy of reference from similar movies. Computer special effects are just a weight to make the story more exciting-"Men in Black" also broke through the encirclement .
Take "LA Confidential" as an example. In fact, this film hardly uses computer special effects, except for one place: the final battle. The hail of bullets looks more realistic and hotter. This decisive battle undoubtedly vented all the emotions of the movie for 120 minutes. Ingenious, but not too much, it has successfully become the finishing touch of the movie.
The same is true for top actors. The extreme trends of the two films "Batman and Robin" and "LA Confidential" vividly taught the film industry a lesson: how to use top actors correctly and brilliantly!
The seven main characters in "LA Confidential" have played the ultimate charm, which is amazing and has a profound aftertaste. Hugo is not an arrow character in the movie—although he is the decisive person who conveys the core of the movie It runs through the whole story, but the movie is more of the collective strength of all the actors.
The script, special effects, and actors were arranged and combined under the correct guidance of the director, so "L.A. Confidential" was born, and a weekend box office record of 33 million US dollars was born.
Apparently, it was an unparalleled shock for the entire Hollywood to hand over a weekend box office of 30 million in the deserted September. More importantly, this is the second time that Hugo has achieved such a result in the remote autumn file after "Seven Deadly Sins". This not only gives a new inspiration to the film industry, but also makes people more aware of Hugo as an actor. the value of.
In addition to computer special effects, what percentage of the "Independence Day" box office miracle did the Hugo Effect account for? It's a question that anyone in Hollywood would ponder.
Returning to the top of the North American weekend box office rankings in the third week of September, "LA Confidential" is enough to rank second in film history, without a doubt, easily securing this week's championship. What's even more rare is that even Even the "Chicago Tribune," which had the highest prediction, still failed to guess the ending. "LA Confidential" once again stunned all the media with its sweeping performance.
"San Francisco Chronicle", "USA Today", "New York Post" and other media all breathed a sigh of relief. Although they underestimated the box office of "LA Confidential", they were just conservative and did not sing bad words. The ending after confronting Hugo many times before has taught them enough lessons, and this time they finally did not repeat the same mistakes. More importantly, the $33 million weekend box office hit almost all the media in the face, so they don't have to worry about it.
Is it a good thing or a bad thing for the media to be so cautious and groveling in the face of a top actor?
The only pity is that "LA Confidential" is only one million dollars away from breaking the record of "The Seven Deadly Sins". It is so close to the record, but it regrettably passed by in the end, which made many people regret it . After all, "LA Confidential" has a better reputation among the media and audience than "The Seven Deadly Sins".
Facing the strong crushing of "LA Confidential" and the sluggishness of its competitors, "The Groom Takes a Wrong Turn" successfully stood out, relying on good media reviews to earn 15 million US dollars in weekend box office. It was a huge surprise, especially with the incredible results of "LA Confidential", this box office data made Paramount smile even more. "Bend" has become the biggest highlight besides the championship this week.
Last week's weekend box office champion "Psychological Games" was directly competed by "LA Confidential" of the same genre. It was already a very good result, but the box office of 9 million US dollars in the second week only made the cumulative box office rise to 28 million US dollars. A bad news.
In fact, the media evaluation of "Psychological Game" is quite good. Although the average media score of 61 points cannot be compared with "Seven Deadly Sins", it is not easy among movies of the same type. The score reached "B+", which is on par with "Seven Deadly Sins", and it can be seen that this movie is affirmed. But the box office has completely lost the magic of "The Seven Deadly Sins", is it just because of the lack of Hugo?
"Devil's Roar" has become the biggest loser this week, and its $6 million opening weekend box office has almost doomed this work to become cannon fodder under the crushing of "LA Confidential". Although the results had already been foreshadowed after the media reviews and theater scores were released, it still brought a huge blow when the real box office results were known.
The road to development for small and medium-sized production companies is still long. The independent film industry after "Pulp Fiction" is thriving, but after independent art films lack stories, characters and depth, it is almost an impossible task to gain a foothold in Hollywood. This also raises new issues for the development of small and medium-sized production companies-except for Sundance, can they produce wonderful works themselves?
The North American weekend box office in the third week of September came to an unsurprising but unexpected end. "LA Confidential" dominated the championship, but regrettably missed the record. Is this a sign—— Does it mean that "LA Confidential" can't create a signal for the box office miracle of "Seven Deadly Sins"?