Chapter 1895: Chapter 1895
Film critics enthusiastically sought after it, but audiences didn't buy it at all; film critics criticized it harshly, but the box office of theaters swept thousands of troops. This has always been a contradiction in the film market, because it has never been an easy task to find a balance between commercial films and art films.
"Peacemaker" needs such contradictions now, hoping to fight its way through critics and win the box office. At least in terms of box office and word of mouth, it can win the heart of one party and make people stand upright. But George Clooney was doomed to disappointment.
In the fourth week of September, "The Peacemaker," which was screened in 2,500 theaters, only made a box office of 9.3 million U.S. dollars in the three days of the weekend, only higher than last week's "Devil's Roar." The box office is a little better, but for any $50 million production, this is not good news-it can even be said to be tragic bad news, because this has almost sentenced the movie to death, unless it is released. Hand over a box office drop of less than 15% in a week, otherwise this work will be doomed to lose everything.
Fifteen percent drop? Against the background of the 43-point media review and the "C" theater score, it is not only an impossible task, but also an illusory daydream.
what does that mean? It means that George's movie dreams can be put aside for the time being.
The huge investment of 125 million U.S. dollars in "Batman and Robin" was all in vain—the movie is still lingering in theaters for a long time, but the North American box office still has not reached the cost line. Maybe Warner Bros. To avoid losses at the box office, the film's poor reputation has completely destroyed the Batman brand, so that Warner Bros. was forced to put the project on the shelf and announced that it would not reopen until the turn of the century.
Although the US$50 million investment in "Peacemaker" is not high, it can only be said to be a mid-range investment, but judging from the results of the premiere box office and media feedback, there is not much hope that the North American box office will reach the cost line. There is not much potential in overseas markets either. The loss of Universal Pictures is already certain. Although the limited cost will not lead to a collapsed loss, for Lon Meyer, he does not have much room to squander.
Losses, this is almost an unforgivable crime for Hollywood, where profits are paramount. What's even more frightening is that the word-of-mouth of these two works is almost disastrous. The former even directly ruined a 20-year-long project. Although everyone knows that there are many reasons for the failure of the film, just as the film has achieved Success is generally accepted by the leading actor, and the failure of the movie also needs to be taken responsibility by the leading actor-even if it is just a scapegoat. What's more, the failure of "Batman and Robin" must largely be blamed on George's Bruce Wayne, which completely destroyed Batman's unique temperament, and George can hardly be blamed.
For Hollywood, an actor who cannot generate interest is not even a vase.
No matter how strong the so-called potential is, no matter how high the so-called popularity is, no matter how many so-called topics, the major production companies are not interested, because at least vases can attract more attention, and at the same time they are cheap; A vase can only be a work of art with no value in use—it’s high and low, and it’s shelved.
The disastrous failure of two consecutive works, from box office to word of mouth, from work to topic, has completely collapsed. This scene is too terrifying. What's even more frightening is that both works were completely defeated without any power to fight back under the premise of being highly anticipated, ambitious, and full of confidence. The ending is so bloody that it makes people People cannot look directly.
How noisy the media hype was before the release of "Peacemaker", and how intense the humiliation after the premiere box office came out.
The weekend box office is only 9.3 million US dollars, not to mention 20 million, and even 10 million box office has not been reached, which can almost be said to have no combat effectiveness, and there is no need for competitors to move, "Peacemaker "I have been humiliated by myself to the point of shame, and directly retreated.
While there has been speculation that "Peacemaker" may not be a real threat to "LA Confidential," no one expected this outcome—the box office results were so poor that "Fall" would hardly be a big hit. Excuses. That score was even worse than that achieved by the comedy film "Soul. Food," which also premiered this week, to the consternation of countless people.
"Food for Mind" is a small-budget comedy film created by an independent film company and handed over to 20th Century Fox for distribution. It achieved a premiere box office of US$11.2 million, which not only easily surpassed "Peacemaker", but also fell behind in terms of cost, theaters, and publicity.
The last fig leaf of the "peacemaker" has been torn away.
In fact, the harsher reality is that in the North American weekend box office rankings in the fourth week of September, "Peacemaker" only ranked fourth, and "Spiritual Food" ranked third, and the runner-up was impressively "The Groom Takes a Wrong Turn" -- The comedy flick slumped 25 percent amid stiff competition, narrowly beating "Food for the Soul" to claim the week's No. 2 spot.
"Peacemaker" is not only gone as a fig leaf, but has been completely nailed to the pillar of shame, because "LA Confidential" handed over a sky-high drop this week: 8%! This also means that a group of competitors failed to exert any pressure on "LA Confidential", allowing this work to dominate the film market this week, easily writing history.
"LA Confidential" unfortunately failed to break the record of "The Seven Deadly Sins" at the premiere box office. "City Confidential" has to face more powerful competitors. Once the decline is not ideal, the possibility of sprinting to the final box office record of "Seven Deadly Sins" will plummet. This is undoubtedly a huge regret for "LA Confidential", which has a better reputation and richer entertainment.
The reason why "Seven Deadly Sins" created a box office miracle in the first place was that apart from the advantage in the first week, it did not encounter too many threats in the second week. It surrendered an astonishing 12% drop and continued its strong box office. If "LA Confidential" wants to surpass "The Seven Deadly Sins", it can almost be said to be an impossible task.
But it turns out that nothing is impossible for Hugo.
"LA Confidential" not only delivered a wonderful drop performance, but also surpassed "The Seven Deadly Sins" in one fell swoop, causing an uproar in North America with an 8% drop. More importantly, this decline was created by stepping on the shoulders of the "Peacemaker". Hugo defeated George head-on, and directly caused George to fall into the abyss without any power to fight back. The victory has almost made people sympathize with George's situation-even Brad Pitt, when he confronted Hugo head-on, didn't lose so badly, it can be said that he was completely bruised.
With an 8% decline, "LA Confidential" reached 30 million US dollars at the weekend box office the following week, surpassing "The Seven Deadly Sins" and becoming one of the biggest hits in film history after "Independence Day", "Jurassic Park", "Tornado". ", "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" and "Men in Black", the fifth work with a box office of 30 million US dollars in the second week! And surpassed "Men in Black" and became the fourth highest box office in film history for the next week!
Even if such an achievement is described as brilliant, it is not enough to express the inner shock, because among these five works, four are all from the summer file, and the box office of the premiere far exceeds the level of 50 million, while "L.A. City "Confidential" not only comes from the most deserted autumn file of the year, but also achieved such an achievement by relying on a strong drop when the premiere box office did not create history. The decline against the sky is worthy of the name!
"L.A. Confidential", which can be said to be almost against the sky, has exploded with such a powerful power in only the second week. For a thriller and suspense drama movie, the high score of 93 points undoubtedly creates It has surpassed history, even surpassed "The Silence of the Lambs", "Fatal Attraction (Fatal. Attraction)", "The Maltese Falcon" and other film history classics, and has become the leading work of the same type of film; The praise has successfully spread the word of mouth to ten or ten. This made the movie drop by 8% in the next week, successfully ranking among the top in film history.
Perhaps, from the very beginning, the "Peacemaker" was not the opponent of "LA Confidential". From the beginning to the end, "LA Confidential" was fighting on its own, against history, and won the final victory.
Undoubtedly, "LA Confidential" continued to top the North American box office rankings this week with the fourth-highest second-week drop in film history. Speeding up, the cumulative box office in two weeks reached 74 million, which surpassed the box office of "The Seven Deadly Sins" in the same period by a small margin, and achieved a turnaround. has become the focus of heated discussions. 200 million? Is "LA Confidential" really going to sprint to the super high benchmark that "seven deadly sins" regrettably stopped?
At this moment, "LA Confidential" is already on the path of making history, and no one knows whether someone will stop its pace. At least not the "peacemaker," and neither is the perceived "most likely challenger," George Clooney.
After "LA Confidential" handed over the sky-defying decline, it was a kind of suffering for George, even more painful than walking barefoot in purgatory, but the most painful thing was that George couldn't express his true feelings in his heart. Express it: because he's the elegant, poised, good-talking "Mr. Clooney."