1897 Chapter 1897
People guessed the ending, but not the process: "LA Confidential" defeated "Peacemaker", this is not an accidental result; but "LA Confidential" killed "Peacemaker" so quickly, Hugo George had surrendered without a fight even before he did it himself? Such a process is really dumbfounding.
In the first week of October, "LA Confidential" took on the "Kiss. The. Girls" challenge, or more accurately, Hugo vs. Morgan Freeman.
This is indeed a very interesting thing, first David Fincher's "mind game", then Hugo's "LA Confidential", and then Morgan's "Shocking Lips", now the only thing missing is Brad De Pitt is gone, the quartet of the "Seven Deadly Sins" who created countless historical records two years ago will meet again.
However, compared to Hugo and Brad, there is not only no gunpowder between Hugo and Morgan, but the two sides are quite harmonious. In many public occasions, Morgan has also expressed his appreciation and appreciation for Hugo many times .
For the media, this is more like an interesting thing, "Mind Game" vs. "LA Confidential" and the latter won; what about the "LA Confidential" vs. "Laptops" showdown? What will happen? After all, this is the third week of "LA Confidential" release.
"Shocking Lips" and "Seven Deadly Sins" are movies of the same type, and this is also a sequela left over two years ago: many thriller and suspense movies are crowded into the autumn files of September and October, hoping to copy "Seven Deadly Sins" "The miracle. However, the investment in "Shocking Lips" is only 27 million, and apart from Morgan, the cast has very limited highlights. Despite this, Paramount Pictures has arranged 2,300 theaters for "Shocking Lips", looking forward to the film's outstanding performance.
In the face of such a battle, the excellent performance of "LA Confidential" in the past two weeks gave Warner Bros. a lot of confidence. After discussion, they actually expanded the film further. Such a strategy really surprised many people. The increase of 200 theaters has allowed more audiences to enter the cinema. Judging from the movie theater attendance this past weekend, the box office decline of "LA Confidential" will bring surprises again.
The fact is also true, "LA Confidential" showed an incredible 8% drop for the second week in a row under the condition of additional screenings, and achieved a weekend box office of 27.6 million US dollars!
This not only makes "L.A. Confidential" the first work since 1997 with a box office of more than 20 million for three consecutive weeks, but also "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" and The results that "Men in Black" did not achieve; at the same time, "LA Confidential" once again surpassed the box office performance of "The Seven Deadly Sins" in the same period, and continued to rank fourth in the weekend box office rankings in the third week of film history, ranking among the top The top three are "Independence Day", "Tornado" and "Jurassic Park".
Who would have thought that "L.A. Confidential" would have such a strong box-office pull. Such a suspenseful movie that relies on its plot to win has reached a level that many commercial movies can't reach. This immediately reminds people of "" Los Angeles Times" commented, "the perfect combination of commercial films and art films".
Satisfied with critics' uneasy appetite, even comparing it to "The Godfather", it has proved that this is an artistically successful work; and its outstanding performance at the box office for three consecutive weeks is more than two years. The previous "Seven Deadly Sins" also proved that this work is bound to create more success at the box office.
But even so, the weekend box office figure of as high as 27.6 million US dollars is still jaw-dropping. This is almost beyond the peak range that a drama film can achieve. It is on par with many commercial blockbusters. reached an unprecedented peak.
Perhaps, "LA Confidential" still can't stand shoulder to shoulder with "The Godfather" after time has passed, but it can definitely rank among the classic masterpieces of drama movies.
Relying on the continuous box office offensive for three weeks, the cumulative box office of "LA Confidential" broke through the threshold of 100 million in one go, and reached 110 million US dollars. The cumulative box office of the same period not only easily surpassed "Silence of the Lambs" It surpassed the "seven deadly sins" by a full seven million US dollars. Although "LA Confidential" was slightly inferior in the box office competition on the opening weekend, relying on strong word-of-mouth and an atmosphere that is more popular with audiences, "LA Confidential" made full efforts to fight against the "Seven Deadly Sins" The performance of the same period has achieved a comprehensive overtake.
Now, the biggest question is, will "LA Confidential" be able to compete with "The Seven Deadly Sins" in terms of box office staying power in the absence of topical effects? At the beginning, the "seven deadly sins" were advancing fiercely, but fell short at the last moment, and failed to break through the 200 million threshold with only a difference of 5 million. So, what about "LA Confidential" this time? Can it break the box office record for thriller and suspense movies held by "Seven Deadly Sins"? Can it achieve a zero breakthrough of 200 million box office for thriller and suspense movies?
Just like the interesting talk of the "Los Angeles Times": Hugo's record will be broken by himself.
In the face of the domineering sweep of the box office of "LA Confidential", the performance of "Shocking Lips" can be regarded as outstanding. The box office data of 13 million US dollars in the opening weekend, if there is no "LA Confidential", it will be easy. To win the championship, even with "LA Confidential", this achievement is even more precious under the overwhelming momentum of a powerful opponent, not to mention that the cost of the movie is only 27 million US dollars, which is very important for "Shocking Lips". It is undoubtedly worth celebrating.
"Shocking Lips" undoubtedly occupied the runner-up position in the North American weekend box office rankings in the first week of October.
After that, "Spiritual Food" continued its good reputation and ranked third; "The Groom's Wrong Turn" has great stamina and occupied the fourth place; "Peacemaker", which retreated and retreated, quickly slipped to fifth name. Such a list can be said to be beyond everyone's expectations. Compared with the decadence of "Peacemaker", people are more surprised by the good fights of the two comedy movies "Food for Spirit" and "The Groom's Wrong Turn".
For Paramount Pictures, the strategy for this autumn file is obviously correct. It has harvested two low-cost and high-reward works, "Shocking Lips" and "The Groom's Wrong Turn", which is enough for Shirley Lan Xin Meiyu stretched.
In the following second week of October, there were hardly any strong new releases, only a documentary and an independent small-budget comedy film. Therefore, there were no surprises on the box office list throughout the weekend. "LA Confidential" easily Dominated the charts, becoming the fourth film since 1997 to achieve three consecutive weekend box office titles.
The only question is, how does "LA Confidential" perform this week? What kind of attitude did you use to win the three consecutive championships?
Maintaining the level of release in 2,700 theaters, "LA Confidential" won a box office of 22 million US dollars in the three days of the weekend, a drop of only 18%, continuing its absolutely strong posture and winning this week again This result also made "LA Confidential" surpass the results of "Tornado" and "Jurassic Park" in the same period, and became the second place in the weekend box office in the fourth week of film history-the championship is impressively Movie history miracle "Independence Day".
Step by step, "LA Confidential" is completely breaking the record set by "The Seven Deadly Sins" in the autumn file, and setting a high standard that is almost insurmountable for latecomers.
The box office of 22 million US dollars in the weekend is an unsolvable problem in October. Wrong Turn” and “Peacemaker” still ranked second to fifth respectively.
Among the list, "Shocking Lips" fell by only 15% in the second week. This result is absolutely outstanding for a thriller and suspense movie, and Paramount Pictures was overjoyed. In addition, "Food for Mind" and "The Groom's Wrong Turn" have once again handed over a box office drop of less than 30%, and their outstanding performance has also become a topic for a while. .
The poor "Peacemaker" fell by more than 40% again this week, not only at a loss, but also on the street. The cumulative box office in three weeks has not even exceeded 25 million - 5% of the cost The tenth has not been achieved, and this tragedy is gradually turning into a tragedy, and even Universal Pictures itself can no longer bear to look directly at it.
The "Peacemaker" is not only the only laggard, but also the only frustrated one, and even the media can't bear to continue to add insult to injury.
Many media have expressed their sorrow for George Clooney's experience. It seems that George Clooney's film career has come to an end, which is embarrassing. In particular, the ratings of the new season of "Story of the Emergency Room" are still gratifying, and George's popularity is still outstanding, which further reflects the collapse of George's film career. Such a sympathetic voice made George even more embarrassed, but also made George dumbfounded.
It is worth mentioning that "Boogie Nights" was screened in two theaters this week, and the box office of a single theater was 25,000 US dollars.
The follow-up performance of "L.A. Confidential" is refreshing people's cognition again and again, and continues to make great strides, once again proving the truth that excellent movies will never lack audience appreciation; The gap in the box office data for the same period, and the accumulated box office in the three weeks has already reached 143 million US dollars. Unknowingly, the movie box office will easily pass the 150 million threshold next week. It seems that all signs point to a Fact: "LA Confidential" will do what "The Seven Deadly Sins" failed to do.
What is certain is that the total box office of 200 million US dollars is already beckoning to "LA Confidential", and now there is only one last threshold left to reach the goal: "I know what you did last summer (I. Know. What. You .Did. Last. Summer)" and "The Devil's Advocate", which is also the most important, most difficult and most difficult threshold.