Chapter 1898: 1898 The Final Threshold
Charlize Theron, whose career is on the rise, is also facing such a situation for the first time: her works compete with each other.
Last year, Charlize teamed up with Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves to shoot "The Devil's Advocate". This work was invested and produced by Warner Bros. and cost 57 million US dollars. It caused countless topics when it started shooting : Two popular newcomers starred by the veteran film star, and the director is Taylor Hackford (Dolores. Claiborne) and An. Officer. And. A. Gentleman (An. Officer. And. A. Gentleman) Taylor. Hackford), is naturally worth looking forward to.
"The Devil's Advocate" and "LA Confidential" are both thriller and suspense drama movies. Except for the same heroine, similar themes, close cost, and comparable cast lineup, all these make "The Devil Spokesperson" became the best candidate to stop "LA Confidential" four consecutive championships this week.
The friendship between Hugo and Al is of course needless to say. "Scent of a Woman" is Hugo's rising work after the Golden Raspberry Award. Nu, two actors of similar age, are also competitors on many occasions, but Hugo's performance is too strong, and Keanu's personality is not sharp, so the two do not have much intersection.
Therefore, everyone is looking forward to the results of "The Devil's Advocate" this week, and also looking forward to the collision between this movie and "LA Confidential".
Another thriller and suspense movie "I know what you did last summer", but not many people paid attention, 17 million US dollars in investment, a group of young actors who have just emerged, an unknown director, the entire crew The most famous is Kevin Williamson who wrote "Scream".
It is difficult for this movie to attract more attention. The subject matter collides with "LA Confidential" and "The Devil's Advocate", and it is more like a horror movie - less competitive; the cast lineup is not topical, and there is no promotional period Anything that shines, even the choice of schedule is very ambiguous. Ambiguous - two weeks until Halloween.
Naturally, all the media this week focused their attention on the duel between "The Devil's Advocate" and "LA Confidential". The latter wants to hit the box office of 200 million US dollars. Within 30%, relying on excellent word-of-mouth and long-term sales, 200 million US dollars is hardly a problem, and the former will become the biggest resistance.
This is really a very interesting thing. Not to mention that Al sniped Hugo, but just saying that Charlize sniped himself, it makes people laugh and cry. Who would have expected that Charlize's first work with a box office of 200 million US dollars actually had the right to decide? Just hold it in her own hands? And the problem is, she has no way to control the direction of the box office. Therefore, during the publicity process of "Devil's Advocate", Charlize also seemed dumbfounded.
In the third week of October, after the North American weekend box office rankings were announced, everyone was surprised!
The word-of-mouth of "Devil's Advocate" is polarized. The "San Francisco Chronicle" gave it a perfect score of 100, but the "San Francisco Observer" only gave it a score of 40. The final media review only reached 60. Although it is basically the same as the "psychological game", it cannot be said to be a devastating result for a thriller and suspense movie, and the polarized comments are the expected result, but it still did not meet the psychological expectations, only 60% Can't meet people's expectations of the cast of Al, Keanu, Charlize.
This reminds people of the "Wolf" starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer the year before last.
It is worth mentioning that, compared with Keanu and Al, Charlize's performance was unanimously praised by the media. "The New York Times" believes that, "Although Charlize is still a little jerky in 'The Devil's Advocate' compared to the glamorous and natural performance in 'LA Confidential', the reality and pain of schizophrenia are blowing to the face. , undoubtedly became the biggest highlight of the movie."
Two works in a row won good reviews and won a place in the men's group show. Charlize was like riding a rocket in an instant, and quickly rose to become the hottest actress today. Although Charlize doesn’t have any blockbuster works at the box office, her acting skills have been recognized since “Before Sunrise”, and she was nominated for an Oscar for the first time that year; now two consecutive works have once again proved her strength , coupled with the innate advantages of excellent appearance, Charlize's future is limitless.
Of course, the box office hit of "LA Confidential" also made more people realize Charlize with flaming red lips.
Faced with such poor reviews, the box office of "The Devil's Advocate" has not been able to produce miracles. The figure of 12 million US dollars in the autumn file is already very good. It is also worthy of recognition for thriller and suspense movies, but this result is not enough. It can only be allowed to occupy the third place.
This undoubtedly surprised everyone. Although the weekend box office of 12 million US dollars did not make it one step closer, it was enough for the autumn file-at least enough to occupy the place behind "LA Confidential". The runner-up, but "The Devil's Advocate" is only the third runner-up, what's going on?
Looking up, the name "I know what you did last summer" suddenly appeared, which almost made everyone gasp. This work, which no one paid too much attention to, undoubtedly became the The biggest dark horse in the fall, with an investment of only 17 million US dollars, broke out in the box office data of 16 million US dollars in the opening weekend, easily stealing all the attention of this week, which is astonishing.
The media review of "I Know What You Did Last Summer" was quite satisfactory. A score of 52 is considered a passing score for a horror film, but this movie has aroused heated discussions among young people, because the movie is about young The psychological horror experienced by people during the transitional period of growth has aroused the resonance of many peers, and only then did the box office climax appear in the opening weekend.
According to box office statistics, the box office of the movie on Friday was considered good, but it did not surpass "The Devil's Advocate". The top ten box office results of premieres in autumn movie history, this is absolutely unbelievable, an absolute dark horse, shiny!
Although "Devil's Advocate" is not good at fighting, it still has a box office of 10 million at the weekend; "I know what you did last summer" is undoubtedly the biggest surprise. A record of 16 million US dollars broke out, and there is even hope to shake the dominance of "LA Confidential".
Two $10 million-level works have almost divided up the deserted autumn market. This is undoubtedly a difficult test for "LA Confidential"-this is also the norm since the film was released. Since "Seven Deadly Sins" After achieving excellent results, the autumn file has also become very lively, but "LA Confidential" has been absolutely strong for the previous three consecutive championships. Although this week is difficult, it is definitely not afraid of challenges.
The 22% drop in the box office was the biggest drop in the four weeks since "LA Confidential" was released, and it was also the biggest crisis in the four weeks since "LA Confidential". With a box office of 17.1 million US dollars, with a slight advantage of just over one million, it overwhelmed "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and successfully won four consecutive championships. This is also the first film since 1997 to complete four Consecutive works!
Facing such strong competition, the box office crisis of "LA Confidential" was unavoidable, but relying on strong word of mouth and outstanding feedback, the film once again withstood the pressure and completed a beautiful hit. Although "L.A. Confidential" saw its biggest drop since its release this week, the drop was not only controlled within 30%, but it also ranked second at the weekend box office in the fifth week of film history—still ranking first among "Independent Days later, with such an achievement, there is no longer anything worth commenting on.
Relying on the strong performance in the fourth week, the cumulative box office of "LA Confidential" reached 166 million US dollars in one fell swoop. After trembling over the last threshold—although it was not "The Devil's Advocate" but "I Know What You Did Last Summer", "LA Confidential" broke the box office record of "The Seven Deadly Sins" The momentum of 200 million dollars has reached its apex, and it is almost certain that the movie will definitely make history. All people need to do is wait, waiting for the audience to pour into the movie theater, and then create a new history of thriller and suspense movies!
Immediately after the fourth week of October, "LA Confidential" once again handed over a 23% drop in the box office, earning $13 million. What Did You Do Last Summer” dropped 18 percent to $13.12 million, and finally, the dark horse “I Know What You Did Last Summer” ended with a razor-thin $20,000. "L.A. Confidential" won four consecutive championships and successfully won the North American weekend box office championship.
Because the gap was too small, the exhibitor relationship had to be repeatedly confirmed three times, and finally concluded that "I know what you did last summer" successfully won the October No. The weekend box office laurel for four weeks has also become the record with the narrowest gap between the first and second places in film history. "LA Confidential" ended its box office journey in the last week of October in a win-win way despite its defeat.
The box office of "The Devil's Advocate" dropped by only 15% this week, and it performed very well. It can be seen that although the media reviews are not satisfactory, the audience's reputation is good, especially those who walked for Charlize. Movie theater audiences began to grow rapidly, which saved some face for the film's box office.
In the following week, "I Know What You Did Last Summer" won the championship again, revealing its dark horse demeanor, and "LA Confidential" sprinted towards the shackles of history at full speed, and sprinted again.