Chapter 2018: 2018 Invincible

In the third week of June, the much-anticipated "X-Files: Conquering the Future" took the lead. With a box office figure of more than 11,000 US dollars in a single venue, it broke out a record of 30 million US dollars, and achieved a good start.

The opening weekend box office of 30 million US dollars cannot be said to be excellent. Compared with the 40 million-level data of the previous three weekend champions this summer, this result is slightly inferior; and it has not been able to further climb to the third The level of 15 million will increase the competitiveness of the movie in this week's box office competition. But this box office data has already met the expectations of 20th Century Fox and the media, making the close combat predicted by the media come as scheduled.

In fact, the media review of "X-Files: Conquering the Future" is only 60 points, barely reaching a passing mark in the praise and criticism, but the theater score has reached "B", showing that the audience is positive about the film Attitude.

This is also in line with the media's predictions before the movie was released. As a work derived from a TV series, the audience's support will become the movie's biggest weapon. And the audience gave a "B" evaluation, which also means that the film will have more achievements in the box office, and the follow-up performance is worth looking forward to.

The box office data of 30 million U.S. dollars has performed better than previous works such as "Super Perfect Murder" and "Six Days and Seven Nights". Then, this result is enough to beat "The Truman" in the third week of release. world"?

First of all, "X-Files: Conquer the Future" won the direct confrontation with "Mulan".

After the release of "Mulan", word-of-mouth did not reach the heights of works such as "The Lion King", "Beauty and the Beast", and "Aladdin". The gap. However, considering that there are a lot of Chinese elements in the film, which are far from Western aesthetics, especially in 1998, the United States has very limited understanding of Eastern culture, so it is very rare for "Mulan" to achieve such a comprehensive media review. . Among them, several authoritative film critics represented by Roger Ebert gave the film a high score of 90, which shows the quality of this work.

Due to this gap in aesthetic concepts, the box office impact of "Mulan" in its opening weekend was also weaker than expected. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, it achieved a box office of 23 million U.S. dollars. The box office of the museum is only less than 8,000 US dollars, which is still far below Disney's expectations.

However, Disney cartoons have always been known for their long-term success. The box-office pulling power after stretching the front line can often explode with amazing energy. Coupled with the theater score reaching "B+", it can be seen that the audience's evaluation of the film is still higher than expected. , which also gives people reason to have more expectations for the movie's box office endurance.

The rivalry between "X-Files: Conquering the Future" and "Mulan" was expected and unexpected, but overall, it met the expectations of the media. In particular, these two works have jointly won a box office of more than 50 million U.S. dollars, which has almost occupied half of the entire North American box office market, leaving very limited room for "The Truman Show".

"The Truman Show" continued to advance amidst the frenzy of public discussion. Paramount added another 50 venues this week to meet the enthusiastic expectations of the audience. Quietly, "The Truman Show" has become the largest work released this week, occupying such a height as a comedy movie, which is also a rare sight in the summer file.

Paramount's rhythmic pace of expansion proved not to be a loss of reason, but a blessing for the audience-"The Truman Show" only handed over a 20% drop in the third week of its release, and swept the weekend for three days. Box office data of 30.4 million US dollars!

$30.4 million!

The box office has exceeded 30 million for three consecutive weeks. Unknowingly, "The Truman Show" has become the third work in film history to achieve such a result. The first two works are "Titanic" and "Independent". day". This, who can think of it?

People had imagined, maybe "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World," maybe "Godzilla," maybe "Saving Private Ryan" coming out next month, but absolutely no one thought it would. It's "The Truman Show". It's not that people don't have confidence in Hugo, but it's just too difficult for a comedy movie to reach such heights—difficult to reach the sky.

But now, "The Truman Show" is sweeping thousands of troops, and it is constantly accumulating momentum, which is likely to further challenge the market dominance of science fiction movies, action movies or disaster movies. The sky-defying box office drop has created a sky-defying weekend box office and written a new history of the sky-defying level. "The Truman Show" is stepping into the hall of glory step by step!

Last year, "LA Confidential" actually created such a history. At that time, the glory of "Independence Day" had passed, and the glory of "Titanic" had not yet come, but "LA Confidential" carried the traditional retro The banner of the film makes people deeply believe that commercial blockbusters with visual effects have not been able to truly occupy the mainstream of the market, and works with the highest story, precise layout, and delicate characters are still the essence of film art.

Now, "The Truman Show" is at a completely different point in time, facing a completely different pattern and environment, but has achieved even more incredible results than "LA Confidential", the feat of box office exceeding 30 million for three consecutive weeks Not only does "The Truman Show" become one of only three works that have created such a record in film history, but it also makes "The Truman Show" stand shoulder to shoulder with "Independence Day" and "Titanic". stand on the same level.

Although purely in terms of box office comparison, "The Truman Show" still has some gaps compared with the two commercial films, and it will be difficult for this work to reach the level of 400 million in the end, but compared with the box office data, " "The Truman Show" is comparable to the two film history record holders in terms of box office performance.

With the judgment made by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, "The Truman Show" once again brought the script-oriented, character-oriented, and core-oriented works to the extreme, which not only triggered a wave of social controversy, but also made people People once again clearly realized that commercial blockbusters with visual effects are inevitable, but really wonderful movies made with heart can still occupy a place in the market, not only film critics, but also audiences are very happy to support them.

As a realistic black fairy tale comedy with meaningful meaning, the achievements of "The Truman Show" in June 1998 were far beyond imagination.

The weekend box office performance of more than 30 million U.S. dollars for three consecutive weeks brought the cumulative box office of "The Truman Show" to 150 million U.S. dollars in one fell swoop. Judging from the decline curve of the first three weeks, the movie's 200 million box office has nowhere to go. Doubtless, this has caused all the media to start cheering-not for Hugo, but for the revival and rise of comedy movies.

Following the strong rise of Jim Carrey, "The Truman Show" has pushed comedy movies to a whole new level, making people feel the powerful influence of the peak period of comedy movies again-not just as a vehicle for making people laugh At the same time, it has become a way to reflect reality and satirize history. However, with the invasion of commercial factors, comedy movies have gradually lost their original charm and gradually declined.

Now, people have seen the splendor of comedy at its peak from "The Truman Show" again!

No matter how much praise is given to "The Truman Show", it will never be too much, but people are more curious about who is the box office of this week between "The Truman Show" and "X-Files: Conquering the Future" champion?

In fact, judging from the box office data, the weekend box office of the two films is 30 million US dollars, which makes it impossible for the exhibitors to draw conclusions directly from the estimated box office. We can only wait patiently until the real-time box office statistics on Monday are over. , Judging, such fierce and hot competition is rare at any moment.

"The X-Files: Future Conquer" opened to $30.14 million in its opening weekend, and "The Truman Show" opened to $30.41 million in its third weekend. This also means that "The Truman Show" has once again topped the North American weekend box office rankings with a slight advantage of less than 270,000 US dollars!

Three consecutive!

"The Truman Show" narrowly beat "X-Files: Conquering the Future" and became the first work to complete three consecutive championships since the summer of 1998, achieving what "Clash of Heaven and Earth" and "Godzilla" could not achieve Even in the face of the joint attack of two formidable opponents, the reelection was achieved with a slight advantage, which made the history-making steps of "The Truman Show" more and more solid and stronger!

In the third week of June, "The Truman Show", "X-Files: Conquering the Future" and "Mulan" were among the top three works on the list, and the combined box office contribution of these three works dominated the week. Seventy percent of the total box office, from this side we can also see the fierce confrontation and strong domination of the three works.

It is worth mentioning that under the strong squeeze of the three works, the box office of "Godzilla" plummeted by 50% again this week. The weekend box office of less than 3 million US dollars only made the cumulative box office climb to 100 million 29 million, just a hair's breadth away from the cost of 130 million US dollars. At least Sony Columbia Pictures doesn't have to worry about losing its book costs.

In the three weeks since its release, "The Truman Show" has shown a strong dominance. The champion for three consecutive weeks is almost invincible. For a work with an investment of only 60 million US dollars, it is simply unbelievable—— Moreover, it is a comedy work, such a strong performance makes people have to admire, once again showing Hugo Lancaster's strong dominance over the box office market.

Even in the summer season with thousands of troops, the opponents who can impact Hugo are very limited; even for comedy movies with weak competitiveness, Hugo is still unrivaled in its appeal to the audience; even in commercial blockbuster visual effects In the case of powerful enemies around the world, Hugo's works are still the first choice of all audiences!