Chapter 2135 Chapter 2135
In the third week of August, "The Sixth Sense" was screened in 300 theaters again, so that the expansion of the movie reached 2,800 theaters. With strong support, the movie handed over 100% The seventh sky-defying drop shocked the entire North American continent!
A 4% increase in the second week and a 7% decrease in the third week, such a performance, even the "Titanic" was not so crazy when it made history. This is a phenomenon that violates the normal development curve for the box office market. But it shows from the side that the audience is strongly pursuing this work.
However, this time it is not the thrilling, beautiful and romantic love story of "Titanic", but the "sixth supernatural sense".
The 7% drop allowed "The Sixth Sense" to take another $35 million at the weekend box office in the third week, making it easily the fourth work in film history with a box office of more than $30 million for three consecutive weeks. And surpassed "The Truman Show" and "Star Wars Prequel 1: The Phantom Menace" in one fell swoop, becoming the third weekend box office in the third week of film history, only behind "Titanic" and "Independent" that are currently shaking film history. day".
The weekend box office of "The Sixth Sense" surpassed "The Truman Show" in the third weekend?
This result was even stronger than the film's unfavorable decline for two consecutive weeks, causing the entire North American film market to set off turbulent waves. People can understand that "L.A. Confidential" and "The Truman Show" made history. After all, there are still traces to follow, but "The Sixth Sense" as a horror movie has completely changed the box office of this type of movie. The development curve exploded with astonishing energy—the power that can change the structure of the film industry. This is indeed too absurd and uninhibited. It almost makes people think that this is an April Fool's Day joke deliberately made by the exhibitors.
But the fact is that "The Sixth Sense" grossed $35 million in the third week, easily achieved three consecutive championships without any suspense-this is also the summer season following "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace". The second three consecutive championships is really a huge irony, isn't it? At the beginning, everyone was furious because of Hugo's choice, but in a blink of an eye, the two movies were both released, but they handed over a similar box office development curve——
And considering the huge difference in investment between the two films, the types of themes of the two films, and the fan base of the two films, the satirical effect becomes more obvious.
After achieving three consecutive weekend box office titles, "The Sixth Sense" still performed brilliantly on weekdays. After three weeks, the accumulated box office easily crossed the 100 million threshold and reached a strong 143 million U.S. dollars. , Crossing the threshold of 200 million is already a result without any suspense. Now people are even more curious about whether this movie has the ability to create film history records like "Independence Day" and "The Truman Show"-become a film history. The first horror movie with a box office of over 300 million?
After three consecutive weeks of box office miracles, there is no voice of doubt anymore. Those clear and bright slaps left clear palm prints on the cheeks of every media. Even the "Los Angeles Times" didn't have enough confidence in Hugo at the beginning, and now they are jokingly saying, "Never underestimate Hugo-Lancaster, otherwise the consequences can only be borne by yourself."
On the contrary, the great success of "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" has become a hot topic in society, and people have begun to discuss a serious question:
Why is "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" able to create such a miracle, even more ferocious than such works as "The Truman Show" and "LA Confidential"? People still didn't quite understand it, and it wasn't until many years later, when the whole historical context gradually became clear, that people came to a vague conclusion.
From "The Seven Deadly Sins", to "Death Row", to "LA Confidential", and then to "The Truman Show", we can actually see a historical development track. First, the social status of the uncrowned king is constantly weakening, and the The social unrest caused by the news events of Rodney King, Hugo Lancaster, and Michael Jackson has been pushed to a theoretical level; Gradually be erupted, from species. family. Discriminate against sex. Don't. Discrimination, including social crises such as Irene Ainos, are increasing, and people's sense of social security is plummeting, becoming a hot topic in society.
These works have more or less aroused social discussions in the years they were released, especially relying on the strong influence of Hugo, they have played a non-negligible role in the development of the entire society, and even attracted the attention of the White House. Clinton, who was president, had to come out many times to respond to related issues. This kind of social influence has gone beyond the scope of ordinary movies.
With the approach of the millennium, this kind of development began to stir up, especially the rumors of the end of the world of the millennium bug became more and more intense. People's sense of social anxiety reached a peak, but they still couldn't find a way out. He rushed left and right with depression, trying to find an exit. It is against this background that the "sixth sense of spirituality" emerged.
The movie's description of family, love and friendship, the movie's emphasis on trust, and the movie's interpretation of the edge of life and death all aroused social resonance, especially the finale where Malcolm found out that he was a ghost, which had an impact on the entire society Undoubtedly huge, it made people truly realize for the first time: between yin and yang, what separates not only life and death, but also the inner barrier.
The "too sensational" that has been criticized by countless film critics, under such a social background, really awakened the emotional response deep in people's hearts, and then completely detonated people's movie-watching craze, which created the miracle of the movie box office . It even surpassed the box office success of "LA Confidential" and "The Truman Show"!
"The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" is a work that appeared at the right time and the right place in the right way and in the right posture, just like "Forrest Gump" in 1994, which made this work a film history classic. And M-Knight Shyamalan became famous in one fell swoop, and directly became the hottest new-generation director in Hollywood.
When Hugo heard from Rick that more than six scripts had been handed over to Knight during the promotion period of "The Sixth Sense of the Spirit", he couldn't help being a little surprised, and then laughed dumbfounded. This time, he witnessed the birth of the "Hollywood Killer" with his own eyes. This is really a situation where people don't know how to react.
After achieving three consecutive championships, "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" did not stop its pace. In the fourth week of August, "The. 13th. Warrior" suffered another tragic defeat in Waterloo. The investment of this film exceeded 160 million A work worth tens of millions of dollars was released by Disney, and the outside media were optimistic that Disney's own works would end the dominance of the "Sixth Sense of Spirituality" by themselves, but the result left everyone speechless in fright.
"The Ultimate Raider" only handed over 10 million US dollars in the opening weekend box office amidst the criticism, and even made Michael Eisner bear a huge amount of infamy. Disney's internal situation is changing and unpredictable. The disastrous failure of this work, coupled with the great success of "The Sixth Sense", formed a stark contrast. Shortly after the end of the summer vacation, Robert Iger was officially promoted and became Disney's chief operating officer. Under Michael, occupying the top deal of Michael's deputy.
Facing the weak attacks of its competitors, the box office decline of "The Sixth Sense" in the fourth week has finally begun to normalize day by day, but the 15% decline is still outstanding, making people speechless, 2,950 With a weekend box office of US$100,000, the work became the only work in the 1999 summer file to complete four consecutive championships.
In the relatively empty and deserted August, "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" completely ignited the last bit of enthusiasm in the summer vacation, and completely pushed the last summer vacation before the millennium to a climax, making people deeply feel that in the At the turn of the century, there is still no definite conclusion about the changes in the film market. The only thing that is certain is: after all, excellent works can still be recognized by the market.
The end of August and the arrival of September also marked the official end of the summer vacation. After entering September, the entire market became deserted almost overnight. "Sixth Sense" couldn't find any competitors at all. There is a newly released work "Chill. Factor" that once again released duds, and the weekend box office did not even exceed 5 million, which also made the audience move further towards "The Sixth Sense".
The outstanding performance made "The Sixth Sense" the most appealing work in the entire market. In the first weekend of September, the box office once again ushered in a counterattack, with an explosive increase of 14%. The second surrender of upward momentum has truly copied the sky-defying curve of the "Titanic".
With a weekend box office of 34 million US dollars, "The Sixth Sense" did not encounter any challenges and easily completed five consecutive championships! This is also the first five consecutive championships since 1999!
To be precise, "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" has not encountered any kind of challenge since it was released for five weeks. The fierce competition, under the strong performance of the film, is completely vulnerable.
Dominating the North American box office market for five consecutive weeks, this makes "The Sixth Sense" qualified to challenge the annual champion of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace"-of course, this is not easy, and the cumulative box office of the latter has already been surpassed. It has reached 420 million U.S. dollars, and the short-term goal of "The Sixth Sense" should be to reach 300 million U.S. dollars. But it is undeniable that before the release of this movie, absolutely no one could have predicted: Horror movies would have such a day!
The outstanding performance of five consecutive championships has brought the cumulative box office of "The Sixth Sense" to 236 million US dollars, and the 300 million natural moat is already beckoning not far away!