Chapter 366 366 First Week Box Office
Compared with the sinister situation before "Sleepless in Seattle" was released, almost no one could have expected that the two waves of comments after the film's premiere would actually set off a wave of praise, and the praise after the review was really jaw-dropping.
Although it is said that the same is true for "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman" and "Yihai Xiongfeng", they were generally not optimistic before the release, but they fought a beautiful turnaround after the release; but "Sleepless in Seattle" is just a love story A movie, a chick movie, it's not difficult to win the box office for a movie of the same type, but it is even more difficult to win praise. Now, "Sleepless in Seattle" has also ushered in a wave of praise, which really fell below everyone's glasses.
Aside from USA Today, only Entertainment Weekly and the Austin Chronicle gave the film negative reviews.
Entertainment Weekly considered the film "too old-fashioned," a series of old-fashioned "clichés, romances, and old-fashioned routines that lay out a terrible template for people to fall in love with. Sadly, not everyone is an idiot." A 50-point rating is really not a good one.
And the "Austin Chronicle" believes that "while the film is about an incredible romance and distorts traditional impressions of love, this film is just a terrible commercial product, telling a long story that has no real meaning at all. .” The 40-point review is also the worst score of the two batches of reviews so far.
Other than that, though, all other reviews sent positive reviews. "Rolling Stone" and "The Globe and Mail", which were not too fond of Hugo's two works before, actually both gave full marks!
Rolling Stone believes that "Ephron has brought back to us the missing parts of love movies and our lives now: love, longevity, intelligent conversation, humor, and the true meaning of love."
"The Globe and Mail" commented, "Ephron has once again evolved an ordinary script into a miracle. The pictures, lines, characters and stories are perfectly combined, and a warm and innocent story is dedicated to the audience. Smile from beginning to end."
In addition, "The New Yorker" also gave a perfect score of one hundred, "Only at the end of the movie, the hero and heroine can meet, only what would a love story look like? The romance is beyond compare! Since 'Love. Story) ' There has never been a love movie with such shrewdness and wit, and precise emotional manipulation!
The Washington Post (Washington. Post), which gave 90 points, said, "Although the movie has no surprises, and the audience even knows the plot ahead of the characters in the play, everyone likes it, like a spell, Everyone saw tears in their smiles."
There are also pictures like "Exquisite and picturesque, Seattle has a thrilling beauty", "This is a dramatic, romantic and delicate love story, wandering between magic and reality, making people unforgettable", "The mellow and handsome Lan Caster, the sweet and romantic Ryan, the most perfect on-screen couple since the 1990s, even if the two meet for just two minutes, they are still heartbreakingly beautiful." Such comments are not uncommon.
The comprehensive score of 21 media reviews actually reached a rare high score of 73 points. You must know that among the movies of the same type, "Pretty Woman" only scored 51 points, and "When Harry Met Sally" also scored 51 points. Only seventy-five points, and the "Jinyu League" repeatedly mentioned in the movie is seventy-one points. It can be seen how high the praise "Sleepless in Seattle" has received, and it can definitely be among the top five or even the top three in the same type of movies.
In terms of theater scores, due to the particularity of the subject matter, only a "B+" score was finally obtained. In fact, this is not surprising. After all, "Sleepless in Seattle", as a chick movie, was originally aimed at the female market. It is completely expected that men would not be interested in this movie. In fact, not to mention the media comments, even the theater scores are far away. Exceeded expectations.
"Sleepless in Seattle" fought a turnaround after its national premiere on Friday, swept away the slump and silence of the previous four months, and turned over to become the most acclaimed love movie since the 1990s. , This situation was obviously something that no one could have expected, which made "Sleepless in Seattle" a topic of praise on the headlines of major media.
Relatively speaking, behind the grand premiere of "Naughty Adam", which was released at the same time, what was hidden was actually the feat of wanting to replicate the success of "Home Alone", but it failed, and the film was only 43 points in the media summary. The reviews are really miserable, even though it is generally difficult for comedy movies to get more than 60 points, this score is still too bleak to bear to look at.
Originally, after the grand premiere of "Naughty Adam", Warner Bros. also arranged a series of media promotions, and the cooperative media would express their views on the film as soon as possible, but I didn't expect that this would become a pit that Warner Bros. dug for itself. The cooperative media will naturally publish comments according to the agreement, but the content of the comments naturally needs to be credible, so as to carry out positive and positive promotion of the film, but unfortunately, the poor quality of the film itself wiped out the first batch of fifteen media. , the overwhelming criticism made "Naughty Adam" feel ashamed.
Such a stark contrast turned the situation of Wednesday's premiere upside down. The low-key and silent "Sleepless in Seattle" instantly shone brightly and became the most favorable contender for this week's weekend box office rankings.
The same is true.
"Sleepless in Seattle" took advantage of the invincible word of mouth, and the box office of the single hall actually won a sturdy result of 16,000 US dollars, but it is a pity that the number of movie theaters is not dominant, so it restricts the box office of the movie's premiere It expanded further, but ultimately earned a $25.6 million opening.
This box office data broke the $21 million opening box office record of Eddie Murphy's 1988 comedy romance "Coming. To. America" and became the box office of romantic comedies. The champion of the leaderboard!
Such a premiere box office data can definitely be said to have blinded everyone's titanium alloy dog's eyes. Even the premiere box office of "Pretty Woman" was only 11 million. A romantic comedy, but it's mostly a comedy movie, and it got to this point on Eddie Murphy's appeal. But now, "Sleepless in Seattle", a chick movie that is generally disliked by people in the circle, has suddenly emerged and won the opening weekend box office of 25.6 million US dollars, which really broke countless people. chin.
More intuitively, before that, the media generally predicted that the box office of the premiere was only five million US dollars, but "Sleepless in Seattle" broke the data of 25.6 million US dollars, which was completely predicted by the media. More times, which is really a disgrace to the box office forecasting professionals.
The box office of "Sleepless in Seattle" during the three-day premiere weekend actually broke out such a sturdy fighting force, which really made this year's summer season show a different vitality, and made the "Jurassic Park" who thought it could win three consecutive championships lightly. "Breathed out in a cold sweat.
"Jurassic Park" continued its release in 2,500 theaters this week, and ended up with a 28 percent drop, taking $27 million at the box office on the weekend of its third week of release. The advantage of $400,000 narrowly defeated "Sleepless in Seattle" and walked a tightrope for three consecutive championships.
Although it is said that "Jurassic Park" has successfully completed its three consecutive championships, but in the face of the explosive impact of "Sleepless in Seattle", it is enough to make Universal Pictures panic, and it is in the late stage of "Schindler's List" Producer Steven Spielberg was not surprised at all.
Steven told reporters in an interview, "Hugo is an excellent and dedicated actor, I mean it, if there is any reason for me to go into the cinema and watch a love movie, then Hugo That would be the only reason. In fact, Kate and I are going to the cinema next week for a long-lost date, and 'Sleepless in Seattle' is Kate's first choice and mine."
The confrontation between "Jurassic Park" and "Sleepless in Seattle" that the reporters were looking forward to actually happened. The happy scene also makes people involuntarily have vague expectations for "Schindler's List".
Compared to the narrow gap between "Jurassic Park" and "Sleepless in Seattle" of less than $1.4 million, "Naughty Adam" was released in 2,110 theaters, but only made $9 million The US dollar box office has no fighting power at all, and is left far behind without any suspense.
"Sleepless in Seattle" earned $25.6 million in its opening weekend with a production cost of only $21 million, which also made Meg Ray, who has been silent for nearly three years, at the box office. In an instant, En became the darling of the United States again. With Julia Roberts disappearing, Meg, the "American Sweetheart", has no doubts about the throne, and has regained a strong vitality.
More importantly, at this time, Samsung Pictures, a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, broke the news that Hugo took part in the performance of "Sleepless in Seattle" and received an ultra-low salary plus box office revenue, which also proved that at the beginning. Hugo's wise. Following "The Hero of the Sea of Righteousness", Hugo once again proved that he has a certain box office appeal. A rising star has swept away the bleakness of the past six months and burst into a bright light.
Although the next box office trend of "Sleepless in Seattle" is still unpredictable, and the second week's box office drop will be crucial, the film has achieved such an excellent reputation, which is enough to make everyone look at it. After going through the big-name doubts, Hugo once again spoke with his works and strength, and won the attention again.
Open the last week of June and the first week of July, Hugo Lancaster is undoubtedly the focus of everyone's talk, even Meg Ryan's return to the sweetheart route has not been able to stop women from Hugo love, just like the courtship of Sam across the country in the movie!