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"The Sugar Coated Trap" and what Hugo Lancaster had to say was taken to a whole new level after the box-office battle ended in the first week of July.
When Sidney Pollack gave up Hugo and Brad Pitt and chose Tom Cruise, in the final analysis, he believed in Tom's box office appeal. "Hugo, who is in a warmer reputation with "Yihai Xiongfeng", and Brad, who has given two amazing performances since his debut, are not inferior to Tom.
"Sugar-Coated Trap" grossed $44 million in its first five days, a very good result and a testament to Tom's outstanding status at the box office, but such a result was a real surprise in the face of "Sleepless in Seattle". It is eclipsed, not to mention that the eight consecutive championships of the same type of work "Yihai Xiongfeng" are almost insurmountable gaps, which also allows people to see Hugo's strong recovery in the past year.
The "Los Angeles Times" ridiculed maliciously, "Sidney, do you regret it?"
If the box-office battle in the first week of July still left people unfinished, then the box-office battle in the second week of July is even more exciting. What makes people laugh and cry is that the chick movie "Sleepless in Seattle" actually became a The most eye-catching uncertainty in this weekend's box-office battle is probably unimaginable.
The new releases in the second week of July are much more lively. This week, there are three large-scale new films in more than 1,500 theaters, including Clint Eastwood and John Malcovey. "In. The. Line. Of. Fire" co-starring John. Malkovich became a big hit, and this work won an Oscar nomination for Best Director with "Das. Boot" Directed by Wolfgang Petersen (Wolfgang. Petersen), with an investment of 40 million US dollars and 2,000 theaters, it is definitely the biggest focus of this week.
The other two films are "The Golden Arm Boy (Rookie. Of. The. Year)" and "The Boss's Vacation 2 (Weekend. At. Bernie's. II), and the release scale has also reached 1,500 rooms. It also makes this week's box office competition show a trend of blooming flowers.
Of course, the biggest competitors for the weekend box office championship this week are still "Sugar-Coated Trap" and "Sniper on the Line". As for what performance "Sleepless in Seattle" can contribute and what impact it will have on this week's box office rankings, then is the biggest uncertainty.
When the box office charts came out in the second week of July, almost all the media were unanimously exclaiming "surprise", and the "Los Angeles Times" even had the title "Shocking Reversal" followed by three exclamation marks. To express the stormy waves in my heart, because "Sleepless in Seattle" once again created a miracle, turning the whole summer box office battle into a pot of mud!
"Sleepless in Seattle", which is in its third week of release, relied on its excellent reputation and the charm of its two leading actors. With a stunned decline of 15%, it handed over the box office data of 20 million US dollars in the three days of the weekend, accumulating The box office hit $85 million in one fell swoop!
Such a strong performance made "Sleepless in Seattle" counter-attack all the way, defeating the premiere of "Fire Line Sniper", surpassing "Jurassic Park", which has accumulated a box office of 240 million, and finally defeated the previous one. The weekly champion "Sugar-Coated Trap" won the North American weekend box office chart in the second week of July with incredible performance!
Winning the box office championship for a week during the summer season is the dream of countless movies, but in this fiercely competitive battlefield, it is a very difficult task. The blood road is not an easy task.
But Sleepless in Seattle did it! This is the fourth time that Hugo has appeared in the competition for the summer season. After two disastrous defeats before, Hugo has made people realize that the haze of the Golden Raspberry Awards has completely disappeared with a perfect answer. Nope, Hugo is making his way to the top with his outstanding performance.
To be the box office champion in the third week of its release is even more difficult than the opening weekend champion. This is not only a victory for "Sleepless in Seattle", but also a historic achievement for the chick movie it represents. breakthrough!
Everyone knows that "Sleepless in Seattle" is a dark horse, but no one could have predicted that the dark horse sprinted to the championship position. situation!
Behind "Sleepless in Seattle", "Sugar-coated Trap", which dropped nearly 30 percent, won $17 million at the weekend box office, and played against "Sleepless in Seattle" in its second week Completely defeated. In fact, the drop of nearly 30% is a very good data performance for the "sugar-coated trap", but this time, it encountered the "Sleepless in Seattle" that performed against the sky, and the "sugar-coated trap" can only be bitter He handed over the championship title that he only occupied for a week.
Perhaps at this moment, Sidney is really thinking about the hypothetical conundrum of "If Hugo had been cast in the first place..."
"Jurassic Park" continued its strong performance in the previous four weeks. With a slight advantage of 100,000 US dollars, it suppressed "Fire Line Sniper" and took the third runner-up position. This week's premiere "Fire Line Sniper" can only occupy the third place unfortunately.
The huge lineup and high investment of "Fire Line Sniper" turned out to be a squib in the end, which really made the distributor Columbia Pictures very helpless. What is even more intriguing is that Columbia Pictures was not optimistic about "Sleepless in Seattle" at first, and finally handed it over to its subsidiary Samsung Pictures to be responsible for the production, and Columbia Pictures did not pay much attention to the distribution stage; but now, Columbia Pictures The "Fire Line Sniper", which has devoted all its efforts and great efforts to publicize it, was fragile and vulnerable in the fight against "Sleepless in Seattle", which was in its third week of release.
The other two new films also performed poorly, with "The Golden Arm Boy" occupying the fifth place, and "The Boss Going on Vacation 2" only ranked ninth.
There is no doubt that in the second week of July, everyone has become a foil for "Sleepless in Seattle" and witnessed the feat of this shiny black horse's strong counterattack!
At this time, people all know that it is no longer a problem for "Sleepless in Seattle" to break 100 million at the box office, but the question is, where will the final box office data of this chick movie end up, and whether it can surpass the current record holder of the highest box office in romantic comedies" Pretty Woman's record $178 million in 1990?
In the third week of July, although there are two new films "Hocus. Pocus" and "Free. Willy", it is obviously difficult for these two works to launch the box office champion. Impact, the final result depends on the performance of the top four works on the list last week.
In the face of this week's relatively flat competition, "Sleepless in Seattle" handed over a 25% drop, the highest figure in the previous four weeks; The decline of 16 is very good; "Fireline Sniper" finally showed its due courage at this time, and the decline of 14% was the lowest among the top ten; A 29 percent drop in the answer.
In this way, the box office rankings for the third week of July are very clear. "Sleepless in Seattle" relied on the advantages of the box office and a steady decline to win the North American weekend box office rankings! "Sugar-Coated Trap" was the runner-up for two consecutive weeks, "Fireline Sniper" overtook the third place, and "Jurassic Park" slipped to the third place.
However, the gap between the top four works this week is already very small, and the advantage of "Sleepless in Seattle" is only 1.7 million US dollars; Ten thousand U.S. dollars.
It can be seen from this that "Sleepless in Seattle" is still slightly less adaptable in the summer season. Although it relies on excellent word of mouth to stabilize the box office decline in a very good position, it is more than "Jurassic Park". For such works, the driving force at the box office appears to be very weak.
Of course, the biggest happy event this week came from "Sleepless in Seattle". The cumulative box office of this work exceeded 100 million US dollars in four weeks after its release, reaching the position of 105 million US dollars. There is still a long way to go, but the box office has far surpassed "Pretty Woman" in the same period. The reason why "Pretty Beauty" was able to achieve a super high figure of 178 million US dollars back then was mainly due to long-term sales and a steady decline in the box office, which created a miracle. So, can "Sleepless in Seattle" replicate such a miracle?
Entering the fourth week of July, the unaccustomed situation of romance movies in the summer season finally revealed the clues. "Sleepless in Seattle" quickly slipped into the position, and the 22% drop brought its weekend box office to 1,110. $500,000, not only behind this week's new work "Poetic. Justice" starring Janet Jackson Only got third place on this week's list.
But it is worth mentioning that "Sugar-Coated Trap" was once again overwhelmed by "Sleepless in Seattle" and fell behind in the runner-up position.
Although it slipped from the champion to the third place, "Sleepless in Seattle" won an incredible two consecutive championships in the summer season, which is still the biggest surprise since this summer's season, and the cumulative box office of this chick movie has reached five weeks after its release. 120 million US dollars, from the decline in the previous five weeks, it can be seen that the long-term selling ability of this film is exceptional, surpassing "Pretty Woman" was originally just a gimmick, but now it has become a truly achievable one. Target.
In an instant, the whole of North America is boiling! Is "Sleepless in Seattle" really about to work miracles? Just like the miracle created by "Pretty Woman".