Chapter 497 497 Single Hall Box Office

Hugo laughed and looked at the embarrassed Charlize in front of him, and then ignored the "Los Angeles Times" at all, but grabbed Neil who was about to escape, and finally used the "Little Li Flying Knife" method. After solving Alfonso, this time everyone was not immune to being attacked by cake and cream, and Hugo laughed with satisfaction.

This may have been the easiest day for Hugo after crossing over. Last year's birthday, Hugo didn't remember at all, and Hugo didn't have any friends at that time, and no one knew about it, so that day passed like this. , Hugo only remembered after a week had passed that his birthday was on the twentieth. Until this year, Hugo didn't remember it at all because of the busy publicity. If it weren't for this group of friends, Hugo probably would have forgotten it again.

Although today is only Hugo's twenty-eighth birthday, not an important birthday of an integer, it is very special because of the existence of this group of friends. The significance of Remembrance Day is not in the "remembrance" itself, but in the people who commemorate this day together. Maybe there is no grand party today, maybe there is no formal dinner today, maybe there is no fancy gift today... But just a cake, a group of friends, makes Hugo's twenty-eighth birthday full of nostalgic meaning.

"Hugo, I have to rush to the crew, tick tick!" After finally breathing, Alex hurriedly took a lot of tissues to wipe the cream on his face and hair, and then gave the rain Guo gave a hug and pointed to the "Los Angeles Times" in Charlize's hand with a smile, "Nice job!"

Then Leonardo came over, gave Hugo a hug, and then took the opportunity to rub all the cream on his cheeks onto Hugo's clothes, and said triumphantly, "I also have to go to a meeting with the agent. , go first." Then Leonardo didn't wait for Hugo to react, he pulled Toby Maguire and ran out.

Hugo looked at his T-shirt, which had been completely ruined by the cream, and could only smile helplessly. Afterwards, Fu Jin, Neil and others also said that they were leaving first. It was originally Monday, and everyone had their own arrangements. Hugo also had work in the afternoon, and there were no preparations for parties, so everyone squeezed out. Time to celebrate Hugo's twenty-eighth birthday.

After everyone left, only Hugo and Charlize were left in the room. The two looked at each other's embarrassed appearance, and then laughed.

Hugo looked at his creamy hands, "So, you don't have a job today?"

"There is an audition for lunch." Charlize said with a smile, "I heard from Karl, after I attended the premiere with you, the audition opportunities immediately increased." Although it was just an audition, not a role, but it also It proves the importance of exposure in Hollywood, "It seems that I should use you to hype more in the future."

Hugo looked at Charlize's schadenfreude expression and knew that she was joking, and said angrily, "How about, when I participate in the show this afternoon, I will reveal the fact that we are living together?"

Charlize's face changed instantly. Her mother still didn't know about it. She quickly flattered and said, "Oh, it's just a joke, why take it so seriously." This made Hugo chuckle. , Charlize quickly changed the subject, "This time the box office did a great job. When Carl came in with the newspaper just now, we were all taken aback!"

Before these things were brought to Hugo by Joseph, but not today. Moreover, to celebrate Hugo's birthday today, Fukukin and Carl appeared, including Leonardo and Toby. Obviously they planned to have a few days, but Joseph still did not appear.

Charlize noticed that Hugo's eyes dimmed slightly, and she immediately reacted. She really couldn't open the pot and lift it. Hugo must have noticed that Joseph didn't appear. Charlize didn't say much, just put the newspaper in front of him and opened it, "This is a gift from all of us united to give you, don't you plan to read it?"

When Hugo thought of Joseph, it was a flash. In the past few days, all the work contacts between him and Joseph were done through Joseph's assistant, Anna. Parma. Hugo has already Gradually getting used to it, Joseph didn't show up today, which was to be expected.

Hugo smiled at Charlize and snatched the "Los Angeles Times" from Charlize's hand, only to hear Charlize exclaimed, "Hey, Hugo, this is a birthday present!" Hugo held it in his hand. The cream was not wiped clean, and it was directly caught on the newspaper, which made the "Los Angeles Times" suddenly print a palm print.

"It's just a newspaper, if you don't have it, you can buy it again." Hugo said with a smile, not caring about the cream in his hand at all, he opened the newspaper, flipped to the corresponding page, and went to Find the North American box office charts that appear every Monday.

Hugo looked down and saw a row of ticket stubs neatly pasted on the left side of the newspaper, and then each ticket stub was signed, Leonardo, Toby, Fokine, Neil... Everyone's name is so clear that the ticket stubs are down to the North American box office rankings this week. There is a line of words drawn by a red carbon pen, which is "Schindler's List". It says "Universal Pictures, $2.25 million, $250,000, $90,000, $22 million, Week 1."

This means that "Schindler's List", which cost 22 million US dollars, grossed US$90,000 in a single venue in its first week of release and US$2.25 million in 25 theaters over three weekends. . There is also a number "seven" in front of the movie's title, which is how "Schindler's List" ranks on the North American box office chart this week.

This is a birthday present for Hugo from friends! They collectively went to the cinema to watch the premiere and made their own contribution to the box office of Hugo's movie. Compared with the gift itself, this support from friends is the true meaning of the gift, which made Hugo a little ignorant for a moment. At a loss, he just coughed softly in embarrassment to hide his excitement, "Hey, a movie ticket is only nine dollars a piece, this gift is really cheap."

"It's not your big birthday!" Charlize looked at Hugo's expression, and the corners of his mouth lifted up, outlining his pride, "Look, you left fingerprints on it, and you can't see it clearly in many places."

Hugo laughed, looking at the newspaper with the cream finger prints, which made the gift complete, because the cream also belongs to today's memory. This is the perfect gift!

As of the release of "Schindler's List", the box office record holder for live-action movies in the North American film market is "Edward. Scissorhands" released in 1990 The modern fairy tale presented by Winona-Ryder (Winona. Ryder) was the top one at the box office with $79,000.

In fact, all the movies at the box office of a single venue cannot match the appeal of Disney animations. Since the premieres of Disney animations are held in Disneyland, the number of audiences that Disneyland can accommodate is several times that of ordinary theaters. It also makes the single-house box office of Disney cartoons easily approaching $100,000, which also kills all live-action movies in seconds.

But in live-action movies, it is not so easy to cross the threshold of $50,000 at the box office of a single venue. So far, there are only four films, namely "Edward Scissorhands" and "Kiss. ​​Of. The Spider-Woman." Spider. Woman)", "The Joy Luck Club (The. Joy. Luck. Club)", "Howard Manor", which shows that it is difficult to achieve a breakthrough in the box office of a single hall.

This time, "Schindler's List" smashed the box office of $90,000 in a single hall, which is no less than Disney's "Aladdin" released last year. It not only easily broke the "Edward Scissorhands" The single-house box office record for a live-action film created, and it also swept the entire North American film market in an unstoppable manner. This is definitely a situation that no one expected!

No wonder today's "Los Angeles Times" will use red font to report, the title is just a series of numbers "90000", followed by a series of exclamation marks, but the concise and clear title clearly expresses the shock in the hearts of all media reporters, even if it is a series of exclamation marks. Ten thousand grass and mud horses can't be compared.

The $90,000 single-hall box office not only made the $20,000 figure previously predicted by Entertainment Weekly a joke, but also signaled the audience's attention, support, and love for the film, before destroying it with overwhelming momentum. According to every media's previous opinion of the film.

Just when everyone was singing the praises of the artistry presented by "Schindler's List," the enthusiasm of the audience for the film set a new standard for all media, and it was obvious, "Schindler's The List" is hitting the U.S. film market in a sweeping fashion.

If we want to explore the reasons why the box office of "Schindler's List" can achieve such impressive results, three factors have been unanimously recognized by many media: the first is the attraction of the original story, and Schindler's true deeds are undoubtedly It has an incomparable topic effect; the second is Steven Spielberg's appeal, whether it is his ability to attract business, or his first recognition of the film art by the media, it is enough to become the audience's favorite. The reason for going to the cinema.

The third is Hugo, not only because Hugo has won a place in the highly competitive North American box office market after the foreshadowing of the previous three films, but also because Hugo's continuous road tour in the past five months has created countless topics, more Because Hugo gave an amazing performance that was enough to go down in history in the movie, all of this is the driving force for the audience to rush into the cinema.

Under the combined effect of these various factors, "Schindler's List" has made history, with a box office of 90,000 US dollars in a single hall, disdainful of the crowd!