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"Schindler's List" made history, breaking the previous record with a single-hall box office of $90,000. This news became the headlines of the entertainment pages of major news media, which absolutely no one thought of it. Could it be that after "Schindler's List" has created a world-defying word of mouth, it will also be world-beating in terms of box office? Could it be said that the perfect combination of business and art is "Schindler's List"?
But...it's a war movie, full of heaviness and pathos, and it doesn't look like a commercial miracle movie at all. Then, we can only see the performance after the expansion of "Schindler's List" next week.
But there's no question that "Schindler's List" achieved enough in its opening weekend to be the envy of all.
In the third week of November, No. 7 "Schindler's List" stole all the spotlight, which also allowed "Adams Family Values" to top the North American weekend box office chart with $14 million this week. Overshadowed, whether it is the scale of 2,600 theaters, or the box office of a single hall in the early 5,000s, this film has been completely destroyed by "Schindler's List", even if it won the weekend box office champion It became a foil without any suspense.
Except for "The Values of the Addams Family", no other work has surpassed the threshold of 10 million at the weekend box office, and its performance is unsatisfactory. It is worth mentioning that "Farewell to Love", which was expanded in 520 theaters this week, unexpectedly only received a box office of 2.2 million US dollars, which is really embarrassing.
Although "Farewell to Lovers" is not as good as director James Ivory's last work "Howard Manor", it is still a masterpiece full of historical heritage. Unfortunately, its performance at the box office can't really lift people's spirits. The weekly expansion rate exceeded 300 theaters, but the box office increase was only less than 600,000 US dollars. This data is very unsatisfactory.
It is obvious that the comparison between "Schindler's List" and "Farewell to Love", these two works ranked seventh and eighth in this week's weekend box office rankings, the gap is only $50,000, ten. There is a slight gap, but "Schindler's List" has only been screened in 25 theaters, and the screening scale of "Farewell to Youqingtian" has reached 500 levels. Three weeks as an explanation is also unconvincing, because the winner is "Schindler's List" and "Farewell to the Sentient Days" is only $50,000 behind in eighth place.
It has to be said that the phenomenal performance of "Schindler's List" eclipsed all other works in the North American film market in the third week of November, and in this comparison, "Farewell to Love" is even more embarrassing. . But if the media knew that the box office of "Farewell to the Lovers" actually reached its current level after Tracy swiped half a million dollars, it is estimated that the expressions on everyone's faces would be very interesting.
Like Martin Baum, Brad Pitt.
But when Martin saw the North American movie box office charts this week, he almost thought he was wrong, but after confirming several different newspapers and magazines, Martin knew that he was not wrong, "Schindler's List" did create It was an almost unbelievable single-hall box office of $90,000, and "Farewell to Love" did indeed lose to "Schindler's List". This is almost impossible, but it happened.
It was so absurd that Martin couldn't hold back his laughter. Who could have encountered such a thing? Not to mention that "Schindler's List" broke the single-house box office record held by "Edward Scissorhands" for nearly three years, nor did it break the shackles of serious war movies, Jewish themes and other negative factors to create good results, because There are still traces to follow, but "Farewell to the Love of Love", a film with a good reputation among critics and audiences, actually lost to "Schindler's" despite the box office of Tracy. List", which is really dumbfounding.
Five hundred and twenty theaters are no match for twenty-five theaters, not to mention that half a million dollars in the box office was made by themselves. This is really... ridiculous to make people speechless. .
Brad looked at the box office data in the newspaper and was stunned. He was obviously not mentally prepared for such a situation, so he didn't know how to react. His brain went into a state of shutdown. Tracy's expression of being in a state of madness, and now this result only makes Tracy more miserable.
"So, do you know again?" Martin's voice came over, but Brad didn't understand and asked suspiciously, "What?"
Martin went on to say, "The work is the most important thing, all other means are only auxiliary, and other means can work with excellent works. The competition between you and Hugo is worse than having time to be envious here. Be yourself first, and shoot works of sufficient strength, so as to form a counterweight.”
Martin wasted no time in persuading Brad, "Also, it's important to keep polishing your strength like Hugo did. You performed very well in 'California Killer', but you should continue to work hard."
Brad vaguely understood the meaning of Martin's words, but his temper was more impulsive, and he couldn't fully accept Martin's statement for a while, so there was a natural rejection in his eyes. Martin quickly added, "Look at Tracy, you don't want to be like her..." In fact, Martin thought that Tracy was fully capable of suppressing Hugo, but she chose to rush forward, Nothing can be said now.
Thinking of Tracy's hideous face, Brad fell silent.
Tracy did lose her mind. The reporter's surprise, Martin and Brad's surprise, were nothing compared to Tracy's own madness. She couldn't believe it was true. It was not just ridiculous, it was even impossible. believable. If it wasn't for Tracy's certainty that her actions at the box office were very secretive, and Martin and Brad were absolutely reliable, she would almost suspect that Hugo knew the little tricks behind his back, and then also made box office checks for "Schindler's List" -While Hugo doesn't have this ability, Steven Spielberg has it.
But the problem is that even if the opponents also smash the box office, it is almost impossible for a single-hall box office of 90,000 US dollars, which is watched by countless pairs of eyes. "Schindler's List" was screened in 25 theaters, and the attendance rate can be seen at a glance. It is impossible for the box office of 90,000 US dollars to be smashed.
So...then this is the truth? No, it is impossible, to be precise, unacceptable!
Tracy does not believe that her efforts will be in vain, so vulnerable, and Tracy does not think that she has a way back now - even if there is, she does not want to retreat, so she has only one choice, that is to continue with "Schindler's List" faced off head-to-head, even if the egg hit a rock, she would not hesitate.
What's more, "Farewell to the Sentient Heavens" is not an egg, and "Schindler's List" is not a stone. The gap between the two is not as huge as imagined. Tracy is upping the ante for next week's weekend box office, this time with a million bucks!
The North American weekend box-office charts for the fourth week of November have grabbed the attention of many, this week's "Mrs. Doubtfire" starring Robin Williams and Sally Field. Undoubtedly, it is the center of attention. This comedy film with an investment of 25 million US dollars won the box office of 20 million US dollars in its premiere. Biggest winner of the week.
However, the box office of "Farewell to the Love of Love", which was maintained in 520 theaters, had a strange upward curve. The box office increased by more than 50% compared with last week, and the weekend box office received 3 million US dollars. At number ten on the list, it has just crossed the $10 million mark in its four weeks of release. Although there is a counter-attack at the box office without an increase in the number of theaters, and the magnitude is so large, it is quite strange, but considering the quality of the film itself, it is barely credible.
Of course, what people are most concerned about this week is the performance of "Schindler's List". The commercial performance of this film will show a clue this week. Dele's List", which won the weekend box office of $4 million with a box office of $40,000 in a single hall, with a box office increase of 77.8%, which is an amazing achievement!
The expansion of "Schindler's List" in the second week of its release did not speed up blindly. After "Edward Scissorhands" set a single-house box office record in the first week, it expanded in a thousand theaters the following week. It was a pity that the box office performance was very mediocre. It only earned $6 million in the next weekend, and the total box office finally stopped at $48 million. This is a regrettable performance at the box office.
Therefore, this time, "Schindler's List" only put the expansion pace in the position of 100 in the next week. Let's see the feedback on the film from all over the United States. After all, the main audience of this film is still Jews, and then Decide on the next expansion plan.
The results showed that the expansion results in the next week were very satisfactory. The single-house box office of US$40,000 made Universal Pictures happy. The weekend box office of US$4 million not only made "Schindler's List" in this week's North American box office rankings. Ranked sixth, and brought the film to $8 million in two weeks!
Obviously, "Schindler's List" has withstood the test, and the next step of further expansion will leave Universal Pictures more choices.
Since the release of "Schindler's List" for two weeks, it has shown an impressive record in point screenings, which has been praised by both film critics and audiences, which also makes people more and more optimistic about the film's box office prospects.
However, this is the worst situation for Tracy. Not only did she fail the sniping for the second week in a row, but she also fell into a terrible situation where the "Schindler's List" was gradually accelerating. Is she right? Will allow this to happen!