Chapter 509 509 Strong Momentum
"Schindler's List" indirectly led to the early delisting of "Farewell to Sentient Heaven", which was absolutely unforeseen in advance.
The blowout ability of "Schindler's List" at the box office made the "Farewell to Love Heaven" who was carrying malicious hype news seem very weak no matter how hard they tried, and at this juncture, the bad news came again.
There are rumors in the circle that the producer Tracy Jacobs is smashing the box office. Although this news is only rumored in the circle at present, it is a fatal blow to "Farewell to the Love of Love". Once the movie hangs up With this name, no matter the truth of the matter, all the reputation of "Farewell to Lovely Heaven" has been destroyed. Don't say that the Golden Globe Award and the Oscar have been won, and the nomination qualifications may be lost. This is the real thing. The bamboo basket was empty.
Under such circumstances, Columbia Pictures could only break the wrist, and before the rumors fully emerged, they directly removed the film from the theater, hoping to control these negative rumors, and then use the huge network of people in the circle to control these negative rumors. news. Now Columbia Pictures can only pray that the Jewish team behind Steven Spielberg has accepted the apology from Mike Nichols on the show, and if Steven starts to retaliate, then "Farewell" Love God" is really powerless to return to the sky.
Faced with such a situation, Tracy was completely stupid, and she couldn't even make an effective response. What is called self-inflicted sin and can't live, maybe that is the most realistic portrayal of Tracy now.
But for "Schindler's List", the early exit of "Farewell to Sentient Heaven" did not have much impact, and its footsteps in the North American market have just begun.
As the trend of the entire public opinion stabilized, the reputation and word of mouth of "Schindler's List" also began to slowly penetrate into the wider masses. In the third week of December, the film was officially released in a thousand courtyards. The Wire held a U.S. release!
"The. Pelican. Brief," which premiered in 2,000 theaters this week, is without a doubt the most anticipated title contender, a film starring Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts, Directed by the top director Alan. J. Pakula, who once directed "To. Kill. A. Mockingbird", "The President's Team (All The director ability of classic masterpieces such as "The. President's. Men)" and "Sophie's. Choice" cannot be ignored.
The same is true. "The Assassination of Gannets" has handed over 16.9 million US dollars at the box office in its first weekend of release, beating all competitors without any suspense, and won the North American weekend in the third week of December. Box office champion.
The steady release of "Schindler's List" was not significantly affected. This word-of-mouth work, which has become the focus of the society, easily earned $9.2 million by relying on the box office of $9,200 in a single hall. The weekend box office, despite giving up the top spot, still held the runner-up seat in its fifth week of release, and brought its cumulative box office to $38 million in one fell swoop.
It's fair to say that "Schindler's List" is like a shining rock star, putting on amazing performances every week.
At present, the only thing in the North American market that can be compared with "Schindler's List" is the "Slim Dad" who became more and more brave in Vietnam. Four weeks after its release, this word-of-mouth comedy is still adding more theaters, contributing $9 million at the box office, standing firmly behind "Schindler's List" and ranking third. The four-week accumulation of US$72 million is also steadily moving towards the 100 million mark.
Relatively speaking, the performance of the three new works released last week, "Fighting Wisdom 2", "Nuns Are Crazy 2", and "Gronimer: An American Legend", was very disappointing, even the smallest decline. The "Nuns Are Crazy 2" also reached 31%, and "Reverse Fighting Wisdom 2" fell directly into the soil with a drop of as high as 54%. The investment of 40 million US dollars must be smooth. Recycling is not an easy task.
The most bleak is the film "Gronimer: An American Legend", which fell 43 percent this week to $2.3 million and a cumulative box office of just $7.7 million. Fortunately, the cost is only 35 million, and Columbia Pictures will not lose too much even if it loses money.
This also sparked the whispers of many professionals in the circle. When Joseph was Hugo's agent, the four films he had selected were successful, all of which were successful; The chosen script is not so convincing.
In the fourth week of December, Universal Pictures once again added 130 venues to "Schindler's List". Obviously, it intends to continue the expansion, but it will not rush into it for small profits. , which also shows that Universal Pictures intends to make "Schindler's List" a long-term hit, relying on the precipitation of social hotspots to continuously attract audiences to the cinema.
Universal's strategy was unquestionably successful, with "Schindler's List" taking another $9.4 million this weekend, a slight increase from last week. Although it was unable to impact the championship position of "Gan Gan Assassination Order", "Gan Gan Assassination Order" handed over a 34% decline and earned 11 million in revenue over three days over the weekend, easily winning the title again; The "Slim Daddy", which had an inverse growth at the box office, has continued the top three names from the previous week.
In the fifth week of December, which was the last week of 1993, this week, driven by the New Year’s Eve holiday, all films were showing more theaters, and the entire North American box office ushered in a collective explosion,” Schindler’s List "Naturally, it is no exception. After increasing the number of screening theaters to 1,400, the box office rose by 65%, and the weekend box office of 15.5 million US dollars broke out directly, and the cumulative box office was even more. At $75 million, the $100 million threshold doesn't seem too far away.
In the early 1990s, when entertainment activities were far less abundant than in the 21st century, movie theaters were undoubtedly the most popular venues for New Year's Eve. The box office of all 27 movies on the North American weekend box office charts all showed a green increase. Even the worst performers saw a 10 percent increase, and the best-performing comedy film "Grumpy. Old. Men" posted a 95 percent increase.
Among them, the 65% increase in "Schindler's List" is not an exaggeration. Thanks to the comedy theme, "Skinny Daddy" won a 75% increase in one fell swoop. At the weekend box office of 16 million US dollars, it easily completed the counterattack, and won the championship from the "Gannet Assassination Order" and "Schindler's List", and the cumulative box office increased from last week's 90 million in one fell swoop. The US dollar soared directly to 122 million US dollars, becoming the biggest winner of the New Year's Eve movie market.
In the last week of 1993, the North American movie box office rankings came to an end with "Skinny Daddy", "Schindler's List" and "Gannet Assassination" ranking among the top three.
Then, in the New Year of 1994, the trend of soaring box office dropped instantly, but "Schindler's List" is still steadily increasing its own screening theaters, adding twenty to fifty screening theaters every week. It lasted until the end of February, and then gradually decreased the number of screenings at a rate ranging from 40 to 80 per week.
Universal's distribution strategy has been a huge success. Although it has never been able to return to the championship position, it has been stable in the top five, except for 11 million in the first week of January. In addition to the US dollar box office, the box office of "Schindler's List" remained at a very stable number for the following weekend, 9 million, 8.5 million, 7.6 million, 8 million... This is a very Slowly and steadily, there will be a little counterattack from time to time.
After entering February, the floating range became more stable, which also made "Schindler's List" break through the threshold of 100 million US dollars in the third week of January without any suspense, bringing its cumulative box office to The position of 106 million, and then this trend continued.
Before the Oscars at the end of March, "Schindler's List" had racked up $160 million at the box office, and it's still going on. His show time has been extended to a full 33 weeks, far exceeding the average show period of 22 weeks. It is definitely a masterpiece with a strong reputation.
Under such a long screening, "Schindler's List" finally staggered past the 200 million threshold, locking his North American total box office at 205 million US dollars!
What did it mean to cross the 200 million threshold in the early 1990s? It means a rare box office masterpiece! You know, the North American box office of "Terminator 2" in 1991 was only $204 million! This is definitely a huge breakthrough for a World War II work with a serious and profound theme! This also made "Schindler's List" a one-of-a-kind box office victory!
"Schindler's List" broke the box office of more than 200 million US dollars under the circumstance that the film critics' reputation was unbelievable, which also confirmed that "this is Steven's most successful work combining business and art in history. "This statement.
It is worth mentioning that this is Hugo's third consecutive work that has crossed the threshold of 100 million since "The Hero of the Sea of Righteousness".
There is no doubt that Hugo, relying on the success of "Schindler's List", has officially entered the first-line actor comparable to Tom Cruise, which is also a situation that no one could have predicted.
"Sleepless in Seattle", a chick movie that nobody liked, brought in $189 million for Hugo, and a heavy war movie "Schindler's List" that made everyone hesitate It brought Hugo another $205 million at the box office, not to mention Hugo's excellent acting skills in these two works. So, without a doubt, 1993 was the year of Hugo's strong rise.
What is even more commendable is that "Schindler's List" has also shown unimaginable box office appeal in international markets other than North America!