Chapter 890 890 Detonate the Box Office

"The General Mobilization of Heavenly Soldiers" received 44 points in the comprehensive evaluation by the media and a "C" in the theater.

"The Hillbilly Conquers New York", the media's comprehensive evaluation is 30 points, and the theater score is "B-".

"Speed ​​of Life and Death" received 81 points in the comprehensive media evaluation and "A" in the theater.

When the premiere battle in the first week of June came to an end, people took out this set of numbers for a comparison, and couldn't help but sigh that Disney and Universal Pictures poured a lot of money on creating a sensational premiere. , but the result was still dragged down by the poor quality of the work, and it was defeated by the competition.

On the contrary, from the start of the filming to the finalization, the "speed of life and death", which was always undervalued, kept a low profile, and was always conscientious, was completed in a remote place like the Los Angeles Theater, which is known as the "land of exile". Incredible turnaround.

Only need the two sets of data of media comprehensive review and theater rating to see the outcome of the three works, but as we all know, action movies and comedy movies are both popcorn movies, and these types of movies have one characteristic in common: That is, there are countless examples of audiences cheering even when critics swear, and countless examples of box office explosions in the first week even though critics and audiences swear.

As long as it benefits from strong publicity and the call of actors, the box office in the first week still has huge potential, and the feedback from film critics and audiences affects the subsequent box office.

So, until the box office data comes out, everything is unknown. However, it is clear that the suspense this time is not great, and the film critics and the audience have maintained a consistent aesthetic, which also gives "Life and Death" a huge advantage in the box office competition. But even so, when the box office list was announced on Monday, the glasses of countless people were broken, and those dislocated jaws were officially declared gone forever!

The box office of a single venue is 14,500 US dollars, 2,100 theaters, and the box office of 304,500,000 US dollars in three days on the weekend!

This is the premiere box office answer sheet handed over by "Speed ​​of Life and Death", this is the box office data obtained by the works that produced the peak of the topic in the first week of June, and this is the conclusion of the first boom since the opening of the summer program in 1994. More importantly, this is the box office gain after the opening weekend of a work that invested 28 million US dollars in the case of being blocked by the media!

People speculated that "Life and Death" would achieve excellent box office results, but no one expected that "Life and Death" could achieve a premiere box office of 30 million. You know, this is second only to "The Flintstones" since 1994. premiere data.

Even more amazing is that in the history of North American film, this data can be ranked eighth, ranking "Jurassic Park", "Batman Returns", "The Flintstones", "Lethal Weapon 3", "Terminator". 2", "Home Alone 2", and "400 Years of Horrifying Vampire Zombies"!

"The Flintstones" was an animated cartoon that swept the United States in the 1960s, and its influence was unparalleled. Therefore, when this cartoon was decided to be live-action, it itself aroused heated discussions in the major media. The heroine of the movie was "flying over the future". Elizabeth - Perkins (Elizabeth. Perkins), the actor is "Roseanne (Roseanne)", "Barton - Funk" John - Goodman (John. Goodman), invested 46 million US dollars , the target audience has locked a wide audience of family joy and childhood memories.

So when "The Flintstones" came out last week, it took $37 million at the box office and exploded the movie market, there's no question about it, there's nothing wrong with that.

But now, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" actually showed the same level of box office performance as "The Flintstones", which absolutely stunned a lot of people. In terms of horizontal comparison, the opening box office of "Terminator 2" was 31.8 million US dollars, and the opening box office of "Die Hard 2" was 21 million. Terminator 2" on the same level.

But the problem is, "Terminator 2" invested 102 million US dollars, "Die Hard 2" invested 70 million US dollars, and "Life and Death" only invested 28 million US dollars!

When first-run box office numbers and investment cost numbers collide, people's performance when they see this set of data must be superimposed tenfold. So, everyone was dumbfounded!

"$304.5 million? Statistics wrong?" This was the headline of the "Los Angeles Times" on Monday's entertainment page. From this slightly sarcastic question, it can be seen that almost everyone is Doubt: Shouldn't this be a beautiful mistake?

But then, the exhibitor who was in charge of box office statistics confirmed it again. There was no error in the box office data this week, and the box office for the premiere of "Speed ​​of Life" was indeed 30 million.

The "New York Post" is even more ashamed when it sees this result. No matter what the final box office of the movie is, the box office of the premiere alone is enough to make Colin Meiler face disgraced.

In an instant, the phenomenal performance of "speed of life and death" detonated the entire film market and made all the media boil. Unlike the film reviews after the film's premiere, this time the media were even more surprised by the film's box office driving force. To be able to ignite such a strong box office, you must know that this is a low-cost, one-vote work composed of newcomers - no, the movie has a big name, and it is still a top actor who gradually has a superstar aura: Hugo Lancass special!

Look back at Hugo's four works in the past two years-except "Pulp Fiction", "Scent of a Woman", "The Sea of ​​Righteousness", "Sleepless in Seattle", "Schindler's List", each All of them have achieved brilliant box office results, and at this moment, "Schindler's List" even has the hope of hitting the 200 million box office - the box office of the movie in the first week of June when "Life and Death" was released has not exceeded two. The threshold of 100 million is a result that surprised everyone.

Although people have been talking about Hugo's box office appeal, in fact no one in the circle really believes this statement. It is generally believed in the circle that "Righteous Sea Heroes" relies on Jack Nicholson, "Sleepless in Seattle" relies on romantic love, and "Schindler's List" naturally relies on Steven Spielberg Well, strictly speaking, Hugo hasn't really proven himself to have the so-called "box-office appeal".

Therefore, when Hugo took over the filming of "Pulp Fiction", everyone was stunned, thinking that Hugo had personally ruined his box office appeal, and at the same time he had also personally ruined the possibility of a top-level salary of 10 million yuan; so , When Hugo took over the filming of "Speed ​​of Life and Death", everyone was speechless, thinking that Hugo was destroying his future and destroying all the good cards in his hand.

But it turned out that people's fears were wrong. Hugo always knew exactly what he was doing. "Pulp Fiction" was famous in Cannes, and Hugo took home the first heavyweight actor trophy; "Life and Death" "Speed" impressed everyone with a destructive gesture on its opening weekend.

More importantly, "Life and Death" is the real Hugo's "Leadership" work, without the blessing of Jack Nicholson or Meg Ryan or Steven Spielberg, it will not be released. The advantage of schedule or the ease of weak competitors, without the cover of huge investment or frequent publicity, put aside all the auxiliary, relying solely on Hugo to turn the tide on the big screen, and also push Hugo's personal charm to a unprecedented heights.

This also means that Hugo has embarked on the road of superstar, and his box office appeal has been verified, just like "Top Gun" to Tom Cruise, Hugo has proved his attraction to the audience force!

From the gentle and humorous single father of "Sleepless in Seattle", to the cold-blooded Nazi officer of "Schindler's List", to the masculine and tough young police officer of "Life and Death", Hugo has shown his all-round charm. When he has truly kept pace with Tom Cruise, he has become an idol representative of the younger generation.

Of course, no one will forget that Hugo is better than Tom is that he not only has box office, charm, but also acting skills. An Oscar statuette plus a Cannes Best Actor trophy is enough to make Hugo go on the road to superstardom. Tom was more certain and more determined, and perhaps, more in the long run.

The premiere box office of "Life and Death" made the media admire Hugo's box office appeal. Although this appeal still needs the test of time, "Wolf" will strike next week. Hugo's appeal is spiritual. Shut off for a flash but last for a long time, and the answer will be obtained soon; but no one can deny that the North American film market in the first week of June has truly entered the Hugo rhythm.

In the first half of the 1990s, when the box office of 10 million was enough to win the championship, the box office of 30 million could not find any competitors. Therefore, there is no doubt that "Life and Death" won the second summer box office championship of Hugo's actor career, extending the dark horse phenomenon of "Sleepless in Seattle" last year to this year.

At this time, people couldn't help but wonder whether "Sleepless in Seattle" could continue the glory of "Sleepless in Seattle" last year. "Sleepless in Seattle", which was widely abandoned before its release, finally ended up with a box office of 189 million. In the position of the US dollar, the historical record of romantic movies has been broken, so what will the performance of "Life and Death", which is also a dark horse this year, will perform?

The North American box office chart in the first week of June was completely detonated by "Life and Death", while the two competitors were both in a dilemma. "The General Mobilization of Heavenly Soldiers" only earned $5.55 million over three days over the weekend. Aspiring Disney is beating its chest; "Hillbilly Conquers New York" is even worse, and $5 million at the box office is a disaster even for a comedy that's just over $20 million in investment.

In fact, "The Flintstones" performed even better at the box office this week. Entering its second week of screening, a drop of only 38% brought it $18 million at the weekend box office, tightly occupying the runner-up position. And "Gambler Ma Huali" also performed very well in the third week of its screening. It performed well at the weekend box office of 10 million US dollars and ranked third.

"Beverly Detective 3", which was released in its second week, received a weekend box office of 6.5 million with a drop of 47%. This sequel, which has invested 50 million US dollars, has only accumulated 2,000. The $8 million box office has a bleak outlook.

"Speed ​​of Life", "The Flintstones", "Gambler Ma Huali", "Beverly Detective 3", "The Soldiers of Heaven", and "The Hillbilly Conquer New York" occupy the top six of this week's box office rankings.

There is no doubt that "Life and Death" is the biggest winner. It is not only the least invested work in the top five, but also the second best box office performance in the first week of this year, plus the wonderful premiere. , is really in the limelight!

The only thing The New York Post can look forward to is the next week's "Wolf" confrontation.