Chapter 903: 903

Macaulay Culkin's acting career came to an end.

This may be the judgement of this gifted child in the whole of Hollywood at present. Because of the greed of his father, who is called "hell's watchdog", the major production companies have begun to hate dealing with Macaulay, even if He is considered the most popular child star in Hollywood right now.

In 1994, Macaulay had three upcoming films, and he was paid as much as $8 million in all three films, making him the highest paid child star in Hollywood. But that's all, the arrogant and unreasonable Macaulay, plus the money-hungry, unearned, greedy Culkins fighting endlessly for Macaulay's huge fortune, plus Macaulay's two actors last year. This work was very mediocre in terms of box office and word of mouth, so Macaulay gradually disappeared from the cooperation list of major production companies.

After filming "Richie. Rich" at the beginning of the year, Macaulay has not received a new script for half a year, which has been impossible in the past two years. Macaulay's father is still Unaware of it, he was making outrageous claims that he was picking better works for his son, but the history Hugo knew made it clear that this was the end of Macaulay's prime.

Macaulay then waited until 2002 to return to the stage, but by then. Addicted, he no longer has the aura and cuteness of his childhood, and he is completely reduced to a third-tier actor.

But that's all in the future. This year, Macaulay has two more works that will be released in the second half of the year. "Little Devil" is only his first work in 1994, so everything looks good, for publicity "Little Devil" Macaulay and his parents are very hard-working - this work has brought Macaulay $8 million in salary income.

Last week, Macaulay's father said in an interview, "Hugo's salary is only six million, and he and Mac (Mac) are not on the same level."

While Macaulay's father, Christopher. 'Kit'. Culkin, is known to be a stupid, mad dog who gets a gasp in front of the media every now and then, Kit's remarks this time around are unmistakable. The absurd remarks that were instigated by the "New York Post" are really sneering. The media not only did not give the "New York Post" any support, but also sneered at Kit as a "frog in the well".

When Hugo took over the filming of "Speed ​​of Life and Death", the final salary was 6 million instead of the 8 million that was initially negotiated. This was because Hugo took the initiative to reduce the salary to save the crew's budget, but the box office dividends rose to 12. Percentage points, you can also see the crew's trust in Hugo's box office appeal.

Only an ignorant person like Kit would think that Hugo's salary of six million is a ridiculous figure. Strictly speaking, Hugo's "Pulp Fiction" salary is even lower, only $250,000, but obviously Rain Guo and the other actors who made $250,000 are not on the same level at all.

But the "New York Post" now has no way out. They can only "release" Kit and let Kit bite people like a mad dog in front of the media. While despising Hugo, it also allows more attention. Concentrate on "Little Devil's Move". The "New York Post" can only hope now that Macaulay, the greatest child star of the 20th century after Shirley Temple, can once again blossom into his magic, burst into a strong box office, and complete the "speed of life" sniper.

Therefore, on the one hand, the "New York Post" stimulated Kitt behind the scenes, letting him speak nonsense, attracting media firepower; It is possible to push the publicity momentum to a climax and attract more audiences.

Unfortunately, the facts have proved that publicity is always just a means, and the audience is not a fool. It is the work itself that really decides the outcome. "Little Ghost Moves" still continues the style of the "Home Alone" series, but apparently the audience no longer buys it.

Macaulay's magical charm has been squandered in the "Home Alone" series. Last year's two works were exhausted. This time, "Little Ghost Moves" was a complete failure. The scale of the premiere in 2,000 theaters, the result is a single The box office of the pavilion did not even break through 3,000, and the final opening weekend's box office revenue was only 5.5 million, which made the investors MGM Pictures and the distributor Universal Pictures extremely bitter, and the "New York Post" was even dumber. Speechless.

As for the third weekend of "Speed ​​of Life", as predicted by all media, it did not accept any challenges at all, and the hot ratings of "The Tonight Show" are the best proof.

'Life and Death' paid a mere four percent box-office loss this week, leaving all the media screaming, with the Chicago Tribune headline "Macauley: Dad, why don't you buy a ticket to my movie? ?" It became the biggest joke of the week, and Kit's previous remarks became the focus of ridicule by major media.

This made Kit furious and scolded indiscriminately in the media, but his remarks were nothing new. They repeated the brilliance of "Home Alone" over and over again, which was not worth mentioning.

Compared to Kit, the box office drop of "Life and Death" is really worthy of the adjective "terrible".

A four percent drop in the box office is something to celebrate no matter which movie or time period it is in, and it's even more astonishing in the third week of the movie's release. No one will forget that "Life and Death" had a weekend box office of $27 million last week, and after deducting a 4% drop this week, it means that "Life and Death" took two wildly three days this weekend. $15.9 million!

The previous week, the "New York Post" also hoped that the box office drop of "Life and Death" could exceed 80% this week, and an avalanche occurred; however, professional media evaluations believed that this week's decline of "Life and Death" would definitely not exceed 80%. Thirty-five percent, now, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" has handed over a perfect answer with the most direct and effective box office figures!

Just a four percent drop, what does that say? It shows that the competitors have not put any pressure on "Life and Death" at all, whether it is the newly released "Little Devil", or the ferocious "Wolf", "Urban Humpback 2" and "The Flintstones" last week. It was able to cause trouble for "Speed ​​of Life", on the contrary, because of the bad reputation of all the newly released movies for four consecutive weeks, all the audiences rushed to the "Speed ​​of Life" screening venue, thus creating this incredible miracle!

In the face of such a decline, Kit's remarks are even more comical. "Little devil's move" hardly had any impact on "speed of life and death". It was like a piece of paper. Destroyed. This has also become one of the most hilarious comparisons in the third week of June.

It is undoubtedly the most sensational event in the North American film market. It has also become the second film in North American film history to exceed 20 million at the weekend box office for three consecutive weeks after "Jurassic Park". The third-week weekend box office of "Life and Death" is second only to "Jurassic Park", ranking second in North American film history!

At this time, people discovered that "Speed ​​of Life and Death" had quietly started to create film history records. The opening weekend was a blockbuster, ranking eighth in film history; the box office in the next week was only behind "Jurassic Park" and "Bat". "Batman" and "Home Alone 2" rose to the fourth place in film history; the box office continued to chop waves in the third week, leaving only the mountain of "Jurassic Park" ahead, and the third week weekend box office ranked runner-up in film history !

Can anyone expect such a sturdy result of "Life and Death"? Nobody! Not even Hugo!

With a weekend box office of 25.9 million US dollars, it could not find any competitors at all, and "Life and Death" easily completed the three consecutive championships in North America! Such power is enough to make any competitor feel terrified. He originally thought that the soft persimmon who was bullied by others turned out to be a powerful peerless master. This made all competitors miserable. If they knew this, they would not touch it. This is bad, but now, it's too late.

Under the pressure of "speed of life and death", "Wolf" suffered a 35% drop in the box office, barely reaching the qualifying line, but unfortunately, the box office fell behind a little in the first week, and fell a little further in the next week, and the gap has been narrowed. Expanding further, the two-week accumulation of $37 million has made it impossible for Columbia Pictures to relax; the box office of "The Flintstones" and "Urban Hillbills 2" also dropped by as much as 40%.

The final top five in the third week of June were "Speed ​​of Life", "Wolf", "The Flintstones", "Urban Hillbilly" and "Little Devil".

Relying on the box office data of Vietnam War and Courage, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" has already surpassed "Terminator 2" in the same period in the third week. The box office of "Terminator 2" in the third week is only less than 15 million, compared with that of "Terminator 2". There is a big gap between "speed of life and death". From this, we can see the impact of praise from film critics and audiences on long-term sales.

The cumulative box office of "Life and Death" broke through the threshold of 100 million in one fell swoop, and reached the position of 110 million US dollars. The shadow of failure still unstoppably came to the top of Colin Myler. They only persisted for another week, and they couldn't even wait for the strong attack of the "Lion King" next week. passed the $100 million threshold.

The box office fell by 11% in the second week and 4% in the third week, so that the "New York Post" had no power to fight back, and in just three weeks, it was a complete failure!

The box-office gamble has been won and lost faster than anyone could imagine: so what about the bets?