430-2 Consecutive Championships, the Outbreak of Independence Day

Although "The Departed" did not have a big hit at the box office, earning "only" $38.41 million in more than 3,200 theaters in its first weekend, no matter how much speculation about Wayne appeared in the media, There is no way to stop the theater chain alliance from maintaining the scale of screening of "The Departed".

So naturally, starting from Monday, the number of theaters showing "The Departed" in North America has remained at around 3200.

The various news that appeared in the media did not affect the theater company's confidence in Wayne. The reason is very simple. The box office of "The Departed" did not have a big explosion, but the box office trend is very stable.

There is another point that cannot be ignored. It is mid-to-late June in North America, and a large number of large-scale productions should be released together. Due to Wayne's random operations, all small and medium-sized production companies have avoided this time. No one wants to be the victim of a collision between big companies.

The current situation is rather embarrassing. In addition to Wayne's "The Departed", the main movies occupying the North American theater market include "Tornado", which has a healthy box office trend, and "The Matrix", which maintains a screening scale of 1,300 theaters. ", followed by "Ransom" produced by Disney and distributed by Buena Vista International.

Judging from the current situation, even if the theater company reduces the screening scale of "The Departed", there will be no room for it, because among the films currently being released, "The Departed" is already the most anticipated.

All of this has resulted in a strange trend in the theater market. It can be said that until the release of 20th Century Fox's "Independence Day" and Universal Pictures' "The Fat Professor" at the end of June, the first two movies of the entire summer season For months, it was completely controlled by Warner Bros.

Regardless of luck or other factors, the facts have evolved into this. Now all the production companies in Hollywood are staring at Warner Bros. with jealous red eyes. No one wants to see a dominant company. However, no one can stop Warner Bros.

As long as people in the industry believe that all this is just the result of good luck after Warner Bros. allowed Wayne to go crazy, the tastes of movie fans are always changing at any time. No one can predict whether a movie will win before it is released. success.

However, starting from the arrival of the working day on Monday, the box office trend of "The Departed" has inevitably shown a downward trend. It only received 3.47 million US dollars on Monday. Tuesday ushered in the traditional discount day of the North American theater market. Home remedies It rose back to $4.87 million, fell again to $3.39 million on Wednesday, and continued to fall to $3.31 million on Thursday.

"The Departed" grossed a total of US$15.04 million at the North American box office within four working days. The film was released in North America for a full week, with a total box office of more than US$50 million in seven days, and a total box office of US$53.45 million.

This number can only be said to not disappoint, but it is definitely not a surprise. At the same time, the Disney masterpiece "Ransom", which was released on the same weekend as "The Departed", was squeezed by multiple Warner Bros. films, and its cumulative box office in the past week was only 29.97 US dollars.

It seemed as if everything Nina said was happening. After discovering that the film had no hope of turning around, all the discussions about Wayne in the media suddenly disappeared by the time the second weekend came, leaving only some spontaneous pursuits. The gossip tabloids are still following up the hype.

In the second weekend, there were almost no eye-catching changes in the North American theater market. "The Departed" also had no heavyweight competitors. With its slow pace, this film steadily continued to collect box office. It is worth mentioning that, one week after its release, this film still has the best box office performance in a single theater among all released films.

Warner Bros. will naturally not miss this opportunity. With the diligent communication of the distribution department, the theater company still maintains more than 3,000 theaters and has not reduced its screening scale.

In the following three days of the second weekend, "The Departed" had a huge screening scale, and the box office rebounded strongly starting on Friday, with a revenue of 6.71 million U.S. dollars that day. It rose again on Saturday, with a revenue of 9.12 million U.S. dollars. Because the next day was a working day, the price inevitably dropped to $6.19 million on Sunday.

It can be said that it can achieve good box office trends. On the one hand, it is the appeal of Wayne and the three male protagonists, attracting movie fans to enter the theater anytime and anywhere. More importantly, on the other hand, it is the scale of screening. Compared with the first weekend of release, , and no reduction occurred.

Ten days after "The Departed" opened, the North American box office reached $75.47 million, unsurprisingly winning the North American summer box office title for two consecutive years.

Because this film is targeting Academy Awards, everyone from the director and other behind-the-scenes roles to the leading actors took salary cuts to join the film. The cost of the film is only about US$40 million.

The publicity and distribution expenses accounted for about half of the production cost, about 20 million US dollars. It can be said that the box office received by the film since its release has exceeded the production cost line.

This is very important. Fans and the media may not care about this, but the studios are looking at this number. Now this film has just been released in North America for ten days. After this week, it will appear in dozens of countries and regions overseas.

This shows that "The Departed", even if other income is not calculated, can recover all investment from the box office alone. If the film performs well in the overseas theater market, it may even make a considerable profit.

At the same time, after the second weekend of the film's release, major third-party forecasting companies in North America have readjusted the data they released. Many forecasting companies said that the previously released data were too conservative. The North American box office is likely to exceed US$150 million. At the same time, even the gambling company in Las Vegas has lowered the odds that the film's North American box office will reach 150 million US dollars and the global box office will reach 400 million US dollars. A small group of companies with a keen sense of smell simply stopped betting on North American box office predictions, and only retained the global box office prediction channel.

Anyone in the industry knows that the biggest difference between this film and Wayne's other previous works is that it is not so commercial. But this is not only a bad thing, but it also brings a good side to the film.

Generally speaking, for award-winning works like this with strong box office trends, theater companies and production companies will tacitly maintain a certain screening scale and maintain an ultra-long screening time in order to prepare for the awards season. Completely draining the film of all its box office potential.

Therefore, "The Departed" is destined to stay in the theater market for a long time, until the Oscars arrive in March next year.

This also provides enough convenience for the film to generate more box office. In fact, even most media have discovered that although this film has not been a box office hit, it definitely cannot be classified as a bad film. In the eyes of certain groups, Being loved to death, some viewers said they couldn't accept it.

If it were another director, this would definitely be regarded as a highlight of this summer's film. However, Wayne's past is too brilliant, and the media and fans have become accustomed to it. His films were box office hits as soon as they were released, triggering a movie-watching frenzy across the country. .

When the second weekend passed, in the next four working days, the film still maintained a healthy decline, earning US$2.61 million, US$2.75 million, US$2.55 million, and US$2.45 million in four days respectively, for a total of US$10.36 million. .

Just when Wayne led the creative team on the flight to the British Isles, the North American box office of "The Departed" had reached 85.83 million US dollars.

Next, the film will land in various regions of Europe, including the British Isles, this weekend and begin its overseas journey.

When Wayne led the crew to appear in London, the North American theater market finally ushered in a reshuffle, and Warner Brothers temporarily withdrew from the stage.

On June 28, 1996, it was decided to release "Independence Day" a week in advance, and Universal Pictures' other ambitious film "The Fat Professor" simultaneously opened its public screenings in more than 2,800 theaters.

On the day of the large-scale opening of the two films on Friday, they ended with an ending that shocked everyone. At the beginning of "Independence Day", "The Fat Professor" was pressed to the ground and rubbed. The result of this may be Not even 20th Century Fox thought of it.

Roland Emmerich's market-leading work, with unparalleled box office trends, grossed 502.28 million US dollars in the first three days of the weekend, and the box office was getting higher day by day. It was shocked by the media. Amidst the calls, "The Departed" took away this weekend's box office championship.

On the other hand, Universal Pictures' ambitious film "The Professor" only earned a far less than expected $25.65 million in its first weekend due to the joint efforts of Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox.

If there is anyone who makes the biggest profit in this film, it is undoubtedly Will Smith. This makes him, who already has good box office appeal, become the darling of all North America in a few days.

Perhaps now he cannot compare with Denzel Washington in terms of professional awards, but in terms of market appeal, Will Smith has completely surpassed him. With the box office performance of "Independence Day", there is no doubt that Will Smith has surpassed him. The doubts have completely come to the fore.

In the subsequent promotional activities, this African-American movie star, who is so likable that people can ignore his skin color, uncharacteristically mentioned Wayne frequently and unabashedly supported his new film "The Departed". The reporter publicly admitted that the reason why he was able to develop so smoothly in Hollywood was all inseparable from Wayne's support and invitation in 1991.

"You know, Wayne Greenberg is a great director, there's no doubt about that. I'm certainly always grateful for his support, and he was the first to accept me when I was a hip-hop artist that no one knew about a few years ago. My skin color has given me a rare opportunity, so Wayne is the best brother in my life, and I will support him no matter what."