The Greatest Showman (Big Play Bone)

Chapter 1528: 1 soaring

Less than two weeks before the annual Halloween, horror movies have started to go online one after another, but these small-cost thriller horror movies have not been able to shake the dominance of "gravity" in October, which also means The film has taken another solid step towards a new height in the creation of history.

In the third week of October, a total of three films were released on a large scale in more than 1,500 theaters.

The first is the official premiere of a brand new remake of the 1976 classic horror movie "Witch Carrie". It was officially premiered by Chole-Grace-Moretz, who had appeared in "King of the Sea" and was well-known. ) Co-starring Julianne Moore with an investment of 30 million US dollars.

Followed by the first wave of Disney’s impact on the awards season this quarter, "WikiLeaks", Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Bruch, who has just been highly acclaimed in "Fast Wind/Flow", starred together. , Focus on Julian-Paul-Assange, the founder of "WikiLeaks".

Finally, the action blockbuster "Escape the Golden Cicada". Although the investment cost of the film is only 50 million, the appeal of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger cannot be underestimated. The reason for choosing the autumn file instead of The summer file is because Lionsgate hopes to make a **** road in the off-season.

Regrettably, the word-of-mouth of the three works are all on the street, and it is the one that is terrible.

Even the "WikiLeaks" that hit the awards season had a freshness index of only 37% on the Rotten Tomatoes website, which was horribly scolded under the expectations; on the contrary, it was the percentage of "Golden Cicada's Escape". The Fifty Freshness Index was even more outstanding, but it was of no avail. None of the three works had passed the ratings, and the major film critics were wailing.

The box office of "Carrie Witch" was 16 million at the premiere weekend, the box office of "Escape from the Shell" was 9.8 million, and the box office of "WikiLeaks" was only 1.6 million at the premiere weekend.

Among them, the investment cost of "WikiLeaks" is 28 million. It is considered to be one of the most valued works of this year's awards season during the preparation stage. Benedict is also likely to hit the Oscar nomination, but now it has encountered After a devastating blow, everything from word of mouth to box office was red, as if dripping with blood.

The box office data of the three works are all superimposed, and it is still impossible to shake the box office champion status of "gravity"! They have not even been able to initiate an effective impact. The entire market is still firmly maintained by "gravity." Therefore, the entire North American market has collectively witnessed the film's persistent and rising feat!

Thirty-eight percent!

"Gravity"'s weekend box office drop in the third week was only 38%. This data is slightly inferior to the 36% of "Spider-Man" in the same period, and slightly lower than "Shrek 2" in the same period. Forty-one percent of "Batman: The Dark Knight" can also be compared horizontally. Forty-three percent of the same period data.

Such data is scary enough, but it is not all.

The premise is that Gravity’s box office performance in the first week and the next week is even better, and now under the cover of the strong firepower of the third week's box office decline, it is so close to the historical record step by step.

In the third week of its release, "Gravity" took 60 million box office data during the weekend. In the entire history, it was second only to "Avatar"'s 68.5 million during the same period, temporarily ranking second. Earlier, the box office of the first week was eighth, the next week was second, and the third week was still second. It can be clearly seen that the box office curve of the "gravity" counterattack continues to rise.

So, what does this mean?

Is "gravity" really going to break through 700 million U.S. dollars historically in North America?

Just imagine in my mind, all the news media began to get excited, the original "Avatar" can reach such a high level is also no one can predict, it can even be said to be shocking, now "gravity" and why Can't it? After all, this movie now has all the conditions to make history.

At this moment, people were amazed with hindsight. Last year's "Edge of Tomorrow" achieved a good result of 550 million in North America. This has proved the strong market appeal of Lanli. This year, Lanli is the leader. "Gravity" has further impacted 600 million or even 700 million in North America, so why not?

Now there is no doubt. Through two starring commercial films, Lan Li has proved his unique market appeal. He has faintly surpassed Robert Downey Jr., showing the attitude of the first person in North America, Hollywood Seems to finally start to change?

In the third week of October, "Gravity", with a weekend box office of 60 million U.S. dollars, unsurprisingly completed the strong three consecutive championships in the autumn file, and pushed its three-week cumulative box office to the top. 390 million. Now there is only one step away from 400 million. Now the level of 500 million in North America can be basically determined. As for whether it can climb higher box office data, the next few weeks are absolutely critical.

Behind "Gravity", "Captain Phillips" is runner-up. It has won a box office of 52 million in just two weeks after its release, which is basically the same as the investment cost value. This also means that the award of this movie The season strategy choice is correct, the box office and awards can be grabbed with both hands and both hands are hard. Sony Columbia Pictures' risk game has achieved results.

Then, "Witch Carrie", "Heaven's Gourmet 2", and "Prisoner" ranked third to fifth respectively.

In the following week, the North American market was still accumulating power, but the craze of Halloween was faintly felt. The two works "Funny Show 4" and "Black Gold Murder" were premiered in more than 3,000 theaters.

"Stupid Funny Show 4" is a typical spoof show derivative, that is, someone commits a scam on the street. For example, someone suddenly cuts off his right hand, which is actually just a blindfold, but there is a camera next to it that truly records ordinary passers-by. His reaction, and then created a laugh for the audience, and now shooting has become a movie. There are not many stories, but it is actually a comedy of a pseudo-documentary.

But the series can reach the fourth part, showing the popularity. In 2010, the "Bomb Funny Show 3D" premiered at a box office of 50 million on the weekend, which was the runner-up at the box office of the autumn premiere; the final cumulative box office reached 117 million, and the production cost Only a mere 20 million.

"Black Gold Murder" is the highlight of the week, directed by Ridley Scott, the director of "Alien", "Gladiator", "Black Hawk Down", and "Blade Runner", although the investment cost is only two. Fifteen million, but it is a gathering of stars-including Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Javier Baden, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz and other top actors.

The screenplay is adapted from Cormac-McCarthy. The Pulitzer Prize winner is one of the most popular film adaptations. The most famous is undoubtedly the 2008 "Old Nowhere", which was adapted by the Coen Brothers. After the screen, he won the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director the following year. "Black Gold Killing Intent" is the fourth film adapted and filmed by Cormac.

Undoubtedly, "Black Gold Murder" is a work aimed at the award season, but it also has a certain box office ability. The reference objects are "New York Gangs", "Classic Cars", "Old Nowhere" and other works. Therefore, 20th Century Fox A grand premiere was arranged, and a large-scale and large-scale screening was held in 3,000 theaters. I look forward to making it all the way to the awards season.

but……

In the twentieth century, Fox was destined to be disappointed. The "Black Gold Murder" followed in the footsteps of "WikiLeaks". Only 35 percent of the Rotten Tomatoes Freshness Index was already rushed to the point that no one could recognize it, even " The Freshness Index of Rotten Tomatoes on "Funny Funny Show 4" is 60%!

The box office data also proved this point. The box office of the "Black Gold Murder" single-library was only two thousand five hundred, and it received $7.8 million in three days over the weekend. It has basically declared the tragic fate of missing the awards season.

Since the "American Gangs" in 2007, Ridley has failed four consecutive works, "Body of Lies", "Robin Hood", "Prometheus" and "Black Gold Murder".

Of course, strictly speaking, "Prometheus" is only lower than expected at the box office, but word-of-mouth has successfully won the love of many senior movie fans. However, in terms of box office data and award season prospects alone, none of these four works are satisfactory, which has also caused countless laments in the industry, "Lian is quite old, can you still have food?"

In stark contrast is the box office explosiveness of "Money Funny Show 4" ~lightnovelpub.net~ The premiere weekend has won 32 million, compared with the ultra-low investment of 15 million, responsible The production and distribution of Paramount has once again achieved profitability. If you add the "Smart: Ghost Record" series that is also produced and distributed by Paramount, now they have become experts in the off-season attack on the box office.

Faced with the impact of "Stupid Funny Show 4", "Gravity" still demonstrated its strong demeanor. For the second week in a row, it turned over less than 40% of the excellent box office, only only%. Thirty-seven, it earned 38 million box office data in three days over the weekend, defeated the opponent by nearly 6 million, and successfully achieved four consecutive championships in the autumn file, and dominated the North American box office for the entire October.

By the way, this is the first weekend four consecutive championships in the North American film market in 2013!

People can say that it is because the competition in the autumn file is not fierce enough; people can also say that it is because "gravity" has not encountered the impact of movies of the same type... But no matter what the reason is, this movie still created Own miracle, so far, the position of "Iron Man 3" annual box office champion has officially given way to "gravity"!

Now, everyone involuntarily starts to wonder, who can stop the "gravity"? Can it still achieve five consecutive championships? More importantly, is its box office really ready to hit 600 million and 700 million?