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Chapter 890 890 Detonate the box office

"Celestial Soldiers Mobilization", media comprehensive review scored 44 points, and cinema scored "c".

"The Rural Conquer New York", the media comprehensive review was 30, and the theater score was "b-".

"Speed ​​of life and death", media comprehensive review score of 81 points, and cinema score of "a".

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 Studios spent a lot of money on creating the sensation of the premiere, but were still dragged down by the poor quality of the work and lost to their competitors.

On the contrary, from the start of the filming to the schedule, the "speed of life and death" that was always low-key and conscientious, completed an incredible reversal in a remote place like the Los Angeles Theater, which is called the "place of exile".

The two sets of data from media comprehensive reviews and theater ratings can tell the outcome of the three works. But as we all know, action movies and comedy movies are popcorn movies. This type of movie has one characteristic commonality: that is, there are countless examples of audiences still supporting the audience even if the critics and audiences curse, but even if the critics and audiences curse, the box office explodes in the first week.

As long as the box office is benefited from strong publicity and the call of actors, the first week of box office still has huge potential, and the feedback from film critics and audiences will affect the subsequent box office.

Therefore, before the box office data was released, everything was unknown. However, it was obvious that the suspense this time was not very big. The critics and the audience maintained a consistent aesthetic, which also made the "speed of life and death" have a huge advantage in the box office competition. But even so, when the box office list was released on Monday, countless people's glasses were still broken, and those dislocated chins were officially declared to be gone forever!

The box office of a single museum was 14,500 US dollars, 2,100 theaters, and won 3,04.5 million US dollars in three days on weekends!

This is the box office report for the premiere of "life and death speed", this is the box office data obtained by the works that created the peak topic in the first week of June, and this is the conclusion drawn from the first craze since the opening of the summer season in 1994. More importantly, this is the box office income obtained after the premiere weekend of a work that invested 28 million US dollars and was banned by the media!

People speculate that the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" will achieve excellent box office results, but no one expected that the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" would actually achieve a premiere box office of 30 million. You should know that this is the premiere data second only to "Modern Primitive Man" since 1994.

What's even more amazing is that in North American film history, this data can rank eighth, ranking after "Jurassic Park", "Batman Return", "Modern Primitive Man", "Deadly Weapon 3", "Terminator 2", "Home Imper 2", and "Vampire Zombies' Four Hundred Years of Fear"!

"Modern Primitive Man" is an animated film that was popular all over the United States in the 1960s, with unparalleled influence. So when this cartoon decided to be live-action, it caused heated discussions in major media. The heroine of the film is Elizabeth Perkins who "flying over the future", while the hero is "Roshanne" and John Goodman of "Batton Fink". She invested 46 million US dollars, targeting the target audience of family joy and childhood memories.

So when "Modern Primitive" was released last week, it achieved a box office of 37 million US dollars, igniting the entire film market, and there is no doubt, no problem.

But now, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" actually shows the same box office performance as "Modern Primitive Man", which is definitely a shocking crowd. In terms of horizontal comparison, the premiere box office of "Terminator 2" is 31.8 million US dollars, the premiere box office of "Die Hard 2" is 21 million, and the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" is obviously on the same level as "Terminator 2".

But the problem is that "Terminator 2" invests $102 million, "Die Hard 2" invests $70 million, and "Life and Death Speed" invests only $28 million!

When the premiere box office data collides with the investment cost figures, people's performance when seeing this set of data must be superimposed ten times. So everyone was stunned!

"304.5 million US dollars? There is an error in statistics?" This is the headline of the entertainment page of the Los Angeles Times on Monday. From this slightly joking question, it can be seen that almost everyone is wondering: Could this be a beautiful mistake?

But then, the exhibition relationship responsible for box office statistics was confirmed again. There was no error in the box office data this week, and the premiere of "life and death speed" was indeed at 30 million.

The New York Post was even more dismayed when he saw this result. No matter what the final box office of the movie was, the premiere alone would be enough to make Colin Meller look disgraceful.

In an instant, the phenomenon of "speed of life and death" ignited the entire film market and made all media excited. Unlike the reviews after the premiere of the movie, this time the media was even more surprised that the box office driving force of this movie was able to ignite such a strong box office. You know, this is a low-cost work composed of a newcomer, and the movie has a big name and is a top actor who gradually has a superstar aura: Hugo Lancaster!

Looking back at Hugo's four works in the past two years, in addition to "pulp novels", "Smelling the fragrance to know women", "The Sea of ​​Righteousness", "Seattle Sleeping at Night", and "Schindler's List", each of which has gone for brilliant box office results. At this moment, "Schindler's List" even hopes to hit the box office of 200 million yuan. In the first week of June, when the movie's box office has not yet exceeded the 200 million yuan threshold, which is even more surprising to everyone.

Although people have been saying that Hugo has box office appeal, in fact, no one in the circle really believes this statement. It is generally believed that "Yihai Xiongfeng" depends on Jack Nicholson, "Seattle's sleepless night" depends on romantic love, and "Schindler's list" depends on Steven Spielberg. Strictly speaking, Hugo has not really proved that he has the so-called "box office appeal".

Therefore, when Hugo took on the filming of "Pulp novels", everyone was shocked, thinking that Hugo had destroyed his box office appeal with his own hands, and at the same time, he also destroyed the top-level possibility of 10 million yuan in pay; so when Hugo took on the filming of "life and death speed", everyone was speechless, thinking that Hugo was destroying his future and destroying all the good cards in his hands.

But the result proved that people's worries were wrong. Hugo always knew clearly what he was doing. "Pulp novels" became famous in Cannes and even won the first heavyweight actor trophy for Hugo; "Life and Death Hour" impressed everyone with a devastating attitude on the premiere weekend.

More importantly, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" is the true work of Hugo. Without the support of Jack Nicholson, Meg Ryan or Steven Spielberg, the advantages of the release schedule or the weak ease of competitors, and the cover of huge investment or frequent publicity, all auxiliary materials are abandoned, and relying entirely on Hugo to turn the tide on the big screen alone, and at the same time push Hugo's personal charm to an unprecedented height.

This means that Hugo has embarked on the road to superstars, and his box office appeal has been verified. Just like "top ambition" to Tom Cruise, Hugo has proved his attractiveness to the audience!

From the gentle and humorous single father of "Seattle Night", to the cold-blooded Nazi officer of "Schindler's List", to the masculine and tough young police officer of "Life and Death Speed", Hugo showed his all-round charm, and at this time he had truly been with Tom Cruise and became the idol representative of the younger generation.

Of course, no one will forget that Hugo is better than Tom, because he not only has box office, charm, but also has acting skills. An Oscar-Little Golden Man and a Cannes Best Actor Trophy is enough to make Hugo more stable and firmer than Tom on the road to superstars, and perhaps, there is a longer-term future.

The premiere box office of "Life and Death Speed" made the media admire Hugo's box office appeal. Although this appeal still takes time to test, the "wolf" will come next week. Hugo's appeal is a flash of spiritual barriers but a lasting durability, and will get an answer soon; but no one can deny that the North American film market in the first week of June has truly entered the Hugo rhythm.

Under the box office performance of "life and death speed" of 30 million, no one can form a confrontation. In the first half of the 10 million box office, when the box office of 10 million was enough to win the championship, there was no competitor at the box office of 30 million. Therefore, there is no doubt that "life and death speed" won the second summer box office championship in Hugo's acting career, continuing the phenomenon of "Seattle Sleeping Night" last year's dark horse performance to this year.

At this time, people couldn't help but start to wonder whether the "speed of life and death" can continue the glory of "Seattle Night Not Sleeping in Seattle" last year. "Seattle Night Not Sleeping in Seattle", which was generally abandoned before the release, finally fell to a box office of 189 million US dollars last year, breaking the historical record of romantic love movies. So what will the "speed of life and death" that is also a dark horse this year behave like?

The North American box office rankings in the first week of June were completely detonated by the "speed of life and death", while both competitors were in a dilemma. The "Celestial Soldiers" earned only $5.55 million in three days on weekends, which made Disney with ambition beat their chests and stamp their feet; and "Rumbrella Conquers New York" was even worse. The box office revenue of $5 million was a disaster even for comedy works that invested just over 20 million.

In fact, the "Modern Primitive Man" performed better this week. Entering the second week of the screening, a drop of only 38% brought it a weekend box office of 18 million US dollars, closely occupying the runner-up position. "Gambling Man Ma Huali" also performed very well in the third week of the screening. The weekend box office of 10 million US dollars was good, ranking third.

"Detective Beverly 3" in the second week of the release hit 47% to 6.5 million in weekend box office. This sequel that invested $50 million has only accumulated $28 million in box office, and its prospects are worrying.

"Speed ​​of Life and Death", "Modern Primitive Man", "Gambling Man Ma Huali", "Detective Beverly 3", "Celestial Soldiers Mobilize", and "Rumbrella Conquer New York" respectively occupy the top six of the box office rankings this week.

There is no doubt that "Speed ​​of Life and Death" is the biggest winner. It is not only the least invested work among the top five, but also the second best box office performance in the first week of this year. In addition to the wonderful performance at the premiere, it is really a big hit!
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