240 Total Suppression
Brad Pitt's heart was broken. "Troy" has been united in the shooting stage and is paying attention to everyone. Almost everyone believes that this work will achieve a explosive effect. People are looking forward to the North American box office of "Troy" that can exceed 400 million, at least 300 million is the bottom line, while the global box office starts at 600 million, and 700 million is the normal goal. Therefore, during the shooting stage, the movie will not be stingy with costs and do its best to create a brilliant epic masterpiece!
To be honest, when everyone is hyping up the box office showdown between "the day after tomorrow" and "Troy", he is disdainful because these two works are not on the same level at all; when the box office of "the day after tomorrow" is achieved, he is confident, and he firmly believes that "Troy" can achieve better results; when Lance appears in person at the "Troy" screening, he is despised, especially when he quickly understands Lance's true intentions, and the contempt after anger makes him full of confidence.
But now, his confidence is falling apart bit by bit, as if the Corgi, who is lost in the hurricane, was trembling and wanted to retreat step by step to his security fortress, but he could not find a clear path at all. Even if his short legs run fast, they are still far away.
With every publicity, the shame in his heart was like a loud slap, one after another, ruthlessly and loudly defeating him. The "day after tomorrow" crew did not conduct too much publicity at all, as if it had won the response of the entire market without any effort; but the "Troy" crew had to spend a lot of time and energy running around the world, and he had to squeeze out a sexual/sensory and charming smile to win the hearts of more audiences, but the effect was still not satisfactory.
When it was late at night, he felt that he was very cheap.
The global publicity pace of "Troy" is spread across every corner of the five continents, including Africa. Even seeing the outstanding performance of "the day after tomorrow" in the China National Big 6 market, Warner Bros. has also won the qualification to release the movie, but unfortunately, the effect is still not satisfactory. In the end, the total box office of China National Big 6 was only $4 million, which is lower than the weekly data of "the day after tomorrow". Even using "selling on the street" is not enough to describe Brad's inner misunderstanding.
"Troy" was released one after another in 51 countries around the world. The German market was undoubtedly the best box office performance. The movie won a box office of 29 million US dollars in Germany, but unfortunately it was not able to exceed 30 million. This also means that no region in the overseas market has achieved a box office of 30 million. Such performance is a humiliation for a giant crocodile who invested 175 million.
However, compared with the performance of other countries and regions, Germany's box office data will not be so bad. In addition to Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Spain and South Korea are the countries with the best performance in the overseas market, and these are only five regions where the "Troy" overseas box office exceeds 20 million US dollars. This result is not only far lower than expected and cannot match the grand momentum of "Troy", but also has caused the crew to suffer a heavy blow. The road to recycling costs has become extremely long and there is no end.
The only thing that made the "Troy" crew happy is that the box office data of the movie in Japan and South Korea successfully ranked among the top five overseas markets, which also proves that Brad and Orlando's efforts in Asia have not been in vain. This is also the only two areas where efforts and gains are proportional to their efforts.
Unfortunately, even so, this still cannot make Troy's overseas box office break through the 300 million threshold. After the "300 million" dream of box office in North America shattered, the "300 million" dream of movies overseas box office was completely stranded. The overseas box office of "Troy" finally stopped at $260 million. There are only eight countries and regions including Australia, France and Italy where overseas box offices have exceeded the 10 million threshold, which has become the most direct reaction to the failure of movies overseas box office.
It can be seen that it is not just in the United States, but in fact, "Troy" has been completely cold in major overseas regions, including Germany and Japan, and their achievements are far lower than expected. So, this is not just a question for North American film critics, but also need to find answers from their works.`
What's worse is that the Chicago Tribune broke the news, and director Wolfgang Peterson said that the release version was not the one he was most satisfied with, and the director's edited version should add at least twenty-four minutes of content. These twenty-four minutes of content will be crucial to the creation of the character Achilles.
In other words, Wolfgang's remarks were condemning the negligence of Warner Bros., B Plan Film and Diorama, and the ultimate loss of editing rights made Wolfgang lose control of his work.
Although Wolfgang quickly clarified the remarks, he said that the release was the result of his joint decision with the production company. Even so, it was still unable to completely eliminate the rumors. This was undoubtedly a worse situation for the box office results of "Troy".
Of course, compared to the perpetrators of the North American box office of "Troy", the overseas box office of the movie is undoubtedly a shot in a heartbeat, which also prevents "Troy" from becoming another shipwreck after "Future Water World". At least the box office is also a seed player at the "300 million" level. Compared with the book cost of 175 million, "Troy" has also achieved profitability!
However, this is just a fool for laymen. The data seem to be "making a lot of money" will not make Brad face at least; but real insiders know clearly that Warner Bros. can already calculate the losses. After deducting theater dividends, crew fees, publicity fees, etc., the high risks brought by high investments like "Troy" are already shaking at this time. The only thing they can pray for is not profits, but as little losses as possible.
In sharp contrast to the weak performance of "Troy" overseas market, it is the "acquired" battle that is becoming more and more courageous.
After carefully analyzing the box office statistics of overseas markets, it is not difficult to find an answer: "The day after tomorrow" has completed the comprehensive suppression of "Troy" in major markets, especially the outstanding performance of the Chinese/China 6 box office market, which has made everyone's eyes shine.
The "day after tomorrow" won a box office of 30 million US dollars in the Big 6 region, which also made the "day after tomorrow" 160 million people/min/money, which became the first work in Chinese film history to have a box office of more than 200 million people/min/money, proudly writing a conspicuous historical record. No one expected that the Chinese and Big 6 market would burst out with such powerful energy and become one of the four overseas markets that achieved a box office of 30 million US dollars. Almost overnight, it ignited the passion of the eight major Hollywood film companies.
This land full of countless possibilities once again entered the sight of Hollywood and Wall Street!
In addition to the six major regions of China/China, the "day after tomorrow" in Japan, the United Kingdom and Germany also achieved box offices of more than 30 million respectively. Among them, Japan became the largest ticket store in overseas regions. Although the crew did not personally arrive in Japan to promote, the Japanese market's pursuit of disaster films continued, and eventually the "day after tomorrow" swept the box office of 49 million US dollars here, making everyone proud.
There is a difference when there is comparison. The vast difference between the two works "After acquired" and "Troy" in the Japanese market is not only shocking, but also makes Warner Bros speechless - even complaining, even jealousy, and even resentment, it is difficult to find suitable language to express it.
Not only Japan, the "day after tomorrow" also recovered 47 million US dollars in the UK, while the box office in Germany was as high as 36 million US dollars, easily passing the corresponding data of "Troy". Moreover, the gap is huge and the gap is so clear that it is really eye-catching. In these four countries and regions alone, the "day after tomorrow" won over 160 million US dollars, which is more than half of the total overseas box office of "Troy".
Crushing momentum!
In addition, the box office of nine countries and regions "the day after tomorrow" in Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, China, Taiwan, Russia and other countries also exceeded the 10 million threshold, among which the box office data of Mexico, France, Spain and South Korea all exceeded 20 million US dollars.
Mexico, in particular, revealed the best box office data of the year of 25 million US dollars, which has attracted countless discussions.
Numbers never lie. "The day after tomorrow" has achieved a comprehensive suppression of "Troy" in various countries and regions around the world. From the United Kingdom to Mexico, from Germany to South Korea, from France to Japan, from Spain, Italy to Australia, and even Russia have completed strong suppression. Even Egypt and South Africa have taken the lead in box office results. The outstanding performance has already made the media numb.
People no longer discuss how strong the dark horses of "acquired" are, and people no longer discuss how exciting the box office showdown between "acquired" and "Troy" is, as if the situation of "acquired" suppressing "Troy" has become a habit, or even a matter of course.
This is the real sign of the decline of "Troy".
In the end, the "day after tomorrow" was released in 64 overseas countries and regions, achieving a box office of 430 million US dollars - not only easily defeating "Troy", but also strongly broke through the 400 million threshold, becoming the first work in 2oo to have an overseas box office of more than 400 million yuan in 24 years.
It is hard to imagine that the "acquired day" that is generally considered to be cannon fodder in the warm field has exploded with such amazing energy, and even showed a box office driving force comparable to works such as "Monster Shrek 2", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". Such box office performance is undoubtedly a refreshing victory for the disaster movie that has gradually declined, and has triggered all hot topics of discussion.
The excellent performance of overseas markets has been projected to the North American market, and the duo of "acquired" and "Troy" has completely become a one-man show!
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