Under the 82-point escort of the media comprehensive review, "City of God" landed in the North American film market. Although it only had the screening scale of seven art theaters, it deserved to be the king of topics this week, and even stole the limelight of "super daring" that continued to be screened by 3,400 theaters.

In the third week of February, "City of God" delivered a box office of $298,830 with a single-stage box office of $42,690, ranking 26th on the North American weekend box office rankings.

At a rough look, this result is not eye-catching, and it is just the top 30. The 40,000-level box office data of a single museum is only ranked 46th on the current film history list. There is still a long way to go before creating history, and it seems that it is not worth mentioning at all.

But industry insiders exclaimed, Paramount Pictures even cheered, and the whole of Hollywood was filled with praise.

As of 2003, the top three non-English films in the box office of non-English films were 128 million for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", 57 million for "Beautiful Life", and 33 million for "Angel Love Beauty"; and the top three single-stage box offices in the non-English films are 45,000 for "Angel Love Beauty", 41,000 for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and 34,000 for "Monthus Wedding Banquet".

Two simple sets of data can show the obstacles and neglect of non-English works in the North American market.

As a Portuguese work, "City of God" naturally cannot compete with the historical records of English works, but the single-camera box office of 42,000 US dollars is enough to make it ranked second in the historical list of non-English works, even surpassing the list of single-camera box offices.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

This result was not only amazing, but also shocked everyone. The excellent single-stage box office data obtained during the preview period shows that the film has gained excellent reputation and recognition among professional movie fans, and also laid a solid foundation for the movie's box office to hit 10 million and even higher thresholds.

Against this excellent background, the number of previews of seven theaters in "City of God" is the only one that has screened less than one hundred theaters in the top 50 works this week, which is insignificant.

Generally speaking, the winter seasons formed by January and February are the most deserted moments. First, the cold winter makes everyone hide at home to keep warm, and second, the noise of awards season has snatched away all eyesight, and even the Valentine's Day period is difficult to achieve more highlights. But this time, "City of God" has achieved such excellent and outstanding results in the deserted February. From film critics to media people to audiences, they have won praise, especially thanks to the existence of Javier's blog, the popularity of the movie on the Internet has always remained high, which is obviously an incredible thing, which makes Paramount Pictures happy all the time.

Compared with the "Dark Devil" whose box office dives sharply this week, the single-game box office that "City of God" is close to historical records is obviously the biggest highlight.

"Super Daredevil" won the North American box office championship this week with an ordinary score of 18 million. The diving decline and poor reputation made this work a huge joke; the premiere of this week's "Single Men's Club" earned $17 million in weekend box office, ranking second.

But the battle for the championship throne seems weak and lacks sparks. Objectively speaking, the box office data of the two works is still very good in the cold February. Unfortunately, the poor reputation and weak topics cannot arouse more interest.

In comparison, "City of God" has achieved such outstanding results as a dark horse in non-English works, and has made breakthroughs in reputation, topics, publicity, box office, etc., easily occupying the headlines of Hollywood this week.

After the box office statistics of the single-stage museum were released in the first week, Paramount couldn't wait to cater to the people and announced at the first time that "City of God" will be expanded in the first round of 47 theaters in major American cities in the next week! Although the expansion steps are still cautious, this is an unimaginable leap for a Portuguese work.

The emergence of "City of God" not only triggered discussions in the film industry, but also attracted attention in society.

As time goes by, the possibility of the United States launching a war continues to heat up, and even triggering condemnation from all directions around the world. However, the United States still insists on obtaining the consent of the United Nations and launching a war. The international dispute is getting more and more intense, which has also led to the increasing conflict between the anti-war factions and the pro-war factions in the United States.

As Paramount Pictures expected, "City of God" is a non-English work, and it is difficult to cause too much response, but it still attracts a small part of the attention. On the "Late Night Show" hosted by David Letterman, he said half-jokingly, "We have seen the tragic situation of City of God, so let us pray that Iraq does not need to face such despair and fear, at least in our homeland, there is no need to worry that our children will face all this."

As one of the most popular talk shows in the United States, the "Late Night Show" has always ranked among the top ten in the ratings. It can attract an average of 4 million viewers in the late night period. It is ranked as Americans' favorite talk show along with "Oprah Talk Show", "Tonight Show", "Saturday Night Live", etc., and its influence cannot be underestimated.

This is true. David's remarks on the "Late Night Show" quickly fermented, and in addition, "Saturday Night Live" also arranged a joke about Xiao Douzi shooting Ah Dai in "City of God" in this week's program, which further heated up anti-war remarks. The voices calling on the college to stop holding this year's Oscars are getting louder and louder, but the college's reaction is intriguing. They have always firmly uphold the peace, but they gritted their teeth and did not let go of their opinion on the suspension of the award ceremony.

All of this makes the whole Hollywood very lively. As the "City of God" with its side effects, it has never been the main focus of people's attention, but even so, the movie viewing craze is still heating up step by step.

In the fourth week of February, "City of God" continued its hot posture. After the expansion of 47 theaters in a small scale, the single-stage score of 33,000 US dollars in a single-stage score once again amazed everyone. Although this data lags behind the single-stage score of "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" in the next week, it temporarily ranked second in the film history of the single-stage box office of foreign language films in the next week, the almost negligible decline made "City of God" follow the footsteps of "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" and handed over the box office curve.

The box office data of more than 30,000 yuan in a single museum made "City of God" harvest 1.55 million US dollars in three days on the weekend, which made "City of God" directly ranked in the top 20 in this week's weekend box office rankings, ranking 16th. It is worth mentioning that among the top 50 works, only "City of God" is still the only one with less than 100 theaters.

"God! God! God!"

The continuous amazement of "Entertainment Weekly" became a microcosm of the entire Hollywood response. Although "City of God" won the grand prize at the Sundance Film Festival, people were already amazed once; although "City of God" delivered a stunning result in the first week of single-stage box office, people were still unable to control their exclamations.

"In just two weeks, the box office of a single museum has been 30,000 yuan, and the cumulative box office has reached 2.35 million US dollars. This is an incredible box office performance for a small-cost independent film that invests only 3 million US dollars."

Chris Lawson, a reporter of "Entertainment Weekly", commented, "When everyone was wondering where the director named Lancelot-Stralo came out, we should be more confused about why this Portuguese film has attracted such widespread discussion, the popularity of film critics, the heated discussion of the audience, and the attention of the media. It seems that in just one month, the heat wave of Sundance has begun to spread to the whole of the United States."

As Chris said, almost everyone is curious about how "City of God" created this foreign language film miracle.

Unlike the distinct Chinese martial arts style of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Hollywood has a long history of worship and love; unlike the unique and bright French style of "Angel Loves Beauty", Hollywood has never had much resistance to this. "City of God" is full of Latin American enthusiasm, restlessness, darkness, chaos and turmoil, which Americans have never liked. The difficulties and dilemma of Hispanic immigrants in life in the United States have been around for a long time, and race/race/discrimination/objection has penetrated into the bones of many white people.

However, it is precisely such a Latin American movie that has achieved outstanding results in single-stage box office for two consecutive weeks. The rapid accumulation of data has made the possibility of "City of God" hitting the box office of 105 million US dollars sharply. Such a stunning performance makes "City of God" look like an alien popping out of a crack in the stone, arousing countless interests.

Everyone tried to understand how this miracle was born, and invisibly focused the topic on the "City of God"; at the same time, the craze caused by the "City of God" on the Internet continues to ferment, and gradually burst out with stronger energy.

Under the suggestion of Lance, Javier's blog and Paramount Pictures held an event ingeniously. They encouraged all netizens to go to the cinema to watch "City of God" in person, and then write their own moods or thoughts, or even film reviews. Javier will personally select some of the thoughts from them and publish them on his own blog, so that everyone can communicate on the same platform. The creators of the most popular articles will have the opportunity to visit Paramount Pictures headquarters, match a one-day tour of Universal Studios, and have the opportunity to have a face-to-face conversation with the "City of God" crew.
Chapter completed!