Chapter 712 Fault Leads
The special report from the "New York Times" successfully caused a wave of storms——
And again and again.
There is no doubt that in the past two weeks, "Cat and Mouse Game" has definitely been the most popular game in North America. Its popularity remains high and its popularity index is off the charts.
This makes people curious, how will such a popular event come to an end, and whether it can break its own upper limit and bring more surprises?
result.
The "Cat and Mouse Game" not only brings surprises again, but also awakens the artistic soul of the city of New York in a grand and return to nature way.
It was grand and grand because more than 10,000 onlookers gathered in Washington Square, easily refreshing people's understanding of pop-up events.
Returning to nature is because the event returns to the movie itself, temporarily putting aside the formality of commercial promotion, and truly focusing entirely on the movie——
The choice of the "Superman" series is a stroke of genius. On the one hand Echoing the retro era of "cat-and-mouse" on the other, and echoing the Flash in the movie and Spider-Man off-movie on the other, it was a smart choice from every angle, and made even better when coupled with the evening's conversation.
A little bit, and a little bit more.
"Cat and Mouse" firmly occupies the public eye and has deservedly become an absolute hit during this Christmas and New Year holidays, and it is reflected in the box office figures.
In 2003, the North American weekend box office rankings were released in the first week.
The weekend box office for this week is No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, so it has a characteristic:
First of all, the last weekend happened to be the Christmas holiday, and the box office was green across the board, and almost all movies The box office figures all ushered in a reverse upward curve.
Secondly, the two holidays of December 31st and January 1st brought a wave of movie viewing frenzy, and the box office figures in the middle of the week were the peak of the surge.
Naturally, this week’s weekend box office numbers tend to suffer a steep decline. There are many numbers that exceed 50% and are cut in half. If the number is controlled at 40%, it is already a victory, because the mid-week box office is the key point.
However, the North American weekend box office rankings still brought surprises when they were released, and triggered an outcry -
The winner, "cat and mouse game".
Runner up, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers."
Second runner-up, "Personal Lover".
Dian Jun, "About Schmidt".
Fifth, "Maid in Manhattan."
Sixth, "Gangs of New York".
From a purely ranking perspective, there is nothing surprising. "About Schmidt", which officially entered the general release stage this week, is the only surprise, relying on the buzz effect of sweeping nominations at the Golden Globe Awards and Jack Nicholson's With star power, he easily earned US$8.8 million, ranking among the top five in the rankings.
As for the rest, there is no change. They are just copied and pasted from the rankings of the previous week. "Cat and Mouse Game" withstood "Lord of the Rings 2" to win the championship again. It is a small surprise, but that is basically all.
The real surprise comes from the decline numbers.
"Lord of the Rings 2", down 48.8%.
"Personal Lover", down 28.3%.
"Maid in Manhattan", down 31.2%.
"Gangs of New York," down 33.9%.
Clear at a glance.
The larger the box office base of last week, the more obvious the box office decline this week. "Lord of the Rings 2" suffered heavy losses, and the continued downward momentum could not brake; instead, the chick flicks "My Lover" and "Manhattan Girl" "Maid" performed well and unexpectedly attracted the interest of a large number of viewers during the holidays - after experiencing the cold reception of "Murder by Numbers", Sandra Bullock cut her losses in time, although the box office of "My Lover" was still lower than expected. The cumulative box office in the three weeks since its release is 68 million, which is not outstanding, but at least it proves that Sandra still has appeal in the chick movie market.
Obviously, the surprise is not in the above works, so there is only one work left.
"Cat and Mouse Game", down 24.5%.
Amazing, amazing, amazing.
Exclaimed.
Following the surprise at the box office during its opening weekend, "Cat and Mouse Game" once again brought good news, showing the enthusiasm of the entire North American continent in an incredible and incredible manner, completely dominating this year's holiday season.
Numbers are always the most intuitive.
On the North American weekend box office rankings in the first week of January, "Cat and Mouse" easily topped the list with a figure of 61.9 million US dollars, far ahead of the second-ranked "Lord of the Rings 2" by 2,500 US dollars. 10,000 US dollars at the weekend box office, and once again rewrote history with an absolutely strong attitude.
With US$61.9 million, this weekend’s box office figures were completely unparalleled, and there was no interference from competitors such as “Lord of the Rings 2” at all, even if placed in “Lord of the Rings 2” The opening weekend was also competitive, which was definitely not expected before the holiday season debut.
Moreover, the January winter time in the snowy and icy world is even more dominant, breaking countless records with a sweeping attitude of sweeping thousands of troops.
In January, switching from the holiday season to the winter season is a completely different world. Although supported by the popularity of the awards season, the box office figures of the winter season are slightly higher than those of the autumn season; but the cold weather has become a deterrent for people to leave their homes. The Biggest Enemy struggles with box office numbers every year.
In addition, because awards season movies become the protagonists of movie theaters during this period, commercial movies often don’t like to come here to join in the fun.
So far, the all-time record for January weekend box office is held by one particular movie -
"Star Wars."
This is the first film in this legendary series of movies released in 1977.
In 1997, for the 20th anniversary of the series of movies, 20th Century Fox edited a 20th anniversary edition and re-released it in January.
On its opening weekend, this work took in an outstanding box office of 35 million US dollars, strongly breaking the box office record for January in film history, once again proving the absolute status of the series of films that no one can shake in North America.
The current runner-up in the January movie history weekend box office rankings is "Black Hawk Down", which premiered in January 2002. This film took in $23 million at the box office in the three days of its opening weekend, with outstanding results. .
From the results of these two works and from the data of this film history box office ranking, we can see the severe test faced in this January period.
Of course, it is worth mentioning here that "Titanic", this masterpiece also left a series of brilliant box office records on the weekends of January 1998, with two of the four weekends having the highest box office. At 30 million, it exceeded 25 million in two weekends, and no one has been able to break it so far.
And now?
"Cat and Mouse Game" was like a tornado, completely subverting people's perception of the January box office market.
"Cat and Mouse" not only easily broke the record for the highest January weekend box office in film history in North America, but also raised its weekend box office performance from 30 million to 60 million in one go.
At the same time, this is not the opening weekend, but the box office numbers in the second week of release.
Shock and impact came to my face.
The filters were shattered all over the floor. Obviously, this is not the January schedule that people think of. All the previous rules and experiences have lost their effect, and we have entered a new world.
Unexpectedly, Warner Bros. tried to bring innovation during the holiday season, but unfortunately failed; Hollywood witnessed the frenzy of the winter season in January.
All of a sudden, the entire Hollywood was plunged into countless question marks and lost its direction. It was even more impactful than the historical record of the summer season.
(End of this chapter)