North American Weekend Box Office Charts (November 7, 2003 – November 9, 2003):

No. 1, "The Matrix 3", released for 5 days, Warner Bros., with a weekend box office of $50.2 million, a cumulative box office of $85.5 million, and 4,000 theaters;

No. 2, "Elf Seeking Relatives", released for 3 days, new line, weekend box office of 32 million US dollars, cumulative box office of 32 million US dollars, 3200 theaters;

No. 3, "The Legend of Brother Bear", 10 days of release, Disney, weekend box office of $18.1 million, cumulative box office of $51.2 million, 3,600 theaters;

No. 4, "Saw 2", released for 10 days, Sony Columbia, with a weekend box office of $16.85 million, a cumulative box office of $60.12 million, and 3,500 theaters;

No. 5, "Scream 3", released for 17 days, Dimen Pictures, with a weekend box office of $11.1 million, a cumulative box office of $71.43 million, and 3,600 theaters;

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The much-anticipated "The Matrix 3" finally launched in North America this weekend, but the $50.2 million premiere was slightly worse than the record of more than $93 million for "The Matrix 2" in May this year, much to the surprise of many loyal fans.

According to box office statistics, from Friday to today, Sunday, "The Matrix 3" has grossed $50.2 million in North America, and if it is calculated from the day of the global simultaneous release on November 5, the cumulative North American box office revenue in the past five days is $85.5 million.

Although critics generally received a lukewarm response to "The Matrix 2", thanks to the enthusiastic fans, "The Matrix 2" grossed $134.2 million at the North American box office in just four days after its release.

In contrast, "The Matrix 3", which fans have been waiting for for a long time, has also been criticized by many critics this time, but the North American box office revenue in the first five days of release was $85.5 million, which is indeed worse than "The Matrix 2".

The looming Christmas spirit has begun to spread in North American theaters this week, with the comedy "Christmas Elf" coming in second with a $32 million premiere gross.

Disney's new animated film "The Legend of Brother Bear" fell well, maintaining its ranking last week with $18.6 million in revenue and still in third place.

"Saw 2" fell by 44.75% this week, ranking only 4th on the list with $16.85 million, down 3 spots compared to last week.

Judging from the current box office performance, it is impossible for "Saw 2" to break 100 million in North America, and the final box office result should be around $80 million.

However, starting this week, "Saw 2" began to be released worldwide, and I look forward to a good result.

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At the same time, Chen Hao and Downey are busy participating in various talk shows arranged by Sony Columbia for "District 9".

"How do you feel?" Chen Hao asked as he looked at Donnie, who was a little silent.

On the talk show I participated in today, the host repeatedly mentioned Downey's experience of drug abuse over the past many years.

Ask Donnie what he thinks, how did he feel when his ex-wife left him?

Chen Hao frowned when he listened, and was pulled by Donnie when he wanted to have a seizure, and then Yun Qingfeng talked about his scars lightly, and by the way, he mocked the host, very Iron Man's style, and he could hear the constipation on the host's face.

"It's okay, if I can't face this, then it means I'll never get out, right?" Donnie said with a deep breath.

"You're a real warrior!" Chen Hao patted Donnie on the shoulder.

"Thanks to you for all this, Chen. Donnie looked at Chen Hao seriously and said, "Without you, I don't know what I would be like now!"

Chen Hao pretended to shiver, and quickly touched his arms, "Get out of here, I'm a straight man, I don't like men!"

Donnie, who was sincerely thanking, heard this, his face darkened, "Lao Tzu doesn't like men either!"

Chen Hao smiled when he heard this, "When I'm a friend, you're welcome!" After speaking, he turned around and left.

Donnie looked at Chen Hao's figure, sighed, smiled, and chased after him!

Chen Hao, who returned to Beverly Hills, was idle after taking a shower, turned on the computer, and found that Hao Yi had sent him an email.

After clicking on it, I found that it was the box office situation of "Hurricane Rescue", but it was as of November 2.

In addition, there is also the box office of "Hulk", it has been 5 weeks since its release, and the box office of "Hulk" is less than 8 million yuan, which is a mess.

And on November 5, "The Matrix 3" was released, and the box office of all films was greatly affected.

Chen Hao looked at the box office of "Hulk" and shook his head, Li Press fell miserably this time, and it is estimated that it is unlikely that he wants to direct a major production of A-level commercial films in the future.

However, as a master of literature and art, Li Press can also shoot literary films, and the two Oscars for Best Director in the future are indeed awesome!

Thinking of "Hulk" and Downey again, Chen Hao instantly sat up straight, how could he forget the Marvel Super Hero Universe!

The current Marvel is not the superhero concentration camp that swept the world in later generations!

Marvel, founded in 1939, has suffered many bankruptcy crises in its 64-year history, and finally survived with "Fantastic Four" and "Spider-Man".

In 1991, Marvel went public, but its expansion failed, and it soon became heavily indebted, and then was forced to live selling superhero rights.

"X-Men", "Daredevil Man", "Fantastic Four", "Silver Surfer", "Daredevil" were sold to Twentieth Century Fox, and "Ghost Rider", "Spider-Man", "Venom" belonged to Sony Colombia.

"The Incredible Hulk" was sold to Universal, in addition to "Blade" was sold to New Lines, and so on.

Everyone knew "The Avengers" in the previous life, and several of the important characters in it also had their own independent movies or TV series.

What is strange is that the well-known "Hulk" does not have its own independent film series.

The main reason is that the copyright is in the hands of Universal, and the Hulk can be in the Marvel Universe because of the two developments have become a cooperative lease relationship.

The miserable thing is that you Marvel can also make a "Hulk" movie, but the distribution rights are in the hands of Universal, which means that when the movie will be released and how it will be released, everyone has the final say.

That's it, Marvel will only make the "Hulk" series of movies unless it is stupid.

Of course, Universal also released "Hulk" and "The Incredible Hulk" in 2003 and 2008 respectively, but both were word-of-mouth box office failures.

In the future, with the end of "Avengers 4", it is estimated that it will be difficult for "Hulk" to have the opportunity to shoot its own independent films!

There is also "Spider-Man", which is also a partnership between Marvel and Columbia.

However, later, the two sides did not negotiate a good distribution of interests, which led to the breakdown of cooperation, and it is likely that Snow Peas will never appear in the Marvel Super Hero Universe again!