"You just said that you lost, did you lose to "Gold Spy"?" Chen Hao said with a smile.

The box office result of $16.2 million in the first weekend, although it only ranked third in the North American box office charts, has already satisfied Chen Hao.

However, if he loses to "Gold Spy", it is estimated that Davis will not look good.

"That's not it, the first place is Disney's "Merry Christmas Crazy Again", the second place is DreamWorks' "Seven Nights: Western Chapter", which has been released until the third week, and as for "Gold Spy", it is just below "Chainsaw". Davis laughed.

North American Box Office Rankings (November 01, 2002 - November 3, 2002):

No. 1, "Merry Christmas and Crazy Again", 3 days of release, Disney, with a weekly box office of $29 million and 3,025 theaters;

No. 2, "Seven Nights: Western Chapter", release time day 17, DreamWorks, weekly box office 18.5 million US dollars, theater 3560

No. 3, "Saw Horror", 4 days in theaters, Sony Columbia, with a weekly box office of $16.2 million and 1,800 theaters;

No. 4, "Gold Spy", released for 3 days, Sony Columbia, with a weekly box office of $14 million and 1,800 theaters;

No. 5, "Idiot", 10 days in theaters, Paramount, weekly box office of $13 million, 2,650 theaters;

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At the top of the list, "Merry Christmas Crazy Again" is actually a sequel.

The first film, Merry Christmas and Crazy was released on Thanksgiving Day in 1994, grossing $19 million in its opening weekend, a record that has now been broken by Merry Christmas Crazy Again.

According to statistics, the total box office revenue of "Merry Christmas and Crazy" in North America that year was as high as 145 million US dollars.

So as a sequel eight years later, it's not surprising that it can achieve the top spot.

And the film ranked second will be more familiar to everyone if it is renamed differently, it is actually the American version of "Midnight Bell"!

It has performed well since its release in North America, and even though it is in its third week, it is still able to hold down a number of new films to take the runner-up position.

In the 17 days since its launch, the North American box office has accumulated $64.9 million, and its final North American box office should exceed 100 million.

As for the fifth-ranked stunt comedy "Idiot", which was originally the top box office in North America over the weekend, this weekend's box office revenue has shrunk significantly, ranking fifth at the North American box office with $13 million.

In the 10 days since its release, the North American box office of "Idiot" has accumulated $42.5 million, and it is obviously impossible to break 100 million.

And "Chainsaw" won a box office score of 16.2 million in the first weekend 3 days, which undoubtedly gave Chen Hao and Davis a big surprise.

Especially Davis, it is estimated that he didn't expect "Chainsaw" to be such a big hit, after all, the production cost of the movie is only $1.2 million.

And "Saw Horror" was actually released for four days, and its weekly box office performance should actually be $18.27 million.

What makes Davis even happier is undoubtedly that "Saw Horror" beats the "Gold Spy" launched by his old rival.

"Gold Spy" is starring comedy king Eddie Murphy, and in the eyes of the Hollywood media, this week should be a competition between the two major comedy movies "Merry Christmas and Crazy Again" and "Gold Spy".

But I don't want the performance of "Gold Spy" to be so unbearable, and it only ranks fourth in the North American box office list, which can be regarded as a big surprise!

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After ending the call with Davis, Chen Hao felt a lot more relaxed, and even looked at the City of Angels in front of him and felt a lot cuter.

At the same time, "Saw Horror" entered its second week of release, and with the unexpected box office results of its first weekend, more people discovered the film.

Major media and film critics will naturally not let go of the runner-up on this list.

Therefore, in the second week of the movie's release, there were a lot more reviews and reports about "Chainsaw".

"Saw is a very bloody and brutal film, and it will inevitably make some viewers feel sick. But if a horror movie makes viewers feel that way, it means it's halfway there.

A morbid and crazy murderer, all kinds of grotesque and terrifying ways of killing, and a meaningful central theme, have made Chen's outstanding English debut. ”

--- Los Angeles Times (Robert St. Lehmann)

"Saw Horror, an ultra-low-budget yet surprising horror thriller.

Because the film broke the bottleneck of more and more routine and commercialization of horror films over the years, with exquisite conception and unbridled bloody violence, it brought back the atmosphere of the golden age of B-grade horror films in the 70s.

After this film, a number of horror films with bloodthirsty and cruel selling points will surely become popular again. ”

--- New York Daily News

"Chainsaw", a surprise B-movie with a cleverly structured and reversed ending, and Chen Hao, a talented Chinese rookie director who is only 22 years old!

Chen Hao's first appearance in North America should be his debut film "Comet" last year, which is a soft sci-fi film with suspense and unique imagination.

The second "Moon" is a science fiction masterpiece called "2002: A Space Odyssey", and was even recommended by many film critics as the best science fiction film of 2002!

As a result, when it was his third movie, he unexpectedly chose a B-grade thriller!

But if you think about it, you can understand that the first two works are Chinese films shot in China, and the box office in North America is 168,800 and 9.76 million US dollars respectively.

It can also be seen that Chen has made great progress, but when he arrives in North America, in order to adapt to the North American audience, he is a newcomer, and it is impossible to invest heavily in him.

So he chose a low-cost, but easy to detonate box office horror film.

Judging from the results, Chen bet correctly and won, of course, what cannot be ignored is his talent and accurate judgment of the film market.

The box office in the first week was 18.27 million, which will undoubtedly make a lot of money compared to its shooting cost of 1.2 million.

This also allowed him to temporarily gain a foothold in North America, just like his predecessors Wu Baige and Li Press.

Now that he has a certain amount of space and money, he will be able to better show what he has learned, but the second film may still be constrained.

If he can succeed again, his cinematic talent should fully blossom in his third Hollywood film.

I look forward to this rookie director on the other side of the ocean to move forward steadily until the world truly sees his talent!"

---Chicago Daily News

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The evaluation of "Chainsaw" by the media and film critics will inevitably have negative reviews, but they are still mostly positive.

It can be seen from Rotten Tomatoes, another well-known film review website in the United States.

So far, a total of 86 media outlets in North America have given "Saw Horror" reviews, of which 62 have given positive reviews and another 24 have given negative reviews.

In other words, the Rotten Tomatoes index of "Chainsaw" is 72%, and the color of the tomato is red, indicating that there are many positive reviews.

At the same time, the popcorn index is higher at 84%, and the audience rating is 3.8/5.

In other words, according to the 100-point system, on Rotten Tomatoes, the expert score is 72 points, and the audience score is 76 points!

This is undoubtedly a very good result for a B-grade film.

The evaluation of the media and film critics is still not a small influence on fans at the beginning of the century, so it is also a good publicity for the film.

More and more people are paying attention to this "Chainsaw" and want to see if it is really that exciting.

Soon, the second week box office results of "Saw Horror" were also released!