"We failed!" Davis sighed.

Chen Hao chuckled in his heart when he heard this, and then laughed again, "You're joking with me!"

When "Hurricane Rescue", Davis played this set!

"I'm not kidding, District 9's first-weekend box office didn't beat 'Lord of the Rings 3's second-weekend box office, and the gap was a bit big!" Davis said.

Chen Hao was a little complicated when he heard this, he thought that he could create a miracle to overturn "Lord of the Rings 3", but unfortunately it backfired.

In the face of a super word-of-mouth masterpiece like "The Lord of the Rings 3", which has huge investment, amazing special effects, and ups and downs in the plot, it is still difficult for Chen Hao to match it, and even the first week can't do the second week.

"If you lose, you lose, how much did "District 9" box office in the first weekend?" Chen Hao asked with a sigh.

"$29.82 million!" Davis said.

Chen Hao was stunned when he heard this, this box office result is not bad, after all, the investment in "District 9" is only 40 million.

And in the face of the competition of "Lord of the Rings 3" and other new films in the same period, this achievement cannot be regarded as a failure!

"This box office is okay, right!?" Chen Hao said with some hesitation.

"Hahaha......" Davis laughed when he heard this, and then said, "How can I say it, maybe I was expecting you to be able to create a miracle, so I hoped for a little more, but to be honest, this result is not bad, very good!"

Chen Hao rolled his eyes when he heard this and said, "That's okay, I won't lose money anyway!"

"The loss will definitely not be, and it should make a lot of money, and then the main thing to look at is the reputation of the movie, after all, the holiday file is a long-term schedule, if the reputation is good, then the box office should be able to break 100 million. Davis said.

Chen Hao nodded when he heard this, the first weekend of "Hurricane Rescue" was only 24.71 million US dollars, but with word of mouth, the final North American box office was 121 million.

Now the first weekend of "District 9" is 5 million dollars higher than "Hurricane Rescue", as long as there is word of mouth, then it should not be difficult to break 100 million.

What needs to be worried about is when the strength of "The Lord of the Rings 3" will end, and whether the movies released at the same time will also have a good reputation.

North American Weekend Box Office Charts (December 25, 2003 – December 27, 2003):

No. 1, "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", released for 10 days, new line, weekend box office of 51.2 million US dollars, cumulative box office of 222.26 million US dollars, 4,500 theaters;

No. 2, "District 9", was released for 3 days, with a weekend box office of $29.82 million, a cumulative box office of $29.82 million, and 3,700 theaters;

No. 3, "A Basket of Children", released for 3 days, Twentieth Century Fox, weekend box office of $27.55 million, cumulative box office of $27.55 million, 3,600 theaters;

No. 4, "Cold Mountain", 3 days in theaters, Miramax, weekend box office $14.5 million, cumulative box office $14.5 million, 3,000 theaters;

No. 5, "Love is a Compromise", 17 days of release, Sony Columbia, with a weekend box office of $13.8 million, a cumulative box office of $45.43 million, and 3,400 theaters;

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"The Lord of the Rings III: The Return of the King" is so charming that it topped the North American box office last weekend with $51.2 million in box office receipts.

"The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" quickly surpassed the $200 million box office mark in just 11 days after its launch in North America, which is a step up from the record of "The Lord of the Rings 2: Two Cities" that crossed $200 million on the 12th day.

And it was still able to win $51.2 million the following weekend, more than 20 million more than the second-place "District 9", and at this momentum, I am afraid that "Lord of the Rings 3" may still dominate the top of the charts in the third week.

"District 9" ranked second on the list with $29.82 million at the box office.

Comedy comedian Steve Martin joined forces with this year's Christmas holiday comedy film "A Basket of Children," which debuted last weekend and ranked third at the North American box office with $27.55 million.

"Cold Mountain," starring Nicole Kit, Jude Law and Renee Zellweger, debuted last weekend at the No. 4 North American box office with $14.5 million.

Starring Jack Nicholson, "Love is a Compromise," which has been in theaters for three weeks, maintained its long-term hit, ranking at No. 5 with $14 million.

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"'The Lord of the Rings 3' continues to go strong, topping the North American weekend box office with $51.2 million!" ---The New Yorker"

"Huaxia director Chen, the new film "District 9" ranks second on the list with $29.82 million!" ---Los Angeles Times

"The Christmas comedy 'A Basket of Children' is a blockbuster, ranking No. 3 on the list with $27.55 million!" --- The Washington Post

"'Memory Rift' premiered at the box office, and Wu's Hollywood career is coming to an end?!" --- The New York Times

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North American media commented on last week's box office rankings, and "The Lord of the Rings 3" is still the focus of everyone's attention.

After all, judging from the current box office performance of "The Lord of the Rings 3", it may even surpass Disney's "Finding Nemo" and become the annual box office champion in North America in 2003!

At the same time, Chen Hao's new sci-fi film "District 9", which is highly anticipated by North American film critics, also performed well, and in the face of huge competition, it was able to get nearly $30 million at the first-weekend box office, which was eye-catching!

Especially when "District 9" was still rated R because of violence, many people were worried that Chen Hao's new film would be squeezed out of the top five on the list!

Fortunately, with "Comet" and "The Moon", Chen Hao has accumulated a group of sci-fi fans, and the influence of "Hurricane Rescue" has exceeded 100 million, making Chen Hao truly famous in North America.

Now, Chen Hao has proven his talent and ability through three films, making his North American journey continue to go higher and become a director who is truly famous in Hollywood, even if he is from China.

The media is naturally impressed by Chen Hao, and he can succeed in three consecutive films, which is something that many well-known Hollywood directors can't do, but this young director from China has done it.

There is no doubt that Chen Hao is becoming an upstart in Hollywood, and major Hollywood companies will definitely take the lead to cooperate with Chen Hao!

Another thing to say is the new sci-fi action film "Memory Rift", which is also Chinese director Wu Baige, which premiered last weekend with mediocre results, ranking No. 6 on the list with $13.9 million.

This result is obviously very dissatisfied with Wu Baige and the filmmaker, and Wu Baige is even more anxious after the box office comes out!

Because after messing up two big productions, the powerful Hollywood studios obviously won't give Wu Baige more chances.

At the same time, the North American media and film critics believe that Wu Baige, who once amazed the violent aesthetics of North America, has now fallen into aesthetic fatigue, and Wu Baige can't come up with something new, so he can only face elimination.

The box office of the first weekend of "Memory Rift" made countless Hollywood media begin to sing about Wu Baige's Hollywood career, and it seems that Wu Baige's departure from Hollywood has become inevitable!

Not only that, some North American media also scored the performance of Chen Hao, Li Press and Wu Baige, the three Chinese directors, this year!

Obviously, Chen Hao had the highest score with 8 points, while Li Ji barely passed with 6 points, and Wu Baige only had 3 points.

This score can also be seen as the general opinion of the North American media on the three Chinese directors.

Wu Baige is getting weaker, and although "Hulk" failed, he still has his own opportunities.

And Chen Hao can be described as in full swing!