North American Box Office Rankings (April 11-13, 2003):

No. 1, "Anger Management", 3 days of release, Sony Columbia, weekend box office 44.5 million US dollars, cumulative box office 44.5 million US dollars, 4100 theaters;

No. 2, "Hurricane Rescue", 10 days in theaters, Sony Columbia, weekend box office of $20.54 million, cumulative box office of $53.61 million, 3,500 theaters;

No. 3, "Sniper Phone Booth", 10 days in theaters, 20th Century Fox, weekend box office $7.5 million, cumulative box office $26.6 million, 2,750 theaters;

No. 4, "Aquarius Girl", 10 days in theaters, Warner Bros., weekend box office $6.7 million, cumulative box office $20.4 million, 3,000 theaters;

No. 5, "Love to the Collapse of the House", 38 days after its release, Disney, with a weekend box office of $4.6 million, a cumulative box office of $117.7 million, and 2,450 theaters;

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From the summer file to the spring file, "Anger Management", which was favored by a lot of media and the industry, was released last Friday, and the box office really lived up to expectations, and even exploded.

The box office easily exceeded 40 million in the first three days of the weekend, and it topped the weekend box office list strongly, and "Hurricane Rescue" could only be relegated to second place!

The film, which the two superstars first launched together on the silver screen, sold $44.5 million over the weekend, according to data released by Columbia on Sunday.

If it weren't for "Hurricane Rescue", this box office figure would be even higher than the total box office revenue of other films in the top 10 at the box office.

The film's strong premiere also set a personal box office record for the two superstars.

Adam Sandler's last best-selling film was $41.5 million for 1999's "Fake Dad," while Jack Nicholson's last best-selling film was $40.5 million for 1989's "Batman."

At the same time, the film also became the best debut film this year, surpassing the $40.3 million debut box office of "Daredevil" in February.

April has been a slow season for the box office charts, as studios have just calmed down from the Oscar frenzy and are gearing up for the summer season.

But the adventure film "The Scorpion King," which premiered last April, did well at $36.1 million, and "Hurricane Rescue" at $24.71 million.

It also proves that audiences will go to the movies at any time of the year, as long as you have good films, of course.

It's a pity that last week's box office champion "Hurricane Rescue" was unable to retain its title under the strong strength of "Anger Management", ranking second on the list with $20.54 million.

This week, Davis continued to strengthen the promotion of "Hurricane Rescue", and at the same time, the theaters were expanded by 500, but it still couldn't stop the appeal of the two superstars.

However, "Hurricane Rescue" won $28.9 million again at the box office this week, with a cumulative box office of more than 50 million, leaving only 22 million from Davis' target of 75 million.

Now it seems that the box office of "Hurricane Rescue" must be more than 75 million US dollars, and it should be higher, such as 90 million!

This result naturally made Davis a lot happier, even if "Hurricane Rescue" was squeezed out of the championship by "Anger Management", it didn't make him thunderous.

The two films, "Smell Kindred" and "Hurricane Rescue," ate up the total box office receipts of other films, ending a four-weekend decline since the Iraq war.

According to the North American Movie Box Office Tracker, the top 12 films grossed $107.3 million this weekend, up 8.3% from the same period last year.

At this time last year, the film "Changing Lines" topped the box office list with a premiere of $17.1 million, which shows that the spring season is indeed cold enough.

In addition to "Anger Management", which topped the box office list last week, there was also "Love to the Bottom", which has been in theaters for 6 weeks, unexpectedly rose 2 places.

It ranked fifth on the box office list with a box office revenue of $4.6 million, and the film's cumulative total box office revenue has reached $117.7 million.

The new line release, Vin Disel's anti-narcotics drama "Straight Ahead" grossed $4.5 million this weekend, down two spots from its opening weekend, and the film's cumulative total box office revenue in 10 days was $18.3 million.

It is also worth mentioning that next weekend will coincide with the Passover and Easter holidays, and two new films will be released on Wednesday: the action thriller "BTS" and the Latin American comedy "Three Boats".

And "BTS Monk" is starring Fa Ge, so next week there will be a rare appearance in North America that 2 Chinese-starring films will be released in North America at the same time!

"'Anger Management' won the championship with $44.5 million in its opening weekend!" ---Chicago Daily News.

""Hurricane Rescue" was 20.54 million the next weekend, with a cumulative box office of 53.61 million, surpassing "Saw Horror" without any suspense!" --- "U.S. News"

"'Anger Management' and 'Hurricane Rescue' teamed up to dominate the rankings, and Sony Colombia became the biggest winner!" --- New York Daily News

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The media gave a focus on last week's box office charts, as "Anger Management" was highly anticipated.

At the same time, although "Hurricane Rescue" was squeezed to the runner-up position, the cumulative box office of 53.61 million in two weeks and 10 days was also amazing.

For a film with an investment of only $20 million, it is already destined to be a box office hit.

What's more important is that Chen Hao, a Chinese director who has suddenly risen in the past two years, seems to be more and more dazzling, which makes people have to pay attention to his film talent and keen market sense!

"Hurricane Rescue" is now about to surpass "Saw Horror" at the box office, and it is very likely to hit the box office of 90 million US dollars, or even bolder a little bolder, 100 million!

Thinking that a foreign director, especially a Chinese director, can actually have a box office of over 100 million, which is indeed too unimaginable for Americans.

Even if Li Hu had already achieved this achievement three years ago, Americans prefer to believe that it is a miracle, and the reason why a miracle is a miracle is because it basically does not happen!

In fact, Chen Hao is not sure whether the box office can break 100 million, but he naturally hopes to achieve this very difficult achievement.

As for Davis, the same is true, after "Hurricane Rescue" lost to "Anger Management", he still wants the company to increase the publicity of "Hurricane Rescue".

Because the idea of making "Hurricane Rescue" box office exceed 100 million rose in his heart.

The box office exceeded 53 million in 10 days, which has to make Davis think more, after all, the North American release time is generally longer, and there are no blockbusters that have been able to sweep the film market recently, except for one "Anger Management".

Speaking of which, thanks to the spring file, there are no strong competitors, because they are all waiting for the summer file.

In addition, the word-of-mouth of the two films, "Anger Management" and "Hurricane Rescue", is also an important influencing factor in the media and audiences.