Chapter 369: "The Man Without a Name" landed in North America
"'The Hangover' topped the North American weekend box office charts at $32.79 million the next weekend!" --- Entertainment Weekly
"The Hangover was $52.79 million the next week, and the cumulative box office successfully exceeded 100 million!" ---Los Angeles Times.
"The Hangover broke 100 million at the box office in 12 days, becoming the 18th film in North America to break 100 million at the box office this year!" --- San Francisco Chronicle
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After the release of "The Hangover", word-of-mouth ushered in a big reversal, and the ratings of the media and film critics, IMDB and Tomato.com far exceeded previous expectations.
Especially after the unexpected box office victory in the first week, everyone is more optimistic about the box office of "The Hangover", and it is generally believed that "The Hangover" will become one of the most successful R-rated comedies in North American film history.
In fact, the box office of "The Hangover" is still strong enough the next week!
North American Weekend Box Office Charts (December 3, 2004 – December 5, 2004):
No. 1, "The Hangover", released for 12 days, $32.79 million, Measuring Ruler Pictures, with a cumulative box office of $109.65 million and 3,200 theaters;
No. 2, "National Treasure", released for 17 days, $17.14 million, Disney, with a cumulative box office of $112.58 million, released in 3,286 theaters;
No. 3, "Escape from Christmas", 12 days of release, $11.77 million, Sony Columbia, with a cumulative box office of $32.2 million, 2,842 theaters;
No. 4, "The Polar Express", released for 24 days, $11.02 million, Warner Bros., with a cumulative box office of $105.2 million, and 3,200 theaters released;
No. 5, "The Incredibles", released for 24 days, $9.16 million, Disney, with a cumulative box office of $75.96 million, and 3,052 theaters;
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With a good reputation, "The Hangover" controlled the box office decline very well the next week, only 24%, which is undoubtedly an exceptionally good result.
At the same time, with a box office result of $52.79 million the following week, the box office of "The Hangover" has successfully exceeded 100 million, becoming the 18th film in North America to break 100 million at the box office in 2004!
That's an auspicious number!
"The Hangover" broke 100 million in two weeks, to be precise, in 12 days, which surprised the media, because if you look at the current form of "The Hangover", its final box office is likely to break 200 million US dollars!
If "The Hangover" does reach 200 million at the box office, it will become the second-highest-grossing R-rated comedy in North American film history, behind the $234 million "Beverly Hills Detective" released in 1984!
There's no doubt that "The Hangover" is sure to make a mark on North American R-rated comedies!
Also, the interesting thing about this list is that there aren't any new films in the top five!
Because at this time, it is already the Christmas schedule in the United States, and it also means the arrival of the North American awards season.
Many films aimed at the Oscars have begun to be released at the pace of the Oscars, after all, if you want to win the Oscars, it doesn't mean that the film is good enough!
The representative film is "Stealing Hearts", which began to be released on a small scale last week!
It was released in 476 theaters and achieved a good result of $7.7 million, directly entering the 6th place on the list, with an average box office of $16,200 per room, while the average box office of "The Hangover" was only $10,200!
"Stealing Hearts" was a great success as soon as it was released with a strong star cast and a good reputation, and it is actually stepping on a steady pace, in order to coincide with the arrival of the current Oscar season.
In the list of the most critically acclaimed films of 2004 released this week, "Stealing Hearts" ranked third after "Neverland" and "The Aviator."
In addition, the historical blockbuster "Alexander the Great" has been a dismal box office since its release, collecting only $4.7 million last weekend, nearly two-thirds less than the opening week.
In the 12 days since the release of this epic blockbuster with an investment of $150 million, the cumulative box office has only been $29.7 million, and the bottom pants are almost gone!
Another point, the national teacher's "Ambush on All Sides" has also begun to be released on a small scale in North America this week.
The 15 theaters earned a total of $417,000 and an average box office of $27,800, which is quite good!
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"The Hangover" successfully broke 100 million US dollars at the box office in the second week, and Chen Hao successfully exceeded 100 million at the box office of three consecutive films in North America.
The North American media are now scrambling to interview the young director who was previously questioned by them!
Chen Hao did not refuse this, on the one hand, he wanted to see if the faces of these media who questioned him were interesting, and on the other hand, it was also to promote the movie.
In addition to "The Hangover", the focus of the movie Chen Hao wants to promote is mainly on "The Man Without a Name", which will premiere in North America on December 10, that is, this Friday!
In order to cater to the North American awards season that has arrived, "No Name" must be released, otherwise it is likely to miss out on the Golden Globes like last year's "District 9"!
"Chen, you're so amazing, I watched "The Hangover", and it almost made me laugh to death!" the beautiful host laughed, and her chest swayed with her delicate body.
As a senior fan, Chen Hao stared at him lightly for a while and said, "Then my goal has been achieved!"
"I'm curious, it's the first time to make a comedy, how can I shoot it so well?" The beautiful host noticed Chen Hao's gaze, raised her eyebrows, and there was more pride and deep meaning in her eyes.
"Many of the plots in the movie are personal experiences, of course, a little magnified, and many of the dialogues are thought out by the entire crew, which is the wisdom and credit of the crew as a whole!" Chen Hao said with a smile.
""The Hangover" has broken 100 million, it should become your highest-grossing movie, and now many people are also speculating whether the box office of "The Hangover" can break 200 million, what do you think?" The beautiful host decided to come to a controversial topic.
"I think it should be possible!" Chen Hao smiled.
Originally, I wanted to come up with a sentence that should surpass "Beverly Hills Detective", but thinking that "The Hangover" was hot enough, I shut up.
"Wow, it seems that Chen is very confident, I like confident men!" the beautiful host pointed out.
Chen Hao glanced at the host when he heard this, tilted his head, and looked honored!
The beautiful host smiled even sweeter when she saw this, and then decided to give Chen Hao some sweetness, "I heard that you have another movie to be released this week?"
Chen Hao smiled when he heard this, and he really got on the road, "Yes, it's a Chinese science fiction movie "The Man Without a Surname"!"
"Sci-fi films? Chen's sci-fi films, that's really exciting!" the beautiful host praised with a look of anticipation.
"Haha, I promise you won't be disappointed. Chen Hao said with a smile.
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After the interview, Chen Hao shook hands with the host and said goodbye, and after coming out, Chen Hao looked at the note in his hand and hesitated!
Up, or not, that's the question!
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On December 10th, "The Man Without a Name" was officially released in 2,100 theaters in North America!
This release scale broke the North American theater opening record for a Chinese film held by "Hero"!
In addition, Chen Hao is now a popular fried chicken in North America, and "The Man Without a Name" is a science fiction film, although it is a Chinese-language movie, its box office is still a little expected.
Previously, the box office record of Chen Hao's Chinese film in North America was $9.76 million for "The Moon", and this time it will obviously improve this record by a big cut!
Soon, the time has come on December 13th, and a new week is coming!
The North American box office rankings are also freshly released!