On the first day of release, "The Matrix 2" easily surpassed the $15.6 million of "Spy 2" with a box office of $39.51 million, and landed at the top of the box office list.

And this first-day box office result also makes people see the possibility of a box office of over 100 million in the first weekend.

Just as no non-sequel original film has ever grossed more than 100 million at the North American box office, no R-rated film in North America has ever grossed more than 100 million in its opening weekend.

"The Matrix 2" shows that this is possible.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, the reputation of "The Matrix 2" has seriously declined.

Just one day after the release of this film, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes dropped to 76%, and if Rotten Tomatoes and film critics have limited influence on summer films, the IMDB score of ordinary movie fans is only 7.4.

Ordinary commercial movies, with such word-of-mouth data, are completely in the past, but this is a sequel to a masterpiece!

How many of them are still influenced by the classic predecessors?

The first part of "The Matrix" caused a very strong response in the United States, because this is the first time that cyberpunk has expressed it in such a complete and even perfect posture in a movie, and the action design, special effects production, and camera editing of the whole movie are very classic and fashionable, so that many people and advertisements began to imitate a lot of classic shots of The Matrix.

In the second part, these are still there, but the plot, editing, lines, etc., are too unfriendly to the audience.

The Cinema Score for "The Matrix 2: Reloaded" only gave the audience a "B" on the spot, and most fans mentioned one problem: obscurity!

The first one is really good-looking, cool action, tight plot. The development of science and technology to the extreme has brought endless disasters to mankind, and the struggle to free mankind from the slavery of computers is very lofty.

In the second part, it was a disaster......

In the face of a far inferior reputation to the first part, many die-hard fans of the Wachowski brothers emphasized that "The Matrix 2" actually explores philosophical issues.

The philosophical speculation after the release of the first part of "The Matrix" was praised by film critics, and perhaps the Wachowski brothers were influenced and plunged into the ditch under the misguidance of professional film critics, and never climbed up again.

Returning to the movie itself, the movie is a story after all, and the director can use cool audio and video and high-energy shooting skills to let the audience listen to you tell the whole story in the process of pleasing to the eye and wanting to stop.

Even, for commercial films, the form of expression like Michael Bay is far more than the story itself, and it is more interesting than the philosophical speculation of Shinto.

In the hearts of many fans, there is only one "The Matrix", and the last two are two other irrelevant stories, which are long and lengthy, and they are as tasteless as chewing wax. And the dialogue is half and half lala, and it always makes the audience bother to guess the riddle.

As far as movies are concerned, no matter how complex the content is, it is proud to make it simple and easy for the audience to understand, after all, the storytelling, half tucked and half aimed at stunting the audience is just to cover up the paleness of the plot.

Because the film itself is too unfriendly to the audience, coupled with various negative word-of-mouth and the energy of a lot of sequel movies released on the first day, "The Matrix 2" plummeted at the box office on Saturday, with a single-day drop of nearly 20 percent, and only received $30.31 million.

In contrast, "Spy 2", which entered its second week, rebounded strongly on Saturday, earning $19.54 million in a single day.

It seems that some viewers who should pay attention to "The Matrix 2" have shifted their attention to "Spy 2".

It can only be said that the overall reputation of "The Matrix 2" in North America is not bad, but compared to the first part, it is still much worse.

In the first week of its North American release, the film not only topped the box office with $86.2 million, but also set a new opening weekend record for an R-rated film!

But the film's sharp drop on Saturday and the not-so-ideal audience reputation made it clear to everyone that the North American box office drop of "The Matrix 2" could not reach the $300 million expected by Warner Bros.

According to the latest forecast released by Cinema Score, the film could grossed around $270 million in North America.

Regardless, "The Matrix 2" is still a huge success.

In second place this weekend is "Spy 2", the release of "The Matrix 2", the impact is far from as big as imagined, "Spy 2" has maintained a healthy and stable box office trend, the next weekend box office only fell 42% from the first weekend, with $49.1 million in the North American box office chart.

"X-Men 2" slipped to third place.

Ten days after its release, "Spy 2" has grossed $163.93 million at the North American box office.

Also this weekend, the film began to be released overseas, and the first regions to be released are still Latin America, Western Europe and Australia, and the overseas opening weekend box office also received $51.2 million.

"Spy 2" has a smooth global box office of more than $200 million.

Perhaps because the CIA and the United States' wanton hegemony in other countries are somewhat disgusting, similar to when the first part was released, the response of "Spy 2" in overseas markets is not as good as that in North America.

In the third weekend of the release of "Spy 2", that is, the fourth weekend of the North American summer season, "The Impostor", produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, was released, and with a opening weekend score of $67.95 million, it snatched the top spot from "The Matrix 2".

In 2003, which can be called a big year for North American films, a large number of first-line productions with an investment of about 100 million US dollars were squeezed into the entire summer season, and the overall box office results were good, which also led to the situation that the box office champion took turns to sit on the throne.

For example, the weekend after "The Impostor", which is the traditional Memorial Day holiday in North America, "Finding Nemo", produced by Pixar Studios and distributed by Disney, hits.

This animated blockbuster is bound to become the new North American box office champion.

"The Matrix 2" lost the top spot at the box office, and the box office trend was not particularly good the next weekend, falling 60 percent from the opening weekend, and ranking second at the box office with $34.1 million.

"Spy 2" slipped to third place, but the box office in the third weekend was significantly closer to "The Matrix 2", with a box office performance of $28.2 million, allowing the film to continue to maintain a healthy and stable trend in the North American film market.

Combined with the previous four working days, the film's North American box office exceeded the $200 million mark, accumulating a total of $210.21 million.

As the film was released in more overseas countries and regions, the global box office combined was close to $300 million.

"Spy 2 shouldn't be worse than The Matrix 2, right?"

In the post-editing room in the office area of Warner Studios, Jessica Felton, who was wearing a dark professional attire, asked Ronan: "According to the current box office trend, it is not a big problem for "Spy 2" to exceed $250 million. ”

Ronan shrugged slightly: "The higher the box office, the better." ”

Both of them are old friends, and there is no need to hide their true thoughts: "I also hope that it will get a billion dollars in the world." ”

It's a joke, of course.

Jessica Felton smiled and flicked the ponytail that had slipped to her shoulders to the back of her head, causing her entire chest to tremble as if there had been a magnitude nine earthquake.

Ronan changed the subject and pointed to the glasses on her face, "Why did you suddenly put on your glasses?"

Jessica Filton said directly: "Myopia. ”

Ronan is not surprised, a work tech freak like Jessica Felton will find her sooner or later.

"Be careful. Ronan said with concern: "Pay more attention to rest." ”

Jessica Filton rolled her eyes helplessly and said, "I also want to take some time off for a vacation, but I just finished the post-editing of "Pirates of the Caribbean", and you asked me to be the post-producer of "Summer of Jeans", and then there is a "Mean Girl", where do I have time to rest." ”

Ronan scratched his head and said, "Jesse, you're a capable man." ”

Jessica Filton muttered, "If I had known, I would have been an actor." ”

Ronan shrugged: "It's not too late. ”

As a woman with breasts bigger than Salma Hayek and a face comparable to Jessica Alba, she is an ideal actor for a vase-like role.

Jessica Felton gets back to the point: "You've just seen the final cut of Summer of Jeans, are you satisfied?"

Ronan nodded: "You did a good job, a very girly movie." ”

Jessica Filton said with regret: "It's a pity that a lot of the things I studied don't come in handy. ”

Ronan thought for a moment and said, "Jesse, you've been a post-producer in three films in a row, and if there's a suitable opportunity, you're ready to be a producer." ”

Jessica Felton asked, "You're putting me in charge of the film project independently?"

"You've got it. "I'm going to start a lot of women's film projects. ”

Jessica Felton said: "I know, you mentioned it last time you called me, feminist awakening. ”

Ronan laughed: "The so-called feminist awakening in this movie is actually just fake feminism, and it has no practical significance at all. ”

In fact, women's rights in Hollywood are more formalized, and menstruating aunts are followed by a bunch of women is the so-called women's rights?

"What is true feminism?" asked Jessica Felton curiously.

"You're the real feminist. Ronan said very seriously: "Jesse, just like you said, you are single with your skills and strength, you don't rely on any ability, you can succeed by your own ability, not the sympathy of others, you are the real feminist." ”

If Jessica Felton is not a representative of feminism, there are really few people in Hollywood who can be called feminist.

Ronan encouraged, "Jesse, keep up the good work. ”

All post-production of "Summer of Jeans" has been completed and there are no problems in itself, and Ronan left Warner Studios after discussing the next post-production of "Mean Girls" with Jessica Feldton.

He will then travel to Cannes, France, for the premiere of Lost in Translation.