Verse 482: Interlaced canine teeth
Compared with the "Avatar" ticket price, which has become news in China, the "Avatar" ticket price in the United States is quite affordable.
$10 for a regular ticket, $3 for 3D, $13 for a ticket, $4 for IMAX-3D, $14 for a ticket.
Although these fares are about the same as domestic fares at the current international exchange rate, the American people earn only dollars, so they cannot be converted so simply, but must be compared in terms of income and expenditure levels. From this comparison, the gap widens.
People can go to see an "Avatar" after an hour or two of work, but in China, it takes a day to buy a ticket.
The relative ticket price is different, and the ranking on the weekly box office ranking is also different.
Last week, "30,000 Leagues to Mars" and "Avatar" were released simultaneously.
This blockbuster, which has a large fan base and a luxurious Hollywood lineup, is a work that has been widely favored before its release, and after its release, it has also achieved very good box office results. In the first three days of the opening, it achieved a staggering $162 million at the box office, topping the weekly box office charts for the week, showing its strong box office appeal.
The runner-up in the box office list that week is "Avatar".
In its first two days, it grossed $56 million.
Judging from the international exchange rate conversion, the box office of "Avatar" in the United States is converted to about 330 million, which is magically comparable to the domestic market, showing the huge prospects of the domestic film market.
Of course, there are many comprehensive influencing factors, and "30,000 Leagues of Mars" can only be blushing but unable to enter the domestic market at this time due to the intervention of regional protective policies and domestic protection months, which also has an important impact on the emergence of this situation.
But either way, that's the way it is.
If you look at it purely from the perspective of "domestic films" - many people do regard this movie as a domestic film - the results of "Avatar" are quite good, and this is the first time in the history of "domestic films" that they have achieved such good box office results in the US market.
From the perspective of a purely American film, this result is also gratifying, after all, it was $56 million in the first two days, which is already the weekly box office champion in some weeks throughout the year. Although it is not too eye-catching in the case of summer blockbusters, it can definitely be looked forward to.
But if you look at the production cost of "Avatar" itself, it is a bit dangerous to look at the box office in the United States alone.
After all, this movie cost a huge amount of $400 million from production to promotion. If you want to recoup the cost, just looking at the box office in the United States is very dangerous.
But if you let it go a little more, from a social point of view, the situation is a little different.
In the big media, not only "The Hollywood Reporter" is blowing "Avatar", "USA Today", "The Washington Post", etc. have all given high praise to the film's new technical performance and new viewing experience, which is an "unprecedented science fiction film".
On social media, netizens are also praising the film for refreshing their perception of the movie, saying that the movie is like Shen Huan's "UPTOWN FUNK", which really opened their eyes on Saturday night. Even the number of fans of Shen Huan's social account is skyrocketing, which shows people's love and acceptance of this movie, and even Shen Huan's race and nationality have become no longer a problem under the combination of "UPTOWN FUNK" and "Avatar".
On the contrary, although "30,000 Leagues of Mars" was amazing at the box office and crushed "Avatar", the evaluation of the social circle was not very good, and words such as "ruining the original" and "disappointing" were endless, and many people said that they went to the original work, but they returned disappointed.
In this regard, the big media have a more objective evaluation of it.
Evaluations such as "decent", "slightly lacking in storytelling" and "thought-provoking" are the overall evaluation of "30,000 Leagues of Mars" by big media.
On the Internet movie database IMDB, "30,000 Leagues of Mars" temporarily received a score of 8.4, and "Avatar" received a score of 8.2.
Looking at the situation in North America, these two movies competing on the same stage are so intertwined that people can't see the situation clearly.
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“…… The situation is actually okay, at least the energy and performance of the country are beyond our expectations, which is surprising. In North America, although it is a little short of our expectations, it is still expected, so you don't have too much psychological pressure. You've done a great job, we're very satisfied with this movie, we're very satisfied with the results we've achieved so far, and we're very satisfied with what we're really looking for compared to the box office, and even if the final box office doesn't meet expectations, it's not a war crime, and that's the price we've been prepared to pay for a long time, it's all trivial, and we don't need to care about it......"
This is what Kang Duancheng said to him when he contacted Shen Huan, who was far away in China.
Shen Huan didn't have any psychological pressure, because he thought of the truck driver in the other world.
The truck driver's big ship was in such a strange situation, in the unremarkable situation of the opening of the painting, the back force was unbelievably long and strong, and it stood out to be the number one at the world box office at that time.
Then the trucker's "Avatar", the producer seems to have taken this situation into account and let it be released in the week before Christmas, such a schedule, the performance of the first week is naturally far less than what it expected, and it is not much amazing, but the strange thing is that it has a long stamina, broke its own record, and then stood out a new world box office No. 1.
The opening box office of many blockbusters is higher than it, and the opening box office of some blockbusters can throw it several times, but the stamina is far less strong than it, and they all wither quickly, and it can always be strong all the way, which is really weird.
“…… It's Xiao Dong's side, you have to work harder. I don't want to say anything about your current return to China, you are a smart person, you naturally have your own ideas, and we old guys don't understand this matter between young people, and we don't want to understand it. But seeing that the two of you are getting older and older, Lao Cui is also very satisfied with your performance, if you can speed up, you still have to speed up a little, otherwise if you drag it out, the risk of having a child will become greater and greater......"
When he heard Kang Duancheng say this, Shen Huan was a little ridiculous, and he could see that the group's current performance of "Avatar" was indeed acceptable.
In the end, it is rich and rich, not ordinary coarse.
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Kang Duancheng is actually acceptable to the current achievements of "Avatar", but the box office of "Avatar" in the second week still inevitably gave him a surprise.
This week in the North American box office charts, the champion has changed.
"Storm Man: Reborn from the Fire" officially opened and jumped to the top of the weekly box office charts this week, grossing $150 million in the first three days of filming.
Although the results of the first week are similar to "30,000 Miles to Mars", unlike "30,000 Miles to Mars", the reputation of "Storm Man: Reborn from the Fire" has increased greatly.
The big media praised it, saying that the new director Ilias "performed well", making the declining classic IP of Storm Man like its name, "reborn".
There are also a lot of positive reviews on social media, saying that this is the storm man they want.
On IMDB, "Storm Man: Reborn from the Fire" has received a whopping rating of 8.9.
It can be said that "Storm Man: Reborn from the Fire" gave all the audience a big surprise, achieving a double harvest of business and word-of-mouth, and achieving great integration and unity in terms of story and artistry, which is really a big surprise in this summer file.
And the runner-up position in this week's box office list is not the champion "30,000 Leagues of Mars" last week, but still "Avatar".
Its box office for the week was $138 million.