Chapter 119: Alien 4 is here

According to the trajectory of history, the big ship that hit the world and boiled for it was released in North America on December 14. Although no one is optimistic about the energy of that movie now, Leila is ready not to confront it head-on, and plans to put the Grim Reaper for May '98.

In this way, with a buffer of a few months, I believe that the Titanic will not affect the film. As for those who collided with it, Lyra could only silently light a candle for them in her heart.

S can only be regarded as average in the mouth of film critics, anyway, horror movies and anything never get into their eyes, and Lyra doesn't care what those people think. In the eyes of fans who have seen it, this movie is completely worthy of the word classic.

"This is the best horror movie I've ever seen!" - by Thomas

"I've watched it three times, and I'm getting ready to watch it a fourth time, is there anything I want to go with?" - by Pudding

"I didn't expect that I would love watching horror movies so much one day, but can I see other horror movies like this?" - by Annie

In various forums large and small, the topic around S has never been interrupted. Some people who didn't plan to go to the movie couldn't help but want to take a look after seeing the one-sided praise.

won 20 million in two days in the first week, and still won 30 million in the second week when the number of screens was reduced by nearly one-third, what a brilliant achievement!

A horror movie with a cost of just over two million has already won more than 50 million at the box office in less than ten days, if this is not a miracle, then what can be a miracle?

Oh, by the way, that's also the work of director Moran. Now that I think about it, she's such an incredible person!

It cannot be denied that in those one-sided praises, there is a sailor sent out by Leila to guide public opinion. But a good movie is a good movie, and it's not who says it's good to be good. If S is really a bad movie, even if a bunch of people are advocating its excellence, it will only be sprayed by fans and can't raise their heads.

And the quality of the S makes it worthy of the praise of those trolls, and when they see the praise of the comments, fans will only think "yes, he is right" or "yes, that movie is that great". It will not give birth to the idea of "are these people blind? A bad movie can blow a flower".

So when Leila used the water army, she really didn't have any shame at all.

While Layla is still continuing her road trip, Alien 4 arrives!

In the case of the previous work, many people, especially fans of Alien, hoped that the film would bring something that would make them happy. Therefore, since its screening date was announced, countless people who care about the gamble of S and Leila have seen it as the biggest obstacle.

Layla knows that while the failure of the Midnight Garden of Good and Evil has allowed S to regain some of the lost screens, the arrival of the Xenomorph will cause it to lose even more. Maybe the theater boss can see that S still has some stamina, but they prefer to move more screens to aliens. After all, one has been released for more than ten days, and the other is a best-selling premiere. Everyone knows exactly what to choose.

Sure enough, after the second week of November passed, the new week's North American box office ranking Alien 4 stood in the top position with a box office of more than 26 million. That's a good result with their three-day release time, but if you compare it with S, you'll find something shocking.

In the first week, S won more than 20 million in two days, and Alien 4 won more than 26 million in three days. But what about the cost? more than 2 million, and 4 ...... 70 million!

The people who waited to see the jokes of S and Leila disappeared, and those who shouted that as soon as the alien came out, other movies would be bombarded into scum also disappeared, and those who thought that S and the alien were completely different from the same dimension and didn't need to be compared at all kept their mouths shut.

Facts are facts, although S lost the championship in the third week, it was firmly in second place with a box office of more than 23 million. After 20 million in the first week, 30 million in the second week, and now more than 23 million in the third week, S's total box office in North America has come to nearly 74 million, and it is only a stone's throw away from the gambling about 100 million.

According to the trajectory of S, maybe it will be won after two more weeks. Even if the next two weeks are not enough, in those three weeks and four weeks, everyone can see that unless this film is suddenly banned unreasonably, the box office of 100 million will definitely be able to get it.

And when I made the bet, I didn't specify whether it was the North American box office or the global box office, and it seems that the North American box office alone can already be sure to win 100 million, so what if we add the world? Will it create an amazing record of 300 million total box office for a small-budget horror film?

Many people suddenly remembered a phrase that Cooper repeatedly emphasized - "miracles don't happen twice".

But now it seems that a second miracle is happening.

As speculated, S's box office in North America has caused distributors from other countries to come to the door and ask for cooperation. With the experience of the last witch's overseas distribution, Louise personally negotiated some relatively large ticket bases, such as Europe, as well as Japan and South Korea. Some of the smaller and more scattered countries have been handed over to a few large companies with good distribution experience.

If you eat meat yourself, you always have to give someone someone some soup. The Immortal Bird is still just a baby in swaddling clothes, and if several major companies join forces to suppress it, even Leila will feel a headache.

Compared to the popularity of S, the alien 4 on the other side is a different situation.

It can't be denied that Alien 1 and 2 are very classic movies, but in fact, since Alien 3, this series can already be seen to be going downhill. Especially in the second part, the combat part is very exciting, but the third part suddenly changed direction and returned to the state of the first part, which disappointed many fans who had hopes for aliens.

So when Alien 3 won 56 million in North America and 159 million at the global box office with a production cost of 50 million, the decadence of this series was already clearly visible. It is precisely because the third part has a defeat that it will only be 4 after a lapse of 5 years.

But in any case, Alien is a classic series, and many fans still have to buy tickets to walk into the cinema even if they are scolding.

As usual, Lyra buys two newspapers at a newsstand she passes by, wanting to see what various aspects say about the Alien. Unlike the hymns that preceded the screening of the Garden of Good and Evil at Midnight, Alien 4 had a lot of controversy before its release. Most of these controversies come from Alien fans, hoping that the fourth part can be more exciting, but also have some concerns about the film's director selection.

Unfortunately, their fears have come true, and there may not be too sharp criticism in the newspapers, but if you go to the relevant website forums, you will see the anger of fans.

Is the director taking them for fools? Isn't it really that he is being underestimated to take such a lump of things that seems to be borrowed, crumpled up messes and then imposed on them as movies?