"The Devil's Advocate" did not do well on the first day of release, 2161 theaters were released, and only got more than 900,000 box office results, which is extremely poor for a movie with an investment of 57 million US dollars, although from the point of view of the review, "The Devil's Advocate" does not seem to be bad enough to be compared with the Golden Sour Plum movie, but seeing such a shabby box office, there are still people gloating.

There are more blockbuster movies, and in the eyes of those investors, if a movie can't even make money from its cost, no matter how high its evaluation is, it is still a failed movie.

In contrast, "A Thousand Shots", which was released the next day after "Devil's Advocate", had a much better opening result. As a sci-fi film with half the budget of "Devil's Advocate" and half of the number of theaters released by "Devil's Advocate", the results on the premiere day broke through the 1 million mark and reached more than 1.1 million!

When people saw the latest statistics, they couldn't help but be surprised - a little-known New Zealand director could have such strength! If a rookie director can achieve this kind of results in his first work, then he definitely doesn't have to worry about his second film.

Media critics who attended the premiere of "A Thousand Shots" also published positive comments on it in the newspapers during the day. They admired director Andrew Nichol's bold and creative whimsy, and sighed because of the moral of the movie itself, like "The Devil's Advocate", "A Thousand Shots" is also hanging on the skin of science fiction to explore human beings themselves, explore fate and dreams, which makes it more profound and valuable than ordinary hard science fiction films.

Judging by this time alone, Andrew Nicol is a better storyteller and a better at expressing what he wants to express than Taylor Heckford. Yes, many critics think so, whether they are neutral and objective film critics, or film critics who see certain actors who don't like it (such as Theolod), they can see that this small-budget sci-fi film is better than a big-budget thriller.

Had it not been for a few acting actors, and for Theorod – though some critics like Shaun Thorpe didn't want to admit it – "The Devil's Advocate" would have become even more unsightly and lethargic.

And those critics who sang about "The Devil's Advocate" saw the opening results of "A Thousand Shots" the next day, and they almost immediately waved their heads in their hearts. Under normal circumstances, the box office results on the first day set the future box office trend, and the 1.1 million of "One Shot" proves that in the next few days, if nothing else, the box office results can reach more than 1 million per day, or even more, this growth trend will continue for a week or two, and then enter a plateau, and will gradually decrease from the fourth week until the next release.

And at that time, as the opponent of "One Shot", what achievements could "Devil's Advocate" achieve? I'm afraid that if it can break through the 1 million mark at the box office the next day, it should be secretly happy, and if it can recover its costs, it should be celebrated, what else can it use to compete with "A Thousand Shots"?

Sean Thorpe thought to himself, he thought that he had finally made a breath this time, and he was right, he knew from the beginning that the Lecht kid had decided from the moment he decided to join "The Devil's Advocate" that he would eventually fail in the hands of this movie. Therefore, it is better for newcomers to be down-to-earth, don't always think that they can soar if they can be watched by large companies and stage a few big investments.

Let him see how much the box office of "Devil's Advocate" will be on the second day, at most 1 million, Sean Thorpe estimates that unless the person who counts the box office writes the wrong number, it will definitely not exceed 1 million......

Wait a minute!

What did he see?!

Sean Thorpe, who was checking the box office figures, immediately widened his eyes when he swept the number of "Devil's Advocates" - 2541895 dollars?! A box office result of 2.54 million?! How is this possible! More than 900,000 on the first day out, and the box office on the second day directly jumped 1.6 million, which is more than 700,000 more than the first day? ! "Devil's Advocate" has not expanded the number of theaters released, how can it have so many more box offices in one day? The person who counted the box office was dazzled and wrote it wrong, or he added an extra "1" in front of the 600,000 the next day with a shake of his hand?

Hell, where did the extra 700,000 come from?!

Sean Thorpe said that he didn't want to believe that the box office of "Devil's Advocate" could exceed 1.5 million on the second day, not only him, but also many people who paid attention to this matter couldn't believe that the "bad movie" that couldn't even break through the 1 million level on the first day could hit 1.6 million in one fell swoop on the second day.

But this is not over, what is even more surprising is that when the box office of "One Shot" reached 1.4 million on the second day, the box office of "Devil's Advocate" on the third day became 1.9 million, and it looked like it was about to exceed 2 million, and this "eye", on the fourth day, became "real" - the single-day box office on the fourth day, 2.6 million!

From 900,000 on the first day to 2.6 million on Sunday the fourth day, "Devil's Advocate" surged to the end like a drug, allowing the box office results of the first week of the opening to be handed over to thousands of stunned fans and media critics with $7 million as the answer.

The first-week box office result of 7 million sounds nothing unusual or something to be proud of at first glance, but you must know that this is the October file of the unpopular period of the movie, and the 7 million result is only the sum of the results of four days, not the real sum of seven days a week! The average daily box office can exceed 1.75 million, even if it is placed in the summer file, this is a good result.

And "A Thousand Shots" also took three days to freeze the box office of the first week at 4.3 million, ranking second at the box office that week.

In the second week, the drug-like surge of "Devil's Spokesperson" slowed down, but there was still an upward trend, and finally it was firmly the box office champion in the second week with a score of 17.48 million, as for "A Thousand Shots", perhaps all the momentum was snatched away by "Devil's Spokesperson", and only got 9.7 million in the second week, ranking second with a disparity of nearly 8 million.

It wasn't until the third week that the release of the high-budget thriller action sci-fi film "Starship Troopers" squeezed and divided the film market, which stopped the incredible momentum of "Devil's Spokesman", which won the first place at the box office of the week with a box office score of 22 million, and "Devil's Spokesperson" ranked second with a score of 14.25 million.

This phenomenon has made countless film critics wonder, to be fair, in terms of the plot and story of the film itself, "Devil's Advocate" is indeed not as good as "A Thousand Shots", but why is there such a big difference between the two at the box office? Even if there is a difference in the number of theaters and the number of screenings, it is impossible to make such a big difference!

Some fan comments gave them the answer.

"Actually, after I watched the trailer at the beginning, I didn't plan to go to the cinema to watch it, but my friend said that the two of them (Theo Rodrecht and Al Pacino) had great acting skills, and I would regret it if I didn't watch it, so I went to watch it, and it turned out, really, I didn't waste my five dollars and seventy cents, and every time I saw the two of them on the same screen, I would boil over, because I knew that they were going to show again!" -- Netizen Haven.

"Everyone else says it's good, and I'd like to see how good a movie can be if the trailer is rubbish like that." -- Netizen Wall Street detective.

"The story didn't interest me much, but ...... Hey, the actor's acting skills can earn back the ticket price. - Netizen Liliana.

Looking at the evaluations and discussions of these people, many film critics have expressed their feelings - this is another movie that shines because of one or some of its actors, and gets even higher praise than itself.

"Perhaps Theolod Recht is a peculiar phenomenon, as if he has a strange magic power to save bad movies, which has been seen since "Fear of the First Degree". Are you worried that your work will take the golden sour plum? It doesn't matter, it's enough to find Theolod Recht, and maybe get an Oscar nomination. "First Degree of Fear" is an example, and now, "Devil's Advocate" is also an example, and perhaps in the future, many movies will be proud to have him star. ”

The Los Angeles Times gave Theolod a very high evaluation of this phenomenon.

As for the main owner who can make the "Los Angeles Times" say such things, he hasn't paid much attention to it since the release of "Devil's Advocate", and he doesn't know what the outside world is talking about The War between "Devil's Advocate" and "A Thousand Shots", because he has spent his time on tattoos these days.

Natel did know a very good tattoo artist, to be precise, Theolod did, but that guy lived in North Las Vegas, and when the two of them were still living in that neighborhood, many local kids would always go to the tattoo artist named Bob and tattoo themselves with all kinds of handsome patterns, thinking that this would increase their masculinity and make others dare not violate them at will.

Although Theolod didn't choose to get a tattoo before, Natel did, he had three tattoos on his body, a skull on his back, a sharp blade on his chest, and one more, which was kind of interesting, just in his lower abdomen, there was a sentence in English "fu*ckyouwithmy", followed by a downward pointing arrow pointing to where little Natl was.

When Natel first thought of the idea, he happily shared it with Theorod and asked him if he would like to get one with him, but Theorod was not as bad as Natle at that time, and he refused.

Bob, the tattoo artist, had his shop remodeled after a small car repair shop, where Bob kept most of the former owner's stuff as decorations, such as tires and wrenches, all of which looked more like a garage than a tattoo parlor.

As soon as Bob saw Nattell, he immediately laughed and greeted him, revealing a puff of yellow teeth that had smoked too much. Nattle used to be very popular in North Las Vegas, and many people in the area knew him.

"Pop boy, I haven't seen you grow a lot stronger in a few years, and you dress like a dog, I heard that you went to Los Angeles? Seems to be mixing well with the Lecht kids? Why, did you come to me today and finally decided to get an 'inmy' tattoo on your ass? Bob teased viciously. Ever since Nattle tattooed that sentence on his lower abdomen, whenever he saw him, Bob would "persuade" Natle to tattoo a corresponding sentence on his "back door".

"Fuck off, you old pervert/ghost, you haven't eaten your fists, have you?" Natle laughed and gave Bob a hug, "I want to be / myself to get a tattoo." To be serious, I'm not here to get a tattoo today, I'm here to bring someone to get a tattoo. ”

Natel gestured to Theorod, who was wearing a hat and sunglasses behind him, dressed in a low-key manner.

"Who's this cool boy? It still looks familiar...... Bob said.

Theolod took off his glasses and smiled at Bob: "Hi, Bob, long time no see, I'm the child of the Narecht family." ”

"Oops, big star!" Bob's eyes widened in surprise, "God's panties, you look so different than before!" Sure enough, Los Angeles is a treasure trove to raise people, and after a few days, when I have the money, I will also move there. ”

"Of course, I'm welcome." Theorod said that although Bob was rude, he used to be good to Theorod and Nattle, so Theorod had a good impression of him, "There are a lot of celebrities in Hollywood who like tattoos. ”

"I've been able to feed me for most of my life." Bob said, "Nattle says you want a tattoo? Want to get a tattoo? What do you tattoo? I can give you an acquaintance price, but you shouldn't be short of that money as a big star. Otherwise, hey, hey, hey, I'll give you the 'inmy' I've always kept for Nattel, and I can also tattoo it for you in fancy fonts that will look great on your ass. ”

“…… Gofu*ckYourself, bad old man, or do you want to try my 'Fu*ckYouwithMy'? Natel kicked it over, only to be nimbly avoided by Bob.

"Huh? Pop boy, your face ...... Is this a blush? ”

"Roll !!"