That's right, the $12 million weekend box office after "Sherlock Holmes in 2015" entered its third week was another reversal, and it had already achieved a reversal in the second weekend, winning $9 million.

It's just that, at that time, "Star Trek 4" topped the list with 16 million, and it had the momentum to sweep everything; second, "Sherlock Holmes in 2015" did not exceed 10 million, in the eyes of many people, it was just a return to the light, but it was a movie with an investment of 60 million, and the refrigeration was not bad.

And then...... There was no then, no one expected that the bloody "Star Trek 4" withered in only the second week, with a decline of 50%, while "Sherlock Holmes in 2015" bucked the trend and took 12 million box office in one fell swoop.

Not only that, but in the fourth week, "Star Trek 4" continued to fall, while "Sherlock Holmes in 2015" continued to reverse the decline, winning 13 million weekend box office.

Then in the fifth week, 12 million, a small drop, made many people breathe a sigh of relief, but the sixth week coincided with the Christmas holiday, and it fell again to 17 million, making many people almost have a heart attack.

So, before 1986 passed, the total box office of this difficult-to-comment movie in North America had already exceeded 100 million.

As for why this is so, the sudden force, and then wave after wave of reversal, is very simple, word-of-mouth fermentation.

"We think it's entirely possible to imagine a network in a movie. Cisco's switches are the best tool for networking at the moment, Cisco has built computer networks for several universities, and according to Moore's Law, personal computers will win a new wave of development, and the idea of networking in the movie is not a loft in the sky. In the latest IT-related magazine, the Cisco engineer interviewed said.

"Laptop-type computers are also coming along, and Dell has already set up a project in this area from the beginning. Dell's spokesperson also said so at the press conference.

In addition to Apple and Microsoft notebooks in the movie, there are also Dell's, and they are also very well made.

Apple's engineers are cautiously optimistic: "Even if Moore's Law takes effect, at least for ten years, commercial laptops will not be available, and engineers will have more than one CPU problem to solve." ”

It can be seen that they are dissatisfied with the scene hinted in the movie that Jobs is still the CEO of Apple.

However, Steve Wozniak is very fond of the electronics in the movie, and said in an interview: "Even if it is still difficult to achieve, this movie at least shows a concrete and worthy of reference for a day, and the director is a genius." ”

As for Jobs himself, he did not give any interviews, but there is a grapevine that he is very satisfied with his performance in the movie.

Gates generously told reporters that making movies is fun, and Microsoft will work hard in the direction shown in the movies.

Even IBM and Qualcomm, which have a weak presence, have been mentioned to have the best supercomputer in the world, and the latter, when Holmes flipped, magazines clearly showed that Qualcomm's processors were dominant on smartphones.

They all came out and said a few words without pain, the movie is good, and it is in line with the future development of the IT industry.

Of course, IBM, as a veteran enterprise, just looks at the situation and is so lively, so I say it casually. Qualcomm, it has been established for less than a year, and it is completely the major shareholders who promote them, so they don't dare to jump too high.

In short, basically, engineers in the IC and IT industries have given high praise to the future life shown in the movie, and word of mouth is the same: there is a possibility of realization, and there is a great possibility.

Therefore, many engineers in the IT industry, as well as related enthusiasts, rarely walk into the cinema and want to see what the future society will look like in this movie.

But those who are attracted to movies and enter the theater are not only people related to the IT industry, but also many other people, such as action movie lovers, mystery lovers, and so on.

"The action is cool, especially Joe, it's clean, it's rhythmic and percussive, it's better than those Hong Kong kung fu movies. An action movie fan who was blocked by a reporter said.

"The reasoning process is very interesting, although I will be a little angry when I see it for the first time, it is so simple, but in fact, many tricks that make people scratch their heads are actually very simple, which is to take advantage of people's blind spots. Although it is based on electronic tools, it can at least be self-justifying. Fans who like to reason say so.

"A lot of the detection techniques in it, cameras, traces, character sketches and even DNA comparisons, are entirely possible. Fans who are police officers said.

"The story is good, that's all. "It's a fan who doesn't care about anything, just enjoys the movie.

It's interesting to say that although "Sherlock Holmes in 2015" has a sci-fi label attached to it, most sci-fi fans are concentrated on "Star Trek", but there are more fans in other industries.

This is the power of word-of-mouth, coupled with the right time and place, with the launch of mobile phones by Motorola, the establishment of a series of IT companies such as Cisco, Dell, Qualcomm, etc., as well as the well-developed Apple, Microsoft and a series of enterprises, so that countless people flock to Silicon Valley at the same time, IT products have also begun to be closely related to daily life.

At this time, it is not surprising that people are not curious to make such a movie that depicts life in the near future in all aspects, and fully shows the impact of various advanced electronic devices on society, coupled with the platform of the engineers.

This is like an exploding wolf, also known as the servant street wolf and Erha, with quality and luck, it can't be stopped, and the box office of 100 million a day can be counted as a servant street for three weeks after its release.

And this has already been calculated, if this movie is placed in seven or eight years, what the website will look like has left an impression in the minds of the audience, and Dolby's new specification audio has also been promoted - although Dolby's new specification audio has been successfully developed, it is still being promoted, so movie theaters in the United States are still based on halls, and it is already a very powerful distributor if it can pull up 1500 theaters at a time.

If the movie theaters are turned into combination halls, 3,000 theaters can be pulled up at a time, and with the reputation of "Sherlock Holmes in 2015" and various bonuses, the effect will explode.

Of course, it is not without noise, and the British media feel that this is simply a trampling on the image of Sherlock Holmes.

"Instead of a wise gentleman, we're looking more like a cowboy with a little cleverness, and Ian McKellen has tried his best, but he can't save such a bad character. A British critic wrote in his column.

This has also won the support of many Sherlock Holmes lovers, and it has also been quite critical of Watson and Haretztrade, after all, Sherlock Holmes is a classic image of English literature. It's also a good idea to take a coincidence in the movie, but with the same name and surname, if "Basic Deduction Method" is moved to this era, most of them will be sprayed with blood.

But that doesn't stop "Sherlock Holmes in 2015" from rising at the box office, nor does it stop the audience's anticipation for a sequel, most people have already noticed easter eggs, and they haven't seen such a pattern, and it's also certain that the producers were thinking about a sequel from the beginning, how can they not cheer for it.