On Halloween night, many people in North America are scared out of their minds.

In its third week in North America, "Van Helsing" still maintained its 3,500-theater theater appearance, but the sharp drop in attendance has announced that it can withdraw from the competition for the top spot of the weekend. After all, it is an entertainment movie, and it cannot achieve the durability of long-term attention. But this is already a victory for "Van Helsing".

In the first two weeks, $125 million in North America and $250 million worldwide, if this is considered a failure, there will be no successful movies in the whole of Hollywood.

Time continues to rush by after Halloween, and when October 31-November 6 is a thing of the past, according to Box Office Statistics, this weekend's box office champion belongs to Disney's cartoon comedy "The Incredibles." This one? The film grossed $70.67 million in three days since Friday. Almost with the momentum of replicating "Van Helsing", it is unstoppable in this Halloween period to dominate the North American box office charts.

In keeping with Disney's long-term box hits, the film will undoubtedly continue to go from strength to strength and ultimately be a huge success. It was also a counterattack by Disney against Pixar, who has always been the overlord of animated films. Even if you can't adapt to 3D fully computer-drawn movies at first, as long as you give them enough time, they will always return to the throne.

But the contradiction between Disney and Pixar is growing, and Jobs is preparing to return to Apple, but he is reluctant to let Pixar go. Disney is no longer satisfied with sharing fifty percent of the profits with Pixar, and it is reported that Disney is planning to complete the acquisition plan for Pixar.

The acquisition, if completed, will further cement Disney's dominance in the animation industry. Of course, other animation companies such as DreamWorks and Blue Sky do not have that strength. As for matrix animations. It's still in the middle of a long production period. No one can guess what will happen to them in the end.

Given Disney's super performance. "Van Helsing" finally relinquished the top spot, taking second place at the end of the weekend with $18.5 million. Seven days a week, it grossed $25.9 million. In this way, the film has a cumulative box office of $150.9 million in its third week of release in North America. Overseas continued to collect $53.8 million this week, with Japan becoming the largest international market, with the global box office exceeding $325 million.

After the latest box office data was released on the same day, the stock ushered in another big rise, soaring by 18.6%. Wall Street was amazed. I don't know how this popularity has climbed, saying that it is a movie, but it will not exceed the increase of nearly fifty percent. Even Chen Tiandu was tempted, and couldn't help but sell some stocks at a high price to cash out.

In third place on the TOP12 list is "Soul Singer" with $13.8 million, followed by "The Grudge" with a narrow margin of $13.5 million. "Chainsaw", which had a wonderful performance last week, also performed well this week, and the $11.4 million box office is the best reward for this dark horse word-of-mouth work.

But the audience of horror movies is limited after all, and there are many people like Chen Tiandu who don't like to watch plasma horror movies. The reason why the original "Sixth Sense" sold such an ungodly result was not to win with horror elements, but to win at the end, highlighting family affection and getting along. It is a genre that can be watched by all ages. Pure blood plasma tablets are naturally incomparable. Professional institutions predict that the film may eventually earn 5500~60 million US dollars. Compared to the cost of 3 million, this is also a huge return.

This time the dark horse performance. It also made James Wing start to make a name for himself in Hollywood.

Chen Tiandu was close to the water and took the lead in inviting James Win. If there is a movie theme in the future, you can come to the matrix at any time to give him enough freedom. James Wen still had a good impression of him, and he agreed to come down.

But the sequel to "Saw" doesn't need to be considered, Lionsgate will definitely not let go of this "ATM".

After the release week of November 7th ~ 13th, Chen Tiandu has returned to China with Kate, and they are going to spend the children's first Thanksgiving with their children in China.

In the North American box office market, it is still surging.

Last week's box office champion cartoon comedy "The Incredibles" continues to dominate the North American box office charts with unstoppable momentum this week. This week's box office receipts are down just 28 percentage points from the first week, and it's estimated that it will continue to do so for the holidays ahead.

According to an Altdisney spokesperson, "The Incredibles" grossed $51 million in three days since Friday. In this way, the total revenue of the film in the 10 days since its release reached $144.1 million. This result has surpassed the previous "Van Helsing" 10-day box office of $125 million, and is likely to occupy a place in the top 10 of the annual box office in North America this year.

So far, the annual box office champion in North America still belongs to DreamWorks Animation's "Shrek 2", which leads the 400 million threshold with a box office of 441 million US dollars, and even the first sequel to "Spider-Man", which once broke 400 million, failed to exceed 400 million.

Halloween is followed by Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The Lord of the Rings series is gone this Christmas, but Warner's evergreen Harry Potter 3: The Prisoner and Azkaban remains one of the most anticipated sequels to the series.

But now Warners, I'm afraid I'm looking forward to this "Harry Potter 3" being able to sell a miracle and super box office, otherwise they will have to cry to death.

This has to start with the new film "Polar Express" released this week.

Compared with the continued strong performance of "The Incredibles", another high-budget cartoon "Polar Express", which was previously given high expectations, was released for the first time this week and sat in the runner-up position, which can only be regarded as unsatisfactory.

It was a new release this weekend and only took home $23.5 million at the box office. The film has been in theaters since last Wednesday and grossed $30.8 million.

Due to the large number of computer lenses involved, the production cost was as high as $150 million, and the total cost of the film reached $270 million when its distributor, Warner Bros., spent on its pre-promotion.

$30.8 million vs. $270 million!

Just looking at the numbers, it makes people sweat for Warner.

Even the New York Times, Warner's own newspaper. also began to ridicule Warner Bros. "It's bad luck. Obviously has taken the express train of the matrix, but why didn't he learn the means of collecting money from the matrix. ”

But now that the movie is still being released, Warner Bros. can only slap his swollen face and pretend to be fat, pinch his nose and drink the bitter water, no matter how bitter he is. The president of Warner Bros. said, "'The Polar Express' will continue the usual pattern of Christmas family movies, with its release continuing until Thanksgiving and beyond. Our motivation lies in the fact that we have the hope of going up, and that is also our strategy. Through TV screenings during future holidays, The Polar Express will also be a long-term source of income for us......"

This is the case. I guess only a fool would believe it.

The Polar Express is based on the award-winning 1985 Arctic Express written by Christvanallsburg.

It tells the story of a young boy, Klaus, who insists on believing in the existence of Santa Claus, despite being told by his parents and friends around him that Santa Claus does not exist. Eventually, Klaus's persistence paid off, and one Christmas Eve, a huge Polar Express stopped in front of his house, and the conductor took him and his friends on the train to visit the legendary Santa Claus in the polar regions.

The lineup of this film is also strong, and Tom . Stars such as Hanks and Darryl Shabala are on the line-up.

The film combines animation and live-action, and Tom Hanks plays five roles – the train captain, the main character, the boy's father, the homeless man and Santa Claus.

And the director of this film is also an absolute big name, it is the famous Robert. Zemeckis. Had worked with Tom. Hanks has worked together on two other blockbuster films, Forrest Gump and Desert Island.

This defeat can be called tragic.

It was enough to keep the two of them up for a while.

So. Don't just look at the global box office of movies again and again, how many billions, the risk has always coexisted with the profit. Which big company in Hollywood hasn't missed a beat......

Belch. There really is.

Who called the matrix so conspicuous?

"Van Helsing" continued to grossing $10.2 million this week, ranking fourth behind the $11.5 million of this week's new film "After Sunset." The North American box office also accumulated $166 million. Overseas earned $30 million this week, a much smaller decline than North America, with a total of $205 million overseas and a total global box office of $372 million.

It is estimated that the final box office should be between 450 million ~ 500 million.

Compared with the big war situation in the past when the matrix easily broke 600 million, 700 million, and 1 billion, this time can only be regarded as a small victory. But it's also a normal performance. After all, there are always fewer advocates of monsters and vampires.

Rao is so, and it is enough for the media to be amazed.

"Another business miracle of the matrix." Yahoo Entertainment's weekly box office review reported the news that "Van Helsing" was about to break $400 million at the global box office: "This incredible success has lasted for seven years, and every year it has been a big production and a big profit. No matter what the word of mouth is, it can always have the upper hand at the box office. Even if this year's matrix is just a prolific year, it will still not make the audience forget them. Van Helsing is proof of this. ”

The following is also a list of the film investment and box office produced by Matrix over the years since its establishment.

This string of super data is enough to make all Hollywood companies drool.

It is estimated that this report is also one of the reasons for the sudden outbreak of matrix stocks. Investors are confident in the long-term success of the matrix, so they spare no effort to invest in the matrix stocks.

It's no surprise when you think about it. Who is the only one in Hollywood who dares to put the phrase "I have never failed" on his lips from time to time.

Now it has almost become Chen Tiandu's famous words.

In addition, "BJ's Diary of a Single 2: Edge of Reason" starring Renee Zellweger only released in 530 theaters this week (while "The Polar Express" was released in 3,650 theaters), grossing $8.9 million, ranking fifth on the box office charts.

Maybe God can't see Chen Tiandu accumulating money so frantically, and he wants to create some obstacles.

On this day, Chen Tiandu, who thought that there would be nothing to do this year, was leisurely sunbathing at home, thinking about where to go on vacation next. A tricky phone call forced him to return to the United States. To be continued......