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According to the matrix and the professional forecasts of various companies, plus some uncontrollable factors, such as: commercial blockbusters fell sharply the next week, and next week it will also face the movie "Pearl Harbor" starring Christmas Chan's girlfriend Kate Beckinsale, and the old club DreamWorks masterpiece "Shrek" will become more and more popular and will continue to share the box office, and "Need for Speed", which has been rendered as an opponent, will also be released next week to accept a head-on challenge...... And so on, this qiē seems to be irrelevant, because they have already swept away $223 million at the box office in North America alone in 10 days, even if there is a significant drop in the third week, according to the pattern of previous blockbuster commercial films, North America will not be a problem at all to break $300 million, or even more.

The cost of "Fast and Thrilling", including the cost of publicity, is only 115 million, I am afraid that it will be able to recover its capital in North America, and the remaining huge overseas market is all profitable.

What about overseas? "Fast and Thrill", which has been released simultaneously in Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, China and other major box office towns and 28 countries and regions around the world, has different overseas box office statistics, and there will always be some delays in giving feedback.

It is also because the overseas publicity channels of the matrix, after all, are not as good as giants such as Warner and Universal, and their publicity is more focused on North America. North America is the strategy of large companies to lead the world. So in the three days of the first weekend, in some countries and regions that were simultaneously released around the world, only $49.15 million was collected. If other films had this achievement, it would have been laughable, but it could be put on the North American box office of "Fast and Furious" at $123.5 million and 28 box office countries. Obviously not enough to see.

So in the newspapers. Inevitably, there will be some bad remarks. "The overseas box office of "Fast and Thrilling" hit the bottom, and the overseas release in the first weekend was less than half of that in North America, and the global box office of the film is worrying."

The Chicago Sun-Times reported: "Overseas audiences can't understand "Fast and Thrilling", the box office tested the waters in 28 countries for the first time, and only collected 49.15 million in the first weekend, and the prospects for follow-up releases are not good." The professional appraisal studio has re-estimated the box office of the film, and it is expected that the overseas box office will not exceed $200 million at most. How far it can go depends on the North American box office. ”

There are also media outlets that tell the truth. According to an analysis by the Los Angeles Times, "Matrix's overseas distribution ability has been tested, the publicity is not as good as that in North America, and the box office in the first weekend has been tested. But it is also possible that it will collapse and shatter the box office myth of action movies. ”

However, when word of mouth gradually spread over the first weekend of three-day movie-going movies, and when the news spread that the box office in North America broke $125 million in the first three-day weekend, the movie also began to quickly set off a movie-going frenzy in other countries around the world.

"The North American box office broke $123.5 million in the first three days of the opening weekend. Equivalent to 1 billion yuan! ”

This news made the entire Chinese entertainment industry a sensation, and they were stunned. Surprised sideways, jealous eyes red...... Countless fans knelt down directly, inserted three sticks of incense, and shouted at Chen Tiandu's photo, "Great God, please take my knees." ”

The major media outlets used their best resources to report this exciting news, "The box office of the "Fast and Furious" movie in North America exceeded 1 billion in three days! "Super directors are forging their own godheads, and Chinese young people are creating miracles again!" "Fast & Thrill" got off to a strong start, grossing $123 million in its first three days of the opening weekend, sweeping all records for the world's fastest. "North America has set off a movie-watching boom again, and the "Los Angeles Times" entertainment headline: If you haven't watched "Fast and Thrilling", don't say you've watched an action movie! "Running from the ground to the sky, let the tank fly in the sky, a passionate commercial blockbuster is born!" "The most powerful audio-visual feast in history, created by the Christmas Chen new film "Speed and Excitement"! ”……

Chen Tiandu already has a lot of box office appeal in the Chinese region, and after the box office exploded in North America, audiences in Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea who were not too interested in movies also began to pay attention.

In short, no matter what the reason, as long as you walk into the movie theater, you have to give a thumbs up and say, "I serve you!" ”

The number of overseas release countries and regions has climbed to 45 in the next week, and this kind of release efficiency, where is the media saying that the overseas distribution capacity is not good. The weekly box office directly exceeded $159 million, and the overseas box office cumulative directly exceeded $208.15 million. In its first two weeks, it grossed $431.15 million worldwide.

10 days, 400 million!

Such a powerful impact is like a box office nuclear bomb that is more powerful than North America, and it exploded!

Appraisers, who were nearly on the verge of losing their jobs, began to re-project, boosting its overseas box office potential to $400 million. And those media who reported that "Fast and Thrill" bottomed out overseas were also slapped in the face, and those film critics who were once not optimistic about its box office now dare not mention this matter again.

In China, across the Taiwan Strait and three places, with the continuous development of reports, more people's enthusiasm for watching movies has been stimulated.

Countless people flocked to the cinema to watch what has been called the most powerful audiovisual extravaganza. And in life, the easiest thing for several people to talk about together is "Fast and Furious".

"Have you watched Fast and Furious?"

"No ......"

"What, you didn't watch?" 鄙shì之. Then he swayed his saliva triumphantly and described the highlights of the movie. After listening to the movie, people who haven't seen it can't help but feel a little itchy in disbelief, fantasizing about what kind of scene it is like for a tank to fly in the sky, but in the end, after thinking about it, he still said: "Let's wait for the online version to come out, it's just a few dollars for Internet fees." ”

"Internet piracy? Aren't you kidding? This kind of blockbuster, only the big screen in the movie theater, high-quality audio, the ears are full of explosions, and the tank almost blasts out shells in your face, can reflect the charm of an action blockbuster, and the computer looks at it really badly. ”

Subsequently, this person who had not seen the movie was despised by several people, and in the end, he had a good face and was itching. I finally made up my mind to go to the movies. I went to the cinema and found out. This movie is so popular. Today's tickets and tomorrow's night's tickets have long been sold out, leaving only tomorrow's daytime weekday tickets.

The completely unexpected plot turns, the rhythm is tense and you have to hold your pee, the creativity is very good, the sense of expectation is full, the cool point is coming quickly, the hot scenes are continuous, and it is done in one go, especially the final ending, which has great crooked potential.

How much is a hundred million dollars piled together? Now people finally know. I also understand why those billionaires are so often in the spotlight...... Probably trying to rob him.

The popularity of "Fast and Passion" has no surprises. But to everyone's surprise. Most film critics are unanimously optimistic about this drama, a hearty popcorn movie, setting the limit of zào action movies, a disaster-level action movie, honestly don't deceive me.

In addition to North America, other major film markets in Europe, South America, Australia, and Southeast Asia, after the release of "Fast and Thrilling", it directly jumped to the forefront of the local box office, and even directly broke through "The Mummy 2" and successfully topped the box office. Countless movie fans were attracted by the surging passion and walked into the cinema to watch the movie.

The street racing boom led by "Fast and Furious" has also triggered a series of drag racing and traffic accidents, which have left local government transportation departments anxious. Especially North America. According to the traffic police, the number of underground street racing sessions in the same period. Twice as much as before.

If we talk about the effect of the viral marketing of the matrix through guò network before the release, it is inferred that the box office of the premiere may be very high, but this is only the premiere results. really expected that the box office would be very good, I'm afraid only Chen Tiandu. Even Chen Tiandu himself was quite surprised by the situation of North America and overseas exploding together.

Because of this box office result, it is far beyond the box office of the future time and space "series 6", and there are several works before the future time and space "series 6" to pave the way and accumulate popularity. You know, 200 million US dollars now will be more than 200 million US dollars in more than ten years.

In the final analysis, it is because many fascinating links such as camera turns, rhythm advancement, and action scenes will slowly appear after more than ten years of attempts and summaries by generations of filmmakers. He advanced the movie by more than ten years, and there are traces of science fiction in many places, and the super action scenes of the two parts are combined into one, which is strange if it doesn't explode.

In the last week of May, Monday coincides with Memorial Day in the United States.

This weekend has been the "boiling point" of the year's movie box office for all years. However, this year's much-anticipated "Pearl Harbor" did not break the weekend box office record as predicted. Four days earned $75 million, down from $90 million in "The Lost World" (1997). This result is partly due to the fact that "Pearl Harbor" is more than three hours long, so it can only be shown three times a day in each theater, rather than four or five as in other films.

It's just a bit unfavorable, and the media's evaluation of this movie is not high, and it can even be said that there are constant bad reviews.

The Pearl Harbor incident was the first time that the United States was breached, and the arrogant Americans had never been treated like this, so when the Touchstone Company announced that it was going to start filming "Pearl Harbor", it had already attracted national attention. And the $155 million production cost — the highest production cost ever made in Hollywood.

Many people who know the movie may ask: Didn't the production cost of "Titanic" exceed 200 million US dollars, which is much higher than "Pearl Harbor". But in fact, the original shooting budget of "Thai" was only about 100 million US dollars, and it was only because of James Cameron's "profligacy" that the cost of the film exceeded 200 million. And the budget declared before the filming of "Jane" was 145 million, so "Pearl Harbor" is worthy of the name The highest cost in Hollywood filming history.

In fact, the production fee of 155 million US dollars is also much higher than that of the original time and space, mainly because of Kate's rising value.

Matched by the unprecedentedly high cost is, of course, an unprecedented pomp.

In order to reproduce the brutal and heroic war scenes on the screen (many people who have watched the trailer and preview film feel that the war scenes in the film "Jane" can compete with "Saving Private Ryan"), the crew of "Pearl Harbor" not only received the full support of the US Department of Defense and was able to enter Pearl Harbor in the US military base on Oahu for filming, but also spent a huge amount of money to purchase 15 old US fighter jets, and filmed most of the explosions, air raids, and naval battle scenes in the film with real guns and eyes (of course, In the post-production of zuò, advanced digital image synthesis technology was also used to produce some effects that could not be achieved by real shooting).

In addition, the crew's backlocations also include Los Angeles, San Francisco, Baja-California in the State of Mexico (that is, the giant water studio built for the filming of "Titanic") and England on the other side of the ocean, which shows that the cost of the "Jane" film is huge, and the scale of the scenes is beyond the comparison of ordinary films.

The release coincided with the anniversary, and it was expected that the box office would be better.

But...... Maybe it's because the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment, in addition to the explosion scene of more than 40 minutes in the front, which made Michael Bay completely win the nickname of "Explosive Bay", this 3-hour movie, Leng let the audience watch a bloated love scene for nearly two hours, and it is a cliché love triangle, I can't stand it.

Los Angeles Times: "Kate Beckinsale is getting more and more beautiful in the movie, but she doesn't know how to act when she leaves Christmas Chan, and the only exciting scenes that people look forward to are said to be stand-ins." Oh no, it doesn't get much more brutal than that. ”

"USA Today" reported in the news, the anchor introduced with a disgusted face: "I watched this movie for the big scenes inside, and it can be said that neither the emotional story nor the war background narrated in the film attracted my attention, because my time was spent looking forward to and appreciating those explosion scenes...... If you're going to watch a movie that touches your heart and provokes deep thought, I advise you not to watch it, because this is a commercial romance movie! ”

Kate feels so innocent, she's just an actor, is she acting badly? The movie is not good, and she shouldn't pay for it. And before receiving the film, like the other two leading actors, they gave up their salary and only got a share. If the movie hits the street at the box office, her salary will also be wasted.

"Kate, the movie you starred in has been released, I'm sorry I didn't go to see it, how did the results go?" Chen Tiandu, who was washing the car, saw Kate coming home and asked casually.

"No, don't mention Pearl Harbor to me." Kate shouted.

Chen Tiandu was suddenly puzzled, "What, did I mess with her?" Victor, who was helping to adjust the faucet, shrugged, "I think you should watch the entertainment news." ”

This kind of word-of-mouth also made Philosopher's Stone Company gasp, they independently bear such a huge investment, if the box office can't recover the cost, they will face bankruptcy. But at least the box office in the first week came out, and I was still a little relieved.

Under the powerful offensive of "Pearl Harbor", the cartoon blockbuster "Shrek the Monster" also sold an astonishing $54 million the next week, becoming the highest-grossing cartoon in DreamWorks, and also counterattacked "Fast and Furious". In its third week of release, "Fast and Furious" once again grossed $51.6 million, pushing its North American box office to $274.6 million. Received another 100 million overseas, exceeding 328 million US dollars, and the global box office has climbed to 603 million US dollars, just past the 600 million threshold. (To be continued......)