On July 17, an ordinary but unusual Monday, all eyes were focused on the previous week's North American weekend box office charts. Although www.biquge.info said that this was originally one of the important focuses of this year's summer file, the mood of waiting now is a little complicated.

Will "Fury Road" make history, or will it be like "X-Men 3"? What will be the box office decline of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in the second week, and will it be able to hit 400 million as expected? Will the drama of "Hollywood vs Reims" really end in the way that the latter is a lone hero and a lone hero? How much impact will Chaos Pictures have on the industry? After a short gap in "Fruit Hard Candy", will "Fury Road" continue the strength of Lance's "200 million North Americans"? As a cult movie, can "Fury Road" really create history that was not changed in last year's "Brokeback Mountain"? The shackles of homosexuality or the threat of feminism, which one has more influence on the market? How will the course of history play out? How long can the rave of praise for "Fury Road" last, and will there be a chance to rush all the way to the Oscars like "Titanic" and "Lord of the Rings 3"?

Countless question marks, swarming. Even just three days ago, after the premiere of "Fury Road", some people predicted that "Fury Road" would set off the most incredible frenzy of 2006, and it would have been laughable. But the reality is like this, "Fury Road" is like the millennium falcon of "Star Wars", it is out of control, and it has written its own legend in the vast universe.

In the midst of much anticipation, the North American weekend box office rankings for the second week of July were officially announced.

Three days after the opening weekend, "Fury Road" dropped slightly by 28% on Saturday after handing over a new single-day box office record of 67 million on Friday, and strongly set a new single-day box office record on Saturday with a score of 48 million, giving full play to the popularity of the topic created by the viral video; On Sunday, it fell by another five percent, handing over the level of decline against the sky, especially considering that Friday and Sunday have set a historical record, and the endurance of Sunday is even more amazing, once again with a data of 45.8 million to once again refresh the single-day box office record of Sunday in film history, using the first wave of chain effect brought by the advantage of the film's word-of-mouth to the extreme, and walking out of an incredible premiere box office curve in three days.

In the end, "Fury Road" grossed 161 million in its opening weekend.

Wait, how much? One hundred and sixty-one million!

Just a set of data, in an instant, everyone secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, at this time is no longer as simple as stormy waves, it can be called the sky and the earth are falling apart, as if the whole world is falling apart in an instant, and all people's inherent concepts and fixed thinking are overthrown in one breath. I opened my mouth, only to find that I couldn't describe the madness of this record in precise words.

Four years ago, "Spider-Man" became the first work in film history to break 100 million at the weekend box office with a box office performance of 114 million, which also marked that North America officially entered the rhythm of the premiere breaking 100 million, and it also means that the measurement standard of the North American box office of 100 million will inevitably improve with the advancement of time. It wasn't until four years later that "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" broke the long-standing record of "Spider-Man" with a data of 135 million, and increased the record by as much as 21 million in one go.

Perhaps there is still a gap compared with the frequent Hollywood masterpieces in the Golden Age, the decline in artistic value and the weakening of creative ability seem to doom the film industry to never regain its former glory; However, the maturity of the North American film market is bound to create more profits, and the prosperous market will bring about the rise of the entire entertainment industry.

But now, just seven days later, just seven days later, the box office record for the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" has been broken again! This...... This......

161 million, "Fury Road" is not only a record, but also directly increased the record of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" by as much as 26 million, just when people thought that "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" had raised the record to an incredible height, and it was very likely that it would not be broken again in the next two to three years, but "Fury Road" was just seven days later, with a strong posture of devastation, and the record was raised again, reaching a height that people must look up to.

There is a comparison, the premiere record of "Fury Road" is 41% higher than that of "Spider-Man", and it is also 19.2% higher than that of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", almost stepping on all the historical records in a rocket posture, the highest Friday box office in film history, the highest Saturday box office in film history, and the highest Sunday box office in film history.

Such a ferocious record fiercely pressed all the controversy, all the doubts, all the rebuttals under his feet, and even snuffed out all the reactions, all the exclamations, all the praises in his throat. Because, in front of the "161 million" set of numbers, all the words are really too pale, even if you want to express positive praise, the language is overshadowed, and everyone can only look at this set of data dumbfounded.

You only need to refer to a set of data to know how people are feeling at the moment.

Forty-four thousand one hundred! This is the single-theater box office of "Fury Road", which was released in 3,645 theaters, and handed over 161 million opening weekend box office with a single theater data of 40,000 US dollars, which easily crowned the single-theater box office all-time champion of a large-scale public film!

As we all know, Lance's film works are always able to set off a frenzy of movie-watching, whether it is "City of God" or "Fruit Hard Candy", especially the latter, the single-museum box office even broke the blockade of Disney's animated works, ranking among the top ten in the historical single-museum box office list, this achievement is unimaginable at any time, and the data of 168,000 in a single museum is enough to see the support and pursuit of professional fans for Lance.

However, the box office records of a single theater are generally only used for screening works, just like "fruit hard candy", which was only screened in two theaters at the beginning, and the explosion of single-museum data was also expected. For example, for works such as "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", which are screened in more than 4,000 venues, there is no way to compare the results of a single theater with those that are released below 2,000 - 700 theaters can be called a small-scale screening, and 1,500 theaters are large-scale screenings.

Before "Fury Road", the single-theater box office record for a large-scale release was just set by "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", which was $32,800 per theater, breaking the record of $31,700 achieved by "Spider-Man" in 2002. The former was released in more than 4,100 theaters, and the latter was released in more than 3,600 theaters, so the difference between the single theaters is not obvious, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" only increased the original record by 1,200 dollars, but the final opening weekend box office gap is still relatively clear.

Now, "Fury Road" has directly raised the record by a whopping $11,300, an increase of 35 percent, which is unbelievable and unheard of. What does this mean? This means that the attendance rate of "Fury Road" in every movie theater and every screen is more than 35% that of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2"! For a movie theater with an attendance rate of more than 50% that can be "full", this proportion is completely overwhelming!

The box office success of a single theater is far more than that, this achievement is the highest among all the productions - regardless of the distinction between on-demand and public screenings, ranking as high as 53rd, and if you count only live-action films, this ranking will rise to 39th. In this list, the most theaters are 1999's "Blair the Witch", which was released in 27 venues and achieved a single-theater box office of 56,000. "Fury Road" was among them, with 3,645 venues simply shocking, which also added to the incredible results of its opening weekend.

"Fury Road" easily crushed "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in all directions, not only the movie reputation, but even the box office data, in this heavyweight showdown, "Fury Road" almost did not give competitors any chance, with an absolute advantage without dead ends, and the record was in the bag.

Even the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune were jaw-dropping, and some had predicted that the Fury Road would likely be victorious, but absolutely no one dared to predict that it would be a hearty victory. Jaw-dropping, utterly jaw-dropping.

When people look back on the long history of film development, they suddenly find that "Fury Road" was born in 2006 and has become the most important turning point in the 21st century, not only because of the incredible box office achievements of this work, but also because this work is known as the perfect combination of business and art, but also because this work is comparable to "Star Wars" for computer special effects, on-site special effects, action movies, and commercial blockbusters. It really changed the development trend of the blockbuster era.

The "Fury Road" was born three years earlier than "Avatar". (To be continued.) )