Four nine-million dollars!

Sin City struck a critical blow in the first week of April, asserting its presence with a record-breaking sheer force, and leaving all media out of tune – including East Coast supporters, even the most daring and insane prophets, who didn't expect the film's premiere to be so strong, that no language would lose its original charm and leave only a lingering shock. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"New record: 49 million!" This is the headline of the entertainment section of the "New York Times" the next day, clean and tidy, simple and powerful, without any embellishment, just presenting the numbers, in the most direct but most objective, the most concise but the most effective way, announcing the birth of "Sin City".

The reaction of the "New York Times" epitomizes the attitude of all the media in the United States, and even the "New York Times" is in the afterglow of shock, let alone the opponents of the West Coast.

It is rumored that Brian Barlow of the "San Francisco Chronicle" was in the bathroom when he heard the news, because he was so shocked that he urinated directly on his pants, and then he was slipped on the floor, and the whole person fell into the urinal, wet and embarrassed; The Los Angeles Times' editorial office was even more cloudy, and the suffocating pressure could be clearly felt by the postmen who went to the mailroom to deliver the mail.

However, rumors are rumors, they have not been confirmed, and they are more gossip and gossip that ridicule is greater than the facts.

However, at least the San Francisco Chronicle and the Los Angeles Times have a glimpse of the inside story, both of which have adopted the style of official news reporting, "Sin City sets a new box office record for its April premiere", without too much embellishment, no superfluous exaggeration, just a businesslike appearance, which minimizes the impact of this record-breaking decision, and does not make entertainment headlines - both have the same headline on the same topic: "The Saharan Cavalry is coming!"

This is also a testament to the fact that everyone is clearly aware that the outstanding performance of Sin City will completely change the direction of the entire market.

Under the mobilization of "Sin City", people walked out of the house early, although the summer season is not completely advanced, but it is not much different, even in May and June, the 49 million premiere data is strong competitiveness, and even enough to win the championship, does this mean that the next few weeks of April will perform better at the box office than in previous years?

Again, in the face of Sin City's stellar performance, the next few weeks of successive releases are bound to be under tremendous pressure. "Sin City" is like a ticking time bomb, and due to the polarized media reviews, experts can't accurately predict the audience's reaction - whether the supporters will have the upper hand or the opponents will prevail, which also makes the subsequent box office of the film still in an unpredictable state, so what kind of challenges will be faced by the subsequent releases must be marked with a big question mark.

Especially the "Sahara Cavalry", which followed the shining debut, whether these two powerhouses meet, whether they lose both, achieve a win-win situation, or the East overpowers the West Wind, which will also become the most topical highlight of the next week.

The attention of the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle proves that the 49 million premiere box office has the power to change the direction of the market, and the box office, which is already full of uncertainties, is now even more puzzling - and of course, it also means that people can expect more unexpected surprises.

Whether the media wants to admit it or not, the monster of Sin City has arrived, and people can already feel its powerful threat and oppression, as if King Kong had come to New York.

After "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Murder with a Knife", the work directed by Lance has achieved a box office of 40 million in premieres for the third time in a row, such a feat is staggering, and quietly, the signature of "Lancelot-Strello" has had a far-reaching impact on the North American market that cannot be ignored. If the box office of two consecutive works exceeded 200 million and made people realize Lance's directing ability, then the box office of three consecutive works premiered and exceeded 40 million, which made people feel the appeal of Lance - the movies directed by Lance are the guarantee of quality, just like Steven Spielberg.

With a terrifying momentum, Sin City was easily crowned the North American weekend box office champion in the first week of April 2005! This also makes Lance successfully win the championship on the opening weekend of three consecutive works, which is not only strong, but also stable, and is indeed the brightest scenery in Hollywood.

In the face of the absolute dominance of "Sin City", other works this week have no power at all, and there is no doubt about the ownership of the champion.

Also officially released on April 1, "Hala Hairdresser" suffered a heavy blow, and was suppressed on the first day of release on Friday, from the level of media attention to the scale of publicity, from the number of critics to the audience's word of mouth, the film fell behind in an all-round way, not to mention launching a counterattack, and even the power to parry could not spare effort, and finally the film only won $12.8 million at the box office in three days over the weekend, which will reach a quarter of the results of competitors released in the same period. Despite being the runner-up on this week's list, no one is ready to celebrate.

Last week's weekend box office winner, "Boys and Girls Black and White," also endured a strong sniping, plummeting 40 percent at the box office, and only earned 12 million weekend box office when it was released in 3,200 theaters, less than $100,000 behind "Hara Hairdresser," occupying the third place this week.

The reason why "Sin City" has a huge advantage is that "Hara Hairdresser" and "Boys and Girls Black and White" are both comedies - very different, if not very different, genres from "Sin City". According to common sense, due to the different themes, the target audience is naturally different, and the diversion of the audience is bound to not be too obvious, especially in the face of family-friendly comedy works, it is not so easy for "Sin City" to crush its opponents.

But judging from the results, one was premiered at the same time, and the other was released in the second week, but both works suffered a landslide-like impact, and the box office performance was far lower than expected, and it was completely unable to launch an effective competition with competitors, which also means that the audience flow of the entire film market is flocking towards the "Sin City", directly ignoring the driving force of genre films on the target audience, not to mention, this is still an R-rated movie, so the performance can definitely be called the market hegemon!

The statistics also prove this, the entire North American box office in the first week of April was only 100.5 million, and the "Sin City" movie alone accounted for 46.7% of the box office, and the other 122 films added up to contribute the rest. On the list, except for the top three, the weekend box office of other works is less than 10 million.

The advantages of Sin City are clearly visible!

The spring season is not the most deserted schedule of the year, but more often it exists as a warm-up period for the summer file, and the market explosiveness has never been truly developed. But last year's unexpectedly strong outbreak of "The Passion of the Christ" made people feel the potential of the spring file again; Now Sin City has once again proved that the spring market is worth digging, as if it were the gold rush that found two gold nuggets in a dry riverbed - and a bowl-sized gold nugget that managed to get everyone boiling.

Perhaps, the spring season will become more and more lively in the future, especially in April. There are many, many things that can be done before the official arrival of the summer season.

Driven by the $49 million opening weekend of "Sin City," Hollywood began to bustle with excitement, and the excitement once again put Lance in the spotlight, marveling at the young director's repeated miracles. This is definitely not good news for the upcoming "Sahara Cavalry", and the worst they feared has finally appeared-

The strong performance of the competitors further compressed the living space of the "Sahara cavalry" and increased the pressure on the "Sahara cavalry" to create good results. This also means that the "Sahara Cavalry" must deliver a more satisfactory answer sheet to drive the potential of the box office market; It also meant that Diorama Pictures' fate was hanging by a thread, and just when they thought things couldn't be worse, Chaos Pictures swept the market as a competitor, as if they had handed the pistol to Lance and waited for Lance to pull the trigger.

However, at this time, there is no time to hesitate, let alone go back, they can only expect the "Sahara Cavalry" to win the love of the audience, they have done their best to create a wonderful work, publicize it to the point that everyone knows about it, and even make everyone look forward to it; They can only wait, waiting for the judgment of the film critics, waiting for the judgment of the audience, waiting for the judgment of the market, and when things come to this point, there is not much they can do; They can only move forward, praying that the Bern miracle will appear, and they can achieve a big comeback at the last moment, relying on the North American box office of the "Saharan Cavalry" of 300 million or even 400 million to win a beautiful turnaround.

The duel between the "Saharan Cavalry" and the "Sin City", the duel between Diorama Pictures and Chaos Pictures, the duel between Ryan Cavalaug and Lancelot Strello, the day has finally come, there is no retreat, no room, no space for the showdown, and now, Lance took the lead and took the lead, and then it was Ryan's turn to play his cards.

However, before the "Sahara Cavalry" shot, Ryan received another bad news: the strong box office performance of "Sin City" far exceeded the expectations of major theaters, and the theater chains led by Royal Entertainment and AMC could not bear it anymore and were ready to expand the scale of the movie. (To be continued.) )