"Twelve Monkeys" and "Death Row Walk" had a brief but intense confrontation in the first week of screening, and in the end the two can be said to be basically tied, which also makes people really feel the competitive atmosphere between Hugo and Brad.

In the fourth week of December, the two works were divided into two ways, fighting the same battle in different battlefields with different methods, and the final victory and defeat still attracted the attention of countless people.

"Twelve Monkeys" was released in 1,550 theaters, competing against "Jumanji," which opened last week, and "Wait Until You Wake Up," which premiered this week. "Death Row Walk" was screened again in 10 theaters, and "Four. rooms)" to compete.

The first thing that sparked the discussion was, of course, the box office war, which is an eternal hot topic in the market.

"Wait until you wake up" was released in 1,200 theaters, which is also the most high-profile work of the five films premiered this week, Whitney Houston, who is at the peak of his career, has challenged the role of an actor several times before and after, although she has been repeatedly criticized by the media for her stiff performance and artificiality, and the role is the same as nothing new, but her appeal to ordinary audiences cannot be underestimated, and the film is generally considered to have the ability to hit the 10 million level of the premiere box office.

Add to that last week's winning "Jumanji" and the menacing "Twelve Monkeys," and four other productions that premiered in more than 1,000 theaters, "Dracula:Dead." and。 loving。 it)", "Suddeh", "Grumpier. old。 Men)", "The Adventures of New Tom (Tom. and。 huck）”。 It's fair to say that this week's box office contenders are extremely lively.

In the end, "Wait Until You Wake Up" won a weekend box office of more than $14 million with a single box office of more than $10,000, defeating a group of competitors, standing out and winning the North American weekend box office championship this week; "Twelve Monkeys" grabbed $12.4 million at the box office with an excellent performance of $8,000 per venue, and was only less than $2 million behind the champion, and was relegated to second place.

The still-heroic "Toy Story" beat last week's champion "Brave Games" by an incredible 10 percent drop, finishing third and third respectively. The other four films that premiered this week were all very bad, and the best "Forget Friends" only came in fifth place with 5.5 million at the box office.

It is worth mentioning that the box office fell by 15 percentage points this week, falling to fifth place, and the cumulative box office in two weeks has not exceeded 20 million, which is very embarrassing.

Although it was "Stay Until You Wake Up" that won the championship, the excellent performance of "Twelve Monkeys" is still impressive. Nominally, "Twelve Monkeys" is a commercial film, and this $29 million work debuted with great ambitions, but from an objective point of view, this film should be more classified in the cult style, and the literary science fiction film has strong personal characteristics of the director.

It is really incredible that such an unconventional commercial film can achieve a win-win situation in terms of word-of-mouth and box office, which makes people can't help but recall the glorious moment of "pulp fiction" again.

"Twelve Monkeys" handed over a weekend box office of 10 million among a group of strong opponents, and maintained its advantage over commercial blockbusters such as "Toy Story" and "Brave Games", which is really not easy; And Brad's neurotic and impetuous acting skills are even more widely acclaimed, and in the blink of an eye, the possibility of the film winning more than $50 million at the box office has greatly increased, which has made everyone's eyes shine.

What makes Universal Pictures even happier is that thanks to Brad's rising popularity, the excellent reputation of "Twelve Monkeys" has gradually spread, and the overseas distribution rights of this work have suddenly become sought-after. What does this mean? Profit! Rolling profits!

On the other hand, the further screening of "Death Row Walk" in ten theaters was also enthusiastically received, and the box office of the next week exploded again with an excellent result of 46,000 US dollars, easily completing the number of single theaters of all the works on the list, and swept the box office of 460,000 US dollars in three days over the weekend, more than double the box office number of the previous week, and the soaring momentum has already made the entire North American market boiling.

Another film screened this week, "Four Rooms," is from Quentin Tarantino, who rose to fame last year, and is starring him with Robert Rodriguez. Ruez) co-directed a highly anticipated film before its release, but it was a big disappointment when it came out – not least because the expectations were too high before "Pulp Fiction" – and both word-of-mouth and single-theater box office failures.

Compared with the box office of "Four Rooms" of only 1,500 US dollars, the table of "Death Row Walk" is not on a horizontal line at all, even compared to the number of single theaters of "Twelve Monkeys" in the first week, the answer sheet handed over by "Death Row Walk" in the second week is not inferior, and such a strong table xiàn also makes people realize once again an important point: at the end of this year, the focus of "Death Row Walk" is in short supply.

If you look at this week's list of North American box office charts, "Twelve Monkeys" is the runner-up, and "Death Row Walk" is in 14th place - because there are as many as five films premiering this week, the director's ranking has even slipped from last week, but almost everyone reviews these two works together, not only because "Twelve Monkeys" defeated "Death Row Walk", but also because the topicality of these two films is impossible to ignore.

Although Brad had "defeated" Hugo as early as the "Burning Years" period, everyone knew that it was unjustifiable, not to mention that "Pulp Fiction" had been released for nearly three months at that time, and even the results of "Burning Years" were very cold, which made people unbearable to look at directly.

This also makes this victory of the "Twelve Monkeys" a milestone.

Of course, objectively speaking, "Twelve Monkeys" was screened in 1,550 theaters, and "Death Row Prisoner Walk" was screened in 10 theaters, which has no comparative value at all. But why is this a milestone victory for Brad? is because the weekend box office of "Twelve Monkeys" of $12.4 million is very good, which is enough to make Brad raise his eyebrows, and in the case of word-of-mouth and box office win-win, "Twelve Monkeys" is not inferior even if it is placed next to "Death Row Prisoners".

It's not just a runner-up and a fourteen gap, to be precise, Brad should show enough competitiveness to prove that he has the ability to stand on the same level as Hugo. Otherwise, according to the number jù, the box office of "Death Row Walk" still handed over $46,000 in the second week of its screening, which is also very rare in film history, and "Twelve Monkeys" simply cannot compete.

The box office list in the fourth week of December has excited countless people, and Brad has finally proved himself, and the reputation of his works and performances have been widely recognized, allowing Brad to get rid of Hugo's shadow for the first time and shine of his own. What's more, this is still under the background of the "Death Row Walk" pressing step by step and Hugo's epic acting skills stunning the four seats, and the table of "Twelve Monkeys" is even more breathtaking.

The outstanding performance of "Twelve Monkeys" at the box office the next week made it a hot topic in one fell swoop, however, the table xiàn of "Death Row Walk" not only did not fall behind, but also slightly better, this work that was fully recognized from the plot to the idea, from the director to the actors, was also applauded by the table Xiàn screened in landmark theaters, once again showing Hugo's absolute strength.

However, unexpectedly, instead of the topic of "death row strolls", news media such as "New York Post", "USA Today", and "Houston Chronicle" have focused on Brad. Although in the news report, they did not blatantly mention Hugo, but only reported on Brad alone, but from the content of the report, it can be seen that they mean something, "Brad finally got rid of his own shackles, showed his personal strength, and bloomed with unparalleled light!" ”

This should be said to be a reasonable situation. After being suppressed by Hugo for two years, "Twelve Monkeys" finally allowed the media to find an outlet, and Brad had high hopes for everyone and became a bridgehead against Hugo. This also makes the major news media in North America form a unity in the direction of future reporting, and the real confrontation camp can finally see the prototype at this time.

As a commercial film on clut, the table of "Twelve Monkeys" is undoubtedly a success; As an art film, the table of "Death Row Prisoners" is also undoubtedly brilliant. Both works are in their own fields and bloom their own light, which has also become the most exciting news hotspot at the end of this year.

In the fifth week of December, the last week of 1995, due to the frenzied crowds of the holidays, all film productions had a chance to skyrocket at the box office this week, and almost all of them ushered in a considerable increase.

Faced with such an opportunity, "Twelve Monkeys" once again increased its own screening venues, screening in more than 1,600 theaters, and the confident Universal Pictures obviously hoped that this production could take advantage of this craze to continue to achieve good results; And "Death Row Walk" has finally expanded its pace a little bigger, showing in 67 venues in five major cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, but the scale of the screening is still a drop in the bucket, and in the face of the audience's surging enthusiasm, Twentieth Century Fox obviously does not want to disrupt its own rhythm, which also drops the appetite of many audiences.

Due to the holiday crowds, the box office of the North American film market soared by 200 percent this week, and the entire market is thriving. Among them, "Twelve Monkeys" and "Death Row Walk" have undoubtedly become the focus of attention, both of which are representatives of commercial films and art films, respectively, showing the strong inclusiveness of the North American film market, among which "Twelve Monkeys" is even more in the limelight!

Because, just this week, Brad, who is the biggest winner of the "Twelve Monkeys", really defeated Hugo with his eyebrows raised! And he won this victory in his personal capacity, which also made North America exclaim "change of dynasty"!