Charlize Theron, whose career is on the rise, is also facing such a situation for the first time: his works are pitted against each other.

Last year, Charlize teamed up with Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves to shoot "Devil's Advocate," a production funded by Warner Bros. at a cost of $57 million, which sparked countless topics at the beginning of filming: two popular newcomers led by veteran actors, and the director directed "Dolores." Claiborne", "Officers and Gentlemen (An. Officer。 And。 A。 Taylor. Hackford), which is naturally something to look forward to.

"Devil's Advocate" is the same as "L.A. Confidential", both are thriller and suspense drama movies, in addition to the heroine being consistent, similar themes, close costs, and comparable cast lineups, all of which make "Devil's Advocate" the best person to prevent "L.A. Confidential" from winning four consecutive championships this week.

The friendship between Hugo and Al naturally does not need to be repeated, "Smell the fragrance and know the woman" is Hugo's rise after the Golden Raspberry Award, which has received a lot of support from Al, and the personal relationship between the two is also very good; And Hugo and Keanu, two actors of similar age, are also competitors on many occasions, but Hugo's performance is too strong, and Keanu's own personality is not sharp, so the two do not have much intersection.

Therefore, everyone is looking forward to the results of this week's "Devil's Advocate", and also looking forward to the collision between this movie and "Los Angeles Confidential".

Another thriller and suspense movie, "I Know What You Did Last Summer," didn't get much attention, a $17 million investment, a group of budding young actors, an unknown director, and the most famous of the entire crew was Kevin Williamson, who wrote "Scream." Williamson）。

It's hard to get more attention to the film, the subject matter collides with "L.A. Confidential," "The Devil's Advocate," and it's more like a horror movie — less competitive; The cast lineup is also not topical, and there is nothing brilliant in the publicity period, and even the schedule selection is very ambiguous. - Two weeks until Halloween.

Naturally, this week all the media focused on the showdown between "Devil's Advocate" and "Los Angeles Confidential", the latter wants to hit the box office of 200 million US dollars, this week is the last threshold, as long as the decline can be controlled within 30%, then relying on excellent word-of-mouth long-term sales, 200 million US dollars is hardly a problem, and the former will become the biggest resistance.

This is really a very interesting thing, not to mention Al sniping Hugo, just saying that Charlize himself sniped himself, it makes people cry and laugh, who would have expected that Charlize's first $200 million box office work would be decided in her own hands? And the problem is that she also has no way to control the direction of the box office. Therefore, in the promotion process of "Devil's Advocate", Charlize also seemed to cry and laugh.

In the third week of October, after the North American weekend box office charts were announced, it surprised everyone!

The reputation of "Devil's Advocate" is polarized, the "San Francisco Chronicle" gave a perfect score of 100, but the "San Francisco Observer" only gave 40 points, and the final media comprehensive evaluation only reached 60 points, although it is basically the same as the "psychological game", it cannot be said to be a devastating achievement for thriller and suspense movies, and the polarized reviews are the expected result, but they still do not meet psychological expectations. Charlize is expected from such a cast.

This can't help but be reminiscent of "The Wolf" starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer the year before last.

It is worth mentioning that compared with the two leading actors, Keanu and Al, Charlize's performance was unanimously praised by the media. The New York Times believes that "although Charlize is still a little jerky in 'L.A. Confidential' compared to the amorous and natural performances in 'L.A. Confidential', the reality and pain of schizophrenia are overwhelming, which has undoubtedly become the biggest highlight of the movie." ”

After two consecutive works to critical acclaim and a place in the men's group drama, Charlize instantly rose to become the hottest actress of the day like a rocket. Although Charlize does not have a box office hit at present, her acting skills have been recognized since "Before Sunrise", and she was nominated for an Oscar for the first time that year; Now that she has once again proved her strength in two consecutive works, coupled with the innate advantage of excellent appearance, Charlize's future is limitless.

Of course, the box office hit of "L.A. Confidential" also made more people aware of Charlize with flaming red lips.

In the face of such a bad evaluation, the box office of "Devil's Advocate" has not been able to give birth to a miracle, and the data of 12 million US dollars is already very good in the autumn season, which is also worthy of recognition for thriller and suspense movies, but this result can only make it occupy the third place.

This is undoubtedly a surprise to everyone, although the $12 million weekend box office has not been able to get any closer, but it is enough in the fall season - at least enough to be the runner-up behind "L.A. Confidential", but "Devil's Advocate" is only the third place, what's going on?

Looking up, the name "I know what you did last summer" appeared, which almost made everyone gasp, this work that no one paid much attention to, undoubtedly became the biggest dark horse in this autumn file, with only $17 million in investment, but exploded in the box office data of $16 million in the opening weekend, easily stealing all the attention of the week, which is stunned.

"I know what you did last summer" was a decent 52 points for a horror film, but the film sparked a heated discussion among young people, because the film discussed the psychological horrors experienced by young people during the transition period of growth, which resonated with many peers, and this led to a small box office surge in the opening weekend.

According to box office statistics, the box office of the movie on Friday was good, but it did not exceed the "Devil's Spokesperson", but Saturday and Sunday ushered in an outbreak for two consecutive days, and finally not only surpassed the "Devil's Spokesperson", but also became the top ten box office results of the autumn film history.

Although the "Devil's Advocate" is not good at fighting, the weekend box office is still 10 million; "I know what you did last summer" is undoubtedly the biggest surprise, not only with 10 million box office momentum, but also with a result of 16 million US dollars, and even hope to shake the hegemony of "Los Angeles Confidential".

Two 10 million-dollar works, almost carved up the deserted autumn market, which is undoubtedly a difficult test for "Los Angeles Confidential" - this is also the norm since the release of the movie, since the "Seven Deadly Sins" achieved excellent results, the autumn file has also begun to become lively, but "Los Angeles Confidential" has won three consecutive championships before it can be said to be absolutely strong, this week, although difficult, but also definitely not afraid of challenges.

The box office drop of 22 percent, which is the biggest drop in the four weeks since the release of "Los Angeles Confidential", and also the biggest crisis in the four weeks of "Los Angeles Confidential", finally the film won $17.1 million at the box office in three days on the weekend of the third week of October, with a slight advantage of more than 1 million, beating "I Know What You Did Last Summer", and successfully won the fourth consecutive championship, which is also the first work to complete four consecutive championships since 1997!

In the face of such strong competition, the box office crisis of "L.A. Confidential" was unavoidable, but the movie still relied on strong word-of-mouth and outstanding feedback to once again withstand the pressure and complete a beautiful blow. Although "L.A. Confidential" ushered in the biggest drop since its release this week, the decline was not only controlled within 30 percent, but it was also the second highest weekend box office in the fifth week of film history - still ranked after "Independence Day", so there is nothing worth putting in the gap.

Relying on a strong fourth week, the cumulative box office of "L.A. Confidential" reached $166 million in one fell swoop. After crossing the last hurdle with trepidation - although it was not the "devil's advocate" that won but "I know what you did last summer", despite this, the "Los Angeles Confidential" broke the box office record of "Seven Deadly Sins" and hit the top of the $200 million momentum, and it is now almost certain that the movie will make history, all people need to do is wait, wait for the audience to flood the cinema, and then create a whole new history of thriller and suspense movies!

In the fourth week of October, "Los Angeles Confidential" once again handed over a 23 percent box office decline, earning $13 million 100,000 at the box office, while correspondingly, "I Know What You Did Last Summer" won $13.12 million with an 18 percent box office drop, and finally, the dark horse "I Know What You Did Last Summer" ended the "Los Angeles Confidential" four-year winning streak with a narrow margin of $20,000 and successfully won the North American weekend box office championship.

Because the gap was so small, the exhibitors had to go back and forth three times, and finally came to the conclusion that "I know what you did last summer" managed to win the weekend box office crown in the fourth week of October by only $10,080,000, which also became the record for the weakest gap between the first and second places in film history. "L.A. Confidential" failed and ended its last-week box office run in a win-win way.

"Devil's Advocate" has only dropped by 15% at the box office this week, and its performance is also very good, and it can be seen that although the media comprehensive review is not satisfactory, the audience reputation is good, especially those who walk to the cinema for Charlize The audience began to grow rapidly, which saved some face for the box office of the movie.

The following week, "I Know What You Did Last Summer" completed its championship retention, and the dark horse style was revealed, and "L.A. Confidential" also sprinted towards the shackles of history, and sprinted again.