Aside from the word-of-mouth of the movie, when a film is screened in an art theater, it tests the attractiveness and appeal of the production team. Since the audience of the art theater is an experienced veteran movie fan, and even many professionals in the industry, they are very strict in the selection of movies, but the directors or actors who can be recognized in their eyes will be warmly sought after, and the popularity during the screening period is naturally predictable.

To put it simply, Woody Allen's appeal in the New York area is unrivaled, and when his work is screened in New York's art theaters, it is bound to be sold out, and the intellectuals are absolutely unconditional in favor of Woody, and regardless of the quality of the finished product, audiences will at least be willing to flock to the cinema to see the work and then give their opinion.

Therefore, this is how the box office of live-action movies came about, and this is how "Schindler's List" created good results. In a sense, directors, screenwriters or actors who can win the box office of art theaters have a more stable box office appeal.

With Hugo's current strong influence in the United States, almost every one of his works is bound to attract a lot of attention, which is the fundamental reason why people always have strong confidence in the box office when Hugo's works premiere. Naturally, people have more expectations for the box office of "A Beautiful Mind", especially after the internal preview screening.

On the list of many North American records of early Hugo, the single-museum box office record is one of the few that does not belong to Hugo.

On the current single-theater box office history list of screened works, "Schindler's List" released in 1993 still ranks ninth, occupying the top eight are "The Lion King" in 1994, "Pocahonta" in 1995, "Toy Story 2" released just last month, "Bug Squad" in 1998, "Hercules" in 1997, "Anastasia" in 1997, and released in 1992"Aladdin", "Madame Perón" (Evita) in 1996.

However, in the top 10 list, only two works are live-action films, and all the others are animated films, so there is no comparison. Among live-action films, "Schindler's List" is the runner-up in film history, only behind the $97,000 single-theater box office figure of "Madame Peron".

It can be seen that even after five years, "Schindler's List" is still one of the most important works in film history. The outstanding performance of the box office of a single museum proves that this work has attracted a lot of attention during the screening period. However, back then, it relied more on Steven Spielberg's appeal, and Hugo was only a supporting role; Now, "Beautiful Mind" relies more on Hugo's appeal.

Now Hugo has set countless records, almost all the records that an actor can get are signed with Hugo's name, but the box office record of a single theater is not, which has also become one of the hot topics that the media pays the most attention to when "A Beautiful Mind" is released.

On December 17, "Beautiful Mind" was screened in 11 theaters, and quietly, but it also became the biggest hot topic.

From 12 o'clock in the morning on the 17th, a large number of audiences gathered at the door of the theater where the screening was held, waiting for the release of "Beautiful Mind" with full anticipation.

However, at the beginning, the theaters that screened "Death Row Walk" were not well prepared, so that a large number of fans piled up at the door of the theater and could not enter the cinema for a long time, but then it unexpectedly created unimaginable enthusiasm for watching the movie, so that the heavy theme of "Death Row Walk" also achieved 83 million North American box office, which is really a miracle.

This time, after receiving the news, the eleven theaters have made complete preparations, not only in the arrangement and distribution of screens, but also in the arrangement of pre-sale tickets, they have made corresponding adjustments and changes, as far as possible to meet the enthusiasm of fans for watching movies as soon as possible.

The facts proved the wisdom of these theaters, because from midnight at 12 o'clock, the next screening of "A Beautiful Mind" was almost full, and the enthusiasm of fans could not be stopped, from Friday to Saturday, tickets were still in short supply, and even Sunday's advance tickets were sold out early, and some fans even waited at the movie theater box office eight hours in advance in order to buy the live tickets released on the same day.

Such a scene reminds people of the grand occasion of the Battle of the Century three years ago.

Unconsciously, "A Beautiful Mind" created a bizarre record: 11 theaters on the screening weekend, a total of 69 screens, all tickets were sold out, and 99% of the attendance rate, except for a few audiences who could not attend the venue due to accidents, and a small number of people could not be seated because of damaged seats, all other screenings and seats were completely full.

This also means that "A Beautiful Mind" has reached the best situation expected by the distribution department of the film company, with three consecutive days, 24 hours, all the screenings are full, and all the box office potential of the eleven theaters has been fully tapped, which is the perfect idea in the distribution process, and the screening effect is completely maximized.

It's not impossible to replicate such a perfect situation, and maybe someone will achieve it later, but it's safe to say that it's one of the best labels of the "A Beautiful Mind" screening weekend.

Amid the exclamation of the media, "A Beautiful Mind" delivered a miracle of $130,000 at the single-theater box office, sweeping the weekend box office of $1.43 million in 11 theaters, which quickly caused a tsunami-like chain reaction in the North American market!

People are expecting "A Beautiful Mind" to make history, and "A Beautiful Mind" has made history in this way, easily making the "Madame Peron" $97,000 single-theater box office record obsolete, and this historical record is under Hugo's name; However, people did not expect such a result, "Beautiful Mind" not only set a record, but also completely rewrote the history of the box office trend of art theater screenings with a devastating attitude.

The box office of a single museum is 130,000 US dollars, how valuable is this? This not only surpassed "Madame Peron" and "Schindler's List", but also became the box office champion of the current live-action film in film history; Even in the single-theater box office list of all films, it can be ranked sixth, which is particularly conspicuous among many cartoons.

The most important thing is that this is the first live-action work in the history of the film to exceed $100,000 at the box office in a single theater, and this achievement is still created by the screening of 11 theaters, which is the only work in the top 10 of the overall list to reach double digits in theaters.

"The Lion King", "Pocahonta", "Toy Story 2" and other works are only screened in one or two theaters when they are screened, which will undoubtedly bring all audiences together and increase efforts to create a single-theater box office miracle. The screening of "The Lion King" at Disneyland was a miracle of $790,000 at the box office in a single theater, and no film has ever broken this record since then – not even close.

However, "Beautiful Mind" was released in 11 theaters, and still achieved a box office data of 130,000 in a single museum, which is not only a miracle, but also a myth, it is hard to imagine that at the moment in 1999, there can be a live-action movie to achieve such an achievement! Even after 20 years, this achievement can still rank among the top five in the box office list of live-action movies!

In the fanatical pursuit of a group of fans, "Beautiful Mind" rewrote history, and the preliminary statistics of the theater score proved the madness of the audience, the score of up to "A+" can be regarded as a full score, which even far exceeds the media comprehensive evaluation, showing the audience's high evaluation of this work.

From the excellent reviews of the film critics to the eager response of the audience, "A Beautiful Mind" is rising strongly step by step, completely disrupting the lake of the awards season, even if the crew did not carry out any college PR related plans at all, even if Hugo and Charlize did not carry out relevant cooperation publicity, countless question marks still began to pop up.

Will "A Beautiful Mind" be the biggest favorite at this year's Oscars? Is Hugo really going to compete for the best actor again? Charlize unknowingly won the acting award for two consecutive years, so this year has become a big hit for the third time in a row? The performances of Leonardo, Heath and others are also good enough, does it mean that there is also a competition for supporting actors? As a screenwriter, Hugo's work has been affirmed by many professionals, does Hugo want to win another best adapted screenplay after "perfect"?

The excitement of the awards season was completely boiled over by the birth of "Beautiful Mind", regardless of whether the crew carried out relevant publicity or not, the quality of the work was there, and no one could ignore the strong presence of this work.

Of course, this is only the result of the screening of "Beautiful Mind" in 11 theaters, and after the film is fully released, will the word of mouth change, will the box office be satisfactory, and can more and more professional opinions be consistent? All of this is bound to affect the trend of "Beautiful Mind" in the next awards season.

However, no one can ignore the existence of this work.

The screening of "A Beautiful Mind" has just ended, and DreamWorks announced that the work will be expanded to 500 theaters next week, and the overall influence has quickly risen to a new level, showing their strong confidence in this work. At the same time, the 57th Golden Globe Awards also announced the list of nominees for the first time, and there is no doubt that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association chose this work as the biggest favorite!