72_72291 What made everyone fall through the glasses was that after the official release of "Killing Moment", which received a lot of praise in the test screening stage, the first batch of media comprehensive reviews was only 54 points, which is not only far behind the pure commercial film "Independence Day", but also has not even passed!

People originally planned to compare "Killing Hour" to "Yihai Heroes", hoping that the film would make a difference at the Oscars, and no matter how bad it was, just like the "Ultimate Witness" won Susan Sarandon an Oscar nomination two years ago, the huge cast of "Killing Hour" is bound to make a difference at the awards ceremony.

But...... Fifty-four points? This media review really surprised many people.

In the first reviews, the highest score came from the San Francisco Chronicle's 80 points, and the lowest score was 38 points from The New Yorker. Among the most representative media outlets, the Chicago Sun, where Roger Ebert works, gave 60 points, USA Weekly and Entertainment Weekly both gave 50 points, the New York Post gave 75 points, the New York Times gave 63 points, the Los Angeles Times gave 55 points, and USA Today gave 45 points......

In the end, the comprehensive score of the 21 media outlets was only 54 points.

It can be seen from the ratings of various media outlets, not only those Hugo supporters gave low scores, but even those former blocking leagues could not give high scores, and the ratings of the "New York Times", "Chicago Sun", and "Los Angeles Times" were all higher than average. In other words, it's a complete catastrophe that no one can save.

As a work that explores the topic of strict sù, but hopes to make a difference at the box office, "Yihai Xiongfeng" is undoubtedly such a model, with sharp editing, twists and turns of the plot, and wonderful performances, which is the key to success. But judging by the media commentary, it is clear that the "moment of killing" does not have any of it.

"The only highlight was Samuel L. Jackson's performance, saving this soul-devouring quagmire."

This comment is from Roger Ebert. "Killing Hour" is an adaptation of the screenplay, the original book is very good, and the screenwriter of the film is Akiva Gosman, who wrote "The Ultimate Witness", "Batman Forever" and other works. Goldsman), which is logically highly anticipated. Unfortunately, the higher the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

Not only the media comprehensive evaluation, but the theater score is not much better, although the "B" score is much better than the 54 points, but it can only be said to be a drop in the bucket - you must know that even the theater score of "Independence Day" is "B", and "Independence Day" is a commercial film with an extremely simple story, not to mention that the media comprehensive evaluation of "Independence Day" is as high as 70 points, and "Killing Hour" is not a work of the same grade at all.

This is bad news for "Killing Hour".

However, not everything is so bad, at least the cast of "Killing Hour" is very appealing, Sandra has starred in "Life and Death", "Love at Second Sight", "Independence Day" and other box office hits, as if she has become the new American sweetheart after Meg Ryan and Julia Roberts; And Kevin Spacey just won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and Samuel is currently the most appealing black actor in Hollywood after Denzel Washington; Plus the handsome and handsome Matthew McConaughey.

From a box office point of view, the premiere table xiàn is still worth looking forward to.

In the end, "Killing Hour" handed over a box office of $7,000 in 2,200 theaters, grabbed more than $15 million at the weekend box office, and premiered two days earlier and received $5 million, earning $20 million in the first week, which is a good example compared to an investment of only $40 million.

Although it is destined to be impossible to become a "righteous sea hero", the bad reputation will inevitably lead to the subsequent box office decline, which is estimated to be very terrible; But at least the premiere box office was a source of relief – perhaps self-defeat. After all, this kind of thriller crime movie with a heavy theme is elusive at the box office. There are still a few works like "The Heroic Wind of the Righteous Sea" and "The Seven Deadly Sins".

But is the weekend's $15 million box office enough to stop Independence Day? That's a huge question mark.

Last week, "Independence Day" handed over $38.6 million at the box office, and the cumulative box office in three weeks has reached $289 million. Many professionals predict that it seems difficult to prevent "Independence Day" from reaching four consecutive championships without a $20 million weekend box office, and now it seems that "Killing Hour" is hopeless, because even if it grabs $20 million in weekend box office, it will not be able to beat "Independence Day".

This week's box office decline on "Independence Day" finally ushered in a "dive", a drop of 35 percent, which is also the first time that the film has fallen by more than 30 percent since its release four weeks ago. But this is only relative to "Independence Day" itself, compared with other commercial films, the decline of 35 percent in the fourth week is still extremely appalling.

The 35 percent drop earned Independence Day $25 million at the box office, making it four consecutive weekend box office titles in North America, and even if the opening weekend box office of "Killing Hour" crossed the 20 million threshold as predicted by the media, the result was still unbeatable.

Entering its fourth week of release, the weekend box office is still up from 25 million, and "Independence Day" is on an incredible journey, easily beating the weekend box office of "Killing Hour" of 15 million dollars, and this victory came without suspense!

In the end, "Independence Day" not only stepped on the "killing hour" to complete the fourth consecutive championship, but also broke a series of records. First of all, "Independence Day" has become the second work in North American film history after "Life and Death" to have a weekend box office of more than 20 million for four consecutive weeks, and "Independence Day" surpassed the $23 million box office achieved by "Life and Death" in the fourth week of release, becoming a new record for the fourth week of film history.

It was a hearty win that left almost no rivals to fight back. What's even more terrifying is that from "Life and Death" to "Independence Day", the explosive power and staying power of these two movies are amazing, and they are even more amazed that both works are starring Hugo, which makes Hugo's box office appeal reach a new height, which is the truest portrayal of today's North American film market.

Anyone who wants to challenge Hugo's dominance at the box office is afraid that the result will be extremely bleak. For example, "Killing Hour".

Menacing, earth-shattering, ambitious...... But the result was fragile - the so-called hand-to-hand encounter, even without entanglement, there was no stalemate, without any suspense, the opponent was fatally struck by a blow, there was no smoke or sparks, and even the reaction was too late, and it was already a neat failure: a complete defeat.

From the media review to the theater scores, to the weekend box office, "Killing Hour" has almost been blown to the ground, and what is even more shameful is that this is the fourth week of the release of "Independence Day", the fourth week! Joe Schumacher's ambition was so ambitious that in the end there were no pants left.

In the face of the 25 million fourth-week weekend box office of "Independence Day", Joe not only lost no temper at all, but also completely lost the initiative in front of Barry, no matter what Barry decides next, it will be difficult for Joe to shake Barry. Does "Batman and Robin" really have Hugo as the leading actor? Thinking of this result, Joe wanted to bury himself alive - like an ostrich.

The "Killing Hour" fiasco did not cause much of a stir, and people seemed to have been mentally prepared for the "Independence Day" quadruple victory, even for those media reporters who wanted the "Killing Hour" to win, just said "oh" and then did not pursue it further. However, "Killing Moment" had a complete collapse of its reputation and box office, which caused a lot of discussion.

Because compared to the "Killing Hour", the fourth week of July belongs to "Independence Day", which is not only the honor of winning four consecutive championships, but also belongs to "Independence Day", which broke through the threshold of 300 million in 25 days to create history, shortening this record in the history of North American cinema by 42 days. Forty-two days!

Even if it is described as an incredible miracle, it is not enough to express the magic and majesty of the record of "Independence Day", which is not only a miracle, this is a myth, in 1996, only 25 days to reach a height that no other film can ever reach, "Independence Day" is rewriting the map of Hollywood with a momentum that swallows mountains and rivers.

After the box office exceeded the threshold of 300 million in 25 days, the pace of "Independence Day" did not stop there, and the cumulative box office in four weeks reached 336 million US dollars, what does it mean? This means that "Independence Day" reached the peak of North America within a month, and surpassed "The Lion King", "Star Wars" and "Forrest Gump" in one fell swoop, occupying the top position in the cumulative box office list of film history!

Now, only $357 million "Jurassic Park" and $400 million "Alien E" remain in front of "Independence Day." t”。

As the "Los Angeles Times" said a week ago, the box office of 400 million is already beckoning to "Independence Day", if "Independence Day" maintains such a strong momentum, the slowest four months, the fastest month, maybe "Independence Day" can create a miracle: compared to reaching $300 million in 25 days, reaching 400 million in five months of release is obviously a real myth.

However, the news media in 1996 were limited by the times and their ideas, and their insights obviously could not really measure the potential of "Independence Day", and this film has already impressed countless people, but in fact, this is just the beginning!