Critics enthusiastically pursued it, but audiences didn't buy it at all; Film critics complained and criticized it, but the theater box office swept thousands of troops. This has always been a contradiction in the film market, because it is never easy to find a balance between commercial and art films.

The "peacemakers" need such contradictions now, hoping to fight their way through the criticism of film critics and win the box office. At least in the box office and word of mouth, it can win the hearts of one party and make people straighten their backs. But George Clooney was doomed to disappointment.

In the fourth week of September, "Peacemaker," which was released in 2,500 theaters, grossed only $9.3 million in three days over the weekend, just a little better than last week's "Devil's Roar" premiere, but it is not good news for any $50 million film - it can even be said to be tragic news, because it is almost a death sentence for the film, unless the next week it hands over a box office drop of less than 15 percent. Otherwise, this work will be doomed.

A fifteen percent drop? Against the backdrop of a 43-point media review and a "C" theater score, it's not just an impossible task, it's an ethereal pipe dream.

What does this mean? It means that George's film dream can be put aside for the time being.

The huge investment of $125 million in "Batman and Robin" was all down the drain - the movie is still lingering in theaters for a long time, but the North American box office still hasn't reached the cost line, maybe Warner Bros. can avoid losses by overseas box office, but the poor reputation of the movie has completely destroyed the Batman sign, so much so that Warner Bros. was forced to shelve the project and declared that it would not be reopened until the turn of the century.

Although the $50 million investment of "Peacemaker" is not high, it can only be said to be a mid-range investment, but judging from the results of the premiere box office and media feedback, there is not much hope for the North American box office to reach the cost line, and even the overseas market does not have much potential. Universal's losses are already assured, and while the limited costs won't lead to a crashing loss, there isn't much room for Ron Meyer to splurge.

Loss, which is almost an unforgivable crime for Hollywood, where profits are paramount. What's even more terrifying is that the reputation of these two works is almost disastrous, the former even directly ruined a twenty-year-long project, although everyone knows that there are many reasons for the failure of the film, but just as the success of the film is for the lead actor to accept the halo, the failure of the film also needs to be held responsible by the lead actor - even if it is just a scapegoat. What's more, the failure of "Batman and Robin" must largely blame Bruce Wayne played by George, which completely destroyed Batman's unique temperament, and George is to blame.

For Hollywood, an actor who can't generate benefits is not even a vase.

No matter how strong the so-called potential is, no matter how high the so-called popularity is, even if there are more so-called topics, the major production companies are also interested, because at least the vase can create more attention, and at the same time, it is cheap; But a vase that refuses to admit that it is a vase can only be a work of art that has no use value - high and low, and put on the shelf.

The fiasco of two consecutive works, from the box office to word of mouth, from the work to the topic, was a complete rout. This scene is too terrifying, and what is even more terrifying is that both works are under the premise of being high-profile, ambitious, and full of confidence, and they have no power to fight back, and the ending is so bloody that people can't look at it directly.

How noisy the media hype was before the release of "Peacemaker", and how strong the humiliation was after the box office of the premiere.

The weekend box office of only 9.3 million US dollars, not to mention 20 million, did not even reach the box office of 10 million, which can almost be said to have no combat effectiveness, and there is no need for competitors to make a move, and the "peacemaker" has been humiliated by himself to the point of shamelessness and direct defeat.

While there was speculation that the "Peacemakers" might not really be a threat to "L.A. Secrets," no one expected the outcome—box office results were so bad that the "fall slot" was hard to excuse. That's even better than the comedy film "Soul," which also premiered this week. Food)" has achieved even worse results, leaving countless people stunned.

"Food for Thought" is a small-budget comedy film created by an independent film company and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, which cost only $7.5 million and was released in 1,300 theaters, but finally achieved a premiere box office of 11.2 million US dollars, which not only easily surpassed "Peacemaker", but also lagged behind in terms of cost, theaters, and publicity.

The last fig leaf of the "peacemaker" has been ripped off.

In fact, in the cruel reality, in the fourth week of September, "Peacemaker" only ranked fourth in the North American weekend box office charts, and the third place was "Food for Thought", and the runner-up was "The Groom's Wrong Corner" - this comedy film handed over a 25% drop in fierce competition, narrowly beating "Food for Thought" and successfully occupying the second place high this week.

The "peacemakers" are not only gone, but have been nailed to the pillar of shame completely, because the "Los Angeles Secrets" handed over a sky-defying drop this week: eight percent! This also means that the competitors have not been able to put any pressure on "L.A. Confidential" at all, allowing this work to dominate this week's film market and easily write history.

The box office of the premiere of "Los Angeles Confidential" unfortunately failed to break the record of "Seven Deadly Sins", which made everyone worry about the prospect of "Los Angeles Confidential" making history in the future, not to mention, "Los Angeles Confidential" will have to face more powerful competitors the next week, once the decline is not ideal, the possibility of sprinting to the final box office record of "Seven Deadly Sins" will plummet. This is undoubtedly a huge regret for the "Los City Confidential", which has a better reputation and richer entertainment.

The reason why the "Seven Deadly Sins" created a box office miracle at the beginning was that in addition to the advantage in the first week, it did not encounter too many threats in the second week, and handed over an astonishing drop of 12 percent, continuing its box office strength. It is almost an impossible task for "L.A. Confidential" to surpass the "Seven Deadly Sins".

But as a result, nothing is impossible for Hugo.

"L.A. Confidential" not only delivered a wonderful performance, but also surpassed the "Seven Deadly Sins" in one fell swoop, causing an uproar in North America with an 8 percent drop against the sky. More importantly, this decline was created by stepping on the shoulders of the "peacemaker", Hugo defeated George head-on, directly causing George to fall into the abyss without any ability to fight back, such a crisp and hearty victory, almost made people begin to sympathize with George's situation - even Brad Pitt, when he faced Hugo head-on, did not lose so badly, it can be said that he is completely incomplete.

With a drop of 8 percent, the box office of "L.A. Confidential" reached $30 million the next weekend, surpassing the "Seven Deadly Sins", and became the fifth work in film history to reach $30 million in the second week after "Independence Day", "Jurassic Park", "Tornado", "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World", and "Men in Black"! and surpassed "Men in Black" and became the fourth place in the box office of the second week in film history!

Such an achievement is not enough to express the inner shock even if it is brilliant, because among these five works, four are all from the summer season, and the premiere box office is far beyond the level of 50 million, and "L.A. Confidential" not only comes from the most deserted autumn season of the year, but also relies on a strong decline to achieve such an achievement when the premiere box office did not make history. Falling against the sky, worthy of the name!

"L.A. Confidential" is almost an anti-heaven level of word-of-mouth in just the second week to explode so powerfully, for a thriller and suspense drama movie, a high score of 93 points undoubtedly made history, even surpassing "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Fatal Lure." Fatal. Attraction)" and "The Maltese Falcon" and other classics of film history have become the leading works of the same type of film; Not to mention the indiscriminate praise from the audience, which successfully made the word-of-mouth spread ten, ten, hundreds. This made the movie drop by 8% in the next week, becoming the forefront of film history.

Perhaps, from the very beginning, the "peacemaker" was no match for the "Los Angeles Secrets", and from the beginning to the end, the "Los Angeles Secrets" fought on their own, fought against history, and won the final victory.

Needless to say, "Los Angeles Confidential" won the top spot in this week's North American box office charts with the fourth-highest second-week decline in film history, and after completing the dominant sweep, "Los Angeles Confidential" also accelerated its pace of catching up with the "Seven Deadly Sins", and the cumulative box office in two weeks reached 74 million, but it surpassed the box office of "Seven Deadly Sins" in the same period by a slight margin, achieving a reversal, and once again making the final box office of "Los Angeles Confidential" the focus of heated discussions. Two hundred million? Could it be that "L.A. Confidential" really wants to sprint to the ultra-high benchmark of the "Seven Deadly Sins"?

At this moment, "L.A. Secrets" is also on the road to making history, and no one knows if anyone will stop it. At least, not the "peacemakers," nor can George Clooney, the perceived "most likely challenger."

After the "L.A. Confidential" handed over the unnatural decline, this was simply a torment for George, even more painful than walking barefoot in purgatory, but the most painful thing was that George could not express his true emotions in his heart: because he was an elegant, calm, and funny "Mr. Clooney".