"Brother Yuquan, did yesterday's box office come out?" A sweet voice came from the phone, and there was some urgency in his tone.

"Where is it so fast, it's just 12 a.m. in Los Angeles? Don't worry, I'll find out soon, and I'll tell you right away. Lin Yuquan shook his head with a smile, although he paid attention to this North American box office war, he didn't care too much, it's good to win, but it's nothing to lose, after all, this is the fourth week of the release of "Wild Story: The Rise of the Ape Race", but many people, including Yifei and Shi Shi, are particularly concerned.

"Oh, Brother Yuquan, do you think you will win yesterday?" Liu Yifei said with concern.

"What do you think?" Lin Yuquan didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically, he already had the answer in his heart.

At the same time, in Los Angeles, far away across the ocean, although it is already the dead of night, there are still many people who have not slept.

"Hey, I don't know how much box office there is on the premiere day, and can I finally win the weekly box office championship?" Looking out the window at the night, Lang. Meyer looked worried, more than half of the 08 years have passed, but so far, Universal Pictures' results are really not good.

Among them, the highest box office is "The Amazing Hulk", but this movie is almost destined to be Universal's biggest loss this year, with an investment of up to $150 million, but the North American box office has just exceeded $120 million so far, and the global box office is expected to be in the early 200 million US dollars, similar to the previous work "Hulk".

followed by $62.93 million for "Forget the Negative Girl" and $60.32 million for "Surrogate Mother", although the box office of these two low-budget comedy films is not high. But relative to the cost. Or go along with the lì to achieve profitability. It's just that compared with the box office dark horses that emerged in previous years, such as "Forty-Year-Old Virgin", "One Night Big Belly", and "Super Bad", Universal's best comedy genre this year did not get too good results.

Then there is $52.59 million for "Doomsday", $42.19 million for "Welcome Home", and $32.01 million for "Absolutely, Maybe". Otherwise, he and the management of Universal Pictures would have to go crazy.

Because of this, Universal Pictures is very concerned about the results of "Wanted", and Universal Pictures is now in great need of exciting good news, not only at the box office, but also this week's weekly box office champions, the big six Universal Pictures won the title of box office champion for 2 weeks in the first half of the year with only "The Amazing Hulk" and "Surrogate Mother".

Compared to Lang. Meyer and Universal Pictures' management are worried and expectant, Warner's management is quite indignant and dissatisfied, and now the world is talking about the battle for the box office champion of "Wanted" and "Wild Tales: Rise of the Apes" this week, and its own "Confused Detective" seems to have been forgotten, and no one thinks "Confused Detective" will win the championship. Damn, have those guys forgotten that the adaptation of the same hit series, "Desire City", beat "Raiders of the Lost Ark 4" in the second week of release to top the box office? "Wanted" is only released in 3,179 theaters. We have 3,677 companies, and "Wanted" has invested $75 million, and we have $80 million.

No one wants to win the weekly box office, and Warner is certainly no exception, speaking of which, Warner's performance so far this year is even worse than that of Universal, and the current highest-grossing film is Roland, who has directed blockbuster films such as "Independence Day", "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Godzilla". Emmerich's new work "10,000 Years Before History", the North American box office of this film is 94.78 million US dollars, and the global box office exceeds 200 million, but its investment is also as high as 105 million US dollars.

followed by the $93.46 million "Bucket List", with an investment of $45 million, which is expected to have a certain profit margin, followed by $70.23 million for "Silly Love Becomes Gold", $40.12 million for "Speed Racing", and $38.1 million for "Pig's Head Shopping 2".

The reason why it is worse than Universal Pictures is naturally because of "Speed Racer", a special effects racing movie with an investment of $120 million and a publicity cost of up to $80 million, and "The Golden Compass" The North American box office is just as bad, and even the overseas box office is also terrible, so far the global box office has not exceeded 100 million, and there is a great possibility that it will become the most loss-making film this year.

At the same time, like Universal Pictures, it only won two weeks of box office champions with "10,000 Years Before History" and "Silly Love Becomes Gold".

Therefore, while hoping for a good box office result for "Confused Detective", Warners also has the heart to win this week's box office title.

And the media and fans are naturally very concerned about this, and in the attention of everyone, the box office number on July 11 has also come out.

"Wow, that's good." Bright. Meyer looked at the box office number in his hand with a happy expression, "Wanted" finally achieved a first-day box office of $18.92 million in 3179 theaters, although it was not as good as the previous "Amazing Hulk" of $21 million, but "The Amazing Hulk" invested 150 million US dollars and released 3505 theaters, while "Wanted" invested 75 million US dollars and released 3179 theaters.

And the first-day box office of $18.92 million also hit Angelina. Julie's best opening result in an action movie, the original record holder was $18 million for 2001's Tomb Raider: Tomb Raider.

"Damn." Warner Inc.'s President of Distribution, Dan Brown. Feynman looked depressed, obviously not satisfied with the results, $15.26 million, 498 more theaters than "Wanted", but the box office of "Confused Detective" was $3.66 million less than the other party, and "Desire City", which was also adapted from the popular series, was as high as $26.9 million at the box office on the day of its premiere on May 30, and the movie Warner Company also participated in the distribution, and he said excitedly at the time: "This is the power of women, and this power is highlighted this week." ”

Even more depressing. "Confused Detective" can't compare to "Wanted". It is even lower than "Wild Savage: Rise of the Ape" that was released for four weeks. $16.76 million, what the hell, a movie that has been in theaters for four weeks can still win such a box office.

"Oh, it's too bad to have a high box office like "Wanted", is this week's box office champion really going to be taken away by "Wanted"." Liu Shishi's muffled voice came from the phone.

"Who knows? Perhaps! Lin Yuquan looked at the comments on the computer screen with an unpredictable smile on his face, and he was not surprised by the result of losing to "Wanted". After all, "Wanted" is a newly released high-profile film, and this result is normal, and to his surprise, the box office of "Savage: Rise of the Ape Clan" was surprisingly good, surpassing "Confused Detective", a high-profile movie that has also just been released.

"Yuquan, you mean there's still a chance to win the box office." Liu Shishi keenly grasped Lin Yuquan's secret meaning.

"It's possible." Lin Yuquan smiled slightly, generally speaking, movies released at 0:00 on Friday in North America, after the explosion of the premiere day, will inevitably have a box office decline on the weekend. This is the only chance for Savage Tales: Rise of the Apes.

The release of the box office on Friday's premiere day has attracted the attention of media and fans around the world. For "Wanted" to become the box office champion on July 11, a group of media reporters had a smile on their faces, and it did not surprise their predictions, and the reputation of "Wanted" in the critics made them believe that "Wanted" would become the box office champion of the week.

"Sharp editing techniques and rapid lens language like riding a roller coaster bring the pleasure of countless physiology that is not a summer blockbuster", "This movie can surprise you", "A little obscure, a little idiotic, a little lewd, a little rude, and of course undeniably wonderful and interesting", "Bold, free, free, happy, sexy, the gripping thrill and tension even reach the realm of 'elegance', enough to make the audience ignore the flaws of detail", "The visual effects are exciting and restless"...... Rotten Tomatoes website freshness 73%: 104 votes for: 38 votes against), the media overall score is 64, Yahoo! score B-, it seems not to be high, but such an evaluation is placed on a summer R-rated action movie, but it is as good as the box office is unexpected, "The Hollywood Reporter" and "New York Journal" even give away the highest scores.

And the leading actors have also received unanimous praise from the media, especially the most controversial James before. McEvoy, who is trying this genre for the first time, interprets the transformation of the character in a real and believable way, and unexpectedly shows his side as a star, but the most dazzling thing in the film is undoubtedly Angelina. Julie, although her role is not as good as James. McEvoydo, in the order of name in the poster is also in the order of Morgan. Freeman's but bestial charm gives the uninhibited images a complete and appropriate soul, evoking fond memories of her roles in Tomb Raider and Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Of course, too much unnecessary violence and gore are the main elements of criticism for bad reviews, "the imitation of classic scenes is boring", "the excessive and unnecessary description of violence makes people restless", "the lines are more absurd than the story", and there are not a few media and film critics who have a critical attitude towards "Wanted".

Overall, both word-of-mouth and box office results, "Wanted" is already quite good, and with its production cost of $75 million, no one doubts that the film will fall to a bleak point where it will not be able to recover its costs.

In comparison, "Confused Detective" has a bad reputation in the critical circles, with a freshness of 51% on Rotten Tomatoes, 65 people agree, 62 people oppose, a total media score of 53, a Yahoo! score of C+, and an audience rating of B+, although it has an A rating represented by the Chicago Sun: "Funny, exciting, ridiculously funny, looks great, and even reaches the level of the latest 007 at the technical level." All of them are wonderful, and what is even more amazing is the perfect lineup of Cheng dù, A. ”

Critic voices are more ubiquitous, "very funny, but lacking the comical wit of TV series", "very clever, but far from smart". The opposite voice is also very powerful, "The adaptation of the TV series is simply a brutal and shameless trampling on the charm of the original series", and the "San Francisco Chronicle" mercilessly gave the lowest score: "Bringing 'Confused Detective' to the big screen may sound like a bad idea, but this movie proves that it's not a bad idea, but a real one." Completely. Downright bad idea. D。 ”

Despite the saying "never underestimate the box office potential of TV audiences", and there are examples of "Mission Impossible", "Breaking Bad", and "Desire City", it is difficult for critics to say that the ideal reputation is ideal, and it is difficult not to worry about its box office prospects.

Word-of-mouth affects the box office, under the effect of their respective word-of-mouth, what kind of box office will "Wanted" achieve next? What will be the outcome of "Savage: Rise of the Apes" and the box office battle between the two? Countless people all over the world are concerned.

In this box office battle that has attracted the attention of the world, everyone wants to win the last Shun lì, behind the box office war. Summit Entertainment, Warners, Universal Pictures, each company is going all out to build momentum for the film, and behind the box office war, Lin Yuquan, Andy. Serkis, Anne. Hathaway, Steve. Karel, Dwayne "Rock", Angelina. Julie, James. McEvoy, everybody worked tirelessly to promote.

Soon the box office on Saturday, July 12 also came out, and the just-released "Wanted" and "Confused Detective" unsurprisingly saw a box office decline, "Wanted" fell 12.71% to $16.51 million, and "Confused Detective" fell 13.33% to $13.22 million. And "Wild Story: The Rise of the Ape" barely changed, and finally received $16.61 million. Slightly surpassed "Wanted" and became the box office champion of the day.

"Wow", the release of this result instantly changed the shape of the media camp that originally supported "Wanted" as the weekly box office champion, although in general I still think that "Wanted" won the championship, but I no longer think that "Savage Story: Rise of the Apes" is completely impossible as before, it is really "Wild Story: Rise of the Apes" is too stable, and now the difference between "Wanted" and "Savage Story: Rise of the Apes" is 2.06 million US dollars, if "Wanted" continues to decline at the box office, and "Savage Story: Rise of the Apes" And it continued, and it was impossible to predict who would die in the end.

As for "Confused Detective", it has basically withdrawn from the ranks of the championship, can you expect "Confused Detective", which has a bad reputation, to exceed $6.95 million?

Is Champion Zhou "Wanted" or "Savage: Rise of the Ape"? The box office battle is becoming more and more intense.

"$2.06 million, only today's time, it's really difficult to surpass." Liu Yifei said worriedly, the indescribable distress in her heart, when Brother Yuquan needed it most, she couldn't help.

"It's really difficult, do your best to resign yourself to your fate, whether you can win the championship or not, "Wild Wilds: Rise of the Apes" is successful enough." Lin Yuquan's mentality is very good, "Wild Tales: The Rise of the Ape Race" has come to this point, it doesn't matter whether he wins 3 North American weekly box office champions or 4 North American weekly box office champions, what he cares about is the final box office of the film.

However, Lin Yuquan doesn't care, it doesn't mean that others don't care, he himself and the fans of "Wild Story: The Rise of the Ape Race" suddenly became enthusiastic, and celebrity fans made full use of their influence.

"Watch Savage: Rise of the Apes tonight! Come with me! Christina Aguilera tweeted.

"It's a very interesting thing that Savage Tal: Rise of the Apes won four times in a row." Arthur the Kid tweeted to his fans.

"Wow, the Jedi is so exciting, I'm going to watch "Savage: Rise of the Apes", are you going?" Kristen. Stewart.

"Hi Rock, I'd love to support you, but you're obviously out, I'm going to support Lin tonight, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Fan. Diesel

Christina Aguilera, Kid Arthur, Christine. Stewart, Van Stewart. Diesel saw countless viewers enter the theater on Sunday, July 13, and the final battle of the box office war began.

Who will be the winner? When July 13 passed, the dust settled, and all the media and audiences focused on the latest box office figures, "Wanted" fell another 12.77% to $14.4 million, "Confused Detective" fell 14.65% to $11.28 million, "Savage: Rise of the Apes" surprisingly rose 3.12%, to $17.12 million, and "Savage: Rise of the Apes" surpassed "Wanted" by $2.72 million in a single day, successfully overtaking it, and the box office in the last three days of the weekend narrowly won.

It's really won, the world is shocked, what is a myth, this is a myth, "Wild Story: The Rise of the Apes", which has long become a cultural phenomenon, continues to create a new box office myth, falling only 22%, with $50.49 million, unparalleled results in the fourth week of release, achieving four consecutive championships in the summer file, and ending the North American box office war that affected the world. (To be continued......)

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