On August 6, an ordinary Friday, the hustle and bustle of the summer file was not weakened by the arrival of the vacation frenzy, and on Friday alone, the box office of four works exceeded 5 million US dollars, extending the prosperity of the summer file, which far exceeded people's expectations.

"Blair the Witch" came out on top with $10 million at the Friday box office, followed by "Sky Stealer" with $8.8 million, "The Sixth Sense" with a slight disadvantage to $8.7 million on Friday, ranking third, and "The Runaway Bride" with $7 million to occupy fourth place.

Among the four works, two of which premiered this week, the competition between "Sky Stealer" and "The Sixth Sense" was completely more intense than expected, and people originally thought that "Sky Stealing Game" did not appear, on the contrary, "Blair the Witch" actually achieved a counterattack, and this student work relied on the spread of viral videos to achieve a miracle in North American cinema.

This suddenly makes the competition for this week's weekend box office charts show an unpredictable development curve, and the four newly released works may not be able to win, and the follow-up performance of last week's weekend box office champion "Runaway Bride" is worth looking forward to, while "Blair the Witch" is leading Friday, and the suspense increases sharply.

Interestingly, "Iron Giant" only took $2.3 million at the box office on Friday, which surprised everyone, and in the face of word-of-mouth, this family-friendly cartoon did not show the corresponding box office momentum, and even lost to horror movies like "The Sixth Sense", which is really a situation that no one expected.

After the end of the competition on Friday, people's expectations for the weekend box office rankings have risen instead of falling, especially the outstanding performance of the "Sixth Sense" theater score, which has injected a shot in the arm into the market, and a large number of audiences have poured into the cinemas, adding another fire to the slightly declining North American summer file, completely detonating the hottest competition pattern in the past month.

To everyone's surprise, the "Sixth Sense" became more and more courageous, mixed with unanimous praise from film critics, and the title of "the No. 1 horror movie in film history" spread throughout the North American continent, and the super high evaluation of the theater score added another fire.

The crew members appeared on major talk shows under the leadership of Hugo, and talked in depth about many behind-the-scenes footage about the film, and the interaction between Hugo and Haley has always conveyed a message to everyone, "This is an atypical horror movie that is not scary", fans who love horror movies can find the highlights that make the adrenaline rush, and fans who have no preference for horror movies can also enjoy this wonderful viewing process.

"The Sixth Sense" has delivered a box office development curve that all film companies dream of, with Saturday box office higher than Friday, Sunday box office higher than Saturday, and the gradually rising weekend three-day box office curve only appears in legends, showing the powerful power of publicity and word-of-mouth, and more and more audiences are pouring into the cinema.

Coupled with the unifying power of movies such as "Blair the Witch", "Runaway Bride", "Sky Stealing Game", "Mystery Man", "Iron Giant" and other movies, the summer schedule of August, which is gradually revival, bursts out with unprecedented energy. The five major theaters in the United States took the lead in handing over the report on the number of audiences entering the theater on Sunday afternoon, and according to incomplete statistics, this week is the week when the premiere of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" held in the third week of May. Such an achievement made the major film companies smile.

The box office charts of the first weekend of August, which are full of countless suspense, have also been officially announced!

"The Sixth Sense" followed a $8.7 million box office on Friday, followed by a small climax on Saturday, handing over $13 million at the box office, a shocking increase, and another slight increase on Sunday, winning a figure of more than 14 million, and finally grossing $36 million over the three days of the weekend.

The box office of 160 million US dollars in a single theater has made this work, which was only screened in 2,200 theaters, burst out with unimaginable energy, surpassing the record-breaking "Ghost Invasion" not long ago, and once again pushing the historical results of horror movies to a new level. Such a single-theater box office has even caught up with the previous level of "L.A. Confidential" and "Truman's World", and this is a horror movie, even if it is unbelievable, it seems to be weak.

Such a scene once again reminded people of the situation of welcoming "Truman's world" in the middle of summer last year.

People can expect the appeal of the name "Hugo Lancaster" to the market, regardless of the quality of the film, and the box office of the film's premiere has given a super high expectation, but when the data of the film's premiere weekend came out, everyone was still speechless.

Following the comedy movie, Hugo once again proved his precise and keen eye for film selection, a "supernatural sixth sense" in the atmosphere of critics and audiences in unison, directly exploded into the box office figure of 36 million US dollars, not only became the third horror film in film history to premiere more than 25 million US dollars, and in one fell swoop raised the first box office specification of horror movies to 35 million.

Shock! Still shocking!

People have long been accustomed to Hugo's history-making footsteps, but horror movies? It's still too unbelievable, from romance movies to drama movies, from action movies to science fiction movies, from comedy movies to horror movies...... Even from independent films to commercial films, Hugo has shown a unique and accurate sense of script in almost every field, and has dedicated one acclaimed and most acclaimed work one after another.

Recall that last year, when people learned that Hugo had "abandoned" "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" in favor of "The Psychic Sixth Sense", there was an uproar in the United States, and even sparked a crusade among Star Wars fans, many of whom thought that Hugo had made the stupidest choice of his career - even more stupid than starring in "Hudson's Falcon", because a horror movie could have ruined Hugo's career at its peak.

But now that "The Sixth Sense" has been released, people have once again found themselves underestimating Hugo - even though people have continued to raise the bar, Hugo has not only injected soul-making emotions into horror movies, but also raised the horror genre to the level of "life and death", deeply and delicately exploring the human fear of life and death and the human fear of trust.

There is no doubt that this is another revolution in genre films since the horror films gradually reduced to plasma movies in the second half of the eighties. "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" makes people deeply feel the fact that a good movie should never choose a theme, because a truly excellent work, the subject matter is just a medium, and the idea and core conveyed are the real core.

Once upon a time, people thought Tom Cruise was a superstar, Arnold Schwarzenegger was a superstar, Harrison Ford was a superstar, and Tom Hanks was a superstar...... Once upon a time, it was thought that Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and others could challenge Hugo for superstar status...... But it is only now that people understand that the word "superstar" is not for anyone to use, even superstars such as Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, who were once top figures who could call the wind and rain with a gesture, have to bow down in the face of Hugo's strong voice today.

It is no exaggeration to say that Hugo redefined the meaning and benchmark of the term "superstar". It's not a height that anyone can reach.

In the face of the extremely strong box office performance of "The Sixth Sense", the outstanding performance of other works has become lackluster.

"Blair the Witch" sold $24 million at the box office this week, which is a fitting "miracle" for a work with an investment of only $35,000, especially since its cumulative box office has reached $80 million, easily killing the North American market. But in the face of the explosive performance of the "supernatural sixth sense", in the end, he could only be the runner-up for the second week in a row.

The two horror movies occupied the first and second place in the North American weekend box office charts, coupled with the previous good performance of "ghost invasion", in the summer file where commercial blockbusters are rampant, horror movies that have always been ignored have exploded into strong combat effectiveness, which is also the most beautiful scenery in the hot summer of 1999.

"The Runaway Bride" is the second collaboration between Julia Roberts and Richard Gere after "Pretty Woman" in nine years, and it was highly anticipated before its release, with an excellent result of $35 million in the opening weekend, but the far lower than expected word-of-mouth made the work usher in an avalanche of decline the following week, after a 40% decline, it only won $21 million at the box office this week, and directly slipped to the third place.

"Sky Stealing Game" has attracted much attention, and its performance on Friday can only be said to be a good one, but under the condition of word-of-mouth, the next two days were actually robbed of all the style by two horror movies, and the box office in the last weekend was only 15 million US dollars, which surprised everyone.

However, in front of Hugo, no performance can be said to be abnormal, after all, this is the only superstar in the United States at present!

The other two works, which premiered this week, were even more incomprehensible, with "Mystery Man" grossing 10 million on the weekend, while "Iron Giant" only won $6 million at the weekend box office amid the acclaim...... It's not normal, it's really abnormal. The North American movie box office charts in the first week of August are under this strange but strong pattern, and the dust has settled!