Chapter 289 North American box office records continue to shatter
"Source Code" completed a big reversal in North America, creating an unparalleled success in front of everyone's eyes, and when the film can directly exceed $10 million at the box office in a single day, many of the film's subsequent endings are actually quite obvious.
When the news reached China, everyone was jubilant and felt that a rather large energy was gradually emerging and exploding.
Many people feel quite shocked at the same time, but also applaud Chen Xi's "Source Code" in their hearts, obviously, this is not a movie that fights in the nest, there are too many things shown in the movie, and it also brings too much shock to everyone.
After all, such a movie is meant to shock everyone.
"Chen Xi attacked overseas! "Source Code" exceeded $30 million at the box office in the first week! ”
"The best Chinese movie box office after "Hero"! "Source Code" broke records in the North American market! ”
"Thirty million a week! "Source Code" is popular in North America! ”
A lot of news is constantly appearing now, and these news are also very popular in the mainland, and for a while, the entire mainland film industry and even the entire entertainment industry are feeling a huge shock for this matter, and at the same time, they also have an inevitable excitement because of this news.
Chen Xi is really too strong!
In fact, many people also have a dream in their hearts after all, especially a dream that hopes that many places in China will surpass foreign countries, which is also unavoidable, but in recent years, Chinese films have basically become less and less successful overseas, and many good Chinese films in the past, especially the achievements of Chinese films in the North American market, are now almost all falling apart, although there are still movies like "Hero" firmly standing at the peak of the box office in the North American market. But these Chinese films have weakened, which is something that everyone can see.
Chinese cinema still occupies some places, though. But it's hard to have any follow-up.
Many people feel that the current position of Chinese films is just something that needs to be overthrown all the time, and more and more films will gradually break through the advantages of Chinese films in the North American box office market and push these things down one by one.
However, now there is a sudden emergence of Chen Xi, with a sense of comeback, "Raid", "Embroidered Spring Knife" and now "Source Code", the influence of his films is growing wildly, and the commercial value he gets here in North America is also surging.
The box office of the first three weeks was more than 10 million US dollars, according to various sharing agreements. There will also be a box office of about 100 million yuan into the account of Deep Space Film and Television, which will easily recover the cost and make a lot of money, and this money will also provide some necessary financial support for many large constructions of Deep Space Film and Television, which will allow Chen Xi to have a relatively large alleviation of their funds that are now becoming more and more stretched.
…… Of course, these things are nothing compared to the fact that "Source Code" has achieved such a high success at the North American box office, because the North American box office of "Source Code" is so high, and it is only a week.
A lot of Chinese movie fans now have an uplifting feeling. For some of the things that Chen Xi is getting now, I can't help cheering and cheering, and I feel empathy, and that sense of honor is also coming to my face.
That's great!
A lot of people feel a strong sense of excitement in their hearts, and what Source Code has gotten so far is really exciting.
"China's next national teacher! And compared to Zhang Guoshi. Now Chen Xi brings more things, and it seems that he has a much broader future and future than Zhang Guoshi, and so far, Chen Xi has also owned many types of movies. And looking at his creative talent, he will direct more and more films, and they will get better and better. ”
In fact, this is not an exaggeration. Under the background that many people are very excited now, what Chen Xi has obtained is obvious to all, especially the achievements at the box office, which are real things that are difficult for others to get.
Judging what a director may get in some places can basically only start from the box office and awards, after all, in front of many other things, awards and box office are relatively fair.
And this kind of thing is basically something that no one else can take away, and it is difficult to give people a handle on controversial things.
If a person has won some relatively large awards, then some people may be sour, but in fact, these sour people can't say too much truth, and many of their theories are actually untenable, from this point of view, many things are still relatively difficult to question.
There may be some movies that some people say that they are super good movies can be said to be a director's masterpiece, but there are still some people who may scoff at it, thinking that there is nothing to do at all, so these movies are often questioned and questioned, and eventually become a battlefield where many people attack each other, but if they get awards or the like, if they are really able to win and relatively fair awards, then many of these doubts are untenable.
And the box office is even more so, even if some people feel that the reputation of some movies is not worthy of the box office of that movie, but at least the box office results are really in front of everyone, no matter who they are, there is no way to deprive them of these solid numbers and facts.
Now "Source Code" has left everyone speechless at least at the box office, and it is also a foreign box office!
All of a sudden, there was a lot of noise about comments.
Now many people have begun to predict and begin to discuss whether "Source Code" may eventually break through the super box office of the previous "Heroes", after all, it is a box office of more than 50 million US dollars.
So far, in the North American box office rankings, the first place is the Chinese film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the box office revenue is 128 million US dollars, of course, this is also a quite amazing number, the second place is the Italian film "Beautiful Life", this movie has a box office of 57 million US dollars, the third place is China's "Hero", the box office of this movie is 53 million, the box office figures of these movies are quite amazing, It's a lot of other movies that try their best to get it, but basically don't get much results.
And now, "Source Code" has surpassed the previous French film "Angel Amelie" at the box office. It became the fourth place in the all-time box office list of North American films, second only to the Spanish and Mexican film "Pan's Labyrinth" a little earlier.
It's just that "Pan's Labyrinth" is actually not a foreign language film strictly speaking, and he has a strong American ancestry.
But none of this makes much sense, because it won't be long before Source Code surpasses Pan's Labyrinth at the box office.
Many people are now discussing, and they are also worried about the question of whether the North American box office of "Source Code" will be short-lived after all, or will it really bring about a particularly big change? From the current point of view, the North American score of "Source Code" is still relatively strong, but I don't know what the next box office table of this movie will look like.
There are fears that the North American box office of "Source Code" will shrink significantly in the next second week.
At the same time that "Source Code" was released in North America, other European countries were released, and two other Southeast Asian countries also began to be released. After all, some of the connections buried in the two films "Raid" and "Embroidered Spring Knife" have now begun to play a role, and the commercial channels that these two films have broken for the films released later can now be truly used.
The things that the two movies "Raid" and "Embroidered Spring Knife" brought before were indeed quite good.
Soon, the reputation of "Source Code" in these countries began to skyrocket, and it began to get better and better at the box office, and many people may think that this is just a simple Chinese action movie at first, but they soon found that there is more to this movie, this movie has more than that, especially there are so many things to think about, and this is also a real science fiction movie. Even if there aren't some super special effects like Star Wars, it's true that so far, the idea of this movie has not been used before.
Some sci-fi movies do play with special effects, such as "Star Wars", but there are also many movies that start from other places, such as the current "Source Code". These movies may not be particularly large in terms of investment, but the viewing effect they bring is something that many special effects blockbusters can't compare.
Many special effects blockbusters will have some aesthetic fatigue after watching too much, and even produce a kind of rebellious psychology, at that time, many people will pay more attention to those movies that are really outstanding in terms of plot, and focus on those films with a relatively high degree of completion.
And "Source Code" is by no means a film that relies purely on the plot to prop it up. On the contrary, there are a lot of big scenes in this movie, especially the explosion scene is well done. And there are also a lot of fight scenes in the middle that make people who are already interested in Chinese action movies more interested, and those fist-to-flesh fight scenes have a "raid" feeling.
So now the box office of "Source Code" is also getting higher and higher.
In these countries, the first week of "Source Code" also won $1.47 million at the box office.
And because "Source Code" is quite good at the North American box office, now many film companies in many countries have begun to take a fancy to this movie, and want to talk to Chen Xi about cooperation, and get some of the things they want after some cooperation, and now in many countries outside, they have more interest in Chen Xi's films, and they will have greater expectations for his next films.
From now on, in many of the world's box office markets, "Source Code" will really start to hit the world.
After this week, "Source Code" will be released in a total of 25 countries and regions, including big box office warehouses such as Japan and South Korea.
So far, the previous two films have received good box office and word-of-mouth in these two places, and Chen Xi has also gained quite good popularity in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
The release of "Source Code" on these box offices, more things about "Source Code" still depend on the vane of the North American market.
And now in the North American market, the reviews of Source Code are generally good.
"The film tells the story of a dead man trying to save the capital from a nuclear disaster, the overall feeling of the movie is full of suspense, beautifully made, it is a classic science fiction work, and it can also be used as a suspense film, it can also be regarded as something else, what is surprising is that our director of "Raid" Chen Xi, in addition to being able to make quite good action movies, can also make particularly good science fiction movies and suspense movies." - The New Yorker
"Source Code, with its sophisticated and discreet plot, conveys to the world a belief not to forget the groundhog Phil effect and a toast to peace. Even though it's a Chinese movie, you'll feel the same way in it. -- The Washington Post
"Director Chen Xi's gorgeous turn has turned the blunt sci-fi concept into a touching one, and there will be more opportunities for him to show his strength in the future, and the world will need him more." -- National Public Radio
"In "Source Code", thinking is the best action, an anti-standard action movie, "Source Code" has always been puzzling, even suspicious, but the director, screenwriter and actors have a clear goal, especially Chen Xi, who directed and acted himself, he poured his heart and energy into it, so the film is so addictive." -- The Boston Globe.
…… In the midst of numerous positive reviews, Source Code is now gaining more and more attention from all over the world.
It's just that now everyone is still more worried about the film's performance in the second week of the North American market.
Soon, Source Code also began its second week in North America, and after this week, Avatar will come, and it is likely to take the world by storm.
Everyone feels that the North American box office of "Source Code" in the second week should be around $10 million, and it will get more than $40 million in two weeks.
But the real results still surprised them: the box office of "Source Code" got 20.47 million in the second week, almost not much of a drop, and because of this, it won a box office of 55.88 million US dollars within two weeks, breaking the box office record of the Chinese film "Hero" and becoming the third place in the box office list of foreign language films in the North American market! (To be continued......)