A week of weekends passed, two good things in a row made Lin Yuquan extremely happy to work, and the North American weekend box office from May 4th to May 6th also came out, as everyone expected, "Spider-Man 3" is destined to kick open the door of the summer file gorgeously, but no one expected the box office of the film to be so appalling, I knew that Sony had the ambition to rewrite the history of the premiere, and now it has really rewritten, $59 million, $51 million, $37.7 million, and the opening weekend box office was $148 million, " Spider-Man 3 topped the North American box office charts with an unrivaled attitude, and set a series of records.

The box office in the opening week was 148 million US dollars, surpassing the 135 million of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Gathering Souls", the 121 million of "Shrek 2", and the 108.4 million of "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith", which strongly topped the first place in film history.

The box office of 59 million on the opening day broke the film history record of 55.8 million set by "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Gathering Souls" last year. 59 million on the premiere day and 51 million on the next day, ranking first and third in film history on a single day.

collected 110 million in 2 days, defeating 100 million in 2 days of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", ranking first in film history.

The difference between the box office champion and the runner-up weekend was $142 million, surpassing the $114 million at the time of the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and "Superman Returns" and ranking first in film history.

Not only in North America and China, but also in the rest of the world, "Spider-Man 3" also broke box office records in many places on the opening day, with Hong Kong $950,000, South Korea $3.44 million, France $6.1 million, and Italy $4 million...... In the end, the overseas opening week box office was 227 million US dollars, once again surpassing the 155 million of "The Da Vinci Code", ranking first in film history, and the box office of 375 million US dollars in North America and overseas naturally created a new film history record.

Thanks to the strong box office performance of "Spider-Man 3", the North American box office, which has been falling for five consecutive weeks, has risen sharply, soaring by 187 compared to last week, reaching $196 million.

This is not good news for other films released at the same time, because the box office of "Spider-Man 3" sensationally occupies about 80% of all box office, and such a table naturally makes the box office of other films not only rise, but fall sharply. The decline of 37 turned out to be the best, and "Rear Window Horror", which had already won the box office three times in a row, collected another $5.72 million this week, with a cumulative box office of $59.88 million.

"Flaws", "Invisible Man", "Foreseeing the Future" and other films have fallen by more than 50 at the box office. Cage can be described as a big loss of face this time, reporting $2.76 million this week, and only accumulating $11.83 million in two weeks, compared to the investment of $80 million, it really made Paramount cry without tears.

Connected by the fate of "Lucky Gambler", the film that Warner Bros. had high hopes for sniping "Spider-Man 3" turned out to have earned a paltry $2.51 million in 2,525 theaters, and the box office of less than $1,000 in a single theater was really miserable.

According to the current box office, if "Spider-Man 3" can be maintained for a long time, even the Titanic's film history record can be broken, but the film's poor reputation has undoubtedly cast a thick shadow on the film's future box office journey, "Washington Post", "San Francisco Chronicle", "Los Angeles Weekly", "Village Voice", "The New Yorker", "Los Angeles Times", "Variety", "New York Times" have mercilessly given the worst bad reviews in the series, not to mention that in the next few weeks, there will be "Shrek 3", " Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World" and "Ocean's Thirteen" and other blockbusters were released.

The week from May 7th to May 13th also passed quickly, the past of the domestic Golden Week, sure enough, the box office fell sharply, "Dream into Reality" closed 3.1 million this week, a drop of 51, a total of 9.44 million in two weeks, plus other income, basically the cost has been recovered, and the dawning movie is suddenly relaxed, and the next thing is just how much to make a profit. "Spider-Man 3" also fell by 50, closing 34.3 million again this week, and while winning the championship for a second time, it accumulated 103.9 million in two weeks, only one step away from the 105 million and 104 million of the previous "Da Vinci Code" and "Pearl Harbor".

On the North American box office list, "Spider-Man 3" achieved the top spot in the first place, and then received a weekend box office of 60 million US dollars, with a total of 242 million North American box office in two weeks, but the drop of up to 60 fully exposed the problem of the film's follow-up shortcomings, in the end, the word of mouth is bad, and the speed of "Spider-Man 3", which was originally the first in film history in three days of the opening weekend, broke through the 200 million mark in the blink of an eye, and it has fallen behind the 8-day record of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Soul Coffin", "Spider-Man 2", "Star Wars Prequel 3: Heath's Revenge", and " Spider-Man 1, as it took 9 days.

According to the current situation, the hope of breaking $400 million at the North American box office is already slim, and the next three weeks will encounter "Shrek 3", "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World", and "Ocean's Thirteen", and it is enough to reach the 373.5 million of "Spider-Man 2".

The number of new films released this week is also miserable, "28 Weeks of Shock" released in 2,303 theaters earned $10 million at the box office, with an average of $4,300 per company, "Georgia's Law" released in 2,523 theaters grossed $5.88 million, a single box office of $2,300, and "Larry Joins the Army" released in 1,931 theaters grossed $3.5 million, with an average of only $1,800 each.

However, although "28 Weeks of Shock" is not a big hit at the box office, it can hold its head high, as the sequel to the previous amazing "28 Days of Shock", once the film was released, it was immediately regarded as another classic zombie movie, "Hollywood Reporter", "Washington Post", "New York Times", "Variety", "Wall Street Journal" have sent high praise, "easy to resonate with the character setting, instantly eye-catching art direction", "excellent script concocted by careful logic and sharp thinking", " An excellent world of light and shadow full of evil air", "Imagination captures the audience in an invisible zombie movie template", "A brutal horror movie that can really bring excitement to people!" ”……

When the time comes to the new week of May 14th - May 20th, Summit Entertainment's harvest at the previous Sundance Film Festival "Hostess" has also officially landed in theaters, the number of 300 theaters is somewhat insignificant, in fact, the focus of this week's new films is all on "Shrek 3", After the first two films achieved a North American box office of 267.6 million, a global box office of $484 million, and a North American box office of $441 million, a global box office of $919.8 million, this sequel animated blockbuster that landed in 4,122 theaters in North America is considered by everyone to be a seed reserve member of the North American 400 million box office club and the global 1 billion box office club, just waiting for time to test.

"Honey, it's been a long time since you had a pregnancy test." "What?" "You know it yourself." "Come out, negative result." "Come out, God, please bless our Jenna." "I don't want to have kids, I don't want to get myself in trouble, I just want to make pizza, it's very simple, it's just pizza." ...... "Oh no, damn it, a pink line is slowly forming. "One or two?" "Two, one is the main control line and the other is the pregnancy line." "Undoubtedly, two lines, two lines, it seems that they should be." ...... "I don't think I'll ever be able to live without Earl again." ”

On the big screen, Jenna, the waitress played by Kelly Russell, said with a firm face after disbelief and pain, oh, this is the cinema screening room of "The Hostess", the film has just begun, and Jenna, the most beloved waitress in Joe's restaurant, is a genius who loves to make pizza, because she can always turn some things that happen in daily life or emotional ups and downs into inspiration for making zuò pizza. Just as she was about to end her relationship with her husband Earl, she unexpectedly found out that she was pregnant.

Very interesting opening, in the slightly dark screening hall, Lin Yuquan showed a faint smile like countless audiences, and it is naturally impossible for a low-cost film to hold a large-scale premiere with extravagance and waste, just to simply let a group of creators meet with everyone, and then accompany the audience in a theater to watch the movie.

Lin Yuquan came after finishing today's shooting, and next to him was Chris on the left. Anderson and other pinnacle entertainment executives, while on the right is Kelly. Russell and other crew creators, "Shrek 3" is indeed highly anticipated, but how can he abandon the "Hostess" he personally purchased and go to watch "Shrek 3", in fact, he has already planned to watch "Hostess" tonight and "Shrek 3" tomorrow night.

"How so?" "Well, I'm sorry, I actually wanted to compliment you." "Well, I know, that's how I feel a little embarrassed." "You're blushing, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that." "No, that sounds like fun, no one has paid that attention to me before." ……

In the screening, everyone watched with a smile on their faces as Jenna chatted ambiguously with Pamet, an obstetrician and gynecologist in the new town, unlike the film "Spider-Man 3", "The Hostess" has no amazing special effects, so there will be no exclamations or applause in the movie, this film full of pizza and the sweet nature of women just makes people feel very warm, and that's enough.

"Bang Bang!" When the movie was finished, the applause in the theater finally sounded like a tide.

This is not the first time Lin Yuquan has seen it, but he still feels quite satisfied, got up and bowed and waved to the audience in the back row to express his gratitude, and said to Kelly Russell next to him with a smile: "Hey, Kelly, although it's not the first time, I have to say that your watch is very good, I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with you in the future." ”

"Thank you Kung Fu Lin, it's my pleasure." Kelly Russell, who has long, blonde and curly hair, said with a very sweet smile.

The morning after the premiere, major media outlets have commented on the newly released films, and the much-anticipated "Shrek 3" is naturally the most reviewed, but unfortunately, this high-profile film has the taste of repeating the mistakes of "Spider-Man 3" two weeks ago.

Although "Variety", "The New York Times", "Boston Globe", "San Francisco Chronicle", "USA Today" and other firm positions are still resounding, but more are still bad reviews, 57 points (Yahoo is B-) media comprehensive evaluation is very obvious to illustrate this, "There are a lot of jokes, and there are a lot of cold jokes", "Although the lively and joyful atmosphere is still there, the vitality of the story is not as good as before", "From the fire dragon girl to the cat swordsman, the series of famous characters is undoubtedly a powerful lineup that makes people laugh, The problem is: compared with the veterans of the characters, the new characters added to this episode led by Arthur are boring", "Chris Miller and Xu Chengyi, two directors from the technical department, it is better to go back to the main control of the technical department", "It must be admitted that the new and amazing attraction of the first two spoofs is gone, and "Shrek 3" is eating the old book"......

In contrast, the insignificant "Hostess", which was only released in 300 theaters, was widely acclaimed, with a score of 72 (about B) in the media, which was quite good, "carefully and attentively capturing the essence of willfulness, innocence, cleverness, and ingenuity", "the witty script is amazing", "it is obviously a frivolous sketch, but it has an incendiary nature that is difficult to perceive", and "Reese Witherspoon is reminiscent of "Legally Blonde"......

And "Entertainment Weekly", "Wall Street Journal", and "USA Today", which presented A-, and other major societies even agreed in unison: "Kelly Russell, the female number one who became famous with the American drama "Felicity", is brave, enthusiastic, sunny and sincere, and her sincere performance can be called the finishing touch of "Hostess", "It is undoubtedly the highest acting skill in Russell's career".

Such an evaluation naturally made Lin Yuquan and Summit Entertainment full of joy, and they were full of expectations for the box office of the film.

Sure enough, when the North American weekend box office list from May 18th to May 20th came out, compared with the insignificant $122 million box office of "Shrek 3" and the insignificant $2.56 million box office of "The Hostess", Summit Entertainment couldn't stop laughing.

"It's too late this week, let's expand to 500 next week!" Chris. Anderson said confidently.

"Okay, you have the final say." Lin Yuquan, who was filming "Hurricane Rescue" in the crew, said very easily, it seems that he has made a very cost-effective sale! R1152