Chapter 630: The Highest Box Office Weekend

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The early publicity of this film is too sufficient, and it has also aroused the curiosity of countless people, causing a considerable number of audiences to want to enter the theater for the first time to see the true face of "The Dark Knight", the advance of the film and the one-day screening on Friday consumed enough enthusiasm, and when Saturday passed and Sunday arrived, the statistics of Saturday box office data inevitably declined. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the decline is not large, and it will not affect the box office trend of "The Dark Knight" too much.

On Saturday, the film grossed $64.67 million in North America, not only topping the crowd, but also the second-highest single-day box office in the North American film market.

By Sunday, the popularity of "The Dark Knight" finally really declined, and the queue was basically not seen in front of ordinary 2D theaters, but after two days of word-of-mouth fermentation, the shocking effect of IMAX screening has been widely circulated among fans, although IMAX's 100 theaters screened "The Dark Knight" around the clock, it still could not meet the needs of fans, and IMAX was hard to find.

Because of his busy schedule, Norman? Shearer didn't go to see the advance and didn't pay enough attention to IMAX, but only went to see the regular 2D version on Friday, and listened to the description of IMAX by colleagues and friends, and regretted making the wrong choice.

On Sunday morning, Shearer sat at his computer desk, refreshing various movie ticketing websites over and over again, but all the websites were relentlessly reminding him that IMAX has no tickets today, and no tickets tomorrow!

"How so?" He slapped his forehead hard, "I've got a pig's head!" ”

Closing all booking websites, Shearer opened Google and searched for it, took out his mobile phone and dialed the booking number of IMAX.

"I want to ask, when will the Dark Knight in the Los Angeles area have tickets?"

"I'm sorry, sir."

A nice female voice rang on the phone, but it was Norman who said it? What Shearer didn't want to hear, "The Los Angeles area is temporarily out of votes, and it won't be until next Thursday at the earliest." ”

"Next Thursday?"

Frowning, Norman? Shearer thought of a solution and said. "I'm Duke? The head of the Rosenberg Los Angeles Fan Association, you see......"

"Sorry, there is a shortage of tickets right now."

Hear that, Norman? Shearer had no choice but to book his tickets for Thursday first. Say thank you again and hang up.

Can't book a ticket for today's IMAX, and there's nothing to do for the time being, Norman? Shearer didn't think about it anymore and simply opened the Google page. The search looked through the news about The Dark Knight.

Among them, a report about IMXA caught his attention.

The protagonist of the report is the chairman of the board of directors of IMAX, he said about the recent shortage of tickets for "The Dark Knight", "Not only did there be no box office this weekend, but there were no tickets for the next three days, every seat was sold, we expanded the screening as much as possible, the attendance rate reached 100%, and no film has ever had such a big appeal." ”

See these, Norman? Shearer's mood was a little better. After all, it is something that every fan will be happy that the directors and films they support can be widely welcomed.

As his mood improved, he thought of more things, just now, he logged on to the IMDB website and found that under the attack of some people with other intentions, the IMDB score of "The Dark Knight" slipped to 9.9 points, and he wanted to call on more people to go to IMDB to score, and strive to pull the score up again, and at the worst of all, let the score decline be a little slower. We must ensure the first position in IMDB's TOP250, and we must not let the situation of "Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King" repeat itself.

At the beginning, it was the brainless fans of "The Godfather" who kept brushing up on "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King".

As Duke? One of the heads of the Rosenberg Los Angeles Fan Association, Norman? Shearer has been keeping an eye on this. From those usernames that swiped one point, I faintly saw some IDs that left an impression at the beginning.

If it weren't for these people brushing up on the ultra-low score, "The Dark Knight" would never have dropped from 10 to 9.9 so quickly.

Eyes on the computer screen, one hand on the chin, Norman? Shearer thought for a moment, and gradually came up with his mind.

He logged into his mailbox. All members of the fan association were selected, and a group email was sent out, calling on all those who have voting authority to give "The Dark Knight" a perfect score of 10 and give its top 250 opponent "The Godfather" a point!

"Only defend and don't fight back, never Duke? Rosenberg movie fan style! ”

Just finished sending an email, Norman? Shearer got a lot of replies and couldn't help but laugh.

A silent online competition has just begun.

Fast forward to Sunday night, New York is lit up and it never seems to be off, especially in the Times building, where nights tend to be the busiest.

In the editor-in-chief's office, editor-in-chief Brian? Beyman instructed several editors-in-chief, "Tomorrow there will be a special issue." ”

A few editors-in-chief immediately raised their spirits and asked the New York Times to issue a special issue, which means that something big must have happened today or last week.

An editor-in-chief asked curiously, "What are the types and ......contents of the special issue?"

"Entertainment Special!"

Hearing the editor-in-chief's words, several editors-in-chief looked at each other suspiciously, and there were very few examples of the New York Times issuing additional entertainment special issues.

Brian? Beman didn't continue to make them wait, and said directly, "The Dark Knight and Duke? Rosenberg. ”

The editors-in-chief suddenly realized that this film has now set off such a big craze in North America, and within a few days of its release, it has broken all the records that can be broken in the North American film market and box office.

"I'll write a box office report myself." Brian? Beman turned his head and instructed his assistant, "When the weekend box office statistics are delivered, bring them over as soon as possible." ”

It's been a busy night for any media outlet, especially the editors of the entertainment section, who have barely slept all night, racking their brains about how to change their tactics to praise Duke. Rosenberg and his new film.

As soon as the day turned white, newspapers were delivered to newsstands and newspaper deliverers, and major newspapers like the New York Times appeared in every corner of the United States in time.

When the sun lights up the streets of Manhattan, Irene? Lauder walked into her office.

Just sat down, and her assistant brought the brewed coffee and today's work schedule at the same time, Erin? Lauder took a sip of her coffee. The temperature was just right, and I couldn't help but nod.

Putting down the coffee cup, Erin noticed that the assistant was not gone and asked. "Lilith, is there anything else?"

Knowing her boss's habits, Lilith said directly, "Today's New York Times has added a special issue of The Dark Knight. ”

Erin? Lauder skimmed through the schedule and found nothing urgent. Then he said, "Bring me one." ”

Lilith hurried to the door, grabbed a copy of today's New York Times from the newspaper shelf, and placed it on the desk in front of Erin.

After taking the newspaper, Erin didn't look at the other parts, but directly took the special issue and flipped through it.

"The Dark Knight, which fans have been waiting for, entered 4,460 theaters in North America last Friday with a super-large-scale screening, and grossed $192.26 million in three days over the weekend, with a single box office as high as $43,107. While successfully becoming the box office champion this weekend, it also broke various box office records all the way, becoming the highest-grossing film in Hollywood history in its opening weekend, and Warner Bros.'s $150 million investment has been recouped in a blink of an eye. ”

From the midnight show in the early morning of the premiere day, the box office of "The Dark Knight" declared its determination to create a box office miracle as a victor, with a figure of $22.18 million, surpassing the $16.5 million midnight box office set by "Star Wars Prequel III: Revenge of the Sith" in '05, and became the new box office king of the midnight show. Following its performance on its premiere day, "The Dark Knight" grossed $68.36 million in one day, winning the title of single-day box office champion in film history. Plus $18.87 million in early play. The cumulative North American box office reached $211.13 million, making it the fastest film to break $200 million in North America. ”

"The Dark Knight is so glorious, no matter how difficult it is, statistics are the most real and direct response."

"The largest number of paintings opened in the record - 4,460; Highest advance box office receipts - $18.87 million; The largest midnight premiere - with 3,160 theaters grossing $22.18 million; Midnight premiere of the largest IMAX theater - 125 IMAX theaters received $920,000; The highest single-day box office in history - $69.36 million; the highest Saturday box office in history - $64.67 million; the highest Sunday box office in history - $59.23 million; Highest IMAX Giant Screen Theater Opening Weekend Box Office - $9.87 million; The fastest time to break through 200 million US dollars - four days ......"

"Because of the box office success of The Dark Knight. This weekend's North American film market box office also set a new record. Originally, the second weekend of July '06 - the release weekend of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" - was the highest grossing weekend in the United States, with a total output of $219 million, but this weekend, led by "The Dark Knight", the box office in the United States reached $239.5 million, making this week the highest-grossing weekend in the history of the Hollywood film market! ”

"Each of these titles is a testament to the huge commercial success that The Dark Knight is doing today. As for the reasons for the success of the film, this newspaper summed up the following points - the audience of the film. Men account for 52%, and the proportion of male and female audiences is relatively balanced, which means that the film kills both men and women; Duke's ultra-high-quality "Batman: Time to War" has garnered a loyal audience for today's "The Dark Knight"; Duke? Rosenberg has a huge fan base and terrifying box office appeal rarely seen in the directorial world; Heath? The clown played by Ledger has caused a huge amount of conversation. ”

In terms of word-of-mouth, 69 media gave "The Dark Knight" a comprehensive score of 94 points, and an IMDB score of 9.9 points, which can be said to be a good reception. Among them, the media that gave the film a full score of 100 include a total of 46 major media such as "Variety", "Hollywood Reporter", and "Time". ”

"The box office of "The Dark Knight" is set to exceed $250 million next weekend, and according to the current situation, it is very likely that it will win the box office champion in the summer of '07, and it remains to be seen whether the film can take away the title of the best-grossing superhero movie from "Spider-Man". (To be continued.) )

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