"Duke? Rosenberg's counterattack - the beginning of the successful transformation of the explosive maniac! ”

On Monday morning, Duke once again grabbed the entertainment headlines, with half the Los Angeles Times covering him and Chicago.

"When Hollywood's most unlikely event ultimate conjecture - Duke? The moment Rosenberg made a literary film - the moment it became a fact, the whole Hollywood and even the world film industry was shaken, everyone could not accept him to shoot a song and dance film, and many people were laughing at it openly or secretly, but today! This past weekend! This man, who was born when the comet hit the Earth, has successfully achieved a counterattack! ”

"In the first weekend of its release, although "Chicago" was limited by the scale of the release, it still got a super high single-theater box office result of $31,875, and in the second weekend just past, the theater chain of "Chicago" expanded to 1,866, and North America reported $21.13 million in three days, beating "Star Trek: First Strike", which continued to be screened in 2,812 theaters, and won the first place in the weekly box office list!"

As of yesterday, "Chicago", which cost a total of $25 million to produce, has earned $37.32 million at the box office. Rosenberg is bound to succeed again, reminiscent of last year's profound and touching "Saving Private Ryan", the young film director is quietly completing his transformation, like a dream-making machine, turning the impossible imposed on him by the outside world into reality! ”

"We can imagine from this, Duke? Rosenberg will inevitably try more genre films in the future, and his journey to mastery has just begun......"

Put down the newspaper in your hand, Shelly? Lansing's brows were already furrowed, and she couldn't understand why "Chicago", which was originally only screened in 100 theaters and did not pose a threat to Paramount Pictures at all, rode on the head of "Star Trek" in the blink of an eye?

Although "Chicago" was the first weekend of the expanded release, and "Star Trek" had the hottest first weekend, the latter had 2,812 theaters, and the $17.8 million it received could not be said to be bad in the next weekend. Rosenberg pressed over.

The two sides did not collide violently this time, and no one in Paramount Pictures thought that "Chicago", which was released at the same time, would be a threat, who would have thought that it would explode so quickly and so violently?

Despite the fact that Warner Bros. and the Duke Studios' endless and almost unbridled propaganda tactics played an important role, Shelly? Lansing knows that the quality of the film is the foundation, Duke? Rosenberg has completely broken through the inherent limitations of song and dance films by combining the silent and soothing song and dance theme with a bright rhythm and full of black humor, which can even make people adrenaline.

Sigh, Shelly? Lansing doesn't plan to do anything, the most critical first two weekends of "Star Trek" have passed, and the scale of this week's release will remain at 2,812 stores, and the box office decline is an inevitable rule, and it is too late to make a move on "Chicago" at this time, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Pick up another newspaper, Shelly? Lan Xin looked at it, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a wry smile, thinking Duke? When Rosenberg announced that he was going to shoot a musical and dance film, many media ridiculed that the end of the world was coming, and now that he has succeeded, he is eager to kneel and lick again.

This is a report from the New York Times.

"The Chicago hit proved to us that musicals aren't out of style, Duke? Rosenberg has ushered in a new era of musical and dance films in Hollywood......"

No one knows whether this film will lead to a new era of musical and dance films, but it is a fact that it surpassed "Star Trek" to become the hottest movie in North America at present, and on Monday, the scale of the film's screening expanded again, reaching 2015, and the rising number of theaters not only fully promoted the market potential of the film, but also suppressed the release scale of "The English Patient".

The number of theaters in the latter has also increased, but it has only risen from 593 to 617, and "Chicago" and "The English Patient" are not at all the same level at the box office.

On Monday, "Chicago" reported $4.59 million, "The English Patient" only $770,000, and "Star Trek" took a big dive at the box office in a single day, with only $2.76 million in 2,812 theaters.

By Tuesday, the figures were $4.46 million, $680,000 and $2.47 million, respectively.

"Chicago" briefly led the North American box office trend during this period, and then on Wednesday and Thursday, it earned another $4.27 million and $4.38 million respectively, with a total of $55.02 million at the North American box office!

"Star Trek," which was released at the same time, took home $64.53 million, while "The English Patient" only got $13.23 million!

"Star Trek" box office numbers have declined, "The English Patient" has been sluggish, even if the companies to which the two films belong work hard, the theater chain will not be able to give them too much resource support, and the theater chain of "Chicago" has expanded again, reaching 2,500 theaters that can only be obtained by purely commercial films.

Essentially, though, it's a commercial film wrapped in a cabaret coat.

The two films released at the same time can no longer compete with "Chicago", and the film has also ushered in a new strong competitor - the live-action version of "101 Dalmatians" produced by Disney and distributed by Broadway Pictures.

This film is adapted from a classic cartoon, with a wide audience, a distinct nostalgia, and a family fun genre, with 2,841 theaters, which can be described as menacing.

No one thought that "Chicago," which had been in theaters for three weeks, would be a match for "101 Dalmatians," and Duke himself and Warner Bros. were no exception, and this is the type of movie that Disney does best and the likelihood of screwing up is extremely low.

In fact, "101 Dalmatians" did not become a big hit, but the box office results were still eye-catching, and the first-week box office of $33.5 million was enough for them to take the top spot in the box office list next week from "Chicago".

In the third weekend of its release, "Chicago" reported $20.58 million in 2,500 theaters, following "101 Dalmatians" and occupying the second place in the box office list this week.

In the following week, "Chicago" followed "101 Dalmatians" and scored $2.56 million, $2.34 million, $2.21 million and $2.27 million in four working days, and the North American box office broke the $80 million mark to $84.98 million!

Christmas is approaching, North America has entered the second most important film schedule of the year, more and more films are beginning to join this fierce and chaotic market battle, on the surface, the films and the film companies behind them, just fighting for publicity, but in places where the public eye does not notice, from movie star scandals to the number of theaters to various events, there is a fierce competition.

"Chicago" certainly can't continue to be released on this scale, and the number of theaters in North America quickly slipped from 2,500 to 1,986 before the start of the new weekend, and "101 Dalmatian" increased to 2,901 theaters due to the steady trend.

And this weekend, "Chicago" ushered in the competition of Miramax's films, led by Harvey ? Weinstein and the famous horror film director Weiss? Craven's co-production Zuò's "Scream" opened in North America with a scale of 1,413 theaters.

Even though it was a horror film that didn't fit the Christmas spirit, costing only $15 million to produce and not being favored by various forecasters and media beforehand, Duke remembered that it would be the start of a successful franchise, and that the film would have a refreshed Drew? Barrymore joined, and Spielberg was said to have attended the premiere, so there was definitely no shortage of topicality.

However, due to the lack of enough theaters, "Scream" did not make much waves, and after three days, it ended its first weekend with $6.35 million, and the box office of a single theater did not break the $10,000 mark.

"101 Dalmatians" used an example to tell the market what it means to open high and go low, and the number of theaters increased in the second weekend, but the box office plummeted, falling by nearly 60% compared to the first weekend, and only earned $13.19 million in three days.

"Star Trek" also reached its fourth weekend, but the weekend box office has shrunk to $3.43 million, and the North American box office has accumulated $76.72 million in four weeks of release!

"The English Patient" is still alive and dead, and after earning $2.12 million over three days over the weekend, the North American box office rose to $17.76 million.

"Harvey, we've been influenced and impacted by Chicago for two films in a row!"

Driving into a limousine to the Hollywood area, Bob? Weinstein looked at the report in his hand, and his face couldn't stop being surprised, "How many people can think and dare to think that "Chicago" can win the second weekly box office championship in the face of so many competitors before Christmas?" ”

"Dare to make a song and dance film so commercial," Harvey? Weinstein sighed, "There's only Duke in all of Hollywood?" Rosenberg is a director who can do it. ”

He didn't look at Bob? The report in Weinstein's hand, because he has read it too many times, is on the North American weekly box office list newly released in the early hours of this morning, "Chicago" reported a score of 14.78 million US dollars in 1986 theaters, pressing down all competitors in the same schedule and easily sitting in the champion position.

"If I'm not mistaken, Chicago has grossed $99.76 million at the North American box office." Bob? Weinstein still seems to be in disbelief, "A song and dance film is about to break 100 million in the blink of an eye!" Also, a commercial masterpiece like "Star Trek" was overtaken by "Chicago" and exploded at the box office! ”

"Who made it directed by Duke? What about Rosenberg? "Harvey? Weinstein looked at the hotel in the distance where the party was held, and continued, "The power of the king of the summer file after joining the Thanksgiving Christmas file cannot be ignored by anyone! ”

The car stopped at this point, Harvey? Weinstein pushed the door in front of the car door and said, "We're losing at the box office right now, so we can't afford to lose another battleground!" ”R1152