People guessed the ending, but not the process: the defeat of the "peacemakers" by "L.A. Confidential" was not an accidental result; But "L.A. Secrets" killed the "peacemaker" in seconds so neatly, and before Hugo even did it himself, George had already succumbed without a fight? This process is really laughable.

In the first week of October, "L.A. Confidential" ushered in the "Kiss. The。 Girls)" or, more accurately, Hugo vs. Morgan Freeman.

It's a very interesting thing, first David Fincher's "mind game", then Hugo's "L.A. Confidential", then Morgan's "lip shock", and now the only thing missing is Brad Pitt, and the "Seven Deadly Sins" quartet who set countless historical records two years ago will meet again.

However, compared to Hugo and Brad, not only did Hugo and Morgan not smell of gunpowder, but the two sides were quite harmonious, and on many public occasions, Morgan also expressed his appreciation and appreciation for Hugo many times.

For the media, it's more of a fun affair, with the "mind game" and "L.A. confidential" showdown, and the latter wins; So what about the showdown between "L.A. Confidential" and "Lip Shock"? The result? After all, this is the third week of "L.A. Confidential" has been released.

"Lip Robbery" and "Seven Deadly Sins" are movies of the same genre, which is also the sequelae left two years ago: many thriller and suspense movies are crowded into the autumn of September and October, hoping to replicate the miracle of "Seven Deadly Sins". However, the investment in "Lip Shock" is only 27 million, and in addition to Morgan, the highlights in the cast are also very limited. Despite this, Paramount Pictures still arranged for the release of "Lip Shock" in 2,300 theaters, looking forward to the film's brilliant performance.

In the face of such a battle, the excellent performance of "L.A. Confidential" in the previous two weeks gave Warner Bros. a lot of confidence, and after discussion, they actually further expanded the film, such a strategy really surprised many people, and the increase of 200 theaters allowed more audiences to enter the cinema. And judging from the movie theater attendance this past weekend, the box office decline of "L.A. Confidential" will bring surprises again.

In fact, "L.A. Confidential" dropped an incredible 8 percent for the second consecutive week with additional screenings, earning $27.6 million at the weekend box office!

This not only makes "L.A. Confidential" the first work since 1997 to have a box office of more than 20 million for three consecutive weeks, but also achieves results that "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" and "Men in Black", which are currently ranked first and second at the annual box office; At the same time, "L.A. Confidential" once again surpassed the box office results of "Seven Deadly Sins" in the same period, and continued to rank fourth in the box office list of the third week weekend in film history, and the top three were "Independence Day", "Tornado" and "Jurassic Park".

Who would have thought that "Los Angeles Confidential" would have such a strong box office pull momentum, such a suspense movie that relies on plot to win, but it has reached a height that many commercial films cannot reach, which suddenly reminds people of the comment of the "Los Angeles Times", "the perfect combination of commercial films and art films".

The critics' quirky appetite for satisfaction, even comparing it to "The Godfather", has proven that this is a work of artistic success; And the outstanding performance at the box office for three consecutive weeks has surpassed the "Seven Deadly Sins" two years ago, which also proves that this work is bound to create more good results at the box office.

But even so, the weekend box office figure of $27.6 million is staggering, almost beyond the pinnacle of a feature film and on par with other commercial blockbusters, and the nation's acclaim reached an unprecedented peak at this moment.

Perhaps, after the precipitation of time, "L.A. Confidential" still cannot be compared with "The Godfather", but it can definitely be among the classic masterpieces of feature films.

Relying on three weeks of continuous box office offensives, the cumulative box office of "Los Angeles Confidential" broke through the threshold of 100 million in one fell swoop and reached 110 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office in the same period not only easily surpassed the "Silence of the Lambs", but also surpassed the "Seven Deadly Sins" by 7 million US dollars. Although in the box office competition on the opening weekend, "Los Angeles Confidential" was slightly inferior, but relying on a strong word-of-mouth and a more popular atmosphere rendering, "Los Angeles Confidential" made full efforts at full speed and achieved a comprehensive overtake of the "Seven Deadly Sins" in the same period.

Now, the biggest question is, in the absence of a topic effect, can the staying power of the follow-up box office compete with the "Seven Deadly Sins" in the absence of a topic effect? At the beginning, the "Seven Deadly Sins" were advancing with fierce momentum, but they fell short at the last moment, and failed to break through the 200 million threshold with only a difference of 5 million. So, what about the "L.A. Confidential" this time? Can it break the box office record for thriller and suspense movies held by the "Seven Deadly Sins"? Can it achieve a zero breakthrough in the 200 million box office of thriller and suspense movies?

As the "Los Angeles Times" quipped: Hugo's record will be broken by his own hands.

In the face of the domineering box office sweeping momentum of "Los Angeles Confidential", the performance of "Lip Robbery" is outstanding, and the box office data of 13 million US dollars in the opening weekend, if there is no "Los Angeles Confidential", it will easily win the championship, even with "Los Angeles Confidential", this achievement is more and more valuable under the devastating momentum of powerful opponents, not to mention that the cost of the film is only 27 million US dollars, which is undoubtedly worth celebrating for "Lip Shock".

"Lip Shock" undoubtedly occupied the second place in the North American weekend box office charts in the first week of October.

After that, "Food for Thought" continued its good reputation and ranked third; "The groom's staggered bend" has a stamina that cannot be underestimated, occupying the position of the palace army; The "peacemakers" quickly slipped to fifth place. Such a list can really be said to be beyond everyone's expectations, and people are more surprised by the good battles of the two comedy films "Food for Thought" and "The Bridegroom's Wrong Turn" than the decadence of "The Peacemaker".

For Paramount Pictures, the strategy of this year's autumn file is obviously correct, and it has harvested two works with low cost and high returns, "Lip Shock" and "The Groom's Wrong Corner", which is enough to stretch Shirley Lansing's eyebrows.

The second week of October that followed was hardly any strong new releases, save for a documentary and an independent small-budget comedy, so there were no surprises at the box office all weekend, and "L.A. Confidential" easily dominated the charts, becoming the fourth film since 1997 to achieve a triple weekend box office title.

The only question is, how exactly is "L.A. Confidential" doing this week? What kind of attitude did you take to win three consecutive championships?

Maintaining the standard of 2,700 theaters, "L.A. Confidential" won $22 million at the box office in three days over the weekend, a drop of only 18 percent, continuing its absolutely strong posture to once again top the weekend box office charts this week, which also made "L.A. Confidential" surpass the results of "Tornado" and "Jurassic Park" in the same period, becoming the second place in the fourth week of the weekend box office in film history - the champion is the miracle of film history "Independence Day".

Step by step, "L.A. Confidential" is comprehensively breaking the record set by the "Seven Deadly Sins" in the autumn file, and erecting a high standard that latecomers can barely surpass.

The $22 million weekend box office was an unsolvable problem in October, and after "L.A. Confidential" undoubtedly won three consecutive titles, "Lip Shock," "Food for Thought," "The Groom's Wrong Turn," and "Peacemaker" still ranked second to fifth, respectively.

In the list, the decline of "Lip Shock" in the second week was only 15 percent, which is absolutely brilliant for a thriller and suspense movie, and Paramount Pictures was overjoyed, and the cumulative result of $28 million in two weeks has firmly crossed the cost line; In addition, "Food for Thought" and "The Groom's Wrong Turn" once again delivered a box office decline of less than 30%, and their outstanding performances have also become a topic of conversation.

Poor "Peacemaker" fell by more than 40 percent again this week, not only at a loss, but also on the streets, with a three-week cumulative box office that has not even exceeded 25 million -- the cost of 50 percent has not been reached, and this tragedy is gradually turning into a tragedy, and even Universal Pictures itself can no longer bear to look at it directly.

The "peacemakers" are not only the only ones left behind, but also the only ones who are disappointed, and even the media can't bear to continue to fall into the trap.

Many media outlets have expressed their sorrow about George Clooney's experience, as if George's film career has come to an end, which is embarrassing. In particular, the ratings of the new season of "ER" are still gratifying, and George's popularity is still outstanding, which further contrasts with the collapse of George's film career. Such a sympathetic voice made George more and more embarrassed, and also made George cry and laugh.

It is worth mentioning that "Unruly Night" was screened in two theaters this week, with a single box office of $25,000, which was a good performance, but it was not as brilliant as a high.

The follow-up performance of "L.A. Confidential" is refreshing people's cognition again and again, and continues to make great progress, once again confirming the truth that a good movie will never lack audience appreciation; And with an unstoppable attitude, the gap between the box office data of the same period and the "Seven Deadly Sins" has been widened, and the cumulative box office in three weeks has reached 143 million US dollars, and unconsciously, the box office of the movie can easily cross the threshold of 150 million next week, as if all signs are pointing to the fact that "Los Angeles Secrets" will hit what the "Seven Deadly Sins" did not do.

What is certain is that the $200 million total box office is already beckoning to "L.A. Confidential," and now there is only one last hurdle left to reach the goal: "I know what you did last summer (I). Know。 What。 You。 Did。 Last。 Summer)" and "Devil's Advocate", which is also the most important, difficult and arduous threshold.