When people look back on the history of film development, everyone will sigh that 1994 has an irreplaceable position in film history, relatively speaking, 1995 is much inferior. However, 1995 was also an indispensable part of the historical process of the development of the entire film industry, especially the confrontation against the entire traditional media industry that broke out from the film industry, and the awareness of ordinary people's "self-opinion" shocked the decision for the first time in history, from the rebellion on August 5 to the release of the "Seven Deadly Sins" in the fourth week of September, all of which played an important role in promoting this historical event.

This also makes 1995 occupy a very important position in the history of American journalism and cultural changes.

"The Seven Deadly Sins" was born in the context of such a cultural wave, perhaps as far as the film itself is concerned, the quality cannot be compared with "The Silence of the Lambs", and the depth is not as good as "vulgar", but the fact is that this film has established its own status in film history by relying on its own excavation of social problems and the ingenious arrangement of the story structure. In the next ten years of history, "The Seven Deadly Sins" has always occupied an unshakable position in the top 250 of IMDB, and has been holding the top 25 all year round, which shows the status of this movie in the hearts of fans.

In the fourth week of September, "Seven Deadly Sins" topped the North American box office charts with a shocking result of $34 million, swept the Eight Wastelands and occupied the first place, ranking second in "Yan." "Dancing Girl" only earned $8 million at the box office, which is already very good for September, but under the background of the "Seven Deadly Sins", it has almost become transparent. Previously, the "glamorous group of women", who had won the championship for two consecutive weeks, won $4 million at the box office and slipped to the third place.

Except for these three works, none of the films grossed more than $3 million, and not only can you see the loneliness and loneliness of September, but you can also clearly feel the strength of the "Seven Deadly Sins" in the entire film market.

"The Seven Deadly Sins" can almost be said to occupy the right time and place at this time, and has been praised in the mouth of film critics, praised in the mouth of the audience, and has an advantage in social issues, and there is only such a box office giant in September, under all kinds of favorable circumstances, the movie won the championship the next week is basically a suspenseless result, even the "Houston Chronicle", "USA Today", and "San Francisco Chronicle", which are not interested in movies, cannot deny this fact, because the numbers don't lie.

But the question is, under the condition that the "Seven Deadly Sins" is fully strong, how much can the box office drop in the next week?

In the fifth week of September, another batch of cannon fodder came to North America, but unfortunately, these works were not timid, whether it was the horror movie classic series "Moonlight Panic 6: Black Fright Night" (halloween: the/curse. of。 michael。 Myers)", or the thriller and suspense movie "Blue Devil" starring Denzel Washington. in。 a。 blue。 dress)", or the family comedy "The Green Shade (the. big。 green)", I can't show enough confidence.

Especially the "Blue Devil" that collided with the theme of "Seven Deadly Sins", the distribution company Sony Pictures is almost in a state of abandonment, and there are only 1,200 theaters for release, with a posture of being crushed.

In fact, under the positive and positive effects of many aspects, the "Seven Deadly Sins" was not challenged in any way this week, and the depressed September was a condition for the sweep of this work, and almost all audiences flocked to the cinema just for the "Seven Deadly Sins", which also made the "Seven Deadly Sins" drop by only 12 percentage points in the second week, winning $29.9 million in the next week box office in one go, easily winning the North American weekend box office champion!

The 12% box office drop reminds people of the "speed of life and death" that was unbeatable last summer, when the "speed of life and death" was also a 30 million-level premiere box office, and then the more courageous it became, it won 20 million box office for four consecutive weeks, even surpassing the glory of "Jurassic Park", creating a miracle with a small and big one.

And now, "Seven Deadly Sins" actually directly grabbed $29.9 million at the box office the next week, which not only exceeded the number of $27 million in the next week of "Speed of Life and Death", but also surpassed "Batman Forever" in this summer's file, becoming the runner-up in the second-week box office in film history in one fell swoop, only behind "Jurassic Park", which also achieved a box office of 30 million in the next week.

At this time, people are already completely exhausted, if it is said that the "speed of life and death" creates a miracle, people can also say that this is originally a commercial popcorn movie, and it is in the summer file with the most concentrated audience flow; What about the "Seven Deadly Sins"? People can hardly find any highlights worthy of creating zào history, but it has achieved such a myth and shocked the whole United States!

What's even more shocking is that "Life and Death" invested 28 million and "Seven Deadly Sins" only invested $30 million, and now "Seven Deadly Sins" not only recouped its book costs on its opening weekend, but also surged to $73 million at the box office in two weeks, and New Line Studios can already announce the film into profit mode in advance.

Although every Hollywood person knows that Hugo is currently the most cost-effective actor in the United States - and even the world, they are still shocked again and again by Hugo's excellent performance, from now on, Hugo is simply a cash cow, money printing machine, any work that Hugo likes will immediately make a lot of money.

Even "Before Sunrise", which was used by the "New York Post" as an opposition case, is currently fame and fortune, with an investment of $2.5 million in exchange for a global return of 85 million, and also won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival.

People in the circle joke that Hugo is a god of gold, but now it seems that this is not a joke at all, it is completely true!

Judging from the trend of the box office in the first two weeks, the box office of "Seven Deadly Sins" has exceeded 100 million, and there is no doubt that it is not difficult to surpass the box office record of "The Silence of the Lambs", the question is, can the box office of "Seven Deadly Sins" cross the threshold of 200 million at the box office like "Speed of Life and Death"?

In the fifth week of September, the crushing of "Seven Deadly Sins" brought a wail from other works, and this week's highest-grossing "Moonlight Panic 6: Black Horror Night" only received $6 million at the box office, ranking second in the North American weekend box office chart this week, which is really a situation that makes people laugh and cry, but at the same time, they can only sigh more and more about the strength of "Seven Deadly Sins".

After these two works, "Green" and "Blue Devil" both grossed less than $5 million, occupying the third and second places respectively, with dismal results. As for the fifth place, it was last week's runner-up "Yan." Dancing Girl", this unpopular work has plummeted by 60 percent at the box office this week, and the weekend box office has fallen to the edge of 3 million, and the investment of 45 million seems to be about to be lost.

Different from the "speed of life and death" and "vulgarity" when they created a historical record, their competitors in the same period can be said to be strong opponents, especially the former, who need a strong impact on works such as "The Lion King", "Forrest Gump", and "True Lies" in the summer file; The "Seven Deadly Sins" hardly felt any challenge in the autumn file, and the original plan of the New Line Film Company really exploded at this time, and in the absence of any opponents worth mentioning, the "Seven Deadly Sins" can be said to be unbeatable.

However, it is clear that there is not only one smart person in New Line Film Company, but also many film companies with the same wishful thinking, among which Warner Bros. is the best.

Before the Seven Deadly Sins were released, Warner Bros.' "The Last Assassins," launched in the first week of October, was widely regarded as a box office giant.

"The Last Assassin" has invested 50 million US dollars, and the cast lineup is extremely strong, directed by the "Lethal Weapon" series, "Superman", "Gambler Ma Huali", and the producer of "Whale Breaking the Sky" (free). willy)" and other heavyweight directors of commercial action films. Donner) picked up the tube, and the cast brought in Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas and Julianne. moore).

It is worth mentioning that the screenwriter of this work is Andy Wachowski, who will become famous and go down in history with the "Matrix" in the future. Wachowski) and Larry Wachowski (Larry. Wachowski, later transgender, renamed Lana Wachowski), this is the debut novel of the two brothers.

It can be seen that this is a work with great potential, Warner Bros. once hoped to schedule this work to be released in the summer, but after careful consideration, it was decided to release the film in the autumn with more certainty, and it was the same idea as New Line Studios.

Warner Bros. scheduled the release of "The Last Assassin" in October, because September was the time to be abandoned, and they at least found the potential of October from last year's "vulgar", hoping that in the absence of competitors, "The Last Assassin" could dominate and sweep the box office.

Before the outbreak of the "Seven Deadly Sins", "The Last Assassin" was also widely regarded by insiders, believing that this work could make a difference in the autumn file, and it was also very promising for the box office to break 100 million.

But the current situation has completely deviated from the expected track of Warner Bros., and in September, the "Seven Deadly Sins" had already rushed ashore, dragging almost the entire market to the "Seven Deadly Sins" screening hall, and the "Last Assassin" lost the opportunity. But the "Last Assassin" has lost the lead, and Warner Bros. can only bite the bullet.

In the first week of October, in the face of the impact of "The Last Assassin", New Line Film Company did not retreat but advanced, adding 100 theaters in one fell swoop, further expanding the screening, demonstrating their strong self-confidence!