198: North American box office champion

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Compared to the rigorous description of Los Angeles, New Yorkers are much more casual. The attitude of the "New York Times" is also a big change, changing the previous cynicism, commenting: "This movie is not as bad as everyone imagined before, it is not bad at all; For a 22-year-old rookie actor, screenwriter, and director, this is a very good film......"

After reading it for a long time, the subtext is undoubtedly to tell readers that "Source Code" is not a bad movie, it is worth watching, and the results may make everyone look sideways.

The media column of the Salt Lake City St. Denis Film Festival praised it: "Yesterday was the first day of the festival, and among the dozen or so films screened in total, "Gendai 198: North American Box Office Champion" is undoubtedly one of the best. This movie is beyond expectations, and many people would not have thought that it would be so good until they watched it! So much so that entertainment media reports are mostly filled with this distrust and a lot of belittling. But our little werewolf proved himself. The movie has a unique conception that makes people unconsciously fall into it. ”

"This young man with dreams knows very well how to make a low-budget sci-fi film to look good. Action scenes, beauty, art, exploration of human nature, and explosions and sci-fi components...... Undoubtedly, he did it all, and did it well. ”

"In this movie, Li Donglai proved to us his screenwriting ability, directing ability, acting ability, and production ability. It's a bit pale to describe him as promising, maybe we can expect more and quietly see what kind of results he can achieve! Maybe it won't be long before we can no longer use the word 'little werewolf' when we call him, and it seems that there will be one more director after his surname in the future. ”

The New Yorker made a short report: "Source Code tells the story of a dead man trying to save Chicago from a nuclear disaster, full of suspense, beautifully crafted, and a classic horror work. Washington 198: The North American Box Office Champion Post reported: "Source Code uses precision and caution to convey to the world a belief not to forget the Groundhog Phil effect and a toast to peace." ”

"National Public Radio" (NPR) also said: "Li Donglai's gorgeous turn, the whole movie is touching, and there will be more opportunities for him to show his strength in the future." And the San Francisco Chronicle is not stingy with its love: "This thriller set in a science fiction film didn't attract much attention at first, but he was really good, it was almost enlightening......"

Amid the praise and praise of the blockbuster, the box office results of the first day of "Source Code", Phantom Films got their hands on it in the afternoon.

Because it is a small-budget movie, the publicity cannot be much. Vertex can't do this kind of loss-making business. Therefore, there were only 800 theaters in the first week, and on average, there were about 300 seats in each cinema, and the attendance rate was high at 65%.

The price of movie tickets in the United States is generally $6 to $9, and more expensive movie theaters will offer a ticket price of $10 to $12 at night, which is conservative and starts at $10. Calculated that the box office of yesterday's premiere was 2.95 million!

In addition to the distribution to the theater chain and the distributor, the investment of $3 million in the source code, plus publicity costs. This number is already destined to make money!

When the news got out, the whole company cheered.

Li Donglai and Sean high-fived in celebration, and the crew also cheered. Luo Fatzi actually hugged Quan Xiaoyao excitedly. This dead fat man, he didn't dare to do it before, he only dared to take advantage of everyone's happiness to make a hug and despise him.

Skimming Li Donglai's eyes staring at the two of them with a wicked smile, Quan Xiaoyao blushed and dodged away, while Luo Fatzi licked his face and smirked.

The film's box office performance on the second day further confirmed its potential, and the attendance rate of the second day of screening reached an incredible 80%; Some movie theaters have reached 100% attendance. Although there will always be new movies released to squeeze out theaters because of the four screenings that cannot be scheduled, they have continued to collect more than 4.3 million box office.

If the fans who have watched the movie are full of praise, it will form a domino effect, which will drive the friends around to think that the movie is good, and then have the idea of going to watch the movie.

Attendance is so good that theater owners are willing to show movies. The media is also willing to find material to report, and the progress in the positive direction continues to increase, and the positive direction of the cycle moves forward, which naturally drives the film to take advantage of the opportunity to get better and better.

The next day, many theater companies began to take the initiative to contact Phantom Films. Vertex Entertainment was not idle, and vigorously expanded the scope of the release. Los Angeles, New York, Houston, Miami, ...... and other developed cities have been put on the agenda. On the third day, attendance dropped a lot, and the peak of the weekend was over, but Rao still had a strong box office performance of 10.8 million. is moving vigorously in the direction of 20 million, and compared with the movies of the same period, the results remain high.

And the movies that are still being released this week have no blockbuster impact, so it is a sure thing that "Source Code" will win the top spot at the North American box office this week.

In fact, it is only a cost of three million dollars, and the picture of "Source Code" is not shocking and hot, but it is very bright and smooth, and the plot is not thrilling, but it is full of ups and downs.

If you don't look into it, you can see it as a standard commercial film suitable for meeting three or five friends in the cinema and watching it while munching popcorn. What really deserves to be explored is the concept by which the director builds his story, and if you go deeper into it, it will be a different world. The most classic and final line in it is: "everythingisgonnabeok." ”

The movie can be so popular, it is really beyond the expectations of most people in Hollywood. Excluding the movies released at the same time that have no blockbusters, and the movies with a few bad tones are almost piled up on Rotten Tomatoes, "Source Code" has become one of the only movies to watch.

For a few days after that, the box office was very strong. There are no too large fluctuations.

In the first week of its release, "Source Code" grossed 22.5 million and topped the North American box office list. The champion of 20 million, although it is a little shabby, but it is not bad to have this level in the off-season of the movie.

Won 20 million championships in the United States, although yo a bleak point. But in Asia, it's a big miracle.

A low-budget sci-fi film of 3 million yuan won the top spot at the North American box office in just one week, which made everyone jaw-dropping. Asia is even crazier, and there is no doubt that there is another international-level director in China. And unlike other directors who are hidden behind the scenes, this young director is so dazzling.

Showing results is always the most convincing. No matter how optimistic several domestic film critics in China were about the movie, it was not as powerful as winning the North American box office list for a week.

The vast Chinese media also began to rush to report on it. It is rare for a film directed by Chinese to go away in the United States. Counting Lao Mouzi's blockbuster "Hero", Ang Lee's "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger", and John Woo of "Changing Face", ...... There are only a few of them, and now there is another one.

It's just that this praise is a bit too high, compared to real big-name directors such as Ang Lee and John Woo, Li Donglai wants to mix like them, and there are still uncertainties, that is, will Li Donglai have a second good movie?!.

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