~： Four hundred and thirty-2 consecutive championships, the outbreak of Independence Day

Although "The Departed" did not have a big box office hit, it only made "only" $38.41 million in more than 3,200 open theaters in the first weekend, but no matter how much speculation about Wayne appeared in the media, There is also no way to stop the theater alliance from maintaining the scale of The Departed.

So naturally, starting from Monday, the number of North American screenings of "The Departed" has remained at around 32oo.

The various news that appeared in the media did not affect the theater company's confidence in Wayne. The reason is very simple. The box office of "The Departed" did not explode, but the trend of the box office was very stable.

There is also a point that cannot be ignored. It is now the middle and late June of North America, and a large number of big productions should have been released together. Because of Wayne's random operations, all small and medium production companies have avoided this time point. No one wants to be the victim of a big company collision.

The current situation is more embarrassing. In addition to Wayne's "The Departed", the main movie occupying the North American theater market is "Tornado", which has a healthy box-office trend, and "The Matrix", which maintains a screen size of 1,300 theaters. ", down to the "Ransom Storm" produced by Disney and distributed by Bowei International.

In the current situation, even if the theater company reduces the screening scale of "The Departed", there is no place to give it, because among these films being released, "The Departed" is already the most anticipated.

All of this has created a strange trend in the theater market. It can be said that until the release of 20th Century Fox's "Independence Day" and Universal Pictures' "Professor Fatty" at the end of June, the first two months of the entire summer program Within months, it was completely under the control of Warner Bros.

Regardless of luck or other factors, the reality has evolved into this. Now all the production companies in Hollywood are staring at Warner Bros. with jealousy and red eyes, and no one wants to see a dominant one However, no one can stop Warner Bros.

As long as people in the industry believe that all this is just good enough luck after Warner Bros. indulged Wayne to go crazy, the tastes of movie fans are always changing, and no one can predict whether a movie will be received before it is released. success.

However, since the arrival of the working day on Monday, the box office trend of "The Departed" has inevitably shown a downward trend. It only got 3.47 million US dollars on Monday, and Tuesday ushered in the traditional discount day of the North American theater market. It recovered to $4.87 million, slipped again to $3.39 million on Wednesday, and continued to slide to $3.31 million on Thursday.

"The Departed" received a total of US$15.04 million at the North American box office within four working days. The film was released in North America for a full week, with a total box office of over US$50 million in seven days, and a total box office of US$53.45 million.

This figure can only be said to not disappoint, but it is definitely not a surprise. At the same time, Disney's "Ransom Storm", which was released on the same weekend as "The Departed," was squeezed by multiple Warner Bros. films, and the cumulative box office was only $29.97 million in the past week.

As if everything Nina said was happening, and after discovering that the film had no hope of turning over, the various discussions about Wayne in the media suddenly disappeared when the second weekend came, leaving only some spontaneous chasing enthusiasm. The gossip tabloids are still following the hype.

In the second weekend, there were almost no eye-catching changes in the North American theater market. "The Departed" also had no heavyweight competitors. This film continued to harvest the box office steadily with its innocuous rhythm. It is worth mentioning that, after a week of release, this film is still the best box office among all the films released.

Naturally, Warner Bros. will not miss this opportunity. Under the efforts of the distribution department, the cinema company still maintains more than 3,000 screening theaters and has not reduced the scale of its screenings.

In the following three days on the second weekend, "The Departed", with a large screening scale, started a strong rebound at the box office on Friday. It closed at US$6.71 million on the same day, and rose again on Saturday, earning US$9.12 million. Because the next day was a work day, Sunday inevitably slipped to $6.19 million.

It can be said that it can achieve a good box office trend. On the one hand, it is the appeal of Wayne and the three male protagonists, and they can pull passers-by fans into the theater anytime and anywhere. On the other hand, the scale of the show is more important, compared to the first weekend of the show. , did not shrink.

Ten days after the opening of "The Departed", the North American box office reached 75.47 million US dollars, and it won the two consecutive box office championships in the North American summer season without any suspense.

Because the goal of this film is academy awards, from the director and other behind-the-scenes jobs to several starring actors, they all joined with reduced salaries, and the cost of the film is only about 40 million US dollars.

The cost of publicity and distribution cost about half of the production cost, about 20 million US dollars. It can be said that the box office harvested by the film has exceeded the production cost line.

This is important, fans and the media may not care about it, but the production company is looking at this number. Now this film has just been released in North America for ten days, and after this week, it will appear in dozens of overseas countries and regions.

This shows that "The Departed", even if other income is not counted, can recover all the investment by the box office alone. If the film performs well in the overseas cinema market, it may even make a small profit.

At the same time, after the second weekend of the film's release, major third-party forecasting companies in North America have re-adjusted the data they have released. Many forecasting companies said that the previously released data was too conservative. The North American box office is likely to exceed $150 million. At the same time, even the gambling company in Las Vegas has lowered the odds of the film's North American box office reaching 150 million US dollars and the global box office reaching 400 million US dollars. And a small number of companies with a keen sense of smell simply stopped betting on North American box office predictions, and only reserved the global box office prediction channel.

As long as everyone in the circle knows, the biggest difference between this film and Wayne's other previous works is that the commercial nature is not so strong, but this is not only a bad part, but also brings a good side to the film.

Generally speaking, for award-winning works with strong box office trends, theater companies and production companies will tacitly maintain a certain screening scale and maintain a long screening time, so that while preparing for the awards season, Squeeze out all the box office potential of the film.

Therefore, this "The Departed" is destined to stay in the theater market for a long time, until the arrival of the Oscars in March next year.

This also creates more box office for the film and provides sufficient convenience. In fact, even most media have discovered that although this film has not been a big box office hit, it must not be classified as a bad film. Loved to death in the middle, and some viewers expressed that they could not accept it.

If it is replaced by another director, this is definitely a bright work in this summer's season, but Wayne's past is too brilliant, and the media and fans are used to it. His films exploded at the box office as soon as they were released, causing a frenzy for the whole nation to watch movies. .

When the second weekend passed, in the next four working days, the film still maintained a healthy decline, earning $2.61 million, $2.75 million, $2.55 million, and $2.45 million in the four days, for a total of $10.36 million. .

Just when Wayne led the main creative team on the flight to the British Isles, the North American box office of "The Departed" has reached 85.83 million US dollars.

Next, the film will land in various parts of Europe, headed by the British Isles, this weekend, and start an overseas trip.

When Wayne led the crew to appear in London, the North American theater market finally ushered in a reshuffle, and Warner Bros. temporarily withdrew from the stage.

On June 28, 1996, it was decided to release "Independence Day" one week ahead of schedule, along with another ambitious film "Professor Fat Guy" by Universal Pictures, and at the same time, it opened its public screening with a screening scale of more than 2,800 theaters.

On the day of the large-scale opening of the two films on Friday, they ended with an ending that shocked everyone. At the beginning of "Independence Day", "Professor Fatty" was pressed to the ground and rubbed. Not even Twentieth Century Fox.

This Roland Emmerich's market **** work with unparalleled box office trends, in the first weekend of three days, 502.28 million US dollars, and the box office is higher than one day One day, amid the exclamations of the media, The Departed took away the box office champion this weekend.

On the other hand, Universal Pictures' ambitious "Professor Fat Man" earned only $25.65 million, which was far less than expected, due to the joint efforts of Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox in the first weekend.

If anyone is to say who is the biggest earner in this film, it is undoubtedly Will Smith, which makes him, who already has a good box office appeal, become the darling of North America within a few days.

Maybe now he is in professional awards, and he can't be compared with Denzel Washington, but in terms of market appeal, Will Smith has completely surpassed him. With the box office performance of "Independence Day", there is no such thing as Doubt came to the fore.

In the subsequent publicity activities, this African-American film star whose likability can make people ignore his skin color, frequently mentioned Wayne uncharacteristically, and unabashedly supported his new film "The Departed". The reporter admitted in public that the reason why he can develop so smoothly in Hollywood is inseparable from Wayne's support and invitation in 1991.

"You know, Wayne Greenberg is a great director, there's no doubt about that. Of course I've always been thankful for him, and he was the first to embrace me a few years ago when I was a little-known hip-hop artist. The color of the skin gave me a rare opportunity, so Wayne is the best brother in my life, and I will support him anytime."

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