Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 203
北美票房排行榜（2003年4月11日-4月13日）：

No. 1, "Anger Management", released for 3 days, Sony Columbia, with a weekend box office of 4450 million US dollars, a cumulative box office of 4450 million US dollars, and 4100 theaters;
No. 2, "Taken", released for 10 days, Sony Columbia, with a weekend box office of 2054 million US dollars, a cumulative box office of 5361 million US dollars, and 3500 theaters;
No. 3, "Sniper Phone Booth", released for 10 days, 20th Century Fox, with a weekend box office of 750 million US dollars, a cumulative box office of 2660 million US dollars, and 2750 theaters;
No. 4, "Aquarius Girl", released for 10 days, Warner Bros., with a weekend box office of 670 million US dollars, a cumulative box office of 2040 million US dollars, and 3000 theaters;
No. 5, "Love to the House Collapsed", released for 38 days, Disney, with a weekend box office of 460 million US dollars, a cumulative box office of 11770 million US dollars, and 2450 theaters;
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Switching from summer to spring, Anger Management, which was favored by the media and the industry, was released last Friday, and the box office did live up to expectations, and even exploded.

The three-day box office in the first weekend easily surpassed 4000 million, and it topped the weekend box office rankings. "Taken" can only come in second!
The two superstars' on-screen debut together grossed $4450 million over the three-day weekend, according to figures released by Columbia on Sunday.

If it weren't for the appearance of "Taken", this box office figure would even be higher than the total box office revenue of other films in the top 10 box office list.

The film's strong debut also set personal box office records for the two superstars.

Adam Sandler's last top-grossing debut was 1999's "Bad Dad," which earned $4150 million, while Jack Nicholson's last top-grossing debut was 1989's "Batman." "'s $4050 million.

At the same time, the film has also become the film with the best debut performance so far this year, surpassing the $2 million debut box office achieved by "Daredevil" in February.

April has been a slow month for box office charts, as studios recover from the Oscar frenzy and gear up for summer.

But adventure film "The Scorpion King," which premiered last April, did well with $4 million, and "Taken" earned $3610 million.

It's also proof that audiences will go to the movies any time of the year, provided you have a good one, of course.

It's a pity that last week's box office champion "Taken" failed to keep its title under the strength of "Anger Management", ranking second on the list with 2054 million US dollars.

This week, Davis continued to strengthen the publicity of "Taken", and at the same time expanded the theaters to 500, but still could not stop the appeal of the two superstars.

However, "Taken" once again earned $2890 million at the box office this week, with a cumulative box office of more than 5000 million, which is only 7500 million away from Davis' goal of 2200 million.

Now it seems that the box office of "Taken" must be more than 7500 million US dollars, it should be higher, such as 9000 million!
This result naturally made Davis a lot happier. Even though "Taken" was knocked out of the championship by "Anger Management", it didn't make him furious.

The two films "Smells Like You" and "Taken" took the total box office revenue of other films, and also made the overall box office end the downward trend of four consecutive weekends since the Iraq War.

According to the figures released by the North American film box office tracking and statistics agency, the top 12 films at the box office this weekend achieved a total box office revenue of 10730 million US dollars, an increase of 8.3% over the same period last year.

At this time last year, the film "Changing Lines" topped the box office list with a premiere score of 1710 million US dollars, which shows that the spring file is indeed cold enough.

In last week's box office list, in addition to "Anger Management" airborne at the top of the list, "Love to the House Collapses", which has been released for 6 weeks, unexpectedly rose by 2 places.

With $460 million in box office revenue, it ranked fifth on the box office list, and the cumulative total box office revenue of the film has reached $5 million.

New Line Releases, Van Diesel-starring narcotics drama "Straightforward" took in $450 million this weekend, down 2 spots from its opening weekend, for a 10-day cumulative total of $1830 million Dollar.

It is also worth mentioning that next weekend falls on the public holidays of Passover and Easter. On Wednesday, two new films will be screened across the board: the action thriller "Bulletproof Monk" and the Latin American comedy "Three Boats".

And "Bulletproof Monk" is starring Fa Ge, so next week in North America, it is rare that two films starring Chinese will be released in North America at the same time!
""Anger Management" won $4450 million in the first weekend, crushing and winning!" --- "Chicago Daily"

""Taken" made 2054 million yuan in the second weekend, with a cumulative box office of 5361 million yuan. There is no suspense over "Saw"!" --- "U.S. News"

"'Anger Management' and 'Taken' combine to rule the charts, with Sony Columbia the biggest winner!" --New York Daily News

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The media focused on last week's box office charts, as Anger Management was highly anticipated.

At the same time, although "Taken" was squeezed to the runner-up position, its cumulative box office of 10 million in two weeks and 5361 days was also amazing.

For a movie with an investment of only 2000 million US dollars, it is destined to be a box office hit.

More importantly, Chen Hao, a Chinese director who has risen suddenly in the past two years, seems to be more and more dazzling, making people have to pay attention to his film talent and keen market sense!
The current box office of "Taken" is about to surpass "Chain Saw", and it is very likely to hit the box office of 9000 million US dollars, or even bolder, 1 million!

It is indeed too unimaginable for Americans to think that a foreign director, especially a Chinese director, can make more than [-] million at the box office.

Even though Li Yong had already achieved this achievement three years ago, Americans are more willing to believe that it is a miracle, and the reason why a miracle is a miracle is because it will basically never happen!

In fact, Chen Hao is not sure whether the box office will exceed [-] million, but he naturally hopes to achieve this very difficult achievement.

The same is true for Davis. After "Taken" lost to "Anger Management", he still wants the company to increase the promotion of "Taken".

Because he had the idea of ​​making "Taken" over [-] million at the box office.

The box office exceeded 10 million in 5300 days. This result had to make Davis think about it. After all, the release time in North America is generally longer, and apart from "Anger Management", there have been no blockbuster films that can sweep the film market recently.

Speaking of which, thanks to the spring file, there are no strong competitors, because they are all waiting for the summer file.

In addition, the reputation of the two films "Anger Management" and "Taken" among the media and audiences is also an important factor.

　Thank you for the 2000 reward for "finding a good book to pass the boredom"!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)