Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 502 "Fire" in North America
"The Martian" officially landed in North America on December 12, and it was also screened in theaters in Europe and South America at the same time.

This time, Liangtianchi Pictures and Sony Columbia won a screening scale of 2500 theaters for the Chinese-language film "The Martian".

Surpassed "House of Flying Daggers" and set a new record for the number of Chinese-language films released in theaters in North America!
Last year's "No Surname" was 5650 million US dollars, ranking third in the North American foreign language film box office list, and it was Chen Hao's sci-fi film, so North American theaters still bought it.

"The Martian" was postponed to December in order to hit the Golden Globes and Oscars during the North American awards season. However, Christmas is also a relatively large time of the year in North America, and many blockbuster films are released.

Coupled with the release of all kinds of literary films that hit the Oscars together, "The Martian" faces a lot of competition.

Last week, Disney's painstaking end-of-year masterpiece "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion King, the Witch and the Wardrobe", a magical epic blockbuster, opened on a super-large scale with 3616 theaters.

The first weekend grossed US$5000 million, and the box office in the first week totaled more than US$6700 million, ending the three consecutive championships of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" in one fell swoop, which can be described as menacing!

There is also the political thriller spy blockbuster "Cyrina" starring George Clooney and Matt Damon, which is also not to be underestimated!

In addition, in the second week of December when "The Martian" is released, Peter Jackson's $12 million sci-fi masterpiece "King Kong" is coming.

It is worth mentioning that after the failure of "The Hulk", Li Press returned to literary films, and the new film "Brokeback Mountain" was also released last week.

"Memoirs of a Geisha" starring International Zhang, Gong Huang, and Yang Ziqiong was also screened in North American theaters last week.

North American weekend box office list (2005.12.16-2005.12.18):
No. 1, "King Kong", released for 5 days, with a weekend box office of 5014 million, Universal Pictures, with a cumulative box office of 6620 million US dollars, and 3568 theaters;
No. 2, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion King, the Witch and the Wardrobe", was released for 10 days, with a weekend box office of 3118 million, Disney, with a cumulative box office of 11251 million US dollars, and 3616 theaters;
No. 3, "The Martian", released for 3 days, with a weekend box office of 1520 million, Tianchi Pictures, with a cumulative box office of 1520 million US dollars, and 2500 theaters;
No. 4, "The Stone Family", released for 3 days, with a weekend box office of 1212 million, 20th Century Fox, with a cumulative box office of 1212 million US dollars, and 2432 theaters;
No. 5, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", released for 31 days, with a weekend box office of 590 million, Warner Bros., a cumulative box office of 25255 million US dollars, and 2652 theaters;
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No. 9, "Brokeback Mountain", released for 10 days, weekend box office 239 million, Universal Pictures, cumulative box office 332 million US dollars, 69 theaters;
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This week's box office champion is Universal's 2 million-dollar gorilla, a remake of the 1933 sci-fi classic "King Kong" by Peter Jackson, the "Oscar director" cast by the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

3568 theaters in North America started filming at the same time, and the opening weekend's score was 5000 million US dollars. Combined with the income on the 14th and 15th, it swept 5 million US dollars in 6620 days of debut, reaching the top in one fell swoop.

Nevertheless, for a 2 million masterpiece, the above data is still an unexpectedly sluggish start.

Although many media predicted: "The revenue of "King Kong" will be as long as "Titanic"", because the film is "the most shocking screen tragedy since "Titanic" in 1997".

But for Jackson, a New Zealander whose directing salary is as high as 2000 million U.S. dollars, the North American box office of "Gold" is less than 2 million, which means failure (even if the global box office can help him make profits in the end, the income of the North American base cannot be too shabby) .

The biggest problem with "King Kong" is that its film length is as high as 187 minutes, and the box office is bound to be slow.

At the same time, next week, comedian king Jim Carrey's "New Money Robbers" and the sequel "A Basket of Children 2" will be released, which is no small challenge for "King Kong".

The runner-up on the list is "The Chronicles of Narnia", which has not yet taken the top spot. However, it can only admit that it is unlucky to meet Peter Jackson's "King Kong", which is in the limelight.

However, the quality of "The Chronicles of Narnia" is good, and it is a family carnival type. In addition, it has been a long-term hit in North America, so the box office is still worth looking forward to.

The third place on the list is Chen Hao's sci-fi film "The Martian", which grossed 3 million US dollars in 1520 days after its release. Under the cover of "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "King Kong", it is already a huge box office hit. It exceeded expectations.

However, the $1520 million box office of "The Martian" was lower than the $1805 million of "No Name", and it failed to break the record again.

The good news is that film critics and audiences are very optimistic about "The Martian", and even praised it.

On the IMDB website, 24395 people have rated "The Martian" after the first weekend, which shows Chen Hao's popularity in North America and everyone's expectations for Chen Hao's science fiction films.

And the average score of these 24395 people is as high as 8.9 points, easily entering the top20, it can be regarded as a classic.

Although the ratings will definitely continue to decrease afterwards, it is enough to see that "The Martian" is full of quality, and it has not failed the American audience who supported the film for the first time.

On Rotten Tomatoes, another popular website, the Rotten Tomatoes index of "The Martian" is as high as 95%. It has received a total of 40 film reviews, and 38 of them have given good reviews!
What's even more amazing is the popcorn index, 97%, which is higher than the Rotten Tomatoes index, and the audience score is also 4.7/5. Basically, all the audience who have watched the movie fell in love with this movie.

Such an astonishing word-of-mouth made both the cinema and Liang Tianchi Films overjoyed.

With such a strong and good reputation, and "The Martian" also received 3 nominations for the Golden Globe Awards, with the two blessings, the final box office of the film should not be much worse than that of "No Surname".

In addition, Li Yin's new film "Brokeback Mountain" was released in 69 theaters, and it earned 239 million US dollars, and successfully entered the top ten of the list!
The scariest thing is that "Brokeback Mountain" not only won the annual single-screen box office champion, but also became the highest single-screen box office champion of a drama movie ever!
Focusing on cowboy camaraderie, the film was screened simultaneously on 5 screens in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, earning a total box office of $544, and a single-screen box office reached $549!

Li Yin has already won the Venice Golden Lion for "Brokeback Mountain", and has won 7 Golden Globe nominations including Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, etc.!

"Brokeback Mountain" is destined to bring Li Ya back to the top again!
At the same time, "Memoirs of a Geisha" starring the international chapter failed to enter the top ten of the list.

However, "Memoirs of a Geisha", which premiered in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Toronto, also delivered impressive single-screen box office results!

Sony Columbia's adaptation of the best-selling novel was the second highest-grossing single-screen film of 2005, with a single-screen box office of $84, and it is also the No.

At the same time, "Memoirs of a Geisha" won two Golden Globe nominations, and the international chapter was nominated for Best Actress at the Golden Globe Awards for this film.

The reputation of the international chapter once again resounded throughout North America, and domestic reports were also crazy, and the word "international" can be regarded as a bit of recognition!
(End of this chapter)