Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 669 Records

The time came to December 2007. After Chen Hao completed the editing work of "Iron Man", "Pacific Rim" also officially ushered in its premiere in the North American film market.

The time has come to the North American awards season. In the same week as "Pacific Rim", in addition to 3 films that hit the Oscars, there is also New Line's ambitious work that wants to replicate the miracle of "Lord of the Rings", "The Golden Compass of Dark Matter" !
The two films were screened at the same time with 3200 and 3528 screens respectively, and the industry and the media also predicted that the weekend box office champion would definitely go to one of the two.

Everyone is eagerly awaiting whether New Line will win the US$1.8 million magical production that wants to copy "The Lord of the Rings", or Chen Hao's new sci-fi film will win.

The time has entered a new week, and the results are officially announced.

North American weekend box office list (2007.12.7-2007.12.9):
No. 1, "Pacific Rim", released for 3 days, with a weekend box office of 2728 million U.S. dollars, Tianchi Films, with a cumulative box office of 2728 million U.S. dollars and 3200 theaters;
No. 2, "The Golden Compass of Dark Matter", released for 3 days, with a weekend box office of 2613 million US dollars, New Line, with a cumulative box office of 2613 million US dollars, and 3528 theaters;
No. 3, "Enchanted", released for 17 days, with a box office of 1071 million US dollars at the weekend, Disney, with a cumulative box office of 8387 million US dollars, and 3520 theaters;
No. 4, "My Santa Claus", was released for 17 days, with a weekend box office of 500 million US dollars, Sony, with a cumulative box office of 4276 million US dollars, and 1879 theaters;
No. 5, "Santa Brothers in the North Pole", released for 38 days, with a weekend box office of US$466 million, Warner Bros., with a cumulative box office of US$6559 million and 3185 theaters;
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"Pacific Rim" narrowly beat "Dark Matter: The Golden Compass" with a slight advantage of 115 million US dollars, and won the North American weekend box office rankings last week!

The score of 8525 US dollars for a single theater is considered impressive. Although there is no single hall that breaks 3200, but considering the large-scale opening of [-] theaters, this score is already very good, especially considering that this is a Chinese film. !
The North American box office of "Pacific Rim" also set two records in its first weekend!
First of all, the number of 3200 opening theaters has set a record for opening theaters of Chinese and foreign language films in North America!
Secondly, the first-weekend box office of US$2728 million broke the previous box office record of US$1920 million for foreign-language films held by "I Am Legend"!
Naturally, "Pacific Rim" also created the best box office record for Chen Hao's personal Chinese film in the United States!
"Pacific Rim" can achieve such a result, in addition to Sony Columbia's hard-working publicity, five consecutive English-language films have successfully exceeded 5 million in the United States, and Chen Hao, who has three consecutive English-language films breaking 3 million, also contributed.

Now Chen Hao is highly recognized in the North American film market, whether it is from Hollywood film companies or North American movie fans, they all recognize Chen Hao's film talent and ability.

It is no exaggeration to say that Chen Hao is the most recognized Chinese and even Asian director in North America, and he is even one of the best foreign directors.

At the same time, word of mouth after the first week of "Pacific Rim" is also good.

""Pacific Rim" is a super blockbuster. The battle between giant mechas and monsters breaks through the sky and is hearty. It should go to the summer file!" --- "Los Angeles Times"

"'Pacific Rim' has the best mech-monster fight ever, and it's a blast!" - The New Yorker

"In the past, there were robot movies and monster movies, but now "Pacific Rim" combines the two, and it is very exciting!" --- "Variety Show"

"'Pacific Rim' sets a new standard for robot and monster movies!" - The Washington Post

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The user rating of "Pacific Rim" on IMDB is 7.9 points, and a total of 8621 people participated in the rating.

On the Rotten Tomatoes website, the freshness of "Pacific Rim" is 70% (98 fresh tomatoes, 42 green tomatoes), and the popcorn index given by netizens is 75%.

Yahoo also gave a B+ rating.

The good word-of-mouth reassures Sony Columbia and Liang Tianchi Pictures, and they have high expectations for the box office of "Pacific Rim".

Ranked second on the list is "The Golden Compass of Dark Matter" starring Nicole Kidman and the new 007. The box office performance in the first weekend was disappointing!

Since winning the Oscar in 2003, Nicole Kidman has long been ridiculed by the media and fans as a "box office poison" due to the poor box office performance of the films she starred in.

This time Nicole Kidman seems to prove that there are only wrong names and no wrong nicknames. This week, "as always", he killed "The Golden Compass of Dark Matter".

As the "Luxury Souvenir of the 3528th Anniversary of New Line Company" that has grabbed the beach in 40 movie theaters, "The Golden Compass" not only has a well-received original novel, but also holds a huge budget of up to 1.8 million US dollars.

Therefore, people from all walks of life are still generally optimistic that it will open with a high-profile debut at the level of 5000 million US dollars, and eventually earn more than 2 million US dollars at the North American box office.

However, the actual box office of the film was only 2600 million US dollars, which was only about 50% of the expectation. The dream of creating a "second "Lord of the Rings"" was instantly shattered and became a "second "Dragon Rider".

The "yield per mu" of a single hall is only 7400 US dollars, and the increase on Saturday is also much lower than the performance of the "Harry Potter" series or "The Chronicles of Narnia 1" in the same period.

What's worse is that the 51-point media review is very telling. Yahoo's score is B-, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is 43% (62 for: 81 against).

"The expression is panicked, desperate and exhausted, fearing that the task of advancing the plot will not be completed!", "The director only copied the superficiality of the original work, with superficial methods and impetuous attitude, and it is completely superficial!"

"Excessive reliance on CG, resulting in listless, rigid group portraits", "Mediocre!!!"

Except for the "Chicago Sun" who praised it, all negative comments dominated the mainstream.

From this point of view, "Golden Compass" does not even have the hope of launching a long-term offensive in the future.

According to this box office trend, "The Golden Compass" is likely to be a complete failure with a final harvest of less than 1 million US dollars, and the plan of "making a trilogy" by the top executives of New Line may disappear in an instant.

Nicole Kidman's acting skills in the film are no problem, and even received some praise, but should miss the Oscar nomination, coupled with poor box office performance.

Nicole Kidman must regret taking this super bad movie now, and the title of "box office poison" may not be taken off!
In fact, Nicole Kidman's acting skills are still there. After all, she is an Oscar queen, but the vision of this film selection is really not good, and there are too many thunderstorms.

The key is that the magic of box office poison has repeatedly appeared. It is estimated that major Hollywood film companies are afraid to ask her to be the heroine of A-level productions.

As for Nicole Kidman, it might be difficult to make a comeback in a commercial film!

(End of this chapter)