Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 710 North American box office overview "Iron Man" soars!
The time has come to May of 2008, which means that the most popular summer holiday in North America has begun!

Unlike the fear of being dominated by blockbuster sequels in 2007, the North American summer season in 2008 is obviously going to be more blooming!

Whether it's a cool racing car, a revisit of Narnia, the belated return of Dr. Jones...

Or a fashion event, the end of the Joker, the comeback of the Hulk...

Still touched by the little robot, Hellboy's rematch, the X-Files' reappearance, and the mummy's sweeping again...

All these dazzling and long-awaited blockbusters will come on stage one by one, and accompany you through the passionate summer!
And the first super masterpiece to open this popular summer file is "Iron Man" directed by Chen Hao and adapted from Marvel's comic of the same name!
For "Iron Man", the entire North American fans, media, theaters, film critics and the six giants of Hollywood can be said to be looking forward to it!

Except because "Iron Man" has been born in North America for 45 years and has a certain number of fans.

Chen Hao, a popular director in Hollywood, is also a combination of a super Marvel fan and a Marvel superhero, which is also very exciting!

Some people also questioned whether letting a Chinese director shoot American comic superheroes would make the film look like a super martial arts hero!
However, the media quickly refuted that Chen Hao had never made a martial arts movie, and he had already made adaptations of well-known American works and superhero movies before.

The adaptation of a well-known work is naturally "The Da Vinci Code", and the superhero movie is naturally "National Superman Hancock"!
Some media even believe that Chen Hao chose to shoot these two works in order to test the filming of "Iron Man".

More precisely in preparation for his own whimsical Marvel superhero movie universe!

After all, even Hollywood giants might not be able to bear such a huge plan, let alone an independent film company like Liang Tianchi!
Even if Chen Hao is a genius, it is impossible for him to have so much money to maintain this huge plan.

Because the plan is too huge, if one or two films lose money, the scale of an independent film company may close at any time.

That's why Chen Hao planned every step of the way.

First, I took other people's money and tried to shoot "The Da Vinci Code" and "National Superman Hancock", which can make money without sharing the risk with my own company.

After discovering that the effects of the two consecutive works were good, I immediately launched "Iron Man"!
Don't say it, there is still a lot of market for this kind of argument. Everyone praised Chen Hao for being so fucking smart. No wonder a Chinese director can open a top-ranked independent film company in the United States.

As for the six giants of Hollywood, they are waiting to see the box office performance of "Iron Man". After all, although the Marvel superhero movie universe proposed by Chen Hao is whimsical, it is very difficult to realize.

But if a giant takes over, it may not become a reality.

And once this plan is successfully realized, the value of the resulting chain of interests will definitely reach tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions.

That will surely become the most profitable movie series in history, none of them!

After all, even if the trilogy makes money, it is just a branch of others, and there are dozens, even hundreds of such branches.

It can only be said that the Marvel superhero movie universe is too huge, and it is precisely because of this that the media all over the United States ridicule Chen Hao as whimsical!

Therefore, even though the Hollywood giants and Liang Tianchi Films are now competitors, they are happy to see "Iron Man" box office hit.

Because as long as "Iron Man" sells well, the Marvel superhero movie universe may be successful, and after success, they will have the hope of picking peaches.

As for who can succeed, that naturally depends on one's ability.

And Tianchi Films?

Obviously not being taken seriously by the Hollywood giants!

It's just an independent film company, not to mention the boss is a Chinese!

Therefore, under the expectation of movie fans, media, film critics, theaters and Hollywood giants across the United States, "Iron Man" took the lead in debuting and opened the hot summer vacation in North America.

And 3 days passed in a flash, and the new week came, and the box office statistics were officially released!

North American weekend box office list (2008.5.2-2008.5.4):
No. 1, "Iron Man", was released for 3 days, with a weekend box office of 10075 million U.S. dollars, Tianchi Pictures, with a cumulative box office of 10425 million U.S. dollars, and 4105 theaters;
No. 2, "The Groom Is Not Me", was released for 3 days, with a weekend box office of 1550 million US dollars, Sony Columbia, with a cumulative box office of 1550 million US dollars, and 2729 theaters;
No. 3, "Surrogate Mother", with 10 days of release, weekend box office of 1033 million US dollars, Universal Pictures, cumulative box office of 3233 million US dollars, a decrease of 40.6%, 2542 theaters;
No. 4, "Forget Sarah Marshall", 17 days of release, weekend box office of 613 million US dollars, Universal Pictures, cumulative box office of 4480 million US dollars, a decrease of 44.4%, 2001 theaters;
No. 5, "Pig Head Walking on the Street 2", with 10 days of release, weekend box office of 601 million US dollars, New Line/Warner, cumulative box office of 2527 million US dollars, a decrease of 59.7%, 2510 theaters;
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In 4105 theaters in North America, "Iron Man", registered on more than 9000 screens, took the top spot in the North American weekend box office with an absolute advantage!

While making a sample for the following blockbuster films, it can be regarded as a good start for the 2008 summer vacation in North America!

"Iron Man" collected an early $8 million in early openings at 350 p.m. Thursday.

Then on its opening day Friday, it soared to $3510 million!
The most exciting thing is that Saturday's results did not fall but rose, although it was only a small 6.8%, but this commendable increase made people almost moved to tears!

In the end, it fell 25% on Sunday, achieving a perfect closing of 2810 million US dollars.

"Iron Man" made $1.007 million in its opening weekend and a cumulative box office of $1.04 million in its first week.
Such a smashing premiere performance not only surpassed everyone's prediction (US$6000-8000 million), but also allowed Liang Tianchi Pictures to immediately give the green light to the sequel.

Smart said, "Iron Man 2's sequel is ready to go!"

This jaw-dropping good box office also helped "Iron Man" whirlwind into the Top 10 with the highest opening weekend box office ever, just ranked No.10.

At the same time, it also surpassed "The Matrix: Reloaded" and became the No.8 premiere in North American film history in May. After setting aside those sequel films, "Iron Man" immediately rose to No.2, ranking only After Spider-Man.

Among the superhero movies that have been released by Marvel, only the super popular superhero "Spider-Man" is higher than the opening score of "Iron Man".

Converted to today's ticket prices, "Spider-Man" debuted at $1.4 million.

"X-Men" earned $7100 million, "Hulk" $7300 million, "Fantastic Four" $6200 million, and "Iron Man" earned $3000-4000 million more in its premiere.

"Iron Man"'s opening weekend box office is 60% higher than the average opening performance of Marvel comic adaptations!

For Chen Hao, "Iron Man" also created a new record for his solo film's first weekend box office in North America, $1.0075 million!
At the same time, overseas, "Iron Man" also performed well!
Although his international popularity is far less than that of several superheroes such as Spiderman, Superman and Batman, "Iron Man" cut the first-week box office of 57 million US dollars in 9680 countries and regions where the film was released.

In this way, "Iron Man" has attracted as much as 2.01 million US dollars in global gold in its first weekend!
Liang Tianchi Pictures and Marvel Entertainment are overjoyed that this pioneering work of the Marvel superhero movie universe invested and created by Liang Tianchi Pictures has achieved such a brilliant record.

"It's a fantastic start," said Marvel Entertainment CEO Kevin Feige: "We're lucky to have this strong 'Marvel' brand, and the love for it goes beyond the comic books.

Like Pixar, it stands for high-quality family entertainment, and we have a rapidly growing fan base.

Now we have full control over innovation and imagination.

The Marvel Super Hero Cinematic Universe is coming, folks! "

Accompanied by the astonishing box office of "Iron Man" exceeding [-] million yuan in the first weekend, the critics are surging, and the courtesy of this iron-clad hero has never been seen before.

The score of "Iron Man" on IMDB is temporarily 8.5 points, directly ranked in the top 250 of the IMDB Top30 list, ranking 28th!
It is lower than the 8.7 points of Christopher Nolan's "Memento", and higher than the 8.3 points of Hitchcock's "North by Northwest"!
And 102564 people have participated in the rating of the film, although as time goes by and the number of people increases, the rating should continue to decrease.

However, the score of "Iron Man" will be at least 7.5 points, which can also be seen from the enthusiasm and love of North American audiences for this superhero movie.

On Rotten Tomatoes, another major film review website, the freshness of "Iron Man" on Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 94%!

Of the 185 critic reviews, 174 gave the film Fresh Tomatoes and 11 gave it Rotten Tomatoes.

The freshness of 94% is not only a rare high score in North America this year, but also directly broke the record of 2% for the best superhero movie set by "Spider-Man 93"!

In addition, the popcorn index of "Iron Man" is as high as 91%, that is, the popularity of the audience, which is also high!

Both film critics and audiences gave "Iron Man" a very high evaluation, and even the film critics scored higher than the audience, which is rare for superhero movies!
It can be said that North American film critics are throwing extremely crazy and fanatical praises on "Iron Man".

"A compelling, compelling, down-to-earth superhero fantasy!" --Entertainment Weekly

"Smartest superhero movie in a long time!" --Chicago Sun-Times

"One of the funkiest, best-written, and best-directed superhero movies ever made!" -- "New York Post"

"It's been years since I've seen a superhero this crazy, intense, and cute and fun!" -- "Rolling Stone"

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At the same time, film critics are also partial to the lead actor Robert Downey Jr.

"Downey brings that great, frenetic energy to the character, and he shines even in the film's most laid-back moments!" --Entertainment Online

"Downie brings out his rambunctious bad-boy style brilliantly!" --Movie Review

"There is no more correct, more convincing, more brilliant casting than Robert Downey Jr.!" -- "Hollywood Reporter"

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As soon as "Iron Man" came out, film critics and audiences were all overwhelmed by it!
It also completely fired the first shot of the 2008 summer vacation in North America!
Chen Hao and Liang Tianchi Films were naturally overjoyed, especially Smart's hanging heart finally fell to the ground. After all, the investment of 1.3 million U.S. dollars was all paid by his own company, in addition to the announced 3000 million U.S. dollars Woolen cloth!

If "Iron Man" fails at the box office, Smart is probably going to die.

Fortunately, "Iron Man" is now $1.04 million in its first week, and 2.01 million worldwide. Obviously, "Iron Man" should at least not lose money.

After breaking his first weekend box office record in North America, Chen Hao is also looking forward to continuing to break his new North American box office record.

Chen Hao's previous North American box office record was "The Hangover" which was released in 2004 and created $2.77 million. It was also this movie that allowed Chen Hao to gain a firm foothold in North America.

Based on the current "Iron Man" box office of 1.04 million in the first week, the final North American box office of "Iron Man" is expected to break through 3 million US dollars, setting a new career high!

As for the new global box office record, Chen Hao didn't dare to think about it, after all, Iron Man's popularity in the world is not high.

Therefore, it is basically impossible to break the $7.61 million box office record of "The Da Vinci Code"!

It is worth mentioning that "Iron Man" won a box office of 6500 million yuan in the first week of the mainland film market, but it only ranked second in the weekly box office list!
The weekly box office champion is "The King of Kung Fu" starring Jet Li and Cheng Long, which still won a box office of 2 million yuan in the second week of its release.

While "The King of Kung Fu" won the weekly box office championship again, the accumulated box office also reached 1.5 million yuan, surpassing "Taken 3" and temporarily ranking second in the 2008 annual box office list in the Mainland.

At the same time, it is also the third mainland film in 2008 with a box office of over 3 million.

But in the North American film market, "The King of Kung Fu" only got a box office of 420 million U.S. dollars last week, a drop of 62.5%, ranking sixth on the list, with a cumulative box office of only 6 million U.S. dollars.

This is undoubtedly a great blow to "The King of Kung Fu", which has been released for 3 weeks. This ambitious work that gathers two Chinese kung fu superstars is far from meeting expectations.

At the same time, it is not difficult to see that Chinese action kung fu movies have been declining in North America, and Laomei seems to be tired of it.

The box office appeal of the two kung fu superstars has declined rapidly, and their status in North America has long been shaky.

Perhaps, it's not far from the two of them leaving Hollywood completely and returning to China like Wu Baige!

Let's talk about "Taken 3", which has been officially released in the mainland at this time, and the final box office is 1.48 million yuan.

After being released in the mainland, "Taken 3" is also officially released worldwide, with a total box office of 3.166 million US dollars!
(End of this chapter)