The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1161 Superstar Appearance
In fact, at its core, Hollywood still thinks Anson is a vase.

Even if "The Butterfly Effect" sniped "Master and Commander", even if "The Butterfly Effect" detonated the box office at the premiere with a small investment, even if Anson accurately ignited the market's enthusiasm in his first time as a producer, the label is still attached to his forehead.

It is precisely because of this that Hollywood generally believes that Anson needs to continue to prove himself, and perhaps "Walk the Walk" can become Anson's breakthrough to become a superstar. Some people even do not believe that "The Light of the Spotless Mind" can accomplish this task.

Prejudice? Discrimination? Bigotry?

Maybe, all of them.

In real life, people are always subtly harsh on vases, which is deeply imprinted in their subconscious. They criticize and despise them from a high position. Vases need to work ten times harder to win a bit of recognition.

Therefore, Johnny Depp became a superstar with "Pirates of the Caribbean", and Russell Crowe was close to it with "Gladiator" and "A Beautiful Mind". Although the box office performance of these works could not compare with "Spider-Man", not to mention that Anson also had a "Catch Me If You Can", the impression of Hollywood and the treatment of the media were different.

This is also a difficult problem that vases must face.

Only a small number of people can put aside their emotions, use reason calmly to judge, and see the true context of how things are developing in the fog.

For example, Roger Ebert.

However, even Roger could not have anticipated this.

In the fourth week of November 2003, North American weekend box office rankings were as follows:

First, the “butterfly effect”, $39 million.

Second, "The Cat in the Hat," $38 million.

Third, "Ghost Man," $19 million.

Shock, astonishment, surprise——

There was complete silence, and the voice in my mind disappeared without a trace in an instant.

One by one, they couldn't help but doubt their eyes. What on earth did they see?
In its second week of release, "The Butterfly Effect" only saw a 11% drop in weekend box office, continuing its popularity since its release with an incredible second-week drop, grossing $ million in three days over the weekend, retaining the title!

"The Butterfly Effect" delivered an excellent box office performance on its premiere weekend. It would be a victory as long as the box office decline in the second week can be controlled within 30%.

However, what is the reality?
Not only is it lower than 30%, but it also shows a staggering drop of 11%.

The entire North American film market was in an uproar!
This is the second time in a month that a nationwide film has achieved such a feat, following the second week of release of "Elf", which controlled its box office decline within 20%; and both films are from New Line Cinema.

Brush brush!
New Line Cinema was suddenly at the center of the storm and became the target of public criticism.

No contrast, no harm.

Just look at "Master and Commander". After the opening weekend box office was far below expectations, the box office fell by as much as 39.4% in the second weekend, only handing over a box office data of million US dollars.

The situation was not good. 20th Century Fox was completely stunned.

In this week's weekend box office rankings, "Master and Commander" is still behind "Elf", ranking only fifth. The cumulative box office in two weeks has not exceeded 50 million US dollars. Such tragic data is definitely unexpected.

Now you can understand why "The Butterfly Effect" had such incredible box office results in its second week. No wonder the entire Hollywood and the news media were all stunned.

Thanks to its incredible performance, "The Butterfly Effect" withstood the powerful impact of "The Cat in the Hat" and retained the championship with a slight advantage of less than one million US dollars.

Universal Pictures: …Fuck.

"The Cat in the Hat" suffered an epic collapse in reputation despite having high expectations. The media's overall rating was only 19 points, without a single positive review. This was a fatal blow that sent the movie into hell, from which it could never recover.

The massive publicity in the early stages failed to attract enough viewers.

Even if we leave aside the "butterfly effect", the movie's box office of 38 million US dollars in its opening weekend is still a drop in the bucket compared to the huge production cost.

The whole thing collapsed. To be precise, it was even worse than "Ghost Man".

"Ghost Man" was just as bad, with terrible reviews and theater ratings, audiences didn't like it, and the actors weren't good enough to save the situation.

Halle Berry won the Oscar for Best Actress last year, but the curse of the golden man continues.

The opening weekend box office of $19 million was far from outstanding; but at least the film's investment cost was only $40 million, so Warner Bros. might not lose money in the end.

“The Cat in the Hat” is another story.

However, does anyone care?
Very few.

All eyes are focused on the "butterfly effect".

Topping the North American weekend box office charts for two consecutive years is already an incredible feat, but it is still not the real blockbuster that attracts the most attention; the cumulative box office is.

After two weeks of release, "The Butterfly Effect" has grossed over $100 million.

Boom, boom boom boom!
So, what does this mean?
"The Princess Diaries," "Spider-Man," "Catch Me If You Can," and "The Butterfly Effect."

So far, all of Anson's North American released works in his career have grossed over 100 million yuan.

Back then, Tom Cruise and Will Smith joined the 20 million club by having five consecutive films gross over 100 million in North America.

And now, Anson Wood has done it.

Some people may say, "What about the elephant"?

For one thing, “Elephant” was not released nationwide in North America.

In fact, HBO had no intention of releasing the film on a large scale. After all, theatrical distribution was an area that HBO was neither good at nor familiar with.

Secondly, even if the box office prospects of "Elephant" are 100% unlikely to break 100 million, it doesn't matter because "Elephant" won the Cannes Palme d'Or.

In other words, five consecutive explosions!
More importantly, the "butterfly effect"?
No one expected that this work would be able to break the $100 million threshold. A work with an investment of only 10 million US dollars achieved such a feat, and its shocking effect is no less than the 600 million in North America of "Spider-Man".

At the beginning, "Butterfly Effect" ran into obstacles everywhere and could not find any film company willing to take it over.

Now, however, it has turned into gold in Anson's hands, and has generated more than 30 million US dollars in net revenue for New Line Cinema in just two weeks of release.

If this is the case, it would be foolish to still refuse to acknowledge that Anson is a superstar.

Even Roger did not hide his surprise. He guessed that the "butterfly effect" might create good results, but he never expected that it would explode with such energy.

Over 100 million in two weeks?

Crazy, crazy, completely crazy. The "Butterfly Effect" withstood the oppression and constraints of negative media reviews and relied on Anson's superstar halo to completely rewrite the story.

This scene is particularly familiar.

A huge wave of violence spread across Hollywood.

Now it seems that there is no need to wait for "The Warm Light Inside" or "Along with the Song", as the "Butterfly Effect" has already completed its task ahead of time.

After experiencing the unexpected incident this summer, the North American market responded in the most direct way, witnessing the further spread and deepening of Anson's influence, and finally achieving a full-scale box office explosion of the "butterfly effect".

The whole Hollywood was in shock and confusion. No one had expected this, but for the second consecutive year, Anson overturned the entire holiday season market, completely disrupting the landscape with a devastating force and displaying his superstar aura.

(End of this chapter)