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Chapter 240 Horror overwhelming North American box office
Although the North American market may not really be as good as people imagine, the box office is good, and the bad film has no box office, but relatively speaking, the North American market is indeed more mature. For those films that really have a good reputation, North American The market is a very nice place.

In the North American market, movies with real word-of-mouth generally do not do badly at the box office, and this has been proven.

The current word-of-mouth performance of "The Raid" in the North American market is indeed quite good. When it was officially released, many Americans walked into the cinema.

Most people went to see "The Raid" because of the film's current word-of-mouth and many people's evaluations. Of course, before entering the cinema, they still had doubts about this film in their hearts after all, because everyone was so skeptical about it. The types of Chinese movies feel that the exemptions may be more of ancient costume action kung fu movies, and their recognition of this modern type of fighting scenes is not very high.

Of course, Jackie Chan has also impressed Americans with his own kung fu comedy, "Red Zone" and "Rush Hour" have performed particularly well at the box office and elsewhere.

But that's in the past...

"The King of Kung Fu" released last year is the best-performing movie related to Chinese action movies recently. This film scored 5207 million U.S. dollars in North America and 1.28 million U.S. dollars in the global box office. In fact, this is already a pretty good result. However, the dialogues of "The King of Kung Fu" are basically in English. Although there are Chinese stars such as Li Lianjie, Jackie Chan, and Liu Yifei in the middle, this is actually a relatively pure American film, including the narrative style. It's just a rote copy of a Monkey King story.

This is still a costume Kung Fu movie...

And now it's The Raid!
Fortunately, so far, the movie reviews of "The Raid" are relatively good, especially the IMDB rating, which is definitely a big killer...

Now, everyone is looking forward to the first week of "The Raid", because it is not only about the film's remaining stamina and real box office test, but also about whether the film will eventually be released. The question of what will happen to your income...

Because "Raid" can get 75% of the box office in the first week. Among them, after another split between Chen Xi and Xiguang Films, Chen Xi and the others can get 50% of the first week's box office. This figure is indeed Quite impressive, even more powerful than the domestic box office share, but this kind of opportunity is not too many... In the second week, "Raid" can only share 40% of the box office on Chen Xi's side Yes, the third week is 35%, and in the fourth week, only 30% is left... So "The Raid" is now converted into a pretty good box office as soon as possible, so it must be as soon as possible.

Chen Xi has temporarily finished the work of "BJ Meets Seattle" and is just waiting to see the box office of "Raid". Although he can't do much about this matter, he still has to do some things just work.

Now, like Chen Xi, many people are waiting to see the official North American box office of "Raid" in the first week. At this point, everyone is waiting with their necks stretched.

... "The Raid" has officially premiered!

The first week of "The Raid" in North America was released on Wednesday. Wednesdays and Thursdays are actually just time for cannon fodder. A movie, especially in North America, can only really get box office on Fridays. On Saturday and Sunday, within these three days, the box office of a movie can soar.

...The first week gradually came to an end amidst the anticipation of many people. Some concerned movie fans in the United States got the box office figures immediately, including Chen Xi and the others.Thanks to the Chinese media who are paying more attention, there are still many people. All in all, movie fans in China have also obtained the box office figures of "Raid" at a relatively fast speed!

In the first week, "The Raid" scored a box office of 800 million US dollars in more than 754 theaters in North America!After this number appeared, everyone was almost boiling!
"Just hit 754 million US dollars! "Raid" is really too domineering. Such a movie can be regarded as a domestic movie that has performed quite well in the North American box office market in recent years! The box office of more than 700 million is also a hit Chen Xi entered the top [-] of the North American box office rankings for Chinese-language movies. As expected, Chen Xi was able to smash an incredible box office in the Chinese market, but his box office performance in North America was also quite astonishing. Excellent!"

"Chen Xi is indeed the hope of the Chinese director circle!" Now some people can't help but say this. In fact, the mentality of the Chinese people is always so difficult to correct. They always hope that they can feel proud in front of foreigners. Of course, this is related to many factors, so there are indeed a lot of similar things: "His performance in the domestic movie box office market has shown the heights that a young director can achieve, and now his "Raid" is in North America. It was released here, and it can still get such a high box office. Looking at the box office in the first week, "Raid" should perform quite well in North America!"

"Chen Xi's current situation should have happened to Jackie Chan and the others back then! Jackie Chan and the others didn't have any fame when they first entered Hollywood. They could only fight for their status with punches and kicks. With one punch and one kick, the North American box office of "Drunken Master 2", "Killer's Trenches", "Junior and Brother" and even the shocking "Red Fan District"... But now Chen Xi's "Raid" has a more magnificent start It's a pity that none of us have the chance to see the finished film of "Raid", now we can only know the lineup of "Raid", and Wu Jing's fame should gradually spread through "Raid"!"

In all fairness, Wu Jing's performance in "Raid" is indeed quite good. That kind of actual combat style, coupled with some gorgeous movements full of appreciation, has made him popular in North America. The increase is relatively fast, and now the number of people who know Wu Jing is also increasing.

Now because the news of "The Raid" has spread back to China, it has also brought dissatisfaction among many domestic movie fans: a Chinese film now has such a high box office abroad that it can conquer those blond-haired and blue-eyed Americans. There is a sense of satisfaction, but why is there no way to see such an excellent work in China?Now almost every Chinese movie fan, especially Chen Xi's movie fan, is very upset about this incident, and feels very angry...

After Chen Xi got the news of the box office performance of "Raid" in the North American market in the first week, a big stone fell in her heart!It seems that it is already certain that "Raid" will achieve the effect I wanted at the beginning, and even now what "Raid" has achieved is higher than what I imagined. In , it was only in the North American market that it finally got a box office of less than 700 million U.S. dollars, but his version won it in the first week!

The reason, on the one hand, is that Chen Xi and the others are still Chinese after all, and the popularity of Chinese action movies in North America is much higher than that of Indonesian Shenma, so everyone sees that they are Chinese action movies, and they have a good reputation. , the first reaction is that I would like to see some more.

On the other hand, after Chen Xi's version of "Raid" won the award at the Toronto Film Festival, Chen Xi and the others invested a lot of money in publicity. This is something that the original "Raid" did not do at all. Chen Xi and the others This kind of propaganda offensive is relatively large, and with the help of force, there are several times of Chen Xi's viral marketing method from the future that is easier to buy in the United States, and finally achieved the current results.

Another very important point is that "Raid" is better than the original version, especially in the action scenes. The action experience of Hong Kong films is extremely rich, much richer than that of Indonesian Shenma, so in Chen Xi After many consultations with Liu Jialiang, I finally got a better-looking "Raid", and it took relatively less time...

In addition, the long screenings of "The Raid" one month ago have accumulated the word-of-mouth of the movie to its peak state. So far, the cumulative box office of "The Raid" has reached 800 million US dollars... Chen Xi and the others almost deducted some things It can also get a share of about 370 million US dollars. Although this cannot recover the cost, it has already recovered a considerable amount of cost...

Moreover, although the IMDB score of "Raid" has dropped slightly, it still maintains a level of 7.8 points. Ordinary movie fans, many professional film critics and even some film review media are still saying good things about "Raid", saying that The movie was shot well, and word of mouth is still accumulating, so the box office of "The Raid" should not be bad...

Sure enough, after the second week came, the box office of "Raid" continued to increase, and it still got 477 million US dollars in one week. This kind of box office reduction is relatively good among the movies currently released in the North American market. "The cumulative North American box office has exceeded 1000 million!

"Raid" is really selling crazy in the North American market!

Not to mention Chinese movie fans, even movie fans from some other countries are quite shocked when they see this. A Chinese action movie has once again made the world know what a Chinese action movie is...

With a box office of more than 1000 million US dollars, the North American box office of "Raid" surpassed Zhou Xingchi's "Kung Fu", and became the No.10 foreign language film box office list in North America...

Moreover, the box office of "Raid" is still growing, and in the third week, it still managed to earn 204 million US dollars!
(End of this chapter)