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When it comes to the annual North American summer season, there will never be a shortage of topics "uploaded by book friends". For example, this year is the world of sequel movies "Spider-Man 3", "Shrek 3", and "Pirates of the Caribbean 3". The internal friction is not over yet, and another movie of the sequel to the third episode is about to be released, that is "Thirteen Arhats"

Compared with the simple and crude naming of the three films that previously dominated the entire May film market - even the most clever "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" just added a subtitle, then "Thirteen Arhats" "It's much smarter. People who don't understand the situation from "Eleven Arhats" to "Twelve Arhats" and now "Thirteen Arhats" simply don't know that "Thirteen Arhats" is actually the third episode of the series.

It seems that the third episode of this year's sequel movies will be crowded against the sky

"Thirteen Arhats" is a commercial series film directed by the Oscar-best director Steven Soderbergh. When the first "Eleven Arhats" appeared in 2001, it caused a sensation in the entire American film market. The gathering of big names, including Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, etc., was dazzling, and finally won an excellent box office of 180 million US dollars in North America Producer Warner Bros. naturally will not miss the chance of a sequel. "Twelve Arhats" was released in 2004. After joining Catherine Zeta-Jones, the box office failed to meet expectations. The cost of 110 million US dollars was only in North America. It won a box office of 120 million, but the overseas box office performance was very good, which prompted the birth of "Thirteen Arhats"

In "Thirteen Arhats", Al Pacino was hired as the villain, and it was still star-studded. In the end, this commercial blockbuster with an investment of 100 million US dollars won the first weekend box office of 36 million US dollars. The achievement of opening the North American journey is really not outstanding. Compared with the opening results of the first two films, which are close to 40 million US dollars, although the decline is limited, compared with the gathering stars, the figure of 36 million still makes Warner Bros. Quite disappointed, it seems that this series may really end here.

It seems that the "Little Three" movies above this summer's schedule don't seem to have any good fortune. The internal friction between each other has led to the final results being lower than expected. It can't be said that it is bad, but the expectations are too high and there is no doubt that "Thirteenth" "Arhat" also joined the "Little Three" camp

"Thirteen Arhats" was unfavorable for the debut of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3". The decline of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" was not so bad. The 40% drop brought the box office of the third week to 47 million, and the cumulative box office was 310 million; "Shrek 3" dropped 45%, with a weekend box office of 15 million, and a cumulative box office of 280 million; "Spider-Man 3" dropped 43%, with a weekend box office of 4.3 million , with a cumulative box office of 325 million

In the end, this series of "Little Three" ranked in the North American box office rankings in the second week of June. "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" and "Thirteen Arhats" dominated the championship and runner-up, "Shrek 3" and the fifth "Spider". "Man 3" was eighth and last week's box office dark horse "Big Belly" continued to perform well, ranking third at the weekend box office of 19 million; Sony Columbia Pictures' high-anticipated "Surf Penguin" was a big hit and won the lottery Under the circumstance, only got 18 million premiere results, ranking fourth

From this week's North American box office, it can be seen that although "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" has serious internal friction, it still relies on good reputation and Evan Bell's appeal to tenaciously win a place on the box office chart. "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" not only Defeating the menacing "Thirteen Arhats" incredible completed the feat of three consecutive summer box office titles in North America, and the cumulative box office also crossed the threshold of 300 million, which was a full one higher than the performance of the other two juniors in the same period. It seems that the hope of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" hitting the $400 million box office is still there, although it is only a sporadic spark

It has been six weeks since the 2007 summer program opened. In the first six weeks, four junior three films held the throne, which also became the main theme of the summer program. "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" took the lead in this fierce competition, although the victory came. It's tough, but the triple crown plus $300 million at the box office is enough to make Disney smile from ear to ear

However, "Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek 3" did not perform as well as expected, which is disappointing. "Shrek 3" can still rely on the long-term power of animated films to continue to struggle at the box office for a while, and the film has only eight The seventeen-minute length is also conducive to looping and collecting the box office. Although it is destined to be unable to surpass the glory of the previous work, the results are still very gratifying, and the prospects are still promising; the box office drop of "Spider-Man 3" is like diving from a ten-meter platform. In general, one hit will lose all the advantages, and another hit with a box office of 400 million will wave goodbye. At present, the cumulative box office of the six-week release is "only" 325 million, and it will even be rejected. "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" caught up after only three weeks of release, which is definitely a huge disappointment for Sony Columbia Pictures

Of course, the most disappointing thing is that Warner Bros. "Thirteen Arhats" was not able to grab a week's championship from "Pirates of the Caribbean 3". This can be called a shame. Although the previous "Eleven Arhats" and "Twelve Arhats" "Thirteen Arhats" is the first time to join the competition for the summer season, but the start of 36 million still makes Barry Mayer sigh

In the third week of June, the "Fantastic Four" that was widely praised two years ago and made Jessica Alba famous is also coming with a sequel, but this time it's finally not a junior, just a series of movies The second "Fantastic Four 2: The Silver Surfer Appears"

20th Century Fox's highly anticipated "Fantastic Four 2" finally did not make the mistake of "Thirteen Arhats" again. The box office of 58 million US dollars easily won the North American box office chart this week, but this result is absolutely impossible. Satisfying Twentieth Century Fox

20th Century Fox invested 130 million US dollars in "Fantastic Four 2", almost twice as much as the previous work, and the four leading actors did not increase their salaries. In other words, all the costs were paid for The special effects of the work are produced, but the box office performance of "Fantastic Four 2" has declined compared with the previous work. Is Century Fox satisfied?

"Fantastic Four 2 not only failed to create a "Spider-Man"-style miracle, but even failed to achieve the results of "X-Men", and the audience of "Fantastic Four 2" in this summer season is almost the same as the previous one. The "Little Three" completely overlapped, and now the audience has basically tasted the cake. The results of "Fantastic Four 2" are naturally far lower than expected

Despite this, "Fantastic Four 2" successfully won the championship. Behind it, the box office fell by 40%, and "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", which won the $27 million weekend box office, can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Under the call of Evan Bell, the cumulative box office performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" has reached 340 million. No matter whether it can break through the 400 million threshold, this finale can be said to be a success.

The decline of "Thirteen Arhats" made Warner Bros. quite satisfied, with a drop of 40%, which won the box office of 20 million US dollars, occupying the third place; The $4 million weekend box office continues to hold the No. 4 spot

"Little Sans" are used as a comparison, now the cumulative box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" has officially passed "Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek 3" is still one step away from the threshold of 300 million, and is a little behind. It seems that "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" is still the strongest among the third party, especially when the internal friction is so serious, this result is even more commendable

In the fourth week of June, the North American box office market is surging again. "Ratatouille", "Fake Tenjin 2", "1408 Phantom of the Fierce Room" are all released together, which is bound to form fierce competition, and the "Thirteen Arhats", "Fantastic Four 2" battles still exist

As for the "Little Threes", they have all retreated, including "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" after retiring from the championship, the average weekly weekend box office decline has remained at about 40%, but the release time of this film is exceptional. The long line, which started from meeting the audience on May 25, did not go offline until September 30, which also shows that the audience is still reluctant to leave the Captain Jack Sparrow series.

The debate over whether the film "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" can break through the 400 million threshold~www.readwn.com~ lasted for four weeks, from optimistic to not optimistic, and then back to optimistic, the ups and downs of this curve are very intense and finally "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" did not live up to the expectations of film critics. On the weekend of the first week of August, it swayed over the 400 million threshold, becoming the ninth film in North American film history to exceed 400 million US dollars at the box office.

In the competition with "Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek 3", "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" has always maintained a slight advantage, and this advantage has finally evolved into box office numbers, making "Pirates of the Caribbean" 3" escaped the ranks of the "400 million down 300 million" club, continued the glory of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", and once again won the box office of 400 million US dollars, no matter where the final box office results will stop, and regardless of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" "Whether the box office performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" can surpass the previous work, no one will question the excellent performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" as the final work.

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