Chapter 161 161 Follow-Up Box Office

The pursuit of the media and the support of fans, "Yihai Xiongfeng" set off a whirlwind at the end of 1992 with a strong attitude, carrying the strong box office in the first week, in the subsequent box office journey, "Yihai Xiongfeng" The performance of "Home Alone 2" has always been maintained at a very high level, and it has become a box office masterpiece that is comparable to the three consecutive championships of "Home Alone 2" at the end of the year.

In the third week of December, the North American film market welcomed two heavyweights.

Warner Bros. teamed up with Mel. Gibson and Jamie. Lee. Curtis to create "Forever. Young", with Mel relying on "lethal weapons" Series fame, Jamie-Lee in "A Fish Named Wanda (Wanda. Adinda. Bir. Balik)" has a good performance, the director chose to go through the TV series "The. Wonder. Years (The. Wonder. Years)" Proved his own Steve - Miner (Steve. Miner), the script is by later because of the American drama "Lost (Lost)" was sought after as a sci-fi upstart now is just a fledgling J. J. Written by J. J. Abrams. The work, which opened in 1,800 theaters, is considered the top contender for the weekend box office title this week.

Robin - Williams (Robin. Williams) teamed up with Barry - Levinson to bring another movie "Toys (Toys)", the two main creators and Hugo have worked together, the former worked together " "Dead Poets Society", the latter is the director of Hugo's debut "Diner", such a combination and "Yihai Xiongfeng" are also dubbed by the media as "the reunion of the North American box office charts". It can be seen that the "toys" shown in 1,300 theaters are still considered to be competitive.

But after the box-office data came out, everyone sighed with surprises, not because the performance of "The Wilderness" and "Toys" were not strong enough, nor because "Yihai Xiongfeng" won the championship without any suspense, but It is because the combat power of "Yihai Xiongfeng" is really terrifying.

Only handed over a 28% drop in the answer sheet, "Yihai Xiongfeng" captured the weekend box office of 20.5 million US dollars the next week, second only to "Batman Returns" and "Home Alone" this year. 2"'s third-highest weekly box office data won the championship. Such a result, even the most daring box-office prediction professionals dare not imagine.

Originally, people still looked forward conservatively, saying that as long as the next week's decline of "Yihai Xiongfeng" remained at 40%, it would be a victory. As a result, "Yihai Xiongfeng" not only achieved this goal, but also far exceeded this goal. level line. Two weeks after its release, the cumulative box office of "The Hero of the Sea" has reached 55 million US dollars, and the speed of converging the box office is close to that of "Home Alone 2". In an instant, the dawn of "Righteous Sea Heroes" finally reaching over 100 million at the North American box office lit up.

"'Yihai Xiongfeng' easily defeated the challenger and won the North American weekend box office chart with an absolute advantage!" The New York Times, the best-selling newspaper on the East Coast, reported this week's box office chart for the first time.

"The two newly released films this week were disappointing. The media's comprehensive rating of 'The Wilderness' is only 61. The 'Toy' has received unprecedented bad reviews. A disaster. Neither of the two new works was able to show enough combat effectiveness, the former occupying the fourth place in the top ten, while the latter was only in sixth place.

Relatively speaking, in terms of the performance of the old works, 'Aladdin', which continued to expand, and 'Little Ghosts 2', which maintained a decent decline, handed in more satisfactory weekend box office results and performed well, ranking respectively this week. runner-up and third-place.

The most outstanding work this weekend is undoubtedly the dark horse of the box office 'The Hero of the Sea'. This new work, starring Hugo Lancaster and Jack Nicholson together, continues the fiery state after last week's premiere and caused a stir. Fanatical pursuit from all walks of life, this week, it has won the championship of the North American weekend box office list with a super-low drop of 28%. Mel - Gibson, Robin - Williams, Barry - Levinson in front of Hugo - Lancaster's powerful fighting force, all defeated. "

In 1992, there was only the last week left, and the Christmas season was not as exciting as Hugo expected. The current North American film market still hasn’t tapped enough potential, and even the competition in the summer season is not fierce enough, let alone It's been a relatively bland holiday season.

The two new works "Hoffa" and "Trespass", which are newly released this week, have their own topics, but they only selected a thousand theaters for release, which is obviously not the right time for Christmas. The schedule has more expectations.

"Hoffa" is a work starring Jack Nicholson. He left the crew early during the filming of "The Hero of the Righteous Sea", just to make this movie; )" directed by Walter Hill (Walter. Hill), and the male lead is Bill Paxton (Bill. Paxton), who has performed well in "Terminator" and "Alien 2".

It is obviously difficult for these two new films to attack the North American box office charts. Under the circumstance that the new films are unattractive and the fake festival market is in demand, "Yi Hai Xiongfeng", "Aladdin", "Home Alone 2", "Home Alone" Eleven films including "Bodyguard" have added theaters, "Yihai Xiongfeng" has been shown in 2,100 theaters, and "Aladdin" has increased the most, increasing to 2,300 theaters in one go public release.

Such a large-scale increase in theaters also made the weekend box office in the last week of 1992 show an overall upward green letter. The fastest rise is "Aladdin", which has increased by 85%. The weekend box office has risen to 13.4 million in one go, and it has had a strong impact on the champion of the North American box office.

Relatively speaking, the style disadvantage of "Yihai Xiongfeng" is reflected at this time, whether it is "Aladdin" and "Home Alone 2" for family happiness, or the lingering "Bodyguard" and "Love in the Wild", Driven by Christmas, they all have stronger box office appeal, and the serious and tense "Yihai Xiongfeng" has fallen behind, not to mention compared with "Aladdin", and "Little Ghost", which has entered its sixth week of release. Compared with "Master 2", the box office growth of "Yihai Xiongfeng" is also very limited. A growth rate of just 20 percent ranks among the lowest among the top ten.

Despite this, "Yihai Xiongfeng" still relied on the advantages accumulated before, with a 20% increase, it won the box office of 24 million US dollars, and successfully completed another three consecutive great achievements, accumulating the box office. It even came to the position of 82 million US dollars in one breath.

Judging from the current level, there is not much suspense at the box office of "Yihai Xiongfeng", and the paper cost of 40 million US dollars can definitely be recovered in full, and Columbia Pictures has obtained gratifying benefits. If Coupled with the praise of word of mouth, then the victory of "Yihai Xiongfeng" is a certainty.

In the last weekend box office in 1992, behind the three consecutive championships of "Yihai Xiongfeng", "Aladdin", "Home Alone 2", "Bodyguard", and "The Endless Love" together constituted the top five, and it was newly released. The "Hoffa" and "Breaking In" can only reluctantly occupy the sixth and seventh positions.

After entering the New Year, no new work will be released during the customary holidays, but this does not mean that the competition at the weekend box office in North America will not be fierce. Wan's early weekend box office data brought him a fourth consecutive championship, while "Aladdin", which has continued to grow at the box office, won the data of 16 million US dollars and ranked runner-up again. The ranking of other works is basically not too much. Many changes.

However, this week, compared to the four consecutive championships of "Yihai Xiongfeng", the more gratifying news comes from the cumulative box office data. On January 1, 1993, after the fourth week of "Yihai Xiongfeng", the cumulative box office The data officially crossed the threshold of 100 million, becoming the first work of Hugo's actor career with a box office of over 100 million!

This was in the early 1990s, and a box office of over 100 million meant a huge success. In 1990, nine films crossed the threshold of 100 million at the box office. In 1991, this set of figures was eight. As the leading actor of the film, To be able to have a work with a box office of over 100 million is one of the few in Hollywood. The so-called box office superstar is such a level.

Since Hugo first appeared on the big screen in 1982, he has starred in ten films, and "The Hero of the Sea of ​​Righteousness" is his first film to cross the 100 million threshold at the box office. A historic breakthrough, no matter how many descriptions and admirations are, there is no need to come directly from this data. Hugo's position in Hollywood immediately moved from the second-rate actor's area to the first-tier camp, although it can only hang at the end of the first-tier, and any failure will directly demote Hugo, but this is the first time Hugo has been in ten years. It can be called the "first line", the first line in the real sense, which is of extraordinary significance.

It is really appropriate to describe Hugo's 1992 with the word "Wu Ji Tai Lai". After the Golden Raspberry Award at the beginning of the year, people almost thought that Hugo was sinking. Maybe they will never see the green onion in "Dead Poets Society" again. A handsome young actor, but after entering the second half of the year, Hugo announced his recovery with two consecutive works, and moved towards a new peak with a vigorous momentum.

"Yihai Xiongfeng" has occupied the championship for four consecutive weeks. This is probably a situation that no one could have predicted before the movie was released, not only the news media, but even Columbia Pictures, the distributor of "Yihai Xiongfeng", did not expect it. Arrived, caught everyone off guard.

And with the strong four consecutive championships of "Yihai Xiongfeng", as the protagonist, Hugo's popularity has increased as fast as the Sahara Desert in the hot July, refreshing people's understanding again and again, like a shining star Like the stars, it has risen rapidly in the North American film market, and its popularity has reached an unprecedented height!