Chapter 263 The Biggest Dark Horse

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Although the reviews of "Home Alone 2" were polarized, it did not stop the sequel's strong end to the box office.

In the first three days of the first weekend, "Home Alone 2" received a box office of more than 31 million US dollars in more than 2,200 theaters in North America. After its first week of release, the film's total box office reached more than 46 million, far exceeding the first 2,700. With more than 10,000 results in the first week, other Hollywood film companies are all afraid, for fear that "Home Alone 2" will break the box office record created by the first film.

The second place this week is Warner's "Lethal Weapon 2". Although it was released on more than 1,900 canvases, it only received more than 25 million at the box office, which is comparable to "Home Alone 2". A little more than half. Paramount's black comedy "Harlem Nightclub" came in third with $22 million.

Although "Home Alone 2" won the box office of 46 million US dollars, it is not too surprising to say it. The most surprising film in the first week of Thanksgiving is the "Steel Steel" that has been ignored by many people. Magnolia".

If you think about it seriously, it is a bit exaggerated to say that it is ignored.

After all, this is Julia's first film after the great success of "Pretty Woman", so it has received considerable attention. But compared to the vigorous promotion of New Year's films such as "Home Alone 2", "Lethal Weapon 2" and "Back to the Future 2", this drama starring Julia is about the ordinary lives of several women in a southern town. The strength is too weak.

So, while "Steel Magnolia" only made $17 million in its opening week, placing it fourth on the box-office charts, it's certainly the biggest dark horse of the New Year's calendar. Because compared to the 1,000 opening screens, "Steel Magnolia" earned an astonishing $17,000 per screen in the first week on average, and the attendance rate was terrifying. Except that Home Alone 2's average $20,000 is a bit higher than Steel Magnolia. "Lethal Weapon 2" is only $13,000, and "Harlem Nightclub" is in the early $10,000s, just reaching the bar for a blockbuster movie.

Next. Under the impact of a wave of newly released films, the box office of "Island Cry" fell by 41% this week. It earned $14.75 million at the box office, barely making it into the top five.

And Universal's "Back to the Future 2" only received more than 13 million US dollars at the box office. It is not that the film suffered a box office waterloo, but because Universal did not know what consideration, neither put the film on the 11th On November 17th, it was not put on November 24th the following week, but on the embarrassing November 22nd, which happened to be released the day before Thanksgiving.

Speaking of Thanksgiving. Eric's Naoren couldn't help but feel the pain. While receiving gratifying box office data every day, Eric's villa in Beverly Hills was also jumping around. As the most important holiday in the United States after Christmas, Thanksgiving is a day for family reunion.

Of course there was no way Drew would go back to Culver to spend Thanksgiving with her mother. And Aniston, after her parents divorced, they reorganized the family, half-brother, half-brother, etc., that is a mess, plus the little girl is already an adult, no matter where she goes Either side felt very uncomfortable celebrating Thanksgiving. After complaining to Eric intentionally or unintentionally, Eric invited Xiaoyi to come to his house for Thanksgiving. Originally thought that Aniston would not agree, but did not expect to agree this time.

As a result, Eric, who was sitting in front of the computer in the study but had no mind to work, felt very self-inflicted.

If the two little girls were like water and fire, it would be fine. It can also neutralize something, but the two baby bumps are both fire attributes. The only thing that made Eric happy was that the two girls stopped fighting.

Staring at the document for half an hour without typing out any words, Eric turned off the computer bored, walked out of the study, and heard a voice from downstairs from a distance.

"Hey, big fat girl, how many times have I told you. This pillow is for my personal use, and you are not allowed to touch it!"

"You little bitch. Call me a fat girl again, and I'll just touch it."

"..."

After a brief pause. Aniston's terrified and disgusting voice immediately came: "Wow, it's so disgusting, you actually touch your own saliva on the pillow."

"You can rely on it if you have the ability!"

"Go away, stay away from me, oops, don't change the channel, return the remote control to me, I'm learning to make pumpkin pie."

"Who dares to eat it when you make it? The salmon omelette you made yesterday was unpalatable."

"You still eat so much, don't think I didn't see it."

"I had a stomach upset in the middle of the night."

"You bullshit, Eric and I are fine!"

Eric hesitated a few times, sighed, turned back to the study, picked up the phone and dialed the numbers at will, calling them one by one.

Virginia is home with her parents for the holidays, and Nicole is in Chicago doing a tour for Sleepless in Seattle. Even Julia was not in Los Angeles, and finally, bored, Eric dialed Jeffrey's number.

"Hey, this is Hansen's house." After the call was connected, Eric was stunned, because it wasn't Jeffrey's voice, but a young man. Immediately, Eric thought that the other party might be Jeffrey's son, Chris Hansen.

"I'm Eric Williams, may I ask who you are?" Although he was 80% sure, Eric still asked.

The other end of the phone paused, and then said, "I'm Chris Hansen, Mr. Williams, are you looking for my dad? I'll call him right away."

Eric and the other party didn't know each other and didn't say anything. After a while, Jeffrey's voice rang from the other end of the phone: "Eric, it's Thanksgiving tomorrow, what's the call at this time? Okay? Let's talk about it first, Chris finally came back once, and brought his girlfriend home, so I won't take care of the big things. If there is anything in the company, you can go to Robert. "

Eric was stunned for a while, and then smiled: "It's nothing, but I was bored at home, so I just dialed your number and wanted to chat with you."

Jeffrey asked strangely: "Shouldn't that little girl Drew be at your house now? With that quirky little girl there, would you still be bored?"

"How do you say it, Jenny came to my house too. So, you understand."

Of course Jeffrey knew what Eric was talking about. He and Eric had seen the two little girls scratching each other on the hospital bed with his own eyes. After a pause, Jeffrey immediately laughed: "Hahaha, Eric, why did you put them together again?" (To be continued)