Chapter 2243

In the first week of December, North America ranked eighth at the weekend box office, and "pop drummer" made the front page headlines of social networks with a flying posture!

Among the top 20 in the list, there are quite a few works being screened, which shows the excitement of the award season. However, there is only one "pop drummer" in the single digit screening venue, and this work ranks the highest on the weekend box office list, which also officially sends a signal: the first one is "pop drummer"

In this year's award season, the "pop drummer" bathed in the wave of praise is definitely a seed player that can not be ignored.

As a matter of fact, the awards season has officially started. It is limited to the works being released this week. In addition to four of the top ten at the weekend box office, there are "Saint Vincent" who ranks 11th, "stepping into the wilderness" who ranks 16th, "Fox Hunter" who ranks 17th, and "imitation game" who ranks 19th The 48th "Youth".

"Youth", which is still on the list in July, is another scenic spot.

From the above listed data, we can directly feel that this year's awards season works show different attitudes from the past, and the box office data are generally excellent. Before the nominations and awards of major award ceremonies came out, they have been widely sought after by the audience, and there is no dilemma of art video music.

On the one hand, it is because this year's works are lighter and more people-friendly as a whole, without the obscurity and profundity of art works, and are more friendly to ordinary audiences; On the other hand, the theme selection of the awards season works is more grounded, and the resonance of the ordinary audience is more profound, so they are more willing to participate.

Of course, relatively speaking, professional film critics have expressed their dissatisfaction. So far, only two works of "pop drummer" and "Youth" have scored more than 90 points in the media comprehensive evaluation, while the scores of other popular works are "relatively" low. We can feel the dissatisfaction of professional film critics with the quality of works in the award season.

For professionals, this should be a small year, lacking a heavyweight player; For the general audience, this is a big year, and the box office performance of the main competitors is generally good. From the perspective of the college, this is a good thing, just like last year's efforts to narrow the distance between young audiences, this year will generate more repercussions among ordinary audiences, and create more opportunities in terms of audience rating and discussion heat.

Quietly, the war has already begun - the battle for movie king.

Ben Affleck of the lost lover, Eddie Redman of the theory of everything, Raleigh Hall of the drummer, Michael Keaton of the Birdman, Jack Gyllenhaal of the Night Walker, Bill Murray of Saint Vincent, Steve Carell of the fox hunter, Benedict conberbach of "imitation game" and Ella Coltrane of "Youth".

It's a complete coincidence! Absolute coincidence!

However, after the media inadvertently noticed this, all kinds of jokes appeared in endlessly

"Stragglers, get in the car."

"The battle has begun. The first round is physical conflict."

"The candidates sit in rows and eat fruits. The scene is a bit spectacular; Then, the actresses said, "watch the play."

"Is it the new year of the movie king? Is it the new year of the movie king again

"Is this a big year or a small year? The leading group is gradually splitting up. Those who miss this ferry will have to speed up their later journey. "

"The title of the list: the scholarship list has been published, but I'm not on it. I'm a little flustered."

Humor is just a gimmick to add to the cake. From the side, we can feel that this year's award season has attracted much attention, and it is even hailed as the most fierce competition for movie king since the millennium. Of course, this title seems to appear every so often. Only with the gradual deepening of the award season can we know the answer.

According to the practice of previous years, after entering the award season, there is always a lack of enough topics and gimmicks in the film market, which is one of the reasons why the box office law of holiday shows is always unpredictable. In the past few years, "hungry game", "Twilight city", "Hobbit" and other films have occupied the main attention; This year, however, the awards season works have completed quite a bit of counter attack, creating enough topics, which is also rare.

After the innumerable topics created in the first week of screening, the expansion of "pop drummer" has also attracted more attention. The urgent demand for additional screening venues is like a snowflake, and letters are pouring in from all directions of the North American continent - the influx of social networks and e-mail is expected; But the appeal launched on the petition website is beyond imagination.

"I strongly urge Sony classic to speed up the expansion, and I am eager to see the 'pop drummer' as soon as possible. It's really unfair to fans in small cities and remote areas.

I can understand that the audience of such works as "pop drummer" may be relatively narrow in the central region. If films are shown in a large range here, it may affect the box office performance; But even in the central region, there are still fans like me who love movies but can't see wonderful works at the first time, such as "pop drummer". I sincerely ask Sony classic to take into account the keen needs of a small number of fans, and arrange to show in remote areas. It doesn't need too many, just a few venues. I'm willing to drive to nearby cities to watch movies, which is not a problem.

Netizens who have similar experiences with me, please give your voice so that we can see the work starring lanli hall as soon as possible. "

The Internet age provides a voice platform for anyone and any voice to appear - whether it can be heard by the whole world is another matter, which also makes numerous "petitions" and even some interesting cases appear on the Internet.

A 16-year-old tweeted to Wendy's official account and asked how much he needed to forward in exchange for a year's free fried chicken nuggets; The official account humorously replied, "18 million."

Then the news gradually spread, and this seemingly naive but interesting proposal was known by more and more people. All netizens began to help the teenager on twitter. Later, the forwarding volume of this twitter failed to reach 18 million, but it easily broke the AUSKA award ceremony at the beginning of this year, Alan dejannis called on Langley and a series of actors to take photos of themselves to set a Guinness world record for forwarding, which also won the teenager a year's free fried chicken nuggets.

In fact, this teenager is not fishing for fame. Before he got free fried chicken nuggets, viral transmission was formed on twitter. In order to achieve his goal, the teenager has set up a website to sell T-shirts through the website, and donated all his income to the charity foundation of the children's foster organization; Later, Wendy's restaurant also donated $100000 to the adoption foundation to express their warm kindness.

In the Internet age, everything has become possible. Now, the application for "petition for the expansion of" pop drummer "has also appeared.

At the beginning, petition websites produced countless applications on average every day, but few received support; Moreover, most netizens are not keen on it, because "the film will be released sooner or later, just a week or two later, so why waste resources in petitioning", which also makes petitions not get too much attention.

In the second week of December, Sony classic increased the number of screening venues by a small margin, from six to twelve, but still maintained the rhythm of small-scale screening.

Unexpectedly, in just two weeks, this petition spread like a virus on the social network, and more and more netizens joined in the petition. It took only five days from no one to 50000 people to apply; After that, the growth rate slowed down slightly, but two weeks later, it still increased to 70000 people!

This is undoubtedly the first time for a film that will soon enter the stage of full release. People can't help thinking:

Is this entertainment to death? Is it more and more fun to join in the fun, or is it a new stage of blue rite's influence?

Three weeks after the "pop drummer" was officially launched, the number of petitioners broke through 100000 - the growth curve suddenly began to steep again, and the growth rate increased significantly. Sony classic clearly felt the upsurge and had to express its official position

"Pop drummer will be released on January 2. Thank you for your support."

It may be too exaggerated to say that it is creating history; But it must be admitted that this is the first time in history that fans' petition has changed the distribution strategy of the film company.

When the official announcement of the SONY classic was officially released, the whole network cheered, creating a false impression of the national craze, which made it impossible for people to tell how much the bubble was true, but felt that the whole world was surrounded by a wave of heat and could not help following the carnival.

What are they reveling in“ Is "pop drummer" really worthy of such treatment? Isn't that too far?

At least from the box office figures, this is not unreasonable. In the three weeks of the screening stage, the "pop drummer" showed absolute strength with actual performance.

In the second week, there were 12 theaters, with a single box office of $156000 and a weekend box office of $1.9 million, ranking 10th in the North American weekend box office list.

In the third week, there were 25 theaters, with a single box office of $78000 and a weekend box office of $1.95 million, ranking 13th in the North American weekend box office list.

Incidentally, this weekend's box office champion is the grand Premiere of "hobbit 3". In addition, there are two large-scale premieres of "Museum Night 3" and "Annie: New York Wonderland". The fierce competition in the Christmas schedule is clear, but "pop drummer" still maintains a strong state.

In the screening stage, the excellent performance of "pop drummer" is enviable. It has stable output for three consecutive weeks, and the weekend box office data is particularly amazing, maintaining the development curve of a small increase for three consecutive weeks. This is the reason why the number of online petitioners keeps rising. Sony classic can also feel this upsurge.