Chapter 332： box office sweep

Open the newspaper, turn on the TV, and log on to the Internet. The reports about Evan Bell seem to be overwhelming and can be seen in any corner.

In fact, in order to promote the "Sniper Phone Booth", Evan Bell recorded only one episode of the talk show "The Tonight Show" and then arrived in Los Angeles, Washington, and Boston respectively to attend and watch the "Sniper Phone Booth" with the movie. "activity.

Evan-Bell's publicity activities are definitely not busy, they can only be said to be normal. But the news media's bombing of Evan Bell's concentrated firepower made everyone turn a blind eye to the movie "Sniper Phone Booth". This is the power of the media. When one person reports or two people report, everyone will not necessarily pay attention: when three people report, the line of sight begins to drift involuntarily: when four or five, ten or twenty people report, Everyone's curiosity was hoisted up. When they had time to walk into the movie theater, they couldn't help but want to enter the movie theater to watch it when they saw the "sniper phone booth".

There is a saying that only those who have been to Paris are qualified to say that Paris is not good.

No matter how an individual feels about "sniper phone booth,,, and Evan-Bell, there is no position to make a statement without reading it. As for whether to criticize after reading it, praise it or dismiss it, everyone has absolute 〖 Freedom. Therefore, in order to have the right to speak, in order not to have nothing to say after dinner, countless people poured into the movie theater and contributed to the box office of "Sniper Phone Booth". This is the so-called "publicity effect" .

In the second week of its release, "Sniper Phone Booth" faced the challenges of "Barbershop" and "Steal Money to Go to Harvard". "Sniper Phone Booth" easily faced the challenges of "Sniper Phone Booth" and won 30 million box office results in three days over the weekend, with a cumulative box office of 7,600 Ten thousand. In the second week of such a remarkable performance, the drop was only 1 sharp, which was staggering. In this weak decline, the media can interpret two pieces of information: first, the topic of the movie remains high; second, there is basically no problem with the box office breaking 100 million.

Under the $30 million box office of "Sniper Phone Booth", no film can shake its status, and this thriller easily topped the North American box office charts.

The new film "Barbershop" was the runner-up with a box office of 25 million. "My Great Greek Wedding" has already made all film critics lose their ability to amaze. It once again won 14 million at the box office and was released for 22 weeks, still staying at the third place. September was indeed a period of low box office. Except for the top three movies, no other movie's weekend box office can exceed 10 million. Under this situation, the strength of "Sniper Phone Booth" has become more and more eye-catching. .

In the third week, "Sniper Phone Booth" ushered in a new batch of new challengers, "Rock Sisters", "Fight to Death," "Four White Feathers", and "Desperate" all released. Unfortunately, all the films failed to show the Dominant temperament, under the strength of Evan Bell and the mysterious sniper, no one can launch an effective attack on the "sniper phone booth".

"Sniper Phone Booth" once again showed a high level, with a box office of 23 million US dollars, and held the No. 1 position in the North American box office for three consecutive weeks. At this time, this thriller film with an investment of only 10 million US dollars has already crossed the threshold of 100 million US dollars at the box office, and the cumulative box office has reached 130 million US dollars.

This result has confirmed the curse on Joe Schumacher. Large-scale movies are often prone to waterloo, but small-scale productions are fast-paced movies, which can show Joe Schumacher's grasp of the rhythm of the shots, and it is easier to show competitiveness at the box office.

This time, the "Sniper Phone Booth" has the style of Joe-Schumacher, and with the blessing of Evan Bell, the box office skyrocketed, and the ultra-high weekend box office for three consecutive weeks made "Sniper Phone Booth" in the off-season in September. One of a kind.

This week's "Barbershop", "Rock Sisters" and "My Big Greek Wedding" exceeded 10 million at the box office, ranking second to fourth. At this time, the only topic that can be compared with "Sniper Phone Booth" is "My Grand Greek Wedding", which was released at the box office after 23 weeks. It has exceeded 100 million, and the results have eclipsed a row of big film companies.

The champion of the North American box office chart for three consecutive weeks also made some good media shout the slogan "Who can stop" sniper phone booth, the fourth consecutive championship! "

In the North American film market, where box office competition is extremely fierce, winning a one-week box-office championship is something to celebrate. It is not common to win the championship in a row, and three-week championships are rare throughout the year. Therefore, the sweeping trend of "sniper phone booths" is indeed worthy of the media's ridicule.

It is a pity that this slogan fell silent after only five days of shouting.

Because of the release of the romantic comedy "Love to Alabama" starring American sweetheart Reese Witherspoon, the film with an investment of 30 million US dollars won the box office of 44 million US dollars in its first week. .

At this time, "Sniper Phone Booth", which has been released for four weeks, naturally does not have such a strong box office follow-up ability. The box office performance of 19 million US dollars is enough to surprise a piece of media. It can still win close to 2,000 in the fourth week of its release. Wan's box office..., sniper phone booth... results have quietly appeared on the historical list of thriller and suspense movies.

"Return to Alabama" undoubtedly won the championship of this week's North American box office chart, and "Sniper Phone Booth" broke the momentum of "Sniper Phone Booth" and retreated to the runner-up. The action comedy "Tuxedo... Greek Wedding".

After entering October, heavyweight films began to be released one after another, and "Red Dragon", known as the prequel of "Silence of the Lambs" and "Hannibal", landed in major theaters. Undoubtedly the No. 1 North American box-office with $45 million, "Love to Alabama," took second place, "Sniper Phone Booth..., and then came third." Tuxedo..., and " My Big Greek Wedding" occupies the remaining two spots in the top five.

Just when all the media thought that the prelude to the Thanksgiving and Halloween seasons was warming up, the new movie was bound to radiate new vitality. "The sniper phone booth, ... come out again, after all, it is a horror and suspense movie that is not suitable for the festive atmosphere. Now it has slipped to the third place, and the cumulative box office has reached 135 million US dollars. There must be more achievements at the box office. , has been very difficult.

However, in the second week of October, that is, the sixth week of the release of "Sniper Phone Booth", driven by the performance of Evan Bell's music, it recovered again, bursting with new energy, and actually won the The $24 million box office was even higher than the film's weekend box office in its third week of release.

In the box office rankings, red means a decline, green means an increase, generally speaking, there is a deficit, and there is rarely a green situation. At this time, the box office rankings are like this. When the top 20 are all red, there is only "Sniper phone booth, ... a movie is hung on it, and the contrast of sight is really strong.

If the good results of the previous movie's box office were mainly due to the performance of all aspects of the entire movie, then this time, when the movie has been released for the sixth week, it actually rebounded strongly and burst out such energy, it is Evan Bell Demonstrated strong appeal.

With a box office of 24 million US dollars, "Sniper Phone Booth" once again grabbed the top spot in the North American box office chart from "Red Dragon" after two weeks! This is the fourth week title since the release of "Sniper Phone Booth"! This time, all the media can be said to be frightened, and everyone wrote articles to express their admiration for this movie and Evan Bell!

Cup's "Red Dragon" was only released for the second week, with a box office figure of less than 600,000, and was stepped on by "Sniper Phone Booth", and the third runner-up was "Love to Alabama". Six new films were released this week, and no one was able to squeeze into the top three. The weakness of the new film also further highlights the amazing "sniper phone booth" that has been picking up at the box office.

After a two-week outburst, "Sniper Phone Booth" did not slump in its seventh week, taking another $21 million at the box office. It can be seen that, because of Evan Bell, it is not only the singers who entered the cinema again, but more audiences who really like this movie. Otherwise, after returning to the light in the sixth week, the box office in the seventh week will inevitably drop sharply, and it will not recover. But at this time, "Sniper Phone Booth" once again won the box office of over 20 million,

The momentum is amazing.

Although the "Sniper Phone Booth" is aggressive, the media can't help calling it a dark horse at the box office at this time. A small-budget movie with an investment of only 10 million can actually radiate such a strong box office vitality. Everyone fell under the dark horse of glasses.

In the seventh week, "Sniper Phone Booth" was again the No. 1 and won its fifth weekend at the North American box office since its release. "U.S. version of Noon Lou's Fierce Bell" is only a hundred thousand dollars behind, and it is the runner-up with such a slight disadvantage, which makes people sigh.

It was released for seven weeks and won the five-week champion "Sniper Phone Booth" with a cumulative box office of 190 million US dollars. Looking at such momentum, there is even hope of breaking the threshold of 200 million, which really made 20th Century Fox smile from ear to ear. At the beginning of this year, the box office of "Ice Age" in which Evan Bell participated exceeded 200 million. Now the "Sniper Phone Booth" with an investment of only 10 million has come to this threshold again, relying on Evan Bell's momentum. Coupled with last year's "Death Illusion" for 20th Century Fox, Evan Bell is completely their lucky star.

In the eighth week, the box office momentum of "Sniper Phone Booth" finally weakened, and it fell to $8 million, only ranking fourth in the box office chart. Even so, the cumulative box office of "Sniper Phone Booth" swayed past $200 million before the ninth week weekend, becoming the fifth film to exceed $200 million at the box office this year. ! .