Chapter 905： box office melee

905 box office melee

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Neil D'Arcy's "Three Drops of Tears" review takes a different approach and explains the movie "Crash" from a different perspective. Among them, the interpretation of Officer Tom Hansen is even more refreshing and has won a lot of support. Of course, it is more controversial.

At the end of the comment, Neil D'Arcy mentioned, "Evan chose the role of Officer Hansen, which shows that his unique insights into the script may not have as much weight as Officer Lane, but there is no doubt that Evan used him The excellent acting skills brought the importance of Officer Hansen to the work to the extreme and became one of the most important links in the film.

After watching the movie, my heart was calm without a trace of turbulence. It seems that everyone is struggling in this movie, struggling with their own inner unspoken rules, struggling with their own sway, struggling with their own loss. But at this moment I was surprisingly awake. The little girl is indeed an angel, an angel for all of us. She will always stand in the hearts of all people, allowing those who fantasize about extreme life to return to the balance of human nature after experiencing setbacks and hardships. "

The New York Times' Neil D'Arcy commentary adds some fire to the media wars.

This time, the media's reaction was completely polarized. Elliott Carter's point of view received a lot of support. Among the film critics, half of the people liked it, and half of the film critics did not like it, and even expressed strong disgust. This makes the overall score of the twenty-one media only seven points. It can be said that this is a complete melee.

It is not only the film critics who polarize, but also the general audience. For example, the mayor of Los Angeles is a fan of "Crash", but his lawyer is disgusted by it; The depiction is negative, but several black community leaders who are close to the director believe that the film distorts race relations.

However, compared to the chaos of the film critics, supporters are obviously in the majority of the audience. The instant rating of the movie on imdb reached 8 points, which made "Crash" break into the 47th place on the imdb 250 classic movie list in one fell swoop! You know, after entering the 21st century, the top 100 on this list has hardly changed. Although the outstanding success of "Memento" and "Mulholland Drive" has changed this situation, these two None of the films made the top 50. Evan Bell's previous works have all entered the top 250, but the best "Deadly Identity" has not been able to enter the top 100. Now, "Crash" actually ranks as high as forty-seventh, which means that this movie is almost zero distance from the audience and has won unanimous praise!

The melee of film critics and the support of the audience gave the film a little more confidence in the box office competition. After all, "Crash" was released in the slightly cooler season at the end of September. The competitors were not too strong, although they did not expect The movie is a big hit at the box office, but the possibility of a good result has increased a lot.

"Crash" was officially released on Friday, September 24th. There are not many works released in the same period, and there are not many large-scale productions, either small productions or medium productions with low investment.

A week before the release of "Crash", Paramount Pictures' "Sky Captain and Tomorrowland", which cost 70 million yuan, attracted widespread attention. Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie And Jude Law's cast itself is not to be underestimated. The film was originally scheduled to hit theaters on June 25 -- which would overlap with The Notebook, but to avoid Spider-Man 2, Paramount Pictures adjusted the film's release schedule, resulting in It still collided with the release of "Crash".

The premiere of "Sky Captain and Tomorrowland" last week was not satisfactory. Although the box office performance of only 18 million US dollars is not bad, relative to the investment and cast, this box office is no way to make Paramount Pictures. industry satisfaction. It now appears that the film's competitiveness in its second week is also worrying.

This week, Julianne Moore starred in the thriller "Puzzle" officially released. This movie, originally starring Nicole Kidman, was delayed for nearly two years, or Nicole Kidman was not joined. , Julianne Moore was finally chosen to star in the film. The film was distributed by Sony Columbia Pictures. Before its release, it was the main award season card. Obviously, I hope to make a difference in the awards season. This also shows the confidence Sony Columbia Pictures has in the film.

In addition, the youth love film "First Daughter" starring Katie Holmes, who once collaborated with Evan Bell in "Sniper Phone Booth", is about to be released; and after its premiere in the UK in April this year, won The well-received "Shaun of Zombies" will also officially meet with American audiences this week.

In addition, "Wimbledon" led by Kirsten Dunst, who is famous for "Spider-Man", and the sci-fi blockbuster "Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse" have just been released, and will continue to be in Hit the box office charts.

"Crash", which was released in 2,000 theaters, won $20 million at the box office in its first week. It was a very good result. You know, this movie only invested 7 million. This result is enough to make Eleven Studio and Fox searchlight up and down. All smiles, and for Paul Haggis, it is even better news. Among them, the single-hall box office achievement of 10,000 US dollars also made "Crash" the champion of the single-hall box office this week.

Although the "Spiritual Puzzle" released in 31 million theaters lags behind the "crash" in the box office of a single venue, it still relies on the huge number of theaters to win the box office of 26 million US dollars, defeating the "crash". Be the No. 1 at the North American box office in the last week of September. "Crash" was the runner-up.

"Sky Captain and Tomorrowland" is a box office disaster. In the past two years, Gwyneth Paltrow's performance on the big screen has not improved except for "Nine" on Broadway, which has been well received. This is not a good phenomenon. The film grossed only $8 million in its second week of release, and a total of $27 million in two weeks. The investment of $70 million seems to be lost.

The comedy films "Three Thousand Guys" and "Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse" scored 6 million and 5 million respectively, ranking fourth and fifth. Although "Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse" is not fast enough at the box office, the firm support of one vote of fans still allows the movie to easily get back the investment of 45 million US dollars, which is also a very good result.

Although "First Daughter" was joined by Katie Helms and veteran actor Forest Whitaker, the box office results were not good enough, and the premiere of 4.9 million only ranked seventh. However, this film was invested and filmed by Forest Whitaker, who also served as the director himself. The investment in this film was very limited. Although the premiere results were not satisfactory, there was no problem in recovering the cost, and even You can also earn a small fortune. Therefore, the premiere results are still acceptable.

Similar to "Sniper Phone Booth", "First Line Voice Machine", which uses telephone as a fuss, has achieved a very good reputation. It won a box office of 4.7 million US dollars in the third week of its release, ranking eighth in the box office chart. It was followed by "Shaun of the Zombie". This film was very popular in the UK, but Americans didn't seem to know much about the British humor, and the film's premiere results could only be said to be mediocre. Finally, "Wimbledon" occupies the remaining position of the top ten.

It can be seen from this list that there are hardly any strong works released now. Except for the fight between "Supernatural Puzzle" and "Crash", which were released at the same time this week, the box office of the remaining films has not exceeded 1,000. The threshold is 10,000, and the gap between them is only hundreds of thousands of dollars, or even tens of thousands of dollars. In the last week of September, the curtain came to an end in a scuffle for the film.

However, after entering October, the strong invasion of DreamWorks disturbed the murky waters, and the cartoon "Shark Story" produced by DreamWorks came strongly. The so-called strength is not only because this movie is DreamWorks' ambitious work this year, but also because of the dubbing lineup, it is not small. Will Smith, Renée Zellweger, Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and even Martin Scorsese, the great director, was on the field, which is absolutely jaw-dropping. Super lineup. Whether it is an animation or a live-action movie, such a super lineup is rare.

The competition between DreamWorks and Disney in the animation market is absolutely dazzling. To be precise, the competition in 3D computer animation in recent years is the competition between DreamWorks and Pixar. The animations they produce always advance in sync. First, there are "Little Ant Heroes" and "Insect Crisis", which feature insects, and then there are "Shrek" and "Monster Company" with monsters as the protagonists. "Shark Story" is obviously aimed at "Finding Nemo", which made a new breakthrough at the box office last year, and then matched with the storylines of the "Unselfish" and "Godfather" series, this is definitely a work that people look forward to. The reason why "Shark Tale" chose to be released in the deserted time period in early October is mainly to avoid the limelight of Pixar's end-of-year masterpiece "The Incredibles". Not everyone has the courage to face off head-to-head with "The Mechanical Enemy"; moreover, not every result can stimulate each other's box office like this summer season, and those who both make a profit are more often the losers.

So, "Shark Tale" deserves to be the most-watched box office contender in October. And the thrilling action film "Ladder 49" starring John Travolta also showed no signs of weakness, hoping to make a fortune in this off-season at the box office. However, judging from the works on the box office charts, there is no doubt that in addition to the dominance of "Shark Tale", other works will still have a hard fight.

In the second week of the release of "Crash", whether it can continue to achieve good results with word of mouth, and it is still under the oppression of "Shark Story", "Ladder 49", and the melee of other competitors to continue last week's good record, it is really impressive people look forward to.

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