Chapter 1195： raised eyebrows

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The limited screening, the sturdy single-hall box office, the unique reputation, and the strong impact all made the reporters express their praise for "Brokeback Mountain". For the audience, although the issue of homosexuality is still entangled, as far as the film itself is concerned, the praise has been overwhelming, and more importantly, an ideological revolution brought about by "Brokeback Mountain" is quietly brewing.

Under this situation, the clamor of conservatives has not only not decreased, but has become louder and more intense, but it has also become more and more hoarse and stern. "It's a disgrace to the whole society, that a blasphemous **** work should achieve such a result, this will be the most disgusting scene on the column of shame in American history, and it will be the beginning of the total destruction of the teenage generation. Right or wrong. No distinction, no distinction between good and bad, no distinction between consciousness, the young generation can no longer distinguish what is the truth and what is just the bluff of the opposition. This is a sign of cultural collapse, and it is the beginning of the demise of a country..."

Well, when the word "country perish" appears, the following words can be ignored.

Conservatives, like they've lost their minds, are clamoring for anger and disgust at "Brokeback Mountain" on various channels, and when they find that the defensive barriers have collapsed, they go completely crazy. Because the state of Wyoming has also indicated that it is willing to release the film, but it will not be until Christmas. But even so, Utah is the only state that insists on banning the screening of "Brokeback Mountain", which is completely unbearable for conservatives, so they spread nonsense in the media, using almost whatever the most violent words.

But look at the box office charts for the third week of December, "King Kong," "The Chronicles of Narnia," "Brokeback Mountain," "The Stones," "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "Sinry" That", "Little Miss Sunshine"...even this week's latest release of "The Stones" lost, a list that has discouraged conservatives.

And with Christmas just around the corner, conservatives expected to see some good news during the holiday season, but were disappointed. "Brokeback Mountain" is unstoppable.

In the fourth week of December, "Brokeback Mountain" expanded its release further. Played in 508 theaters across the United States, the single-house box office hit $45,000, enough for "Brokeback Mountain" to grab another $23 million at the box office, which is basically the same as last week. And "Brokeback Mountain" has grossed $53 million at the box office!

"Brokeback Mountain" invested $14 million, enough to make Eleven Studios profitable again. Coupled with the "Little Sunshine Beauty" who is still on the list, the first work of the eleventh issue is enough to make everyone envious. With this achievement, the voices of conservatives are no longer important, because the success of "Brokeback Mountain" is already in sight, and it is shown in 500 theaters. It's a fact that can't be more obvious than a thousand movie theaters.

Of course, conservatives will not give up easily. If the screening of "Brokeback Mountain" can be limited to 1,000 theaters, they will never let the 1,001st movie theater appear. Fight against "Brokeback Mountain" to the end. And the goal of conservatives is not just the release of movies. It's more about the entire awards season, and even the Oscars. They will not admit defeat.

According to the current reputation and momentum of "Brokeback Mountain", it is bound to show its strength in the awards season. Conservatives are already planning. Sniping at "Brokeback Mountain" before and after the awards season, the ultimate goal is to prevent "Brokeback Mountain" from hitting the Oscars! The war is far from over.

When Christmas comes, in fact, the box office of "Brokeback Mountain" still has an impact. A large number of movies have been released to seize the Christmas market, and the competition has become extraordinarily fierce. "Brokeback Mountain" only placed fifth this week, but this result is still the envy of everyone.

"Brokeback Mountain" suffers from the issue of the size of its theatrical line - even in its third week, it is still only shown in 500 theaters, a number that has been strongly attacked by conservatives. Of course, there are unspoken influences of Hollywood, so "Brokeback Mountain" has to fight to the death with other movies, and even create miracles like "Little Sunshine", which is not an easy task. You know, when "Little Sunshine" won the first championship of the ** movie, it was shown in 900 venues. And the competition was not fierce at that time, and the achievement of 28 million US dollars allowed "Little Sunshine" to set this record. But now, because of the Christmas schedule and theater restrictions, "Brokeback Mountain" has won a box office of 23 million US dollars, which is much better than "Little Sunshine" in the same period, and still can only rank in North America. The fifth place in the box office rankings, unable to attack further.

Without the pressing step by step of "Brokeback Mountain", "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "King Kong" launched a fierce battle. This can be called a box office battle of hand-to-hand combat. In the end, Disney's desperate counterattack continued to expand the scale of the release. , screened in 3,800 theaters, and won $58 million at the box office, thus defeating "King Kong" and returning to the championship.

And Universal Pictures' "King Kong", which cost 200 million US dollars, stayed in the championship position for only a week, and was pulled down by the strong rebound "The Chronicles of Narnia", ranking second with a box office of 55 million US dollars. This is definitely bad news for Universal Pictures. In fact, after the release of "King Kong", the comments of professional film critics are still mostly positive, and the audience's response is acceptable, but in terms of box office driving force, it has always lacked the power of a real blockbuster.

In this regard, "Film Review" sent a comment to Universal Pictures: This is a work that earns reputation, and not losing money is the biggest goal. At present, "King Kong" has accumulated a total of 140 million at the box office within two weeks of its release. It seems that this comment is indeed very pertinent.

"New money-grabbing couple" and "Lots of children and children" ranked third and fourth respectively, and "Brokeback Mountain" ranked fifth with a figure of 7 million behind. "Memoirs of a Geisha," which was expanded to 1,500 theaters, came in sixth.

Comparing "Brokeback Mountain" and "Memoirs of a Geisha," which were released on the same day, gives a profound sense of the resistance and resistance that gay-themed films have suffered. "Brokeback Mountain" is now only showing in 508 theaters, while "Memoirs of a Geisha" has reached 1,547 theaters. In fact, the number of theaters "Brokeback Mountain" is released this week The least of the top 15 on the box-office chart, the comparison of the numbers is really surprising. And in this case, "Brokeback Mountain" is still better than "Memoirs of a Geisha", which shows that "Brokeback Mountain" is not easy.

The next week was the last week of 2005, and there were not many new releases. "The Chronicles of Narnia" continued to dominate "King Kong" and took the championship position. Disney won a respite, while Universal continued to mourn. Ron Meyer couldn't help recalling Evan Bell's rejection of "King Kong" at the beginning, and he had to sigh about Evan Bell's vision for choosing the script. He even doubted whether Evan Bell was a bit of a golden hand.

Similarly, "Brokeback Mountain" also continued to hold on to the fifth place, occupying two positions in the top ten together with "Little Sunshine", ending the journey in 2005.

Since "Brokeback Mountain" was released to the public, although under the call of the film's word of mouth, the entire public opinion has favored this work, but the release of the film is still under tremendous pressure. Eight theaters in the first week, 327 theaters in the second week, 508 theaters in the third week, and 900 theaters in the sixth week. Subsequently, with the performance of the film in the awards season, whether it is nominations or awards, it will become a factor to stimulate the film to further expand its release. In the seventh week, it was the moment when the Golden Globe Awards were announced. It was shown in 400 theaters.

In the eighth week, the Oscar nominations were announced, and the release scale of "Brokeback Mountain" reached 1,900. At this moment, the resistance of conservative forces also reached its peak, and the demonstrations in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City again, and the joint signing Protests against "Brokeback Mountain" against the Oscars are in full swing. But none of this can stop the progress of "Brokeback Mountain", which is in full swing in every state except Utah. Conservative forces have no ability to stop, including Oscar.

In the ninth week, the release of "Brokeback Mountain" reached its largest scale, showing in 2,500 theaters across the United States After this, the number of theaters gradually decreased. In the ninth week of the film's release, the release scale reached 2,500, which is the distribution strategy of most art films; in this case, it still achieved a single-house box office of 6,000 US dollars and won 15 million The US dollar weekend box office regained the third place in the North American box office rankings. Such a good performance really blinded everyone's eyes.

For the North American film market, this is a work destined to go down in history. Before this, no pure **** love movie could have such a huge impact. The expansion of the theater chain is actually a symbol of the movie's influence, and it can still occupy the third place in the box office chart in the ninth week. , "My Grand Greek Wedding" was created as a dark horse back then, and now "Brokeback Mountain" has won this success as a movie with a special theme, which is indeed impressive.

The box office is the most direct response of the audience to the movie. No matter how good or bad the word of mouth is, if there is a box office, it means that the audience is willing to go to the cinema to watch the movie, so it is a work worthy of recognition. And "Brokeback Mountain", a movie that was originally unpopular and even cursed, showed a momentum that made everyone shut up in terms of box office figures.

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