Chapter 1833： A work for the occasion

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"High School Musical, released on April 11, grossed $50 million at the box office in its first weekend, breaking the previous two records and becoming the box office champion in North American film history in April. The proud appeal of the series among the student community continued.

In the face of the momentum of "High School Musical" creating a new historical record, many competitors were naturally defeated. "High School Musical, without any suspense, won the North American weekend box office championship in the second week of April. The box office of the runner-up work "Feasting and Murdering Eve" is only 20 million US dollars, which can be said to be a clear gap.

It is worth mentioning that "Blackjack", which only invested 35 million US dollars, was released for three weeks, and this weekend's box office was 10 million US dollars, ranking second behind the "King of the Street", but its other The cumulative box office has reached 61 million. This achievement is really unexpected for many people, and its good reputation has also made the film promising in terms of box office staying power.

In fact, April is not strictly speaking the field of musicals. Generally speaking, in autumn and winter, when the festive atmosphere gradually becomes stronger, it is the best time for musicals to be released. Otherwise, the first "High School Musical" would not have chosen one. released the month. But it is undeniable that "High School Musical Graduation Season" is a very wise decision to choose to end in April, avoiding the summer season in May, and catering to the annual graduation season, plus the previous two films It is not surprising that the popularity of the work has accumulated, and it has won such outstanding results.

Then in the third month of April, Zhou Chenghu and Jet Li, two world-famous kung fu superstars, joined forces in "King of Kung Fu." Unfortunately, the North American box office performance was still lower than expected, and the $21 million premiere was still lost to "High School Musical", which dropped by as much as 50% at the box office, was the runner-up in the North American box office chart.

"High School Musical" Luo is facing the challenges of "King of Kung Fu", "Forget Sarah Marshall's Book," and "Remaining Minutes", and the box office has dropped by as much as 50%. Forty out of 40, it can be seen from here that the third sequel is not only declining in word of mouth, but also in the audience's attractiveness. No wonder sequel movies are mostly trilogy, and there are certain rules. It's true. Although the decline was very high, "High School Musical" still won the weekend box office of two and five million US dollars, and won the championship. The cumulative box office has passed the 8,000-power threshold.

It is worth mentioning that "Forget Sarah Marshall" was produced by director Judd Apatow, who created a box office miracle last year. The box office of 17 million US dollars is regarded as an investment of 30 million US dollars. Not bad, but compared to the amazing performance of last year's "big belly overnight", it is disappointing.

And "Island Minutes" is led by Al Pacino, which confirms the eternal truth of "delayed film is a bad movie". In the midst of all the criticism, Al Xiangsino's high reputation is quite unbearable.

In the fourth week of April, "Surrogate Mother" and "Fortress Adventure" were released, grabbing the box office ahead of the opening of the summer season in May.

Although the relationship between Universal Pictures and Eleven Studios seems to have eased recently, the competition for the box office is still fierce. "Forget Sarah... Marshall" and "Surrogate Mother" have hit one after another. Youth' kills the momentum of life and death. If "Forget Sarah Marshall" also premiered at the same time as "Kung Fu King", forming a competitive situation, then "Surrogate Mother" is obviously aimed at replacing "High School Musical" and becoming a new Weekly North American weekend box office champion.

"Surrogate Mother" is a collaboration between Universal Pictures. Than the TV station teamed up to create 'From. In addition to the starring role of Tina Yifei, a talented woman from the TV station, she also played a big role in the script and production. So it is no wonder that the media said that Universal Pictures and Eleven Studios are competing again. The threat of "surrogate mother" to "High School Musical" is indeed very obvious. And "forget Sarah Marshall" and "surrogate mother" are one after the other. Released for two weeks in a row, this crazy act of self-demolition of the stage does make people wonder if the distribution department of Universal Pictures has lost its mind.

But the results seem to have continued the ill-fated relationship between Universal Pictures and Eleven Studios, with "Surrogate Mother" earning $17 million in its opening weekend, and "High School Musical," down 35 percent. Proportion won the weekend results of 17.5 million US dollars, and the two ranked with a gap of only less than 500,000. "High School Musical" completed the three consecutive championships in April, replacing Universal Pictures. The "surrogate mother" who played in the industry lost for the second consecutive week and could only occupy the runner-up position.

Although it is said that Universal Pictures is sad again, it cannot be overly blamed for the mistakes of Universal Pictures' distribution strategy. We can only say, "High School Musical, the audience base of this series should not be underestimated. With the super high accumulated by the first two films Popularity, the third film can achieve such results, it can be said that it is a matter of course. The group of students who are saddened by the sadness of graduation and parting has made an indelible contribution to the box office. This also proves that the eleventh issue has been successful again in terms of strategy. , is indeed admirable.

On the North American box office charts in the third week of April, it was not "Surrogate Mother" who lost to "High School Musical" and achieved the latter's three consecutive championships, but Hugh Jackman and Ewan Link Grey. The "playing betrayal game (also translated as: Traveler jointly played by Greg, Michelle and Williams. Although the investment is not large, only two to five million, it is also considered to be able to make a difference at the box office. The work, after all, the appeal of the three leading actors is not weak, but as a result, the work only broke out at the weekend box office of 2 million. Compared with the release scale of its 2,000 theaters, it is really full of shards of glasses, and it has become a movie. One of the most shocking duds in April.

Before the summer season is about to kick off, "The High School Musical has successfully completed three consecutive championships without any risk. The current cumulative box office has exceeded the threshold of 100 million, which can be regarded as a perfect ending for this series.

Afterwards, "Iron Man, the premiere, kicked off the summer season of the year. This work is like Evan Bell's memory in his previous life. The premiere box office was 98 million, and it won a comprehensive media score of 78 points. The high evaluation of Robert Downey Jr. turned the salted fish in one fell swoop, which made the whole Hollywood amazed.

Under the oppression of "Iron Man", "High School Musical" dropped by as much as 40% at the box office, with a box office of 11 million US dollars, ranking the third place in the North American box office chart in the first week of May. In In the summer battle that followed, "High School Musical", which had released its energy long ago, did not have the ability to break out again, but what was surprising was that the ending of this youth idol series had a very good staying power, until Dropped in August.

Before and after, "High School Musical" scored 140 million US dollars in North America, and the results were basically the same as "High School Musical, with a slight drop of 10 million, but overall, it was a near-perfect figure. performance, ending the course of the trilogy.

Worldwide, the appeal of the "High School Musical" series has also continued. As the final chapter, and it caters to the atmosphere of the graduation season, more than 80 countries and regions outside North America have contributed 280,000 to "High School Musical". 10,000 US dollars, this result exceeds the achievement of "High School Musical".

In the end, "High School Musical," the global box office figure came to 440 million US dollars, creating a new high for the series!

Although it is not as good as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, which has exceeded one billion US dollars at the global box office, the "High School Musical" series has also won a global box office of 1.19 billion US dollars, and the cost of this series is invested. It's only less than 20,000 yuan, which is really eye-catching.

Of course, the good results of "High School Musical" are not only reflected in the eye-catching figures at the movie box office, but also in the music market, the movie soundtrack has once again become a hot-selling album. The movie soundtrack released simultaneously with the movie release, Encountered a ten-year-old battle of diva: Madonna and Maria-Kelly, two diva-level singer veterans released albums in the same period, and there was an absolutely fierce competition between the two. War, Usher's new album is finally released, and Coldplay's album is also aggressive. It can be said that this year's music summer market is no less popular than the movie market.

In the rivalry between Madonna and Mariah Carey, "High School Musical, the soundtrack of the movie snatched the Billboard title for a week ahead of Usher and Coldplay's album release, and then in the heat of competition, The sales performance is also very good. Like its movie box office, the buying frenzy of fans has continued. It seems that the "High School Musical Original Soundtrack has occupied a place on the year-end album sales chart for the third consecutive year, which is not a coincidence. difficult thing.

It's not just "High School Musical." After Eleven Music launched the Republic Times and Magic Red last year, the long-lost Jason-Mayez and newcomer Katy-Perry will also release their own albums in Weishia this year. It is clearly seen that Eleven Studio is fully blooming in various fields.

Evan... Bell arrived in Los Angeles in the midst of the "Iron Man" release. Obviously, his every move after making a cameo appearance in "Stop Loss" has become the focus of attention, and many media are in Los Angeles. The international airport blocked Evan-Bell. Although it was not as powerful as Evan-Bell when he returned to New York from Vancouver not long ago, the scene was still not to be underestimated.

"Evan, what do you think about Iron Man?"

"Very good" Iron Man, very good, Robert is also very good, of course, that armor is even better. "Evan... Bell's humorous answer satisfied the curiosity of the reporters, but he quickly left the reporters' presence. The question about "Do you have any intention to play a comic hero" can only be dissipated in the wind .

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