Chapter 1979： Emergence of the strong

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After "Rachel's Wedding" won its first battle, it fell into the bloated box office competition of "The Hurt Locker" in November, and relied on Barack-Obama's victory in the presidential election, and also won a place.

Just in the second week after the new US president was released, that is, the second week of November, "The Hurt Locker" was released in 250 theaters, which is a full 2.5% over the previous week. It can be seen that the eleventh release has a firm determination, and the good result of the single-house box office of 8,000 US dollars has also enabled the film to get 2 million US dollars at the box office this weekend, and successfully jumped into the top ten of the North American box office list. Name, even ranked above "Rachel's Wedding", which is also in a blowout state. This explosive force can be said to be very strong.

Next, "The Hurt Locker" continued to expand, and for two consecutive weeks, the weekend box office exceeded $3 million, and together with "Rachel's Wedding", it stayed in the top ten of the North American box office chart. This achievement It can definitely be said that it is not easy to come by.

The box office curve of "The Hurt Locker" is similar to that of "Rachel's Wedding", but it is slightly higher. Although the largest screening area in the United States has not been able to cross the thousand threshold and reach the full release At this stage, the peak of the theater chain is basically the same as that of "Rachel's Wedding", reaching 930 in the second week of January. But in general, the box office durability of "The Hurt Locker" was still affected by the heat of the presidential election, and more energy erupted.

Before February of the year of Z, "The Bomb Disposal Department must, the cumulative box office exceeded 20 million, and even reached a height of 23 million, although this achievement is relative to the investment of 5 million. In terms of cost, it is far from making money, but if the film can achieve good results on Otezka, it is not hopeless to finally settle at 28 million or even exceed 30 million, not to mention, there are D4 The release situation is worth looking forward to.

Judging from this box office performance and the reputation of the entire film critics, "The Hurt Locker" is expected to bloom in various awards, and it can be said that it has enough competitiveness in each award.

The two works "Rachel's Wedding" and "The Hurt Locker" were not well-received before they were released, but they have achieved such gratifying results. This is not just another victory for Evan Bell's vision , it is another strategic victory for Eleventh Issue, not to mention how the awards season is going. From the current situation, Eleventh Issue has obviously made two successful businesses this time.

With the outbreak of the Otishka series in November, people's attention has also focused more and more on this year's awards season, although "Rachel's Wedding" and "The Hurt Locker" have achieved a good It is well received, but everyone in the circle knows that the highlight of the eleventh issue this year is still to come, and the two works "Slumdog Millionaire..." and "Juno" are the real objects of attention.

The release date of "Slumdog Millionaire..." was chosen on November 12. At this time, "Rachel's Wedding" and "The Hurt Locker" both made good progress at the box office. Across the top ten, Eleven Studio's excellent works have also attracted a lot of attention. "Slumdog Millionaire..." not only won the second-place vote at the Toronto Film Festival's People's Choice Awards, but it was also Danny...Bauer's masterpiece after many years, and Evan's The blessing of Bell's discerning eyes is indeed very interesting in terms of topicality.

The literary and artistic works released in the same period include powerful works such as "The Little Duchess of Barcelona at Midnight" and "A Christmas Story", which also challenged the progress of "Slumdog Millionaire..." in terms of word of mouth and box office.

"Midnight Barcelona" was directed by Woody-Allen and gathered big names such as Scarlett-Johansson, Javier-Bardem, Penelope-Cruz, etc.; Keira-Knightley, nominated by the Ska actress, teamed up with the Lal dog Fiennes to challenge Otiuska's work again: As for "A Christmas Story", it is an annual masterpiece from France, which was released at the Xana Film Festival. Earned a media composite score of 85 points.

In the face of such fierce competition, "Slumdog Millionaire...", which was screened in ten theaters, handed over $36,000 at the single-house box office and $3.6 million in the first weekend at the box office, which is basically the same as "Rachel's Wedding" and "The Hurt Locker" are on the same level. In terms of word of mouth, the performance of this work is very satisfactory.

The comprehensive score of the media is 84 points, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes website is 91%. Although it is not as high as "The Hurt Locker", it is definitely praised. "Both visuals and plots are impeccable, a superb work that is both shocking and entertaining!", "Romantic and passionate, interesting and deep into life, from social to artistic, colorful like a kaleidoscope. Unfettered and colorful..." , "Flickering and comprehensive humor and love of play have played a twelve-point effect, and in the cruel story progress, a gorgeous anthem of human nature has been opened...  

"Kani Bauer has finally overcome the sluggish period of several years after 'The Beach' and entered the second golden stage of his artistic career..." It has become a mainstream voice. Judging from the overall situation, although this is a piece of literature and art, its prospects on Otyuska will not be weaker than the momentum of the "Bomb Disposal Squad".

In terms of overall reputation, "Slumdog Millionaire..." strongly overwhelmed many competitors, and due to the mass entertainment of the work, the box office performance was also very good, even "Midnight Barcelona" failed to form enough competition .

"Slumdog Millionaire..." was expanded in 35 theaters in the second week, and the $30,000 single-house box office exploded with astonishing energy, although the first week's results were basically the same as "Rachel's Wedding", " "The Hurt Locker" was on a level, but the next week's results showed that "Slumdog Millionaire..." was a hit with audiences, ranking the North American box office with a weekend box office of $1,05,000. Eleventh place on the leaderboard.

It must be admitted that "Slumdog Millionaire..." is a skit in terms of the subject matter, but it is easier to achieve box office success than a serious theme such as "The Bomb Hut", and the subsequent box office trajectory also proves this. , Although the eleventh issue is constantly expanding the scope of screenings, the box office figures in single halls still show a gratifying trend. In the second week of December, "Slumdog Millionaire..." was released in 200 theaters. The single-hall box office still broke the ultra-high value of 13,000 US dollars, and it was undoubtedly the first time that it entered the top ten of the North American box office chart.

Aware of the excellent performance of "Slumdog Millionaire..." at the box office, the eleventh issue methodically expanded the screen more and more, reaching 1,400 homes in the second week of January, which It has also become the first work of Studio Eleven to be fully screened in this year's awards season. Afterwards, the pace of expansion continued, reaching the peak of 1900 in the first week of February, which also made the film's one-week weekend box office hit 12 million US dollars, topping the North American box office charts. the fifth place.

The "Slumdog Millionaire..." with an investment of only 1,500 li seems to have no end in sight at the box office. Since its official release in the third week of November, it has maintained the box office for 16 weeks. The upward trend of , until the first week of March, did not fall back. Perhaps the percentage increase was not much, but this data is astounding.

Although Eleven Studios has always been good at being small and big, and there have been independent films that have completed counterattacks like "Little Sunshine", the outstanding box office performance of "Slumdog Millionaire..." still makes all film critics dumbfounded Speechless.

As of February, the cumulative box office of "Slumdog Millionaire..." has exceeded the threshold of 100 million US dollars, attacking Otushka from both word of mouth and box office, which also makes Danny...Bauer's The skit emerged from the chaos of awards season as one of the powerhouses leading the way.

"Slumdog Millionaire..." Since the advent of Toronto, it has won a lot of praise, and then it toured at major film festivals, making its reputation like a snowball. When it was released, it broke out: it was different from the situation in which "The Hurt Locker" received a lot of praise among professionals, but the audience did not buy it very much. The relaxed sketch style close to life made "Slumdog Millionaire... ..." There are also many achievements at the box office. As of February, the cumulative box office has reached 120 million This shows that the audience loves it.

Afterwards, the release line for the eleventh release continued to lengthen, and the audience showed great enthusiasm for the film, which made "Slumdog Millionaire..." finally grossed $190 million at the North American box office , doesn't look like an awards season series at all, even if it's a successful comedy, it doesn't feel inconsistent.

Amid such power, "Slumdog Millionaire..." has successfully entered the public eye, becoming the first "Milk", "Batman Prequel Dark Knight..." and "Robot Wall-E" to stand out. A group of seed players, of course, the "Bomb Hurt Team" should not be underestimated, and their voices are still not weak.

At present, the seeded contestants have gradually started to rank order. After the awards season kicked off in December, the major film critics associations began to announce the list of winners, and the distinction between the strengths and weaknesses of the works will become more and more obvious. The chaotic, tangled, bumpy, and crowded awards season, along with the first batch of works, can finally see a vague outline. But contrary to everyone's expectations, film critics who have been shouting that there are no classic masterpieces have found more and more treasures after entering the awards season. It seems that this year's awards season is not only disorderly, it is estimated that the competition for awards will definitely not be too simple. Is the fierce competition in the past three years going to continue this year?

This premonition completely became a reality with the release of "Juno".

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