Chapter 922 The influence of word of mouth
When Qiao Feng was busy handling several company affairs in the United States and secretly searching for a suitable manager to replace MGM general manager John, the 007 killing license was released in nearly 2,000 theaters.
This is the longest ever film series, with a huge fan base, winning $26 million in three days of its first weekend of release
The entire summer season, the first three-day box office of former Bond actor Sean Connery starring Sean Connery and the first three-day box office of the Universe Veyron starring Arnold Schwarzenegger is better than the box office of the murder license.
Among them, the hunting of Red October starring Sean Connery also takes advantage of the subject matter
Because this was the last two years of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union, two of the only superpowers in the world, were fighting openly and secretly.
The Americans are very interested in any form of defeating the Soviet Union.
Even in the movie
Red movie is such a movie that makes Americans feel so excited
Think about it, the nuclear-powered submarine in the hands of my number one rival was led by an enemy officer to defect to his own country. Doesn’t this mean that he is just and his opponent is evil?
For this reason, hunting red October will naturally arouse the interest of American audiences
Not to mention that the film itself is of high quality, with a gripping plot, skillful and smooth cameras, coupled with the wonderful visual effects produced by Industrial Light and Magic, Connery's outstanding performances and a carefully adapted script of the best-selling novel
The result of this series of elements perfectly blended together is that the hunt for red was a total of US$100 million in two months of release in October.
But compared to the popularity of North American box office, the box office of the Red October in other countries and regions was cold.
With the box office in North America, the global box office has only just exceeded 130 million US dollars
Obviously, audiences in other countries do not have the same empathy except the United States.
At this point, the Cosmic Veyron starring Schwarzenegger is another scene
In North America, the cosmic Veyron released at the same time was shot by the hunted red October. The box office in North America was several million dollars less than that of the hunted red October.
But overseas, the situation has turned upside down
Cosmic Viagra won a total of 110 million box offices overseas
It is higher than that of North America, and it is still not released in many countries and regions
Of course, some people may say that hunting red October is sure that there are certain countries overseas that have not been released yet.
This is natural
However, due to the theme, the countries and regions that Hunter Red October were released overseas are much less than those of the Universe Veyron, nearly two-thirds less
Of course, even if there are many two-thirds of these, the overseas box office of Cosmic Veyron is more than that of Hunting Red October.
And, far beyond
Compared with these two films, one is more popular in the United States and the other is popular both at home and abroad. The same large-scale production of 007's murder license is a film that is slightly inferior at home and abroad.
Of course, this is only relative
After winning a very good first weekend of the 007 murder license three days after it was released, the flaws of this film began to ferment
First of all, the audience's disapproval of James Bond
Timothy Dalton's whole film is full of bitterness and revenge, almost no one doesn't complain about it
The Washington Post commented that "007: Murder License" is the most serious 007 movie, with Timothy Dalton's expression numb and no sense of humor
Said he lost the traditional elements of 007
Of course, the audience still gave high praise to the action scenes inside.
However, for a movie like 007, which talks about the tall, rich and handsome agent James Bond talking about love and love to solve the bad elements that harm society, the lack of humor is more important than these good action scenes and is also the most attractive factor for the audience.
The dull plot, the bitter and grudged face is really hard to keep reading, at least it is difficult to make people have the urge to watch it again
But fortunately, this is the 007 series of movies. Even if the reputation is average and even if it is dull, due to its huge fan base, many viewers always choose to jump into this pit without believing in evil.
What's more, this is the first 007 movie of pg-13, which is a grading for all age groups. For those minors who have never seen the 007 series in the cinema, it is absolutely a yearning for and looking forward to it.
A huge fan base, coupled with the grading of all ages, just these have already given 007 a huge audience
So, in the first week of release, the 007 murder license won a box office of $39 million.
However, what followed was a further decline in reputation
But no matter what, it is no problem to recover the cost of this film with an investment of more than 30 million US dollars. The remaining problem is just how much will the final box office be and how much pure profit can it have.
The second week after the murder license was released, the box office fell by more than 30%, but it still scored 27 million yuan.
Two weeks is just around the corner
However, in the next third week, the box office drop of the murder license will definitely be even greater, because Aladdin, animated feature film produced by DreamWorks Animation Studio, which is more valued by Qiao Feng, will be released.
They are all graded for all age groups, but family movies like Aladdin are obviously more audience-based than the 007 murder license.
In addition, the story of Aladdin's magic lamp is a household name from the Thousand and One Nights. Almost everyone has heard of it in childhood.
When such a well-known fairy tale was moved to the big screen, or during the summer season, it is a time when children are on vacation, you can imagine how many people will watch it
What's more, there is a very attractive gimmick inside
That is, after facing an animation giant like Disney, who will be the winner
At the same time as Aladdin was released, Disney also released an animation. This is not the key, the key is that the theme is extremely similar.
A TV movie from Disney TV animation Donald Duck Club
The name of this movie is Donald Duck Club's Lost Magic Lamp
That's right, it's also about Aladdin's magic lamp
After the schedule of the two movies was scheduled at the same time, the media began to hype. Disney, which has extremely rich production and experience in animation films, plus Disney classic animation image, Donald Duck Club, which has a magic lamp story, won or is the Aladdin movie with high restoration, purely authentic brand, better than the Aladdin movie.
Both movies have considerable supporters, but relatively speaking, there are more supporters of Donald Duck Club's Lost Magic Lamp
Because that is a Disney company's movie. In terms of channels and experience, it is not comparable to the new animation industry DreamWorks Animation Studio and the decadent old-fashioned eight MGM
There are even many people who think so in both companies.
But Qiao Feng was full of confidence because this was Aladdin. How could it be the lost magic lamp of Donald Duck Club? This TV movie that Disney made before the previous TV animations to make money can be compared?
Chapter completed!