On the first day of its release, "The Matrix 2" easily surpassed the $15.6 million in "The Spy Shadows 2" with a box office of $39.51 million, and became the box office champion.

Moreover, this first-day box office result also shows the possibility of over 100 million yuan in the first weekend.

Just as there has never been a non-sequel original film in North America that has a box office of over 100 million yuan, there is no R-rated film in North America that has a box office of over 100 million yuan in its first weekend.

"The Matrix 2" makes people see this possibility.

However, beyond everyone's expectations, the reputation of "The Matrix 2" has declined severely.

Just one day after the film was released, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes dropped to 76%. If Rotten Tomatoes and film critics had limited impact on summer films, the IDC score of ordinary fans was only 7.4 points.

Ordinary commercial movies have such reputation data, which is completely a thing of the past, but this is a sequel to a masterpiece!

How many of them are still being influenced by the classic prequels?

The first part of the Matrix has caused a strong response in the United States, because this is the first time that Cyberpunk has expressed it in a movie in such a complete and even perfect manner. Moreover, the action design, special effects production, and footage editing of the entire movie are very classic and fashionable, so many people and advertisements have begun to imitate the classic shots of the Matrix.

In the second part, these are still there, but the plot, editing and lines are too unfriendly to the audience.

The cinemasore cinemasore audiences in "The Matrix 2: Reinstalling" only scored "b" on the spot, and most fans mentioned a question: it was obscure and difficult to understand!

The first part is really good, with cool actions and compact plots. The development of technology to the extreme has brought endless disasters to mankind. It is very noble to fight to free mankind from the enslavement of computers.

It was a disaster in the second part...

Faced with a reputation that is far inferior to the first part, many die-hard fans of the Wachowski brothers emphasized that "The Matrix 2" actually discusses philosophical issues.

The philosophical thinking after the first part of "The Matrix" was once praised by critics. Perhaps the Wachowski brothers were affected and plunged into the ditch under the misguidedness of professional critics and never climbed up again.

Returning to the movie itself, the movie is about telling stories. Directors can use cool audio and video and high-energy shooting skills to let the audience listen to you tell the complete story while pleasing the eye and unable to stop.

Even for commercial films, the form of expression like Michael Bay is far beyond the story itself, and it is more interesting than the philosophical thinking of the gods and gods.

In the minds of many movie fans, there is only one "The Matrix", and the last two are the other two unrelated stories. They are lengthy and long, making people feel bored like chewing wax. Moreover, the dialogue is half-six and vague, and the audience always makes them trouble guessing riddles.

As for movies, no matter how complex the content is, it is proud to make the audience simple and easy to understand. After all, telling stories, half of the story and half of the story are just to cover up the paleness of the plot.

Because the film itself is too unfriendly to the audience, coupled with various negative reputations and the energy of the sequel movies released on the first day, "The Matrix 2" plummeted on Saturday, with a single-day decline of nearly 20%, and only earned $30.31 million.

In contrast, "Spy Shadows 2" that entered the second week rebounded strongly on Saturday, winning $19.54 million in a single day.

It seems that some viewers who should pay attention to "The Matrix 2" have turned their attention to "The Spy Shadows 2".

I can only say that the overall reputation of "The Matrix 2" in North America is not bad, but it is still much worse than the first one.

After the first week of North America screening, the film not only won the box office championship for US$86.2 million, but also set a new record for the opening weekend of R-rated films!

But the film's sharp drop on Saturday and its not particularly ideal audience reputation made everyone understand that the North American box office of "The Matrix 2" cannot reach the $300 million expected by Warner Bros.

Cinemasore's latest forecast has been announced that the film's North American box office could be around $270 million.

In any case, "The Matrix 2" is still a very successful movie.

The second place this weekend was "Spy Shadows 2". The release of "The Matrix 2" brought a shock that was far less than expected. "Spy Shadows 2" has maintained a healthy and stable box office trend. The box office of the next weekend was only 42% lower than the first weekend, ranking second in the North American box office rankings with US$49.1 million.

"X-Men 2" has dropped to third place.

Ten days after its release, the box office of "Spy Shadows 2" in North America reached US$163.93 million.

Also on this weekend, the film began to be released overseas, and the first regions to be released were still Latin America, Western Europe and Australia, and the box office overseas also earned 51.2 million US dollars in the first weekend.

The global box office of "Spy Shadows 2" has been smoothly exceeding US$200 million.

Perhaps it is because Cia and the hegemonic acts of America's arbitrary acts in other countries that make people a little disgusted. It is similar to the first one when it was released, and the response of "Spy Shadows 2" in overseas markets is not as good as that of North America.

By the third weekend of "Spy Shadows 2", the fourth weekend of North America's summer season, "Fake God" produced and released by Universal Pictures was released in a hotly-out manner. With a $67.95 million opening weekend, it snatched the box office champion from "The Matrix 2".

In 2003, it was a movie year in North America. The entire summer season squeezed into a large number of first-tier productions with investment of around 100 million US dollars, and the overall box office results were good, which led to a situation where the box office champions took turns.

For example, the weekend after "The Fake God" is the traditional Memorial Day holiday in North America, "Finding Nemo" produced by Pixar Studios and released by Disney.

This animated production will inevitably become the new North American box office champion.

"The Matrix 2" lost the box office champion, and the box office trend of the next weekend was not particularly ideal. It fell 60% from the first weekend, ranking second on the box office list with US$34.1 million.

"Spy Shadows 2" fell to third place, but the box office of the third weekend was significantly closer to "The Matrix 2", with a box office of $28.2 million, allowing the film to continue to maintain a healthy and stable trend in the North American film market.

Adding to the previous four working days, the movie's box office in North America exceeded the $200 million mark, with a cumulative amount of $210.21 million.

As the film is released in more overseas countries and regions, the global box office is close to US$300 million.

"Spy Shadow 2 probably won't be worse than "The Matrix 2", right?"

In the post-production editing room in the Warner Studios office, Jessica Felton, wearing a dark professional suit, asked Ronan: "According to the current box office trend, "Spy Shadows 2" has no problem exceeding $250 million."

Ronan shrugged slightly: "The higher the box office, the better."

Both of them are old friends, so there is no need to hide their true thoughts: "I also hope it can get billions of dollars worldwide."

This is of course a joke.

Jessica Felton smiled and threw the ponytail that had fallen to the shoulders behind his head, causing his entire chest to shake tremblingly, as if a magnitude nine earthquake occurred.

Ronan changed the subject and pointed to the glasses on her face: "Why did you suddenly put on glasses?"

Jessica Felton said directly: "I'mighty."

Ronan is not surprising. A work-skilled maniac like Jessica Felton will come to her sooner or later.

"Be more careful." Ronan said with concern: "Be more careful and rest."

Jessica Felton rolled his eyes helplessly and said, "I want to take time to take a break, but I just finished the post-editing production of Pirates of the Caribbean, and you asked me to be the post-producer of "Summer of Jeans", and then there is a "Mean Girl", where can I have a rest time."

Ronan scratched his head and said, "Jesse, you are the best of your ability."

Jessica Felton muttered: "If I had known, I would have been an actor."

Ronan shrugged: "It's not too late."

As a woman with a breast larger than Salma Hayek and a face that is comparable to Jessica Alba, she is an ideal actor for vase characters.

Jessica Felton turned back to the topic: "You've just seen the final edited sample of "Summer of Jeans". Are you satisfied?"

Ronan nodded: "You've done a great job, a very girly movie."

Jessica Felton said with regret: "It's a pity that many of the things I've studied are useless."

Ronan thought for a while and said, "Jesse, you have been a post-producer in three consecutive films. If there is a suitable opportunity, you must be prepared to be a producer."

Jessica Felton asked: "You let me take charge of the film project independently?"

"You already have this ability," Ronan said. "I will start a lot of female film projects next."

Jessica Felton said: "I know, you mentioned it when you called me last time, feminist awakening."

Ronan laughed: "The so-called feminist awakening in this movie is actually just a fake feminist right and has no practical significance at all."

In fact, the feminism in Hollywood is more formal. Is it called feminism that the aunties follow a bunch of women during menstruation?

"What is true feminism?" Jessica Felton asked curiously.

"You are real feminist." Ronan said seriously: "Jesse, as you said, you are single with your skills and strength, without relying on any ability, and by your own ability, you can succeed, rather than the sympathy of others, you are real feminist."

If Jessica Felton is not a representative of feminism, few people in Hollywood can be called feminist.

Ronan encouraged: "Jesse, keep working hard."

All post-production of "Summer of Jeans" has been completed, and there is no problem in itself. Ronan and Jessica Felton discussed the next post-production of "Mean Girls" and left Warner Studios.
Chapter completed!