974: Crazy Box Office
The weekends from May 4 to May 6 are three days, and most American movies are a difficult time.
While "Avengers" has dominated various media pages, everyone's eyes are focused on next Monday's list.
Li Donglai bet with media reporters that if the box office in the first weekend is not more than 200 million, he will lose naked for the audience.
"Haha, don't be too cruel." Many women are looking forward to watching Li Donglai naked.
"200 million?" Some media disdained, "He still thinks it was the era of "Inception" and the audience knows nothing about 3D?"
The answer is finally revealed on this day. They are all looking forward to what level Li Donglai’s new work will reach.
First of all, since overseas regions were released one week ahead of North America, the overseas paintings of "Avengers" should be last week. The overseas box office in the first week was 225 million US dollars, ranking fifth in film history, second to Li Donglai's girlfriend's "Harry Potter 7" (Part 2) (314 million), "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" (260 million), "Harry Potter 6" (236 million), and "Spider-Man 3" (230 million), leading Transformers 3 (219 million).
It is worth mentioning that "Avengers" is the only one in the first movie series on these overseas box office lists. Of course, if his preview works "Iron Man", "Thor" and "Captain America" are included, they are not very outstanding.
In Hong Kong, there were only two new films, but the box office rose by 230% year-on-year. Needless to say, since the credit of "Avengers", this blockbuster that gathered many well-known superheroes reached the top with a thunderous momentum. On the first day, 632 screenings were screened in 142 theaters, with 6.68 million yuan in 1, and the single-filmed box office accounted for more than 90% of the total box office of the whole day. It broke the record of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)" (6.16 million) and won the Hong Kong history non-holiday box office championship.
The weekend trend was even more prosperous, not only capping 11.4 million on Saturday, setting a single-day box office record maintained by "Change 3". It also won 34 million in four days of release in Hong Kong, becoming the box office champion for the first four-day week of Hong Kong history. Given that "Man in Black 3" was late on May 24, "Avengers" has great hope to monopolize the screen for nearly a month and launch a fierce attack on the top three box offices in Hong Kong history.
Hong Kong media's evaluation of the movie, "Li Donglai's greatest contribution is to successfully enable Hollywood superheroes to practice Chinese Kung Fu."
The local area is very hotly discussed about the kung fu routines used by superheroes in the movie. Scarlett is also very good at playing Xingyiquan, while Li Donglai has successively played Bajiquan and Wing Chunquan. Tony Stark played simple and rough mixed kung fu movements, etc.
In mainland China, due to the time difference, it will be officially released on May 5th.
As a result, the movie successfully exceeded 100 million in two days on May 5 and 6. It almost exceeded 200 million, reaching a height of 189 million. "The Story of Old Reis" was squeezed out of the championship, and "Titanic 3D" continued to squeeze the number of films, and 1 billion was completely empty.
Maybe now some people realize that this is a beast that swallows the box office, but when it really starts to show its might, there are many incredible and dumbfounded again.
When he returned to North America for the time being, the media has made detailed statistics for him to break various records.
But when the media really saw this number, they were stunned by 20 million, and Li Donglai really did it.
The box office of North America from May 4, 2012 to May 6, 2012 was announced in the early morning of May 7, Beijing time. "The Avengers" directed by Li Donglai swept across the army with its aura and created a great achievement in the history of the planet, which was to break the box office of 200 million US dollars in the history of the planet! It instantly killed the legendary record written by a predecessor such as "The Night Knight", "Harry Potter", and "Twilight". The 150 million-dollar opening championship score set by the Hunger Games in March has also become history.
North America swept 230.8 million US dollars in three days on weekends, and its 230 million record was undoubtedly ranked first in film history!
Faced with the crazy scenes of "Avengers" ravaging the world, countless editors can only worship such miracles. This bet is undoubtedly Li Donglai's victory.
Looking at the history of film, this week is the opening banner of the summer season, and there has never been a shortage of box office blockbusters. However, neither "Iron Man", "Thor", "Spider-Man" or Tom Cruise have been able to help the market reach 230 million US dollars in total. "Avengers" broke the film history record without any suspense as soon as it took action, which was nearly twice as high as the lead week of "Thor" in the same period last year!
Other films are afraid to avoid it. What’s even more exaggerated is that even the overall ratings of American dramas have dropped sharply this week, proving that these "housekeepers" who were originally on TV have been dragged to the theater. It can be seen that the absurdity and powerful appeal of "Avengers" is.
This situation reminds people of the crazy crazy conflict between the two 3D movies, which are both a bit unreal.
The premiere scale of 4349 theaters, ranked seventh in the largest release list, followed by "Twilight 3: Lunar Eclipse" (4468), "Iron Man 2" (4380), "Harry Potter 7" (Part 2) (4375), "Night Knight" (4366), "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" (4362), and "Shrek Monster 4" (4349);
Secondly, with a $225 million overseas opening and a $230 million first week in North America, a $455 million global opening ranks third in film history, second only to the $680 million in Inception and the $483 million in Harry Potter 7 (Part 2).
On Thursday's midnight show alone, the total revenue of 2,500 theaters reached 18.7 million US dollars. This result defeated "The Dark Night Knight" and successfully rewrite the midnight show record of "superhero" movies.
The revenue on Friday reached an astonishing US$99.51 million, far exceeding the industry's expected 70 million level. It won the third-ranked box office list of film history on Friday, film history, film history, film history, film history, film history, and film history, second only to "Inception", and ahead of his wife's "Ha 7" (Part 2) on July 15, 2011. It continued to earn US$81.19 million in a single day, instantly winning US$51.33 million in a single day, rewriting the single-day box office record on Saturday; it recorded US$50.1 million in a single day, instantly winning US$43.59 million in a single day, rewriting the single-day box office record on Sunday...
Influenced by "Avengers", the dark horse comedy "Thinking Like a Man" has not had a box office of 10 million, and it only won 8 million. The Phantom's own "The Hunger Games" was also impacted by the boss's new movie, winning 7.88 million. I don't know if it's because of Love House and Wu, but this result has greatly narrowed the gap with "Thinking Like a Man", with a total box office of 383.61 million US dollars, and the target is still 400 million.
Because of the "Shadow of Darkness" behind us, "Super Battleship" and even "Man in Black 3" are under little competition pressure, and it is quite hopeful to exceed 500 million and catch up with "The Dark Night Knight".
Good results drive all-round publicity, which is called the box office effect.
Whether it is betting or special reports by some mainstream American media, "Avengers" is a front-page headline.
"San Franciscan Chronicle": contains sincere sadness, humor and surprise; in addition to being a standard comic film blockbuster, this film is also full of the unique brushstrokes of the director, making everything in the film perfect. "New York Daily News": The most incredible thing about the film is that it makes superhero films rejuvenate again, which is indeed an amazing achievement. "Arizona Republic": It not only reflects the enthusiasm of comic fans, but also shows his deep understanding of this type of film.
Even "Rolling Stone" has reports: this film has everything, and even more. This is the opportunity to see six superheroes with a single movie ticket, which is what I imagined as a collection of many idols in Marvel comics should be together; this is a "Transformers" with a brain, hard work and a qualified sense of humor.
"Los Angeles Times": The key to this monster-level movie being so exciting and vivid; such complex content makes the audience almost not pay attention to the nearly two and a half hours of film length. "Imperial" magazine: The Avengers have gathered, and most of the time they have integrated very well. The right combination of heroism and humorous cells allows the film to maintain the unique success characteristics of each hero, while also improving the overall quality of the film.
"Washington Post": This film successfully met almost all the requirements of super fans; relying on enough self-deprecating humor, those adults in strange costumes seemed real and credible. "USA Today": Li Donglai made every character fully utilize. Although their appearance time may not be completely equal, the audience was satisfied. This is indeed a very smart way to do it
The series of reports made the Disney boss happy.
This is naturally due to Li Donglai's bet. Kevin Feige even checked the media records that day and checked the headlines of the newspapers one by one. Of course, there is no shortage of criticism when there is praise. The Voice of the Village reported that whenever there is a deeper connotation in the film, Weiden destroys this moment with a joke; the only atmosphere is the five-second black and white scene. I don't know if it is a satire for a colorful popcorn movie.
Miami Herald: The film has a home run final 40 minutes, making full use of various action scenes in IMAX and 3D, but Transformers are the same.
The Wall Street Journal: The film has a slightly slow opening, and the only outstanding performance is surrounded by more unrestrained stars. The unscrupulous computer special effects scenes include everything from "Transformers" and strange objects scattered over Manhattan. The New York Times: Those relaxed and funny jokes cannot cover up the noise and emptiness of this film. This is not the disadvantage of the film itself, but a major feature of this type of film.
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These are all problems and cannot be ignored.
Many media also praised Li Donglai's ingenious black and white lens for five seconds.
Chapter completed!