Chapter 894 Destroyed

On July 17th, an ordinary but extraordinary Monday, all eyes were on the North American weekend box office rankings of the previous week. Although this was originally one of the important focuses of this year’s summer vacation, the mood of waiting now is a bit complicated.

Will “Fury Road” make history, or will it be as weak as “X-Men 3”? What will be the box office drop of “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” in the next week, and can it hit 400 million as expected? Will the drama of “Hollywood VS Lance” really end with the latter acting alone and as a lone hero? How much impact will Chaos Shadow Industry have on the industry? After the short hiatus of “Hard Candy”, will “Fury Road” continue the strength of Lance’s “200 million in North America”? As a cult film, can “Fury Road” really create history that last year’s “Brokeback Mountain” failed to change? The shackles of homosexuality or the threat of feminism, which one has more influence on the market? How will the course of history develop? How long can the rave praises of “Fury Road” last? Is there a chance to rush all the way to Oscar like “Titanic” and “Lord of the Rings 3”?

Countless question marks swarmed in. Even if it was only three days ago, after the premiere of “Fury Road” ended, some people predicted that “Fury Road” would set off the most incredible frenzy in 2006, and it would probably be ridiculous. But the reality is like this, “Fury Road” is like the Millennium Falcon of “Star Wars”, out of control, writing its own legend on a rampage in the vast universe.

In the midst of all the attention, the North American weekend box office rankings for the second week of July were officially announced.

In the three days of its premiere weekend, “Fury Road” recorded a new single-day box office record of 67 million on Friday, with a slight decline of 28% on Saturday and a strong performance of 48 million. Refreshed the single-day box office record of film history on Saturday, and maximized the popularity of the topic created by the viral video; on Sunday, it fell another 5%, handing over a sky-high decline level, especially considering Friday and Weekly In the case that Japan has already set a historical record, Sunday’s battery life is even more amazing. Once again, it once again refreshed the single-day box office record of film history with 45.8 million figures, which made the film’s word-of-mouth advantage The chain effect brought about by the first wave was used to the extreme, and an incredible premiere box office curve came out in three days.

Ultimately, “Fury Road” grossed $161 million in its opening weekend.

Wait, how much? 161 million!

It was just a set of data, and everyone secretly swallowed their saliva in an instant. At this time, it is no longer as simple as a stormy sea. It can be called a catastrophe. Inherent concepts and fixed thinking are all overthrown. I opened my mouth, but found that there are no words to describe the madness of this record.

Four years ago, “Spider-Man” became the first work in film history with a weekend box office of 114 million in its opening weekend, which also marked that North America has officially entered the first weekend box office of over 100 million. The rhythm also means that the measure of 100 million box office in North America will inevitably increase with the advancement of time. Considering the continuous rise in production costs, it is very likely that 200 million will be the mainstream situation in the future. However, this fantasy But it has not been able to become a reality for a long time; until four years later, “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” broke the long-standing record of “Spider-Man” with a data of 135 million, and raised the record by 2,000 in one breath. As much as one million, all North American media have entered the carnival mode, because their long-awaited “200 million is the mainstream” pattern seems to be finally opened, which also means that the North American film market will enter a prosperous and prosperous stage. era.

Perhaps there is still a gap compared with the frequent Hollywood masterpieces in the golden age. The decline in artistic value and the weakening of creative ability seem to be doomed that the film industry will never regain its former glory; The maturity of market business will inevitably create more benefits, and the prosperous market will lead to the rise of the entire entertainment industry. All media believe that “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” is the perfect crystallization of a commercial film production system. Its achievements are more realistic and far-sighted.

But now, just seven days later, just seven days later, the opening box office record for “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” has been broken again! This this…

161 million, “Fury Road” not only broke the record, but also directly increased the record of “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” by as much as 26 million, just when people thought that “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” had The record has been raised to an unbelievable height, and it is very likely that it will not be broken again in the next two to three years, but just seven days later, “Fury Road” ruthlessly The record was ruthlessly raised again, reaching a height that people must look up to.

There are comparisons to compare. The premiere record of “Fury Road” is 41% higher than that of “Spiderman”, and it is also 19.2% higher than that of “Pirates of the Caribbean 2”. Almost as if riding a rocket, it stomped all the historical records under its feet, with the highest box office in film history on Friday, the highest box office in film history on Saturday, and the highest box office in film history on Sunday. Jundi has a brand new premiere box office record in film history.

Such a ferocious record severely suppressed all controversies, doubts, and refutations, and even choked all reactions, exclamations, and praises in the throat. Because, in the face of the number “161 million”, all words are too pale, even if you want to express positive praise, the language is overshadowed, everyone can only look at this group The data froze.

You only need to refer to a set of data to know people’s mood at this moment.

Forty-four thousand one hundred! This is the single-house box office of “Fury Road”, which was screened in 3,645 theaters. With a single-house figure of 40,000 US dollars, it handed over 161 million box office at the opening weekend. This achievement easily crowned the single-hall box office history chart champion of a wide-ranging release film!

As we all know, Lance’s films can always set off a movie-watching frenzy, whether it is “City of God” or “Fruit Candy”, especially the latter, the single box office even broke the blockade of Disney’s animation works, ranking among the historical single-house The top ten in the box office list, this achievement is unimaginable at any time. The data of 168,000 in a single hall is enough to show the support and pursuit of Lance by professional movie fans.

However, the box office records of single halls are generally only used for screening works, just like “Fruit Candy”, which was only screened in two theaters at the beginning, and the explosion of single hall data is also expected. But for works that have been screened on a large scale, the data for a single hall is naturally relatively low. For example, “Pirates of the Caribbean 2”, which was screened in more than 4,000 venues, has no way to compare with those works that were screened in less than 2,000 venues. In comparison – 700 theaters can be called a small-scale release, and 1,500 theaters are a large-scale release.

Before “Fury Road”, the single-house box office record of a large-scale release was just refreshed by “Pirates of the Caribbean 2”, with a single-house price of 32,800 US dollars, which was broken by “Spiderman” in 2002 A record of $31,700. The former was shown in more than 4,100 theaters, and the latter was shown in more than 3,600 theaters, so the difference between single theaters is not obvious. “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” only increased the original record by 1,200 taels. Hundreds of dollars, but the final opening weekend box office gap is relatively clear.

Now, “Road of Fury” has directly increased the record by a full 11,300 US dollars, an increase of 35%, which is incredible and unheard of. what does this mean? This means that the attendance rate of “Fury Road” in every movie theater and every screen exceeds that of “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” by 35%! For a movie theater with an attendance rate of more than 50%, it can be considered “full”, this ratio is completely overwhelming!

The outstanding box office of a single hall~www.readmtl.com~ is far more than that. This achievement ranks 53rd among all works—regardless of on-demand screenings and public screenings. If only live-action movies are counted, this ranking is It will also be raised to thirty-nine. In this list, “The Blair Witch” in 1999 has the most theaters, which was screened in 27 theaters and achieved a box office of 56,000 per theater. “Fury Road” is among them, and the 3,645 venues are simply shocking, which also highlights the incredible results of its opening weekend.

Destruction, this is the real destruction, “Fury Road” easily crushed “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” in all directions, not only the word-of-mouth of the movie, but also the box office data. In the super showdown, “Road of Fury” almost didn’t give any chance to the competitors, and with absolute advantage without any dead ends, it smashed the record into the pocket.

I was dumbfounded, even the “New York Times” and “Chicago Tribune” were dumbfounded at this time. Some people predicted that “Fury Road” would probably win, but absolutely no one dared to predict that it would be a hearty victory . Jaw-dropping, totally jaw-dropping.

When people look back on the long history of film development, they suddenly find that the birth of “Fury Road” in 2006 has become the most important turning point since the 21st century, not only because of the incredible box office achieved by this work Achievement, not only because this work is known as the perfect combination of business and art, but also because this work subverts and changes computer special effects, on-site special effects, action movies, and commercial blockbusters, enough to be comparable to “Star Wars” “Compared with the movie, it really changed the development trend of the blockbuster era.

The birth of “Fury Road” was a full three years earlier than “Avatar”.