Made in Hollywood

"Duke Rosenberg's counterattack - the beginning of the successful transformation of the Explosive Maniac!"

Duke grabbed the entertainment headlines again Monday morning, with the Los Angeles Times covering half of the front page of him and Chicago.

"When the ultimate conjecture of the most unlikely event in Hollywood - Duke Rosenberg's filming of a literary film - turned into a fact, the whole Hollywood and even the world's film industry was shocked, and everyone could not accept him to shoot. A musical film, and many people are laughing at it, but today! This past weekend! The man who was born when the comet hit the earth has successfully achieved a counterattack!"

"In the first weekend of its release, "Chicago" was limited by the size of its release, but still got a super high single-hall box office of $31,875. In the second weekend just past, "Chicago" has expanded its screening theaters. By 1866, North America received $21.13 million in three days, beating out Star Trek: First Strike, which continued to be shown in 2,812 theaters, to win the weekly box office chart!”

"As of yesterday, "Chicago," which cost a total of $25 million in production, has already earned $37.32 million at the box office. The film has been released for two weekends, and its popularity has not declined at all. Duke Rosenberg will surely be successful again. Lenovo last year With the profound and touching "Saving Private Ryan", the young film director is quietly transforming, like a dream machine, turning the impossible that was imposed on him by the outside world into reality!"

"We can also imagine from this that Duke Rosenberg will definitely try more movies with more themes in the future, and his road to master has just begun..."

Putting down the newspaper in her hand, Shelly Lansing's brows were already wrinkled. She couldn't understand, it was originally just a screening of 100 theaters. Why did "Chicago", which is not a threat to Paramount Pictures at all, ride on the head of "Star Trek" in an instant?

Although "Chicago" was the first weekend of its expanded release, and "Star Trek" had its hottest opening weekend, the latter had 2,812 theaters, and its $17.8 million second-weekend result was not enough. Said bad, and the result was overwhelmed by Duke Rosenberg again.

The two sides did not have a violent collision this time. No one in Paramount Pictures thought that "Chicago", which was released at the same time, would be a threat. Who would have thought that it would explode so fast and so fiercely?

Despite the important role played by Warner Bros. and Duke Studio's endless and almost unlimited publicity tools, Shelley Lansing knew that the quality of the film was the foundation. The production is fast-paced and full of dark humor, and even makes the adrenaline rush. It completely breaks through the inherent limitations of musicals.

With a sigh, Shelly Lansing didn't plan to do anything. The most critical first two weekends of "Star Trek" have passed, and the scale of this week's release will remain at 2,812. The box office decline is an inevitable law. At this time, it is too late to do action on "Chicago", and it is not worth the loss at all.

Picking up another newspaper, Shelly Lansing glanced at it, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. When Duke Rosenberg announced that he was going to make a musical, a lot of the media laughed at the end of the world. Now that he has succeeded, he can't wait to kneel and lick one by one.

Here's a report from The New York Times.

"Chicago has proved to us that musicals are not out of date, and Duke Rosenberg has ushered in a new era of musicals in Hollywood..."

Whether the film will spark a new era of musicals is unknown. But it is a fact that it surpassed "Star Trek" to become the hottest movie in North America. On Monday, the scale of the movie's screening expanded again, reaching 2015, and the rising number of theaters not only fully promoted the market potential of the movie , and also firmly suppressed the release scale of "The English Patient".

The number of theaters in the latter has also increased, but it has only risen from 593 to 617. "Chicago" and "The English Patient" are not of the same order in the box office market.

On Monday, "Chicago" reported $4.59 million, "The English Patient" was only $770,000, and "Star Trek" plummeted at the box office in a single day. With 2,812 theaters, it only got $2.76 million.

By Tuesday, the figures were $4.46 million, $680,000 and $2.47 million, respectively.

"Chicago" briefly led the North American box office trend during this period. On the following Wednesday and Thursday, it reaped $4.27 million and $4.38 million respectively, with a total North American box office of $55.02 million!

"Star Trek", which was released in the same period, got $64.53 million, while "The English Patient" was only $13.23 million!

The box office numbers of "Star Trek" have fallen sharply, and "The English Patient" has been sluggish. Even if the companies to which the two films belonged worked hard, the theater chain would not be able to give them too much resource support. "Chicago" has expanded its screening theaters again , reaching 2,500 theaters that can only be obtained by purely commercial films.

However, in essence, this is a commercial film wrapped in a song and dance coat.

The two films released in the same period have been unable to continue to compete with "Chicago", and the film has also ushered in a new strong competitor - the live-action version of "101 Dalmatians" produced by Disney and distributed by Bowei Pictures.

Adapted from a classic cartoon, this movie has a wide audience and has a distinct nostalgic mood.

No one thought "Chicago" at its three-week release would be a match for "101 Dalmatians," and Duke himself and Warner Bros. were no exception, the genre Disney is best at, and the odds of it screwing up are extremely low.

The fact is also true. Although "101 Dalmatians" did not explode, the box office results were still impressive. The first-week box office of $33.5 million was enough for them to win the weekly box office championship from "Chicago". throne.

And "101 Dalmatians" did not explode, and it has nothing to do with "Chicago" maintaining a certain strong trend this week. In the third weekend of its release, "Chicago" received 20.58 million US dollars in 2,500 theaters. After "101 Dalmatians", it occupies the second place in this week's box office chart.

the following week. "Chicago" has been following "101 Dalmatians", taking in $2.56 million, $2.34 million, $2.21 million and $2.27 million in four working days, and the North American box office exceeded the $80 million mark, reaching $84.98 million !

Christmas is approaching, North America has entered the second most important film schedule of the year, and more and more films have begun to join this fierce and chaotic market battle. On the surface, the films and the film companies behind them are only fighting for publicity, but where the public does not notice, from movie star scandals to the number of theaters to various events, fierce competition is taking place. .

"Chicago" certainly won't be able to continue on this scale, before a new weekend begins. The number of theaters in North America dropped rapidly from 2,500 to 1,986. Due to the steady trend of "101 Dalmatians", the number of theaters increased to 2,901.

And this weekend, "Chicago" ushered in the competition of Miramax's films. "Scream", co-produced by Harvey Weinstein and famous horror film director Wes Craven, opened in North America with a scale of 1,413 theaters.

Although this is a horror film that is very incompatible with the Christmas atmosphere, the production cost is only 15 million US dollars, and it is not favored by various forecasting agencies and media in advance. But Duke remembered that it would be the beginning of a successful series, and the film would also feature a reformed Drew Barrymore. It is said that Spielberg also attended the premiere, and there is absolutely no lack of topicality.

But because there were not enough theaters to open, "Scream" did not make much waves, and three days later passed. It ended the first weekend with $6.35 million, and the box office in a single hall did not break the $10,000 mark.

"101 Dalmatians" used an example to tell the market what it means to open high and go low. The number of theaters increased in the second weekend, but the box office plummeted. Compared with the first weekend, the decline was nearly 60%, and only 13.19 million was gained in three days. Dollar.

"Star Trek" has also reached its fourth weekend, but the weekend box office has shrunk to 3.43 million US dollars, and the North American box office has accumulated 76.72 million US dollars in four weeks of release!

"The English Patient" remains a dead end, rising to $17.76 million at the North American box office after taking in $2.12 million over three days over the weekend.

"Harvey, we have been influenced and impacted by 'Chicago' for two consecutive films!"

In the limousine driving towards the Hollywood area, Bob Weinstein looked at the report in his hand with uncontrollable surprise, "How many people can think and dare to think, "Chicago" will be published before Christmas. With so many competitors, to win the second weekly box office championship?"

"Dare to make musicals so commercial," Harvey Weinstein sighed. "Only a director like Duke Rosenberg can do it in Hollywood."

He didn't read the report in the hands of Bob Weinstein, because he had read it too many times. On the North American weekly box office rankings freshly released this morning, "Chicago" received $14.78 million in 1986 theaters. The results, overwhelmed all the competitors in the same period, and easily sat in the championship position.

"If I remember correctly, the North American box office of 'Chicago' has totaled 99.76 million US dollars." Bob Weinstein seemed to be in disbelief. A commercial masterpiece like "Trek" was actually overtaken by "Chicago", and it exploded at the box office!"

"Who made it's director Duke Rosenberg?" Harvey Weinstein continued, looking at the hotel where the party was being held in the distance, "The power of the king of the summer season after joining the Thanksgiving season cannot be tolerated. No one ignores!"

The car stopped at this time, and Harvey Weinstein pushed the door of the car and said, "We are now completely defeated at the box office, so another battle must not be lost!" (To be continued ~^~)