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The more courageous "Scent of a Woman" was released for only three weeks and became the biggest dark horse in the fall of 1992. Universal Pictures worked hard to directly increase the number of expanded theaters to 1,400, continuing the list. After the outstanding performance of the box office in the first week of November, it won an astonishing $9.5 million weekend box office, showing an upward trend in the weekend box office for the fourth consecutive week. Tens of millions of dollars, such an outstanding performance made the entire North American film critics scream again and again.

If you think carefully about the tremendous pressure that "Smell the Scent and Know Women" before its release, and the pain and suffering that Hugo has endured in the past seventeen months, then this battle is undoubtedly "Smell the Scent and Know Women". A big win!

Carrying the box office data of $9.5 million in the weekend, "Scent of a Woman" finally defeated "Passenger (Passenger. 57 which premiered this week, and successfully regained the North American weekend box office rankings in the first week of November. The champion.

Although the US$20 million investment in the "Truiser Titans" came fiercely, in the end, the US$9.4 million premiere weekend box office fell short of its success and lost by a narrow margin of less than US$100,000. The Bei box office completed the win-win "Scent of a Woman".

"Qianlong Bangtian" grabbed a weekend box office of 5.6 million U.S. dollars and occupied the third place. The cumulative box office data for five weeks after the release was 59 million, making it the biggest winner in this fall season; on the other hand, "Dahe Lian", which was further expanded in 1,000 theaters, received 5 million U.S. dollars and became the third place in the box office rankings this week. The cumulative box office in the five weeks of the show also reached 14 million, which performed very well.

I have to say that "Dahe Lian" and "Scent of a Woman" are a pair of enemies. Although "Dahe Lian" was the first to be released and seized the opportunity, "Scent of a Woman" has completed an all-round overtake from all angles. Overwhelming direct competitors. As you can imagine, Brad and Martin were frustrated.

The "Scent of a Woman" who achieved two consecutive championships not only broke all the doubts and worries before the release, but also completed an incredible turn-around battle, although all the light was concentrated on the male protagonist Al Pacino, But Hugo's contribution has undoubtedly entered people's attention, which also indicates that the bad luck of the Golden Raspberry Award has finally begun to dissipate!

In the second week of November, the magical journey of "Smelling Scents and Knowing Women" finally came to an end. Faced with the US$40 million production "Dracula" and "Smelling Scents and Knowing Women" "It is difficult to initiate an effective confrontation

"Four Hundred Years of Dracula..." Directed by the great director Francis Ford Coppola (Fran (: is. Ford. Copp01a)), it brings together Gary Oldman (Gary. 01dman) and Winona One Rui. Popular actors such as Winona. Ryder, Keanu Reeves and Anthony Hopkins are naturally not that simple to fight against.

"Vampires are in shock for four hundred years..." After it was released, it easily swept the box office with 30 million US dollars in the premiere, and took the championship without any suspense.

Faced with such a domineering competitor, "Scent of a Woman" did not have stage fright. It delivered an ultra-low drop of 15%. The weekend box office reached 8 million U.S. dollars, and it firmly held the position after it came down from the championship. Lived in the runner-up position. Relatively speaking, the "Cruising Titans" is a bit regretful. The 30% drop caused him to only hand over 6.5 million transcripts. Although ranked third in sequence, he was "Smell the fragrance to know a woman" widened the gap.

As for "Dahe Lian", the performance is also very good, with a 22% drop and won the weekend box office of 3.9 million, but it is still a notch worse than the outstanding performance of "Scent of a Woman".

The "Scent of a Woman", who has accumulated a box office of 29 million US dollars within five weeks of its release, does not have the ability to compete at the box office after that, but the two consecutive championships are already a surprise and cannot be asked for more. That’s too much, and the trend curve of movies at the North American box office relying on their excellent word of mouth is still very gratifying. Not only has the weekly decline been controlled below 20%, but there are even a few weeks of reverse growth. What is even more gratifying is , The long-term selling ability of "Scent of a Woman" has also been enthusiastically sought after by the audience. From the second week of October to the first week of July, it was released until the first week of July. The pre- and post-release period reached 36 weeks.

"Dahe Lian" is obviously not comparable. Thirteen weeks after its release, the audience had to go offline early due to the rapid decline in the audience. The cumulative box office eventually stumbled to 36 million. Of course, compared with a small-cost movie, this data is natural to achieve profitability, but compared to "smelt the fragrance and know a woman", the performance is not so excellent.

"Scent of a Woman" finally brought its cumulative box office in North America to 80 million U.S. dollars, which is ten times more than the book cost of 8 million. Of course, when calculating profitability, film companies and major theaters need to be divided up, and film companies need to be divided up with actors, directors, etc., but in any case, the great success of "Smelling Scents and Knowing Women" is undoubtedly .

On the other hand, the "scenting women" who have gained a lot of attention in North America have also landed in overseas markets. Compared with the United States, the enthusiasm of overseas markets is even higher, and finally it has handed over 90 million US dollars in box office data. The global box office of "Scent of a Woman" reached 170 million U.S. dollars in one fell swoop, enough to make Universal Pictures smile.

The success of "Scent of a Woman" is undoubted, and Hugo also swept away the previous decline, once again entered the attention of the mainstream media, and became a hot figure. Compared to Al, who has been active in the public eye, Hugo, who has experienced ups and downs for a year, is clearly the focus of attention. This also makes Hugo a guest of the new issue of "Tonight. Show".

The "Tonight Show" under the NBC TV station is currently the highest-rated talk show in the United States. Prior to this, the host Johnny Carson (Johnny. Carson) hosted the show for 30 years. Pushed to the top. However, when Johnny Carson announced his retirement in May this year, the position of the host triggered a fierce battle. Contenders included Jay Leno (Jay Leno) and David Lightman (Dayid). Letterman), in the end it was the more loyal Jay Renault who succeeded in winning. David Letterman, who had been promised that Johnny would take over after retirement, felt the betrayal, and ran away from CBS TV in angrily. The vacancy he left on NBC TV was occupied by Conan O'Brien )succeed.

The guests who appeared in the "Tonight Show" included sports, movies, music, politics, economy and other fields. The twice-weekly broadcasts are always enthusiastically sought after by the audience. After Jie took over the position of the host, he also took advantage of this advantage. Continued.

Hugo arrived at the studio in Burbank early, but there was still some distance from the studio, and Joseph had to slow down the car. Hugo looked at the crowd in front of him. There were about a dozen people, although not many. , But it makes the road narrower. You must pay attention when driving. "What's the matter, isn't the studio only allowed to enter the studio?" Hugo has been to Burbank’s studio many times before, but never Have seen such a peculiar situation.

Joseph also looked around, and said uncertainly, "Maybe these are all here to listen. I'm waiting for the staff to come and receive him."

At this time, the gathered crowd also noticed the slowly approaching vehicles, and they couldn't help turning their heads. The few people closest to the middle of the road dispersed and prepared to give up the space. But at this moment, someone suddenly rushed up, shocked Joseph who was driving, and didn't dare to raise the speed. Hugo, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was also stunned, completely unable to figure out the situation. .

"Hugo! I love you!" The first person rushed to the passenger seat and shouted loudly through the glass window, the excitement on his face vividly presented in front of Hugo.

Before Hugo could react, the people behind finally realized that the car was sitting in a Hugo Lancaster. Since Joseph did not put shading paper on the window at all, he had to see the situation in the car completely. It's easy. As a result, more than a dozen people rushed to surround Joseph's old Volkswagen Golf.

"Hugo! Hugo!" Seeing the call outside the window, Hugo finally understood. He looked at Joseph dumbfoundedly, "They... are they here to find me?" Deafening, people can't help but wonder if this old car might fall apart at any time.

Joseph has also figured out the situation now, and the corners of his mouth are drawn in an arc, "It seems that they are. Ready to say, they are waiting for you." When the actors came to record the show, the fans waited in front of the studio. This kind of star-chasing behavior It’s not that common—it can be seen more often at the premiere, but it’s not so unusual. However, Joseph did not expect that "Scent of a Woman" was only released for a week, and the effect actually came out.

"So, me, what should I do?" Hugo asked stupidly.

Joseph took the time to take a look at Hugo. Seeing Hugo’s slightly naive expression, Joseph almost didn’t control it to laugh out loud, but he still held it back and said hesitantly. To, "Wave your hand?"

In Hugo’s impression, fans gathered, screamed and screamed. This is not all the treatment that popular idols have, such as Justin. Bieber, such as Robert Pattinson (Robert. Pattinson), because more of the girls who really chase stars are girls, they need a trigger point for "nympho". But Hugo doesn't have it now. "Scent of a Woman" is not a movie that makes girls scream after watching them.

Therefore, facing the dozens of fans outside the car window waiting for him, Hugo was really caught off guard, even when he had a few female fans in the past, he was not so nervous. So Hugo did what Joseph said. He smiled outside the window and waved his hand.

In an instant, "Ah! Ah! Ah!" The screams came like a tide, and Hugo knew for the first time that a dozen people screaming together can produce such a terrible effect. However, this feels really good. Hugo's slightly stiff smile involuntarily relaxed, and it fully bloomed, and the amber eyes gushing out of golden light.