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It’s hard to imagine that there is a work that can get such praise in all aspects. There are very few works that can get such treatment in film history. "The Godfather" is undoubtedly a classic in the classics. Now people even use the "L. "Compared, you can see the admiration of people for this work.

All the media greeted cheers, and the applause pushed the film’s media review to a high score of 93. This made "L.A. Confidential" the next to "Schindler's List" and "Pulp Fiction." After that, Hugo's third media review of more than 90 points of work was an incredible achievement, which once again proved Hugo's excellent work selection ability. You should know that some actors will not be able to act in a work with a media review of more than ninety points in their lifetime, because critical film critics are always the most difficult group of people-criticism is the means by which they live. But now, Hugo has three, three of them!

The enthusiasm of the media has become a special phenomenon. It seems that no matter how high people's expectations are, Hugo's works can always meet these expectations, and even break these expectations. The release of every movie will become the media's sigh of luxury. Party, this has almost become a law. This time, "L.A. Confidential" is also no surprise, once again occupying the throne of the first place in the 1997 masterpiece!

Everyone knows that "Schindler's List" and "Pulp Fiction" have created box office miracles in the praise of the media. What about "L.A. Confidential"? It really has a way to be like the "Los Angeles Times" said: Is it a perfect combination of commercial film and art film?

"L.A. Confidential" officially landed on 2,500 theaters across the U.S. on September 19-this number is the same as the "seven deadly sins". Fanatic movie fans flooded into the theaters to enjoy the movie in person for the first time. With the acclaimed works, the national film market has reached an unimaginable prosperity, and it is even suspected that this is still the height of summer. After the audience left, they were surveyed. Subsequent theater scores proved the fact: Hugo is still Audience darling.

The theater score as high as "A" is almost an insurmountable peak for a horror, suspense, and crime drama movie. When the theater score of the "seven deadly sins" got a "b+", it has caused a shock. . And now "L.A. Confidential" is one step closer and has achieved a reputation that there is no way to replicate it, making everyone chant "unbelievable."

But this is the appeal of Hugo, a unique and powerful appeal in the world today.

Such scores come not only from the excellence of the work itself, but also from the audience's trust and praise for Hugo. It seems that today's film market has produced a kind of inertial thought: when you don't know which movie to watch. Just choose the works starred by Hugo.

This kind of thinking is even stronger than "Hugo produces, it must be a masterpiece". Because this means that Hugo has been ahead of all other actors and directors, and has become the number one criterion for the audience to choose works. This is not only an affirmation, but also a pursuit and recognition, which has penetrated into the bones of North American audiences. , Become a fixed concept.

This is why Hugo is worthy of the word "unique".

Seeing the high score of 93 in the media review, people nodded, "Normal. As expected"; but seeing the high score of the theater's "A", people were shocked, "This... how to do it? good?"

Especially for the direct competitors of "L.A. Confidential", this is very, very bad news.

As the most deserted movie schedule of the year, September has always been unattended, but thanks to the popularity of the "seven deadly sins", people have discovered the strong potential of September. Especially for horror and suspense movies, it is undoubtedly the discovery of a new world, which makes film companies large and small—especially small and medium-sized production companies, because they often do not have the ability to compete in the summer, so If they discover the potential of the new schedule, they will be able to win more living space.

This is the case in September of this year. It can almost be said that small and medium-sized production companies gather together. On average, two to three new movies appear every week. If you add in the scheduling of large-scale production companies, the entire movie market will show unprecedented prosperity. The heat continued.

In the third week of September, among the newly released movies this week, there are actually three movie theaters with more than 2,000 theaters. The fierce competition is evident.

The fantasy horror film "Devil Roar ( produced by independent production company Pier David (.) is undoubtedly the most ambitious work this week, with an investment of 50 million US dollars, which is the most expensive of the entire September releases. His works are even higher than the 40 million in "L.A. Confidential". Moreover, the distribution of "Devil's Roar" was handed over to the joint responsibility of three medium-sized distribution companies, and it was screened in 2,800 theaters across the United States. The momentum is comparable to the summer archive.

It can be seen that even when the release schedule of "L.A. Confidential" has been determined early, "Devil Roar" is still fearless, and they have shown great ambitions to compete with "L.A. Confidential". The momentum-a fair and upright duel. This action of "devil roar" has been appreciated by many people.

Hugo Lancaster, this name has almost become a venerable existence in Hollywood. As long as there are works he participated in, even independent literary films such as "Before Sunrise" and "Death Row" will be very important to the audience. Fatal attraction is also irresistible. Therefore, in the box office market, almost no one dared to challenge the dominance of Hugo, and even lack the courage to issue a challenge.

But now, "Devil Roar" is almost head-to-head with "L.A. Confidential" in a tragic attitude. What's more interesting is that from the production cost to the theater line, from the pre-publicity to the premiere ceremony, this movie shows The courage and domineering far beyond the "L.A. Confidential", such a warrior, has been gone for a long time.

No matter what the final result of "Devil Roar", this courage is worthy of praise. As for whether it is brave or reckless, the cold box office numbers will give an answer.

In addition, Paramount’s comedy movie "In&out" will also be shown in 2100 theaters. This comedy movie has invested a full 35 million U.S. dollars—— It is incredible for this type of work, and it is in the absence of big-name actors. However, the famous producer Scott Rudin is behind this work, which is enough to give Paramount confidence in it.

Coupled with the selection of the "L.A. Confidential" screened in 2,500 theaters, the competition of these three films has already aroused numerous discussions before the premiere.

In the eyes of many media outlets, although the courage of "Devil Roar" is commendable, it is still difficult to **** this week's weekend box office champion from "L.A. Confidential" in the face of a strong Hugo. The biggest question is: "Devil" How many audiences can be diverted from the two works of "Roar" and "The Bridegroom's Wrong Turn", which will have a negative impact on the box office record of "L.A. Confidential" hitting the "Seven Deadly Sins"?

However, after the first batch of comments were released, everyone realized the fact that "L.A. Confidential" was far more powerful than imagined, especially Hugo’s appeal to the audience, which is never predictable. factor.

"Devil Roar" is not a good teacher. Although horror movies are not easy to please film critics, the forty-five-point media review is still bad news. Although the audience's response is relatively better, the "c+" score is still only counted. Barely passing; it was "The Bridegroom's Wrong Turn" unexpectedly won the media praise, and the media review seventy points is undoubtedly good news for a comedy movie.

Although the two films "Devil Roar" and "The Bridegroom's Wrong Turn" obviously cannot form a direct confrontation with "L.A. Confidential" in terms of word of mouth, people are still curious about this week's weekend box office-after all, in the off-season in September, people Do you want to choose a movie with a complicated plot and heavy thinking? Or choose a simple and rude horror movie or a light-hearted comedy movie to watch? This is a difficult problem, and the audience's mentality is even more difficult to figure out.

It is worth mentioning that "The Game" directed by David Fincher was released last week. This work has invited Michael Douglas and Sean Penn actors to join the movie. Unfortunately, This work has not been able to replicate the glory of the "Seven Deadly Sins" two years ago, and only won the box office of the first week of 14 million US dollars-of course, this is already a good result for the September schedule~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ Now, "Mind Game" has also joined the box office battle. Its decline in the next week will depend on the performance of "L.A. Confidential". This is not a confrontation but has attracted a lot of discussion. Exciting. However, for "L.A. Confidential", this is embarrassed on all sides. The competition is not only far more fierce than the "Seven Deadly Sins" when it was released, facing the terrible situation of wolves feeding; and now the momentum of "L.A. Confidential" It is also completely inferior to the "seven deadly sins" two years ago, and neither topicality nor popularity can be compared.

But even under such circumstances, "L.A. Confidential" is still trying to break the shackles and create good box office results.

The exhibitor relationship did not break the appointment, because they knew how many people were concerned about this week’s box office data, so they released the weekend box office data for the third week of September as soon as possible. When people saw the “L.A. Confidential” name at the end At the time, there were no surprises. The question is, what is the box office number on the right hand side?

"'L.A. Confidential', the box office of the single library was US$132 million, and the box office of the weekend was US$33 million."

It is such a simple set of numbers that makes the entire North America dumb: everything is quiet, no one can make any sound. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome)