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The single library is US$13,200, and the weekend is US$33 million.

With such data, it is easy to explode the weekend box office results of works such as "Life and Death Hour 2", "Air Prison (., and "Change Face" in the summer file this year. The second place-will be behind the "seven deadly sins" of 34 million US dollars.

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This is almost an incredible miracle for the entire North American market. Since the "Seven Deadly Sins" broke the history strongly in 1995, it currently ranks runner-up in the film history premiere box office rankings in September. It was the "ex-wife club" that was released last year, and the weekend box office of 18 million US dollars was worthy of being called. It is eye-catching, but when compared with the 30 million-level data of the "Seven Deadly Sins", it seems extremely lonely.

Now, the second film history in September won 20 million-even 30 million-the weekend box office work was born, it is "L.A. Confidential", also from Hugo's work, once again wrote the box office Mythology, with absolutely strong results, has proved his unparalleled power.

More importantly, "L.A. Confidential" created this achievement in a situation where it was embarrassed on all sides.

Two years ago, when the "Seven Deadly Sins" made history, the competition was weak, and almost no one had fancy the autumn season in September; and after experiencing the evil incidents during the filming of "Death Row", the young volcanoes provoked resistance. The action was huge, and later it continued to spread under the catalysis of the single "Apologize (; not to mention that on the eve of the presidential election, sensitive topics ignited the enthusiasm of the whole society and directly pushed the "seven deadly sins" to the top. The storm is on the cusp.

Under such circumstances, the "seven deadly sins" handed over a history-breaking answer.

Now, two years later, "L.A. Confidential" faces the menacing "Devil Roar" and "Groom's Wrong Turn" as well as David Fincher's "psychological game", and at the same time how hot the topic is It is also inferior to more than two grades. In addition to the cast’s lineup as the biggest topic, Warner Bros. even used the news of forty weeks of "hurt and rain" to promote the movie, which can almost be seen as desperate. Extreme choice.

But even in this situation, "L.A. Confidential" still created its own history. The weekend box office of 33 million US dollars was only so small that it could not break the record of the "seven deadly sins". Whether it is media word-of-mouth or audience feedback, "L.A. Confidential" has achieved a full lead, not to mention the brilliance created under adverse conditions, which is enough to make people believe that "L.A. Confidential" has a hearty victory!

Without any additional factors, without any topical gimmicks, without any motivation to help, "L.A. Confidential" only relied on the appeal of a strong cast of casts to win a box office score of $33 million in three days over the weekend, which once again made people I deeply felt the powerful power of Hugo. It can be said that “L.A. Secrets” completely relied on its own reputation and Hugo's appeal to create such results. This is a shocking education for the entire Hollywood.

In a deserted September, "L.A. Confidential" handed over 30 million box office results for the second weekend of film history. This seems to have answered Hollywood's question: Is the box office miracle of "Independence Day" really just a shooting star? ? Or can it become the development trend of the industry?

The answer should be the latter.

With almost no computer special effects, "L.A. Confidential" relies on meticulous stories, outstanding scripts, brilliant characters, and wonderful actors. It has not only won the recognition of tricky film critics, but also won the recognition of critical audiences. . In this case, coupled with a charismatic actor, the box office miracle model is completely reproducible.

This summer, although the box office of "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" was outstanding, it still failed to perform miracles; the box office of "Batman and Robin" and "Life and Death 2" suffered a fiasco, almost a loss. He lost his money, and he also suffered countless infamy; "Conspiracy Theory (. and "Police. Cha Empire (.land won the weekend box office champions, but the premiere box office and cumulative box office were not satisfactory...

On the contrary, the dark horse "Men in Black" turned out to surprise the entire North American market. From the premiere box office to the follow-up box office curve, it was very gratifying.

All of this proves a truth: computer special effects can indeed be the key to changing the film industry, but the script is still the most important foundation. Simple and rude, such as "Independence Day", there is still an excellent story. The rhythm control is worthy of reference to movies of the same type. Computer special effects are just the weight to make the story more exciting-"Men in Black" also broke out of the siege. .

Take "L.A. Confidential" as an example. In fact, this movie hardly uses computer special effects, with one exception: the final battle. During the shooting process, not only a lot of real blasting scenes were invested, but also computer special effects were used to make the scene The rain of bullets looks more realistic and more popular. This big battle undoubtedly vented all the emotions of the movie for 120 minutes. Ingenious, but not too hot, successfully became the finishing touch of the movie.

The same is true for top actors. The extreme trends of the two films "Batman and Robin" and "L.A. Confidential" vividly teach the film industry a lesson: how to use top actors correctly and well!

The seven main characters in "L.A. Confidential" have shown their extreme charm. They are amazing and have a profound aftertaste. Hugo is not an arrow character in the film—although it is a decisive character that conveys the core of the film. Throughout the whole story, but the film is more of the collective power of all actors.

The script, special effects, and actors were arranged and combined under the correct guidance of the director, so "L.A. Confidential" was born, and a weekend box office record of 33 million U.S. dollars was born.

Obviously, the 30 million-level weekend box office was handed over in the deserted September, which was an unparalleled shock for the entire Hollywood. More importantly, this is the second time that Hugo has created such a result in a remote autumn file after the "seven deadly sins". This not only gave the film industry a new enlightenment, but also made people more aware of Hugo as an actor. the value of.

In the box office miracle of "Independence Day", in addition to computer special effects, what proportion does the Hugo effect account for? This is a question that anyone in Hollywood will think about.

Returning to the North American weekend box office rankings in the third week of September, "L.A. Confidential" is enough to rank second in film history. There is no doubt that it can easily secure this week's championship throne. What is more rare is that even The "Chicago Tribune", which had the highest prediction, still failed to guess the ending. "L.A. Confidential" once again made all the media dumbfounded by sweeping the army.

The "San Francisco Chronicle", "USA Today", "New York Post" and other media all breathed a sigh of relief. Although they underestimated the box office of "L.A. Confidential", they were just conservative and did not slander. The ending after repeated confrontations with Hugo has allowed them to accept enough lessons, this time they finally did not repeat the same mistakes. More importantly, the $33 million weekend box office has almost beaten all the media in the face, so they don't have to worry about it.

When faced with a top actor, being so cautious and servile, is this a good thing or a bad thing for the media?

The only pity is that "L.A. Confidential" was only one million dollars short to break the "Seven Deadly Sins" record, so close to the record, but in the end regrettably passed by, making many people feel embarrassed. . After all, the word-of-mouth of "L.A. Confidential" in the media and audience exceeds the "seven deadly sins".

Faced with the strong crush of "L.A. Confidential" and the malaise of many competitors, "The Bridegroom's Wrong Turn" successfully stood out. Relying on good media evaluations, it won a weekend box office of 15 million US dollars. It was a huge surprise, especially under the incredible results of "L.A. Confidential". This box office data made Paramount smile even more. After ranking runner-up in the box office rankings this week, "The groom made mistakes." "Bend" has become the biggest bright spot outside of this week's championship.

Last week’s weekend box office champion "Psychological Game" was directly contested by the "L.A. Confidential" of the same genre. The decline in the next week fell sharply by 40%, and it fell directly to the third place, although this is for the thriller and suspense film. It is already a very good result, but the box office of 9 million US dollars the following week only increased the cumulative box office to 28 million US dollars. This is definitely a "mental game" with an investment cost of up to 50 million US dollars. A bad news.

In fact, the media evaluation of "~www.wuxiaspot.com~Psychological Games" is quite good. Although the average media score of 61 points is not comparable to the "Seven Deadly Sins", it is not easy to find among movies of the same type. More importantly, the theater score has reached "b+", which is on par with the "seven deadly sins". It can be seen that this movie is affirmed. But the box office has completely lost the magic of the "seven deadly sins", is it just Is it because of the lack of Hugo?

"Devil Roar" became the biggest loser this week. The six million dollar premiere weekend box office is almost doomed to become the cannon fodder under the crush of "L.A. Confidential". Although this result has been predicted after the media review and the theater scores were released, when the real box office results were learned, it still brought a huge blow.

The development of small and medium-sized film companies is still long. The independent film industry after "pulp fiction" is thriving, but independent art films lack the story, role and depth, and it is almost impossible to gain a foothold in Hollywood. This also raises new issues for the development of small and medium-sized production companies-besides Sundance, can they produce wonderful works by themselves?

The North American weekend box office in the third week of September ended unexpectedly but unexpectedly. "L.A. Confidential" dominated the championship, but unfortunately passed the record-breaking. Is this a sign- It means that the "L.A. Confidential" cannot create the "Seven Deadly Sins" box office miracle signal?