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The film critics were enthusiastically sought after, but the audience didn't buy it at all; the film critics complained harshly, but the theater box office swept the army. This is always a contradiction in the film market, because finding a balance between commercial films and art films has never been an easy task.

The "Peacemaker" now needs this kind of contradiction, hoping to blaze a trail in the criticism of film critics and win the box office. At least in the box office and word of mouth, it can win the heart of one party and make people stand up. But George Clooney was destined to be disappointed.

In the fourth week of September, "Peacemaker", which was screened in 2,500 theaters, earned only 9.3 million US dollars in box office within three days of the weekend. The box office is a little better, but for any work with an investment of 50 million US dollars, this is not good news — it can even be said to be a tragic news, because this has almost sentenced the movie to death, unless the next A box office drop of less than 15% will be handed over in a week, otherwise this work will be destined to lose money.

A 15% drop? Under the background of the forty-three-point media review and the theater score of "c", it is not only an impossible task, but also an illusory daydream.

what does this mean? It means that George's movie dream can be temporarily put aside.

"Batman and Robin"'s huge investment of 125 million US dollars has all been wiped out-movies are still lingering in theaters for a long time, but the North American box office still has not reached the cost line. Maybe Warner Bros. can pass overseas Box office to avoid losses, but the bad word-of-mouth that the film Qianfu refers to completely destroyed the Batman brand, so that Warner Bros. was forced to put this project on the shelf and declared that it would not reopen before the turn of the century.

Although the US$50 million investment of "Peacemaker" is not high, it can only be said to be a mid-range investment, but judging from the performance of the premiere box office and media feedback, there is not much hope for the North American box office to reach the cost line, even if it is There is not much potential in overseas markets. Universal Pictures’ losses have been firmly established, although limited costs will not lead to collapse-like losses, but for Ron Meyer, he has not much room to spend.

Loss, which is almost an unforgivable crime for Hollywood, where interests are paramount. Even more frightening is that the reputation of these two works is almost disastrous. The former even directly ruined a twenty-year-old project. Although everyone knows that there are many reasons for the failure of the film, it is just as the film has achieved Success requires the protagonist to accept the halo, and the failure of the film also requires the protagonist to bear the responsibility-even if it is just a scapegoat. What's more, the failure of "Batman and Robin" must be blamed to a large extent on Bruce Wayne, played by George, completely destroying Batman's unique temperament, and George can't shirk the blame.

For Hollywood, an actor who cannot generate profit is not even a vase.

No matter how strong the so-called potential, no matter how high the so-called popularity, no matter how many so-called topics, the major production companies are still disappointed, because at least the vase can create more attention and it is also cheap; but one who refuses to admit that it is a vase A vase can only be a work of art with no value for use-high and low, put on the shelf.

The fiasco of two consecutive works, from box office to word-of-mouth, from works to topics, was a complete defeat. This scene is too terrifying. What’s even more horrifying is that both works were completely defeated without any counter-attack under the premise of being highly anticipated, ambitious, and full of confidence. One cannot look directly.

Before the release of "PeaceMakers", the hype in the media was so loud, and the humiliation after the premiere box office was so intense.

The weekend box office of only 9.3 million US dollars, not to mention 20 million, even the 10 million box office has not reached the box office, which can hardly be said to have no combat effectiveness, and there is no need for competitors to move. "Peacemaker "I was so humiliated by myself that I couldn't hold back anymore, and I retired directly.

Although people have also speculated that the "peacemaker" may not be able to truly threaten the "L.A. Confidential", no one expected such a result-the box office results are so bad that it is difficult for the "autumn file" to become Excuses. This result is even worse than the result of the comedy film "Food for the Mind(. which also premiered this week, which has left countless people astonished.

"Food for the Spirit" is a small-cost comedy film created by an independent film company and handed over to Twentieth Century Fox for distribution. At a cost of only 7.5 million US dollars, it was shown in only 1,300 theaters, but in the end it was With a box office of $11.2 million for the premiere, it not only easily surpassed the "Peacemaker", but it also lags behind in cost, theater, and publicity.

The last fig leaf of the "Peacemaker" was torn apart.

In fact, in a more cruel reality, in the fourth week of September in the North American weekend box office rankings, "Peacemaker" only ranked fourth, ranked third is "mental food", and the runner-up is impressively "The bridegroom makes the wrong turn"-This comedy film surrendered a 25% drop in the fierce competition, narrowly defeated "food for the mind" and succeeded in occupying the second highest position this week.

The "Peacemaker" is not only the shameless plaque disappeared, it has been completely nailed on the pillar of shame, because the "L.A. Confidential" handed over the sky-defying drop this week: 8%! This also means that a group of competitors have not been able to put any pressure on the "L.A. Confidential", allowing this work to dominate the film market this week and write history easily.

The box office of "L.A. Confidential" unfortunately failed to break the record of "Seven Deadly Sins", which made everyone more worried about the prospect of "L.A. Confidential" in making history in the future. What's more, the following week, "L. "City Secrets" will also have to face more powerful competitors. Once the decline is not satisfactory, the possibility of sprinting to the final box office record of the "Seven Deadly Sins" will plummet. This is undoubtedly a huge regret for the "L.A. Confidential", which has a better reputation and richer entertainment.

The "seven deadly sins" created a box office miracle at the beginning. Apart from the first week's advantage, they did not encounter too many threats the following week. They delivered an astonishing 12% drop and continued their strong box office. "L.A. Confidential" wants to surpass the "Seven Deadly Sins", almost an impossible task.

But the result is that for Hugo, nothing is impossible.

"L.A. Confidential" not only delivered a wonderful decline performance, but also surpassed the "seven deadly sins" in one fell swoop, causing an uproar in North America with an 8% drop against the sky. More importantly, this decline was created on the shoulders of the "peacemaker". Hugo defeated George head-on, and directly caused George to fall into the abyss without any strength to fight back. It was so straightforward and hearty. Victory has almost made people sympathize with George's situation-even Brad Pitt, when he faced Hugo head-on, did not lose so badly, it can be said that he is completely exhausted.

With an 8% drop, "L.A. Confidential" box office reached 30 million U.S. dollars the following weekend, surpassing the "seven deadly sins", and became a successor to "Independence Day", "Jurassic Park" and "Tornado" in film history. "After "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" and "Men in Black", the fifth work that reached $30 million in box office next week! And surpassed the "Men in Black" and became the fourth box office in the next week of film history!

Such an achievement cannot even be described as brilliant enough to express the inner shock, because among the five works, four of them all come from the summer file, and the box office of the premiere far exceeds the level of 50 million, and "L.L. "Confidential" not only came from the most deserted autumn season of the year, but also achieved such an achievement by relying on a strong decline when the premiere box office did not make history. Fall against the sky, worthy of the name!

"L.A. Confidential" almost can be regarded as the word-of-mouth against the sky. Only in the second week, such a powerful force broke out. For a thrilling and suspenseful drama movie, a high score of 93 points is undoubtedly created. History has even surpassed the "silent lamb", "fatal temptation (fatal., "Malta Eagle" and other film history classics, becoming the best of the same type of movies; not to mention the indistinguishable audience High praise, successfully spread the word of mouth to ten, ten to one hundred. This made the movie surrender an 8% drop against the sky in the next week ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ successfully ranked among the forefront of movie history.

Perhaps, from the very beginning, the "Peacemaker" was not an opponent of the "L.A. Secret". From the beginning to the end, the "L.A. Confidential" was fighting here, fighting history, and winning the final victory.

Undoubtedly, “L.A. Confidential” regained the top spot of this week’s North American box office charts with the fourth-highest drop in movie history. After completing a dominant sweep, “L. Speeding up, the cumulative box office reached 74 million in two weeks, but it surpassed the box office of the "Seven Deadly Sins" by a slight advantage, achieving a go-ahead, and once again allowing the "L.A. Confidential" to settle at the final box office. The place became the focus of heated discussion. 200 million? Does "L.A. Confidential" really want to sprint this "seven deadly sins" to a super-high benchmark that regrets to stop?

At this moment, the "L.A. Confidential" has also been on the road of creating history, and no one knows whether anyone will stop it. At least, the "peacemaker" can't do it, and neither can the "most likely challenger" George Clooney.

After "L.A. Confidential" handed over the drop against the sky, it was simply a torment for George, even more painful than walking barefoot in purgatory, but the most painful thing was that George couldn't understand the true feelings in his heart. Express it: Because he is an elegant, calm and witty "Mr. Clooney".