Although there are some unharmonious incidents such as the Cote d'Ivoire coup against the background of the ongoing war in Central Africa, as the millennium is approaching, the world is generally peaceful and lively. The show attracted widespread attention around the world. During this period, countless governments or private groups in various countries around the world were organizing various activities to welcome the new millennium.
The same goes for the Simon family.
He had no plans to go to Australia again at the end of this year, so the old man was very unhappy about this, so he directly sent his eldest brother Anthony over to snatch his precious eldest grandson to offset the debt. The couple had no objection to this, but they thought that if the old man could pick up a group of little ones, well, there would be a happy world of three by the end of the year.
All right.
Then there's the move to the East Coast, where they plan to host a bustling Millennium Party in the super mansion on the top floor of Westeros Towers.
On the other hand, equally lively is of course the film market at the end of the year.
The first week of the official Christmas season, from December 17th to December 23rd, passed quickly.
The first is "Game of the Brave 2".
This special effects blockbuster from Warner Bros. and Daenerys finally grossed $81.66 million at the box office in its first week. Again, no surprises, no surprises, and a pretty average performance. After all, considering that the total investment in production and promotion of the film is US$135 million, which is higher than that of "Godzilla", it is definitely not a surprise if it does not exceed 100 million US dollars in the first week, but if it exceeds US$80 million, it has also reached the level of Warner and Danielle The expectations of both parties.
Speaking of which, after all, it is because the year-end schedule is too crowded.
However, compared to the US$63.35 million box office of the first "Game of the Brave" in its first week, this time it exceeded US$80 million. Of course, it is still an improvement. The key depends on the trend in the next week.
The second place is "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring".
This first installment in the "Lord of the Rings" series is actually more popular than "Game of the Brave 2". After all, it has a broad base of popularity. After US$91.37 million in the first week, the film was attacked by new films such as "Jumanji 2" and "Alien 3" in the second week. The final box office decline remained at an outstanding 26%. This once again showed the film's potential and continued to make money the following week. 67.65 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 159.02 million US dollars.
Obviously, as long as the film can maintain a similar trend of falling within 30% the next week, it will only be a matter of time before the total domestic box office exceeds 300 million.
The third place went to the new film "Xenomorph 3".
After replacing the most popular heroine Natasha Henstridge, "Alien 3" performed unexpectedly in this popular Christmas season, unexpectedly earning a box office of US$46.39 million in the first seven days.
You know, two years ago, "Alien 2" only grossed 33.15 million U.S. dollars in its first week, and the total domestic box office was more than 80 million. This time, "Alien 3" took in 46.39 million U.S. dollars in its first week, and even exceeded 100 million in the local box office. possible.
Relatively speaking, MGM's initial expectation was that "Alien 3" could achieve over 100 million globally and a conservative 50 million locally, which would be satisfactory. After all, although the total investment in the production and promotion of the film is as high as 60 million US dollars, the first two films have proven that the video peripherals of this series are very profitable, and as long as the theater performance is not too bad, there will be no losses.
In fact, because Natasha Henstridge no longer plays the leading role, the MGM team once considered putting the film directly into the video tape channel, which can reduce production costs and eliminate most of the investment in publicity and distribution.
The current market feedback is obviously unexpected.
Moreover, the key is to prove that changing the heroine will not harm the film's market potential that much. Therefore, even if the second-generation alien girl Megan Gale wants to raise the price because of this success, the MGM team will have the confidence to do it again replace.
In fact, the MGM team is already considering doing this.
After all, the third part was so successful, the fourth part is definitely a sure thing.
As for why the film was successful
Perhaps the audience just wants to see the changes in the alien girls. For example, next time, the third generation of alien girls will fight against the second generation of alien girls. What a good idea.
Not only that, with the outstanding vitality shown by this series, next time, the three generations of alien girls may not need to choose completely new people, but can try to invite some well-known actresses or currently popular supermodels to make guest appearances.
Simon's attitude towards this is okay, but the key is that the acting skills of the three generations of heterogeneous girls must be up to standard, and they cannot just look at the face and figure, otherwise it is very likely to end up like the big-breasted girls in B-level movies exaggerating and pinching each other, and then they will be inferior. .
Further back.
Disney's new film "Elf" ranked fourth, and its performance was unsatisfactory. The box office in the first week was only 39.17 million U.S. dollars. Compared with the total investment of 100 million U.S. dollars in production and promotion, even because of the subject matter, the following Christmas and New Year The decline will be relatively moderate, and Disney has little hope of recovering costs in the theatrical stage of global distribution.
What's more, Vivendi's expectations for this movie are not just as simple as recovering costs.
According to the initial news, Vivendi hopes that this movie can become a fantasy version of "Home Alone" with a local box office of at least 200 million. Unfortunately, it backfired.
Immediately following, fifth place is "Cyborg 2".
In its fifth week of release, "Cyborg 2" fell 45% this week under the impact of a number of new films, collecting another US$17.51 million, with a cumulative box office of US$295.01 million.
Breaking 300 million is imminent.
However, it is obvious that although it can easily break through the US$300 million mark, based on the current trend of the film, it is basically impossible to reach US$400 million. The final box office should be around US$350 million.
Again, too crowded.
In fact, Hollywood’s year-end schedule has always been crowded, but the problem is that in the past, except for a few key points, the volume was not too high, and the production costs were medium to low. If it was such an environment, "Cyborg" 2》enough to achieve a kill. Nowadays, a group of super blockbusters are crowded together. Not only do they spend a lot of money on production, but they also invest in publicity and distribution. It is also very different from the distribution model of more than ten or twenty years ago, where each one relied on word of mouth to determine who would succeed in the long run.
It's just a Shura field. Even if you can fight your way out, you will definitely be injured to some extent.
The best way to avoid this outcome is not to participate.
This is already the case.
In recent years, the production output of other major Hollywood studios and even second- and third-tier film companies has seen a very obvious downward trend.
This is exactly what Simon expected.
Outside the top five, the only one worth mentioning is "Cars". In its sixth week of release, "Cars" dropped 45% compared to "Cyborg 2". "Cars" has just begun to be favored by more family-friendly audiences. The one-week decline was only 17%, and it continued to earn US$10.13 million, with the cumulative box office reaching US$168.09 million.
There is only a little over 30 million gap left from the 200 million threshold.
Considering that Christmas and New Year are coming next, like Disney's "Elf", the market performance of "Cars" in the next two weeks is also worth looking forward to.
Since then, other films have fallen within the box office range of tens of millions of dollars in a single week and are not worth mentioning.
In the same film field, there is another thing worth paying attention to this week, and that is the announcement of the nominations for another annual American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards. On the previous Monday, December 20, the Golden Globe Awards organizing committee officially announced the nomination list for the 57th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards. Just like last year, Daenerys Entertainment still led the way.
Let’s just talk about the Best Picture nominations. Even though Daenerys was somewhat suppressed by the Golden Globes because of last year’s awards, and she was no longer directly cut off by half of her share, there were still three films that were successfully nominated for a total of 10 nominations. Nominated for Best Picture.
Among them, "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "The Matrix" were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture in the Drama Category. "Chicago", which will be released this week, is also the public relations focus of Daenerys Entertainment during the 2000 awards season. After an internal preview specifically for the Golden Globe Awards jury team, it successfully received a nomination for Best Picture in the Musical Comedy category, as well as two female lead nominations for Catherine Zeta-Jones and Madonna, and Best Actor nomination for Hugh Jackman. nomination, Rob Marshall's nomination for Best Director, plus Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress, for a total of seven.
On December 24, Christmas Eve, after seven Golden Globe nominations and a subsequent premiere promotion campaign, "Chicago" officially landed in North American theaters without small-scale test screenings and directly opened on 2,739 screens. .
During the same period, there was another medium-cost science fiction film, "Galaxy Quest", a collaboration between Paramount and DreamWorks, which has gradually lost much of its presence. It was adapted from a science fiction drama of the same name in the 1980s, with a production cost of US$45 million. It happens to be about the same cost as "Chicago", with the film opening on 2,145 screens.