The turning point of many things in the world often comes from some unintentional little things.
After a week of struggling to deal with it, although he has successfully stirred up the public opinion trend into a puddle of muddy water, Simon understands that the clarification he is about to make on NBC's "Tonight Show" will not be able to completely get rid of doubts, and it will still take time to come forward. Water it down.
However, a video that suddenly appeared on ABC completely turned the whole thing around.
Previous doubts have basically focused on whether Simon has professional abilities such as photography, editing, and soundtrack. But after watching that video, anyone with a little ability to think independently no longer doubts Simon's personal skills in music.
It is obvious that Simon, a guitarist who has almost become a professional guitarist, cannot complete the soundtrack for a mere movie.
Since Simon can complete the soundtrack, he can naturally also complete tasks such as photography and editing that should be easier for ordinary people. So, is there any doubt that Run Lola Run was finally made
Of course, doubts will not subside so easily.
Soon the media pointed out that in the video played by ABC, Janet Johnston and Kathryn Bigelow were obviously present, and Simon Westero was using a collector's edition that should be worth about $1,000. Gibson acoustic guitar.
These details are enough to prove that the video is likely to have been staged recently, rather than a video of Simon Westeros busking on Venice Beach before he became famous.
Obvious truth.
How can a penniless poor boy get an expensive brand guitar to perform as a performer!
By inference, "Flight of the Bumblebee" played by Simon Westeros should have been hastily learned only recently, just to cope with the current situation. Sure, the boy might have some talent on the guitar, but he still couldn't prove anything.
However, doubts in this regard were slapped in the face every minute.
The local media in Los Angeles conducted an investigation directly at Venice Beach. Of course, there were no traces of the original tourists, but many surrounding stall owners were deeply impressed by the little miracle Simon created last year.
Later, the old Spanish man who ran the hotel appeared on a talk show on a local TV station in Los Angeles with his acoustic guitar in hand, describing the whole incident in detail, patting his chest and firmly vouching for Simon.
On the new Monday, in the expectation of many people, Simon will officially be a guest on "The Tonight Show".
As the media trend has changed, Simon showed a series of handwritten scripts, scene drawings and even Simon's own work notes and other evidence during the production of "Run Lola Run" on NBC's ace talk show, which caused a stir for a week. The dust has basically settled.
Originally, Simon thought that as long as he could successfully escape from this public controversy, it would be good.
But no one expected that perhaps it was the ABC video tape that once again inspired a large amount of popularity. In addition to rumors that guitar sales in all musical instrument stores in North America increased significantly during this period, the box office of "Run Lola Run" appeared again in the following week. An unexpected turn of events.
Since "Run Lola Run" has been launched on a large scale last week, according to the usual box office curve of most movies, the film's box office in the fifth week should see a certain decline. Affected by the controversy, Orion even predicted that the decline of "Lola Run" this week is likely to reach more than 30%.
However, the reality is that from March 13 to March 15, a three-day weekend, compared to the same period last week, the box office of "Lola Run" not only did not fall, but rebounded by about 6%, collecting another 19.65 million. Dollar.
This is not the end.
In the final full week from March 13th to March 19th, the overall box office decline of "Lola Run" further expanded, reaching about 10%, and the single-week box office also set a new high of US$28.16 million.
As a result, within five weeks of its release, the total box office of "Lola Run" reached US$85.87 million.
Immediately afterwards.
It was unexpected by everyone, but it was obviously expected.
Entering its sixth week, "Run Lola Run" has made another $16.35 million at the box office over three weekends, and its cumulative box office has officially exceeded the $100 million mark, reaching $102.22 million.
Due to the limitations of market size and distribution model, throughout the 1980s, at least before 1987, there were only a handful of films that could achieve a box office of over 100 million in six weeks.
According to Orion's original prediction, even under the best circumstances, "Lola Run" will need a full sixth week to reach over 100 million yuan, and the most likely one is to enter the 100 million yuan club in the seventh week.
But the fact is that "Run Lola Run" successfully achieved this goal in only five and a half weeks.
Moreover, "Run Lola Run" achieved a box office of over 100 million ahead of schedule, which is not the most important thing. It's been clear to anyone since its release that the film would have a piecemeal success at the box office.
but.
Hollywood originally expected the total North American box office of "Running Lola Run" to be between US$150 million and US$200 million.
But now, after a public opinion storm has subsided, the popularity of "Lola Run" that had begun to dissipate has gathered again, and the box office decline has also slowed down significantly.
The box office curve that was supposed to fall in the fifth week suddenly changed its trend, and an abnormal reversal occurred. The result was an overall upward adjustment in the subsequent box office curve.
So, some re-estimations were made, and many people were surprised to find out. After reaching over 100 million in five and a half weeks, the final box office potential of "Lola Run" has clearly exceeded the US$200 million limit.
As for how much it can ultimately achieve, too many people are unwilling to predict.
However, some people want to avoid reality, and many good media directly compare the box office trends of movies with "Run Lola Run" in the past few years. This movie is the North American box office champion "Back to Home" in 1985. future".
This popular science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis also achieved a box office of over 100 million in its sixth week of release. However, it was only after its sixth full week that "Back to the Future" took in a box office of $10.92 million, barely breaking the $100 million threshold.
But just like that, the final North American box office of "Back to the Future" has reached 210 million US dollars.
So.
Let's look at "Run Lola Run" again, how many can there be? !
Thinking of the film's future box office potential, some people in some offices deep in Hollywood who had just made small moves to curb the film's box office even felt a strong sense of regret.
I originally wanted to suppress the box office of "Run Lola Run", but unexpectedly, the movie crossed an even more miraculous threshold.