Although the reviews of "Home Alone 2" were polarized, it did not stop the sequel's frenzy at the box office.
In the first three days of the weekend, "Home Alone 2" earned a box office of 31 million US dollars in more than 2,200 theaters in North America. After the first week of release, the film's total box office reached more than 46 million, far exceeding the first film's 27 million. With Duo Wan's first-week results, other Hollywood film companies are all trembling, fearing that "Home Alone 2" will break the box office record set by the first film.
And the second place this week is Warner's "Lethal Weapon 2". Although it was screened in more than 1,900 theaters, it only got a box office of more than 25 million, comparable to more than half of "Home Alone 2". Paramount's black comedy "Harlem Nightclubs" came in third with $22 million.
Although "Home Alone 2" got a box office of 46 million U.S. dollars, it is actually not too surprising. The most surprising movie in the first week of the Thanksgiving schedule is the "Steel Steel" that has been ignored. Magnolia.
Seriously, it would be an exaggeration to say that it is neglected. After all, this is Julia's first film after the success of "Pretty Woman", so it still receives considerable attention. But compared to the vigorous publicity of "℉, Home Alone 2", "Lethal Weapon 2" and "Back to the Future 2" and other New Year movies, Julia starred in this drama about the ordinary lives of a few women in a small southern town. The propaganda of the film is too weak.
Therefore, although "Steel Magnolia" only received $17 million in its first week at the box office, it ranked fourth on the box office chart. But this movie is undoubtedly the biggest dark horse in the New Year schedule. Because compared to 1,000 opening screens. "Steel Magnolias" averaged a staggering $17,000 per screen in its opening weekend. The attendance rate is frighteningly high. Except that "Home Alone 2" averaged $20,000 more than "Steel Magnolia," "Lethal Weapon 2" only made $13,000, and "Harlem Nightclub" was just over $10,000, just reaching the standard of blockbuster movies. .
Next, under the impact of a wave of new releases, "Small Island" dropped 41 percent this week to $14.75 million, barely breaking into the top five.
Universal's "Back to the Future 2" only got a box office of more than 13 million US dollars. It's not that this movie suffered from Waterloo at the box office, but because Universal didn't know what considerations it had, so it neither released the movie on November 17 nor on November 24 the following week, but released it on November 24. It came to the embarrassing November 22nd, which happened to be released the day before Thanksgiving.
Speaking of Thanksgiving, Eric couldn't help but feel pain in his brain. While receiving gratifying box office data every day, Eric was also jumping around in his villa in Beverly Hills. As an important holiday in the United States after Christmas, Thanksgiving is a day for family reunion.
Of course Drew couldn't go back to Culver to spend some Thanksgiving with her mother. And Aniston. After her parents divorced, they reorganized the family, half-brother, half-brother, etc. That was a mess, plus the chick was an adult, and I felt very uncomfortable no matter where I went for Thanksgiving. Consciously or unintentionally, he complained to Eric, and Eric invited the little girl to come to his house for Thanksgiving. He originally thought that Aniston would not agree, but unexpectedly agreed this time.
So, Eric, who was sitting in front of the computer in the study but didn't have any thoughts on work, felt very strong in his heart.
If the two little girls are like water and the other is like fire, that's fine, and they can be neutralized or something, but the two baby bumps are both of the fire attribute. The only thing that comforted Eric was that the two girls stopped fighting.
After staring at the document for half an hour without typing any words, Eric turned off the computer in boredom, walked out of the study, and heard voices coming from downstairs in the distance.
"Hey, big fat girl, how many times have I told you that this pillow is for my personal use, and you are not allowed to touch it!"
"You little bitch, try calling me a fat girl again, and I'll touch it."
"..."
After a short pause, Aniston's horrified and disgusted voice came immediately: "Wow, it's so disgusting, you actually touched your own saliva on the pillow."
"If you have the ability, you can rely on it!"
"Go away, stay away from me, oops, don't change the channel, give me back the remote control, I'm learning how to make pumpkin pie."
"Who dares to eat it after you make it? The salmon omelet you made yesterday was unpalatable."
"It's unpalatable and you still eat so much, don't think I didn't see it."
"I've had a stomachache in the middle of the night."
"You're talking nonsense, Eric and I are fine!"
Eric hesitated a few times, sighed, turned back to the study, picked up the phone and dialed numbers at random, calling one by one.
Virginia was home with her parents for the holidays, and Nicole was in Chicago, doing the "Sleepless in Seattle" tour. Even Julia wasn't in Los Angeles, and finally, out of boredom, Eric dialed Jeffrey's number.
"Hi, this is Hansen's house." After the call was connected, Eric was stunned for a while, because it was not Jeffrey's voice, but a young man. Immediately, Eric thought that the other party might be Jeffrey's son, Chris Hansen.
"I'm Eric Williams, may I ask who you are?" Although he was 80% certain in his heart, Eric still asked.
The other end of the phone paused, and then said: "I'm Chris Hansen, Mr. Williams, are you looking for my father? I'll call him right away."
Eric didn't know each other and didn't say anything. After a while, Jeffrey's voice rang from the other end of the phone: "Eric, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, what's the matter with calling at this time?" Is it? Let me tell you first, Chris finally came back and brought his girlfriend home, so I don’t care about the big things. If there is anything in the company, you can go to Robert.”
Eric was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's nothing, but I'm bored at home, so I just dialed your home number and wanted to chat with you."
Jeffrey asked strangely: "Shouldn't that little girl Drew be at your house now? With that weird little girl around, will you still be bored?"
"How should I put it, Jenny also came to my house. So, you understand."
Of course Jeffrey knew what Eric was talking about. He and Eric had seen two little girls scratching each other on the hospital bed. After a pause, Jeffrey laughed out loud: "Hahaha, Eric, why did you bring them together again?" (To be continued...)