The emergence of "The Martian" has become a fig leaf for Chinese-language movies. Most of the movies with high box office these days are poor, and it is difficult for movies with good reputation to succeed at the box office.
Almost all mainstream media gave "The Martian" good reviews. Only a handful of magazines and film critics deliberately went against the grain to gain attention, and few people cared about the negative reviews.
Los Angeles Times: This is a movie where details are paramount. The scientific logic in Lin Han’s script is outstanding. This may be the best science fiction movie of the year!
When he was on Earth, Lin Han remembered that Robert Downey Jr. ranked first in the actor's income list for many years with the role of Iron Man. In one year, he received 80 million US dollars in revenue from this role, which was a considerable box office dividend.
It's a global hit, not just in the Chinese box office market. This week's global box office list was directly dominated by "The Martian".
In fact, box office dividends are not a new topic in the industry. Xu Jiayan also signed a box office dividend, but what he signed was a net profit dividend, which is different from Lin Han's direct global box office dividends. Even so, he can also earn the most in his life. A sum of money!
The two major ticket warehouses combined have achieved a global box office of up to 500 million U.S. dollars. Taking into account the box office of the United Kingdom, France, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy, Australia, and many South American countries, the global box office of "The Martian" is actually To $720 million!
It is no exaggeration to say that the most famous thing in the entire movie is definitely the title of the movie. This is Lin Han's first novel to open up the North American book market, and it has quite a few readers here!
The popularity of "The Martian" has become uncontrollable. The people at Chang'e Pictures have been extra straight recently and have become more confident in speaking.
Not long after the North American midnight box office report came back to China, good news also came from other markets. This space science fiction film performed very well in almost all major markets!
The media, who rarely take a serious look at Chinese-language movies, were all confused. Before, they had no regard for Chinese-language movies at all. They only regarded mainland China as the most important market for box office growth, but they did not expect that they would counterattack.
North America is the largest box office in the world today. If you want to achieve good box office results, you cannot do without this market. As the distributor of "The Martian", 20th Century Fox has also made real preparations. A large-scale release is a treatment only available to pure-blooded Hollywood blockbusters.
Subsequently, during the two days of the weekend, the box office of "The Martian" did not plummet, but maintained a strong trend. It took in a total of US$55 million in the first three days of the weekend, successfully topping the North American weekend box office list!
This is a quite incredible result. Lin Han can get a dividend of 36 million US dollars with the 5% box office sharing agreement he signed. You must know that Lin Han has written so many books this year and his total income is only 72 million US dollars. The movie is worth half of it.
The global box office continues to be popular. Mainland China is of course the largest box office. The opening of nearly 100 million US dollars in the first week is particularly perfect, followed by the North American market with more than 50 million US dollars. In addition, there is also 7 million US dollars in the first weekend box office in France, and 1,200 US dollars in the UK. Ten thousand dollars is also pretty good.
Daily Entertainment: "The Martian" is a rare film that a Chinese director can bring pure enjoyment to the audience in recent years. The film's control of the rhythm of the story and the flawless performances of the leading actors bring strong entertainment and a good popcorn movie!
No matter who it is, the terrifying opening result of "The Martian" has created the highest peak of his career. It is the highest-grossing film in Xu Jiayan's career as an actor, and the highest in Zheng Shuping's director's career. It is also the highest-grossing film in Lin's career. The best among the adaptations of John's novels!
It collected nearly 600 million yuan in the first week, and another 480 million yuan in the second week, pushing its cumulative box office to the gate of 1 billion yuan, and then strongly took in 310 million yuan in the third week... By the time the movie was released, it had earned a total of 1.64 billion yuan. The box office made Lin Han smile from ear to ear.
"The Martian" won the weekend box office list with an absolute advantage. Although these authoritative media in North America wanted to pretend to be blind, they could not treat their readers as fools. They had to bite the bullet and start reporting. At the same time, some professionals Film critics wrote early reviews!
Because in the following period, "The Martian" showed super resilience and became the number one single day in mainland China for 18 consecutive days, winning the box office championship for three weeks. Although it was interrupted in the fourth week, But the next week, due to a small decline, he regained the championship!
This strong result also allowed "The Martian" to knock the popular animated film "Hotel Transylvania 2" from the top spot. After more than ten years, a Chinese-language film once again won the box office championship in North America!
The $2.4 million midnight screening also set a new record for Chinese-language films in North America. The last large-scale release of a film dates back to Zhang Yimou's "Hero" and the earlier "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
It is said that a good movie must be supported by peers. This is actually true. In fact, Lin Han and others did not expect that "The Martian" would have such a strong box office performance, and almost none of the other movies could beat it.
Even its overseas box office is also jaw-droppingly strong. As a movie released simultaneously around the world, "The Martian" was released in mainland China at midnight, and then began to be screened in Europe, North America, South America, Australia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. Waiting for it to start showing!
The new week has arrived as scheduled, and the weekend break has turned into a working day. Any movie will experience a sharp drop in the box office, especially some blockbusters!
Didn’t you see that among the top ten movies in the annual box office list, there are only a few movies that have passed the Douban rating? The summer, Lunar New Year, and Spring Festival movies are even more bad, and critics and audiences are furious!
The Guardian: Just when we gave up hope, this happened. The Chinese finally made a watchable movie!
Excluding the midnight show, it grossed US$18 million at the box office in the North American market on Friday. This result also beat another space-themed science fiction film "Gravity" in the same period last year.
"The Martian" opened with incredible results, and the audience's reputation is also excellent. It received the only A among new films released in the same period in the Cinemascore score of American theaters. Its Rotten Tomatoes freshness score is as high as 93%, and its popcorn index is even higher. It received a perfect score, and the authoritative media Meta Critic gave it a high score of 81. The score on IMDB is also as high as 8.8, making it into the top 250!
New York Post: This movie perfectly reproduces the content of the novel and is a must-see movie for readers who like science fiction!
Variety: The significance of "The Martian" is whether it will make 20th Century Fox a lot of money, it will rekindle mankind's desire to explore space, and it will inspire the birth of a new generation of astronauts.
In just one week, this science fiction film from China had a global box office of US$180 million, truly dominating the world!
The crew of "The Martian" did not go to South Korea for promotion at all, but it mobilized 3.11 million viewers in the first week to show their support, with a market share of 50%.
With everyone looking forward to it, "The Martian" has gone through a surprising curve. The box office decline on weekdays has been controlled at 45%. On Monday, it stubbornly won the domestic box office of 60 million yuan and continued to hold the top spot. Daily box office champion!
The sequel to "The Amityville Chronicles", which was once popular across the United States, continues to decline. In the past, this series of movies always strived to dominate the weekend box office charts when they were released, but "The Amityville Chronicles 5" only earned 12 million US dollars in its first weekend in 3,320 theaters. At the box office, it ranked third.
This week, "The Martian", which has taken the world by storm, won 58 championships in 72 countries and regions where it was released, and also powerfully won the global weekend box office championship!
Lin Han often sees similar comments under various box office or movie reputation reports. Domestic movie pills, is it so difficult to produce a movie that has both box office and reputation
In fact, it is not impossible for a domestic film to win the global weekly box office championship. As long as the films in the same period do not encounter any super blockbusters, there is a great chance. For example, the National Day prime time and the Spring Festival period are when domestic films show their power.
After a whole year of bombardment of domestically produced bad movies, now "The Martian" has appeared gorgeously and become a savior, proving to the audience that Chinese-language movies can actually produce good movies!
Looking at the booming box office, many people are secretly cursing in their hearts. They want to see "The Martian" plummet in the future. Both Chinese and foreigners are not short of such dark-hearted people.
"The Martian", which landed in more than 3,000 theaters in North America on Friday, made a strong midnight showing of 2.4 million US dollars. This not only injected confidence into the distributors, but also brought enough surprises to the film producers!
The Hollywood Reporter: It's a pleasure to watch Xu's one-man show in space. Under his interpretation, the protagonist's miracle of survival on Mars is very convincing. This will be a strong contender for next year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film!
The movie tells the story of a Chinese astronaut. There are no Hollywood superstars familiar to North American audiences, and the director is not well-known in North America. Although the lead actor Xu Jiayan is a Cannes Best Actor, he has very few fans here.
The Telegraph: By the standards of commercial films, "The Martian" is a very smart big production, with an ups and downs plot that brings simple and pure satisfaction to the audience. It is not as ambitious as other science fiction films. It plays a safe hand. It is a commercial blockbuster with brains and is more resonant with real life.
In addition, the German market, Australia, and Japan will also be released next week, and South Korea has the biggest surprise!
It has topped the North American box office for three consecutive years, with a box office of 240 million US dollars in 11 weeks of release. It is a new record for a Chinese-language film in North America, doubling the 120 million of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Although the price level at that time was completely different from today. Can't compare!