The North American box office rankings in the second week of June are really interesting. Columbia Pictures, the publisher of "Wolf", is very concerned about the box office, while the "New York Post" is more concerned about the box office, which has also become a joke in the news circle.

"Colin Meller is concerned about Mark Canton." Mark Canton is the president of Columbia Pictures, in charge of the film department.

Especially when the first comments of "Wolf" were not satisfactory, all the pressure on the premiere box office was concentrated on the cast of the star, and this was the time for the celebrity box office appeal to be powerful. This also added the uncertainty factor in the premiere box office.

When the North American box office was announced in the second week of June, people's reactions were really ambiguous and a little vague, because the result was very interesting.

Facts have proved the huge influence of word of mouth on box office. Amid the contempt of film critics, "Wolf" grabbed 18 million US dollars in box office in three days on the premiere weekend!

Although it has not been able to reach the 20 million premiere box office, the 18 million data is still very good. From this we can see that the audience is still very willing to buy the production cast, which is why the production company has always valued the box office appeal of actors: when the audience is willing to abandon the quality of the movie itself and just to watch the actors enter the cinema, such actors mean profits for the production company!

If the premiere of 18 million is in this summer, it is second only to the premiere of "Modern Primitive Man" and "Life and Death Speed", and surpasses the premiere of 17 million for "Gambling Man Ma Huali". It is temporarily the third place in the premiere of the summer season, which can still be said to be very gratifying.

Although the New York Post originally predicted that the premiere of "Wolf" should be 25 million, it turned out to not even 20 million. This is really disappointing, but the premiere of $18 million cannot be said to be a complete failure. At least there are only three works that can achieve such strong premiere data this year.

What's more, under the strength of "Wolf", "City Country Boy 2" is not showing any weakness.

"City Country Boy 2" relies on Billy's strong appeal and people's expectations for a sequel. This comedy movie actually won the box office of the premiere weekend with a $11 million premiere weekend, especially the data corresponding to its media comprehensive review and the theater rating "c+", which further reflects the strong box office appeal of the actors.

The "Wolf" had received 18 million US dollars in the past, and the "Urban Rumbrella 2" had received 11 million US dollars in the current box office of over 10 million in a single week, which means success in the North American film market is really rare, which also proves that the so-called "hard confrontation" of the media is real.

"Wolf" won a box office of $18 million on the weekend, which is expected. This movie, which has launched its first wave of promotion since March, is one of the most anticipated movies this summer.

"Urban Country Boy 2" was a big tooth extraction and grabbed a $11 million premiere box office. This is an unexpected but reasonable situation. Whether it is the excellent reputation of the previous work or the appeal of Billy Christo, it has such a level.

Under the strong oppression of the two works, the box office decline in the second week of "Speed ​​of Life and Death" naturally ushered in a huge challenge. With the attack on both sides, there were wolves in front and tigers in the back, the box office decline of 11% with a life and death, further pushing the heat wave of the summer season to the peak!

While the two strong competitors have seized most of the North American film market in the second week of June, the living space of "life and death hour" is already very limited. However, the fact is that after the counterattack of "life and death hour" increased by 97 theaters, relying on its strong reputation, it has achieved an eleven percent decline, grabbing the weekend box office of 27 million US dollars, and won the championship of this week's North American box office rankings with undisputed strength!

When a 30% drop can be called a huge success, under the close force of two powerful opponents, the "speed of life and death" once again burst out with the strong strength of the dark horse. The compliments from film critics and the enthusiastic pursuit of the audience made the movie successfully continue the shock brought by the first week of the release, and finally handed over a perfect answer that was completely different from the identity of the "dark horse"!

The next week and weekend, the box office was 27 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office was 73 million US dollars in two weeks! Although this is only the second week of the release of "Speed ​​of Life and Death", we can draw a conclusion early. There is no doubt that the North American box office will exceed the threshold of 100 million!

Compared with the box office explosion on the premiere weekend, the strength of "life and death hour" in the next week is even more shocking, because this time the competitor of "life and death hour" is extremely powerful.

Not only did the "Wolf" and "City Countryman 2" have a premiere box office of tens of millions, but also the "Modern Primitive Man" who is still in the third week of release. This live-action film adapted from this cartoon won $12 million this week with a drop of 30%. Such an outstanding performance has won a lot of exclamations from North America. The cumulative box office in three weeks has reached $82 million.

If it weren't for the incredible performance of "life and death speed", "Modern Primitive Man" would definitely be the most shining work this summer.

In other words, four works with box office of over 10 million appeared in the second week of June, which is absolutely impossible at other times. Although the hot competition in the summer season can be seen from the side, in fact, even in the summer season, such a grand occasion is rare.

Even with such fierce competition, the "speed of life and death" still achieved an 11% drop, with a box office of up to 27 million on three days of the weekend, which almost made the media completely exhausted. Apart from "phenomenon works", there is no more suitable words to describe it.

This is undoubtedly a tragedy for the "wolf". Columbia Pictures originally wanted to beat the "life and death speed" to achieve a box office success, so when the schedule distribution, they undoubtedly chose the "life and death speed" and believed that this was the easiest competitor to deal with, but unexpectedly, they were taught a lesson a lot.

"Wolf" not only missed the praise of the critics, but also missed the premiere box office of 20 million. Most importantly, it lost to "Life and Death Hour" in this competition. This work, which was released in the second week, still topped the top with impeccable box office data.

This made Columbia Pictures not know whether to cry or laugh. On the one hand, they are glad that they did not collide with the "Speed ​​of Life and Death". If the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" was not released a week in advance to avoid it, then the "Wolf" is likely to repeat the "Celestial Soldiers" and "Rumbrella Conquers New York". Perhaps the premiere of 18 million US dollars is gone.

But on the other hand, they were upset about their stupidity and actually thought that "life and death speed" was a soft persimmon. None of the other companies came forward, but they just hit the gun foolishly. What is even more sad is that their opponent is Hugo Lancaster. Among the major film production companies, Columbia Pictures and Hugo are the most pleasant to cooperate with, but now Columbia Pictures has paid the price for its confidence.

The frontal contest between "wolf" and "life and death speed" allowed Columbia Pictures to experience the taste of becoming a Hugo competitor in a tragic way: bitter and bitter. The previous film promotion was so grand, the media's showdown was so tragic, and now Columbia Pictures feels so uncomfortable to taste the taste of failure. This is Hollywood. It is as wonderful as Hollywood, and the pain is as painful as Hollywood.

Finally, in the second week of June, the bayonet was in the box office competition, "life and death speed" broke out a bloody path, completing the championship throne with the domineering attitude, "Wolf" followed closely behind, "Modern Primitive Man" occupied third place, and "City Countryside 2" could only regretfully slide to fourth place.

Due to the strong box office of the top four, the declines of other works were very obvious. The box office of the "Gambling Man Ma Huali" ranked fifth, fell directly to less than 5 million, a drop of nearly 50%. The "Celestial Soldiers" and "Rumbrella Conquer New York" released last week also fell by more than 40%, which was a dismal.

But even so, the box office in North America this week was 70% higher than when the "Jueling Wind" was completed in the same period last year, mainly due to the fierce competition among the top four works. The box office of the top 12 increased by 120% compared with the same period last year. This is the most direct data.

"Life and Death Speed" won the North American weekend box office championship with an absolutely violent attitude, with obvious advantages, especially the extremely strong defeat of the competition for the "Wolf" of the same type of work, which is definitely a huge victory.

At this moment, people have begun to discuss whether "life and death speed" has a chance to break the box office record of genre movies.

So far, the box office record of action movies has been maintained by "Terminator 2", with a box office of 204 million US dollars, and is also the only action movie that can break through the threshold of 200 million. The reputation of "Speed ​​of Life and Death" has obviously exceeded that of "Terminator 2". Judging from the box office performance in the previous two weeks, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" is also closely followed. From the long-term perspective, the results are still unpredictable.

"Speed ​​of Life and Death" has accumulated a box office of 73 million US dollars in two weeks of release, but the cumulative box office of "Terminator 2" has exceeded 90 million US dollars during the same period. Judging from this set of data, the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" has lagged a lot behind, but the key point is that the box office of "Terminator 2" fell by as much as 34%, while the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" is only a terrible eleven%. Therefore, from the perspective of long-term sales, there is still a chance of "Speed ​​of Life and Death".
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