The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1355 Incredible
Sunday, March 2004, .

Everything is going as expected. Across the northern hemisphere, as winter turns to spring, the changing seasons are changing people's living habits.

According to past habits, the climate often does not change completely until after May and June. In March and April, it is still bitterly cold after nightfall. Although people are beginning to want to leave indoors and play outside, this impulse may still have to wait a little longer.

However, this year is a little different because of the media publicity and promotion, and because of the heated discussions around "The Passion of the Christ" and "Eternal Love of Dreams", the subtle changes in the weather have become an opportunity to drive people to the cinema, and the market is indeed experiencing unexpected changes.

The crowds were not huge, and could not be compared with those in summer, but young boys and girls were going to the cinema to party happily, breaking the shackles of the severe winter. The air was filled with a youthful atmosphere, and the number of pedestrians seen within sight began to increase significantly.

This is true for large cinema chains, and small independent cinema chains are no exception.

Among the crowds coming and going, reporters can be found unexpectedly. There are TV stations sending live broadcast teams, paper media sending interview reporters, and sampling survey agencies sending professional data investigators.

Everyone knows that the North American weekend box office rankings will be released tomorrow morning. If you wait patiently, you will be able to see the data clearly displayed in front of you.

But people still couldn't contain their enthusiasm and excitement. They flocked out to the cinema to conduct interviews and observations, and to conduct field investigations to see how the customer flow differed compared to Friday and Saturday.

More, or less?
Use these clues to infer box office data and peek into market changes.

It is hard to imagine that the spring season, which has always been in an awkward position in the year-round schedule, has received such treatment. We can clearly feel the recovery of the entire market——

The predictions of Hollywood professionals are becoming reality.

Thanks to the fact that the Oscars ceremony is held a month earlier, there is a short window period after the Oscars and before the summer season. If it can be operated properly, it may be possible to tap into the market potential, just like the warm-up guests before a concert kicks off. Even if it cannot detonate the box office like the summer season, it can still give the spring season new life.

Following the holiday season, major Hollywood film studios are eagerly eyeing the spring season.

Things are happening.

However, because of Anson, things went slightly off track and did not happen in April, but instead happened in March.

If we take "The Passion of the Christ" into account, the order of this year's spring season has indeed been turned upside down, and the whole of Hollywood is in a state of restlessness.

According to media observations and predictions, the movie-watching traffic on Sunday was basically the same as on Saturday, with no significant decline, demonstrating the enthusiasm of the market.

First there was the classic remake of "Dawn of the Dead", then there was "Eternal Love of Dreams" which let the imagination run wild, and then there was "The Passion of the Christ" which sparked controversy. The early spring film market is much more interesting and fun than expected. The bustling audience does not seem to mind choosing to go out to watch movies in this season when the weather is still cold.

Judging from the crowds, "Dawn of the Dead" and "Eternal Love" continued the stalemate on Friday and Saturday, and the box office trend is still too close to be determined. The champion of the North American weekend box office rankings this week may have to wait until the last minute to determine the winner.

This is definitely an accident.

What kind of scene is this? A film released in 3,000 theaters and a film released in 300 theaters are actually fighting each other in the box office rankings.
Even though "The Butterfly Effect" and "Elephant" have achieved box office success, and even though Anson continues to be an unbeaten box office legend, this scene is still incredible.

Shocked, everyone.

The entire Hollywood has already realized Anson's box office appeal in the North American market, but they had no idea that this appeal had reached such a level.

Not to mention that box office superstars like Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Harrison Ford and others have never accomplished such a feat, even Tom Hanks has difficulty achieving his current goal. This is absolutely an unprecedented first in the history of the North American film market, and it has attracted everyone's attention.

Then, in the third week of March, the North American weekend box office rankings were released - the champion was "Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", with 23 million US dollars.

Runner-up: Dawn of the Dead, $22 million.

Third place: "The Passion of the Christ," $19 million.

Huh!
They took a deep breath and the computer crashed!

Even if you have experienced it yourself and witnessed it with your own eyes, even if you are prepared deep down in your heart, you will still be caught head-on in the turbulent waves at this moment.

Things are happening, they are actually happening.

History, birth.

It's more than just a new historical record.

"Eternal Love" created a legend with a single-theater box office data of 74,900 US dollars. It not only easily broke the single-theater box office record of 31,000 US dollars for the wide-scale release of "Spider-Man", but even more than doubled it; and it was not inferior to the works screened in a small range.

Praised by the media as "having both the attributes of an independent film and a commercial film", it created a miracle with the viewing craze of a small-scale preview and then a large-scale public release, completely subverting people's perception of the North American film market and overturning all laws, rules and systems with a whirlwind of change.

A new beginning.

Charlie Kaufman: …

Even Focus Features was completely stunned. No one expected this scene, and no one thought that "The Light of the Moon" could reach such a height.

Although the single-theater box office of $74,900 cannot be compared with the single-theater box office record for a small-scale live-action movie set by "The Elephant" three months ago, it still ranks 13th in the single-theater box office record list - including all works including animated films.

What if it is the historical box office record for a live-action movie in a single theater?

"The Warmth of the Heart" is temporarily ranked fifth.

And the most incredible part is that "Eternal Love of Dream" is the only film in the top 200 single-theater box office history list that was released in more than 30 theaters.

Thirty rooms!
In other words, those films with excellent single-theater box office were usually released in thirty theaters at most, relying on hunger marketing to attract customers; but now "Eternal Love" is being released in three hundred theaters and still achieving such results. No wonder the entire North American market is completely stunned.

If this is the case, and there are still people who think Anson is not a superstar, I am afraid no one is willing to support such a ridiculous idea.

"This is all thanks to Charlie Kaufman!"

Some people may think so, but Charlie Kaufman himself refused: This matter has nothing to do with me. Anson, this is entirely because of Anson.

In fact, when the media surrounded Charlie Kaufman, this genius screenwriter actually fled -

Yes, run away, run away at a speed he had never shown before, at full speed.

(End of this chapter)