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"In the beginning of 2012, there was a super dark horse. The low-budget religious horror film "The Devil Inside" with a cost of only 100 million US dollars reached 1000 million US dollars at the box office on the first day, surpassing many commercial blockbusters and ranking in the first weekend of 2012 It is the top box office and the only movie with a box office of over [-] million in a single day."

"The start of the year has been a series of upsets. The niche religious horror film "The Devil Inside" topped the box office of the day with US$1000 million in a single day, and the Huaguo sci-fi film "The Martian" ranked fourth with a box office of 420 million."

"The box office of the controversial adaptation film "The Martian" reached 420 million on the first day of its release. Huaguo director Tang An has once again won the trust of North American audiences with sci-fi films since "Edge of Tomorrow"!"

""The Martian" strongly overwhelmed films such as "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "War Horse", "Mouse 3", "My Family Bought a Zoo" and other movies, with 420 million US dollars on the first day, creating the best start in China in recent years Movie!"

In North America, Thanksgiving and Christmas in November are the most important dates in the second half of the year. If you add Halloween in early November, it will be November and December.

Now all the movies that started in the Christmas season have been released for more than 10 days. It is better than "Mission: Impossible 4" with a box office of 1.6 million in North America, and only 700 million box office on Friday of the fourth week.

"Sherlock Holmes 2" starring Robert Downey Jr. was also released in its fourth week, with a box office of 450 million on Friday, and a total box office of nearly 1.5 million.

However, it was not these two blockbuster films that ranked No.1 at the box office that day, but a little-known religious horror film.

Horror films are niche enough, and religious horror films are niche among niches.

With a production fee of 100 million U.S. dollars, "The Devil in My Heart" got a box office of 1100 million on the first day, and it is undoubtedly a big dark horse.

In contrast, even if "The Martian" a Huaguo film took 420 million box office on the first day, it is far from comparable.

However, "Mission: Impossible 4" and "Sherlock Holmes" have been released for four weeks, and the popularity has basically been scooped up. There are still many media reports on "The Martian".

On Rotten Tomatoes, a subsidiary of News Corp., the freshness of "The Martian" reached 81%, and the score was as high as 8.3 points.

The scores on other websites such as MTC and IMDB also fluctuate around 8 points.

Most film critics, media, and audiences gave "The Martian" positive reviews.

"Judging by the standards of commercial movies, "The Martian" is a very smart big production. The ups and downs of the plot also bring simple and pure satisfaction to the audience. Resonance is stronger." - "The Hollywood Reporter"

"When I can't go back, I know how much I miss home. When I watched "The Martian" in the movie theater, I realized that the strongest thought in my heart is to go home immediately." - famous film critic Robert

"The most successful film is not the realistic special effects, but the lonely and desolate atmosphere created from the beginning to the end."

"There is no hesitation, no darkness, and the narrative is progressive, as rigorous as a machine. "The Martian" is definitely a high-quality science fiction blockbuster."

The box office of US$420 million on the first day definitely met expectations. Under the promotion of 20th Century Fox, "The Martian" and "Mission: Impossible 2", "Sherlock Holmes 2" two blockbusters, and the sudden rise of the dark horse "The Heart" Devil" became the most talked about movie in early 2012.

In the hotel suite, after a night of indulgence, Tang An also got up at 8 o'clock in the morning, sitting on the sofa and watching the first day's data of the overseas market.

Next to him, Yang Mi leaned on him, looking at all the praises in the news, a little puzzled.

She raised her head and asked curiously, "Brother An, there were still a lot of negative comments during the day yesterday, why are they gone all of a sudden?"

Tang An said with a smile, "20th Century Fox made a move. It's not a big problem to get 420 million North American box office after the box office of 7000 million on the first day. If there are no big hits in the future and the trend is better, 8000 million is also very possible. How about Fox? May not be taken seriously."

"Is it possible to break [-] million? It would be great if North America can break [-] million." Yang Mi said again.

Tang An shook his head, "It's not that easy, it's very difficult just because the film is full of oriental faces. I don't know how many viewers don't watch Hua Guo's film. This kind of boundary is not so easy to break."

"Okay, let's not talk about this, let's have breakfast, and take you out for a stroll after dinner."

Tang An put away the computer, and the days when he wasn't working were so enjoyable.

Tang An's guess was correct. Wendy Deng's involvement in the Fox business has been met with great resistance. After all, he is not in this business. The previous "Snow Flower and Secret Fan" hit the street again.

Now that "The Martian" has shown its box office potential, how could Wendy Deng not support it, and immediately stepped up publicity efforts, and many previous negative comments have been suppressed.

In addition to North America, it was released simultaneously in 48 regions overseas yesterday, and the overseas box office statistics were not completed until the evening.

Like North America, the box office results in various overseas countries and regions are also good, with 680 million US dollars in a single day, and over [-] million in a single day overseas.

On Saturday, the box office of "The Martian" rose to 560 million in North America, and 780 million in other regions in a single day.

On Sunday, the box office in North America did not fall like other films, and it won 610 million US dollars in a single day, and 800 million in other overseas regions in a single day.

It was screened overseas for three days, and North America received 1590 million in the first weekend, and overseas a total of 3850 million US dollars.

The box office divisions around the world are relatively average, and the acceptance of each country is still good.

It is mainly concentrated in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, France, and the United Kingdom, all of which exceeded 200 million US dollars in the first week.

Some small countries in other countries have more than a dozen or 20 a week, and some have a million or so.

北美1590万美元也是仅次于《心中的恶魔》首周末3450万美元、《碟中谍4》第四个周末2050万美元的No.3的好成绩。

"Sherlock Holmes 2", which originally overwhelmed "The Martian", only received $1405 million this week.

The domestic market got 3600 million this week, and the total box office in the mainland has reached 14.06 billion, breaking the box office record again.

Counting the domestic market, "The Martian" earned a total of US$4350 million worldwide this week, surpassing the US$4 million of "Mission: Impossible 4200", and won the global weekly box office champion.

As for "The Devil in My Heart", which grossed US$3450 million in its first weekend in North America, it was not released overseas at all.

A Huaguo movie, once it was released on a large scale overseas, became the top box office of the week, and immediately attracted widespread attention.

On Monday the 9th, Wendy Deng, who hadn't shown up all this time, also took the initiative to visit Tang An. First, she congratulated her, and then said that she would continue to increase the promotion of the movie, and the scale of the movie would be increased to 2800 movie theaters.

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