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Chapter 239 Officially released on a large scale in North America

The cumulative box office in two weeks was 32 US dollars!
The screening of "The Raid" in North America is indeed quite good, and the next film is still being screened.

So far, the previous doubts about Chen Xi and the "raid" can basically only stop halfway.

Even Zhuang Guofei and the others can only temporarily shut up now, including Lu Gu and the others, even if they are facing reporters, they will directly change their faces when they talk about Chen Xi...

There was no way, they were really frightened by Chen Xi's ability.

His movies are too strong.

Now many people in China have begun to regard "The Raid" as something that must be paid attention to. After knowing the box office performance of this film in North America, their attention has become more and more intense.

"Unsurprisingly, "Raid" should be the most anticipated Chinese movie in the North American box office and the international box office market this year." This is what many people say. Of course, everyone may look forward to "Red Cliff", but most People still feel that the future of the film "Red Cliff" is not good enough. On the contrary, "Raid", which has not made much achievements in foreign markets before, is more likely to have a better box office.

Of course... Subsequent facts also proved that "Red Cliff" was a complete failure at the box office in North America.

Now everyone is very much looking forward to the North American box office of "The Raid" being slightly higher. If it can reach several million dollars, then Chen Xi's popularity and his status in the Chinese film circle will also improve a lot.

Moreover, a Chinese-language film that can earn millions of dollars in the North American market will also have many business opportunities in the East Asian market, Southeast Asian market, and European market.

After all, you can get several million dollars in the North American market. Although this figure is not too large, it will bring many additional effects, and it is also quite meaningful in itself.

For Chinese-language films, Ang Lee's "The Wedding Banquet" currently ranks No. 15, with a box office of 693 million US dollars. What everyone is looking forward to now is that Chen Xi can surpass "The Wedding Banquet" and reach No. 14. It is also for Chinese-language films. Once again compete for breath in the North American market...

These things are very important, and everyone is looking forward to it.

However, these have a particularly strong correlation with the screening effects of the next movie and the word-of-mouth of fans of the next movie.

At this time, "The Raid" is still being screened in the North American market. It has a box office of 230447 US dollars in the third week and 224988 in the fourth week, and its performance is quite stable.

In this way, the four-week screening of "Raid" earned a box office of 775991 US dollars!
It was screened in four weeks, but only in 16 theaters. The box office of "Raid" is really strong to the extreme...

However, the next official release will really test the final performance of "The Raid". Before, "The Raid" did get a pretty good box office, but the real first week of release will be the most important.

...Before "Raid" was actually released, "Raid" already had 2000 ratings on IMDB. Although the score has dropped a bit, it is still at the level of 7.9. This is a foreign language film. It is quite a good praise, and there are various praises in the middle.

Many audiences are now giving this movie enough praise, and many praises are even exaggerated.

"The best Chinese action movie I've ever seen! In fact, it's also the best action movie I've ever seen!" Such a statement is indeed an exaggeration. There are thousands of action movies in the world, and there are not a few classic ones. The best action movie, that's obviously impossible.

It's just that everyone pays attention to different things. Maybe some people really like this type of action movie, and they really didn't exaggerate this matter too much.

But even if it is not the most extreme comment like this, there are many people who give good reviews.

At the very beginning, when they went to the cinema to watch "The Raid", many of them were Chinese, but after that, the proportion of Chinese who first went to the cinema to watch "The Raid" dropped from 40% before, and after that, it was almost only 3%. %-10% or so... Watching "Raid", those who like "Raid" are mostly pure foreigners. These guys really have an irresistible feeling for "Raid", which is bloody and bloody like.

""The Raid" is a very enjoyable action movie. Although some things are slightly overdone, it has a very powerful shocking force. Every scene is full of blood and violence, but it also has a natural Chinese kung fu style. Beautiful, really well done! The action scenes in the movie are quite explosive, I have to say, now I have the desire to watch "The Raid" for the second time."

""The Raid" once again gave me hope and excitement! I have liked Chinese action movies for more than ten years. From the very beginning of Bruce Lee movies to Jackie Chan's "Red Fan District", the more action movies I watch, the more I like it, but as you know, Chinese-language action movies have been relatively sluggish these years, especially the disappointment of "Curse of the Golden Flower", so that "Huo Yuanjia" did not restore some things in Chinese-language movies... But I Now that I have seen "Raid", I also checked the director's information. The young man in 83 is really very thoughtful and aggressive! "Raid" let me see a different Chinese action movie. I even have a kind of watching A sense of new hope."

""The Raid" is a pretty good Chinese-language movie experience. I have to say that Chinese-language movies have made another breakthrough in the exploration of action. I never thought that there would be a Chinese-language movie that can achieve such tearing in fighting. The degree of gore and violence of the movie makes people unable to extricate themselves. Moreover, the action movies of Chinese movies always have a kind of beauty, a combination of beauty and violence that is different from any other movie, just like a kind of addictive poppy ! I think this attempt by Chinese-speaking filmmakers must be right!"

""The Raid" is the best action movie I have seen this year, and I believe it is also the best action movie this year! The amazing action design has greatly improved many things in Chinese-language movies. If you stick to this road, The breakthrough of Chinese-language action films will also follow, and as a fan of Chinese-language action films, I think I will also look forward to the new work of this director named Chen Xi."

…With these good reviews, there are also many comments on "The Raid" on some print media on the North American side. Many people have quite good comments on this movie, and the comments in the media are also not bad. Mainly from the violence and action design of "Raid", of course, some people think that the plot of "Raid" is really too simple, although simple means solid, means solid in the plot, but the plot is too simple It will also make people feel a little unfulfilled, which is hard to avoid.

So far, though, the reviews have been pretty good.

"Unless the audience is completely insulated from the action movie genre, this film is bound to get the blood pumping." - The New York Times

"The fighting in the film and the beauty of head-to-head fighting are another surprise that Chinese-language action movies have brought us. This director named Chen Xi, from the Toronto Film Festival to the present, may be the hope of the future." - " Variety Magazine

"This is one of the most sophisticated, complex, and brutal action films ever made." --Filmland

...Some comments like this also prove that "Raid" is currently recognized by the mainstream in the North American market.

Especially newspapers and magazines like The New York Times and Variety.

The magazine "Variety Show" has a very important position in the North American film critic circle, and it includes many types of reviews such as TV dramas and variety shows. Comments, and as a foreign language film, a Chinese film, this is indeed quite good.

This also opened the way for the official release of "Raid"... Now too many people are also paying attention to the official release of "Raid".

Although "Raid" is said to be a Chinese-language film, it is actually an American film. The distribution in the United States is carried out by Xiguang Company and then shared with Deep Space Film and Television.

Therefore, the division between "The Raid" and the cinema is also based on the standards of American films.

When "Raid" was released in the first week, there was 75% of the box office share, 65% of the box office share in the second week, 55% in the third week, and 45% in the fourth week. These are based on the share of the United States. According to the rules, in fact, being able to get this kind of share so far is quite good for a Chinese-language film like "Raid".

At the same time, The Raid is now well-known in other countries for many reasons.Especially in North America, coupled with the awards at the Toronto International Film Festival, the popularity of this film abroad has also become higher and higher. Many filmmakers have sent over tentative inquiries. Of course, everyone is still Waiting for the real box office performance of "The Raid" in the first week of its official premiere, because this is the most formal and the most convincing.

"Raid" was officially released in 887 theaters in the North American market in the first week. Such a premiere number is indeed quite good. Of course, it cannot be compared with the more than 2000 theaters of "Hero" at that time. For such a movie's popularity, it is already quite good.

Now everyone wants to see the final performance of "Raid". Of course, the box office performance of this kind of movie will definitely not be as good as when it was screened in a movie theater for a week. After all, the number of theaters that are released now has expanded, and many things will be shunted , but the film's box office performance should be a certainty.

Soon, "The Raid" officially began to be released in North America.

(End of this chapter)