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Chapter 285 North America, box office blowout

The current box office performance of "Source Code" in mainland China can not only fully meet Chen Xi's domestic box office expectations for this movie, but also basically fully meet some of Chen Xi's extraordinary imaginations.

In the very beginning, it included what Chen Xi himself said on the outside, and his own goals in his heart. In fact, his requirements for "Source Code" are not just the previous ones that are equivalent to "BJ Meets Seattle". Standard, and it is still Chen Xi's higher requirements. You must know that although this year has passed, the box office of the entire mainland is not that big. Compared with the horrible box office five or six years later, this is even worse What kind of……

However, in this day and age, it is actually possible and possible for a movie to have a box office of over 6 million. At least Chen Xi knows that in a short time, a "Tangshan Earthquake" will rewrite China's history. The film and television box office record can directly increase this record to more than [-] million...

Then when "Let the Bullets Fly", the box office data has increased a lot, reaching more than 7 million, which is quite different from what many people imagined. In fact, many Everyone thinks that the box office of movies in mainland China may be really difficult to accommodate movies with a big box office. Everyone knows this.

But many movies after that kept refreshing their concepts.

When everyone felt that movies like "Let the Bullets Fly" and "Painted Skin 2" were basically the box office limit of Chinese movies, the terrifying "Avatar" soon appeared, and the box office of this movie directly exceeded one billion. And it's hard to get a ticket just like the Spring Festival travel...

Therefore, many people thought that the Chinese movie box office market was a bit too much at the time, but now it seems a little conservative under this situation, and the thing is not just such an "Avatar".

After the emergence of such a scourge as "Avatar", many Chinese filmmakers are now basically shocked and surprised to the extreme, and feel that it is impossible for any Chinese film to have a box office close to this figure. They want to get One billion can only be foreign Hollywood blockbusters, and Chinese movies can't get involved...

However, they didn't make them wait too long. "Lost in Thailand" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" turned out. Although they didn't break the box office of "Avatar", they also got more than one billion box office. And they are all quite astonishing and terrifying 12 billion.

...When everyone thought that the box office of "Avatar" should be capped, the box office of "Transformers 4" was close to 20 billion...

If some people didn't think that this might have too much impact, so they forced "Transformers 4" to be canceled when the daily box office was still 1000 million, the box office of this movie could directly exceed 20 billion...

So at this time, 20 billion is already a number that everyone thinks is completely unattainable. As a result, because of Paul Walker's death, "Fast and Furious 7" has a very powerful collision ability, and soon set off a sensation in the whole of China. Shocking waves, the box office directly exceeded 24 billion...

At this time, many domestic filmmakers are desperate. Who knows that in the same year, the box office of "Monster Hunt" surpassed that of "Fast and Furious 7". Of course, the box office of "Monster Hunt" in the last period It was a bit dirty, but the real box office of this movie definitely exceeded 22 billion.

... This is the case that the box office of movies in mainland China continues to grow, and the box office capacity of the market and individual movies is also constantly increasing.

Chen Xi also felt that from the current perspective of his current "Source Code", it should be no problem to get 5 million in the mainland box office. His current goal is to break through the 5 million figure and directly reach 6 million , Raise the Chinese film market to a higher level!
The box office figure of 6 million, not to mention the current year [-], even after six years, is still a huge box office figure. After all, not every movie can reach this horrible figure. .

... "Source Code" carried the hope of Chen Xi and many people, and it continued to perform well at the box office and was seen by everyone.

At the same time, the film's overseas journey began to take its own solid steps.

At the very beginning, this movie was already highly anticipated!
When "Source Code" was just released and performed well at the box office in China, there were a lot of spontaneous analyzes from movie fans, and some of them were guided and drained by the media. Many of their analyzes were indeed based on the Analysis of the overseas box office prospects of "Source Code".

""Source Code" has achieved quite good box office in China so far. Judging from the current box office figures of this movie, it is even possible to directly complete a task of breaking the box office record of historical movies. However, this movie How will it perform overseas? You know, although this movie is a surprise for Chinese people, it is a new and bigger imagination brought to them by a science fiction film produced in China, but for foreigners, especially European and American countries For movie fans, it is difficult for this movie to be as attractive as "Raid" and "Xiuchun Knife". Not even a blade of grass grows, so it is obviously quite difficult to make "Source Code" perform well in overseas markets."

"So far, Cameron's "Avatar" is preparing to be released in the North American market. When this movie just came out, it should be sweeping the world. Therefore, it is obvious that "Source Code" can only strive to compete for "Avatar" before it is released. Two weeks." But this kind of analysis is actually not too penetrating.

In fact, the phenomenal level brought about after "Avatar" has spread to the entire earth, and it also made James Cameron get an even more terrifying box office performance after "Titanic", and he has also become the most amazing director on earth one.

Before Chen Xi made many of his movie theaters have a certain layout and set up a lot of 3D movie halls in the movie theaters created by Deep Space Film and Television. In fact, he was waiting for the trend of "Avatar" and waited for this trend to come. After that, the era of 3D movies officially arrived...

Of course, the concept of the era of 3D movies is still debatable. After all, there are really only a few real 3D movies. There are too many other movies because 3D movies are more expensive, so their movies choose to use 3D. In fact, there is no need for these movies to be released in 3D.

This trend is more popular all over the world than "Avatar", so in China, even some urban romance films have used the 3D format that surprised many people, while in the United States, a "Shocking God of War" only has 3D subtitles. It is the wrath of man and god, notorious...

But in any case, 3D will become the mainstream of many movie theaters in the future.

But precisely because of this, there is actually no particularly strong conflict between Avatar and the 2D "Source Code", and the two films are compatible in many places.

But indeed, the burden on "Source Code" is very heavy.

There are also some media, some film critics, and some film industry researchers who are now writing evaluations that can be said to hit the nail on the head.

"I've watched "Source Code". It is indeed a pretty good movie. The innovations in some concepts make people feel that it is almost not like a Chinese movie! Now when this movie appears in the European and American markets, but There are still many challenges to face, especially when there are already many movies with the same sci-fi concept in North America, this movie wants to stand out in North America, and its advantages have other advantages American movies may also have it, but its disadvantages may not be shared by other American movies..."

Indeed, "Source Code" faced many problems when it was released in Europe and America.

However, the film is not without its strengths.

In Chen Xi's plan, the release of "Source Code" in North America will be the most important part of the world's release.

As for the current American media, they have also begun to notice such a movie, and began to have more ideas about this movie.

"At present, the word-of-mouth of the Chinese-language film "Source Code" is still good, and so far the theaters are more confident in them. The number of premieres of more than 3000 has surpassed that of the Chinese-language film "Hero". Do you know if this movie can complete the grand occasion of "Hero"? Can mainstream audiences accept such a movie that starts to play with the plot and starts to work hard on sci-fi ideas?"

...In any case, the current statements are just a previous prediction after all, and the performance of "Source Code" depends on the performance of the film in the North American market in the future.

... Soon, in North America, "Source Code" will be officially released, and many movie fans are also paying attention to this movie.

It was a long working day when "Source Code" was first released, and its release in North America began on Wednesday.

The box office differentiation in North America is quite serious. Basically, the weekend box office of many movies is the weekly box office.

So these days are almost negligible until Friday when the box office starts to be counted.

Now many people are paying attention to the North American release of "Source Code", including Chen Xi. After all, it can be said that the current "Source Code" in China should not be too much to worry about, and the rest still depends on this Can the movie achieve Chen Xi's goal overseas.

On Wednesday and Thursday, the box office of "Source Code" in North America can be said to be tepid. After two days, the box office is 454 million US dollars. Judging from this figure, although it is not bad, it is not particularly amazing. That kind, because it is obviously unrealistic for a film like "Source Code" to be released in North America for a long time, so the box office can only be piled up in the first few weeks, and it will basically be ignored after that.

Now, many people are beginning to look down on "Source Code", feeling that the North American box office of this movie may indeed be as many people said, because there are too many types of movies in North America, so it is difficult to get up.

But what exactly will the result look like?

When it comes to Friday, this can also be said to be the day that determines the success or failure of "Source Code". If the box office performance of "Source Code" on this day is still not good, then the number of films scheduled for after that will drop sharply. The final North American box office of "Source Code" stopped at almost 1000 million US dollars...

1000 million US dollars is already a pretty good box office for a foreign language film, but for a film like "Source Code" that premiered in more than 3000 theaters, for Chen Xi, the director of "Raid", which had a box office of more than 1000 million before , can almost be said to be a small Waterloo, and it will not be so easy to enter the North American market in the future.

As a result, many people's eyes have been fixed on the box office of "Source Code" on Friday.

When Chen Xi found out that "Source Code" did not perform well at the box office on Wednesdays and Thursdays, she felt rather anxious, but now that she has done everything she needs to do, there is no point in worrying. If there is no hope overseas, then he will return to China. With the movies in his head, it is not difficult to get along well in the mainland circle.

It's just that it's always unsatisfactory.

Under such circumstances, the Friday release of "Source Code" begins!

Early in the morning, many people went to the movie theater, and even more during the day and night. In fact, Chen Xi and the others had experience in two movies before, so they were very concerned about promoting "Source Code" in North America. There is a special trick to this matter, and now, Friday, the effects are finally starting to emerge.

Moreover, the previous North American evaluation of "Source Code" is actually quite good. After the rating is allowed, the rating of this movie on IMDB has reached a very good 8.2 points. Although it is not as good as the rating in mainland China, this number is already good. , especially for foreign language films.

And the Rotten Tomatoes index of the movie is almost around 94%...

So, now, word of mouth and previous publicity have really started to work!
One day on Friday, under the attention of many people, and in Chen Xi's nervous heart, "Source Code" scored 927 million US dollars in box office in one day, breaking Chen Xi's previous first-day box office in North America. At the same time as the record was recorded, the counterattack and counterattack was also completed in one fell swoop!

And, not only that, but next Saturday, the North American box office of "Source Code" reversed growth, breaking through 1000 million US dollars in a single day, reaching 1103 million US dollars, and Sunday also reaching 924 million US dollars. After three days, the weekend box office reached 2954 million US dollars. The cumulative box office of the show reached 3500 million US dollars!Broke Chen Xi's North American movie box office record!

Happiness comes in an instant!

(End of this chapter)