Hollywood Hunter

"Smooth story structure, perfect action design, imaginative hero props, and a large number of groundbreaking technology applications. "Batman: Hour of War" has created an unprecedented large-screen visual feast."-"Variety"

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"Simon Westero once again proved his genius film talent."-"San Francisco Chronicle"

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"Superhero movies not to be missed, you will never regret entering the theater for this."-"Los Angeles Times"

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"Or, I can only think of words like'great' to describe this new film by Simon Westeros."-"Washington Post"

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"Simon Westeros perfectly displayed my superhero image on the big screen, and beyond imagination."-"Hollywood Reporter"

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"For DC comics fans, this Christmas will be a carnival of "Batman: Hour of War". For non-comic fans, "Batman: Hour of War" is still a movie not to be missed."— — "Chicago Tribune"

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"After watching "Batman: Hour of War", I have begun to look forward to the arrival of the sequel, and... well, no spoilers."-"New York Post"

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The next day, the film reviews on "Batman: Hour of War" on major North American paper media platforms were almost overwhelmingly praised, and a few film reviews expressing different opinions did not cause any waves at all. According to various media feedback and a ten-point rating, the total score of this superhero movie reached an amazing 9.6 points.

At the same time, media platforms such as TV and radio have also seen a lot of discussions about "Batman: Hour of War".

Because the film’s reputation has been strongly affirmed by the media, a large number of comic fans across North America have organized various carnivals in order to welcome the release of "Batman: Hour of War". It seems that Christmas has already arrived early.

On Friday, December 22, "Batman: Hour of War" finally opened on a large scale with 2613 screens.

At the same time, the North American box office data for the past week was officially released.

In the week from December 15th to December 21st, just before "Batman: Hour of War", a total of six new films were released in North America, three of which had an opening scale of more than 1,000 yuan. They were Silvestre. Stallone's action giant "Angry Tiger and Mad Dragon", Sean Connery's crime comedy "Family Business" and Universal Pictures' family comedy "Little Magician".

Stallone's "Angry Tiger and Furious Dragon" cost 55 million US dollars, and the budget is higher than that of "Batman: Hour of War", which was originally a promotional point for the film.

However, the reputation of the most important film on the December 15th schedule collapsed immediately after the opening, with an average media rating of only 3.3 points. The Los Angeles Times relentlessly commented that this film is'a challenge for actors, time and money. The full range of waste'.

"Angry Tiger and Furious Dragon" was originally incubated by the Warner Bros. Pictures Cooper-Peters production company. Warner abandoned the project in order to make time for "Batman: Hour of War" and eventually fell to the Columbia subsidiary Samsung In the hands of the film industry.

Because of the one-sided bad reviews, the North American box office of "Angry Tiger and Mad Dragon" was only 12.2 million US dollars in the first week of the painting. Compared with the 1,409 screens, the average box office in the first week was less than 100 million US dollars. Budget and quality schedule.

The first week’s box office was $12.2 million, followed by the sniper of "Batman: Hour of War". The total North American box office of "Angry Tiger and Mad Dragon" is expected to be only around $50 million. Sony was originally full of expectations for this project. With the first week of box office release of "Angry Tiger and Crazy Dragon", the Japanese electronics giant's first bomb in Hollywood ended in failure.

Although the box office was only $12.2 million in the first week, the market performance of "Angry Tiger and Mad Dragon" was not the worst.

In the other two films that opened more than 1,000 screens during the same period, Sean Connery's "Family Business" opened the screen at 1,201, with a box office of $3.19 million in the first week. Universal Pictures' "Little Magician" opened on the screen at 1,155 yuan, and the box office in the first week was only $2.97 million.

Because the new films are all misfired, the box office list for the week from December 15 to December 21 is still dominated by a lot of old films.

Daenerys Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures co-produced "Flying the Innocence" in the fifth week of its release. It once again maintained its single-week box office champion position with $13.96 million at the box office. The total North American box office of the film reached $115.21 million.

"Gucci Imprint" dropped 23% at the box office this week and received another $4.93 million, ranking fifth on the list. This fashion documentary for the purpose of brand promotion has a cumulative box office of 28.79 million US dollars four weeks after its release, which is very profitable relative to cost.

Daenerys Entertainment’s "Scream 2", which was produced separately by Daenerys Entertainment, was released for the eighth week and received an additional $3.98 million, ranking eighth on the weekly box office list. At the same time, the cumulative box office of "Scream 2" reached 102.15 million U.S. dollars, also successfully breaking the 100 million yuan mark.

Just as many new movies have avoided "Back to the Future 2" during the previous Thanksgiving holiday schedule, the week that started on December 22, "Batman: Hour of War" also showed a dominance, and the other two new movies released in the same period opened. The number of screens is less than 10, not even the foil.

At the same time, because Daenerys Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures arranged midnight shows in North America early on Thursday morning, on the day of the large-scale opening on Friday, the media enthusiasm for "Batman: Hour of War" further broke out.

Inside the mountainside mansion in the Bel Air community.

It’s already Saturday, December 23, and it’s been a busy day. Warner Bros. Pictures CEO Terry Semel failed to make it to the first day of the box office after the early morning last night. However, because of the excitement, he just took a break. In five hours, Semel woke up at four in the morning.

Without wanting to wake up his wife, Terry Semel got out of bed lightly and went to the study in pajamas.

Turn on the light, and a page of reports has appeared in the fax machine.

Pulling out the report form, Terry Semel did not look at the breakdown data of the various theaters, and went straight to the end.

15.37 million dollars? !

For a moment, Terry Semel completely thought he was wrong.

The box office of "Angry Tiger and Crazy Dragon" was only $12.2 million in the first week and seven days. Terry Semel was still fortunate to have not accepted the project yesterday. Only on the first day of the painting, how could "Batman: Hour of War" get $15.37 million more than "Angry Tiger and Furious Dragon" a week?

Ok.

This number seems to be included in the midnight show.

However, this does not make sense.

The box office of the midnight show came out yesterday, because only a small number of midnight shows were arranged in the core cities for media promotion purposes, and the box office was actually only $1.2 million.

Now, the first day is 15.37 million US dollars.

What's going on here?

Not to mention the first day, in this era, Hollywood's box office in the first week can exceed 15.37 million US dollars, not many.

Or, 1.53 million US dollars...

This is even more impossible.

Forcibly suppressing a certain excitement in his heart, Terry Semel picked up the phone and directly dialed Daenerys Entertainment CEO Amy Pascal’s phone. Although it was very early, there was a quick answer. There is no tiredness from the first awakening.

Hearing it was Terry Semel, Amy in Palisades's residence said directly: "Terry, have you seen the box office numbers on the first day?"

"$15.37 million," Terry Semel repeated the figures on the report, still suppressing excitement, and said, "Amy, is this true?"

Amy on the other side of the phone couldn’t help but laugh, and said, “Terry, you did the release. You shouldn’t ask me about this, but I’ve already called and asked about it. That’s right. 15.37 million US dollars."

Confirming the news, Terry Semel's free hand shook a fist suddenly and said: "Amy, maybe we should call a meeting right away."

When Terry Semel and Amy Pascal were on the phone, it was already past seven o'clock in the morning on the East Coast of the United States.

Early risers opened the newspaper and saw the box office numbers on the first day of "Batman: Hour of War" that were basically darkened. The box office score of 15.37 million US dollars shocked countless eyeballs.

You know, "Indiana Jones 3" in the summer file created the first full weekly box office record of 46.01 million US dollars, which was hyped by the media at the time. Now, the box office of "Batman: Hour of War" has reached 15.37 million US dollars on the first day. So, how much will the box office of the first week be?

While the entire Hollywood was immersed in excitement and emotions, the fan group of "Batman: Hour of War" was even more jubilant after the film's first day of box office release. In addition, many viewers who were originally not interested in "Batman: Hour of War" began to enter the movie theater after being bombarded by dense information, which further pushed up the film's box office.

The phenomenon-level movie-watching trend has quickly formed.

So, after the first day of box office of 15.37 million US dollars, on Saturday, "Batman: Hour of War" received another 18.23 million US dollars. On Sunday, December 24, because it was Christmas Eve when the family reunited, the single-day box office of "Batman: Hour of War" dropped significantly, but it was still as high as 11.96 million US dollars.

Because Monday is December 15th, Christmas Day, a national statutory holiday, this is equivalent to the four-day calculation of the box office for this week's ‘weekend’.

Moreover, compared to Christmas Eve the day before, the box office of "Batman: Hour of War" rebounded again, reaching $14.53 million.

Within four days of opening, the total North American box office of "Batman: Hour of War" quickly reached a terrifying $60.09 million, but this far exceeded the highest single-week box office record created by the summer file "Indiana Jones 3".

In the following three working days, the single-day box office of "Batman: Hour of War" remained between 7 million and 8 million US dollars.

In the end, the box office of "Batman: Hour of War" reached a shocking $82.39 million in the first week.

Looking back, with the box office of $82.39 million in the first week, "Batman: Hour of War" left a series of box office records.

The highest first-day drawing record: 15.37 million US dollars

The highest single-day box office record, 18.23 million US dollars.

The highest box office record for the first three days: $45.56 million.

The highest box office record for the first four days: $60.09 million.

The highest box office record for seven days in the first week: $82.39 million.

In addition, the average box office of "Batman: Hour of War" in the first week of the first week also reached US$31,530. It is just a simple average of more than US$30,000, which is not the highest in history. However, considering the large scale of the film's 2613 screens, this result makes it difficult for all previous films of the same scale to be comparable.

Stimulated by the box office of "Batman: Hour of War", in the week from December 22 to December 28, the total box office number in a single week in North America surpassed the $150 million mark in one fell swoop, compared to the total of more than $80 million last week. The box office number has almost doubled.

However, because it was just "Batman: Hour of War" that took most of it, a number of old films that should have rebounded because of the Christmas week box office have seen a significant drop in the box office.

Last week’s box office champion "Flying the Innocence", this week’s box office fell 22%, the box office number fell to 10.88 million US dollars, the cumulative box office was 126.09 million US dollars. Because of this decline data, some box office statistics agencies lowered the North American gross box office forecast of "Flying Over Childhood" by US$10 million from more than US$170 million to US$160 million.

Silvestre Stallone had a poor reputation for "Angry Tiger and Furious Dragon". Under the strong impact of "Batman: Hour of War", there was no audience to buy tickets to enter the venue, so the decline reached 36%. The weekly box office dropped to 7.81 million U.S. dollars, and the cumulative box office in two weeks was only 2.01 million U.S. dollars, which is bleak. The North American gross box office forecast has also been lowered to around 35 million U.S. dollars.

Although Stallone’s overseas box office has always been good, considering the US$55 million production budget of "Angry Tiger and Crazy Dragon" and the same not-low US$15 million publicity cost, it is difficult for Colombia to recover the total even if it operates through all later channels. The cost of $70 million.

Both of the big box office players encountered this under the crush of "Batman: Hour of War". You can imagine the situation of other films on the list this week.

At the same time, on December 29th, Tom Cruise and Meg Ryan starring in the new film "Rocket Expert" and Steven Spielberg's fantasy love movie "Forever", which opened in the new week, have a box office prospect Also under the impact of "Batman: Hour of War" was cast a thick haze.

On the other hand, while "Batman: Hour of War" grabbed $82.39 million in the box office in its first week, the peripheral sales of this rapidly evolving phenomenon-level movie also quickly became popular.

With the meticulous preparations in the early stage, various peripheral toys and soundtracks of "Batman: Hour of War" have been sold before the film is released. On the day of the release on December 22, the corresponding peripherals will be sold simultaneously.

Because of the high popularity of "Batman: Hour of War", although the preliminary preparations were adequate, the most popular Batman and Catwoman figures, as well as the very eye-catching Bat Motors in the film, were also sold out. Retailers everywhere They called to request replenishment.

In addition, although a number of official movie posters have been developed for sale, but because of the popularity of the Catwoman character, there have been cases of theft of Catwoman posters after the movie was released, and some people even attempted to steal some super large Advertising poster.

Warner Bros.'s publicity department had to be busy re-issued movie posters.

In the end, even the original pure music soundtrack that was not optimistic about it, unexpectedly sold 260,000 copies after it went on the shelves in the first week.

According to preliminary statistics, in the first week of "Batman: Hour of War", the sales of peripheral albums of the film were higher than the record-breaking US$82.39 million at the box office, reaching a staggering US$130 million.