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March 27, Friday.

After 7 days of screening, the box office of "Daydreamer" has accumulated to 104.76 million.

However, compared to the first week, the box office of the film dropped by more than 40%, and it continued to decline every day.

Of course, this is a factor of market regulation, not that the audience has abandoned the movie. After all, the score of "Daydreamer" in the IMDB rating agency is still relatively stable, and the recognition is still there.

As the rest day is approaching, the audience base has grown, and "Daydreamer" has gradually increased slightly. It won 9.34 million on Friday, 9.87 million on Saturday, and 10.56 million on Sunday.

The next week, it received a total of 47.64 million US dollars, and continued to hold the position of the weekly box office champion, while the second place became "Boys and Girls Black and White Matching" 34.48 million.

Up to this point, "Daydreamer" had been released for 10 days and had received 128.7 million.

However, just as the film continued to progress towards the 200 million mark in North America, Lyman was busy setting the script outline for the new film, but was suddenly invited to the premiere of the film at Paramount.

Lehman couldn't refuse, so he agreed.

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On April 8, Paramount's ambitious "Saharan Raiders" held a grand premiere.

You must know that the investment in this film is as high as 160 million (including the early announcement), and it is adapted from a very successful series of books, which has its own huge amount of traffic.

As for director Blake Esner, he has many years of experience in the industry. In addition, Matthew McConaughey, who has had a successful career as an actor in recent years, serves as the male lead, and Spanish girl Penelope Cruz serves as the female lead ( Her boyfriend at the time, Tom Cruise, helped out, otherwise, such a first-line masterpiece would not be able to squeeze in if it had nothing to do with it).

All in all, the cast of this movie looks very reliable.

It's a pity that Paramount wanted to make this movie into a series of masterpieces, but it failed to make a big deal. Even after ten years, when it comes to the collection of works that lose enough money to make the list, there must be "Sahara" A place in The Raiders.

Well, after the announcement and filming costs were deducted from the film revenue, the total loss was US$121 million.

In terms of Lehman's sense of watching the movie live, the quality of the movie is actually qualified, but the cost is too high, and the plot is a bit outdated, which cannot keep up with the audience's aesthetics.

For example, 20 years ago, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was a big hit at the box office. After 20 years, if you continue this routine, just change the skin a little, how can it be accepted by a new generation of audiences?

If you lower your budget, you might still be able to make some money, but if you invest 160 million in the early stage, doesn’t it mean that the global box office needs to exceed 400 million to make a return in terms of box office?

Maybe the offline market is very profitable. Paramount may think that a movie box office of 300 million can be satisfied, and a first-line masterpiece has a box office of 300 million. It seems that it is not difficult, but the quality of this film can only be said to be qualified, not excellent at all. .

The combination of handsome guys and beauties and a group of old actors is not so effective every time. Even the actual shooting of the desert scene is very textured. The performance of the male protagonist played by Ma Jiao is not bad, but the handling of the story is very flawed. For example, large-scale battles such as combat helicopters, cannons, bombs, etc. weaken the existence of the protagonist group, and burn money purely for the sake of burning money.

On the contrary, the male protagonist has always portrayed his strength, wisdom, and bravery. He has repeatedly turned danger into danger and has performed powerfully. However, in the large-scale gun bombing, it gives people the feeling that no matter how powerful the male protagonist is, he will be afraid of firearms, and he will not be afraid of firearms. What the heck, such a protagonist's perception is too suppressed;

She is talking about the heroine, a scientist.

Cruz's beauty is not intellectual. Although in Spain, she is a national treasure beauty, but in Hollywood, her status is far worse.

Although the beauty is still moving, the most important thing in Hollywood is the vase, and before participating in this film, the impression that this person can give the American audience may only be all kinds of gossip, promoting the love with her boyfriend Tom Cruise, which is obviously It's not something that an actor needs in particular, because it's over-hyped and has fallen into the low ranks.

Furthermore, her image in the film is not to explore Cruz's charm, but to show some humanitarian spirit. She is very kind, and what makes people feel more brainless is that because of the harsh environment in the film, Cruz is always in a bad mood. The unkempt image is simply a waste.

If you need a vase, why cover up the beauty of the vase? Lyman couldn't figure it out.

After all, I have never heard of Cruz's acting skills. The Spanish girl's acting skills can be said to be a luxury. Even if she tries her best to perform, it will be counterproductive.

In other words, the unsatisfactory box office of "Saharan Raiders" is caused by various factors. The lack of novelty in the plot is the biggest shortcoming, and the cost is too high.

Anyway, Paramount's blockbuster is somewhat inexplicable and contradictory.

But for Lehmann, this may be good news.

The worse "Saharan Raiders" is at the box office, the smaller the squeeze on "Daydream".

But even so, relying on Paramount's strong publicity and distribution capabilities, the film still won $28.76 million on its first day of release, reaching the top strongly, which still affected the box office of Daydreamer.

It's just that "Daydreamer" has already passed its box office best-seller period, and now it can only get 4 or 5 million box office per day, but with the addition of "Saharan Raiders" and other new films, It dropped to 3.54 million~www.readwn.com~ But Paramount breathed a sigh of relief and felt that the film's first-day results were acceptable, and there was still room to return the investment.

It was only the second day after the film was shown that the box office performance began to decline. Although the decline was less than 10% of the overall, the film was just released, so it doesn't matter if it didn't rise, even a stable box office?

Also, even if Paramount's media resources are great, it can't stop people from making bad reviews, or really control the audience not to complain.

After the movie was released, the audience was full of expectations, but when they went to the theater, they saw such a blockbuster with an old-fashioned setting and an awkward plot, and even the media criticized it very rudely. "The Raiders of the Sahara" is a farce. The plot is pale and boring.

Therefore, "Saharan Raiders" with more than 2,500 theaters opened on the first day. As the audience and fans did not buy it, the attendance rate began to plummet from 70% on the first day.

Three days later, the total box office in the first week was less than 60 million, and it was only because there were no strong opponents that it became the champion of the weekly box office, but the state of losing money was seen by many people in the industry.

As for "Daydreamer", it has stabilized the situation. The total box office has exceeded 140 million. It will be released for a few weeks. Maybe it will try to break through 200 million. Even if it doesn't work, the film can still make a box office profit anyway. of.

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