There were several new films on the North American market last week, but none of them were strong. The weekend championship battle was launched in two old films. The DC comic film "Joker" was released on the fourth weekend and collected nearly $19 million. It counterattacked the late Malefiend 2 and returned to the weekend champion. The film's cumulative box office in North America has reached 277 million US dollars, and the global cumulative box office has approached 850 million US dollars.
has set a global box office record for R-rated movies.
Disney's live-action fairy tale sequel "Maleficent 2" collected more than 18.5 million US dollars this weekend, retiring to the second place on the weekend list. The film is down 50% from the opening weekend, and the cumulative box office for the two weeks has exceeded 65 million US dollars. The energy supplied by new films of
is not in place, and some old films have also collapsed. The popularity of the
market has dropped significantly. For the 43rd weekend of 2019, the top ten films on the box office list only reported a gross box office of 89.9 million U.S. dollars. The weekend market plummeted 31% from the previous month. The market also fell slightly by 1% from the same period last year when "Halloween" won the championship ($91 million).
This weekend is the "Halloween" weekend. The new film headed by "Terminator: Dark Fate" will reshuffle the market structure. After the market almost set a historical record in October, the market in November is also expected to have a "good start".
Top 10 weekend box office in North America 2019.10.25-10.27 (unit: ten thousand US dollars)
, the new animated film "The Adams Family" released by the United States, collected another $11.7 million on the weekend, narrowly beating "Zombie Land 2" and rising to the third place in the weekend box office. The film only fell by less than 30% from last week, and the cumulative box office has exceeded 70 million US dollars.
Sony’s horror-comedy sequel "Zombie Land 2" received another $11.6 million the next week, leading the two new large-scale films and relegated to fourth place at the weekend box office. The horror film "Countdown to Death" released by
STX Entertainment earned more than US$9 million in its first week of drawing, making it into the top five at the weekend box office; while the crime action film "Black and Blue" released at the same time only received more than US$8.3 million on the first Wednesday. Ranked sixth at the weekend box office. The historical biopic "Battle of Electricity" released by
101 studio started in 1,022 theaters in North America last Friday, and earned $2.73 million in box office in three days over the weekend, ranking ninth on the weekend list. The film is directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rehon, director of "I and Earl and the Dying Girl", and is directed by "Doctor Strange" Benedict Cumberbatch and "Spiderman" Tom Heran De and others starred, telling the story of the struggle between Edison, the inventor of DC power, and Westinghouse, the founder of Westinghouse, to become the largest power supplier in the United States.
"Battle of Electricity" had its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2017. It was originally scheduled to be released in North America in 2018, but was shelved because of the scandal involved in Weinstein founder Harvey Weinstein. , After changing the issuing company, finally started painting last week. The film has been released in many overseas markets before, and the cumulative total of it has only received less than 5 million US dollars. With its opening performance in North America, it is basically hopeless to recover the 30 million US dollars of production costs. "Battle of Electricity" was released in North America as a director's cut version. Although the plot is more complete than the overseas version, it still only received 58% of the media praise rate.
The Korean film "Parasite" directed by Bong Joon-ho was added to 129 theaters to be screened. It earned US$1.82 million in three days on the weekend and still ranked 11th on the weekend list. The award-winning film for the Palme d’Or, starring South Korea’s “national actor” Song Kangho, was welcomed by Korean audiences and other Asian audiences. With the number of theaters tripled, the average box office in the museum was still as high as 14,000 US dollars. Three weeks after the screening of
, the cumulative box office of the film in North America has reached 4.11 million U.S. dollars, and
has become one of the South Korean films with the highest box office in North America. The
film will also represent South Korea in the "Best International Film" selection for this year's Oscars. With the aid of the award season effect, its North American box office may be expected to hit the $10 million mark. Up to now, the film's global box office has exceeded the 100 million dollar mark.
"Jojo Rabbit" released by Fox Searchlight will be added to 55 theaters the next weekend and will continue to be screened. It will receive another $1.04 million for three days on the weekend, making it the top 15 at the weekend box office. This new film, directed by the director of "Thor 3" Taiga Viditi, has soared by nearly 200% from the previous weekend, and the average box office of the museum has also remained at a high of 19,000 US dollars. The expansion effect is relatively satisfactory. By Scarlett Johansson and MountainAlthough this war comedy by M. Rockwell is not considered top-notch by the media, the audience's reputation is very good, and the subsequent expansion performance is also worth looking forward to.
The Indian Bollywood comedy "Full House of True Love 4" opened in 315 theaters in North America last week. It recorded US$880,000 in three days and ranked 15th on the weekend list. The first three works in the "Full House of True Love" series are all "acclaimed". This sequel continues the success of the previous work, but the opening results in North America are only average for Indian films.
Pedro Almodovar's new work "Pain and Glory" expanded to 117 theaters for screenings and another $430,000 at the weekend. The cumulative box office for screenings has reached $1.68 million. The domestically produced movie "My Motherland and Me" is still being released in several theaters. As of Sunday, the cumulative box office of
has reached 2.32 million U.S. dollars
, and there is not much room for subsequent growth.
"Countdown to Death" poster
The second half of October is usually one of the most deserted periods in the North American market. None of the new films that
opened last week exceeded 10 million US dollars at the box office.
, two powerful new films "Countdown to Death" And "Black and Blue" are just "pecking at each other".
"Countdown to Death" is released by STX Entertainment. It is director Justin Dyke's feature film debut. The director has previously made a short film called "Scroll" and won the Best Director Award at the 2010 New York TV Festival. Since then, the director’s web drama "I’m too lazy" launched on YouTube has also received a good response, with more than 7 million clicks.
"Countdown to Death" tells the story of a young nurse who downloaded an app that can predict when she died and was told that her lifespan was less than three days left. She didn't believe it at first, but then many cases of death "as promised" She realized that the "death" was really approaching.
is the most suitable horror film for this year’s "Halloween" file.
"Countdown to Death" opened in 2675 theaters on Friday. The first day's revenue was 3.14 million US dollars (including 500,000 US dollars in advance), which narrowly beat the "Black" which opened on the same day. And Blue, ranked fourth in the single-day box office. The film received another US$3.54 million on Saturday, a 35% increase from the first day excluding advance shows. The trend is not bad for horror movies. According to the publisher's forecast, the box office of the film will reach 9.01 million U.S. dollars in the first three days, only a slight advantage to suppress "Black and Blue", ranking fourth at the weekend box office.
"Dead Countdown" trailer
"Dead Countdown" started drawing results basically in line with market expectations, the first week has exceeded the production cost of 6.5 million US dollars. The film only got "C+" in the audience survey CinemaScore. The audience's word of mouth is relatively bad, and the final box office may only target 20 million US dollars. In the first week of the film, the male and female audiences are equally divided, and the group under the age of 35 accounts for 75%. The audience portraits are roughly the same as other low-cost original horror films. The film sold $1.7 million in 16 overseas markets, and its performance was relatively mediocre. Although the production cost is low, the film party still invested twice the cost of the budget for publicity, so it is not easy to make a profit in the end. The
film has not been favored by media critics. Only 26% of the 39 media included on the Rotten Tomatoes website gave it positive reviews
, with an average of 4.2 points; the 15 authoritative media included on the MetaCritic website only scored an average of 30 points. One of the worst publicly released movies this year. The media commented that: "The film is a complete failure. The only advantage is that it does not leave an impression on the audience." "The film is extremely unconcerned in terms of character creation, plot setting and continuity."
"Black and "Blue"-a new movie about criminal action, mediocre
. Another new movie last week was the crime action movie "Black and Blue" released by Sony Screen Treasure. The film is director Dern Taylor’s second work this year. The director's upper work "Invaders" was released the next week in "Avengers 4", and only $10.85 million was collected during the opening weekend, and the final box office was $36.6 million. It performed well for thrillers that cost less than ten million dollars.
"Black and Blue" is co-starred by black stars Naomi Harris ("Pirates of the Caribbean" series) and Tyrese Gibson ("Fast and Furious" series). The story tells a novice policeman (Naomi) ) Witnessed the murder of a drug dealer by a corrupt official, and the camera she carried with her recorded this scene; she escaped from the hands of these corrupt officials,But he was in danger of being murdered. The
film opened in some theaters ahead of schedule at seven o'clock on Thursday evening, and it earned US$675,000 that night, leading the early performance of "Countdown to Death" released on the same day. The film was expanded to 2062 theaters in North America on Friday, and it received a total of US$3.05 million on the first day including early box office. The performance was slightly inferior to "Countdown to Death" and only ranked fifth on the single-day box office list. The film received another US$3.22 million on Saturday, and finally only received US$8.33 million in the first three days of painting, failing to make it into the top five on the weekend list. The film's opening performance was also 23% lower than the director's predecessor "Invader", and its performance did not meet the market expectations of tens of millions of dollars.
"Black and Blue" is rated as R, and the male audience accounted for 54% of the audience in the first weekend and 66% of the audience over the age of 25. The film received a super high score of "A+" in the CinemaScore survey, and the popcorn index reached 93%. The audience's reputation was extremely bright. Without any suspense,
, a work starring a black star, also attracted more African-American audiences, with African-American audiences accounting for 47% of
. The media evaluation of
films is relatively poor. Only 47% of the 55 media included on the Rotten Tomatoes website gave it positive reviews, with an average of 5.4 points; the 21 authoritative media included on the MetaCritic website only scored an average of 53 points, which is much higher than the "Intruder" "39 points. The media commented: "The performances of the two leading actors are excellent, but this is not enough to save this simple and maddening action film." However, there are also comments that "the film presents the traditional story in an interesting way, and can Bring tension to the audience". Detailed description of the old films on the
list: "Joker" won the global box office record on the weekend in North America.
The comic film "Joker" jointly produced by Warner and Wayshow was reduced to 3936 theaters on weekends, and another $18.9 million in three days , Counterattack "Senamour 2", which was screened even later, regained the championship of the weekend.
In fact, "Joker" and "Maleficent 2" alternately led each other on the working day last week, and the weekend box office gap between the two films was less than $400,000.
, a DC movie whose plot is independent of "DC Expansion Universe", only dropped 35% from the previous weekend, and the decline narrowed significantly. 24 days after its release, the "Golden Lion" award-winning work starring Jacques Phoenix has reached a North American box office of US$277 million, surpassing "The Hangover" (US$277 million), and
became director Todd Phillips at the box office. The highest work.
At the same time, "Joker" also surpassed "Gravity"'s $274 million, becoming the highest-grossing film in North American film history in October.
According to the current trend, "Joker" is about to surpass the final $291 million of "Superman: Man of Steel", and
rises to the eighth place in the box office list of DC Comics.
"Joker" has also performed well in overseas markets. At present, the total overseas has reached 572 million US dollars, and it is expected to eventually hit the 700 million US dollars mark. As of Sunday, the film’s global box office has reached 849 million U.S. dollars, and more than two "Deadpool" films (USD 783 million & USD 785 million) have been created in succession.
has set a new global box office record for R-rated films.
At the same time, the film also surpassed DC works such as "Wonder Woman" ($822 million). (Note: "Wolf Warriors 2", which has a global box office of over US$850 million, is not rated in North America, and is only rated as a youth-restricted level in a small number of markets.)
Disney’s live-action fairy tale movie "Maleficent 2" remains at 3790 the next weekend It was released at home theaters, and with another $18.54 million in three days, it lost to the old film "Joker" at a slight disadvantage and retreated to the weekend box office runner-up. The sequel, starring Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning, is down 50% from the opening weekend, which is basically the same as the predecessor five years ago, but the latter, which was released in the summer, performed even better on weekdays. Strong, the gap between the two pieces will continue to widen. Ten days after the release of
, the North American box office of the film based on the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty" is only 65.4 million US dollars, which has not exceeded the fraction of the production cost line. According to the current trend, its final landing point in North America can only impact 100 million US dollars.
"Sleeping Mantra 2" performed slightly better in overseas markets, with a total of 228 million US dollars collected overseas, and the proportion of overseas box office has been rising. As of Sunday, the film's global box office has reached 294 million US dollars, which is about to exceed the 300 million US dollar mark. The 2014 movie "SandmanCurse was exchanged for a global box office of US$760 million at a cost of US$180 million, ranking among the top five in the global box office that year. The production cost of Maleficent 2 is basically the same as the previous one. However, its global box office is likely to shrink by US$300 million compared to the previous one. Fortunately, given that Disney is relatively restrained in the promotion budget, it should be able to barely recover the cost in the end.
The animated film "The Adams Family" released by the United States was added to 4207 theaters to be released, and another $11.7 million was collected on the weekend. The "Zombie Land 2", which was screened even later, rose back to the third place on the weekend list. This comic-based film produced by MGM has only dropped 28% from the previous week, and the trend is very eye-catching. 17 days after its release, the 3D computer animation directed by the directors of "Sausage Party" Greg Timan and Conrad Vernon has reached a cumulative North American box office of 72.8 million U.S. dollars, and will eventually easily reach twice the production cost line.
Although the market will usher in a new animated film "Arctic Dog" this week, it is expected that its impact on "The Adams Family" will be relatively limited. According to the current trend, the final destination of the film in North America will impact more than US$90 million. The film sold $11.7 million in the first batch of overseas markets, and the global box office will easily exceed 100 million.
The horror comedy "Zombie Land 2" released by Sony remained in 3468 theaters this weekend, and it collected $11.6 million at the box office in three days. With a slight disadvantage of $100,000, it lost to the strong "Adams Family" and retreated. Fourth at the weekend box office. The sequel, which was returned by Ruben Frescher to direct the tube, dropped 57% from the first week of its opening, and the trend is far worse than the predecessor ten years ago (the next weekend only fell by 40%). Ten days after
was released, the film starring Jesse Eisenberg and "Sister Stone" Emma Stone has reached US$47 million at the North American box office, which has exceeded the production cost line. The first "Zombie Land" is Frescher's directorial debut. Thanks to the good reputation of the audience, the global box office exceeds the production cost by four times. As of Sunday, "Zombie Land 2" global box office has reached 63.6 million US dollars.
Paramount’s sci-fi suspenseful action film "Gemini Killer" was cut to 3,008 theaters at the weekend, and another $4 million was cut in three days, retreating to seventh place on the weekend box office list. This new work directed by Chinese famous director Ang Lee is down 52% from the previous weekend, and the trend of
is still not ideal. 17 days after the release of
, the North American box office of this new work starring Will Smith was only $43.34 million, and
has just crossed a fraction of the cost line.
According to the current trend, the final destination of the film in North America can only impact 50 million US dollars, which will be less than half of the cost line. The film produced by Sky Dance Production Company and Fosun Pictures collapsed the next week, and only received less than 30 million US dollars in two weeks.
As of Sunday, the film’s global gross box office was only 148 million US dollars, finally breaking the US$138 million cost line. Some media broke the news that the true cost of the film exceeded US$150 million, so that the loss caused by the Pinfang might be close to US$70 million. The horror and suspense movie "Lighthouse" released by
A24 was added to 586 theaters last weekend and was released on a medium scale. It earned 3.08 million US dollars in three days and ranked eighth on the weekend list. The film directed by Robert Eggers was shortlisted for the director's biweekly unit of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. It also received a 93% media praise rate on the Rotten Tomatoes website, and received unanimous praise in terms of plot and performance. After accounting for the previous screening results, the film co-starring William Dafoe and Robert Pattinson has a cumulative gross of 3.66 million US dollars. The expansion strategy of the film is slightly radical. The current box office of the museum has fallen to just over $5,000, and it is unlikely that it will surpass the final score of the director's predecessor "Witch" ($25.14 million).
Universal Pictures’ animated "Snowman" was cut to 2,196 theaters at the weekend, and another $2 million was collected at the weekend, falling to the tenth place on the weekend list. The 3D computer animation jointly produced by DreamWorks and Oriental DreamWorks fell 43% from the previous weekend, and the decline has not significantly narrowed. Five weeks after its release, this "Chinese style" animation has reached 56.8 million U.S. dollars in North America; according to the current momentum, the film has no hope of matching the 75 million U.S. dollar cost line. The film, written and directed by Jill Carlton of "Reverse Attack in the Jungle," has reached a global box office of 145 million US dollars, which is about to double the cost line.
Focus PicturesThe film version of "Downton Abbey" was reduced to 1,658 theaters on the weekend, and another $1.93.1 million for three days on the weekend was squeezed out of the top ten on the weekend. This special film created by the original crew of the TV series fell by less than 40% from the previous weekend. The cumulative box office in North America has reached 92.2 million US dollars, which is already the highest-grossing work of Focus Company in North America. As of Sunday, the film's global box office has risen to 172.6 million US dollars.
This week’s new film introduction:
Director: Tim Miller ("Deadpool")
Starring: Mackenzie Davis/Linda Hamilton/ Arnold Schwarzenegger
Genre: Action/Adventure/ Science fiction
release: Paramount
Overview: The film's story tells that 27 years after successfully preventing Judgment Day from happening, a completely new evolution of liquid metal terminator was sent by Skynet from the future, with the purpose of chasing down Dany who holds the key information Ramos, half-bodied Grace and her friends. This makes Sarah Connor and the original Terminator come to help them and their group to fight for the future of mankind together.
Director: Cass Lemmons ("Black Christmas")
Starring: Cynthia Alive/Joe Alvin/Ghanel Monnet
Genre: Biography/Plot/History
Release: Focus Pictures
Overview: Harriet Tubman was born in 1822. She was originally a black slave living in Maryland. She fled to the north in 1849, and soon joined the American "Underground Railroad" that helped slaves escape, becoming the most active One of the leaders, returned home many times and led other slaves to escape to the north. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Tubman actively participated in the war and became one of the few women in the Northern Army. After the war, she devoted herself to the movement for women's rights. Harriet was also the first woman to be listed on the dollar.
Director: Edward Norton ("Man Loves Beauty")
Starring: Bruce Willis/William Dafoe/Edward Norton
Genre: Crime/Plot
Release: Warner Bros.
Overview: The film is adapted from 1999 In Jonathan Letham's novel "Brooklyn Orphans", Norton plays the lonely private detective Lenore in New York in the 1950s, vowing to solve the mystery of the murder of his friend and mentor Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). With few clues, Lionel slowly explored the secret of being guarded carefully, and also mastered the fate of the entire city.
