Although I thought that " tornado " would not do well at the box office in the mainland, I didn't expect it to be so dismal.
On July 20th, the summer season of the mainland film market entered its climax. Driven by Shen Teng " Catch a Baby ", as of 22:00, the mainland market box office exceeded 360 million. It can be said that the theater chain is completely crazy. But this feast doesn’t belong in “Twister,” and it embarrasses Hollywood.
A movie considered bad by Chinese audiences, but treated as a treasure by North American audiences, it broke 250 million on the first day and won the box office championship!
How bad was the box office performance of "Tornado"?
As of 22:00 on July 20, the single-day box office of Shen Teng's "Catch a Baby" has soared to 250 million, setting a new high since its release. The film schedule accounted for over 39.1%, and the box office accounted for as high as 69%. One movie ate it With a market share of nearly 70%, the cumulative box office in the five days since its release has reached 1.319 billion. Based on this momentum, Shen Teng's new film has a high possibility of hitting a box office of 4 billion.
And what about Twister, which premieres this weekend? The single-day box office of
movies was only 3.34 million, accounting for 2.1% of the film schedule and only 0.9% of the box office, and the attendance rate was at the bottom!
You must know that it is only the second day since the movie was released in the mainland, and the box office data is already so low that it is baffling. The current cumulative box office of the movie is only 7.4 million, and it is predicted that the final box office in the mainland will not exceed 20 million.
"Tornado" is not an unknown small Hollywood production, it is a serious Hollywood super blockbuster.
The world premiere of "Tornado" in 1996 grossed US$496 million at the box office. This was 28 years ago. At that time, it defeated a series of blockbusters such as "Mission: Impossible" and won the annual runner-up in the global box office that year, losing only to The film history science fiction classic "Independence Day".
We all know that Hollywood has been dead in the past two years and can only rely on sequels or remakes of classic IPs to create gimmicks.
"Tornado" was naturally remade at a cost of US$155 million, which is almost 1.1 billion yuan. It was produced by Steven Spielberg and the Asian director of "The Mandalorian" Lee Isaac Cheng was invited to direct. The production team is the " Jurassic World " team, and the actors include Hollywood's new generation action star Glen Powell, and David Corensway, who plays the roller version of Superman. A lineup like
, in the previous mainland cities, really made domestic films run away.
But now the box office of "Tornado" is not even a fraction of that of "Catch a Baby", and its reputation is even worse!
What’s interesting is that this kind of bad movie that bombed the box office in China has become a treasure in the North American market. The movie has achieved an unexpected hit in the North American market. The box office on the first day of release exceeded 34 million US dollars, which is almost 250 million yuan. There is no suspense to win the first place at the North American box office. According to this trend, the film's North American box office may hit 70 million US dollars in the first weekend, and the final North American box office is expected to reach 300 million US dollars.
The North American championship film failed miserably in China! Is Hollywood confused about the taste of Chinese audiences?
What is the problem with "Tornado"? Audiences taught Hollywood a lesson.
The plot of "Tornado" is quite simple. The story takes place in Oklahoma, USA, which is the place where tornadoes occur most frequently in the world.
There is a group of storm chasers chasing the wind for various purposes. Unexpectedly, the storm season is approaching and a terrifying tornado is coming. The team of storm chasers must use all odds to escape.
movie is actually similar to the old version. It’s just that the special effects have been upgraded. Even the upgrade is not as big as expected.
The core of the movie is still the same old formula of American heroism. Such a huge disaster was not solved by any government agency. It was all handled by the heroine alone, while the hero was dressed in a cowboy hat and plaid shirt. He is a typical American hero.
"Tornado" is a work produced by the Hollywood assembly line.
In the past, mainland audiences had no choice. They could only watch such large-scale productions from Hollywood. However, now that domestic films have become benchmarks such as " Wolf Warrior 2" and " The Wandering Earth ", it makes no sense for Chinese audiences to watch this kind of production. The so-called blockbusters cannot resonate.
After a series of events in recent years, mainland Chinese audiences' admiration for Hollywood has begun to dissipate.
Hollywood must produce truly high-quality works to gain recognition from Chinese audiences. This summer’s Hollywood blockbuster lineup is strong, but so far, " Inside Out 2", " Despicable Me 4" and a series of big productions, The box office performance in mainland China was unsatisfactory.
With the box office failure of "Twister", Hollywood has only one film left in the mainland summer season, "Deadpool and Wolverine ".
html will be released on July 26, the same day as Wu Ershan's " ". The current pre-sale box office of the movie is only 3.02 million, while the pre-sale box office of "Under the Stranger" has approached 6 million. In addition, "Catch Me" is in the limelight. Whether "Deadpool and Wolverine" can save Hollywood's decline is a question.