Chapter 243: heated discussion

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On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, at around six in the afternoon, Jon Fertimer put down his phone and smiled.

"According to the box office statistics just now, "Rush Hour" won $3.01 million at the North American midnight box office."

Hearing the figure of 3.01 million US dollars, the film director Brett Ratner was shocked, and the whole person obviously relaxed, "3.01 million US dollars!"

"Excellent results." Jon Fertimer patted him on the shoulder lightly, and said, "Don't disclose the box office data of the midnight show for the time being, and wait until the box office of the first day of the film comes out."

Brett-Rattner nodded.

Almost all of the theaters where "Rush Hour" was released in North America are located near Chinatown and Chinese residential areas. The midnight box office of 3.01 million US dollars does not explain anything.

The next three days will truly reflect the film's long-term box office trend.

The midnight screening of the film in North America ended, and the screening on the other side of the Pacific Ocean has just kicked off.

As the first Hollywood commercial film to hold its premiere on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, it can be said that "Rush Hour" has won acclaim.

""Rush Hour" is a Hollywood film starring Chinese actor Jackie Chan. Although the entire film investment is only 35 million U.S. dollars, it is not considered a top Hollywood commercial film, but it is the first Hollywood commercial film starring a Chinese actor after Bruce Lee. Film."

"It's a very good movie. It's a big scene, almost all action scenes, and the whole plot revolves around Jackie Chan."

"Hollywood blockbusters starring Chinese actors must be supported, not to mention Jackie Chan has always been my idol."

Although the entire film investment is only 35 million US dollars, it has received the treatment of Hollywood's top commercial films.

On the day of its release on Friday, movie theaters in many big cities were detonated, and it was even hard to find a ticket.

Unlike North America, here Friday is not a rest day, but a working day, and there are only two days off on Saturday and Sunday.

(Many Americans need to do ten hours a day because of their special work. So they will have three days off every week starting from Friday, while Americans who work eight hours a day can also only have two days off.)

However, the attendance rate of theaters during the daytime on Friday is still as high as 65%.

In the evening, many office workers can rest the next day, and there are long queues outside many movie theaters.

"Unexpectedly, as soon as Jackie Chan arrived in Hollywood, he could star in a film produced by Orion Films."

"It's a pity that the director of "Rush Hour" is not Ryan Gosling, and I don't know if "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" can be introduced." A boy in the team complained to his companion.

"Who is Ryan Gosling?" A girl next to him asked curiously.

"A very great Hollywood director, Orion Films, the production company of "Rush Hour", is his film company, and he has also directed "The Truman Show", "Terminator 3" and other global blockbuster films." Boy explained to her.

Another boy with glasses added: "Orion Films is one of the most active second-tier film companies in Hollywood, and has produced many films in recent years, including "Terminator 3" and "The Sixth Sense". "

After finishing speaking, he smiled helplessly. I am afraid that many audiences in the queue are not real movie fans, they just came for a Hollywood movie starring a Chinese and Jackie Chan's fame.

In the past, no matter whether it was a film produced by Orion Films or a film directed by Ryan, the other side of the Pacific had never introduced it.

Many movie fans can only learn about several films directed by Orion Films and Ryan through pirated channels and the Internet.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean in 1998, the number of movie fans was far from comparable to that of the previous life. The movie box office market was very small, and few people went to the movies regularly.

But these people who don't usually watch movies, directly caused a wave of viewing of "Rush Hour".

North America is not on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. What makes a film sell well is not the real fans, but passers-by audiences.

As a result, on Friday night, it was hard to get a ticket in many big cities.

On Saturday morning, Ryan came to the office of Orion Films, and the secretary immediately took the statistics of the midnight show and yesterday's day, and brought over the box office data of "Rush Hour".

The dot-com bubble on the Nasdaq stock market is getting worse, and the ensuing rapid popularization of the Internet.

A number of cinema companies have changed the traditional statistical methods, gradually using computers and the Internet to count box office data, and the speed is much faster than before.

On the day of its North American premiere on Friday, "Rush Hour" earned a box office of 11.25 million US dollars, easily winning the single-day box office champion.

In second place was "Titanic," with $4.36 million on Friday.

"Desperate Assassin", which was released on the same day, only ranked third, with a single-day box office of 4.21 million US dollars.

In this regard, Ryan just shrugged. The original "Desperate Assassin" only earned $16.86 million in the box office in the first three days of the weekend, which was overwhelmed by "Titanic"'s $17.6 million box office in the three days of the weekend.

The box office of the original "Rush Hour" in the first weekend was as high as 33 million U.S. dollars in three days, and there is almost no comparison between the two.

A group of theater companies have decided to increase the screening scale and film scheduling rate of "Rush Hour".

For example, some downtown movie theaters will soon be able to see "Rush Hour."

The reason is easy to understand. A commercial film’s box office on the first day is excellent, and theater companies will definitely take the initiative to increase resources.

On the contrary, similar to "Desperate Assassin", which only got a first-day box office of 4.21 million U.S. dollars, the theater company can maintain the same scale of release, which is already considered good.

Based on the data obtained by the survey company hired by Orion Films, more than 70% of the audience of "Rush Hour" come from Chinese, Asian, Japanese, black and other ethnic minority audiences, of which male audiences account for 100%. Sixty-seven of them, audiences under the age of 35 accounted for 63%.

In other words, "Rush Hour" is entirely a film supported by minority audiences.

The combination of Chinese actors and black actors is perfect.

In addition, the word-of-mouth of the film audience is very good. According to the questionnaire survey of 180 audiences from multiple cities, the average score from A+ to F is "A".

In addition, the evaluations given by many media and professional film critics can only be said to be mixed.

Among them, Roger Ebert gave the film a high score, and praised Jackie Chan as a unique performer, and did not use any stuntmen in the filming of fighting actions.

Owen-Gleiberman directly expressed his dislike for the film on Entertainment Weekly. It is an extremely boring film that makes people drowsy and gave a very low "C-grade" rating.

"The plot of Rush Hour is perfunctory, there is nothing new at all, and Chris Tucker will be the worst decision he has ever made in this film."

This is from a review in The New York Times.

Ryan only glanced at it twice before choosing to ignore it.

No matter how critics and the media belittle "Rush Hour", it can't change the fact that the film earned $3.01 million at the midnight box office and $11.25 million at the box office on Friday.

If nothing else, "Rush Hour" will be the first North American film to break 100 million at the box office this year.

Business success can change everything.

Hollywood film companies don't care what the media and film critics say, what they value is commercial value and income.

Next, Ryan will pay attention to the release of the film in overseas markets.

Compared with the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the box office was 18.45 million RMB in one day on Friday. Japan is the next promotional focus of "Rush Hour"~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The original version of this film sold 2.11 billion yen in Japan, contributing about One-third of overseas box office.

In contrast, the box office market on the other side of the Pacific Ocean during this period was far from being mature, and at best it was an incubation period.

"Rush Hour" can earn more than 10 million US dollars at the box office, which is already very rare, and only about 30% of the box office share.

In the end, there are very few who can go to the account of Orion Films.

As for the box office markets of South Korea, Wanwan, Xiangjiang, Malaysia, Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries, almost none of them are very large, and I am afraid that there is not much in total.

For the rest of Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Brazil, Spain and other places, overseas distribution companies are still negotiating, and it is expected that the film will not be released until next weekend at the earliest.

However, based on the data from the offices of overseas distribution companies, the data from several countries where the show is released is generally not bad, and some Chinese countries and regions are even full.

Specific box office data will take some time.

"Rush Hour" continued to hit theaters on Saturday, earning a box office of 12.35 million US dollars in a single day, and won the box office champion of the day without any suspense.

The box office of the film exceeded 10 million U.S. dollars in two consecutive days. Many people have not gradually begun to change their tone, thinking that "Rush Hour" has already achieved commercial success.

Many evaluation agencies have adjusted the North American box office evaluation of "Rush Hour", and the film's final North American box office is likely to reach 100 million US dollars.

Of course, "Enter the Dragon" starring Bruce Lee only won a box office of 100 million US dollars in North America.

For a while, the popularity of "Rush Hour" did not decrease, and many media compared Jackie Chan with Bruce Lee back then, attracting many young American groups into the theater.