"The Hunger Games: Part 2" topped the North American box office for four consecutive weekends
Time Network News Before the Christmas box office war was ignited, the North American movie market last week was in a quiet period before the storm. However, the battle for the weekend championship was extremely fierce. The gap between the top three on the weekend was less than one million dollars. As a result, "Big Cousin" won the weekend championship again with a smaller advantage.
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part 2)," a sci-fi action film adapted from a young adult novel released by Lionsgate Pictures, took in another $11.3 million in its fourth weekend of release, down only 40% from the previous week, becoming the second highest-grossing film after "The Hunger Games Part 1" Another film in the entire series that achieved "four consecutive wins".
The latest original animation "The Good Dinosaur" released by Disney and Pixar Animation fell by more than 30% from the previous week. It earned another US$10.5 million in the three days of the weekend, once again ranking third on the weekend.
The sports biopic "Creed" released by Warner Bros. earned another US$10.12 million last weekend, down more than 30% from the previous week, with a total of nearly US$80 million, ranking fourth over the weekend. Universal's horror comedy "Krampus" dropped more than 50% in the second weekend compared with its opening weekend. It made another $8.01 million in the three days of the weekend, falling to fifth place over the weekend.
Paramount's "Olympic" film "The Big Short" began to be screened in 9 theaters last weekend. It earned US$720,000 in the three days of the weekend, and the single theater performance was as high as US$90,000, which is an outstanding performance. The drama starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling received multiple nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Golden Globe Awards announced last week. Tomato freshness reaches 86%.
The crime drama "Underworld" starring Tom Hardy expanded to 107 theaters last weekend. It earned US$301,000 in three days over the weekend, and its single-theater revenue was less than US$3,000. Its performance was mediocre. The film adaptation of Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard was also expanded to 108 theaters, and it grossed another US$251,000. The single-theater performance was only US$2,324. inferior.
Oscar's popular film "Carol", a lesbian movie starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, expanded to 16 theaters, earning $337,000 over the weekend, with a single theater revenue of 21,000 US dollars, the expansion effect is good. The new film "The Danish Girl" by the last Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne also expanded its theaters to 24 theaters. It collected another US$259,000 over the weekend, with a single theater score of US$10,800. Its performance was slightly worse.
Top ten North American weekend box office 2015.12.11-2015.12.13 (Unit: 10,000 US dollars)
Weekend market summary : The top 12 films on the weekend list in the 50th week of 2015 were US$68.72 million, higher than the previous weekend (large market 89.88 million US dollars) USD) fell 23.5%; it also fell 10% from the same period last year when the epic movie "Pharaohs and Gods" won the first place at the premiere (the market was US$76.15 million).
Details of new films last week:
"In the Heart of the Sea" got off to a bad start
"In the Heart of the Sea" - " Brother Hammer " 's new film got off to a bad start
There was only one film in North America that had a large-scale opening last weekend, and that was The adventure film "In the Heart of the Sea" directed by Oscar-winning director Ron Howard and starring stars such as "Brother Hammer" Chris Hemsworth, Ben Whishaw and "New Spider-Man" Tom Holland 》. Coincidentally, the sports biopic "Speed", the first collaboration between Director Lang and "Brother Hammer", also landed in the mainland market last week after being postponed for two years. "In the Heart of the Sea" only received US$11 million in its first weekend in North America. Compared with its investment of more than US$100 million, this performance was significantly lower than Warner's expectations.
"In the Heart of the Sea" was shot by the famous director Ron Howard. He won the Oscar for Best Director in 2002 for "A Beautiful Mind" and was later nominated again for "Conversations with Nixon." "In the Heart of the Sea" is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Nathaniel Philbrick. The novel focuses on the Essex shipwreck in the 19th century. This novel has won the "National Book Award" and " Pulitzer Prize". The story takes place in 1819. The Essex was attacked by a great white whale while sailing in the South Pacific and subsequently sank.All the surviving sailors on the ship were crowded into three lifeboats and drifted on the sea for 90 days. During this period, they experienced illness and hunger, and eventually evolved into killing each other and cannibalism.
"In the Heart of the Sea" was released in advance in some theaters in North America on Thursday night. It earned US$580,000 in the evening, which was not as good as "Krampus" a week ago. The film expanded to 3,103 theaters in the United States on Friday, earning $3.85 million that day (including Thursday's advance screening results), surpassing old films such as "The Hunger Games Finale" to become the single-day box office champion. The
film collected another US$4.33 million on Saturday, an increase of nearly 12.5% from Friday. This increase was average. The film fell to fourth place in a single day after being overtaken by several older films. The film is expected to collect another 2.83 million US dollars on Sunday, and its three-day opening weekend score will reach 11 million US dollars. This result will lose to "The Hunger Games 3: Part 2", which has been in theaters for four weeks, with a slight gap of 300,000 US dollars. runner up. The film's opening performance was 54% lower than the $24.12 million opening performance of the epic film "Pharaohs and Gods" in the same period last year. It is only 10% higher than the US$10 million opening of director Lang's previous film "The Flow", and "The Flow" does not have the 3D ticket price advantage of this film.
"In the Heart of the Sea" is another collaboration between "Hammer" and Ron Howard
The film opened in 52 overseas regions ahead of its launch in North America, with a cumulative revenue of US$39.4 million in two weeks. Its performance was slightly stronger than that in North America, but it is not considered a success. Outstanding. The film's domestic release date has not yet been determined. 68% of the viewers of
videos are over 35 years old. Overall, 54% of the viewers are male. The film also received a "B+" in the Cinema Score. The film's popcorn index was 64%, and the audience's reputation was average.
media film reviews also mostly have negative reviews. Only 43% of the 140 media included on the Rotten Tomatoes website gave the film positive reviews, with an average score of 5.4. MetaCritic, an authoritative media review and collection website, collected 38 media and scored an average score of 48, which is far lower than the 75 score of the director's previous work "Fantasy".
《ReelViews》: The biggest problem of "In the Heart of the Ocean" is the use of narrative interludes. Especially in the part after the sinking, the narrative seems not smooth enough. (75/100)
"Entertainment Weekly" : The narrative skills and technical aspects of this film directed by Lang, including the scenes of the roaring sea, are not strong enough. The tone of the life-and-death scenes is too gentle and doesn't bring enough sense of crisis. (67/100)
"Leisure New York" : The conflicting part of the plot seems to be overused, so that this part looks like a clichéd school drama. However, the action scenes are still very good, and the scenes of duels between humans and monsters make people tremble. (60/100)
"The New York Times" : As the two story lines intersect, the producers are unable to organically combine the stories on the two lines. (50/100)
Details of the old films on the list: "The Hunger Games 3 (Part 2)" topped the list for four times
"The Good Dinosaur" ranked third, but its performance was disappointing
"The Hunger", a film adapted from a young adult novel released by Lions Gate Game 3: Mockingjay (Part 2)" became the second film in the "Hunger Games" series to achieve the "four consecutive" success. The film was released in 3,651 theaters last weekend and grossed an additional $11.3 million over the three-day weekend, ranking first for four consecutive weeks. The film dropped 40% from the previous weekend. This sci-fi action sequel starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth has a cumulative box office of US$244.5 million in four weeks, more than 3,250 points behind "Mockingjay (Part 1)" during the same period. Ten thousand US dollars, the film's North American cumulative box office will exceed 300 million US dollars, which will depend on the impact of "Star Wars 7" this week. The cumulative global box office of this film has reached 564 million U.S. dollars, and the global sales of this film are expected to be 650 million U.S. dollars.
The original animated masterpiece "The Good Dinosaur" released by Disney and produced by Pixar maintained its screening in 3,606 theaters last weekend, and collected another US$10.5 million in the three days of the weekend, still ranking third on the weekend. The film dropped 31.5% from the previous weekend, and the decline finally narrowed. The cumulative box office of Pixar's second North American film this year in three weeks was only 89.66 million U.S. dollars, which has not yet reached the results of "Inside Out" in its first three days, and its performance is disappointing.The global box office of this animated film with an investment of US$200 million is currently only US$167.8 million.
The sports drama "Creed" released by Warner increased its screenings to 3,502 theaters last weekend, and collected another US$10.12 million in the three days of the weekend, down 32.5% from the previous weekend, and still ranked fourth on the weekend. The film is the seventh film in the famous boxing-themed series "Rocky". Its cumulative box office in North America has reached 79.32 million US dollars, easily surpassing the final score of the previous film "Rocky 6: Forever King" of 70.27 million US dollars.
Universal's horror comedy "Krampus" maintained its screenings in 2,919 theaters the following weekend. The film grossed another $8.01 million over the three-day weekend, falling 50.8% from its opening weekend and ranking fifth on the weekend. The film's decline is not bad for a horror film. Its North American cumulative performance reached US$28.15 million two weeks after its release, which is about to double its cost line of US$15 million.
"Creed" easily surpassed the box office performance of its predecessor "Rocky 6: Forever"
The spy blockbuster "007: Specter" released by Sony was reduced to 2,640 theaters last weekend and collected another 400 in the three days of the weekend. Ten thousand U.S. dollars. The film dropped 27.6% from the previous weekend, falling to sixth place over the weekend. The 24th film in the "007" series starring Daniel Craig has accumulated US$190.8 million in North America. In mainland my country, the final box office of "Spectre" was 542 million yuan, and its global box office climbed to 820 million U.S. dollars. The total box office in overseas regions accounted for 630 million U.S. dollars.
The restricted comedy "The Night Before" released by Sony was reduced to 2,674 theaters over the weekend. It collected another US$3.9 million over the weekend, down 22.5% from the previous weekend, and the trend was relatively good. Starring Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Anthony Mackie, the film has grossed $38.2 million after four weeks of release, far exceeding its $25 million budget.
The latest work "Snoopy: The Peanuts Movie" released by Fox and Blue Sky Animation Studio was reduced to 2,653 theaters over the weekend. It collected another US$2.65 million over the weekend, falling to eighth place on the list. The film's weekend box office dropped 26% from the previous weekend, a stable decline. This animated masterpiece adapted from the comic strip "Peanuts" has a cumulative box office of US$125 million in North America. The final price of the film will be around US$135 million. This US$99 million film currently has a global box office of US$141.6 million, and its main overseas markets will open in the next two weeks. The feature film "Spotlight", released by
Open Road Films and starring Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffano, was expanded to 1,089 theaters over the weekend. It earned US$2.51 million in three days over the weekend, which was only a 10% decrease from the previous weekend. , the trend is excellent. The film's cumulative box office in North America also reached US$20.3 million. The film's Rotten Tomatoes rating is as high as 97%, and it was shortlisted for Best Picture in the "Golden Globe" nominations announced last week.
The drama "Brooklyn" released by Fox Searchlight was expanded to 947 theaters and screened in 947 theaters. It earned US$1.98 million in the three days of the weekend, a 19% decrease from the previous weekend, ranking tenth on the weekend. The film’s cumulative box office total reached US$14.33 million. The film's star, Saoirse Ronan, was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.
The science fiction blockbuster "The Martian" released by Fox collected another US$1.4 million last weekend, and its cumulative North American box office reached US$222.8 million. This film with an investment of US$108 million has a global cumulative box office of US$589 million, of which my country's mainland market contributed 560 million yuan. It will eventually exceed US$600 million until it is released in Japan in February next year.
New films released this week:
There are three large-scale releases this week, the most anticipated of which is the annual blockbuster "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", and the other two are Universal's comedy "Sisters" and Fox’s family-friendly animated sequel “Rat 4.”
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
Director : J.J. Abrams ("Mission: Impossible 3", "Star Trek")
Starring : Daisy Ray Deli, John Boyega, Harrison Ford, Oscar Isaac, etc.
Type : Action/Adventure/Fantasy
Release : Disney (number of theaters: 3900+)
Overview : "Star Wars" series The most influential science fiction film in film history, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is the latest chapter in the "Star Wars" series and the seventh major movie in the entire series. In "Star Wars 7", the old iron triangle of the main trilogy (Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia) will return in full, and the new actors will use a group of rookies. There are currently very few official plots revealed. , but another shocking showdown between the light side and the dark side of the Force is about to break out.
"Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip" ( Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip)
Director : Walter Back ("Old Man", "The Ride")
Starring : Justin Long, Jason Lee, Bella Thorne
Type : Animation/Adventure/Comedy
Release : Fox (theaters: 3600+)
Overview : Elvin and the Chipmunks hit the road to New York in this episode of the movie The purpose of the trip is to prevent their "owner" Dave from proposing to his girlfriend, and the reason is that they are worried that the married Dave will abandon them.
"Sisters" (Sisters)
Director : Jason Moore ("Pitch Perfect", "Snow Mountain")
Starring : Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph
Type : Comedy
released : Universal (number of theaters: 2900)
overview : Tina Fey and Amy Poehler play a pair of biological sisters who have been estranged for many years. Because their parents want to sell their old house, they have to return home at the same time. , pack up their old belongings. Unwilling to break up with their childhood paradise in silence, the two decided to hold a big party and invite old friends to reunite. Whether before the party or during the party, various problems followed, and the sisters had to choose to work together to deal with them. .
