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For a commercial film, the success of the first week is certainly worth gratifying. After all, the first week determines whether the film has the potential to become a blockbuster, but it is the second week that really determines the direction of the movie's box office.

For a blockbuster, $2 million, $3 million, or $4 million at the box office can be called a success.

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" set a record at the box office of 1.32 million in three days. There is almost no problem with the film's total box office exceeding 2 million. However, if the drop in the second week is too severe, the film's total box office may be only It can hover around 3 million, and it is still unknown whether it can break through 4 million.

4 million and 3 million seem to be separated by only 1 million, but the gap is like a natural moat.

In the seven years of summer after 2000, including 7, there were only two films with a box office of over 2006 million in North America, namely "Spider-Man" starring Toby Aguirre and "Shrek 4" released in 04. Neither "Star Wars Episode 2: Revenge of the Sith" nor "Finding Nemo" has a box office of more than 3 million, but for the film company, this is already a very good box office result.

When studying the data of the summer holidays over the years, Ebert also discovered an interesting thing——

If the first film in a series can rank in the top three box office charts of the year, its sequel will often perform very well.For example, in the "Shrek" series, the first part ranked third in 01, and the second part ranked first in 04. The North American box office has increased by 1.8 million US dollars compared with the first part. Another example is Tobey Maguire. In the "Spider-Man" series starring, the first two films ranked first and second in the box office rankings of the year, far surpassing other films.

Movies such as "X-Men" and "Bourne" have excellent results and are also commercial series with a long span, but both the previous film and the sequel rank between 7th and 8th in the box office rankings. , and has no potential for aspirations.

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" series occupied the top three box office charts at the beginning of its release, and "Dead Man's Chest" set many records, especially breaking the record of "Spider-Man 4" with a total box office of over 1 million. No wonder the entire market has high hopes for this movie.

Of course, considering the shocking second-week decline of commercial blockbusters, no one dares to jump to conclusions about the box office of "Dead Souls".

Just like "Superman Returns", which looks pitiful in comparison with "Dead Man's Chest", the box office of this movie was still more than 5000 million in the first weekend of its release, and it fell directly to more than 2000 million in the second week, a drop of 58.4%. .

The reason why the Hollywood media likes to advocate that Ebert has set a box office myth is precisely because the films he participated in usually have a small decline in the second week. would be nice.

Regarding the box office performance of "Dead Dead" in the second week, the media analyzed the decline of several relatively successful commercial blockbusters before, and made a simple estimate.

"Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" fell 3 percent, and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" fell 49.1 percent, but both films' debuts were underperformed by "Dead Man's Chest." In other words, if the box office of "Dead Dead" falls within 46.7% in the second week, the total box office is expected to exceed 60 million. If it exceeds 4%, 60 million will only become a delusion.

After waiting for a week, the weekend box office figures for the second week finally unveiled the mystery.

$6218 million!A 52% drop!

After two weeks of accumulation, the total box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" has reached 2 million US dollars, ranking first among all the films released in the summer file, and the film has only been released for two weeks!

In some weekends when the competition for the summer film is not strong enough, 6128 million US dollars can be the first-week box office of a qualified commercial blockbuster.

"Cars" is currently the highest-grossing movie other than "Dead Dead" with a total box office of 2 million US dollars, but the film has been in theaters for six weeks, and the follow-up is weak. It can be imagined that as long as "Dead Dead" still maintains With a steady rate of decline, it will surely become the first movie to break 1900 million this summer.

In the second week, "Dead Soul's Chest" still ranked first in the list, the second was the comedy movie "Little Man", which won a total of 2170 million US dollars in the box office in the first week of release, and the third "Living Together Threesome", Warner's "The Return of Superman" only achieved a box office of 1162 million US dollars in three days over the weekend. It is very difficult to break through 2 million. Although the rating of this movie is not low, the box office performance is far from excellent. It sounded the alarm for Warner Bros., who hastily started other superhero series movies because of the success of "Batman Begins".

After all, not all superheroes are Batmans, not all directors are Christopher Nolan, and not all leading men are Albert Dawson.

Films such as "Cars", "Unreachable Lovers", "Life Remote Control" and other films are also in the top ten. It is worth mentioning that the film ranked tenth this week only ranked No.19 last week, although the film The total score of "Blind Spot Walker" is only more than 100 million US dollars, but it is the only one of these ten films that is on the rise. The weird box office trend also made this film called "Blind Spot Walker" gain abnormal attention.

In fact, although the box office results are not good enough, the main creators of this movie are more and more big names.

Produced by George Clooney, directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., and Winona Ryder, this was supposed to be a $3 million box office hit The list of personnel, of course, this film was originally an independent film with a very low cost, and the producer itself has no plans to rely on the box office to fight for the summer vacation.

Lynn once asked Ebert if, seeing how well Dead Dead had done at the box office, would he regret dropping a third film.

Ebert just shook his head and insisted: "I am confident that the second part of "Batman" will achieve better results."

"Really confident."

In fact, Mr. Broker has always believed in Ebert's ability to predict, but this time he couldn't help being a little skeptical.

Nolan's films have always been more in-depth than other films. In Lynn's view, the success of the first "Mystery of Heroes" is also accidental. After all, the audience is not familiar with Nolan's style, and his style may be They will be more curious, but after a long time, the audience will find that they still love commercial blockbusters like "Spiderman" and "007", which emphasize both fighting and love. After all, there are enough unhappy things in real life. It's just a movie, why make yourself unhappy.

Ebert wouldn't tell him that "Batman: The Dark Knight" was the most successful of the trilogy, and he wouldn't believe it anyway.

In the third week, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ranked first at the box office with a box office of 3505 million US dollars, completing the feat of winning for three consecutive weeks. A box office myth.As of the weekend, the total box office of the film has reached 3 million US dollars, ranking first among all films released this year, and it also gave a boost to the rather weak summer schedule.

It was already the penultimate weekend of July.

When the manager excitedly reported one box office figure after another to Ebert, Ebert just went in one ear and out the other. In any case, the total box office of "Dead Souls" surpassed "The Curse of the Black Pearl" "There is no doubt that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series will also become the most profitable live-action film series in the history of Disney Pictures.

But Ebert had no interest in that.

Not only because he will no longer participate in the filming of the third part, but also because Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio, whom he has been thinking about day and night, is coming back from South Africa!

For this reason, Ebert got up early in the morning, put on a mask, and put on the new season of Armani. His goal was to let Leonardo see him first in the bustling crowd of the airport.

The stupid Ebert obviously forgot one thing, that is, as a big star, he has lost the right to show his face in crowded places, especially airports.

Unless he is not worried that not only did he fail to find Leonardo, but he was also chased and blocked by a bunch of fans.

Ebert's good mood was slightly lost when he saw today's newspaper. His old enemy, the "National Enquirer", which stood at the front line of blackmailing him day after day, was talking nonsense again. One report highlighted Ebert's regrets about dropping his Will Turner reprise in the third Pirates of the Caribbean film.

"Sad Albert Dawson, he has always regarded the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series as a stepping stone, and when his career has achieved a small success, he did not hesitate to abandon this movie. It is a useless stone, but in fact, this is a big gold mine with endless wealth! Albert Dawson must have left his nose with tears, but poor Dawson, there is no medicine for regret in this world, There's a third film already in the works, with Johnny Depp, with Keira Knightley, but without Albert Dawson."

Ebert tore the newspaper in half and threw it in the trash, then logged on to the Internet, cursed the Enquirer up and down with his trumpet, and happily drove to Take Leonardo.

The plane from Johannesburg to Los Angeles arrived on time in the afternoon, but Ebert arrived at noon, sitting in the car while playing with his mobile phone while looking at his watch, and he entered the airport about half an hour before the arrival time of the plane.

Unfortunately, he had to wear a mask, and Leonardo couldn't see his fair and plump skin after applying the mask, and his shining eyes without a trace of dark circles.

But when Leonardo really appeared in the field of vision, all the turmoil in Ebert's mind had long since disappeared. At this moment, there was only one person in his eyes and heart, and the great joy that filled his chest made him He couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, and all the cells in his body were alive.