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This week the teen thriller won
Sina Entertainment News October 24, 2014 - October 26, 2014 North American weekend box office rankings were announced in the early morning of October 27, Beijing time, in the last weekend of October, the small-budget youth thriller "Ouija" topped with more than 20 million US dollars, and Keanu Reeves came out of the mountains again after a few years of silence, trying to turn the salted fish into the action theme "John Wick" ranked second. This week's Top 12 total fell 15.5% compared to last week, and the large-cap record barely crossed the 100 million yuan mark.
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1. North American box office ranking (October 24- October 26, 2014) / This week's roundup
Second, this week's new films "Death Divination", "Fast Pursuit", "The Fourth Citizen", "Tourist"
3. New film release and rescheduling schedule / preview next week
I. North American Box Office (October 24, 2014 - October 26, 2014)
Bit Title Company Weekend Cumulative Theater Falling Cost
01[New] Death Divination Global 2000 2000 3858 -
02 [New] "Fast And Furious" Lionsgate Peak 1415 1415 2589 -
03[01] Fury Sony 1300 4605 3173 -45.2% 68
04[02] The Vanishing Lover Twentieth Century Fox 1110 12409 3106[ -143] -36.6% 61
05[03] Book of Life Twentieth Century Fox 980 2991 3113[ +42] -42.4% 50
06[New] Saint Venscent Weinstein 805 918 2282[+2214] +1110.7% -
07[04] Bad Day Disney 702 4554 3117[ +29] -38.7% 28
08[05] The Best of Me Rela 473 1766 2936 -52.7% 26
09[07] Judge Daddy Warner Bros. 434 3437 2610[ -393] -45.1% 50
10[06] Dracula First Year Universal 430 4832 2364[ -536] -56.9% 70
11[08] Annabella Warner New Line 333 7948 2505[ -373] -57.7% 6.5
12 [09] Sony 280 9377 1636[ -626] -48.0% 55
(Weekend/Accrual [in Million DOLLARs], Cost [in Million Dollars])
Roundup of the week
Although the North American market has been falling for several consecutive weeks, this week's TOP12 earnings are still 8 percentage points higher than the same period last year, so that October 2014 has set a new record for the highest box office in October history, and there are still days before the end of October, so the box office performance is expected to improve again, which will be detailed next week. Back to this week's list, the cost is likely to be low to the scary thriller "Death Divination" (Ouija) once again staged a dark horse show, landing in 2858 theaters in North America on three weekends, winning the opening box office of $20 million with a single museum of $7,000, becoming the second box office of horror films this year after "Annabella" (37.13 million), and successfully stepping on the same type of films such as "Supernatural Phenomenon", "Sinister", "New Version of Witch Carrie", etc. At the same time, it ranked seventh in the jason Bloom film opening list, followed by three "Paranormal Phenomena", two "Human Eradication Projects" and one "Yin Children's Room", reproducing the dark horse grandeur of "paranormal phenomena" in that year.
Back to Teen Thriller
"Death Divination" is obviously aimed at young audiences, which can be seen from the rating of PG-13, plus a group of young actors who have hardly heard of the name, and the tendency to return to youth horror is quite obvious. Teen thrillers emerged in the 1990s and continued into the first decade of the 21st century, where the main pattern was that a group of young people formed a group for a certain purpose (such as traveling), and then encountered some supernatural species (witches, ghosts, werewolves, mysterious animals and plants) or perverted homicidal maniacs, etc., and the members of the group were killed one by one (often all kinds of creative torture), and finally only one person escaped from ascension or annihilation. Because such films are basically filled with violent and bloody torture shots and fragrant bed scenes, they can meet the strong hormonal needs of young audiences and have never lacked a box office market. Now casually recall the films you watched in those years, you will jump out of the "Death is Coming" series, "Horror Ruins", "Horror Wax Museum", "Fatal Bend", "Eyes Across the Mountain", etc., but with the rise of the overall level of the film industry, especially the rise of "pseudo-DV documentaries" such as "Blair the Witch" and "Supernatural Phenomenon", filmmakers are no longer willing to be scolded as "big chest and no brains", so this type of film gradually faded and sank. Now the return of "Death Divination" also evokes the audience's nostalgia for the thriller of youth, in order to defeat Reeves's "let go" and Pete's "World War II tank" in one fell swoop.
Given that the film's ratings are biased towards young age, it is likely that there will be a large decline next week, but as Halloween approaches, the trend of "on the scene" will surely bring follow-up help. However, the audience rating only "C" has to be said to be a huge disadvantage, and for the time being, it is still the ultimate goal of 40 million.
Reeves is making a comeback
Uncle Keanu Reeves's "John Wick", which was released in 2,589 theaters this week, won $14.15 million at the opening box office on three weekends, ranking ninth in his solo starring film opening list, second only to the $14.45 million from the 1994 masterpiece "Life and Death Speed" (saying that Sandra Bullock, who worked with you at that time, has already won the Oscar, and the space solo show can easily sell 200 million!). Why are you so confused? )。 It is in the same box office hierarchy as Uncle Liam Neeson's "Walk through the Shadow of Death" (12.8 million), Uncle Kevin Costner's "Three Days of Killing" (12.2 million) and Stallone's "Daredevil 3" (15.9 million). It is not difficult to see that hollywood's second-tier uncles basically maintain about 15 million (the first week), while the first-line uncles (such as Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt) stay between 25 million and 35 million.
Looking back at keanu Reeves's history in recent years, it can only be described as miserable, since the loss of "Earth's Day" in 2008, Reeves has basically been in a state of shutdown. Last year, it was finally rectified to take over two oriental theme films, one is to conform to the tide of "coming to China to find gold" self-directed and self-acting "Tai Chi Xia", although the momentum is surging to eat the Chinese market, but the box office of about 27 million in China can only be regarded as unsuccessful; and the other "47 Ronin" based on Japanese historical facts is even more miserable, 175 million yuan of investment in North America only returned 38.36 million, the global total account is only 150 million US dollars, really let the world lose to the underwear. It can be seen that since the release of "The Matrix" in 1999, Reeves has remained in the shackles of the action field for more than a decade, and has not broadened his own play path, compared with Sandra Bullock, who grew up with him at the same time, as well as the aforementioned Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt and even Liam Neeson, are already "all-rounders" who can adapt to various styles.
Still moving
So Keanu shot "Fast Pursuit" this year is still an action, but he has dropped from the "first publicity point" to "one of the publicity points", through the mainstream media reviews more praise is also focused on the film itself, such as a ring of plot settings, excellent atmosphere shaping, sharp action design, etc., these are the only ways to attract the audience, I believe that under the promotion of good quality, the film's follow-up box office can reach a new high, there is a possibility of impacting 50 million! For Reeves, the road to rejuvenation is a long way to go, with the development of tv dramas starring him and the release of more films, step by step is the most realistic.
Continue to look at the old friends, "Guardians of the Galaxy" in China's total box office touched 85 million box office line, counting the film's opening box office in Italy, the total overseas performance has reached 424 million US dollars, and then with a global total box office of 752 million to surpass "X-Men: Reverse Future" (746 million), is expected to break through "Sleeping Curse" (757 million) this weekend to become the second in the year after Change 4. Brad Pitt's World War II-themed film "Fury" fell 45 percent the following week, but the cumulative box office approached $50 million, and it should not be a problem to recover the cost of 68 million. "The Vanishing Lover" is still in the top five at the box office, with a cumulative box office of $124 million, and is expected to surpass the 127 million of "Rejuvenation" next weekend to become The highest box office for David Fincher.
Death Divination
It tells the story of the protagonist's friend Debbie accidentally died, and under the strong thought of her friend, she gathered a group of friends to try to summon the spirit, intending to communicate with Debbie and wash away her grievances. Who knows the strange things after the summoning of the souls are one after another, the companions are also killed one by one "Death Divination" (Ouija) media review score of 38 points, Rotten Tomatoes freshness 10%, 5 cast fresh tomatoes, 44 smashed Rotten Tomatoes, CinemaScore score C, teenagers supernatural horror, wind ratings low!
Some media outlets have given positive comments that "in the current economic conditions, the small-cost thriller based on the idea of the psychic chessboard is undoubtedly the right choice, and the final film does exceed expectations", "This is a confident and frank thriller film, which is definitely more difficult to achieve than it sounds", but more negative comments from the media" "Death Divination" is very good at shaping the horror atmosphere, but it still goes too far, so that the dualistic worldview architecture of the soul world and the real world in the film is somewhat ridiculous", "This is a terrible, The film is full of jumping plots and slow-motion scenes, but these are not enough to balance the mediocre script with the lack of imagination", "The biggest problem with the film is that the two screenwriters are so limited that they can't even create an interesting dialogue scene." Most of the dialogue is empty and clichéd, and the director's interest lies only in how to show the next thriller look", "a harmless and only for a young audience of weird films, I believe that adult audiences will not have any interest in this film", "this film is only the first five minutes of fun".
"Fast And Furious"
The protagonist, John Wick, is a retired killer whose quiet life is shattered by a group of bandits. The gang broke into his home, drove away his Ford in the open, and killed the dog left by his dead wife. These acts made Wick crazy, all the way to follow the gang of bandits and kill the "John Wick" media review score of 67 points, Rotten Tomatoes freshness of 86%, 92 people cast fresh fan 15 people smashed Rotten Tomatoes, CinemaScore score B, after a long silence, Keanu Reeves once again out of the mountain road action movie, received a lot of praise.
"Not only are the actors back in 'Bad Guy Mode', the film's excellent core is enough to make it the best action movie in recent years", "The ruthless action design is accompanied by fierce physical confrontation, a B-grade action movie created by honor students", "From the beginning of the wonderful fight, this cunning revenge thriller embraces so many styles", "Everything in the film is centered on Reeves, perfectly presenting the calm before the storm and the huge destructive power that comes with it", ""Fast Pursuit" It doesn't redefine action movies, but that doesn't stop me from getting a huge sense of pleasure from it," "It's a very, very, very violent film, but unfortunately it's not comparable in depth to Hurricane Rescue or Redress," "Reeves's performance is brilliant, he shows surprising physical condition and decisive determination — like an elegant old-fashioned rogue."
The Fourth Citizen
One of the core characters of the "Prism Gate" incident, Poitras, personally directed, comprehensively restored the beginning and end of the "Prism Gate" incident, revealing the real Edward Snowden's "Citizenfour" media review score of 85 points, Rotten Tomatoes freshness of 98%, 59 people cast fresh tomatoes, 1 person smashed Rotten Tomatoes, with the Wall Street Journal, "Playlist", "RogerEbert.com", "San Francisco Chronicles", "New York Times", "HitFix", "The Guardian", "The Guardian", "The Guardian", "The New York Times", "The Guardian", "The New York Times", "The New York Times", "The Guardian", "The New York Times", "The New York Times", "The Guardian", "The Guardian", "The New York Times", "The New York Times", "The Guardian", "The Guardian", " The full score of media such as "Variety" is representative, and it has received a lot of praise!
"No documentary has a lot of documentary footage like The Fourth Citizen. Ms. Poitris fully demonstrates what she and Snowden did in the government data surveillance incident, and certainly did not show any sympathy for the Obama administration's actions", "'Fourth Citizen' presents the highest quality that a film can have, this evaluation is not exaggerated, this is a movie of the century about Laura Botres and Edward Snowden", "Prism Gate" and the Snowden incident are themselves enough to make this film great, although after watching this film we do not know more about this event than we did a year ago", "" Even if it's just a documentary, the tense and terrifying atmosphere in the film is comparable to the "Spy Movies" series, and many scenes are creepy and even achieve the effect of Japanese horror movies", "This is a primitive political fable that portrays the conflict between the individual and the state in real time", "The Fourth Citizen has an exceptionally skilled production and an unprecedented sense of urgency", "The Fourth Citizen is a fascinating record of the times, it tells us how the rulers are addicted to gaining more and more power and control - If we just let them go! ”。
《Tourist》
It tells the story of a Swedish family enjoying a rare ski holiday in the French Alps, but an avalanche occurred during their lunch, and the family showed a different situation when the crisis came, "Force Majeure" media review scored 85 points, rotten tomatoes freshness scored 96%, 47 people cast fresh tomatoes 2 people smashed rotten tomatoes; 67th Cannes Film Festival one kind of attention unit one kind of attention award nomination winners, received a lot of praise!
The New York Times scored a perfect score for "this brilliant and sinister film that rips off the mask of the middle class and shows their complacency, stereotyped personality and human weaknesses, as ruthless as Michael Haneke's work", "The Tourist" is the ultimate exploration of some kind of unconcerned event in daily life: it explores the consequences of the outbreak of male weakness in today's man-dominated world", "This is a rare movie-going experience that will haunt you for a long time after you leave the theater, And it will lead to some extremely awkward conversations between you and your spouse", "This is a very cruel but clever and highly original film", "An impressive adult work, although it has nothing to do with feminism, is a black mockery of male power", "This film is the director's most advanced thought experiment, a blatant provocation and satire." It pierces through the most hypocritical masculinity in today's society, and viciously proves that this is a disease and can be cured! ”。
3. This week's new films and rescheduling schedules
Warner Bros.:
Entourage, based on the HBO series of comedies about the life of a Rising Hollywood star in Queens, New York, and his relationship with his friends, was released from June 12, 2015 to June 5, 2015;
"Boulder" Johnson starred, about the United States hit by a violent earthquake, an air fire brigade pilot rushed out to save the people while searching for his daughter's "San Andreas", the release date was changed: from June 5, 2015 to May 29, 2015;
"Horror Master" James Win directed, the two lead actors Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmega returned, continuing the Glenns supernatural journey of "The Conjuring 2", the release date was changed: from the previous October 23, 2015 to 2016, the specific time is set again;
Lionsgate Summit:
Starring Van Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, and Michael Kane, The Last Witch Hunter, which tells the story of a witch hunter who joins forces with a witch to stop the conspiracy of the New York City witch group, released october 23, 2015;
Radius-TWC：
Starring Benicio del Toro and Josh Hutcherson, the protagonist Pablo is a very contradictory character, he is one of Colombia's biggest drug lords, he runs around and kills countless people, but at the same time he also builds free homes for people and promotes employment. "Escobar: Paradise Lost", the release date of "Escobar: Paradise Lost", was postponed from the previous November 26, 2014 to January 16, 2015;
Next week's preview
1. Oscar-winning actress Colin Feith and Nicole Kidman starring, adapted from S.J. Waston's best-selling novel of the same name, about a woman who suffered a mysterious accident 20 years ago and caused amnesia, after she constantly used her diary to look back at her memories, she found that her husband was probably behind the scenes of "Before I Go to Sleep", theater line: 1700+;
2. Starring Jack Gyllenhaal, the protagonist Bloom is a young journalist who teamed up with a group of adventurous photographers to enter the underground criminal network in Los Angeles to try to shoot first-hand information. However, he soon became addicted to it and could not extricate himself, from a bystander to the evil protagonist of "Nighcrawler", theater line: 2800;
3. In order to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the release of the "Chainsaw Horror" series, Lionsgate Specially re-edited the "Saw 10th Anniversary Edition" released by Lionsgate, theater line: 1850. (Dai Jiachen/Wen)