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The week of "Hangover" in North America was undoubtedly crazy, defeating movies such as "Flying Houses", "Lost Continent", "Museum Wonderful Night 2", "Star Trek", "Terminator 2o18", "Angels and Demons", and successfully won the North American box office championship.
The competition has not ended yet, and this is just the beginning. In the second week, the competitiveness of "Flying Houses and Travels" is still strong, and the new film "Qijie Subway" has also joined the competition, forming a "Three-Strong Competition" with "Hangover". The competition in the box office rankings is undoubtedly more exciting. The biggest beneficiary is the audience who pays for tickets to enter the venue.
"The Crazy Subway" is a thriller action film starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta, and is coming in full force; in addition, the new film "Fantasy Land" starring the comedy superstar Eddie Murphy will also be released this week. If you add the "fake marriage" and "first year" to be released next week, and of course, there is "Transformers 2" and "Degree and Leak * 4" that will kick off the world, it is obvious that the competition faced by "Hangover" is gradually escalating.
But in such fierce competition, the performance of "Hangover" is no longer enough to describe it as a surprise, and it is not an exaggeration to say it is amazing. When many large-scale films lost their reputation and box office succession, the comedy "Hangover" that invested only $35 million, became the biggest dark horse in the summer season as a surprise weapon: "Flying House Travel" investment was 130 million, and the investment in "Hangover" was just a fraction of others.
After winning the North American box office championship with overwhelming praise on the week, the performance of the "Hangover" in the second week was still outstanding. After 3,355 theaters expanded, it won the box office of $40 million on the weekend, once again surpassing "Flying Houses" to win the championship.
Pixar also has some sacred titles. "Flying House Travel" is almost well-known, well-made, and has excellent box office results. The cumulative box office of the three weeks of release is approaching 200 million, but it happened to meet the alien "Hangover". Not to mention that it lost the championship throne with a slight advantage last week, it was actually overwhelmed by "Hangover" this week and ranked second again. In other words, after the release of "Flying House Travel", it actually won the North American box office championship for only one week, which is indeed very sacred title.
"Chi Jie Zhe Subway" continued the unlucky situation of big-time movies this year, and it only achieved a box office of 25 million US dollars and ranked third. And Eddie Murphy's "Fantasy Land" was even more miserable, with a box office of only 5.7 million US dollars, barely ranked sixth in the box office list, and even after "Museum Night 2" and "Lost Continent".
After its release, "Hangover" was unanimously praised and popular by critics, and the audience also showed great enthusiasm for the film. In just eight days of its release, the accumulated box office actually exceeded 100 million yuan, achieving a box office of 110 million yuan. Compared with its investment of only 35 million yuan, the dark horse of "Hangover" is indeed shiny, and the profit ratio makes "Flying House Travel" jealous.
Afterwards, in the face of continuous challenges and fierce competition from "Flying Houses and Travels", in the next third week of competition, "Hangover" reappeared in the dark horse's true nature, defeating "Flying Houses and Travels" for the third consecutive week, and once again won the championship in the North American box office list.
So far, not many people will regard "Hangover" as a dark horse. They thought it was a dark horse, mainly because of its low investment and no big names - Lee Junyi was only popular but not a big brand, and it was a comedy that was difficult to become a big player in box office competitiveness. Even the company Warner Bros. did not spend too much effort, so "Hangover" was indeed ignored. But after its release, its reputation and box office were all popular, especially in the head-on confrontation with "Flying Houses and Travels", "Hangover" actually won for three weeks in a row, which made the ambition Pixar so angry that it was speechless.
With box office and reputation, no one will ignore "Hangover" any longer, except for low cost. Such a movie is undoubtedly the most popular work of the film company, with low investment and high returns. Who doesn't like it? For this reason, Warner Bros. has given the cast and staff three consecutive red envelopes. Of course, there is no accident. The production of "Hangover 2" was planned immediately. During the implementation stage, Lee Junyi joked with Todd Phillips and others that if there is a second movie, everyone will continue to star in it. Unexpectedly, the joke will come true. "Hangover" not only achieved success, but also a great success. Naturally, there is no surprise in the shooting of the sequel. However, the script has not yet started yet, so it will definitely take a long time to actually shoot it.
From the release of "Hangover" in early June to mid-July, the box office was unstoppable. In a surprising perspective, the box office in North America successfully exceeded 200 million, becoming the second consecutive movie in North America to exceed 200 million. After the breakout of 200 million, the "Hangover" record-breaking pace still did not stop. On Tuesday, July 21, the cumulative box office of "Hangover" reached 240 million, becoming the highest-gross comedy in film history, replacing the record holder of "Beverly Hills" for the previous twenty-five years. After the release time reached six weeks, it still attracted this large number of viewers and remained at the fifth place in the box office rankings. This is definitely an anomaly for the summer season with strong players, which is amazing.
The twenty-five years of record passed down. In an interview, actors from Todd Phillips to Lee Junyi and others said, "None of us expected the film to set this record, and the positive reviews passed down by word of mouth have no weakening momentum." This is the truth.
At this point, who would despise Lee Junyi for choosing a comedy as his second work after the popularity of "Twilight"? Who would think Lee Junyi is a thrifty household who doesn't know how to use the resources in his hands? Who would think Lee Junyi made a stupid mistake in choosing his works? No one, no one, no one.
"Twilight" is a stunning hit, and "Hangover" is a marvel. Lee Jun-yi has achieved two consecutive works in North America with a box office of over 200 million, becoming the most shining star in Hollywood in the past year.
Then, the record-breaking pace of "Hangover" has not stopped. Its widely circulated praise has kept the box office performance still rising, especially in summer blockbusters such as "Transformers 2", "Harry Potter and the Mixed Race Prince", which is even more amazing.
Finally, "Hangover" achieved a box office of 290 million in North America, which was only three million dollars less than "Flying House Travel". Although the final total box office of "Hangover" was 3 million dollars less than "Flying House Travel", in terms of production costs - 35 million vs. 130 million, and in terms of release process - three consecutive weeks of champions against one week and three weeks of runner-up, "Hangover" is the biggest winner.
And this result is worth everyone’s expectations on the 2O9 North American year-end rankings. Of course, this year, Lee Junyi is sure that the movies that will be released will be "Five Hundred Days with Shamo" and "New Moon", so the year-end box office rankings are even more interesting.
In addition to North America, "Hangover" is also sought after in Asia and Europe. In Asia, especially in China and Japan, "Hangover" shows strong competitiveness and is also praised. In Europe, it is slightly inferior, and American comedy cannot resonate widely in Europe, which is not surprising.
Even so, the "Hangover" finally achieved a box office of 500 million US dollars worldwide. This result is a little different from the 680 million yuan of "Flying House Travels", but it is still a very amazing result, which makes the media and Warner Bros. exclaimed - cheers of joy.
It is worth mentioning that the global box office of "Twilight" is 531 million. Are there more words at this time? No need. Lee Junyi has two movies with a box office of over 500 million yuan worldwide. In other words, Lee Junyi, who has only been in Hollywood for only half a year, has accumulated a global box office of over 1 billion yuan. Thinking about this, Lee Junyi has occupied the first place in the IDC actor ranking list for a month, and it seems that it is not so difficult to accept.
Last time, "Twilight" achieved a 14oo% return with an investment of 37 million; this time, "Hangover" achieved a 14oo% return with an investment of 35 million. This is enough to make all investors crazy. What do investors choose actors to like? Popularity? Acting skills? It is not, but the rate of return. To put it simply, it is how much return I can get if I invest a dollar in you. And Lee Junyi, a dollar earns a return of 14 dollars. This is not the ratio of Lee Junyi's salary to return, but the ratio of the cost and return of the movie investment. So, which businessman would not be crazy? No.
Similarly, what kind of results will be in the global year-end box office rankings of "Hangover" will have to wait for the end of 2oo9 years to achieve results, but there is no doubt that the success of "Hangover" is successful, it is successful without any discount.
However, this time, if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that there is one less South Korea in the region where the "hangover" achieved excellent results this time. Indeed, South Korea is very embarrassed now, completely embarrassing.
Just a few days ago, it was not a long time ago. Just forty-eight hours ago, anti-Taiwan on the Korean Internet was still clamoring to let Lee Junyi get out of South Korea and get out of the entertainment industry; the Korean media were still discussing in chaos: Did Lee Junyi hurt the patriotism of Koreans, or objectively express the voice of foreigners.
But at this time, the great success of the "Hangover" made Anti and the yelling Korean media collectively shut up, which was more effective than any words, tools, and weapons. That silence made people mistakenly think that there was never a live broadcast event of "Zun Yi".
Is the Korean media embarrassed? Should I report on the "hangover" or not? What should I say if I report it? If I don't report it, wouldn't it be outdated? If I compare the joy of Chinese and Japanese media, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is bleak.
Now the antis are dissatisfied with Lee Jun-yi, including Park Sung-soo, Kim Jin-hyun and others, they know that there is nothing to say about Lee Jun-yi's achievements, so the only thing they can pray is, God, please let the "Ninja Assassin" achieve good results at all levels.
Chapter completed!