In the beginning, everyone was very disciplined in expressing their opinions and views on the two movies "Gladiator" and "Speed Snail". However, as the influence of these two movies expanded, fierce wars of words inevitably broke out.
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"Gladiator" is good, but the low-budget "Speed Snail" is nothing!"
"If "Speed Snail" is a fart, then "Gladiator" is worse than a fart!"
"'Gladiator' is an epic blockbuster, and 'Gladiator' is just an idiot fairy tale. The two movies are not on the same level! In short, I give "Gladiator" a thumbs up, but I hate "Gladiator"!"
""Speed Snail" has a profound meaning, "Gladiator" is too bloody!"
"What a piece of shit, "Speed" is a stupid movie!"
"Your mother is stupid!"
"Silly your whole family!"...
The war of words shocked the entire Hollywood film industry... Never before have so many people engaged in a life-and-death struggle against two movies. What's even more surprising is that the ones criticizing are two unrelated movies.
One is the epic blockbuster "Gladiator" and the other is the animated movie "Speed". It can be said that these two movies are not in the same genre at all.
Faced with this situation, many well-known filmmakers came out and said: "Which of these two movies is better? Let's calm down the fire first, because as far as we know, the weekly box office rankings will be released soon.
, when the time comes, it will be clear at a glance who is victorious!”
Box office rankings?
As soon as these words came out, those people who clamored worked harder, with only one purpose - to cheer for their favorite movies!
This left the peacemakers who originally wanted to come out to quell the war of words to be stunned by the situation. The North American weekly movie rankings were finally released.
Ranking first in the North American weekly box office rankings, Universal Pictures produced the epic blockbuster "Gladiator" with a box office of US$28 million in its first week;
Ranking second in the North American weekly box office rankings, the animated film "Speed Snail" co-produced by Paramount Fantasy Pictures grossed US$21 million in its first week;
Ranking third in the North American weekly box office rankings, Warner Pictures produced the disaster film "The Perfect Storm" with a box office of US$17.5 million in its first week;
Ranking fourth in the North American weekly box office rankings, the action film "Gone in 60 Seconds" produced by Highmore Films had a box office of US$16.6 million in its first week;
Ranking fifth in the North American weekly box office rankings, Columbia Pictures produced the action film "The Secret Service" with a box office of US$14.8 million in its first week;
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There were no surprises. "Gladiator", which opened in the first week of May, topped the list with more than 28 million U.S. dollars at the box office. It was like a blockbuster detonating the upcoming summer vacation. In contrast, although "Gladiator" has never
In terms of momentum, it is inferior to "Gladiator". But this movie is not a popcorn movie. It can be said to have some artistic content. Therefore, it ranks second with 21 million US dollars. This data makes Fantasy and Paramount mixed, and for
As for several other giants, they were shocked and a little scared at the same time.
Also released in the same week was Warner's "The Perfect Storm". Although this film invited veteran Hollywood actor George Clooney to star, disaster movies have never been the main dish in the North American market, except for the outrageous "Titanica"
" and the future "2012" are exceptions, so it is a bit of a pity that the box office of this drama failed to exceed 20 million this week.
As for the energetic Highmore Film Company, they took the speed route this time and filmed the car theft theme "Sixty Seconds", which packaged crime, action and racing, and then invited Nicholas, the most popular king in Hollywood recently.
Cage plays the leading role, but it is a pity that this drama is not very consistent with Cage's temperament, especially the racing driver's desperate spirit and energy that was not interpreted by Cage, so the whole drama is a bit tasteless.
The box office revenue in its first week was 16.6 million US dollars. Many years later, Keyes still resented the play. He complained that the script of the play was "too bad" and "like a cheap popular novel, without any movement and excitement."
Passionate!"
"Beauty" produced by Columbia Pictures can be said to be an excellent comedy. It invited Hollywood's first-line actress Sandra Bullock to play the heroine, and the whole drama followed Hollywood's best comedy route and packaged a beauty pageant.
Into the action of cops and robbers, it cleverly weaves an interesting story of a beauty catching a thief. It can be said that this movie, which is not too expensive to produce, has the potential to be a dark horse in the summer vacation. The box office in its first week reached 14.8 million US dollars.
In addition to the above five movies, almost all other movies released at the same time have become accompanying movies, especially those movie companies that are preparing to release. After research, they decided to actively avoid --- of course, avoid "Gladiator" and "Gladiator".
These annoying "blockbusters".
As time goes by, "Gladiator" is becoming more and more glorious, and its box office is becoming more and more prosperous. The gap between "Speed Snail" and "Speed Snail", which originally caused a storm of public opinion by relying on its "prison premiere", is becoming more and more different at the box office.
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It seems that the little snails are no match for these gladiators with swords and shields.
However, this did not discourage Paramount and Fantasy, because although it was suppressed by "Gladiator" at the box office, this animated film could only rank second, but it can achieve such results in the melee of heroes, which is enough to show its
Unique, of course, is the fact that professional film analysts have analyzed that the final box office of this film can exceed 200 million US dollars. As for who will have the last laugh between it and "Gladiator", only time will tell.
However, Yi Feiyang, a Chinese-American director, has been recognized by North America for his first animated film. His versatility and variety of filming types have become his golden signature, so much so that some good-hearted Hollywood people call him
He is known as the "Various Director".
Paramount, which co-produced this film with Fantasy Pictures, also made some gains. Of course, if "Gladiator" hadn't been so overbearing, everything would have been better.
After the box office rankings for the second week were released, the first place was still the painful drama "Gladiator". The results of "Speed Snail" were once again dragged down a lot, and the potential dark horse "The Secret Service" surpassed "Fast 60"
"Seconds" rose one place, and almost all other films also experienced a collective decline in box office. The reason is that "Gladiator" was too powerful and occupied too much box office.
Seeing this ending, those who were originally optimistic about "Gladiator" began to feel proud, "Didn't you brag about how amazing that piece of shit cartoon was? Have you seen it now? Who is the big winner!"
“‘Gladiator’ dominates the world, leaving the damn ‘Snail’ seemingly without a place to bury itself!”
"The sword and shield beat the little snail shell!"
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Faced with this one-sided situation, those media reporters who were full and had nothing to do also began to spit on "Snail", no, specifically on the director of this drama, Yi Feiyang.
"Miracle Yang is no longer magical, "Snail" is about to lose miserably to "Gladiator"!"
"Prison premieres don't work, box office explosions are the last word!"
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In short, Yi Feiyang, who has been in the limelight recently, has become a standout and has been severely beaten by many jealous people.
Yi Feiyang laughed it off and didn't give any explanation. As long as the box office wasn't too bad, it would be fine.
But Yi Feiyang doesn't think so, which doesn't mean that others in Meng Meng think so too. At least Fat Jack, Rabbit Bill and others are very unconvinced, but everything is not over yet... Yes, it's not over yet!
May 17.
Fantasy Pictures announced that the musical "High School Musical" directed by director Jack Black will be released soon!
"High School Musical"?!
Isn't it just a follow-up movie that takes the song and dance route and is aimed at teenagers?
I never thought this drama would be released so soon!
Anyone with a little bit of savvy knows that since Yi Feiyang's "Dance Floor" became popular all over the world, the genre of musicals, which was originally a doomed subject, has been completely revitalized by him. Many film companies have begun filming musicals and dances.
movie, but this drama produced by the authentic Fantasy Pictures has been even more anticipated by everyone.
If the news announced by Fantasy Pictures is not nothing, then another piece of news announced by Fantasy Pictures and its partner Lionsgate completely shocked everyone's attention.
The news is simple: "Pirates of the Caribbean," an adventure fantasy blockbuster filmed for more than half a year, will be released worldwide soon!
What?
No way!
Pirates of the Caribbean, co-produced by Fantasy and Lionsgate, is also about to be released?!
What does this mean?!
It shows that Fantasy Film Company will have three movies to be released in succession this summer!
"Speed Snail"!
"High School Musical"!!
And "Pirates of the Caribbean"!!!
Three dramas, it looks like Mew is going to use three dramas to compete directly with Universal's "Gladiator"!
A war is about to break out!
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Ten days later, the situation changed.
"Gladiator", which originally held the dominant position, began to decline due to robbed theaters, from more than 28 million to more than 25 million. Another week later, the box office dropped again from 25 million to 23 million...
In comparison, although the box office of "Speed Snail" has also declined, the decline is not that severe. The weekly box office has reached about 18.8 million. In addition, the weekly box office of "Youth" has reached 17.5 million, and "Pirates of the Caribbean" has reached an astonishing figure.
21.8 million!
It can be said that the situation of the entire box office war has become more subtle, but soon, the entire situation took a new turn.
In the third week, a big earthquake occurred in the entire North American film industry!
Due to the good reputation of "Pirates of the Caribbean", movie fans are flocking to it.
"Gladiator", the original weekly box office leader, was knocked to the ground by a group of pirates. "Pirates of the Caribbean" became this week's box office leader with 33 million US dollars. If you also include "Gladiator" and "High School Musical", Fantasy
The studio's box office revenue reached an astonishing US$60 million in one week!!!
This achievement made all of Hollywood dumbfounded!!!
