After the premiere, "Saw 2" was the only movie of Relativity Entertainment in Halloween, and began to be fully released in North America, with the scale of openings reaching 3,580 theaters that are rare in R-level horror movies.

The paintings were launched on the same weekend, and "The King of Souls" produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, only 2,006 painting theaters were opened.

In terms of the premiere scale alone, the gap between the two films is very big.

This is also determined by the type of the film. One is a sequel to the big-selling horror film, which is very consistent with the atmosphere of this weekend before Halloween, while the other is a biographical film of a black singer.

Ronan couldn't understand why Universal Pictures had to release this film this weekend before Halloween.

Perhaps the competition is not fierce this weekend before Halloween this year.

In addition to those small horror films with hundreds of small-scale paintings, the only large-scale films that have been launched this weekend are "Saw 2" and "The King of Souls".

Including the "American Version of Grudges" premiered last week, the competition is not particularly fierce.

But the Halloween schedule is obviously a horror movie.

On the first day of the release of "Saw 2", he became the North American box office champion on Friday, winning $13.3 million in a single day.

"The American version of Grudge" ranked second, earning $7.72 million in box office.

"The King of Souls" can only rank third, earning $6.61 million on its first release.

In terms of reputation, "The King of Souls" can only be described as a hit, and the media and film critics have a lot of praise.

Although this era has not yet reached the position of black movies being criticized casually, no one wants to provoke special groups in Hollywood.

Even if you like proficient and mean professional film critics who like to find fault with eggs, they don’t want to cause trouble for some things.

Therefore, the Rotten Tomatoes Index of "The King of Souls" is as high as 89%.

In contrast, "Saw 2" is a tragedy, with rotten tomatoes only 37% fresh.

The 7.3 rating on imdb is quite good. Horror movie fans still like this video more.

The rating of "The King of Souls" imdb7.7 is not as exaggerated as Rotten Tomatoes.

The reputation of the audience can better represent the market response of the film. No one will be so stupid that he watches the Rotten Tomato Index to judge the box office of the film, just as no film company will foolishly ask the film critics for the box office trend.

As more and more people see the film, "Saw 2" once again sparked a debate about "Jigsaw" as expected.

Not only movie fans, but even the media have joined in.

The Hollywood Reporter believes that "Saw 2" is a very bloody and barbaric movie, which is more extreme than "Saw 1". A sick and crazy murderer, all kinds of weird and terrifying ways of killing, and a meaningful central theme made this movie.

It directly points to the fact that "jiuzhe" is a perverted murderer.

"Entertainment Weekly" commented like this. In addition to carefully layout the plot, "Saw 2" also hides the exposure of the good and evil of human nature and the question of the philosophy of life behind the bloody background.

Movie fans are also divided into two parts, using imdb and Netflix to share two websites as carriers, and argue crazyly, constantly emphasizing their own views.

In the end, of course no one can convince anyone.

Keyboard warriors are perhaps the hardest group of people in the world to convince.

Never try to convince a keyboard warrior.

"Saw 2" ignores the almost completely rotten index of Rotten Tomatoes and maintains a very stable box office trend. On the second day of its release, it closed another $14.28 million on Saturday, continuing to lead the North American box office list.

"The King of Souls" is still suppressed by "The American version of Grudges" and can only stay in the third place.

Ronan took time to watch "The King of Souls" with Will Smith and some public relations promotional staff.

To be honest, from his perspective, Jamie Fox's performance is not much better than Will Smith in "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door", and it can be said to be on the same level.

Perhaps Jamie Fox plays a blind singer, which is more in line with the Oscars' aesthetic standards for the elderly, weak, sick, disabled, and neurotic.

After all, Will Smith plays a normal person.

Of course, this is more about Ronan's subjective feelings.

Are he friends with Will Smith or the investor in "When Happiness Comes Knocks", subconsciously he will tend toward Will Smith.

"What do you think, Will?" Ronan asked Will Smith in the car back.

After a moment of silence, Will Smith said slowly: "A very vivid interpretation, I feel that Jamie Fox is completely immersed in the world of Thunder."

Ronan whispered: "Jamie Fox did a good job, and it truly reproduced the artist's life and faithfully recorded his flashes and sufferings." He changed his voice: "But your performance in "When Happiness Comes Knocks" is not bad either."

Will Smith smiled: "You really have confidence in me."

Ronan said lightly: "Because it is not just performance that decides to belong to the Oscar Performance Award."

Will Smith is determined: "Don't worry, I will never give up until the final result is announced."

Ronan said to Connie on the co-pilot: "Notify our Olympic team and start operating as planned."

On the third day of the release of "The King of Souls", there were a lot of personal reports about Jamie Fox in the media, focusing on Jamie Fox's resume, among which the identity of a comedian is the top priority.

Whether in the past or present, Jamie Fox has appeared in a large number of comedy movies.

It is precisely because of this that these reports did not attract the attention of Jamie Fox and Universal Pictures.

Perhaps Universal Pictures and Jamie Fox have already formulated plans to hit the Oscars, but they have no ambition and idea of ​​winning.

These resumes about Jamie Fox are just telling the facts, not spreading rumors, so they did not arouse their vigilance.

But related reports inevitably fell into the eyes of many industry insiders who are accustomed to entertainment news.

It seems useless now, and when they make a choice in the future, they will probably think this way: Jamie Fox turns out to be both comedians like Will Smith.

When the awards season is underway, the Embassy Film Company will mobilize media resources to remind many academy members again.

Will Smith is so famous that his past resume is well-known. His resume of starring in a large number of commercial comedies can never be forgotten.

Ronan just pulled Jamie Fox and Will Smith to the same starting line as possible.

Since the college judges, especially the old men, don’t like comedians, let’s not like them together.

This alone is obviously not enough. In order to cooperate, Embassy Films is also mobilizing resources to further increase reports on unfair treatment of black people.

Ronan also hopes that Uncle Black and the white conservatives will give some strength. These guys have been creating racial incidents all year round and make a big noise.

Uncle Black and Latinos who are rioting in Los Angeles from time to time, please don’t be so calm.

There are also white American policemen who draw guns at any time. Where have your guns gone?

In order to avoid possible trouble in the future, Ronan will not take the initiative to create anything, but if something really happens, he will definitely push it quietly.

In a free and democratic place like the United States, do you have the nerve to say that you are a free and democratic country?

Perhaps Jamie Fox will have another advantage. The box office of "The King of Souls" will be lower than "When Happiness Comes Knocks", which is more high-end and artistic.

Can Ronan always let "When Happiness Comes Knocks" lose the box office?

In its first week of release, "The King of Souls" won $19.83 million in 2006 theaters in North America, ranking third in the North American box office list.

The top spot is the "American Version of Grudges" released on the weekend, which received another $21.81 million in three days.

Sony Columbia Pictures' remake of horror movies only invested $10 million in production, and it earned $70.68 million in ten days.

The Japanese version of the original horror film earned only $320,000 in North America, but the remake became a typical example of making a big fortune with small profits.

It can only be said that the cultural market differences in movies are really huge. North America is definitely the largest film and television media insulator in the world.

Foreign movies, even many classic movies that have been verified, will be hell-level to be successful in the North American market.

"Saw 2" became the biggest winner in the North American film market during the Halloween period. It earned $39.71 million in three days on the weekend, ranking first in the North American box office list.

This result is comparable to the opening of "The American Version of Grudge" last weekend, and the box office performance in North America is highly expected to exceed the $100 million mark.

Most importantly, this series has very low costs, and a total investment of $10 million can bring more than ten times the income.

"Saw 3" is naturally put on the shooting and production schedule of Shahai Entertainment.

However, the production budget will also skyrocket, with Shahai Entertainment's production budget of US$10 million.

Most of the rising budgets are used to pay the salaries of major creative staff such as Wen Ziren and Tobin Bell.

Even if they signed a long-term contract with Shahai Entertainment, their pay must meet the most basic market conditions, and an increase is inevitable.

No one can let Wan Ziren continue to receive the low pay for the first film.

"Saw 3" has a very stable trend. After the weekend after Halloween, the box office decline trend is normal, with a drop of less than 50%. The next weekend box office of US$20.1 million is enough to ensure that this film ranks second in the box office list.

"National Treasure", produced by Touchstone Pictures and released by Disney Pictures, was released this weekend, with a box office of $35.15 million, and it landed first in the North American box office list.

After experiencing the crushing defeat of "King Arthur", Jerry Brookheimer is also proving to all Hollywood and North American movie fans that he is not outdated yet.

The protagonist of this film is Nicholas Cage, and "National Treasure" seems to be Nicholas Cage's final glory.
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