Chapter 550: A sleepless night in Seattle where every opportunity is exploited
"Jurassic Park" premieres on Thursday, and will be shown in 1,300 theaters across the country that evening.
Thursday, a light box office date, did not dampen the enthusiasm of children in America and Canada. In just one day, it took in a box office of 3.1 million.
On the other hand, Stallone's new film "Cliffhanger", which has been in theaters for two weeks, only earned over 1.2 million, even though it was still shown in 2,400 theaters.
This number really shocked all Hollywood studios, including Universal. After the number of theaters opened on Friday increased to 2,400, the average single-day box office of a single theater jumped to 6.
Thousand dollars. The one-day box office on Friday exceeded 15 million US dollars.
Ronald held popcorn and watched a movie with Helen. This was a small screening room in a Hollywood theater chain that he asked his assistant to secretly book. He also hired a maid and a nurse to watch the movie with him, just to be safe.
Helen, a highly pregnant woman, was very happy. She hugged Ronald and squeezed Ronald's hand desperately to ease her mood in the shopping mall where the terrifying scene appeared. However, the tone of this movie is actually a combination of horror and comedy.
After reading it, Helen felt much more relaxed. When she returned to Helen's apartment, she was still very excited to discuss it with Ronald.
"Jurassic Park has become the most successful movie of the year. Universal executive Sidney Sheinberg said it is the most successful and greatest movie of all time. And some of the movie's relative PG-13 rating is too
Despite the horrifying comments, the audience at the scene didn’t seem to think so.”
The TV station was also broadcasting news about the popularity of Jurassic Park. The grandparents, parents, and children interviewed on the spot all thought that this movie was the best movie they had ever seen. The general reaction of children was that they were terrified.
If they cover their eyes while watching the camera, they will soon see the plot that makes them laugh.
"I will take time to see you between the two movie premieres. If you need anything, call Richard anytime."
Ronald got up the next morning, helped Helen make a hearty breakfast for pregnant women, and then watched her finish it. Under Helen's reluctant eyes, he went out and got in the car.
When he walked downstairs, he looked back and saw that Helen was still waving to him from the window upstairs. For a moment, Ronald was moved and quickly blew a kiss to him. Then on the way to the airport, he called her by phone.
Helen chatted all the way until takeoff.
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"Look, Roger, what did daddy bring you?"
Once back home in Los Angeles, Ronald began to please Diane and her son again.
"Ah, this dinosaur is so cute, I want it..." Unexpectedly, Diane looked at little Roger's confused look and took the plastic dinosaur toy in the premiere gift box for himself.
"This is for..."
"It's too small. Plastic dinosaurs are not good for him. Let him play with stuffed toys. I'll keep them for him first..." Diane took the big dinosaur and put it in her and Ronald's room.
"You've seen the premiere, right? I haven't seen it yet..."
"Then let's go see it together..."
The two played "Dinosaur" in the bedroom for a while. Seeing that Ronald was in good spirits, Diane made the request. After changing their clothes, the two set off to watch Jurassic Park in a nearby theater.
Diane wore big sunglasses and a baseball cap, but Ronald didn't have much to hide. The two of them got their tickets and entered the cinema.
"Um, you can sit here with me so I can take notes. Last time I watched it as an audience member, so I want to take some notes this time..." Ronald found that his seat was right next to the aisle, and Diane wanted to sit next to the aisle.
Ronald felt something was wrong about the position, so he had to use the reason of analyzing the movie to change with his wife and sit on her right side.
"Have you noticed?" Two child actors were discussing on the screen. The water in the water glass in the car started to slosh when it was shaken by the dinosaur's footsteps, and then there was a "wow" sound, and all the children in the cinema screamed.
The huge Tyrannosaurus Rex on the screen roared loudly, and the new sound system was extremely expressive. The sound coming from the rear surrounded the entire screening hall, making the sound immersive.
Ronald watched it for the third time, and it was okay. Diane, like other mothers in the cinema, screamed with their children, and some mothers were busy covering their children's eyes.
"Ah..." Diane suddenly pinched Ronald's left arm and screamed for several seconds before letting him go. Then she realized something was wrong and quickly rubbed Ronald's arm a few times, gently
He said, "Did it hurt you?"
"Ah, it's okay. If you're scared, just hold on to me." Ronald said in his heart that he was lucky and hugged Diane. Fortunately, it wasn't the hand that Helen pinched.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." When the Triceratops appeared on the screen, the audience started to applaud. Ronald also put down his pen and paper and applauded with them.
In fact, the plot line of this movie is relatively simple, but with the support of the latest sound system, the dinosaur special effects are so powerful that not only children, but also adult audiences are obviously very affected.
Although it was the third time he watched it, Ronald still felt a wave of emotional aftertaste when he walked out of the theater. Just like the deep aftertaste that a person feels after finishing a vigorous exercise.
and comfortable.
Obviously, not all movies can provide this kind of experience. In the history of movies, there are only a few blockbusters with groundbreaking special effects and good plots that have such ability. For example, Star Wars and Jaws back then.
ET, Terminator 2 and other movies.
"Jurassic Park, Spielberg's new work. At the very least, the big dinosaur special effects in this movie are very exciting. But the actors' performances don't have this effect..."
At the weekend, Chicago film critics Gene Sisko and Roger Ebert also came out with their reviews. They had to give Jurassic Park three and five stars (out of four stars), but the language
Among them, there was also a lot of criticism of the actors' performances in Jurassic Park.
Sisko, in particular, believed that Spielberg had put the wrong focus on the story of the movie. If the casting and performance direction could be further improved, the movie would become a more in-depth film and television masterpiece.
He also compared Jurassic Park with that of Jaws, saying that Jaws had three very deep characters back then, but in this Jurassic Park, only Malcolm, played by Jeff Goldblum, still has the same character.
Although there is depth, other characters including Sam Neill and Laura Dern are just vases who can only smile.
"Laura, don't be angry. These people are jealous of your achievements. Ronald and I went to see it last night, and he also said that the role you played was very good."
Diane was on the phone there, comforting her best friend Laura Dern, who was very discouraged today. Today's movie reviews were all critical of her, with very few good things to say. Moreover, the number of words in her review did not include comment on the reality of Big Dinosaur.
There are many words about feelings.
"I, hey, you are comforting me..." Laura Dern's voice on the other end of the phone unconsciously became much lower.
"If you don't believe it, let me ask Ronald, Ronnie, Ronnie..." Diane rolled her eyes happily, scolded her best friend (Bichi) in her heart, pressed the speakerphone, and waved to Ronald
, "What do you think of Laura's acting in Jurassic Park?"
"She acted very well. Don't be fooled by the film critics. If you don't believe it, check out what they said about Richard Dreyfus and Roy Scheider after Jaws was released..."
Ronald waved his hand. Film critics are creatures who publish comments every week to criticize actors' acting skills. However, they themselves do not understand the process of film shooting and editing. Many times they forget how they evaluate. Basically
The level is not much higher than that of ordinary movie fans.
Their evaluations can differ greatly between the time of release and subsequent reviews. Time and box office are the best evaluation criteria for a movie. More than ten years after its release, some people will still miss Jaws, but no one remembers the praise these film critics gave back then.
A movie with "good acting".
Time is the most powerful filter. If fans can still recall the details of a movie ten years later, it is undoubtedly a good movie. Film critics will also have the courage to deny themselves back then, turning from criticism to praise.
"Did you hear that? I didn't lie to you, don't worry." Diane turned off the speakerphone again and cheered Laura Dern.
"Hey, thank you, Diane, and thank you Ronald for your encouragement..." Laura Dern felt very sad. She was not so lucky to marry a big director. Although maybe what Ronald said was
It's true, but in the Hollywood circle, currently, producers will still refer to the evaluations of famous film critics. My dream of taking this movie to the next level is basically shattered. Future commercial blockbusters
The heroine may not always be able to find him.
"Laura said thank you..." Diane proudly showed her advantage on the phone.
Jurassic Park, on Saturday, the box office rose to more than 17 million. The drop on Sunday was also very small, only a drop of more than 2 million, and the box office received 14.3 million that day.
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"Record-breaking..."
On Monday, the entire box office statistics came out. Although some TV stations issued comments that were not conducive to the box office of this dinosaur movie, saying that the horror plot was not suitable for children. There were also film critics who complained about the plot of the movie and the ordinary acting skills of the actors.
The special effects hold up the scene.
But the audience's reputation has exploded. When a normal person watches a movie, who would consider whether the script is three-dimensional and whether the characters have arcs? If they enjoy watching it, they will invite friends to watch it together.
The box office for the three days of the entire first weekend reached 47 million, and with the more than 3 million early admissions on Thursday, it almost exceeded the 50 million US dollar mark.
This is the first time a film in America has achieved a first-weekend score of 50 million. It broke the previous first-weekend box office record of "Batman Returns". The entire Universal Company was very satisfied, and Sheinberg and others also began to report in the media
It's a blockbuster film that has never been seen before. Anyone who hasn't seen it is missing out.
By Thursday of the second week, the box office for the week exceeded 81 million, and another record was set.
On Friday of the second week, a big Colombian production was released. It was Colombia's "The Last Action Hero".
This is a commercial blockbuster created by Gubel with all the factors of a blockbuster animated film. It has Schwarzenegger, the cumulative box office champion of action movies. It also has John McTiernan, the golden director of "Die Hard".
Moreover, this comic-style movie also has guest appearances by more than a dozen action stars, including Sharon Stone from Instinct, Ralph Marzio and Noriyuki Morita from The Kid, and the villain Liquid from Terminator 2
Robot T-1000 Robert Patrick, Belgian action star (B-movie) Jean-Claude Van Damme, and even Stallone also showed their faces in posters.
This is because the story of this movie is the imagination of a ten-year-old boy named Danny. He got a movie ticket for "Jack Slater IV" and entered the movie world, where he was played by Schwarzenegger
Jack Slater is a superhero cop.
Because of the magical movie tickets, Jack Slater and Danny traveled across the screen and the real world together, and went to the real world to hunt down the villain.
Since Schwarzenegger has already played Jack Slater, his original role as the T-800 robot in Terminator 2 was changed to Stallone. In the plot, Danny and Jack Slater go to the video rental store together.
At that time, the main video poster there was the T-800 played by Stallone.
Ronald also went to the cinema to watch the movie to do research for Sleepless in Seattle, which will be released next week. After returning, he felt that this movie was very unfortunately self-prophetic...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The movie is called The Last Action Hero, but since the 1990s, action stars who are hard-working and hard-charging are no longer very popular. Even first-line actors
Wassinger and Stallone have also transformed into action movie stars with a touch of comedy, no longer just selling muscles.
A difference that is visible to the naked eye is that in Terminator 2, Schwarzenegger's muscle mass and body dimensions are much smaller than in the first Terminator. In Stallone's new film "Cliffhanger",
He is also more like a normal person without steroids than Rambo and Rocky.
Coupled with the director John McTiernan, this time he did not add too many actions, explosions, and thrilling scenes, but played with art and sensationalism. The entire film imitated Woody Allen's "Cairo" more than ten years ago.
purple Rose".
The characters in the movie cross the screen, enter the real world, and have adventures with an audience and fans. Woody Allen can make it very sensational and even make people cry. John McTiernan's shot is just like that.
It makes people feel funny.
Forgoing the hormone-boosting thrills that critics described as "boring explosions," this nondescript film will neither appeal to action movie fans nor satisfy those who want to see a literary story.
On the day of its release, Jurassic Park, which had been in theaters for a week, grossed 10 million and was still ranked number one. The last action hero, which was released in roughly the same number of theaters, only got 5 million. Even the third-placed Cliffhanger also had
More than one million.
On the weekend of the second day of its release, Jurassic Park bucked the trend and rose to more than 15 million, while The Last Action Hero dropped slightly. A large number of dissatisfied action movie fans chose Cliffhanger, which was disappointing to the latter.
The box office of the movie returned to 2.7 million.
“Jurassic Park’s box office exceeded 100 million in nine days!”
"Schwarzenegger was defeated by Stallone in a head-to-head showdown for the first time in several years."
"John McTiernan receives bad reviews, new Columbia project may be shelved..."
Looking at the various news in the newspaper, Ronald nodded slightly. He made "Sleepless in Seattle" just in time.
After so many weeks, the box office of Jurassic Park is finally going to decline. The final action hero failed at the box office and the number of theaters will be reduced to the point where it is not a concern next week. The last bit of potential of Jurassic Park has been exhausted.
The nature of Sleepless in Seattle as a romance film does not conflict with the audience composition of Jurassic Park...
"Diane, has the new dress been delivered? Let's go to the premiere to cheer for the new film..."