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Chapter 516 Global Weekly Crown

“The year 2012 started with a super dark horse. The small-budget religious-themed horror film “The Devil Within”, which cost only US$1 million, grossed US$10 million at the box office on its first day, surpassing all commercial blockbusters and ranking first in the first weekend of 2012.

It tops the box office list and is the only movie to have a box office of over 10 million in a single day."

"The year started with a series of hits. The niche religious horror film "The Devil Within" topped the box office of the day with US$10 million in a single day, and the Chinese science fiction film "The Martian" ranked fourth with a box office of 4.2 million."

"The controversial adaptation of "The Martian" before its release reached a box office of 4.2 million on its first day of release. Chinese director Tang An has once again won the trust of North American audiences with a science fiction film since "Edge of Tomorrow"!"

""The Martian" strongly surpassed "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "War Horse", "Rat 3", "My Family Bought a Zoo" and other movies, with US$4.2 million on the first day, creating China's best start in recent years.

Movie!"

In North America, the Thanksgiving period in November and the Christmas period are the most important periods in the second half of the year. If you add Halloween in early November, it will be November and December.

Nowadays, all the movies that have been released in the Christmas season have been released for more than 10 days. For example, "Mission: Impossible 4" has a box office of 160 million in North America, but it only had a box office of 7 million on the fourth Friday.

"Sherlock Holmes 2" starring Robert Downey Jr. is also in its fourth week of release, with a box office of 4.5 million on Friday and a total box office of nearly 150 million.

But it was not these two blockbusters that ranked first at the box office that day, but a little-known niche religious horror film.

Horror movies are niche enough, and religious horror movies are even more niche within a niche.

"The Devil Within" took in a first-day box office of 11 million with a production fee of 1 million US dollars. It is undoubtedly a dark horse.

In comparison, even if "The Martian", a Chinese movie, took in 4.2 million at the box office on its first day, it would still be far from comparable.

However, "Mission: Impossible 4" and "Sherlock Holmes" have been released for four weeks, and their popularity has basically been exhausted. There are still many media reports on "The Martian".

On the Rotten Tomatoes website affiliated with News Corporation, "The Martian" has a freshness rating of 81% and a score of 8.3.

The ratings on other websites such as mtc and imdb also fluctuate around 8 points.

Most film critics, media, and audiences gave "The Martian" positive reviews.

"Judging from the standards of commercial movies, "The Martian" is a very smart big production. The ups and downs of the plot also bring a simple and pure sense of satisfaction to the audience. This is a commercial blockbuster with brains and real life.

The resonance is stronger." "Hollywood Reporter"

"Only when I couldn't go back did I realize how much I missed home. When I watched "The Martian" in the cinema, I realized that the strongest thought in my heart was to go home immediately." Famous film critic Robert

"The most successful thing about the movie is not the realistic special effects, but the lonely and desolate atmosphere created from beginning to end."

"There is no hesitation, no darkness, the narrative is progressive and as rigorous as a machine, "The Martian" is definitely a high-quality science fiction blockbuster."

The box office of US$4.2 million on the first day definitely met expectations. Under the promotion of 20th Century Fox, two blockbusters, "The Martian" and "Mission: Impossible 2" and "Sherlock Holmes 2", as well as the sudden rise of the dark horse "Inside"

"Devil" became the most watched movie in early 2012

After a night of indulgence in the hotel suite, Tang An got up at 8 o'clock in the morning, sitting on the sofa and watching the first-day data of overseas markets.

Next to him, Yang Mi leaned on him, looking at the various praises on the news and feeling a little puzzled.

She raised her head and asked curiously, "Brother An, there were many negative comments during the day yesterday, why are they all gone all of a sudden?"

Tang An laughed and said, "20th Century Fox has taken action. The box office of 4.2 million on the first day will eventually reach 70 million in North America. It is not a big problem. If there are no big hits later and the trend is better, 80 million is also very possible. How about Fox?" Maybe they don’t take it seriously.”

"Is it possible to exceed 100 million? It would be great if North America could exceed 100 million." Yang Mi added.

Tang An shook his head, "It's not that easy. It's very difficult if there are only oriental faces in this movie. I don't know how many viewers won't watch a movie if it's from China. This kind of boundary is not easy to break."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's order breakfast. After dinner, I will take you out for a walk."

Tang An put away his computer. The days when he is not working are not so pleasant.

Tang An's guess was indeed correct. Wendy Deng's involvement in the Fox business has been met with great resistance. After all, he is not in this business. The previous "Snowflake and the Secret Fan" was once again a hit.

Now that "The Martian" has shown its box office potential, how could Wendy Deng not support it? She immediately stepped up publicity efforts, and many of the previous negative reviews have been suppressed.

In addition to North America, overseas movies were also released simultaneously in 48 regions yesterday. It was not until the evening that the overseas box office data was completed.

Like North America, the box office results in various overseas countries and regions are also good, with US$6.8 million in a single day, and over 10 million in a single day overseas.

On Saturday, the North American box office of "The Martian" rose to 5.6 million, and 7.8 million in a single day in other regions.

On Sunday, the North American box office did not suffer the same decline as other films, taking in 6.1 million US dollars in a single day, and 8 million US dollars in a single day in other overseas regions.

After three days of overseas release, it earned 15.9 million in the first weekend in North America and a total of 38.5 million US dollars overseas.

The box office divisions around the world are relatively even, and the acceptance in various countries is still good.

It is mainly concentrated in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, France, and the United Kingdom, with sales exceeding US$2 million in the first week.

In other small countries, some have more than 100,000 or 200,000 per week, and some have more than one million.

The US$15.9 million in North America is also a good result, ranking third behind "The Devil Within" with US$34.5 million in its first weekend and "Mission: Impossible 4" with US$20.5 million in its fourth weekend.

"Sherlock Holmes 2", which originally beat "The Martian", only received $14.05 million this week.

The domestic market received 36 million this week, and the total box office in the mainland has reached 1.406 billion, setting a new box office record again.

Including domestically, "The Martian" grossed a total of 43.5 million US dollars globally this week, surpassing the 42 million of "Mission: Impossible 4" and taking the global weekly box office championship.

As for "The Devil Within", which grossed US$34.5 million in its first weekend in North America, it was not released overseas at all.

A Chinese movie topped the box office of the week as soon as it was released on a large scale overseas, immediately attracting widespread attention.

On Monday, the 9th, Wendy Deng, who had not shown up yet, also took the initiative to visit Tang An. First she congratulated her, and then she said that she would continue to increase the promotion of the movie and increase the screening scale to 2,800 cinemas.


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