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Superstar - Chapter 2124

Published at 31st of January 2024 08:32:36 AM


Chapter 2124: Fight again in the summer

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The embarrassment of the uncrowned kings became a major scene in the midsummer of 1999, and this was another compromise of the media after 1995. The wheel of Pinshu.com www.vodtw.com's history is advancing rapidly with an unstoppable trend. Two years later, in 2001, the emergence of blogs marked the emergence of personal news sources and the rise of personal media. So far, " The title of "Uncrowned King" has officially entered the stage of history, and the news media industry has completely entered the era of national entertainment.

However, in 1999, although the uncrowned kings have already felt this unstoppable power, they are like those nobles in history who have grasped the glory of the past and are unwilling to let go. Sisi sticks to her pride and beliefs. I am willing to admit my failure, and even less willing to face the possible future.

Although the "National Inquirer" is almost a rat crossing the street, it is unexpected that the news media did not pursue the "National Inquirer", and even more fortunately, the summer archives are coming, almost everyone's sight He was quickly attracted attention by the annual movie event, which gave the supermarket gossip tabloid valuable breathing time and survived in embarrassment.

The summer file of 1998 created a miracle that is not big or small. "Trumen's World" was born as a dark horse comedy. It not only dominated the entire summer file, but also dominated the entire 1998. The annual North American box office and global box office rankings in 1999; the summer file of 1999 has reasons to expect more, because after the comedy, Hugo will land on the summer file with a horror theme, and challenge for the second year in a row. Possible miracles.

Even if people are accustomed to turning Hugo into magic, from comedy to horror, as if from Charlie Chaplin to Alfred Hitchcock, this is an impossible jump. This also makes people full of countless speculations about the prospect of the "supernatural sixth sense", and the movie is hot before it is shown.

However, the release schedule of "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" is set for August 2, so people still need to wait patiently and slowly. Prior to this, the excitement of the summer vacation has kicked off with the "Mummy" created by Universal Pictures with ambitions.

Along with the "Independence Day" and "Titanic" the big movie frenzy settled, the last summer of the twentieth century also exploded with wonderful energy that everyone can't help but dazzle, almost one movie per week. Works with a lot of focus are on the stage, filling the hot summer with countless exciting highlights.

Starting from the ancient Egyptian myth "Mummy" with an investment of 80 million US dollars, it was unveiled; then "Star Wars Episode 1: The Threat of Ghosts" will restart with the dream of a generation; Anthony Hopkins joined the "Intuition (" Instinct) and Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant’s “Notting Hill” followed; after a huge success two years ago, the sequel “Austin. Powers: The. Spy. Who .Shagged.Me)” can’t wait to debut; two works with an investment of more than 100 million U.S. dollars collided in the same week. It is one of the biggest highlights of the summer archive, “Tarzan” and "West Point Secret (General's. Daughter is bound to have a battle...

The fact is also true, one after another commercial blockbusters completely ignited the midsummer of 1999.

First, the "Mummy" handed over a box office of 43 million US dollars, and successfully won the championship for a week, making a good start for the summer file; followed by "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Threat" with 64 The million-dollar weekend performance reached the top. Although this performance did not break the premiere records of "Independence Day" and "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World", it still injected a boost for the entire market. It made everyone excited, and then this work achieved three consecutive championships, which once again proved the profound influence of the "Star Wars" series on American culture.

This year’s summer archives have also emerged many affirmed masterpieces, in addition to "Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Threat", "American Pie (American. Pie, "Ghost Invasion", "Notting Hill", "Landing Hill" "Runaway Bride (Runaway. Bride is both applauded and popular, plus Stanley Kubrick's posthumous work "Eyes Open" and Will Smith's "Wild. Wild. West". , The comic-based "Inspector. Gadget" and other works that have caused a lot of topical discussion, and there is also "The. Blair. Witch," who has created numerous box office miracles at an ultra-low cost of 35,000 US dollars. . Project, the summer file was very lively.

Among these works, the $110 million investment in "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Threat" can only be regarded as a pediatrics, and the $170 million investment in "Horseman" is the real heavyweight. However, the box office results are both good and bad. The premiere score of "West Point Uncovered" is only 22 million, and the score of "Racing Wind Police" is only 27 million... But it is undeniable that the real The era of blockbuster films has come across the board, and the determination of major film companies to increase cost input has been unshakable.

In particular, "Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Threat" completely detonated the entire summer box office, and strengthened the determination of the film company.

After the “Titanic” and “Independence Day” in the second week of July, this work, which has gathered countless discussions, officially became the third North American box office work of film history to break 400 million yuan. This result has once again continued the upward trend of the entire movie box office market, following the "Independence Day" of the year before the first year, the "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" of the year before, and the "Trumen's World" last year and "Saving Private Rui". After "Well", this year's summer archive once again exploded with amazing energy, adding to the power of the blockbuster era.

However, in addition to "Star Wars Episode 1: The Threat of the Phantom", "Blair the Witch" has created another extreme. This student work with an investment of only 35,000 US dollars has actually staggered its cumulative box office. The US$100 million offense became the first successful viral marketing case in film history and set a completely different benchmark for the film industry. This is also another huge victory for independent films after "Pulp Fiction", which truly opened up an era of personality that is diametrically opposed to the era of blockbuster films.

With the surge of many topics, the midsummer of 1999 has become more and more hot and dry. It seems that people have felt that the millennium is getting closer and closer, and the trajectory of the wheel of history is also going in an invisible way. The change of dynasties, from the 20th century to the 21st century, this is not something that anyone can experience. You must know that the person who experienced the turn of the century last time is already a hundred years old by this time, and it is also a handful of people all over the world. countable.

In the midst of this restlessness, May has passed, June has gone, and July has ended. August came to people quietly. On August 2nd, "The Sixth Sense of Supernatural" officially held its grand premiere in the United States!

As one of the most watched works in this summer, "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" has gathered countless questions. As a horror movie, how much energy can it explode, especially in "Blair the Witch" this summer. It scared the audience enough and almost ran out of "guts" inventory. What kind of results this movie can achieve has become a huge question mark; but at the same time, this is the second consecutive year that Hugo has been on the summer vacation. Moreover, the sword goes slantingly to challenge the psychological bottom line of the masses with horror movies, which makes everyone confused. Horror movies are inherently very niche, and many people even resist horror movies—the two extremes that are almost the opposite of comedy movies. , Then Hugo's box office appeal will be able to play a few points?

Not only the audience, but not just the media, in fact, as the distributor of "Sixth Sense of Supernatural", Bowei Pictures itself is also very hesitant. After they watched the film internally, they had a lot of discussions, which led to extremely fierce disputes and discussions. Some people had great confidence in the film, while others thought that the film was not suitable for summer vacation. People hesitate and cannot express any opinions...

Under such disputes, the "Sixth Sense of Supernatural" had to be postponed to November release, hoping to use the atmosphere of Halloween and Thanksgiving to win more box office potential for this movie; but in the end hesitated again and again, Disney There was still no way to give up Hugo’s box office appeal. After going beyond Bowei Pictures, Michael Eisner decided to release it in the summer file. As a result, it was placed in the summer file in August when the competition was relatively less intense. .

Then Disney had a dispute over the number of theaters to be released Some people wanted to show more than 3,000 theaters, but they were refuted by some, believing that this would lead to a fiasco at the box office; some others. I conservatively hope that it will be shown in 1,800 theaters before considering expansion... At the end of the dispute, a compromise plan was submitted. The first round of screenings at 2,200 theaters will be considered afterwards. The possibility.

Two thousand two hundred theaters, this is the smallest work in the first round of the 1,500 theaters screened during the summer vacation in 1999. Even four weeks after "Blair the Witch" was released, the scale of the expansion reached two thousand two hundred, which shows that Disney is conservative.

According to rumors in the circle, Robert Iger expressed firm dissatisfaction with this at the high-level discussion meeting. He repeatedly stated that the screen size of the film is 2,500 is the bottom line, but the distribution department is not his job at this time. His opinion It was not adopted. This made Robert very frustrated.

Such a entangled situation reminds people of the initial release of "Life and Death Hour", but as a commercial action movie, "Life and Death Hour" finally achieved an incredible box office success, so as a horror film with unexplained prospects, "Spirit No. 6" What about the performance of "feeling"?

With much attention, Hugo has landed in the summer vacation for the fourth time in his career as an actor!




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