From this Thursday and Friday, "city of chaos" will be released in Europe, Latin America, the Far East and other important Hollywood markets one after another. Although the film type is not typical summer popcorn, the reputation and box office in North America can also play a lot of roles.
After four working days of screening, "city of chaos" has reaped more than $30 million in North America, with a total box office of nearly $100 million in North America.
The stimulation of a series of good news and the publicity of the crew, especially when Murphy was in Madrid, led the crew to visit Real Madrid. This time, Hollywood''s friendship with the world''s top football giants also attracted considerable attention.
Murphy also received a shirt bearing his name from Real Madrid.
In a word, "city of chaos" easily became the most popular film in the whole European region this week. After three days of the weekend, it has no suspense to replace "Thor" and become the latest overseas box office champion.
The film, which was first painted in Australia, made an easy $6.2 million in four days from Thursday to Sunday.
Meanwhile, Argentina and Brazil, with revenues of more than $2.3 million and nearly $4 million respectively, opened on Thursday.
Starting from Friday, "city of chaos" landed in Europe on a large scale. It won US $8.6 million from Britain, US $5.4 million from France, US $9 million from Germany, US $4.8 million from Spain, US $3.5 million from Italy and US $5 million from Russia over the weekend
The Far East also has a good record, with South Korea more than $3 million and Japan nearly $4 million.
Among the more than 60 countries and regions that will be released at the same time this weekend, "city of chaos" is at the top of the weekly box office list in more than 40 countries.
In the first week of its overseas release, "city of chaos" easily surpassed the box office in North America and earned $125 million.
This is a rare situation in Murphy''s films. In the past, the overseas market response of his films was obviously not as good as that of North America. This is also the trend of the times. After all, the total volume of the overseas market is far larger than that of North America.
Compared with "city of chaos", Raytheon, which opened in the global market last week, naturally entered a recession period. This weekend, it reaped more than 40 million US dollars from overseas and retreated to the second place on the overseas box office list.
At the same time, "city of chaos" has also been highly praised in Europe.
In an exclusive interview with Figaro, the famous Spanish director Pedro amodova expressed some views on the status of Hollywood films. Amodova said: "it''s more and more difficult for me to go to the cinema and find my favorite films. It''s much more difficult than before.".
"Maybe it''s because I''m old.". "Hollywood movies are much worse now than they used to be," he said. For example, "Thor" and many naive superhero movies are bad.
He said that the superhero movies now are boring. He used to like adventure movies very much. The special effects at that time were far from perfect. Now the movies pay more attention to special effects. Those computer-generated characters make him reluctant to see such movies again.
At the same time, Pedro amodova said that he appreciates "city of chaos" very much and thinks that Murphy''s films are rare masterpieces of Hollywood commercial films.
Even Murphy knows that in this age of entertainment to death, the most important thing of commercial films is entertainment.
There is no doubt that the darkness and heaviness of city of chaos also contain enough entertainment factors.
However, in some overseas markets, the box office performance of "city of chaos" is not ideal.
For example, in the market across the Pacific, which fox vigorously developed in the 20th century, the market response of this film was flat. In four days, it only received more than 300000 US dollars, which was seriously lower than the expectation of fox in the 20th century.
Although the film successfully obtained the release permission from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, it inevitably suffered a lot of scissors. The original dark and oppressive theme was not suitable for the mainstream audience in the market there. After many scenes were cut off, some plots inevitably seemed to be scattered, and the box office performance could not be very good.
A film is always influenced by the social environment of the area where it is shown.
Fortunately, Murphy didn''t have much expectation for the release of "city of chaos" on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and was not surprised by such a box office figure. On the contrary, fox in the 20th century placed a lot of expectations. It''s hard to avoid feeling disappointed when the box office of the first week on the other side of the Pacific came out.
Kara Firth also made a special call to talk to Murphy about this problem. Murphy has no good way to deal with it. After all, the market there is just developing. Simple, hot and pure popcorn movies have a wider audience. Movies like dark depression also have some lovers, but the number is much smaller.
In a few more years, things will be fine.
In addition to the other side of the Pacific Ocean, "city of chaos" has received a moderate response in Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia, where the overseas film market is still dominated by Raytheon.However, in the North American market, which has the largest market volume, "city of chaos" did not encounter a strong challenge in the second weekend of its release, and continued to sit firmly on the top of the North American box office.
Compared with the first weekend, "city of chaos" showed a steady trend in the next weekend, with a decline of only 43% and a further $35.6 million. The North American box office successfully broke through the $100 million mark, accumulating $131.2 million.
Raytheon didn''t keep its second place on the box office list. It plummeted 61% to $18.75 million at the end of the next weekend. The box office in North America can only continue to strive for $100 million.
It is the most popular bridesmaids, which is newly released this weekend, that pushes Thor to the third place. This typical "apatu party" movie is very attractive to comedy audiences who like to pee and fart. The first weekend''s three-day revenue of 27 million US dollars is quite impressive compared with the production cost of 35 million US dollars.
However, "the most popular bridesmaids" this kind of shit fart comedy, or can not threaten "city of chaos" to achieve two consecutive box office rankings in North America.
As a result, the global box office of "city of chaos" has also exceeded 250 million US dollars.
For a film without the foreshadowing and audience base, it is very rare that the global box office exceeds 250 million US dollars in ten days.
Both the media and 20th Century Fox believe that the city of chaos is a success.
Murphy and the crew finished their publicity tour in Europe and made another round in Japan, South Korea and Australia. The third weekend after that, city of chaos won the third consecutive North American box office ranking. The cumulative North American box office also reached $177.2 million, which is almost inevitable to exceed $200 million.
Overseas, the number of screening places has increased from more than 60 to more than 90 countries and regions, and a further $76 million has been collected.
The film''s global box office is quietly close to $400 million.
After politely rejecting the invitation of David Robbie and Margaret Robbie to visit the Australian farm, Murphy parted ways with the cast in Sydney and got on the flight to Tel Aviv alone. After meeting Gail gado, she met her mother and had a talk.
Perhaps knowing that the situation can''t be changed, coupled with Murphy''s current status, the atmosphere of this meeting is quite pleasant. Murphy and Gail gado have also been blessed by her family.
With a lot of work to do in North America, Murphy and Gail gado flew back to Los Angeles after just two days in Tel Aviv.
After returning to Los Angeles, Murphy immediately went to the post studio rented by Seth Logan and Jonah hill to dub some scenes of doomsday.
The film was all shot at the end of April, and Seth Logan and Jonah Hill immediately put into post production. Both Murphy and Kara Firth hope that the film can be released within this year. In terms of Seth Logan''s work efficiency, the problem is not very big.
When shooting, most of the scenes were recorded on the spot, and a few scenes that could not meet the requirements of the recording would require the actor to re dub. Originally, Murphy''s scenes were not many, and all the scenes that needed his dubbing would be finished in two days.
"The most appropriate time for this film is between Thanksgiving in November and Christmas in December."
In the post studio, Carla Firth, who came here, said to Seth Logan, "in early October, you have to finish all the post production, and then 20th century fox will have a trial screening and theater promotion to win more screens."
Seth Logan is confident, "no problem, it will be finished on time."
Murphy nodded to Carla Firth. "I saw part of the clip. It''s good."
Although this kind of spoof comedy can''t become the mainstream commercial film in North America market, just like "the most popular bridesmaids", there has never been a lack of audience in North America. As long as the quality is guaranteed and the publicity is in place, it is likely to be small and broad, similar to horror films.
And for today''s film market, this kind of spoof film, which brings real identity into the film and combines with horror and horror, is relatively new.
Murphy talked to Seth Logan and Jonah hill for a while, and left the studio with Carla Firth.
With the popularity of "hangover" ahead, and with enough knowledge, Murphy is more confident about Seth Logan. If there is no accident, with the publicity ability of 20th century fox, the possibility of losing money is very small.
As they enter the parking lot, Carla Firth opens the car door, turns to Murphy before getting on the bus and says, "don''t forget the party tomorrow."
Murphy made an OK gesture. "Gail and I will arrive on time."
Tomorrow evening, James Murdoch, the new co chairman and CEO of 20th century fox, will hold a grand reception party in the name of 20th century fox. (to be continued). )