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"Eat something first, don't look."

At about eight o'clock in the morning, watching Lyman put a stack of newspapers on the dinner table, facing his carefully prepared breakfast-toast with blueberry jam and a glass of warm milk, indifferent, Eva whispered.

"Okay, okay." Glancing at his a little angry girlfriend, Lyman calmly put away the newspaper and enjoyed the food.

In other words, the enthusiasm for the film release in the newspaper has finally become normal, and this is what he cares about.

At the same time, "The Mist" continues to reap the box office.

After three days of hot weekends, on the working day of the following week, although people's enthusiasm for watching movies has declined slightly, the overall trend is still very optimistic.

Attendance is still around 60%.

Monday, July 15.

"The Mist" received 17.62 million US dollars, while "The Enemy of the People" ushered in a small rebound with 7.59 million;

As for the movies of the same period, there is no one that can exceed 5 million US dollars, which is not to worry.

The following Tuesday, the traditional discount day of theaters, "Mist" received 16.55 million in a single day at the box office. On Wednesday, it dropped again slightly to 15.46 million...

With the envy and hatred of many small film companies, after the end of the next week, the box office of "The Mist" totaled 72.65 million US dollars.

Although it is a bit regretful that it has not exceeded 100 million, considering that this type of subject matter itself is limited, compared with investment, it is also very confident in the market."Mist" easily achieves the posture of the weekly box office champion.

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""The Mist", an excellent film that faces fear-after the end of this week, "The Mist"'s North American box office has exceeded 135.9 million, completely occupying the February schedule."

"Director Lehmann made another shot, costing less than 70 million yuan, and took back more than half of his investment in just 10 days, and won two weeks of box office championships. People have to sigh again about his profitability."

""The Mist" is an excellent work that is draped in a horror-clad shell and wantonly criticizes class contradictions. The irony to religious fanatics is even more incomparable black humor..."

"The Mist" is a rare thing that excited film critics this time. The interpretation of the film footage can be seen in newspaper columns almost every day.

As word-of-mouth slowly ferments, the crew’s hard-working road shows, and the lack of promotional and marketing expenses, by the third week, the box office trend of "The Fog" is still very good, and for the audience, their enthusiasm for the film discussion is also More and more invested.

"The blank of the ending is very good. It perfectly reproduces the unfinished but deep thoughts in the novel-that is, in the fog, the direction of travel is not visible, the way out of the future is not visible, but it has not yet been abandoned. Before, bravely chasing the light."

"The Miss Camoudi inside reminded me of the most common dealers in the stock market. She first sold a piece of good news, increased the stock price, attracted the optimism of retail investors and various investment funds, increased the market, and then actively operated, finally letting investors I believe that her company’s profitability is good, the performance and financial report data disclosed are not good, and the market continues to rise. As a result, when the scene is very good, the dealer takes the initiative to smash the market, cash out crazy, cause panic, and cut the meat at the bottom... After Kamodi died, those believers evaded everywhere, silently looking like stock investors who were crazy to follow suit, haha."

"The section of the supermarket in the middle of the division of the people's psychological camp is really ironic, and there is a coldness in the irony. Amidst horror and despair, the outbreak of negative emotions is too terrible. Those who are thrown out by their kind to commit suicide are meant to be pleasing. Poor people of the god of death, I don’t know how much they hate at that moment, none of them is a direct murderer, but each is an accomplice."

"This movie emphasizes one thing, in the face of disaster, whoever deceives people's hearts deserves to die."

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On February 23, the box office of "The Mist" fell to 11.57 million US dollars.

Under the active operation of Blue Butterfly Pictures, the decline is less than 30%, which is really rare.

After all, this is just a horror theme, and the cycle life of the screening is usually not high.

According to normal market rules, love and comedy are the types that can maintain the box office for long-term screenings.

Of course, this box office still surprises many film studios secretly, but after being surprised, they feel that the pressure of competition at the box office is not too great, and there is still a lot of market left.

In the following week, "The Mist" has always maintained a very benign downward trend. There is neither the possibility of a major collapse nor the possibility of a sharp rebound.

Three weeks later, the North American box office of "The Fog" has accumulated 178.5 million, and there is no suspense in the local area exceeding 200 million. According to the market forecast by Blue Butterfly Pictures, as long as there is no dark box office in the schedule, this movie's North America The drop point should be around 220 million.

Under the operation of Blue Butterfly Pictures, at the end of the second week, "The Mist" began to be released in overseas regions. Although most regions will not fight "The Mist" at home like the United States, resources are very inclined. Awesome.

However, under the influence of the quality of the film itself and the excellent reputation of watching movies, the momentum of overseas screenings is not bad. Although it does not look like North America, it basically ranks first in the weekly box office lists in major regions after a week of screening. .

Even in France, because of Lehmann’s own appeal and the media's long-term follow-up reports, he has a concept of fighting for his hometown. He also broke the box office record of the local horror movie genre. He received 34 million US dollars in a week. Is the highest box office.

A more serious political atmosphere like Germany is also interested in the various thoughts revealed in "The Mist," rather than the bloody American horror film that is very brainless.

Except for these two regions, there is nothing left to say.

For example, in the UK, Belgium, and even the Middle East, South Korea or Japan, local audiences don't have much sought after "The Mist". It can only be said that it is one of the options for watching movies, rather than being in demand.

But even so, with so many issuance markets, all of them add up to be a considerable wealth, and it has successfully exceeded 80 million in more than a week. It also declares that "Mist" has not participated in offline operations, and it has been withdrawn. Develop investment costs and start making profits.

For the new year, in 2005, Firefly Pictures had a good start, and this studio once again became the focus of media attention.

It's a pity that Lehman is no longer a pure director, don't you see, after Spielberg founded DreamWorks, he also deliberately alienated the media and reduced his exposure.

After all, they are all the bosses of the film company, and they show up all day long.

Lyman is naturally the same.

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