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Friday, March 27.

After 7 days of screenings, the box office of "Daydreamer" has accumulated to 104.76 million.

However, the next week compared to the first week, the box office of the film fell by more than 40%, and it continued to decline every day.

Of course, this is a factor of market regulation, not that the audience abandons the movie. After all, the score of "Daydreamer" in the IMDB rating agency is still relatively stable, and the recognition is still there.

As the rest day approaches, the audience base has increased, and "Daydreamer" has risen slightly one after another, winning 9.34 million on Friday, 9.87 million on Saturday, and 10.56 million on Sunday.

A total of 47.64 million US dollars were collected on the following Monday, and he continued to hold the position of the weekly box office champion, while the second place became 34.48 million in "Boys and Girls Black and White Match".

Up to this time, "Daydreamer" was released for 10 days and received 128.7 million.

However, just as the film continued to move towards the 200 million mark in North America, Lehman was busy setting up a script outline for the new film, but was suddenly invited to attend the Paramount film premiere.

Lyman couldn't refuse, so he agreed.

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On April 8, Paramount’s ambitious work "Saharan Raiders" held a grand premiere.

You know, the investment of this movie is as high as 160 million (including the initial announcement), and it is adapted from a very successful series of books, and it has its own huge amount of traffic.

The director Bric Esnar has many years of experience in the industry. In addition, in recent years, Matthew McConaughey, who has had a smooth career as an actor, is the male lead, and the Spanish girl Penelope Cruz is the female lead ( Her boyfriend at the time, Tom Cruise, gave a helping hand, otherwise, this kind of masterpiece would not be able to squeeze in if it doesn’t matter.)

In short, the lineup of this movie looks very reliable.

It’s a pity that Paramount wanted to make this movie into a series of masterpieces, but didn’t expect to have a big deal. Even after another ten years, speaking of the collection of works whose losses are enough to make the list, there must be "Sahara A place in "Arabic Soldier".

Well, after the announcement plus filming costs and deducting film income, a total loss of 121 million US dollars.

As far as Lehman’s live-viewing senses are concerned, the quality of the film is actually qualified, but the cost is too high, and the plot is a bit outdated, which cannot keep up with the audience’s aesthetics.

For example, 20 years ago, "Indiana Jones" was able to sell at the box office, and 20 years later, if you continue to do this, with only a slight change of skin, how can it be accepted by a new generation of audiences?

If you keep your budget down, you might be able to make some money, but you have invested 160 million in the early stage. Isn't it that the global box office will have to exceed 400 million to make a profit at the box office?

Perhaps the offline market is very profitable. Paramount may think that a film box office of 300 million will be enough, but it seems not difficult for a masterpiece to have a box office of 300 million, but the quality of this movie can only be said to be qualified, not excellent at all. .

The combination of handsome guys and beauties and a lot of old drama bones is not so effective every time, even the real shots of the desert scenes are very textured, and the male protagonist played by Ma Xinghua is not bad, but the handling of the story is very flawed. For example, the fierce battles in big scenes such as combat helicopters, cannons, and bombs weakened the protagonist's sense of existence.

On the contrary, the male protagonist has always been exaggerating the strength, wisdom, and bravery. He has repeatedly turned dangers and performed strong. But in the big scenes of gun bombing, it gives people the feeling that no matter how powerful the protagonist is, he will be afraid of firearms. Ye Di, such a protagonist's perception is too suppressed;

Talking about the heroine, a scientist.

Cruz's beauty is not the kind of intellectual. Although in Spain, she is a national treasure-level beauty, but in Hollywood, her status is far behind.

Although the beauty is still moving, the most indispensable thing in Hollywood is the vase, and the impression that this American audience can only give the American audience before participating in this film is all kinds of gossip, promoting the love with boyfriend Tom Cruise, which is obviously It is not something that an actor particularly needs, because of excessive hype, it has fallen behind.

Moreover, her image in the film is not to explore the charm of Cruz, but to show some humanitarian spirit, which is very kind, and what makes people feel brain-dead is that because of the shooting in the desert and the harsh environment, Cruz is always the same. The unkempt image is simply a waste.

If a vase is needed, why conceal the beauty of the vase?Lehman couldn't figure it out.

After all, I have never heard of Cruz’s acting skills. The Spanish girl’s acting skills can be said to be a luxury, even if she tries her best to perform, it is counterproductive.

In other words, the unsatisfactory box office of "Saharan Raiders" is caused by a variety of factors. The lack of novelty in the plot is the biggest shortcoming, and the cost is too high.

Anyway, Paramount's blockbuster film is quite inexplicable and contradictory.

But for Lehman, this may be good news.

The worse the box office performance of "Sahara Raiders", the less the squeeze on "Daydreamer".

But even so, the film relied on Paramount's strong publicity ability, and it still won 28.76 million US dollars on the first day of the release, and its strong climb to the top still affected the box office of "Daydreamer".

It’s just that "Daydreamer" has already passed the top box office period, and now only earns 4 to 5 million box office per day, but with the addition of "Saharan Raiders" and other new films, directly It dropped to 3.54 million.

But just when Paramount breathed a sigh of relief and felt that the film's first day results were acceptable, and there was still room for investment.

Only on the second day of the film's screening, the box office performance began to decline. Although the decline was less than 10% of the overall, the film has just been released.

Also, even if Paramount's media resources are great, it can't stop some people from making negative comments, or really controlling the audience not to complain.

After the film was released, the audience was full of expectations, but when they went to the theater, they saw such a blockbuster with an old-fashioned setting and an awkward plot. The media even criticized it very bluntly. "Saharan Raiders" was a farce. The plot is pale and boring.

Therefore, on the first day, "Saharan Raiders", which has more than 2500 theaters, was opened. As the audience did not buy it, the attendance rate began to plummet from 70% on the first day.

Three days later, the gross box office in the first week was less than 60 million. It was because there were no strong opponents that he was the box office champion of the week. However, the state of losing money is seen by many industry professionals.

As for "Daydreamer", the situation has stabilized again. The total box office has exceeded 140 million. It will be released for a few weeks and may be able to try to exceed 200 million. Even if it fails, the movie can still make a profit at the box office anyway. of.

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