Chapter 119 - Alien 4 is here

Following the trajectory of history, the ship that hit the world boiled over. It was released in North America on December 14. Although no one is optimistic about the power of that movie now, Laila is ready not to confront it head-on and plans to release "Final Destination" by May 1998.

In this way, with a buffer of several months, I believe that the "Titanic" will not affect the film. As for those who bumped into it, Laila could only light a candle for them silently in her heart.

"Saw" can only be regarded as ordinary in the eyes of film critics. Anyway, horror movies have never caught their eyes, and Laila doesn't care about those people's views. In the eyes of fans who have watched it, this movie can fully bear the word classic.

"This is the best horror movie I have ever seen!"-by Thomas

"I have watched it three times, and now I am going to watch it for the fourth time, do you want to be together?" -by Pudding

"I didn't expect that one day I would like to watch horror movies so much, but can I still see other horror movies like this?"-by Annie

In various forums, large and small, the topic surrounding "Saw" has never been interrupted. Some people who didn't plan to go to the movies can't help but feel the desire to take a look after seeing the one-sided praise.

It won $20 million in two days in the first week and $30 million in the second week when the number of screens was reduced by nearly one-third. What a brilliant result!

A horror movie with only $2 million has already won more than $50 million box office in less than ten days. If this is not a miracle, then what can become a miracle? The Blaire Witch?

Oh, yes, that is also the work of Director Moran. Now that I think about it, she is an incredible person!

It cannot be denied that among the one-sided praises, the navy sent by Laila is guiding public opinion. But a good movie is a good movie. It doesn't matter who says that it becomes better. If "Saw" is really a bad film, even if many people advocate its excellence, it will only be blown up by fans.

And the quality of "Saw" makes it worthy of the admiration of those naval forces. Fans who see the praise of the comments will only think, "Yes, he is right" or "Yes, the movie is so great." It will not give birth to the idea of ​​"Are these people blind? A bad film can blow out a flower".

So when Laila used the navy, she didn't feel ashamed at all.

While Laila was continuing her road trip, "Alien 4" came!

In the case of the big sales of the previous work, many people, especially the fans of Alien, hope that this movie will bring things that make them happy. So since its release date was announced, countless people who care about "Saw" and Laila's gambling have regarded it as the biggest obstacle.

Laila knew that although the failure of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" allowed "Saw" to regain some of the lost screens, the arrival of the alien made it lose more. Maybe the theater owner can see that "Saw" still has some stamina, but they are more willing to move more screens to aliens. After all, one has been in theaters for more than ten days, and the other is the premiere that has a big hit. Everyone knows how to choose.

Sure enough, after the second week of November, the new week's North American box office leaderboard "Alien 4" stood in the position of a champion with a box office of more than $26 million. With their three-day release time, this is a good result, but if you compare it with "Saw," you will find something shocking.

In the first week, "Saw" won more than $20 million in two days, and "Alien 4" won more than $26 million in three days. But what about the cost? "Saw" more than $2 million, and "Alien 4"…$70 million!

The people who waited to watch "Saw" and Laila's jokes disappeared. Those who clamored that the "Alien 4" would bombard other movies have disappeared. People who think "Saw" and "Aliens" are not in the same dimension and don't need to compare at all. He shut his mouth honestly.

Facts are facts. Although "Saw" lost the championship in the third week, it secured the runner-up at the box office of more than $23 million. After $20 million in the first week, $30 million in the next week, and more than $23 million in the third week now, "Saw"'s total North American box office has reached nearly $74 million, which is only a few steps away from the $100 million bet.

According to the trajectory of "Saw," maybe it can be won in two more weeks. Even if the next two weeks are not enough, in those three or four weeks, everyone will see that unless the film is suddenly and unreasonably banned, it will win the $100 million box office.

Moreover, when the bet was initially made, it was not specified whether it was the North American box office or the global box office. Looking at the box office in North America, it is already certain that it can win $100 million. What if you add the world? Will it create another amazing record of $300 million gross box office for a small-cost horror film?

Many people suddenly remembered the words Cooper had repeatedly emphasized-"A miracle will not happen twice."

But now it seems that the second miracle is happening.

As speculated by the outside world, the box office of "Saw" in North America has caused publishers in other countries to come to their door and ask for cooperation. With the experience of the witch's overseas release last time, Louise personally talked about some of the larger ticket warehouses, such as the European side, as well as Japan and South Korea. Some relatively small and scattered countries were handed over to a few large companies with good issuance experience.

If you eat your meat, you have to give someone some soup. Phoenix is ​​still just a baby in its infancy. If several major companies join forces to suppress it, even Laila will feel a headache.

Compared with the popularity of "Saw," "Alien 4" on the other side is another situation.

It cannot be denied that "Alien 1 and 2" are both very classic movies, but in fact, starting from "Alien 3", this series can already be seen as going downhill. Especially in the second part, the fighting part was very exciting, but the third part suddenly changed its direction and returned to the state of the first part, which disappointed many fans who had hope for the alien.

So when "Alien 3" cost $50 million production costs, won $56 million in North America, and $159 million in the global box office, the decadence of this series is clearly visible. Because the third part was a failure, it will only appear after a lapse of 4 to 5 years.

But in any case, "Alien" is a classic series, and many fans still want to buy tickets to enter the cinema even if they curse.

As usual, Laila bought two newspapers at the newsstand when passing by, wanting to see the evaluation of the "Alien" from all sides. Unlike the huge hymn before the "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" screening, "Alien 4 had a lot of controversy before it was released. Most of these controversies come from alien fans, hoping that the fourth film will be more exciting, but they are also worried about the choice of the film's director.

It is a pity that their worries have come true. You may not see too sharp criticism in the newspapers, but if you go to the relevant website forums, you will see the anger of movie fans.

Is that director treating them as fools? Just take so many things that seem to be torn apart and borrowed, and the things that are messed up and then imposed on them that this is the movies. Isn't this really underestimated by yourself?