"King Kong: Skull Island" was not favored by mainland audiences and film critics at first. In the North American market, monster movies are also facing a cold reception, but "King Kong: Skull Island" has become an exception. On the eve of the film's release, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes rose from 81% at the beginning to 83%. The last time a monster movie had such a high score was Jackson's version of "King Kong" twelve years ago. In contrast, The Rotten Tomatoes freshness of "Warcraft", which is a big seller in China, is 20%. After its premiere in North America on March 10, the film, which was considered by North American film critics to "make big monster movies fun again", made $20.23 million on the first day and became the North American weekend box office champion in three days. , garnered 61.02 million US dollars, exceeding the industry's expected value of 46 million US dollars, and the world reported a total of nearly 143 million US dollars. In fact, everyone with a discerning eye knows that although the box office exploded, in this "irresistible monster movie", the protagonists who can attract the most box office are: King Kong, Shawson and Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson, But it is an indisputable fact that Jing Tian's almost cursed box office poison trip was finally broken.
It's not surprising that the box office of this monster movie exploded, but the word of mouth also exploded! "Kong: Skull Island" has become the highest-grossing Kong movie of all time in its opening weekend, which means it has surpassed Peter Jackson's "King Kong" in its opening week.
It's not easy at all, because Hollywood movies are at an all-time low. There is no identification without comparison. Although Legendary Pictures' "Warcraft", which is also a domestic capital, has exploded in the mainland, it has been extremely violent in North America. It only made 47.08 million US dollars at the box office, even in the first week of "King Kong". It didn't even make it at the box office, and the film still ended up losing $15 million. The North American box office of another monster fighting movie "The Great Wall" is not optimistic at all.
Because of this, before its release, the Hollywood industry's opening box office estimate for "Skull Island" was in the $40 million range. Now it seems that the current box office performance of the film can be said to have exceeded expectations by a lot. What's more powerful is that this film is not like the kind of film that exploded in the first week and disappeared since then. The last monster movie that exploded in word of mouth-Jackson's version of "King Kong" achieved the final result of 218 million US dollars in North America by taking a long line. With a good reputation, even if "King Kong: Skull Island" can't create the "super-long standby" of Jackson's version of "King Kong", it will certainly not rush to the box office list. In fact, since Jackson's version of "King Kong", Hollywood has never seen such a well-received monster-killing movie. Males gave it a high "A-" rating in the opening weekend, and the film's uplifting visuals and fast pace were well-received by younger audiences, particularly those under 25 and under 18. , with an extremely high rating of A. The biggest glory of the film is that it has won the reputation of film critics who have always been unfamiliar with monster movies. "Rolling Stone" magazine commented: "The monster movie "Kong: Skull Island" is irresistible." "Daily Movie News" "Also said ""King Kong: Skull Island" made the big monster movie fun again." "San Francisco Chronicle" even praised "King Kong has never been so good-looking." "Chicago Tribune" The special effects of the film are great. Add praise "The money spent on the film is very worthwhile, and the visual effects are amazing!" The fact that Jing Tian turned around is actually quite simple: in half of the high-reputation domestic films, just make a mistake! Although the film was a big hit at the box office, Jing Tian's presence in the film was not high. "Irish Times" gave a very high evaluation of several leading actors, but Jing Tian was not mentioned: "Higgerson, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson in this irresistible monster movie The performance in the movie is mesmerizing, and it also makes the image of King Kong more vivid and larger." Apart from several leading actors, netizens seem to have given a higher evaluation of the huge King Kong's acting skills. "It's crazy to say that Skull Island is a paradise for giant monsters." "Of all the actors, Kong is king!"
In fact, it is really too hard for Jing Tian to show her acting skills in a monster-killing movie. In such a monster-killing movie, it is difficult for even Dousen and Brie Larson to really show their talents. good acting. The biggest problem is that despite the beautiful appearance, the film gives Jing Tian too few opportunities to show, which makes it difficult to impress the audience. But even such an opportunity to go abroad is not easy to come by. Like "Warcraft" and "The Great Wall", the domestic giants such as Wanda and Tencent Pictures are still standing behind Legendary Pictures' turnaround battle for monster movies. In a sense, "Kong: Skull Island" is actually a half domestic film. Why is the simple and rude "King Kong" bound to explode at the domestic box office? So can Jing Tian get rid of the title of box office poison in the domestic film market? The situation now looks optimistic. In fact, the mainland movie market has been bombarded by Hollywood blockbusters for nearly a month. Since Hollywood B-level movies such as "Resident Evil 6" and "Extreme Agent 3" can make a lot of money in the mainland market, so the same Of course, "King Kong: Skull Island", which focuses on visual effects and has a simpler and more rude style, has no reason to return home.
Judging from the viewing preferences of mainland audiences at this stage, they are still at the stage of extremely fond of films with strong impact and good audio-visual effects, which is why such imported films can always easily surpass the domestic box office in North America. The attitude of mainland audiences to imported films, especially Hollywood blockbusters, is not an attitude of "rejection", but selectively gives more preference to films that feature visual effects and are not brain-burning. Simple and rude visual blockbusters-perhaps this is also the biggest weapon for the Hollywood film industry to compete in the mainland market. Hollywood's overall film industry has been ahead of China for at least ten years, but this leadership is more reflected in outstanding technology and visual effects, especially in the current Chinese film and television industry where fresh meat and Huadan are in power, even if the audience knows that these Hollywood blockbusters are Jin Yuqi In addition, compared to many domestic films that cannot even be made of gold and jade, Hollywood blockbusters are of course more likely to become the audience's choice for watching movies, not to mention the simple and rude style of "King Kong: Skull Island" with the same good reputation.
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