Until the end credits ended and the lights came on, the auditorium was still filled with surprised and stunned discussions.

I didn't expect it to end like this.

However, everything seems so natural. If you think about it a little, you can see that the film has given too many hints.

but.

Anyway, what a surprise!

Feeling the buzz around her, Lisa Collins stood up and left the screening room with her boyfriend with a smile on her face. Because of some involvement with a certain guy, she couldn't help but feel a touch of pride at this moment, and decided to take the time to watch it again.

Many details in the movie are still worth recalling.

For the 9 o'clock show, the movie viewing is over and the time is already 11 o'clock.

However, when passing by the ticket hall when leaving, Lisa noticed that some spectators who had just left were walking towards the ticket window again.

At this time of day, those people are obviously not rushing to watch another movie. It is probably that they can't wait to review the many foreshadowing details in the movie just now.

Most of the films with plot reversals lack sufficient foreshadowing, and the plot turns are somewhat abrupt. However, "The Sixth Sense" does not suffer from this problem at all. Too many details in the film clearly hint at the final outcome, but it is just that

, it is difficult for people who don’t know the ending to understand those details. After knowing the ending, everything suddenly becomes clear.

The most important thing is that all the foreshadowing and all the foreshadowing are completely integrated with the film's story, without being deliberate and inseparable.

So, this is a stroke of genius.

Lisa couldn't help but think of some media that have been badmouthing the movie recently. Now, Daenerys Entertainment has undoubtedly produced another classic. As for the box office, think about those people who were already late at night and wanted to buy the movie immediately.

For rewatch viewers, this obviously won't be a problem.

It should still be nine o'clock in the evening on the West Coast.

It's not too late.

So I decided to call Jenny when I went back and congratulate her. It would be better if I could meet him and be with her, maybe we could say a few words.

When Lisa Collins finished her viewing of the movie, countless professional and amateur film critics from various states and counties in North America had basically completed their own reviews of "The Sixth Sense".

Compared with other movies, "The Sixth Sense" undoubtedly has a natural advantage in this regard. Because this is the only new movie to be released this week, and it is also the creator of the high-profile Simon Westeros and Robert De Niro.

, it is impossible for most newspapers and media to ignore Westeros and De Niro, and there is actually no other choice.

If everyone is talking about "The Sixth Sense" on the entertainment page tomorrow, but there is no similar news in your own newspaper, then readers are likely to think that this newspaper is out of touch with society.

This is not what newspaper operators want to see.

As a result, early on Saturday morning, the key film review news in the entertainment sections of countless newspapers in North America were almost all related to "The Sixth Sense".

Just this point is equivalent to an all-round carpet marketing with huge investment.

A large part of the reason why many big directors and stars are always more successful is that they naturally attract a large amount of media and public attention. Even if the quality of these people's works is not high, because the attention and popularity are too wide, the box office is average.

It won't fail too much. If the quality is excellent enough, it will be easy to sell well.

This is actually what people often call ‘box office appeal’.

North America has long formed a very complete film review system. Film critics in newspapers usually do not need to use spoilers to gain attention. The Daenerys Entertainment Distribution Department has stepped up efforts in this regard under Amy's special instructions.

In the end, in the film reviews of "The Sixth Sense" on Saturday, almost all the film critics carefully guarded one of the film's most critical secrets while praising the film.

Of course, although there are no spoilers, compared to Daenerys Entertainment's complete secrecy during the announcement stage, film critics don't need to be so conservative.

Stephen Hunter, the famous film critic of the Washington Post, wrote in an obviously very scratching way: "If you pay a little attention, "The Sixth Sense" will make you want to stop. This gloomy and cold movie will eventually point to you.

Absolutely unpredictable ending. I really, really want to tell you what happened, but I can't because you'll hate me. All I can say is that this is a movie you absolutely cannot miss this year."

The Los Angeles Times was not as hesitant as Stephen Hunter, but it also praised implicitly: "Simon Westeros has another meticulous and exquisite script. "The Sixth Sense" is definitely the best movie I have ever seen.

It’s like the best ending in the movie.”

Other influential newspaper platforms such as "The Hollywood Reporter", "Variety", "Chicago Sun-Times", "San Francisco Chronicle" and other influential newspaper platforms have all reviewed the "The Sixth Sense" movie with unexpected results.

The ending provides explicit or implicit hints.

In addition to comments on the film's ending, a large number of film reviews also focused on analyzing the connotation of the redemption story in "The Sixth Sense" on the premise of avoiding spoilers. The performances of De Niro and Cole also received unanimous recognition.

The actor who plays Cole is just a newcomer selected from many child actors, and comments about his acting skills are more inclined to Robert De Niro, a veteran star.

Compared with Bruce Willis, Robert De Niro, like many of the films he has participated in in the past, invested a lot of energy in the role of Dr. Crowe. He not only studied a large amount of information on child psychology, but also

Spent a month in a psychology clinic to experience this profession first hand.

Therefore, a large number of De Niro's words and deeds in the film are no different from those of a professional psychiatrist.

The film critic of the "New York Post" unabashedly praised De Niro for once again successfully creating a screen character in a new field after "Dead Poets Society". The film critic also suggested in the article that De Niro had better give up

Participate in the upcoming "Goodfellas" to prevent him from returning to the shackles of the gangster image.

Based on various media data, the score of "The Sixth Sense" reached the best score since the summer release of 8.5 points.

Prior to this, only Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" received a good score of 8 points this summer.

For other films, "The Bodyguard" was almost criticized by the media, "Ghostbusters 2" also failed, and Paramount's "Star Trek 5" received a worse reputation than "The Bodyguard". The three new films last week all received good reviews.

"Dear, I Shrunk the Children" received a media score of only 7.5. "Dragon Boy 3" was directly labeled as a money trap. "Fireball" passed the mark but had the worst box office performance.

Numerous cases have proven that there is no direct correlation between a movie's box office and word-of-mouth, which also involves release schedule, screen size, media popularity and many other factors. However, "The Sixth Sense" is not only in

The media has received the highest ratings since the summer season began, and the film's influence among the audience has spread very quickly.

When the media hinted at the wonderful plot of the film, "The Sixth Sense" also experienced a rare word-of-mouth effect among the public. After watching the movie, many viewers recommended the film to their relatives and friends with mysterious expressions.

A movie with an unexpected ending.

Coupled with Daenerys Entertainment's previous sparing no effort in promoting all-ages, and the film's exclusive high-quality schedule in the most popular week of the summer season, all these positive factors are combined, and within three days of filming, "The Sixth Sense" only has 1,673

Not only did the movie easily win the weekend box office championship, but its cumulative box office in the three days was as high as US$23.15 million.

You know, the original box office of "The Bodyguard" in the first seven days was only 23.63 million US dollars.

During the popular summer season in North America, due to the increase in the number of moviegoers on weekdays, a movie's weekend box office is usually 60% to 70% of the entire week's box office.

According to this box office ratio, whether it is box office statistics agencies, public media or Daenerys Entertainment, it is generally believed that the first week box office of "The Sixth Sense" will be between 33 million and 38 million. This is already the summer vacation.

This is second only to the opening box office data of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Ghostbusters 2".

Just with this kind of first-week box office, according to Daenerys Entertainment's tiered share contract with theaters, "The Sixth Sense" can recover all the film's production and promotion costs in just seven days.

However, everyone still underestimated the actual box office potential of this film that had the right time, place and people.

Due to the film's continued reputation and popularity, compared to the expected 33 million to 38 million, the first seven-day box office figure of "The Sixth Sense" ended up far exceeding everyone's expectations at 41.35 million US dollars.

Compared with all other summer movies that failed to escape the range of 60% to 70% of the box office ratio between weekends and the whole week, "The Sixth Sense" only accounted for 56% of the box office in the first weekend of the three days of the seven-day box office. It continues to spread.

Driven by word-of-mouth, a large number of viewers continued to watch the movie after the weekend, and the film's box office share on weekdays significantly exceeded the average.

In addition, "The Sixth Sense" has also become the first summer movie to have a box office revenue of more than 20,000 US dollars in its first week. There are 1,673 screens in total, and the average box office revenue of a single theater is 24,716 US dollars.

In comparison, the box office of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in its first full week was only US$19,773 per theater. "Ghostbusters 2", which opened on a larger screen, had a box office of US$44.91 million in its first week.

The number is only a lower $18,635.

Moreover, the number of opening screens for "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Ghostbusters 2" has once again stimulated the film's box office potential. In recent weeks, neither film has expanded its release scale.

Looking at "The Sixth Sense" again, the number of opening screens for this film is only 1,673, which is very different from the 2,327 screens of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and the 2,410 screens of "Ghostbusters 2". In the first week

The average theater price is close to 25,000 US dollars, and a phenomenon-level movie-going trend has taken shape. Daenerys Entertainment has no reason not to increase its film schedule.

According to box office data in recent weeks, the industry's forecast for the total North American box office of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is approximately US$200 million.

Many people originally thought that this movie was expected to break the 'monopoly' of Daenerys Entertainment. After "Run Lola Run" in 1987 and "Rain Man" in 1988, it would win the annual box office championship. Now, few people will

Mentioning this statement again, everyone is just watching with envy and curiosity how far the box office potential of "The Sixth Sense" will go.

On July 7, the release of "The Sixth Sense" entered its second week.

Due to tight screen resources during the summer season, Daenerys Entertainment barely managed to secure an additional 256 screens for "The Sixth Sense" in the new week after urgent negotiations with theaters, bringing the total number of screens to 1,929.

At the same time, three new films have started filming this week, namely Warner Bros.'s "Lethal Weapon 2", Fox Pictures' "The Boss Gets Vacation" and Columbia Pictures' "Sex, Lies and Videotape."

The first part of "Lethal Weapon" was an unexpected success during its unpopular schedule in March two years ago. Although the box office did not exceed 100 million, it became Warner's highest-grossing movie that year. However, because the success of the first part was unexpected, Warner was not sure about this movie.

There is no 100% confidence in the sequel, and only 1803 opening screens were given.

Fox Pictures' "The Boss Gets Vacation" is a comedy. Simon has never heard of this movie, and it only has 1,134 screens.

For the last "Sex, Lies and Videotape", Columbia Pictures obviously knew that this low-cost independent film would not have a wide audience. Although the film was likely to be favored by Westeros, Columbia did not have over-confidence.

Only 517 opening screens were scheduled for the first week.

However, for literary and artistic films, this kind of release scale is already very impressive.

With three new films coming, Daenerys Entertainment did not dare to take it lightly. It launched a new marketing campaign for "The Sixth Sense" and also coordinated with the crew of "Goodfellas" to postpone Robert De Niro's role.

filming so that he could continue to participate in the promotion of "The Sixth Sense", and the other main creators of the film were traveling non-stop around North America.

Perhaps in anticipation of a dark horse intercepting the success of "The Sixth Sense," the North American media's attention to the three new films has also increased significantly.

After the painting opened on Friday, media reviews came out quickly.

"Lethal Weapon 2" successfully continued the excellent reputation of the first part, with a comprehensive score of 8.3 points, surpassing "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in May and only 0.2 points lower than "The Sixth Sense".

Perhaps it’s the film’s discussion about a family of degenerate slackers that resonates emotionally, or perhaps it’s the nature of a literary film that tends to please critics. “Sex, Lies and Videotape” has received unanimous praise from the media, with an overall score of 9.6.

point.

In comparison, Fox Pictures' "The Boss Goes on Vacation" seems silent and has only a low score of 5.3. It looks like a self-defeating film. However, as a gag film with some criminal elements

The buddy comedy, "The Boss Goes on Vacation" also has its own fixed audience.
Chapter completed!