US Box Office shakes to the sound of gangsta rap
The North American box office is showing completely unexpected results this week. The spy thriller about the Cold War Guy Ritchie , on which many analysts had pinned their hopes, does not take off, but the films of Universal continue to smash rivals at the box office. While "Jurassic World" is confidently on the third line of the most profitable blockbusters in the world, the musical biopic " Voice of the Streets " is gaining leadership so far only after its first weekend ( 14-16 August ).Drama F. Gary Gray raised $ 56 million over the specified period, showing the sixth result of all the August premieres. A film about the pioneers of gangsta rap, the revolutionary NWA group from Compton, has managed to leave behind the fantastic action Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011, which in its first weekend at home earned $ 54.8 million . However, " Voice of the Streets " skipped ahead of M. Night Shyamalan's thriller "Signs" of 2002: the latter managed to empty the wallets of Americans in the amount of $ 60 million .  Most critics called " The Voice of the Streets ", although a little embellished, idealized, but still an explosive, driving and attractive biopic about a hip-hop group that turned gangsta rap into mainstream pop in the eighties. culture. Judging by the box office, Western audiences were also satisfied with the musical drama. Domestic moviegoers have not yet got a chance to evaluate the picture of Gray on large screens - “ Voice of the Streets ” has not yet found its distributor in USA.  Last week's champion - the action movie Mission Impossible: Outcast Tribe ". Over the past period, the tape Christopher McQuarrie , produced by Tom Cruise, has replenished its box office by $ 17 million . Thus, the dexterity of Cruz , who signed up to personally perform life-threatening, but spectacular stunts, was estimated at $ 138 million .In addition to the obvious advantages of the film, such as lingering inventive action scenes, an adventurous atmosphere and Tom dedication to his work, critics also noted the outstanding performance of Rebecca Ferguson, which, by all accounts, became a real discovery of the fifth film in the franchise. Another newcomer of the week, the retro-thriller Guy Ritchie “ Agents of ANKL ”, could only reach the third place in the financial standings. The film earned only $ 13.5 million , and this figure, to put it mildly, surprised both specialists and fans of the director's work. The 60s remake of The Man from UNCLE ( The Man from UNCLE ) showed the weakest start for a film of its size since The Expendables 3. At one time, Patrick Hughes' action movie started with the amount of $ 15.8 million and from the fourth position in the box office.  As for the colossal collapse of " Agents " in US cinemas, this anti-achievement can most likely be explained by the fact that Richie got lost in his material, as a result of which the project turned out to be ineffective, albeit consistent in the given stylistics. Peter Howell of Toronto Star noted that the adventure tape looks like Austin Powers was directed by Wes Anderson. However, not all journalists scolded the picture, on the contrary, on one of the most authoritative review aggregation sites Rotten Tomatoes , the film Guy Ritchie received 67% of positive reviews. Still, the self-sufficiency threshold of " Agents of ANKL " is still far away, and in this regard, the filmmakers make sense to rely only on foreign viewers.  Fourth place went to a new superhero film by the studio Fox - the rebooted action movie " Fantastic Four ". The film Joshua Trank , which the director is now diligently disowning, began its march through foreign cinemas with a depressing failure. And to date, it has lost 68% of its audience and, in this situation, was able to gain insignificant $ 8 million , which will in no way help to save the manufacturer from financial losses.Despite this sad fact, representatives of Fox have already indicated that they are not interested in transferring the rights to Mister Fantastic , Human Torch , Woman -invisible and Creature of Marvel Studios. This means that the company must continue to make films about the Four and beyond. This is likely to be extremely difficult, given that the total revenue of the tape at the moment reaches only $ 42 million . Our traditional review of the five most successful films in the American box office closes with the thriller Joel Edgerton " Gift ", which managed to stay in the top 5 and put in his piggy bank another $ 6.5 million . This swirling, oppressive and intense film about the guilt, revenge and mistakes of youth left an indelible impression on the souls of foreign audiences. In addition, Joel's directorial debut was praised by critics. That said, it is highly doubtful that Gift will be able to maintain its position next week. If this does not happen, the tape will leave the top five with an amount of $ 23.5 million . The Topic of Article: US Box Office shakes to the sound of gangsta rap. |
