USAn Box Office found life on Mars
As shown by the results of the USA box office, the past weekend ( October 8-12 ) has become one of the most profitable for film distributors in recent years. The top 20 films of the weekend have mastered the amount of 823 million rubles , which is significantly more than last week. The collection of the sci-fi drama Ridley Scott “ The Martian ” played a key role in this achievement. Based on Andy Weir's incredibly successful and truly gripping book, the film effortlessly hit the $ 8 million ( RUB 513 million ) mark.The undisputed champion of the weekend also scored a number of records. First, " The Martian " has become the most successful project of the 20th Century Fox studio in USA this year. Secondly, the tape Ridley Scott with a whole galaxy of Hollywood stars, headed by Matt Damon, entered the top ten first weekends in the history of domestic box office. In addition, the novelty was able to leave behind competitors in the niche - Interstellar ( 385 million rubles at the start) and Gravity ( 242 million rubles ).  It seems that the reason for such a deafening box-office success of the space robinsoniade lies not only in the exclusivity of the printed original, but also in the ingenuity of the director, who made many elements of the book's plot vivid, as well as in the optimistic atmosphere of the picture, an important part of which was a peppy retro soundtrack. And despite the fact that many viewers expected more from Sir Ridley 's project, " The Martian " still managed to make a worthy contribution to the space theme in cinema, and it is unlikely in the near future will leave the top 5.  The second place in the list of the most profitable paintings, despite the skeptical attitude of critics, won fantasy Joe Wright " Peng: Journey to Neverland ". At home, the tape, which, according to the forecasts of the creators, was to initiate a new family franchise and replace "Harry Potter", things are not going well. Experts from Warner Bros. have already started calculating losses, tentatively estimated at $ 130-150 million . Meanwhile, critics have listed " Pen " among the most disastrous projects of recent times.The West's hope for a worldwide release is very illusory. For example, in USA the prequel to the famous Disney fairy tale earned only $ 2 million . ( 131.5 million rubles. ). Journalists see the root of all troubles in the poor motivation of the characters, the dubious success of the re-written classic story and the virtual absence of the eternal opponent Peter Pan - Captain Hook . However, they admit that visually, Joe Wright's project is, as always, on top - epic sets, colorful costumes and intricate makeup are impressive. But this is where the pluses of the painting, unfortunately, end because of the dullness of the plot. From the third to the fifth line of the financial standings are the "oldies" of domestic rental. Not the most serious drop in public interest is noted in relation to the USA remake of the western sports drama " Warrior ". In the second week of the show, the project Alexei Andrianov got another $ 0.6 million ( 41 million rubles ), and its total revenue approached the mark of $ 2.7 million ( 178 million rubles ).  The drama Balthasar Cormakura “ Everest ”, which went down from the first position to the fourth, showed a more significant drawdown in the number of audiences. Those moviegoers who like stories about strong wills and people who are unbending before severe trials brought the creators of the tape an additional $ 0.6 million ( 40 million rubles ). We remember that the picture has been in the top of the leaders for the fourth week already, and its stay there can be considered very worthy.  This is reflected in the general box office of the Icelander's project Kormakura in our country - $ 10 million ( 673 million rubles ). For comparison, released, like " Everest " in IMAX , a preview of Robert Zemeckis's biopic "The Walk" did not even hit the top five most successful films and started with a modest $ 0, 2 million ( 15.5 million rubles ). The painting of Balthazar at one time earned much more in the preview - 45.3 million rubles . True, her rivals were more modest then.Closing our traditional box office review is the comedy Nancy Myers “ Trainee ”. Its assets this week turned out to be only $ 0.4 million ( 29 million rubles ). Nevertheless, the film with Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro proved to be more confident than the gangster biopic with a double Tom Hardy - "The Legend". Obviously, we will no longer see “ Trainee ” in the top, which means that the picture will leave him with an amount of $ 3.8 million ( 251 million rubles. ). The Topic of Article: USAn Box Office found life on Mars. |
