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On the other side of the Pacific, at around 6 p.m., Jon Felteimer put down the phone in his hand and smiled.

"The box office data just counted, "Rush Hour" won $3.01 million in the North American midnight box office."

Hearing the figure of 3.01 million US dollars, the film director Bright Ratner was shocked and his whole body was obviously relaxed, "3.01 million US dollars!"

"Excellent results." Jon Fairtemer patted his shoulder lightly and said, "Don't disclose the box office data of the midnight show to the public for the time being, and wait until the first day of the film's box office comes out."

Bright-Ratner nodded.

The movie theaters released in North America that are almost all located near Chinatown and Chinese residential areas. The $3.01 million midnight box office is not anything.

The next three days will truly reflect the long-term box office trend of the film.

The film's midnight show in North America ended, and the screening on the other side of the Pacific Ocean has just begun.

As the first Hollywood commercial film to host its premiere across the Pacific, it can be said that "Rush Hour" has won praise.

"Rush Hour" is a Hollywood film starring Chinese actor Jackie Chan. Although the entire film investment is only 35 million US dollars, it is not considered a top Hollywood commercial film, but it is the first Hollywood commercial film starring Chinese actors after Bruce Lee."

"This video is very good, the scene is very big, almost all of them are action scenes, and the whole plot revolves around Jackie Chan."

"Hollywood blockbusters starring Chinese actors must be supported, not to mention that Jackie Chan has always been my idol."

Although the entire film was only $35 million, it received treatment as a top Hollywood commercial film.

On the day of its release on Friday, cinemas in many big cities were detonated, and even a scene of hard-to-find tickets were hard to come by.

Unlike North America, Friday is not a rest day, but a weekday, with only two days off on Saturdays and Sundays.

(Many Americans need to do ten hours a day due to special work relationships. So they will take three days off every week from Friday, while Americans who work eight hours a day can also only take two days off.)

However, the attendance rate of theaters during the day on Friday is still as high as more than 65%.

At night, many office workers can rest the next day, and there are long queues outside many cinemas.

"I didn't expect that Jackie Chan could star in a film produced by Orion Pictures as soon as he arrived in Hollywood."

"It's a pity that the director of this "Rush Hour" is not Ryan Gosling, and I don't know if the "Smiths" can be introduced." A boy in the team complained to his companions.

"Who is Ryan Gosling?" a girl next to her asked curiously.

"A very amazing Hollywood director, Orion Pictures, a production company for "Rush Hour", is his film company, and he has directed global big-name films such as "Trumen's World" and "Terminator 3". The boy explained to her.

Another boy with glasses added: "Orion Pictures is one of the most active second-tier film companies in Hollywood. It has produced many films in recent years, including "Terminator 3" and "The Sixth Sense".

After saying that, he smiled helplessly. I'm afraid that many of the audience in the queue were not real fans, but just for a Hollywood film starring Chinese and Jackie Chan's fame.

In the past, whether it was a film produced by Orion Pictures or directed by Ryan, it has never been introduced across the Pacific.

Many movie fans can only learn about the several films that Orion Pictures and Ryan have directed through piracy channels and the Internet.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean in 1998, the number of fans was far from comparable to that of previous lives. The box office market capacity of the movie was very small, and few people often went to watch movies.

But these people who don’t usually watch movies have directly caused the movie viewing trend of "Rush Hour".

The other side of the Pacific is not North America. What can make a film popular is not a real fan group, but a passerby audience.

As a result, on Friday night, many big cities were hard to get tickets.

Early on Saturday morning, Ryan came to Orion Pictures' office, and the secretary immediately collected the box office data of "Peak Hour" from midnight show and yesterday.

The Internet bubble in the Nasdaq stock market is becoming more and more serious, and the Internet is rapidly becoming popular.

A number of theater companies have changed their traditional statistics methods and gradually used computers and the Internet to count box office data, which was much faster than before.

On the day of its premiere in North America on Friday, "Rush Hour" won $11.25 million in box office, easily winning the single-day box office championship.

The second place is "Titanic", which earned $4.36 million on Friday.

"The Deadly Assassin" released on the same day ranked third, with a box office of US$4.21 million in a single day.

In response, Ryan only shrugged. The original "The Deadly Assassin" only won $16.86 million in the first three days of the first weekend, but was overwhelmed by the $17.6 million in the three days of the weekend.

The box office of the original "Rush Hour" on the first three-day weekend was as high as $33 million, and there is almost no comparison between the two.

A number of theater companies have decided to increase the release scale and screening rate of "Rush Hour".

For example, in some downtown cinemas, you can see "Rush Hour" soon.

The reason is easy to understand. A commercial film has a great box office on its first day, and theater companies will definitely take the initiative to increase their resources.

On the contrary, "The Desperate Assassin" only received a first-day box office of US$4.21 million, and it is already good that theater companies can maintain the release scale.

According to data obtained by the Basic Orion Pictures hiring survey company, more than 70% of the audiences in "Rush Hour" come from Chinese, Asian, Japanese, black and other minority audiences, of which the proportion of male audiences accounted for 67%, and the proportion of viewers under 35 years old accounts for 63%.

In other words, "Rush Hour" is completely a film supported by minority audiences.

The combination of Chinese actors and black actors is perfect.

In addition, the reputation of the film’s audience is very good. According to the questionnaire survey of 180 viewers from multiple cities, the average score between A+ and F is "A".

In addition, the evaluations given by many media and professional film critics can only be said to be mixed.

Among them, Roger Ebert gave the film a high score and praised Long as a unique performer. He did not use any stunt actors in the filming of fighting actions.

Irving Gribermann directly expressed in Entertainment Weekly that he didn't like this video. It was a very boring video, which made people drowsy and gave a very low "C-level" rating.

"The plot of "Rush Hour" is perfunctory and has no new ideas. It will be the worst decision he has ever made in this film."

This is from the New York Times comment.

Ryan just glanced at him and chose to ignore it.

No matter how critics and the media belittle "Rush Hour", it cannot change a fact. The film earned $3.01 million in midnight box office and $11.25 million in a single-day box office on Friday.

If nothing unexpected happens, "Rush Hour" will be the first North American film to have a box office of over 100 million this year.

Business success can completely change everything.

Hollywood film companies don’t care what the media and film critics say, they value commercial value and profit.

Next, Ryan will pay attention to the release of the film's overseas market.

Compared with the other side of the Pacific, Japan is the next promotional focus of "Rush Hour" when it earns 18.45 million rmb box office on Friday.

The original film sold 2.11 billion yen in Japan, contributing about one-third of the overseas box office.

In contrast, the box office market across the Pacific during this period is far from mature, and at most it is a cultivation period.

It is very rare for "Rush Hour" to earn more than $10 million in box office, and it only has about 30% of the box office share.

There are very few people who can finally go to the Orion Pictures account.

As for the box office markets of Southeast Asian countries such as South Korea, Wanwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore, they are almost not very big, and they probably don’t have much together.

Overseas distribution companies in other places such as Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Brazil, Spain, etc. are still in talks, and it is expected that the video will not be released until the next weekend as soon as possible.

However, the data sent back by the overseas issuing company offices from several released countries are generally pretty good, and some Chinese countries and regions are even full.

The specific box office data will take some time.

"Rush Hour" continued to be popular on Saturday, earning $12.35 million in a single day, winning the box office championship of the day without any suspense.

The film's single-day box office exceeded US$10 million for two consecutive days, and many media gradually began to change their tone, believing that "Pulse Hour" has achieved commercial success.

Many evaluation agencies have adjusted the North American box office evaluation of "Rush Hour", and it is expected that the final North American box office of the film is likely to reach US$100 million.

The only film starring Chinese is "The Dragon and the Tiger" starring Bruce Lee that year, which once won a box office of $100 million in North America.
Chapter completed!