'The Lost City' របស់ Sandra Bullock Nabs Strong $31 Million Debut

Paramount’s hot streak continued as ទីក្រុងបាត់ topped the domestic box office with a rock-solid $31 million debut. With Sandra Bullock returning to the big screen for the first time since សមុទ្ររបស់ 8 (and the first time in a non-sequel since យីហោរបស់យើងមានវិបត្តិ in late 2015) and Channing Tatum in prime “I’m a lover, not a fighter” mode, the well-reviewed (76% and 6.4/10 on Rotten Tomatoes) rom-com adventure was seen as a test/great hope for the commercial theatrical viability of non-IP, star-driven, adult-skewing releases. In pre-streaming times, say around 2014, a Bullock/Tatum rom-com actioner would have been a surefire $40 million debut. In 2022, amid audiences becoming more acclimated to streaming and with Covid concerns keeping older/adult moviegoers out of theaters, a $31 million debut qualifies as a near-miracle.

ខណៈពេលដែលដូចជា Sandra Bullock ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់នៃប្រទេសអេហ្ស៊ីប character once sang, hope is frail, it is also (sing it with me now) hard to kill. It helps that ទីក្រុងបាត់, which received an indecisive B+ from Cinemascore, contained four of the five “required items” for a viable “just a movie” release in pre-Covid times. It featured all-star cast (including Daniel Radcliffe as the baddie and Brad Pitt in a much-advertised cameo), an easy elevator pitch (a romance novelist gets kidnapped, and her cover model races to the rescue), decent reviews and the promise of cinematic escapism. The Nee brothers aren’t marquee directors, but sometimes close enough is good enough. Moreover, Bullock has been a consistently bankable movie star for 25 years, from ខណៈពេលដែលអ្នកកំពុងគេង ក្នុង 1995 ទៅ សមុទ្ររបស់ 8 ក្នុង 2018 ។

Even just from 2009 through 2015 (as we obsessed upon the death of the butts-in-theaters movie star), she racked up a slew of big opening weekends (from $33 million for ការ​ស្នើសុំ ដល់ 55 លានដុល្លារសម្រាប់ ទំនាញ ដល់ 115 លានដុល្លារសម្រាប់ Minions) នៅក្នុងមួយចំនួននៃភាគច្រើនដែលមិនមែនជាសិទ្ធិផ្តាច់មុខ និង/ឬមិនមែន IP flicks (ផ្នែកខ្វាក់, កំដៅ, etc.). Like DiCaprio and Denzel Washington, Bullock has mostly stayed out of existing IP and thus continued to be defined by “Sandra Bullock – actress and movie star” as opposed to a given marquee character. She has also remained well-liked on all sides of the political isle/culture wars and vanishes from public view when she’s not promoting a project. Thus, her on-screen appearances remain genuine events amid an “every star is just a tweet away” social media era.

Also, as noted yesterday, Bullock’s mainstream crowd-pleasers tend to be leggy as hell. ទំនាញ និង ការ​ស្នើសុំ រកបានប្រាំដងនៃការបើករៀងៗខ្លួន ខណៈពេលដែល សមុទ្ររបស់ 8 រកបាន 3.5x 40 លានដុល្លារដំបូងរបស់ខ្លួន, កំ​ដៅ quadrupled របស់ខ្លួន $39 លានដុល្លារការចាប់ផ្តើមរបស់ខ្លួននិង ផ្នែកខ្វាក់ រកបាន 7.7xa $ 33 លានដុល្លារជាលើកដំបូងនៅចុងឆ្នាំ 2009 ។ នោះមិនរាប់បញ្ចូលការចេញផ្សាយរដូវកាលបុណ្យណូអែលដូចជា Miss Congeniality ។ និង សេចក្តីជូនដំណឹងពីរសប្តាហ៍ ឬ "ផ្លូវត្រឡប់មកវិញនៅពេលដែល" សត្វចម្លែកនិយាយតាមមាត់ចូលចិត្ត ល្បឿន (១៣៥ លានដុល្លារពីការសម្តែង ២៥ លានដុល្លារក្នុងឆ្នាំ ១៩៩៨) ឬ ខណៈពេលដែលអ្នកកំពុងគេង (81 លានដុល្លារ / 9 លានដុល្លារក្នុងឆ្នាំ 1995) ។ លើស​ពី​នេះ​ទៅ​ទៀត វា​មិន​ដូច​ជា​ការ​ចេញ​ផ្សាយ​ដ៏​ធំ​មួយ​ក្តាប់​បន្ទាប់​នោះ​ទេ (មូបារ៉ាស។, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore និង រថយន្តសង្គ្រោះ) កំពុងដេញតាមប្រជាសាស្រ្តដូចគ្នា។ មួយនេះអាចលេងបានល្អនៅរដូវក្ដៅ ហើយលើសពី 100 លានដុល្លារ។

Paramount has been on a mini-roll of late, pulling good grosses for ស្រែក (២៣៨ លានដុល្លារពីការចាប់ផ្តើមថ្ងៃសុក្រ - ច័ន្ទ - ១១៧ លានដុល្លារ) និង Jackass ជារៀងរហូត (៩៨ លានដុល្លារ / ៣០៥ លានដុល្លារ) ។ ទីក្រុងបាត់ is the kind of star-driven high-concept flick that used to be Hollywood’s bread and butter, and the Viacom studio suffered worst of all when the bottom fell out on that sub-genre over the last six years. If they go four for four (including Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ។ in two weeks), I’ll start being optimistic about Top Gun: Maverick ទិវាចងចាំនេះ។ ពួកគេគួរតែនៅតែលេងបានល្អជាមួយ Tom Cruise បេសកម្ម៖ មិនអាចទៅរួច ៧’s theatrical window, as it’s not remotely worth damaging that key creative/commercial relationship. Otherwise, good on Channing Tatum (still a draw in a non-action role) and all hail Sandra Bullock! Love live the “movie-movie!”