Ready Player One topped Black Panther in the first week and set another box office record.

1905 movie network news 　On the Easter holiday weekend (03.30-04.01), the box office revenue in North America totaled $132.4 million, up 1.9% from the previous month. Ready Player One, Spielberg’s latest film about VR virtual world, grossed $53.21 million at the local box office in 4,234 cinemas in the first week, which was close to $50 million in Jurassic Park in 1993, but not as good as $64 million in War of the Worlds in 2005. With a good reputation, it is considered as a "noisy adventure". At present, the global box office of the film has reached 180 million US dollars. The other two new films are relatively weak. tyler perry’s all-black marriage revenge drama "The Endless" cost $17.1 million in the first week, which was considered as "a waste of Taraji P hansen’s acting skills" (the film critics of "Proud Mary" also said so); The belief theme "God is not dead: light in the dark" fell below the new low of three series in the first week, reaching 2.63 million dollars, and was accused of being "completely boring".

It is worth mentioning that Marvel superhero Black Panther, who has been in the cinema for the seventh week, has made a domestic box office of 650 million US dollars this week, becoming the fastest film in the history of cinema to achieve a domestic box office achievement of 650 million US dollars after Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It is expected that this week will surpass the 652 million US dollars of Jurassic Park in 2015 and become the fourth highest domestic box office.

Ready Player One’s $180 million global media refers to "targeting adrenaline"

Recommended star rating: ★★★★☆.

Ready Player One

The dystopian sci-fi novel by Warner and Weixiu Pictures won $41.21 million at the box office in North America in the first three days of the weekend, plus a total of $53.21 million at the box office on Thursday, of which 35% came from 3D screening. This figure makes it the highest box office movie in Steven Allan Spielberg in the first week after 2008, slightly exceeding the box office of $40.5 million (three days) in the first week of "Special Forces 2: Total Strike Back", close to $50 million in 1993, but less than $64 million in 2005. The production cost of Ready Player One is between $150 million and $175 million, and the global publicity cost exceeds $100 million. At present, the global box office has reached US$ 181 million, which is particularly popular in China. The box office on Saturday is 80% higher than that on Friday, and the box office on the weekend is US$ 61.7 million. The US media expects that Ready Player One may reach US$ 250 million in China, which is about 1.55 billion yuan.

Although Spielberg’s biographical themes, such as The Post and bridge of spies, have been remarkable at the box office in recent years, his fantasy themes, such as The Dream of a Giant and The Adventures of Tintin, have failed one after another. This time, Ready Player One is the first time that Spielberg has chosen to open a film in the spring when the competition is not so strong after "Running on the rampage" in 1974. This strategy not only makes it win back a city at the box office, but also causes heated discussion and public praise, and also becomes his highest and best film after "Minority Report" in 2005.

At present, Ready Player One’s cinema score in North America is A-, IMDb score is 8.0, MTC score is 64, and the freshness of rotten tomatoes is 76%. The Wall Street Journal said: "Ready Player One is aiming at your adrenaline." Hollywood Reporter: "A noisy adventure between desolation and fantasy. Although Spielberg has made great changes to Ernest Klein’s original work, it still retains the complete main spirit and thrilling elements." Variety: "This is a very complete and occasionally intoxicating film. But you feel occupied more often than you are involved. "

"The last straw" makes people "the last straw" and "God is not dead 3" come to an end.

The last straw recommended star rating: ★☆.

"God is not dead: light in the dark" recommended star rating: ★

The last straw

Second in the new film is tyler perry’s latest all-black movie "The Endless", which grossed $17.1 million in 2,006 theaters in North America last weekend. It was lower than tyler perry’s first week box office of 21.64 million (the final box office was $51.97 million) in 2013. However, it is much higher than Taraji P hansen’s earlier "Proud Mary". The first week of "Proud Mary" in North America was only 9.95 million US dollars, and the final box office was 20.87 million US dollars. The last straw will be the last film released by Lionsgate in tyler perry, and they will cooperate with Paramount instead. At present, the reputation of "The Endless" is not high. IMDb score is 4.7, MTC30 score is 30, rotten tomato freshness is 28%, and audience freshness is 50%. Entertainment Weekly believes: "Hansen’s anger for more than 20 minutes is not enough to keep the film’s reputation or worth the ticket price." Rolling Stone magazine said: "The last straw will make you unbearable, so it wastes Hansen’s acting talent and your ticket money." The New York Times: "In addition to endorsing the explanation of Stockholm syndrome in marriage, it also provides you with a guide to survival in a bad economic environment."

Last week, the last large-scale new film was God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, which earned $2.63 million in 1,693 theaters in North America last weekend. It is not as good as the first box office of $9.16 million in 2014, and it is not as good as the $7.62 million in "God is not dead 2" in 2016. In recent years, movies with good faith themes have basically come from major studios such as Fox, Sony and Lions Gate, such as the current list and the previous "Paradise Really Exists", which have relative box office potential. God is not dead: light in the dark. At present, IMDb score is 3.1, MTC score is 33, and the freshness of rotten tomatoes is 15%. "Hollywood Reporter" thinks: "Although this film is not as strong as the first two, it is also completely boring."

This week’s preview: Escort Parents, Quiet Place, Chappaquiddick, Miracle Season, etc.

This weekend (04.06-04.08), Escort Parents, Quiet Place, Chappaquiddick and Miracle Season will be widely opened in North America. Warner Bros.’ documentary "Pandas" and andrew haigh’s "Horse Racing Pete" will be shown on a small scale.

Escort parents

The R-rated comedy "Escort Parents" is the director’s debut of a series of screenwriters kay cannon. It tells the funny story that the parents of three high school girls start their detective nerves and monitor that their daughters plan to give their first night at the graduation dance, so they rush to the party to stop it. Because it involves the topic of sex and growth, the words are more explicit. The production cost of the film is $21 million. A few days ago, the film was shown at the South-by-Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) and won a lot of praise from the media. "Variety" commented: "This is a dance comedy that combines elegance, humor and vulgarity." It is estimated that the box office of the film will be between 13 million yuan and 21 million dollars in the first week. Universal Pictures has had many successful R-rated comedies earlier, such as the cost of $32.5 million in 2011 and the local box office of $169 million. The cost in 2015 was $35 million, and the local box office was $110.2 million; Last year, the cost was $19 million, and the local box office reached $115.1 million.

Quiet Place, a Paramount horror film, also won a good reputation at the South-by-Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), which depicts a dystopian world in the future, in which giant insect monsters who have lost their vision hunt humans through their super-sensitive response to sound. A year after most human beings were extinct, only the remaining people learned to adapt to life without sound. A family of five in the movie basically relies on sign language to complete daily communication. Forbes commented: "The film allows you to see humanity and goodwill in danger, especially the warmth between father and daughter." Quiet Place will open paintings in 3,200 theaters in North America this week.

Director John Curran’s new film is a political biographical film, which tells how Ted Kennedy, the youngest of the Kennedy brothers, ruined his political future because of a car accident on Chappaquiddick Island. The film will open in 1500 theaters in North America this week. Sean mcnamara, the director of Soul Surfer, is a new work, which tells the inspirational story of how an American high school volleyball team rallied to win the state championship after the unexpected death of its main player Caroline. The film will open in 1700 theaters across the United States this weekend.