China News Agency, San Francisco, August 1. Three new films appeared among the top five in the North American weekend box office rankings this week.
The premiere of "Jungle Cruise" easily won the championship, with "The Green Knight" and "Stillwater" ranked second and fifth respectively.
Another important film news in North America this week is that Disney was sued by Scarlett Johansson, the star of the film, for the unauthorized synchronization of "Black Widow" (Black Widow) on the streaming service platform "Disney+".
"Jungle Cruise" was originally scheduled to be released in July 2020. After a year of delay due to the new crown epidemic, it finally boarded the North American theaters on July 30.
According to data from the North American box office statistics website "boxofficemojo.com", this family-friendly movie easily topped the North American weekend box office list for $34.2 million.
At the same time, Disney's streaming media service platform "Disney+" also contributed $30 million in revenue.
"Jungle Cruise" earned US$27.6 million in 47 markets outside of North America, and the global box office reached US$61.8 million.
However, considering its production budget of up to 200 million U.S. dollars and the addition of Hollywood movie star "Big Rock" Johnson (Dwayne Johnson), the premiere weekend box office of "Jungle Cruise" is not impressive.
To be profitable, this film still has a way to go.
"Jungle Cruise" is set in the early 1920s. Johnson, played by a captain, leads a pair of siblings to find a legendary "tree of life" with healing power.
They will face the threat of wild animals and will compete with the German expedition.
The film was inspired by Disneyland’s amusement project of the same name "Forest River Journey", which is one of the 22 veteran projects that Disneyland first opened in 1955 and is very popular with tourists.
As of the evening of August 1, "Jungle Cruise" had 261 reviews on the review site "Rotten Tomatoes", which received 63% freshness, and more than 1,000 viewers gave 93% ratings.
On the review site "CinemaScore", "Jungle Cruise" received an "A-" rating.
"The Green Knight" received US$6.784 million from 2790 theaters in North America this week at the weekend box office premiere, and beat Universal Pictures' "Old" by a small margin of US$24,000, ranking second on the list.
The story of "The Green Knight" is inspired by the famous British legend "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight".
As of the evening of August 1, "Green Knight" had 150 reviews on the review site "Rotten Tomatoes", which received 89% freshness, and more than 500 viewers gave 53% ratings.
On the review site "CinemaScore", "Green Knight" received a "C+" rating.
"Old", which premiered last week and topped the North American weekend box office rankings, fell 59.9% this weekend and ranked third in the new North American weekend box office with 6.76 million U.S. dollars.
In the two weeks since it was released in North America, the production cost of "Old To Go" has exceeded $30.61 million in North America and $48.51 million worldwide.
The Marvel blockbuster "Black Widow", which used $80 million to create a North American weekend box office record during the epidemic, dropped 44.7% this weekend and ranked fourth with $6.4 million.
After being released for 4 weeks, "Black Widow", with an estimated production cost of US$200 million, has earned nearly US$167.1 million in the box office in North America, and the global total box office is close to US$343.6 million.
It is worth mentioning that the film starring Scarlett Johansson took Disney to court on July 29.
In a lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court, Johnson claimed that Disney's unauthorized release of Marvel's new movie "Black Widow" on the streaming service platform "Disney+" violated her contract.
She believes that Disney's behavior seriously affected the film's theater box office and violated her financial interests.
Under the influence of the new crown epidemic, the model of mixed distribution of theaters and streaming media has become a trend.
The "Black Widow Lawsuit" incident may trigger a chain reaction in the industry and set a precedent for stakeholders in the film industry.
Directed by Tom McCarthy and starring Matt Damon, "Still Water" ranked fifth in the North American weekend box office for $5.1 million.
The premiere date of "Still Water" was originally set in the fall of last year, because the epidemic was postponed to July 30 this year.
In the film, Damon plays an American oil driller.
His daughter was suspected of murdering a girl named Lina while studying in Marseille, France, but her daughter insisted that she was innocent.
The father flew to Marseille and tried his best to rescue his daughter.
As of the evening of August 1, "Zhishui" had 122 reviews on the review site "Rotten Tomatoes", which received 75% freshness, and more than 250 viewers gave 72% ratings.
On the review site "CinemaScore", the film received a "B-" rating.
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