The word-of-mouth box office of ＂Abominable＂ has a double harvest, and the story is set in China.

　　Last weekend, there were only two new films in the North American film market, and Abominable, released by Universal Pictures, took $20.85 million at the weekend box office, ranking first in the box office list.

　　Abominable, jointly produced by American DreamWorks under Universal Pictures and Oriental DreamWorks under Chinese Culture, tells a touching story of a group of friends who crossed half of China and went through hardships to escort the legendary Himalayan snow monster home. It is worth mentioning that this film is the first animated feature film set in contemporary China and released worldwide. At present, the media reputation and audience feedback are excellent.

　　Abominable’s $20.85 million first weekend box office fully reflected the market’s desire for long-lost family movies, and also made it the best original animated feature film (non-sequel, series and derivative works) so far this year. At the same time, Abominable is also the third original work that won the weekend box office list in 2019 after We and Good Boys — — Yes, all three works are distributed by Universal Pictures. In Hollywood, where remakes and series of works have become popular, Universal Pictures has become the mainstay of original power.

"Abominable" stills

　　However, the production cost of "Abominable" reached $75 million, and I’m afraid it’s not enough to rely on the North American box office. How much the film can finally earn mainly depends on the performance of the film in China’s National Day file — — The film will be shown in China on October 1st, the National Day.

　　In addition, after the film was released, many media, including The New York Times, wrote articles affirming the candidate for the original voice actor of Abominable. Chloe Bennet, a Chinese-American mixed-race born in Chicago, is responsible for dubbing the leading actor Xiaoyi, and many other dubbing actors, including Zhou Caiqin, have Chinese backgrounds. This is undoubtedly an improvement in Hollywood, where "whitewashing" is a common practice. Jill Culton, the director, said: "I never thought that white actors would represent the role of Chinese. After all, this time we are going to present a different culture from ourselves. At this time, as directors, we must be extra careful."

Judy poster

　　Another new film released last weekend is the biographical film Judy, starring René e Renée Zellweger, which tells the tragic life of the legendary Hollywood superstar Judy Garland. René E Zellweger’s wonderful performance in the film has won her great popularity, and she is expected to hit the best actress Oscar statuette with this film. Judy was only shown in 461 theaters last weekend, which was not a big one, and finally won the weekend box office of $3.09 million, ranking seventh in the list.

　　In fact, there was another new film scheduled to premiere last weekend, that is, The Hunt by Universal Pictures. The film, starring Hilary Swank and Emma Roberts, is based on the classic short story The Most Dangerous Game, and tells the horror story that twelve strangers are inexplicably hunted by a group of elites. On August 3rd and 4th this year, two large-scale shootings occurred in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, which killed more than 30 people. Under this background, Hunting, which was being promoted all over the United States at that time, announced that it would withdraw its original release plan and suspend various publicity activities.

　　The novel "The Most Dangerous Game" was published in 1924, and there have been more than a dozen film and television works remake here in history. However, this adaptation is said to have incorporated many current social realities in the United States. Once the trailer came out, it attracted many speculations from the left and right factions in the United States, and even President Trump of the United States criticized "Hunting" for fanning the flames and creating contradictions, which eventually forced Universal Pictures to withdraw it from the schedule last weekend.

　　September 27-September 29 North American weekend box office list

　　1. Abominable, 20.85 million dollars.

　　2. Downton Abbey is $14.5 million.

　　3. "The dancer" is $11.47 million.

　　4. "The Clown Comes Back to Soul 2" is $10.4 million.

　　5. Ad Astra 10.14 million dollars.

　　6. "First Blood 5" 8.57 million US dollars

　　7. Judy is $3.09 million.

　　8. Good Boys, $2.01 million

　　9. The Lion King is $1.6 million.

　　10. The Fall of Angels is $1.53 million.

　　Reporter Cheng Xiaojun