John Woo's latest action thriller "Silent Night Fight" was recently released in North America and became the focus of fans' attention. The film is John Woo's first Hollywood work after a gap of 20 years, so it has attracted much attention. The film's biggest selling point is John Woo's signature excellent action scenes, especially in the absence of dialogue, which reveal the protagonist's inner world through a groundbreaking "silence" technique.
The protagonist is a grief-stricken father who takes silent revenge on the gang members who killed his son on Christmas Eve. Despite some critical acclaim, audiences have turned away, and "Silent Night" is not only a box office dismal, but also likely to be one of the lowest-grossing theatrical films of 2023. The film's box office failure seems to reflect the audience's growing inclination to stream low-budget films, especially action films.
Therefore, "Silent Night Fight" may have been the first to appear on the streaming platform. The North American box office for "Silent Night" is expected to gross between $6 million and $8 million on its opening weekend, but the total U.S. box office on its first day is just under $1.1 million, causing its opening weekend estimate to drop to $2 million to $3 million. In the end, "Silent Night" grossed only about $3 million in its opening weekend in the United States, ranking ninth.
Considering that the film cost less than $30 million to make, the total global box office is currently about $3.9 million in the United States and just over $400,000 overseas. John Woo has become famous for blockbuster action movies such as "Broken Arrow", "Changing Face" and "Mission Impossible 2", making audiences over 40 years old familiar with him.
However, the complete commercial failure of "Silent Night" also reflects the reality that, over time, John Woo's popularity among the majority of viewers under the age of 40 is almost meaningless. The film was John Woo's return to North American cinema for the first time, but his dismal box office performance cast a shadow over his return, and it could be the most dismal box office work of his directorial career.
John Woo's last American film, "Memory Crack", did not perform well at the box office, mainly because the film cost a whopping $60 million to make, but it still earned 1$17.2 billion in box office receipts. In stark contrast, "Silent Night" is expected to struggle to break the $10 million mark at the domestic box office, while the outlook for overseas markets seems bleak. @胶囊电影台.