The genius Quentin Tarantino takes another step forward! Once Upon a Time in Hollywood hits the best box office performance of his personal works in the first week

According to the latest North American box office statistics, the genius Quentin Tarantino "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" took in $40 million in North American box office over the weekend, setting a record for the best first-week box office in Quentin's long career.

The film was released last Friday local time, and its first-day box office of 16.8 million U.S. dollars also broke Quentin's previous film record.

Previously, Quentin's highest-grossing film in the first week was Inglourious Basterds (38 million); the highest-grossing film in the world was Django Unchained (425 million). After all the effort and the overdraft of his interpersonal relationships, and his passionate confession to the big screen, Quentin finally made a small step forward in the box office.

Compared with other films, the first week box office of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" barely exceeded half of "Animal World"'s second week box office - Disney's "The Lion King" took in 75.5 million US dollars in its second week, a 60% drop from the previous week, but still easily topped the list.

The Lion King has grossed $350 million in North America and $612 million overseas, totaling $963 million. The total box office is expected to break $1 billion soon. Aladdin has become the 41st billion-dollar movie in history. Unless a planet hits the earth, The Lion King will soon become the 42nd member of the billion-dollar club.

In addition, today marks the 25th anniversary of the release of "The Mask", which is now hailed as "the Deadpool of its time."

The film's director Chuck Russell found the choreography director and asked him to keep a secret:

"I'm going to secretly make this movie into a musical."

"secret??"

"Yes, except you and the producer, everyone else is in the dark."

Thanks to its then-leading visual effects and Jim Carrey's brilliant performance at the peak of his powers, the film grossed $351 million worldwide with a cost of $23 million, and also made the stunning Cameron Diaz a star.