In the fifteenth week of its release, when the number of screening venues exceeded 1,000 for the first time, the film earned 2.5 million weekend box office, successfully returning to the top 10 of the North American weekend box office charts, which is commendable for any work, let alone an independent film that no one pays attention to?

The scale of "Buried Alive" in 1,200 theaters lasted for another week, and then Focus Pictures gradually began to shrink the scale of screening. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

From this detail, it can be seen that the congenitally insufficient "buried alive" is subject to the cast lineup without gimmicks, the small-scale script structure, and the plot conflict of a completely one-man show, and after all, it cannot perfectly replicate the box office miracles like "Blair the Witch" and "Smart: Ghost Shadow".

Does anyone care, though?

Focus Pictures has cut down on venues step by step to ensure a long-term screening of "buried alive", which has made the film full until the first week of April, and the screening cycle has reached 24 weeks, which is already comparable to commercial films.

At this moment, you can feel the profound impact of the movie's word-of-mouth, and the continuous stamina has been unanimously recognized by the audience. In comparison, "Smart: Ghost 2" was only released for thirteen weeks, and "Saw 3D" was only released for five weeks before it was hastily taken offline.

In terms of box office performance, "Smart: Ghost 2" achieved 84 million in the North American market, especially compared to the investment cost of less than 3 million, which made Paramount satisfied, but "Chainsaw 3D" was hardly exciting at the North American box office of 45 million, and the production cost was as high as 20 million, which was a big disappointment, and Lionsgate immediately announced the end of the series.

In contrast, "Buried Alive" under effective venue control, makes up for the shortcomings of lack of explosiveness, but successfully exerts the stamina of the movie to the extreme.

In the end, the North American box office of "Buried Alive" lived up to expectations and crossed the 50 million mark and achieved an excellent result of 52 million! This box office figure even surpassed that of "Saw 3D"! This was a huge success for both the unknown crew members and Focus Pictures!

At the same time, the IMDB score and theater score of "buried alive" have finally been released.

The theatrical score was eventually maintained at the "A-" position, which is simply the highest praise for a thriller and horror movie, and has almost reached the peak of word-of-mouth for the genre, even if it is not an exaggeration to send any praise, and it can even be compared to some popcorn commercial blockbusters. It is conceivable that in addition to the 52 million box office results in North America, after the release of the "buried alive" videotapes, there will be more box office potential to be tapped in the rental market and the online on-demand market.

On IMDB, after more than 43,000 users voted, the score of "Buried Alive" slipped to 7.9 points, only a thin line away from the threshold of 8 points.

However, compared with the 6.4 points of "Blair the Witch" and the 6.3 points of "Smart: Ghost Record", the reputation of "Buried Alive" among the audience has set a new high, which is the highest score since "The Sixth Sense" - "The Sixth Sense", which was rated 8.1 points at the beginning, is the only thriller horror movie with an IMDB score higher than 8 in the past ten years.

From media reviews to Rotten Tomatoes, from IMDB to theater scores, "Buried Alive" has really become one of the best thriller movies since the new century, which also makes people can't help but guess: If Focus Pictures did not hold screenings at the beginning, but followed the regular route of thriller movies and carried out large-scale screenings in more than 2,000 venues, would the North American box office of "Buried Alive" have any chance of exceeding $100 million?

However, the North American box office of 52 million is still worth celebrating, and Focus Pictures has made at least 15 million profits, which is really a rare harvest for Focus Pictures, which has been on the front line of independent films for many years.

What's more, the ultimate goal of Focus Pictures in choosing to lengthen the screening line is not the box office, but the awards season. Such box office results are already a huge surprise.

In addition, with the matchmaking of Focus Pictures, the overseas distribution rights of "buried alive" have found buyers one by one, making this Spanish-funded English-language film go to the world, meet audiences in Europe, South America, Asia and other countries and regions, and achieve encouraging box office results!

The overseas box office earned a total of $65 million, and the performance caused an uproar, which even exceeded the North American box office figures, making it clear that the overseas market is enthusiastic.

In the midst of this, Spain undoubtedly exploded with great enthusiasm, leading the box office with a strong box office of 11 million dollars, becoming the number one box office outside of North America.

If the Spanish market has exploded because of Rodrigo Coste and the entire production team of Spanish origin, it is a bit strange that the Japanese market has become the second largest overseas box office.

Although Japan has a long-standing tradition of supporting horror films, the fact that "Buried Alive" at the Japanese box office of $9 million this time is really puzzling to experts - the Japanese market has undeniably its support for local films, and they are more interested in Hollywood commercial popcorn films than "three nos" such as "buried alive".

The only explanation, is it because ...... The handsome guy effect of Lanli-Hall is a bit ridiculous, but it's not impossible.

In any case, in the overseas market, the cumulative box office of the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia and Australia exceeded 5 million US dollars, which is an amazing performance!

For a production that costs a measly $3 million investment, it's an incredible journey.

Relying on the excellent box office in overseas markets, the global box office of "Buried Alive" strongly exceeded 100 million, achieving an astonishing result of 117 million US dollars. In the case that almost no one cares, in the case that the publicity resources are infinitely close to zero, and in the absence of any publicity momentum, "Buried Alive" successfully completed the delicate feat of the dark horse, and even Focus Pictures was a little confused, full of question marks:

How is this achieved?

A "buried alive" successfully made Focus Pictures make a small profit, and also successfully brought director Rodrigo into the sight of Hollywood, it is conceivable that there will be more works to extend an olive branch to Rodrigo in the future, and there is no shortage of invitations to commercial blockbusters; Needless to say, Rodrigo's Hollywood path is already underway.

However, the real achievement of "burying alive" is still the success of bringing Lanley-Hall into the public eye.

From the sudden rise of the "Pacific War", to the topic effect of "Fast and Exciting / Emotional 5", and finally to the birth of "Buried Alive", Lan Li's outstanding performance has undoubtedly attracted the attention of the entire Hollywood.

Hollywood has never lacked fresh blood, but Hollywood has always lacked fresh blood – a lack of superstars who can blow up the entire market.

After Toronto, the topic of "Generation Y" was mentioned again, and this time it sparked heated discussions in countless mainstream media in the United States, compared with the mainstay of the baby boomer generation and the gradually established Generation X, the impact of Generation Y in the Internet era seems to be more obvious - the replacement is faster, but there are only a handful of people who can really stand firm.

From Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, to Orlando Bloom and Josh Hartnett, to Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, and Henry Cavill, Bne-Foster......

Almost every year, a group of new stars emerge, but unfortunately, either they are short-lived and then drowned in the torrent of Hollywood, or because of the relationship between appearance, the development space is limited, and it is difficult to expand the role selection, or the acting skills are unsatisfactory, and can only be temporarily trapped in the vase image, these Generation Y actors have never been able to form a climate, let alone assume the role of a pillar in the renewal.

This year, actors such as James Franco, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Jesse Eisenberg, Joseph Gordon Levitt and others have delivered excellent answers, and the future is promising. But how long will their achievements last, and whether they will be able to go to the next level?

Now, the Blue Rite is here.

As an actor who has entered the public eye as an Emmy Award-winning emperor, Lan Li's acting skills are beyond doubt; at present, "Pacific War" and "Buried Alive" are two different performance styles, which seem to indicate that he can digest more different roles......

This immediately made all the media excited, could it be that the mainstay of the "Generation Y" really appeared?

In the latest issue of "People" weekly, ten Gen Y actors with superstar potential were selected, and Lan Li was included in the list. One sentence is succinct and clear, "Will he be the next Tom Hanks?"

Among the many Hollywood superstars, Tom Hanks is the top actor who can have both box office and awards, even Meryl Streep is willing to bow down, which is also an important reason why Tom's influence in Hollywood can not be surpassed. Just over a year ago, the media described Shia LaBeouf as the next Tom Hanks, and now, it's Lanli's turn.

So, how long can this time last? Under the expectation of everyone, what kind of answer will Lan Li hand in?

Compared with the hustle and bustle of North America, Lan Li, who came to Rio de Janeiro to shoot after the screening, was in full swing and was so busy that he had no time to pay attention to the news trends in the United States.

There is no room for negligence in the filming of action movies, not to mention that there is also a Vin Diesel on the side.