As of December 2013, the box office record for a single theater in film history is still held by "The Lion King" released in 1994, and the single theater figure of $793,000 can only be set in Disneyland theaters.

At the same time, the top 10 film records in the history of the single-museum box office are all held by Disney's animated films, and their single-museum data can always easily exceed 200,000 US dollars, which is an explosive power that many works screened by ordinary theaters do not have.

Before 2010, the single-theater box office record of live-action movies was held by "Dream Girl", which was released in 2006 and achieved a single-theater data of 126,000 US dollars, which is also the second work in North American history after "Brokeback Mountain" to exceed 100,000 single-theater box office.

But after 2010, this pattern was broken.

In March 2011, Kevin-Smith's "Red State" created a miracle, grossing $200,000 and $4,000 at the box office, making it the first and only live-action film in film history to exceed $200,000 at the box office.

Of course, there's a reason for all this.

Born in New Jersey, Kevin Smith made a script based on his experience working at a convenience store and the prototype of his colleagues, scraping together $25,000 to cash out the credit cards of friends and family, and then asking his boss for permission to shoot in the store every day after work.

Unexpectedly, this work became famous at Sundance in one fell swoop, and went to Cannes, won two critics' awards, and earned three million dollars after its theatrical release It was a distant 1994, when the three million box office was definitely an earth-shattering feat.

This work is "Crazy Clerk".

In fact, "The Crazy Clerk" has an unparalleled place in the history of American independent cinema:

All the characters in the movie are ordinary people with no acting experience, and even Kevin mobilized his mother and sister; all the lines in the movie are a feast for fans of the movie, from "Star Wars" to "Jaws" to "Blue Velvet" and even "Raiders of the Lost Ark", all kinds of easter egg stalks can be seen everywhere; all the shooting in the movie relies on a 16mm handheld camera, no lights and no microphones but still insists on live recording, and the shooting equipment has reached the most basic level.

Everything returns to the most essential thing of the movie, presenting the director's most sensitive state capture of life in the simplest way.

After that, Kevin Smith rose to fame, and although he was not able to surpass the peak of the "crazy clerk" for the next two decades, Kevin became a member of the Boston gang, becoming close friends with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and others, and the friendship has continued, which has also made him still occupy a place in Hollywood.

"The Red State" is a work about the Westerborough Baptist Church, who have repeatedly rallied at the funerals of fallen Iraqi soldiers, held up signs that read "Thank God brought 911," or protested that Miss Gagaga is a demon who is corrupting teenagers. When it was released in 2011, it happened to coincide with the news of the killing of "911 culprit" Ben-*** and the peak of Miss Gaga's new album to the top of the Billboard after winning the Grammys, and the movie received far more attention than expected.

As a result, all the factors collided together, and the single-theater box office of the "Red State" set a historical record. The right time, place and people are indispensable.

Of course, it must be noted that the box office results of the "Red State" of 200,000 and 4,000 US dollars are only screened in one theater during the screening period, and the theaters of other films are often two or four or even more, and after the audience is diverted, the data is also affected.

In May 2012, the "Moonrise Kingdom" had a single-hall box office of 130,000, surpassing the data of "Dream Girl", and the "Master" in September 2012, the single-hall box office of 147,000, which exceeded the data of "Moonrise Kingdom".

The single-hall box office 100,000 club suddenly became lively, and a total of six works reached such heights before and after, in addition to the above five works, there is also a "cherished" in 2009.

Now, the seventh work is born!

Two hundred thousand and six thousand dollars.

"Drunken Country Folk" rewrote history, it not only became the second live-action movie in history to exceed 200,000 at the box office of a single theater, but also surpassed the historical record of the "Red State", and became the highest-grossing live-action movie in a single theater in film history;

Just this set of data is enough to amaze everyone.

In contrast, two weeks ago, "Frozen" held its official premiere at Disneyland in Orlando, and the screening in one theater achieved a single theater figure of 243,000 US dollars, and entered the top 10 of the all-time list, which has already caused a cheer from all the media

Even if it is a Disney-produced cartoon, the last time the box office of a single theater exceeded the threshold of 200,000 was in 2009, when "The Princess and the Frog" reached such a height with a score of 393,000, which was the last 2D animation in film history with a single box office exceeding 100,000 US dollars, officially announcing that the North American animated film market has entered the 3D era from 2D.

Now, "Frozen" has become the first 3D work in film history to exceed 100,000 at the box office of a single museum, and the era has finally completed the alternation.

The historical feat of "Frozen" was only two weeks ago, and "Drunken Country Ballad" almost replicated the same miracle, and because there were "as many" four theaters on display, this also made the box office data of a single theater even more incredible, and any praise or praise is not exaggerated!

Even for Lan Li personally, this is an incredible breakthrough.

The box office of a single theater of "Buried Alive" is only 46,000, and the box office of a single theater of "Love is Crazy" is 52,000, these two data can already be ranked in the upper reaches of the same type of films, but in the long river of history, it is not worth mentioning;

At this moment, looking back at the midnight show on the night of the official screening of "Drunken Country Folk", the 100% attendance rate suddenly becomes a matter of course, and it also explains the scarcity of the following weekend, the long queue is reminiscent of the Toronto Film Festival, not even during the New York Film Festival.

Four theaters, a single box office of 200,060,000, and a premiere weekend of 800,000 24,000.

This is the official debut of "Drunken Country Ballads"!

What's even more incredible is that "Drunken Country Ballads" has entered the top 20 of the North American weekend box office chart in one fell swoop, ranking 15th! This has also become the only work in the top 30 of the entire list that is being screened on a small scale. Such a feat overshadowed the words.

In the second week of December, the North American market fell silent slightly, and after the bombardment of "Thor 2" and "The Hunger Games 2", it is now waiting for the strong attack of "The Hobbit 2", and all the focus of the entire market is focused on "Frozen".

As we all know, Disney's 2D cartoons once stood alone in North America, and their dominance lasted for nearly two decades, but with the rise of 3D cartoons, Disney has completely fallen behind, not only losing to Pixar, but also Blue Sky Studios, DreamWorks, Lighting Entertainment, etc.

After 2012's "Invincible Wrecking King" started the first battle of the turnaround, this year's "Frozen" made persistent efforts, received unanimous praise from critics and audiences, and successfully won the hearts of the entire North American market at the box office.

Two weeks ago, "Frozen" was the first to be screened, and after receiving critical acclaim, it was officially expanded in 3,700 theaters a week ago, and won a strong $67 million weekend box office, almost pulling down "The Hunger Games 2", which had a 53 percent drop in the box office the following week, and ranked second with a disadvantage of less than $6 million.

But this week, "Frozen" defeated "The Hunger Games 2" without suspense, and became the champion of the weekend, and since then it has stepped out of the god trend, controlling the box office decline within 30% for 16 consecutive weeks, and even counterattacking growth, in the first two weeks when the cumulative box office was only 130 million, the total box office in North America finally broke through the 400 million threshold!

On the other hand, "The Hunger Games 2", which had a cumulative box office of 296 million in two weeks of release, suffered a heavy blow, and the box office plummeted by 65% in the third weekend.

In addition, the relative media theory, which opened the way with big data, launched a small-budget film "Breaking Out of the Melting Pot", which was led by Christian Bale and officially premiered in 2,000 theaters, with an investment cost of 22 million, but the box office on the opening weekend was only 5 million, which has to be said to be a huge pity.

On the whole, all the focus of the North American film market is on the two works of "Frozen" and "The Hunger Games 2", the pace of "Thor 2", which has been released for five weeks, has seriously slowed down, and "Gravity", which has been released for ten weeks, is making history, so more attention is still focused on "Drunken Country Ballads".

With a 93-point media review, the escort of the Coen brothers and Lan Li, and the outstanding performance during the screening, "Drunken Country Ballads" undoubtedly joined the battle of the 2013 awards season!