After entering the release stage, the pace of "Fruit Hard Candy" has always been orderly, although the Internet discussion is hot, but no one can deny that this work is completely unacceptable to ordinary audiences from the subject matter to the style to the content, which is also destined to make the movie unable to obtain the screening qualification of 3,000 theaters like "Sin City", despite this, "Fruit Hard Candy" still handed over a perfect answer sheet in the release stage. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

From 683 to 977, then to 1,196, and reached a peak of 1,467 in the third week of December, and after two weeks, it fell back to 1,280, and then passed the noisy period of the Golden Globes with a screening scale of 984, and then slipped to 630, successfully persevered for five weeks, and after the Oscars ended, the awards season ended, and the screening scale of this work gradually shrank, and finally it was released for 26 weeks. It went offline in mid-April, announcing the end of the North American box office campaign of this work.

Since the North American market then entered the Thanksgiving schedule led by "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", followed by the Christmas schedule led by "The Chronicles of Narnia", the whole sight showed a lively scene of a hundred flowers blooming, and the work of "Fruit Hard Candy", which was incompatible with the holiday atmosphere, was not able to go any closer, and the fifth place on the list in the third week of release was the best performance, but even so, "Fruit Hard Candy" still managed to stay in the top ten of the list for a full eleven weeks, It only fell out of the top 10 after entering 2006. Such a strong performance stunned the media who were waiting to see the jokes out of temper.

Considering that the schedule of "Fruit Hard Candy" landing on the market was originally a deserted autumn file, and it is also a cult experimental work that does not follow the usual path, the performance of the movie at the weekend box office of more than one million for twelve consecutive weeks is shocking, many commercial film works that try to fish in troubled waters in the autumn file, the weekend box office can last for five weeks to break one million, which can already be called a victory, but "Fruit Hard Candy" actually insisted on twelve weeks, which made the entire market panic, such a performance of box office energy, Truly impressive.

Eventually, the North American box office for "Hard Fruit Candy" came to a halt at $58 million.

After all, this result still failed to exceed the 60 million of "City of God", and it really became the worst box office performance of all the works directed by Lance so far, but considering the completely different styles and different bottom lines of the two works, then the results of "Fruit Hard Candy" have to be amazing.

What's more, the cost of the "City of God" is three million, while the cost of the "fruit hard candy" is only nine hundred thousand, and the latter is clearly better in terms of profitability.

This also makes people really realize that the name "Lancelot Strello" has not only become a quality guarantee, but also a box office guarantee, and even "Hard Candy", an independent work of art with a unique style that makes people love and hate, has grossed 58 million in North America, you know, this achievement is even better than the "Sahara Cavalry" that bankrupted Diorama Pictures.

Considering the investment of the "Sahara cavalry" of 160 million, such a comparison is really a bit frightening.

Not only that, but the North American box office of "Hard Candy" also surpassed that of "Heavenly Dynasty", "The Legend of Zorro", "Pride and Prejudice", "Munich", "Zombie Bride", "Crash" and other works, and is on the same level as "Iron Fist Man", a huge and hotly publicized work. This is enough to see how incredible the North American box office of this work is, even more shocking than the 200 million North American results of "Murder by Knife" and "Sin City".

Before "Hard Candy" was put into production, people were worried that this work would become an important turning point in Reims's directorial career, and since then he has fallen into the quagmire of independent art films, completely losing the keen touch of commercial films, and even losing the enviable proud talent; Now it seems that "hard fruit candy" did become a turning point in Lance's career, but not a sharp turning point, but a turning point to break the shackles and go to the next level.

Just before the release of "Hard Candy", everyone was not looking at Lance's prospects in Hollywood, whether it was the joint blockade of Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures, or the hatred and disgust of people in the circle for Lance, or the choice of "Mad Max 4", everything made people believe that Lance's future had become bleak, but in the blink of an eye, things changed dramatically.

Of course, it's too early to say that Lance has gotten out of trouble, after all, a "fruit hard candy" is still far from enough, even if it is exchanged for 900,000 investment in North America for 58 million box office, it is still not enough to reverse the situation, after all, this time Lance offended half of Hollywood, Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures only need to blow a breath, it is enough for Chaos Pictures, as if they are driving against the wind in a hurricane, don't say any mistakes, even if there are no mistakes, it is difficult to break through.

However, the fact is that now people are starting to wait and see, maybe "Mad Max 4" is doomed to fail, but how will Lance let go and make a final struggle; Maybe "Fruit Hard Candy" is just a flashback, but how will Lance use his talent to turn things around? Maybe Chaos Pictures will make a mistake in "Mad Max 4", but how serious will this failure be, will it make Chaos Pictures collapse, or even go up in smoke, if not, will Lance be able to make a comeback? Maybe everything is doomed, but can Lance change the ending and bring surprises?

That overwhelming pressure was temporarily eased by the incredible performance of "Hard Candy", which gave both Chaos Pictures and Lance a brief breathing room, perhaps in the blink of an eye, but still enough to be a game-changer. What's more, the North American box office is not the only data that caused consternation in "Fruit Hard Candy", and the big win at the overseas box office is Lance's biggest gain as a director.

Surprisingly, just by virtue of the name of "Lancelot-Strello", "Fruit Hard Candy", an independent work that has not landed at any film festivals and has not won any awards - has not yet been released without any commercial gimmicks, has been released in 27 countries and regions overseas, especially in the European market, which is more tolerant of art films.

The results also proved this, "hard fruit candy" won far more word of mouth in Europe than the United States, even the ten-minute torture long shot in the movie, was praised in Europe, received full applause, and it can be felt from the box office performance, the United Kingdom, France and Germany became the top three overseas box office, and surprisingly, Mexico surpassed Italy and Spain to become the fourth place at the overseas box office - "City of God" gave Reims an unparalleled strong appeal in Latin America.

Among them, the cumulative box office of the United Kingdom and France has exceeded 10 million, while the box office of Germany, Mexico, Italy and Spain has exceeded 5 million.

In the end, the overseas box office of "Fruit Hard Candy" actually reached 67 million US dollars, surpassing the North American box office data and achieving a hearty victory. This also made the global box office of "Fruit Hard Candy" break through the 100 million threshold and reach 113 million US dollars, and the jaw dislocation of all North American professionals can be clearly heard, like a symphony of high and cheerful.

Who would have thought that a work with an investment of 900,000 US dollars would achieve a global box office of more than 100 million! The profit figure reached an incredible 45 million! It's not just a miracle, it's even a myth and it's incredible.

So, the record of two hundred million at the North American box office of three consecutive works was interrupted, so what? Obviously, "Fruit Hard Candy" not only did not make Lance fall into a trough, but also allowed Lance to grow by leaps and bounds and won a place in the European market.

It is rumored that the Berlin Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival have set their sights on Reims, and they have approached Reims to ask if Reims can let "Mad Max 4" land at the festival for a world premiere. This is not only a topic effect, but also shows their trust in Lance, but the problem is that "Mad Max 4" has not started filming yet!

Warner Bros. doesn't like Lance, Sony Pictures doesn't like Lance, the Los Angeles Times doesn't like Lance, and The Hollywood Reporter doesn't like Lance...... But, who cares? Because the actors like Lance, the producers like Lance, even the screenwriters are crazy about Lance, and most importantly, as long as Lance's works can continue to make money, no one will have a hard time with "dividends".

Also, what is the outlook for "hard fruit candy" this year's awards season? Could it be that Lance is going to have another awards season this year? Things seem to be getting out of hand little by little.

"Lance, Tom is here, and Leonardo is with him." Percy walked up to Lance and handed over the towel.

Lance took the towel, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and finished the two-hour workout, not feeling too tired, but an indescribable comfort, Lance raised his head and said suspiciously, "Are there any special events in New York?" He doesn't remember any promotional trips from Tom Cruise to New York.

"I've come all the way to see you." Percy shrugged his shoulders, seeing that the confusion in Lance's eyes still hadn't faded, and then explained, "It should be for tomorrow's casting public audition." ”

"So, Leo still hasn't given up?" A smile tugged at the corner of Lance's mouth. (To be continued.) )