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As the media said, this is not a series that makes people tremble with excitement, the cult style of the sword is destined to be narrow and limited in the audience, only a small number of independent film lovers will pay attention, and what is more fatal is that the "Mad Max" series has passed for nearly 20 years, and the fans at that time have grown up, whether they still love movies, and whether they still have the same enthusiasm for cult movies, no one knows.

Therefore, when Chaos Pictures announced that Lance's latest work was "Mad Max 4", the attention aroused was more questioning, confusion and ridicule, like the lace news that attracted people's talk; In the eyes of ordinary audiences, it is just an anecdote, a talking point, and a gimmick after dinner, and no one will pay further attention.

But now, things are changing. First of all, car enthusiasts, their craze for cars has easily infected many people - especially men, and Chaos Pictures has now announced a large number of classic sports car models, which are then rearranged and combined to create a cooler car, which is really exciting.

If it's just a car, it's still very niche and difficult to spread in large numbers, but when the car is combined with a movie and the "talking point" Lance, the energy generated cannot be underestimated. So, then Lance's fans, when they found out that each car could represent a style, a personality, and even a character, the online discussion exploded.

If the director of "Mad Max 4" were someone else, then the possibility of such a bold guess would be much less likely, but the object of their discussion is Lance, the one who created "Sin City", and the one who created the crime trilogy, then everything becomes possible, and it is very likely to evolve into reality. People's trust in Lance, expectations for Lance, and worship for Lance made the topic begin to ferment further, so avid movie lovers began to join the discussion.

Every Friday at 5 p.m., starting at 48 hours from then on, the craze on the Internet has formed a pattern, vigorously triggering more and more discussions; After entering Monday, this heat wave left the Internet and extended into life, becoming a hot topic in people's mouths.

Faintly, "Mad Max 4" is breaking away from the category of cult movies and infiltrating public life bit by bit. It's just that how much of this craze of discussion can be converted into real box office is debatable. What is certain, though, is that even though Lance is isolated on the continent, he is still a well-deserved favourite.

With the first rays of the sun shining on the North American continent in 2006, 2005 officially entered history, a year that is generally considered to be a small year for films, because no work has exceeded the 400 million threshold at the North American box office, and many hugely expensive works have not been able to achieve the expected results, and even suffered Waterloo. However, in the midst of the downturn, there are still many new atmospheres in the film market!

Among them, Chaos Pictures, represented by Reims, is undoubtedly the object of much attention.

The North American year-end box office champion was taken away by "Star Wars Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith", which is almost a result without suspense, as the finale of the prequel trilogy of the series, it was considered the most powerful candidate for the annual box office champion before its release, and the influence of the six films in the series on North American history and culture has faintly surpassed that of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and the influence of the prequel trilogy on the new generation will give birth to a new reincarnation. Despite this, the box office performance of 380 million is still below expectations, and the reputation of the work is far from reaching the height of the "Star Wars" series, which can be called a small pity.

On top of this list, "The Chronicles of Narnia", "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "War of the Worlds", "King Kong", "Wedding Proud", "Sin City", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Batman Prequels: Mystery of the Shadows", and "Madagascar" each occupy the remaining nine spots in the top 10.

Except for "Madagascar", whose North American box office data finally stopped at 193 million, the box office of the remaining nine films has crossed the threshold of 200 million, which is a great improvement compared to last year, but it is difficult to say that it is surprising.

"The Chronicles of Narnia" invested 180 million, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" invested 150 million, "War of the Worlds" cost 130 million, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" cost up to 150 million, and "King Kong" burned the cost of 207 million to Universal Pictures, which still does not include publicity expenses and public relations costs, but even the highest-ranked "Chronicles of Narnia" only achieved 290 million North American box office, far from Disney's expected results, let alone " King Kong: "That's a pitiful twenty-one million eighteen million.

All of these works have one thing in common, that is, they have attracted a lot of attention, whether it is from the perspective of investment, publicity, or cast, these works have attracted a lot of attention at the project stage, and people have expected them to blow up the box office and push the 2005 film market to new heights, but the results are quite disappointing. Not only did the North American box office fail to explode, but even the global box office was far below expectations.

With the exception of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", which has an unshakable fan base, several other titles have lost money to varying degrees. The worst is "King Kong", this work bears the halo of Peter Jackson, and can be said to be the most anticipated box office bomb at the end of the year, but it turned out to be a dud, making only 550 million dollars worldwide, and as a result, Universal Pictures lost more than 80 million - this is only the result of preliminary statistics, and Ron Meyer was directly angry to the point of internal injury, but he couldn't say what he was suffering from.

Including "Star Wars Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith" is actually the same, under the fame, the box office did not meet expectations. This seems to have become a common phenomenon in 2005, not to mention the disastrous box office performances of "Sahara Desert", "Heavenly Dynasty", "Chicken Run", "Operation Smith" and other works.

Expectation, disappointment, seems to have become a common phenomenon in the 2005 film market, and even if it is in the top 10 of the year-end box office charts in North America, it still can't hide this fact. However, not all productions disappointed, on the contrary, in the midst of the downturn, there were many bright spots that ignited the film market in 2005.

First and foremost were the classic cases of "Wedding Proud" and "Sin City", both of which cost $40 million, and both achieved 200 million at the North American market, with the former eventually grossing 200 million and 900 million, and the latter trailing by less than a million dollars, followed by 208 million. Both productions were incredibly successful and became the biggest highlight of the year.

In addition to this 200 million box office work, "Madagascar", "National Love Rival", "The Longest Yard", "Forty-year-old Old Virgin" and other works have crossed the threshold of 100 million, bringing the small cost and big return of comedy movies to the extreme, and the dazzling results really make major film companies smile.

If comedy films have always had a solid mass base in the North American market, the box office miracle of "Wedding Proud" seems to appear several times a year; Then the success of the R-rated crime movie "Sin City" seems incredible.

As a unique R-rated film, Sin City is a history that is difficult to replicate, and the special camera shots and bold use of color open a whole new door to a completely different world. Such a cult work that seems to be unable to make a difference at the box office at all has detonated an incredible storm of topics, if it is purely based on topics, "Sin City" even surpassed the power of "Star Wars Prequel 3", leading the topic list of the whole year, until the awards season at the end of the year, this work is still the focus of heated discussions.

Driven by a strong topic, "Sin City" not only achieved excellent box office results in North America, but also became a global hit, with a global box office of $424 million that may not seem high, but considering that the work only cost 40 million, this achievement is staggering - in horizontal comparison, the investment cost of the "Wedding Aoke" is 40 million, the North American box office of the two works is almost the same, but the global box office of "Wedding Aoke" is only 285 million, lagging behind "Sin City" More than a notch.

In the year-end earnings report, "Sin City" beat "Star Wars Episode III" and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" as the most profitable work of major American studios in 2005.

Although Chaos Pictures caused widespread discussion last year with its two works "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Killing with a Knife", both of these works are in cooperation with large film companies, and not only the benefits must be divided, but also the credits must be divided. Now, Sin City, Chaos Pictures' first independently produced and independently distributed production, has achieved such excellent results and is in the limelight that no one dares to underestimate the energy of this medium-sized production company.

What's more, "Sin City" is not the only work of Chaos Pictures in 2005, and the emergence of "Fruit Hard Candy" is attracting the attention of the entire Hollywood. (To be continued.) )