In the third week of June, the whole country was rejoicing at the success of "Batman Begins : The Mystery of the Shadows", the movie was released early on Wednesday, and finally won $48 million over the weekend, and $72 million in the first five days, so the performance compared to the investment of 150 million, although it cannot be said that the market is hot, but the performance is really good; What's more, the film has received a lot of critical acclaim, with professional critics and moviegoers alike praising it, bringing the Batman franchise back to light after eight years of hiatus. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But in addition, there is another focus this week, after 12 weeks of the release of "Sin City", the cumulative box office in North America finally broke through the threshold of 200 million, and the achievement of supreme glory, all the media praise is like a tide, flocking to it.

People praised "Sin City" for becoming more and more courageous the more it was not favored, and achieved the glory of the eighth R-rated work with a box office of 200 million in North America; People praise Lance for three consecutive works that have exceeded 200 million at the North American box office, and it has reached this achievement among the four works, truly creating an insurmountable peak; People praise the strong rise of Chaos Pictures, people praise Lance as a new generation of box office directors, and people praise Hollywood for finally ushering in a new atmosphere......

Interestingly, when people began to flip through the newspapers and magazines, they noticed that the investment in "Sin City" was only 40 million, which was much lower than the cost of Lance's other two works, "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Murder by Knife". In other words, Sin City is even more profitable.

The reason why the word "interesting" is used is because people almost ignore it, and just because of the name "Lancelot Strello", there are more expectations for the movie, as if "Sin City" reaching 200 million box office is the ultimate goal, as if "Sin City" challenges so high is sparse and ordinary, as if "Sin City" writes miracles and myths as a matter of course. This also means that the signboard of "Lancelot-Strello", unconsciously, has already had an appeal, representing a unique style, a distinctive character, and an excellent quality, which is becoming a matter of course little by little.

It's hard to imagine that in three years, just three years, in four works, Lance has reached such heights.

Not only that, it is worth noting that "Sin City" is the first work independently produced and distributed by Chaos Pictures, and such an earth-shattering first shot has made Chaos Pictures the most viable enterprise among the second-tier film companies.

After breaking through the threshold of 200 million, the pace of "Sin City" gradually slowed down, even so, the major theaters still unswervingly let the movie be screened until the fourth week of August, and then announced that it was offline, and the movie was released for 22 weeks, and finally the cumulative box office landed at 208 million US dollars, ranking eighth in the R-rated movie list in North American film history, and "Killing with a knife" teamed up to occupy two seats for Lance in the top ten.

Compared with the results of "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Murder with a Knife", "Sin City" is slightly inferior, but considering the cost of 40 million for the film, this work has become the work with the highest percentage of profit among the works directed by Reims. Not only that, but the overseas box office performance of the film also delivered a perfect answer.

Due to the bloody violence of the movie screen, which in a sense limited the overseas box office performance of "Sin City", even so, the film exploded with amazing energy,

"Sin City" was only released in 39 countries and regions overseas, which is not widespread, but the box office performance showed a gratifying trend, the United Kingdom has become the largest overseas box office, receiving $29 million at the box office, while Germany and France are in second and third place respectively, both handing over 20 million results.

From this data alone, it can be seen that the overseas box office performance of "Sin City" is far better than "killing people with a knife", which is a novelty.

"Murder with a Knife" is led by Tom Cruise, and the appeal of overseas markets occupies an absolute advantage, but because of the artistic use of lighting, the sense of excitement is weakened, making the film closer to the style of European art films, resulting in the performance of the film in important markets such as South America and Asia. At the same time, the film incorporated more commercial thriller elements, which led to a significant decline in interest in the film in the European market, and finally only achieved 130 million overseas box office.

However, "Sin City" is different, in the absence of a big name to lead, Lance's lens becomes the protagonist, and the stylization of the image boldly integrates comics and color elements, and after taking the bloody violence to the extreme, it further explores the commercial potential, so that people simply see it as a commercial film, but it is more sought after. The reaction of the three European markets of the United Kingdom, Germany and France proves this, although it is not as good as the "day after tomorrow", but it is indeed better than "killing people with a knife".

It can be seen that European audiences appreciate art and commerce more separately, the coldness of art films is consistent with the three major film festivals, and the entertainment of commercial films belongs to Hollywood. Crisp and neat movies like "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Sin City" are more sought after, but it is a contradictory and integrated attempt to "kill people with a knife" that has been given a cold reception.

This speculation has once again been confirmed by the box office reaction in other countries and regions.

Spain, Italy, Japan, Australia and other four box office markets have contributed 10 million to the "Sin City" box office, of which Spain's 19 million US dollars is even more amazing; In addition, Brazil, Mexico, South Korea and Russia also performed very well at the box office.

It is worth mentioning that the box office performance of "Sin City" in South America or Spanish-speaking countries has been positive, continuing the goodwill of the Spanish-speaking people towards Reims since the "City of God". At first, many people expressed confusion and even resistance to Reims's departure to Brazil to photograph the "City of God", but time has proved that this move had a huge impact.

Based on Spanish-speaking countries, Reims' influence on the world is expanding step by step. Only half a year ago, the publicity gimmick of "borrowing a knife to kill" was still Tom, even though Lance already had the success of "The Day After Tomorrow" and "City of God", it seems that the overseas market is still not very familiar with this rookie director; But now, the highlight of "Sin City" has become Lance standing behind the scenes, and the box office performance has become the most powerful argument.

Released in 39 countries and regions, the cumulative box office in 24 regions has exceeded 5 million US dollars, and as many as seven of them have won more than 10 million figures, jointly promoting the overseas box office of "Sin City" to cross the 200 million threshold with its head high, and finally settled on 216 million!

Such a performance even surpassed the North American box office of "Sin City", which is really a big surprise. If the North American box office exploded with 200 million potential, this is a miracle; So the overseas box office actually surpassed the North American box office, which seems to be a myth, and it seems impossible to happen.

This also led to industry insiders analyzing and discussing the film, and finally found that due to the subject matter of "Sin City", only the United Kingdom and Germany bought overseas distribution rights at the beginning, which led to a very serious delay in the overseas release of the film, which was originally a bad thing; Before the official release of the film, the official website trailer video and related activities have already received unimaginable attention overseas, triggering a frenzy of discussions, especially in the European market.

In addition, with the appearance of the name of the crime trilogy, before the release of "Sin City", the video rentals of "City of God" and "Murder by Knife" both ushered in a small high/tide. Re-examining the previous two works with the idea of a "crime trilogy" further sparked discussion and reflection, and after these reactions were fermented, "Sin City" was released one after another, prompting more and more audiences to enter the cinema.

It is in this kind of mistaken time difference that leaves enough space for the box office explosion of "Sin City", which makes "Sin City" the most outstanding overseas box office performance in the crime trilogy.

From North America to overseas, Sin City has shown a sweeping posture, earning $424 million at the box office worldwide!

This is Lance's second work to exceed 400 million at the global box office, but aside from the "day after tomorrow", "Sin City" epitomizes Lance's personal characteristics and Lance's market appeal.

The success of the crime trilogy, from the artistic side of the discussion to the commercial side of the achievement, undoubtedly makes people see the potential of Reims. Just like Christopher Nolan gave "Batman Prequel: The Mystery of the Shadows" philosophical wisdom, he showed his control of the rhythm of business and thinking about the core of art, as if he had found his own password between the balance between business and art, but Christopher has not been able to really prove himself, Lance has done it, with his talent and ability,

From a small investment of 40 million to a global box office of 420 million; From the rejected comic adaptation, to the lens language that impresses everyone; from the lack of bright spots in the cast lineup to the strong rise of shining stars; From simple and crude crime movies to far-reaching trilogies...... Lance has established his historical position in Hollywood with a hearty victory, and Lance is already on the road to a movie giant!

Time flies, and people suddenly find that unconsciously, they have forged history, witnessed history, and written history. (To be continued.) )