The lack of publicity for "Devil May Cry" and the weak fighting power of the "Saharan Cavalry" all made the North American film market in the third week of April full of a thick layer of foam, which looked vigorous and boiling, but in fact lackluster and disappointing, fortunately, "Sin City", which entered the third week of screenings, remained the center of attention. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

With the box office performance of more than 100 million yuan in two weeks, the discussion of "Sin City" has reached a new height, and everyone who has watched the movie has stood up to express their opinions, and more than 60,000 viewers have scored on IMDB, and the score has slipped from 8.6 to 8.3, temporarily ranking 77th on IMDB's 250 best film list.

Although Sin City fell out of the top 30 on the list, this result is not surprising, and it is a controversial work in the first place, and being on the 250 list is an important affirmation. More importantly, from the number of votes to the heat of discussion, it can be felt that the audience's disagreement and controversy about this film have not cooled down, on the contrary, with the increase in the number of moviegoers, there are signs of heating up.

As expected, there are quite a few viewers who hate and scoff at the film, and they give the greatest support to the nine zeros in the media reviews, believing that the film is completely rubbish, there is no need to watch it, and it is a complete waste of time, especially Lance's tricks on shooting skills are superfluous, and they don't know what to do.

Similarly, the fifteen perfect marks in the media reviews have been enthusiastically pursued, and there are many enthusiasts who hail the film as an epoch-making work, and in terms of completion, "Sin City" may still be a long way from perfect, but in terms of the deep meaning and social impact of the work, this work is enough to compare with "2001: A Space Odyssey", especially the crime trilogy.

Just one statistic is enough to prove that the current discussion is hot, and in Google's search engine, searches related to "Sin City" have been in the top three for fifteen consecutive days, and the search popularity remains high.

In the midst of such a frenzied pursuit, "Sin City" fell 35 percent at the weekend box office this week, achieving a weekend box office of $22 million, only less than 900,000 behind "Devil May Cry", and unfortunately failed to achieve three consecutive championships and slipped to the runner-up position.

In the third week of April, "Devil May Cry" defeated the powerful rival "Sin City" and snatched the top spot in the North American weekend box office charts; Sin City narrowly missed out on three consecutive championships and finished second; The "Sahara Cavalry" narrowly defeated its opponent by less than $250,000 and ranked third; "Extreme Fanaticism" was only able to occupy the palace of the week because of the slight difference.

Such a list is unexpected, but it is reasonable.

Although Sin City missed the opportunity to extend its advantage and missed out on a three-peat, its outstanding performance was undoubtedly the biggest highlight of the week, whether it was the 35% third-week decline, or the conversion between online discussion and real-life box office data. What's more, the midweek box office from Monday to Thursday also delivered an excellent answer, bringing "Sin City" to $136 million after three weeks of release.

Many media outlets have compared "Sin City" to "The Passion of the Christ," but in fact, there is still a huge gap between the two productions at the box office. Three weeks after the release of "Sin City", it has lagged behind the cumulative box office of "The Passion of the Christ" of 130 million US dollars in the same period, in other words, "The Passion of the Christ" has launched an impact on the threshold of 300 million, "Sin City" only has the possibility of hitting 200 million, and there is really no comparison between the two.

Still, the media is happy to compare the two side by side, and in the final analysis, it's because of the commonalities between the two: special, controversial, bloody, R-rated, spring, box office miracles, and so on.

"Sin City" has a cumulative box office of 136 million in three weeks, leading the 130 million obtained by "Killing with a Knife" in the same period, although "Killing with a Knife" relies on the brave performance of the awards season, and after breaking through the shackles of 200 million, it is still a big cut, "Sin City" does not have any advantage in this regard, on the contrary, the next summer file is coming, the movie will rush to bombardment in turns, and the stamina of the box office is obviously not optimistic; But the outstanding performance so far still makes people express more expectations for the film's box office prospects, hoping that this work can become the eighth R-rated film in North American film history to exceed 200 million.

If the box office of "Sin City" can exceed 200 million again, it will also mean ...... As a director, Lance has achieved the feat of breaking 200 million at the box office of three consecutive works, which is definitely an unprecedented and possibly unprecedented record, just like Tom Cruise's five consecutive works have grossed more than 100 million. The focus is not on 100 million or 200 million, but on continuity, which means not only stability, but also market recognition.

Steven Spielberg established himself as a box office master with "Jaws", "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Alien e.t", and James Cameron established himself as the king of commercial films with "Terminator 2", "True Lies" and "Titanic".

Objectively speaking, Lance's three works do not have amazing explosiveness, "Alien e.t" achieved a box office of 359 million US dollars when it was released in 1982, and "Titanic" achieved a film history record of 600 million US dollars. But if you consider that two of Lance's three works are R-rated films, and that these three works are continuous miracles, and that Lance has only shot four films so far, then all doubts can be dispelled.

However, the premise is that the box office of "Sin City" can break through 200 million again.

This is obviously not an easy task, but even if Sin City does not reach this height, it will not have any effect on Lance, it will only delay his time on par with the great masters of cinema. In fact, as a rookie director, Lance has written so many miracles in just three years, which is comparable to mythology, and all four works are currently profitable, two of which broke 200 million and one broke 100 million, which is really terrifying.

Now people are more looking forward to whether the box office of "Sin City" can exceed 200 million, what height will the box office myth belonging to Reims reach, and how long will it last. That's how history is made.

Ryan had foreseen such a scene in a nightmare, the box office failure of "Saharan Cavalry", and the box office success of "Sin City", but even in the nightmare, the situation was not so terrible. The cumulative box office in two weeks, the "Saharan Cavalry" is only 29 million, not even a fraction of the "Sin City", and the gap like a chasm cuts off all possibilities, let alone counterattack, and is not even qualified to compare side by side. No one is going to compare the box office of "Sin City" to "Sahara Cavalry" together, just as no one is going to put Chaos Pictures and Diorama Pictures on the same footing.

Although Ryan knew that for Diorama Pictures, the results of Sin City were irrelevant.

In fact, this was already the case when the Oscars were held, whether "Killing with a Knife" won the award or not, which has nothing to do with Diora Pictures; Now, whether the box office of "Sin City" exceeds 200 million or not, it also has nothing to do with Diorama Pictures. A long, long time ago, Diorama Pictures had already entered the stage of fighting with themselves, and the box office of "Sahara Cavalry" was their lifeline.

But Ryan still felt a deep despair, they failed, and it was a bang fiasco; Lance won, and it was a hearty victory. The stark contrast was like a sharp blade, thrust into Ryan's chest, but not a single drop of blood seeped out, and even the pain had disappeared from the nerve endings, leaving only the brief suffocation, as if the whole world was blurred.

He thought that this final battle would be more intense, closer, and longer, but the end came so quickly that people were caught off guard and not even prepared, and the full stop was coming.

The North American box office of "Sahara Cavalry" has not been able to usher in an improvement after all, and it is only surviving under the impetus of the huge publicity campaign. In the fourth week of April, the box office of the third week of the film ushered in a 36% drop again, only reaping a score of just over 5 million, and the cumulative box office staggered to 36 million, which is their last effort, it seems that after three weeks of struggle, it is like all the energy in the body, pouring thousands of miles, and no publicity campaign can reawaken the audience's desire/desire to enter the cinema.

In the first week of May, "Sahara Cavalry" fell directly out of the top 10 of the North American weekend box office charts. Period, coming.

In the end, "Sahara Cavalry" dragged on in North America for 12 weeks, accumulating $48 million at the box office, but after all, it still failed to cross the threshold of 50 million, which was a failure, a tragic failure, with no room for quibbles and no room for appeal.

Ironically, the North American box office of "Sahara Cavalry" ended up not even comparably to the box office of the opening weekend of "Sin City".

At the same time, the overseas box office collapsed like dominoes, and their dying throes not only failed to do anything, but accelerated the progress of the defeat, and in just three weeks, the box office of the "Sahara Cavalry" was completely declared dead. (To be continued.) )