"Borrowing a knife to kill people" can be said to have swept the eight deserts in North America, achieving a double harvest of box office and reputation as a dark horse; but in the overseas market, "Borrowing a knife to kill people" has no advantage.

"Borrowing a knife to kill" does not have the "acquired" visual effects to protect it. As a thriller crime movie that reflects the current situation of contemporary American society, it is difficult to find resonance in the overseas market. As for box office appeal, although Lance achieved an amazing triple jump in the United States, it is not a very recognized name in the overseas market. Even if some foundation was laid for Lance during the "acquired" promotion, it is far from being a climate.

In other words, in the overseas market, Tom is the only gimmick of "killing with a knife".

In contrast, the appeal of the "Twelve Arhats" is extraordinary. From George to Brad, from Julia to Catherine, from Matt to Bruce, and even director Steven Soderbergh enjoys the highest standards in Europe and Asia. Even Africa and Latin America cannot resist the charm of the star cast lineup.

Someone once discussed that the impact of media comprehensive reviews on the North American box office and overseas box office of movies refers specifically to the works that have very bad media comprehensive reviews and have very bad box office performances in North America, but many of them have good overseas box office performances, such as "Troy", "Alexander the Great", "The Legend of Narnia", "Ramonsnich's unfortunate adventures", etc., which also makes overseas box office a base for major film companies to achieve redemption.

In fact, the result is not complicated.

First, media comprehensive reviews are originally comments from North American media, and the impact of these comments on overseas markets can naturally be ignored; second, the United States is currently the most prosperous film market in the world, and thousands of movies can be released every year, of which the box office of more than 50 million can exceed 50. In short, American audiences have many choices, but the overseas market is a different look; third, works that can achieve a counterattack in overseas box offices when the media comprehensive reviews are bad and North American box offices are bad, more than 90% of them have the same characteristics: the violent experience of visual special effects, which is the result of the computer technology advantages of the North American film industry.

For the "Twelve Arhats", there is no third point, but there is theoretical support from the first and second points, especially the second point. American audiences will enter the cinema because of a strong cast lineup, but if the work is not satisfactory, they do not need to continue to support it. There are many choices. For example, if they give up George Clooney's "Twelve Arhats" and choose Tom Cruise's "Borrowing a Knife"; if they give up Adam Sandler's "Spanish Maid", they can choose Ben Stiller to "Meet the Father-in-law 2". But in overseas markets, this is not the case.

The starting line of the "Twelve Arhats" is not on the same level as "Borrowing a Knife to Kill". Even so, the box office performance of the two works still reflects the profound impact of the quality of the movie.

The "Twelve Arhats" landed in 57 countries and regions around the world, more than doubled compared to the 23 countries and regions in the previous work. In the end, the markets of Japan, Britain, Germany and France gave warm responses. The cumulative box office of the four regions exceeded 20 million US dollars, of which Japan became the largest overseas ticket store for the "Twelve Arhats" with a good result of 30 million.

However, this result is far from satisfying the crew, because the box office of "Eleven Arhat" in Japan was 51 million US dollars, and the box office performance of the UK, Germany and France markets has also shrunk accordingly, and the downward momentum is very obvious. You can directly feel that the poor quality of finished products prevents more viewers from entering the cinema. This is undoubtedly a nightmare for sequel movies. The significance of the existence of sequel is that through the cinema accumulated by the fan base of the previous work, leaving aside the movie quality, it can also attract enough audiences to enter the cinema, and at the same time rely on the reputation of the previous work to attract more ordinary audiences to support the sequel. However, it is obvious that these goals of "Twelve Arhats" have all gone bankrupt.

The crew of the "Twelve Arhats" stayed in the UK for five days and Japan for three days, but unfortunately, the box office performance was far lower than expected, and the hard work failed to win the corresponding reward, which really seriously hit the morale of the crew. This was especially true for Brad.

Just a few months ago, Brad frequently ran around the world in order to promote "Troy", but the results were very little. "Troy" was almost completely behind "acquired" and was completely defeated in all aspects. If "Troy" lost to "acquired" in the beginning, it can be argued that it was the absolute advantage of "computer visual effects" that led to the audience's deviation; then "Twelve Arhats" had the advantage in "killing with a knife", but failed to show their advantages, but instead destroyed the reputation accumulated by the previous work, which was really discouraging.

First there was "Troy", then the "Twelve Arhats", plus the cheating and divorce documents, Brad was tortured so much that he was not left with any energy. He didn't even have the strength to get angry or the heart to hate him, but he just felt a deep powerlessness. Just half a year ago, Brad was still energetic, but now he was depressed.

After ending the overseas publicity of the "Twelve Arhats", Brad did not return to the United States, but left the crew alone, looking for a secret place to take a vacation. At the same time, Brad completed the signature on the divorce agreement and then sent it to Jennifer. The golden boy and jade girl who once envied others eventually flew away.

In addition to the above four markets, the "Twelve Arhats" have only broken through the threshold of 10 million in Australia, Italy and Spain. It can clearly feel that the works have been neglected in every corner of the world. Although they rely on their strong star lineup, they still obtained more than 10 million box office data in seven countries and regions, and performed well; but for the "Twelve Arhats", this achievement is completely unacceptable for the "Twelve Arhats" who have created glory.

In the end, the "Twelve Arhats" earned 180 million US dollars overseas, while North America staggered to break through the book cost line and achieved a result of 110 million US dollars. This also brought the global cumulative box office of the movie to 290 million US dollars, and unfortunately stopped in front of the 300 million box office and failed to go further.

This mere step away, but it was like a thorn in the throat, making Warner Brothers feel very frustrated.

Three years ago, the "Eleven Arhats" achieved overseas box office of 267 million in 23 countries and regions, and the global cumulative box office was as high as 450 million. The investment of only 85 million yuan made a fortune for Warner Bros. and Diorama Pictures; three years later, the "Twelve Arhats" spent 110 million yuan, and in 58 countries and regions, the United States only achieved global box office of 290 million yuan. Not only did the performance regress a lot, but it was also almost at the risk of losses. The performance was indeed so bad that it made any excuses pale.

On the other hand, the overseas box office performance of "killing with a knife" is naturally far less amazing than that of North America. However, for a work with an investment of 60 million yuan, Paramount did not target the overseas market since the beginning. The excellent performance of North America's box office was enough to make Paramount overjoyed. Now more energy is to focus on the sprint of the awards season. As for overseas box office, this is an additional reward. If it can bring surprises, it would be better.

Obviously, "killing someone by borrowing a knife" did not disappoint Brad Gray.

Relying on Tom's unparalleled appeal around the world, "Borrowing a Knife to Kill People" was released in 54 countries and regions. This number is almost comparable to the "Twelve Arhats". It can be seen that in terms of overseas influence alone, Tom is still above George and Brad.

Unfortunately, these 54 countries and regions did not include mainland China. Paramount saw the excellent performance of "the day after tomorrow" in this market and tried to try it again, but unfortunately, it was not possible to pass the review, which made this work missed the mainland Chinese market.

Among these 54 countries and regions, Japan became the largest overseas ticket store to "kill people with a knife" coincided with the "Twelve Arhats", but the box office performance of 21 million US dollars is obviously not comparable to the "Twelve Arhats". In addition, the box office of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Korea and Australia also crossed the 10 million threshold, and their outstanding performance far exceeded expectations, and the overall average performance was not at all inferior.

The biggest surprise comes from the box office data of South America, Mexico and Brazil, which actually exceeded 5 million US dollars. Obviously, Reims, who relied on the "City of God", has already had many movie fans on this land; in addition, Switzerland, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia and Sweden have also performed well. Although the overseas market is insufficiently explosive, it has blossomed in all aspects and achieved incredible results.

Maybe the audience entered the cinema because of Tom, maybe the audience thought it was a "Mission Impossible" style work, maybe the audience was driven by the "Twelve Arhats" to buy movie tickets, but no matter what the reason, "killing with a knife" unexpectedly fought a beautiful battle in the overseas market with solid quality and excellent reputation, which made Paramount happy.

In the end, "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" won 130 million in the overseas market, which was far inferior to the "Twelve Arhats". The huge difference in the lineup of the star cast and entertainment effects led to this result, but no one would say that "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" lost. On the contrary, compared with the results of the "Twelve Arhats", it was possible to win such data. "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" once again ushered in a rare victory. This thrilling crime work created a miracle that was not big or small without anyone's favor.

After the North American box office, the global box office of "killing with a knife" reached 370 million in one fell swoop. In addition to easily overwhelming the "Twelve Arhats", it also rewrites a new box office history of criminal movies. More importantly, the prospects of this work began to become extremely bright during the awards season, and entered the field of art movies with the attitude of a commercial movie.

Maybe, the surprise has just begun. To be continued.
Chapter completed!