Praise, criticism, support, opposition, controversy, disagreement, focus. "City of Sin" rides the wind and waves in a craze beyond imagination. In just one day Friday, it frantically harvests 17 million US dollars in a single-day box office data, and handed over a report card that shocked everyone.

Before the release of "City of Sin", countless adverse factors flocked to the scene, which made the media generally not optimistic about its box office prospects.

As the first work released by Chaos Pictures, "City of Sin" was finally released in 2,700 theaters. This can be said to be a dream starting point for an R-level movie released by a film company. However, considering the lack of supporting publicity resources and distribution strategies of Chaos Pictures, the resource allocation of theaters is bound to be impossible to compare with other works, which means that the screening rate is difficult to have an advantage.

This is the first obstacle to the box office breakthrough of "Sin City".

Before the movie was released, the publicity campaign of "City of Sin" was vigorous, but this was a new thing. The topic effect caused by the freshness was undeniable. However, no one can make accurate predictions on how much influence the event can be converted into box office. Just like the publicity of "Troy" last year was so magnificent that it still failed to avoid a box office defeat.

Or more directly, "American Idol" has won three championships, but except for Kelly Clayson, the sales of the other two championships are hard to say. Each champion is voted by the American people, but it is another matter to really ask people to go to the record store to pay for albums. The same is true for "Welcome to your Sin City".

This is the second threshold for "City of Sin" to win a box office success.

From the previously released movie trailers and video materials of related activities by "Sin City", it can be seen that the stylization of this movie is very obvious. Any Hollywood insider knows that this is an adventure, and it is an adventure where failure may have an absolute upper hand.

Taking "Kill Bill" as an example, Quentin Tarantino's signature as a backing, the stylized shots are even more impressive, but the final North American box office of the movie was only 70 million. Of course, compared with its 30 million investment and outstanding performance in the box office abroad in Shanghai, the movie still successfully achieved profitability. However, in terms of North American box office alone, it is far from satisfactory.

This is the third obstacle to the success of "Sin City" box office.

Under the influence of multiple negative factors, even if Lance is in charge, even if a group of backbone actors join, and even if the publicity activities are in full swing, the media still seems cautious when predicting the box office of "City of Sin".

The Los Angeles Times seemed very cautious when predicting it, believing that the movie could achieve a box office of 13 million yuan, which is a victory. Considering the investment cost of the movie of 40 million yuan and the ultra-low-cost publicity costs, it may be difficult to make a profit, but the recycling cost is not a problem.

Cliff Robinson commented, "This is already a huge victory for the first work released by Chaos Pictures. Such a result is far better than the "City of God". Objectively speaking, Cliff is right. Many small distribution companies are cautious in the initial stages, able to avoid losses and build a reputation steadily. This is the right choice. However, Cliff's words are full of contempt and underestimation of Chaos Pictures, which makes people feel unhappy.

However, the Los Angeles Times is not the lowest data in the prediction stage, and the 8 million premiere weekend data of the San Francisco Chronicle is even more shocking. When Brian Barlow predicted, "Lancelot is playing with fire again. Obviously, his confidence has expanded into arrogance this time." He emphasized that such stylized works can easily cause psychological discomfort in the audience and even escape from the cinema.

During the screening process, many viewers vomited due to bloody and violent shots. Most film critics emphasized that Quentin has taken the bloody scenes as beautifully and fresh as possible, and even made the violent scenes an artistic expression method, with less stimulation. Even in such a situation, the audience still couldn't bear it.

Brian's subtext is: Lance is far behind Quentin.

Since the "Welcome to Your Sin City" event attracted a lot of attention, the movie box office has also become the focus of people's hot discussion. Twenty-six media have made predictions about the premiere of "Sin City", which is also the work that has triggered the highest discussion craze for all Lance's films so far - even surpassing "the day after tomorrow" and "killing with a knife".

Among these twenty-six media outlets, the most optimistic prediction is "Entertainment Weekly". Chris Rosen believes that the premiere of this work can reach 30 million. If the premiere data of "Sin City" really reaches such a high level, then it can rank third in the premiere box office in April of film history, which shows Chris' strong confidence in this work.

In addition, Nancy Black of the "Chicago Tribune" also believes that the movie's premiere can reach 28 million. "Lancelot's appeal, unique innovation, and great publicity." Nancy believes that this is the reason why the movie's premiere weekend triggered the box office. This result also occupies third place in the film history list, but it is slightly more accurate than Chris and is a little cautious.

In addition, most of the predictions from other media are hovering around 20 million. Overall, it is the position before and after the tenth place in the premiere of film history in April. It can be seen that no one is very sure and cannot determine the prospect of this movie. Of course, there are also examples that go to extremes, but it is still incomparable to the grand occasion after the premiere.

For reference, "Kill Bill 2" was released in April 2004, with a box office of 25 million on the premiere weekend.

Now, after the box office of "Sin City" was released on Friday, everyone was frightened, and even Chris of "Entertainment Weekly" was completely stunned. What does the box office data of 17 million on Friday mean? This means that the box office of the weekend should be directly adjusted from 30 million to 40 million on the level of three days, and may continue to rise, which is definitely a qualitative leap.

No one expected such a situation, and no one dared to make such a crazy prediction!

The "San Francisco Chronicle" became a joke overnight, not to mention the film reviews - after all, this is the subjective view of every film critic. Some people like it and some people hate it. It is understandable that Brian predicted the 8 million premiere box office was suddenly completely ruined. The box office of "City of Sin" in a single day has reached more than twice the prediction, just like a loud slap on Brian's cheek.

The better the single-day box office of 17 million, Brian is in such a miserable situation.

"City of Sin" broke the box office performance data of the April premiere in film history, vigorously kicked off the box office competition. Under the hype of the media "jointly" and after Saturday, the box office achieved a gratifying upward curve. Although the increase of 14% was not shocking, it was obviously a data that shocked everyone in April. "City of Sin" had already set a historical record on the first day, but it actually ushered in the next day. This can be called a despicable performance. It handed over the peak weekend box office on Saturday that everyone was extremely envious, making the language of admiration lose its color.

This is really an interesting thing. With a collision of one hundred points and a bunch of zero points, the box office data of "Sin City" is getting braver. The winner is not the West Coast punishments, nor the East Coast supporters, nor the disruptors who emerge to join in the fun, but Chaos Film.

On Saturday, "City of Sin" continued to work hard, capturing 19.3 million in a single-day box office, and the cumulative box office in two days of release had reached 35 million, which also means... the premiere box office of "City of Sin" is likely to exceed the premiere weekend data of "Borrowing a Knife and Killing" not long ago, shocking!

In addition to shock, it is also shock!

"Borrowing a knife to kill people" is at least led by Tom. People can understand that the audience entered the cinema because of Tom's appeal; but "City of Sin" has nothing. Even the biggest Bruce has passed its golden years, and his audience appeal is almost negligible.

In other words, people walked into the cinema because of Lance.

Sure enough, after entering Sunday, the single-day box office of "Sin City" fell by 30%, achieving 13.5 million data, and once again ushered in a burst of exclamations. This not only officially marked that "Sin City" had an excellent box office curve that was greater than Saturday than Friday than Sunday, but also meant that the premiere of "Sin City" achieved a box office data of $49 million on the weekend!

Four Nine Million Dollars!

"City of Sin" not only far surpassed the results of "Kill Bill 2", but also easily broke the 42 million US dollars of April premiere record created by Anger Management in 2003, rewriting North American history. What's even more incredible is that "City of Sin" has only 2,700 theaters, and the box office of a single museum is as high as 18,000 US dollars. Among the works fully released by 2,000 theaters, it successfully ranked among the top 20-

Although the top 20 does not sound like an exciting record, "City of Sin" is the only work among the top 20 to be released in the spring schedule, and can occupy a place in the historical list of summer schedules and holiday schedules. "City of Sin" represents an incredible breakthrough in such a cold schedule in April!

What is even more commendable is that in the spring season of March and April, the premiere box office data of "Sin City" ranked second, only behind the "Crucifix" that created the box office miracle last year. Unexpectedly, "Sin City" issued a box office critical hit, causing all news media in North America to fall into a brief dizziness and speechless!
Chapter completed!