In the third week of June, the whole United States was excited about the success of "Batman Prequel: The Mystery of the Shadow". The movie was released early on Wednesday, and finally won 48 million US dollars on the weekend and won 72 million US dollars on the first five days. Compared with the investment of 150 million, although the market cannot be said to be hot, the performance is indeed good; more importantly, the movie has received many praises, and professional film critics and movie audiences have given praise, which has been silent for eight years. Finally, the Batman series, which has been silent for eight years, finally saw the light of day again.

But in addition to this, there is another focus this week. Twelve weeks after the release of "City of Sin", North America's cumulative box office finally exceeded the 200 million threshold, achieving supreme glory. The praise from all media is like a tide, swarming in.

People praised the "City of Sin" for being unfavorable, and became more courageous as they fought, achieving the glory of the eighth R-level work in North America with a box office of 200 million. People praised Lance for three consecutive works in North America with a box office of 200 million, and it achieved this achievement among four works, truly creating an insurmountable peak; people praised Chaos Film's strong rise, people praised Lance for becoming a new generation of box office directors, and people praised Hollywood for finally ushering in a new atmosphere...

Interestingly, when people started to read newspapers and magazines, they noticed that the investment of "City of Sin" was only 40 million, and the cost was far lower than that of Lance's other two works, "The Day of Acquiredness" and "Killing with a Knife". In other words, the profits of "City of Sin" are even better.

The reason why the word "interesting" is used is because people almost ignore this point. Just because of the name "Lancelot-Stralo", they have more expectations for the movie, as if "City of Sin" reaches a box office of 200 million yuan, as if "City of Sin" challenges such a height, it is sparse and ordinary, as if "City of Sin" is taken for granted by "City of Sin" to write miracles and create myths. This also means that the sign "Lancelot-Stralo" has already had appeal without realizing it, representing a unique style, distinctive characteristics, and excellent quality, and is becoming people's perceptions bit by bit.

It is hard to imagine that Lance has reached such a height in three years, just three years, and four works.

Not only that, it is worth noting that "City of Sin" is the first work independently produced and independently released by Chaos Film. Such a shocking first shot has made Chaos Film the most vital company among the second-tier film companies at present.

After breaking through the 200 million threshold, the pace of "City of Sin" gradually slowed down. Even so, major theaters still unswervingly allowed the film to be screened until the fourth week of August, and then announced its offline release. The film was released for 22 weeks, and finally accumulated box office to US$208 million. It ranked eighth in the R-rated film rankings of North American film history, and joined forces with "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" to occupy two seats in the top ten.

Compared with the results of "the day after tomorrow" and "killing with a knife", "City of Sin" is slightly inferior, but considering the cost of the movie for 40 million, this work has become the work with the highest profitability among director Lance's works. Not only that, the movie's overseas box office performance has also delivered a perfect answer.

Due to the bloody violence of the movie, the overseas box office performance of "Sin City" in a sense, even so, the movie still burst out with amazing energy.

"City of Sin" has only been released in 39 countries and regions overseas. Its scope is not wide, but its box office performance shows a gratifying trend. Britain has become the largest overseas ticket store without prestige, earning $29 million in box office data, while Germany and France are ranked second and third respectively, and both have achieved a record of $20 million.

It can be seen from this data alone that the overseas box office performance of "Sin City" is far better than "killing with a knife", which is a new thing.

"Killing with a knife" was led by Tom Cruise, and its overseas market appeal had an absolute advantage. However, because the artistic lighting use weakened the stimulation, it made the movie closer to the style of European art films, causing the movie to be blocked in important markets such as South America and Asia. At the same time, the movie incorporated more commercial thrillers, which caused the European market to lose interest in movies, and eventually achieved only 130 million overseas box offices.

But "City of Sin" is different. In the absence of big names, Lance's shots become the protagonist. The image is stylized and boldly incorporated comics and color elements, and after bringing bloody violence to the extreme, it further taps commercial potential. In this way, people simply regard it as a commercial movie, but they are more sought after. The reactions of the three European markets of Britain, Germany and France prove this. Although it is not as good as the "day acquired", it is indeed better than "killing with a knife".

It can be seen that European audiences appreciate art and business more separately. The coolness of art films is consistent with the three major film festivals, and the entertainment of commercial films is a feature of Hollywood. The frank and neat movies such as "the day after tomorrow" and "the city of sin" have been more popular, but instead, the contradictory and integration attempt of "killing people with a knife" has been coldly accepted.

This speculation was once again confirmed with the box office reactions in other countries and regions.

Four box office markets including Spain, Italy, Japan, Australia, etc. have contributed 10 million box offices to the "City of Sin", of which Spain's 19 million US dollars is even more amazing; in addition, the box office performance of Brazil, Mexico, South Korea and Russia is also very good.

It is worth mentioning that the box office performance of "City of Sin" in South America or Spanish-speaking countries and regions has been recognized, continuing the favorable impression of Spanish-speaking people towards Reims since "City of God". At that time, many people expressed confusion and even resistance to Reims' behavior of traveling to Brazil to shoot "City of God" on the spot, but time proved the huge impact of this move.

Based on the Spanish-speaking countries, Lance's influence on the global scale is expanding step by step. Just half a year ago, the publicity stunt of "killing with a knife" was still Tom. Even though Lance has had the success of "the day after tomorrow" and "City of God", it seems that the overseas market is still not familiar with this new director; but now, the biggest highlight of "City of Sin" has become Lance, who is behind the scenes, and the box office performance has become the most powerful argument.

Thirty-nine countries and regions were released, and the cumulative box office in 24 regions exceeded 5 million US dollars, of which as many as seven voters won more than 10 million data, and jointly promoted the overseas box office of "Sin City" to stalwartly cross the 200 million threshold, and finally settled at 216 million!

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

This also led to industry insiders analyzing and discussing the movies. Finally, it was found that due to the theme restrictions, "City of Sin" initially only two regions purchased overseas distribution rights, which led to a very delay in the overseas release of the movie. This was originally a bad thing; but as a result, the controversy in the movie caused by the movie in North America began to ferment and preheat through the Internet. Before the movie was officially released, the trailer videos and related activities on the official website had already received unimaginable attention overseas, triggering a frenzy of discussions, especially in the European market.

In addition, with the emergence of the title of the Crime Trilogy, before the release of "City of Sin", the video rental of "City of God" and "Killing with a knife" ushered in a small climax. Re-examining the previous two works with the idea of ​​"Crime Trilogy" further triggered people's discussion and reflection. After these reactions fermented, "City of Sin" was released one after another, prompting more and more audiences to enter the cinema.

It is in such a time difference that it leaves enough space for the box office outbreak of "City of Sin" and instead makes "City of Sin" the best overseas box office work in the Crime Trilogy.

From North America to overseas, "City of Sin" has shown a sweeping army, and has earned 424 million US dollars in box office worldwide!

This is Lance's second work with a global box office of over 400 million yuan, but aside from the "day acquired", "City of Sin" concentrates on Lance's personal characteristics and Lance's market appeal. Behind the great success of this work, Lance is the well-deserved first hero, and can even be said to be the only hero.

The success of the Crime Trilogy, from the discussions triggered by art to the achievements made in business, undoubtedly let people see the potential of Lance. Just like Christopher Nolan gave the philosophical wisdom of "Batman Prequel: The Mystery of the Shadow", he showed his control of the rhythm of business and his thinking about the core of art, and he found his own password between the balance between business and art. However, Christopher has not been able to truly prove himself, but Lance has done it, relying on his talents and abilities,

From a small investment of 40 million to a global box office of 420 million; from rejected comic adaptations to the camera language that convinces everyone; from a cast lineup that lacks highlights to the strong rise of shining stars; from a simple and crude crime movie to a far-reaching trilogy... Lance has laid his historical position in Hollywood with a refreshing victory. This road to a movie master, Lance has already walked on the road!
Chapter completed!