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Compared with the past few years, Lance's action in 2006 has been significantly reduced. Except for a Fury Road, there is almost no extra activity, but only one Fury Road is enough.

Looking at the whole year of 2006, it is impossible to find any work that can compete with Fury Road, from box office data to word-of-mouth communication, from topic focus to follow-up influence, comprehensive coverage, more importantly, this The impact of this work on the film industry, the promotion of public opinion, and the subversion of popular culture are all immeasurable. monument! This is true even as North America has ushered in the dawn of 2007.

With a box office of 613 million in North America and a box office of 1.292 billion in the world, Fury Road has no suspense to win the champion of the North American year-end box office rankings and the global year-end box office rankings. With an absolutely powerful posture, it declares the strong presence of Chaos Films and Lance, which makes people look up.

This is the second time in film history since Shrek 2 in 2004 that the year-end box office champions in North America and the world are not controlled by the six major film companies. The last time such a feat was accomplished was DreamWorks, but unfortunately it was in Shrek 2 Less than fifteen months after making history, it ended up splitting up; and what will happen to Chaos Films, which has written a miracle this time? At least from the current point of view, the frequently-moving Chaos Films is still showing a thriving and thriving prosperity. This new top player in Hollywood has rolled up his sleeves and is ready to do a big job.

In the face of the excellent performance of Fury Road, all competitors can only sigh in awe. The huge gap cannot be made up at all. The only thing left for them to compete is the annual runner-up position. In the Runner Competition, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Successfully had the last laugh.

Before it was released, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 was undoubtedly one of the most watched works of 2006. Many people also believed that this work could win the year-end championship. Its film history records show its domineering aura, but it is a pity that it encountered a more powerful Fury Road and achieved the latter's miracle myth. The runner-up hat is dead Pressed on the head, almost out of breath. Despite this, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 still achieved excellent results by virtue of the super popularity of Captain Jack Sparrow. position above.

403 million, although it barely crossed the line, the outstanding performance of Pirates of the Caribbean 2 successfully made 2006 the first year in North American film history to have two 400 million works in the same year, making history. This is a commendable progress for the entire North American market.

Except for Disney's bitter smile, everyone else applauded the result, including Warner Bros., who failed miserably in the summer.

Due to the explosion of Fury Road and Pirates of the Caribbean 2, almost drained all the potential of the film market, so that after that, no work can achieve a North American box office of 300 million, ranking in the year-end list The single runner-up only made 250 million at the box office, and there is still a long way to go before 300 million. However, the work that won the third runner-up title was a big surprise. Widely acclaimed, it replicated the miracle of Meet Your Father-in-Law the year before, and became the biggest winner of this year's comedy movie—the actor Ben Stiller also reached the pinnacle of his career.

After that, Cars, X-Men 3, The Da Vinci Code, and Superman Returns occupied the fourth to seventh places respectively. Taking Return of Superman as a watershed, the North American box office of seven films in 2006 reached 200 million. This figure is lower than last year and better than the year before. Steady, with almost no visible progress or regression.

It is precisely because of this that the outbreak of Fury Road has caused a sensation in the entire Hollywood - can R-rated movies achieve such heights? Can the cult style be accepted by the mainstream market? Did the works on the theme of the end of the world have new ideas? Will there be more markets for retro action movies? Is the awakening of female audiences a flash in the pan or an overall trend?

And so on, it can be said that the success of Fury Road has allowed Hollywood to see the possibility of further tapping the film market, which is also the root cause of Chaos Pictures and Lance's rapid rise to the top - interests, in the final analysis, are still interests.

There is also an interesting detail. Among the top seven North American year-end lists, the works with the highest investment are Superman Returns and X-Men 3. These two works are also the highest, and they are also the only two works facing losses among the top seven.

After Titanic, the law that the higher the investment, the higher the return is fading, the rational investment advocated by Chaos Films is coming into people's sight. After the release of Fury Road, Lance first proposed The concept of an investment range of 100 million to 150 million is undoubtedly an earthquake-level turmoil for Hollywood. It is no exaggeration to say that Lance is changing Hollywood bit by bit. Some people don't realize it, some people realize it, but even if they realize it, they don't seem to care. welcome this change.

After that, the remaining three seats in the top ten of the North American year-end box office list will be shared by Happy Feet, Ice Age 2, and 007: Casino Royale.

These three works have undoubtedly attracted a lot of attention. Leaving aside the highlights of the themes of the two cartoons themselves, Happy Feet was shot by George Miller, a director who has devoted himself to movies this year. One, Mad Max: Fury Road brought him back to the public eye again, and Happy Feet proved his excellent director ability, and the word-of-mouth of this work even surpassed Pixar's Cars. General Mobilization is considered the best cartoon of the year.

The outstanding performance of Ice Age 2 proves that Blue Sky Studios is not a flashing meteor, and they are still capable of creating excellent sequels, which will further compete with Pixar and DreamWorks. Especially in the case of the split of DreamWorks and the acquisition of Pixar, the existence of Blue Sky Studios has intensified the battle for the North American animation market.

The biggest success of 007: Casino Royale does not lie in the North American box office of 167 million. Strictly speaking, although the overseas box office performance is also very gratifying, and the investment of 150 million has successfully achieved profitability, but for Sony The most important thing for the film industry is the revival of the series. Casino Royale has almost reached its peak amidst a lot of praise. Sony Pictures huge confidence. Obviously, in the subsequent competition, Sony Pictures officially began to challenge Warner Bros.

Just from the top ten list at the end of the year, it can be seen that Paramount and Universal have undoubtedly become the biggest losers. None of their works has entered the top ten, and they have begun to fall behind in the fierce competition; Twentieth Century Fox and Disney The former had the last laugh. The former owned three works: Night at the Museum, X-Men 3 and Ice Age 2, while the latter produced Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and Cars and ranked the top four. The famous work, the performance is very brilliant.

Although Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures also snatched two seats in the top ten, they are in very different situations. Sony Pictures has won the future. The two works of Da Vinci Code and Casino Royale have performed brilliantly. They also hold the right to adapt the follow-up of these two works, and the future can be expected; but Warner Bros. has suffered heavy losses. The loss of The Return, Happy Feet is not enough to make up for it. If it weren't for the outstanding performance in the awards season, Warner Bros. would be even more embarrassed.

Of course, Chaos Films is still the biggest winner.

If you take a closer look at this list, you will find more interesting things. Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures were the main forces that started to jointly block Chaos Pictures in the second half of last year. Participated in some activities, but when Robert Iger just took over the company, he focused more on Pixar's acquisition and internal integration, and the results were obvious; Paramount and Universal are currently the most closely related to Chaos Films The company, Chaos Pictures, is developing videotape rental channels and DVD distribution channels, Paramount has provided a lot of help, and the Invincible Hulk shot by Universal Pictures and Chaos Pictures is in full swing.

Past, present, Future. The influence between each other is clearly visible; the attitude changes and strategy formulation of major companies are clear at a glance. Even if he doesn't want to admit it, the facts are already in front of his eyes: the involvement and entanglement between Chaos Films and the six major film companies has stepped onto the stage of history-although no one can predict how the future will develop.

Undoubtedly, this is a glorious year for Chaos Films, or to use more accurate words, this is a glorious year for Lance. It's hard to imagine that Lance supported Chaos Films just by relying on his own strength, and even accomplished such an incredible feat by relying on his own strength, which caused a bloodbath in Hollywood. The gears of history have been turned into clockwork, and now people will keep their eyes open and watch this good show with relish.

Similarly, when the global year-end box office rankings are released, you can still feel this context. The world influence of Chaos Films has quietly completed the budding stage and entered the stage of vigorous growth. In such a short period of time, Chaos Films has grown into a powerful force that no one can ignore.