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After entering the release stage, the pace of Hard Fruit Candy has always been orderly. Although the discussion on the Internet remains high, no one can deny that this work is not acceptable to ordinary audiences from the theme to the style to the content. , which is also doomed that the film cannot be screened in 3,000 theaters like Sin City. Despite this, Hard Candy still handed in a perfect answer sheet during the release stage.

From 683 to 977, and then further developed to 1,196, and reached the peak of 1,467 in the third week of December. Two weeks later, it fell back to 1,280, and then passed the noisy schedule of the Golden Globe Awards with a screening scale of 984, and then dropped to 630, and successfully persisted for five weeks , after the Oscars ended and the awards season ended, the screening scale of this work was gradually reduced, and finally it was screened for 26 weeks, and it was offline in mid-April, announcing the end of this work's North American box office campaign .

As the North American market then entered the Thanksgiving period led by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, followed by the Christmas period led by The Chronicles of Narnia, the whole line of sight showed a lively scene of a hundred flowers blooming, Hard Fruit Candy, a work that is incompatible with the holiday atmosphere, has not been able to go one step closer. The fifth place on the list in the third week of its release is the best performance, but even so, Hard Fruit Candy still successfully topped the list. The single top ten stayed for a full eleven weeks, and it fell out of the top ten after entering 2006. Such a strong performance made the media who were waiting to see the joke lose their temper.

Considering that the release date of Hard Candy was originally a deserted autumn file, and it is also an unconventional cult experimental work, the film's 12 consecutive weekend box office performances of more than one million can be regarded as shocking. , for many commercial films trying to fish in troubled waters in the autumn, if the weekend box office can last for five weeks and exceed one million, it can already be called a victory, but Hard Fruit Candy has persisted for twelve weeks, The entire market was in a panic, and the performance of such box office energy is indeed convincing.

In the end, the North American box office of Fruit Candy stopped at $58 million.

After all, this result still failed to exceed the 60 million of City of God, and it really became the worst box office performance among all the works directed by Lance so far. The bottom line is very different, so the results of Hard Fruit Candy make people have to marvel.

More importantly, the cost of City of God is 3 million, while the cost of Hard Candy is only 900,000. From the perspective of profitability, the latter is obviously better.

This also makes people really realize that the name Lancelot-Strello has not only become a guarantee of quality, but also a guarantee of box office. Love-hate independent works of art, the North American box office has reached 58 million, you know, this achievement is even better than the Saharan Cavalry that bankrupted Diorama Pictures.

Considering the 160 million investment of the Sahara Cavalry, such a comparison is indeed somewhat frightening.

Not only that, the North American box office of Fruit Candy also surpassed Kingdom of Heaven, Legend of Zorro, Pride and Prejudice, Munich, Corpse Bride, Crash and other works, and The Iron Fist Man This massive and hyped work is on the same level. This is enough to see how unbelievable the North American box office of this work is, even more shocking than the 200 million North American results of Borrowing a Knife and Sin City.

Before Hard Candy was put into production, people were worried that this work would be an important turning point in Lance's career as a director. Enviable and proud talents; now it seems that Hard Candy has indeed become a turning point in Lance's career, but it is not a turning point that turns sharply, but a turning point that breaks the shackles and rises to a higher level.

Just before the screening of Hard Candy, everyone is not optimistic about Lance's prospects in Hollywood, whether it is the joint blockade of Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures, or the hatred and disgust of Lance in the circle, or the The choice of Mad Max 4, everything makes people believe that Lance's future has become bleak, but in a blink of an eye, things have changed dramatically.

Of course, it is still too early to say that Lance has gotten out of the predicament. After all, a Hard Candy is far from enough. It is enough to reverse the situation. After all, Lance offended half of Hollywood this time. Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures only need to breathe a sigh of relief, which is enough for Chaos Pictures. It is like driving against the wind in a hurricane. Any mistake, even if there is no mistake, it will be difficult to break through.

But, the fact is that now people are starting to wait and see, maybe Mad Max 4 is doomed to fail, but how will Lance let go and make the final struggle; maybe Hard Candy is just But how will Lance use his talents to turn the situation around; maybe Chaos Pictures will make a serious fall on Mad Max 4, but how serious will this failure be? It will make Chaos Shadow Industry fall into a slump, or even be wiped out. If not, will Lance be able to make a comeback? Maybe everything that follows is doomed, but can Lance change the ending and bring surprises?

The overwhelming pressure was temporarily relieved by the incredible performance of Hard Fruit Candy, which gave both Chaos Shadow Industry and Lance a short breathing space. Maybe it was just a blink of an eye, but it was still enough to change the situation of the battle. key point. What's more, the North American box office is not the only statistic that caused Hard Candy to cause consternation. The overseas box office success is Lance's greatest achievement as a director.

Surprisingly, just relying on the title of Lancelot Strelow, a film like Fruit Candy has not landed in any film festivals, and has not received any awards-not yet, without any commercial gimmicks His independent work was released in 27 countries and regions overseas, especially in the European market, which is more tolerant of art films. Almost every country and region has introduced this film. It can be felt that Lance's signature has already been released. The market is fully opened up here.

The result also proves this point. Hard Candy has won far more reputation in Europe than in the United States. Even the ten-minute long shot of torture in the movie has been highly praised in Europe and won a lot of applause. From the box office performance, It can be felt that Britain, France and Germany have become the top three overseas box office. Surprisingly, Mexico’s box office has surpassed Italy and Spain, becoming the fourth place in the overseas box office——“City of God” Jean Reims It has an unparalleled strong appeal in Latin America.

Among them, the cumulative box office of the United Kingdom and France has exceeded 10 million, while the box office of Germany, Mexico, Italy and Spain has exceeded 5 million. The outstanding performance is really gratifying.

In the end, the overseas box office of Hard Fruit Candy actually reached 67 million US dollars, surpassing the North American box office data, and achieved a hearty victory. This also made the global box office of Hard Candy break through the threshold of 100 million, reaching 113 million US dollars, and the jaw dislocation sounds of all North American professionals can be clearly heard, like a high-pitched and joyful symphony song.

Who would have thought that a work with an investment of 900,000 US dollars would achieve a global box office of over 100 million! The profit data reached an incredible 45 million! This is not only a miracle, it can even be called a myth, it is unbelievable.

So, the record of 200 million box office in North America for three consecutive works was interrupted, so what? Lance has proved his ability to attract money and his talent with practical actions. Obviously, Hard Fruit Candy not only did not make Lance fall into a slump, but also made Lance advance by leaps and bounds, and won a place in the European market.

It is rumored that both the Berlin Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival have set their sights on Lance, and they approached Lance one after another, asking whether Lance can let Mad Max 4 land at the film festival for the world premiere. This is not only a topical effect, but also their trust in Lance can be seen, but the problem is that Mad Max 4 has not started filming yet!

Warner Bros. doesn't like Lance, Sony Pictures doesn't like Lance, The LA Times doesn't like Lance, The Hollywood Reporter doesn't like Lance...but, who cares? Because the actors like Lance, the producers also like Lance, and even the screenwriters are crazy about Lance. The most important thing is that as long as Lance's works can continue to make money, no one will have trouble with dividends.

Also, what's next for Fruit Candy this year's awards season? Could it be that Lance is going to shine in the awards season again this year? Things seem to be getting out of control little by little.

Lance, Tom is here, along with Leonardo. Percy greeted Lance and handed him a towel.

Lance took the towel and wiped the sweat from his forehead. After two hours of fitness, he didn't feel too tired. Instead, he felt indescribably refreshed. Lance raised his head and said doubtfully, Any special events in New York? He couldn't recall any promotional trip for Tom Cruise to come to New York.

I came here specially to see you. Percy shrugged, seeing that the doubt in Lance's eyes still hadn't faded, and then explained, It should be for the public audition for tomorrow's casting.

So, Leo still hasn't given up? A smile formed on the corner of Lance's mouth.