Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion Chapter 691 - 501 Box Office Brings Good News

"The Hunger Gas" had essentially ended its screening in North Arica, with a cumulative box office of 468 million US dollars, while its overseas box office slowly broke four hundred million. Compared to "The Avengers," "The Hunger Gas" had a relatively average performance in the international box office.

dia summarized three main reasons for this.

The first is that "The Hunger Gas" was also distributed by Lionsgate Films in overseas regions, which has inferior distribution channels compared to Disney and the other major studios.

The second point is that the main cast of "The Hunger Gas" were not very famous internationally, and couldn't compare to the star-studded cast of "The Avengers."

The third point is related to "The Hunger Gas" IP itself. The movie was adapted from a best-selling novel, but compared to universally famous best-sellers like "Harry Potter" and "Twilight," "The Hunger Gas" had much less impact overseas.

According to a New York Tis report, the novel's sales doubled after the release of "The Hunger Gas" movie, and sales in overseas regions increased tenfold at one point.

It could be said that the movie boosted the popularity of the novel, whereas the huge success of "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" movies was largely due to their already substantial fan bases.

In June, besides "The Hunger Gas," "The Cabin in the Woods," and "Complete Pregnancy Guide," Lionsgate Films also released three other movies, which were the French film "The Intouchables," "Lawless," and "Crazy Black Lady's Witness Protection Program."

"The Intouchables" premiered at the end of May and initially stirred up racial issues for over a month.

Later, under the diation of the Arican Film Producers Association, it was screened at six theaters in North Arica to gauge the reaction of African Arican audiences. Surprisingly, African Arican audiences didn't find the film's content to be discriminatory; instead, they thought it was quite good.

"The Intouchables" earned 30.55 million US dollars in North Arica over four weeks, which brought its total global box office to 480 million US dollars. Compared to its production cost of 12 million, it was even more profitable than the dark horse films "Buried" and "The Hunger Gas."

So dia leaked that Link's film company in France also invested in this film, which ant that Link had released three dark horses and made over a billion dollars with these three films this year.

Envious colleagues who wished ill upon Link increased rapidly, and so tried to stick a label of racism on him by bringing up the racial issues ntioned in "The Intouchables," and thus sar the movie and Link.

However, they were strongly countered by the legal departnt of Lionsgate Films, which sent out over thirty legal notices.

But before those jealous peers could revel for long, "Lawless" premiered. This was the fourth film produced by Palm Beach Films, in collaboration with Annapurna Pictures, and had a production budget of 26 million.

Since the first four films released by Palm Beach Films were all considered box office dark horses with good reception, "Lawless" was naturally overestimated. Many dia outlets predicted that it would also be a dark horse.

Unfortunately, the film's box office was disappointing; it only made 12.28 million US dollars in North Arica in its opening weekend, and just about 25 million after ten days of release. Its overseas box office was also diocre, earning only 8.5 million in its first week across twelve countries and regions.

The film's estimated global box office was projected to be around fifty million, a figure that would not cause the company to lose money, but given that all previous films from Palm Beach Films had been big hits, everyone had high expectations for their productions, and now their fifth production was just breaking even.

For other film companies, breaking even might be acceptable, but for Palm Beach Films, breaking even signified a failure.

"Haha, I've always said that Palm Beach's movies can't always be hot sellers, they will lose money sooner or later. Look at it now, what's the situation?"

In the office of Weinstein Company, Harvey, with a cigar in his mouth, laughed heartily as his belly protruded significantly.

"Harvey, I don't think this is sothing to be too happy about, don't forget that "The Master," which we co-produced with Palm Beach Films, has not yet been released,"

Bob said with a frown as he looked at the newspaper.

"What do you an?"

Harvey glowered at him, annoyed. Since the Oscars in February, the news had been filled with good news about Link.

Stories such as "Buried" selling well with Link taking a small gamble and earning fifty to sixty million.

Then there was that damn Link successfully wooing ryl Streep, getting her and Jennifer to act as adversaries on screen, a movie that many were looking forward to.

Followed by Lionsgate Films' blockbuster "The Hunger Gas," which was predicted to be the next "Harry Potter" or "Twilight" series. Link and Lionsgate might make billions from this series.

In May, there was Link starring in the best-selling "The Avengers," turning Link into a top global movie star with the number one fan base worldwide, and his next film pay surpassing thirty million.

Then there was Link narrowly escaping an incident on set, successfully defending his title in a boxing match, and