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The box office of the clown broke 1 billion, and the clown became the box office champion of R-rated

The box office of the clown broke 1 billion, and the clown became the box office champion of R-rated films in the world

After 34 days of release, the R-rated comic film clown has won a box office of US $940 million worldwide, topped the world's R-rated film box office and temporarily ranked 76th in the global box office list. With the recognition of the Venice Golden Lion Award, the clown with a score of 8.8 on IMDB website has also become the fourth highest box office of DC films. The clown has no magic, missiles, super powers, and no cosmic fighting scenes, but it moves the audience by truly reflecting the living conditions of marginal figures in society. As superhero films such as "X-Men: black phoenix" and "Rita: Battle angel" released this year are both cold at the box office, r-level diffuse films seem to have ushered in an unprecedented new level of box office and public praise.

With certain realistic social critical significance and romantic sadness, the sale of the clown also means that the audience has been aesthetically tired of the traditional Hollywood blockbusters led by marvel, and is eager to see more films with different levels of attempt and exploration and different theme expression. In addition to the clown, this year's popular films such as clown 2, Hollywood past, the Irish and we are all R-rated, and they are also recognized by a wider audience. Recently, Martin & middot; Film directors led by Scorsese have been calling on the global film market to face up to the 'harm' brought by Marvel films and criticize that Marvel films are not real films. The increasingly impetuous film industry also needs R-rated films to gradually remove the shackles of the box office and develop broader types and unconventional narrative styles.

The rising clown director is good at making R-rated films, because the cost is low and more realistic!

Before filming the clown, director Todd & middot; Felix is the director of the classic R-rated adult comedy hangover series. The three films are full of alcoholism, violence, sexual cues and a small amount of nudity; Downey's film due date is also an R-rated work. With these four R-rated comedies, Todd & middot; Felix's films have won a total box office of more than $1.6 billion worldwide. It can be said that his best and most recognized style is displayed in R-rated films. Although he loved superhero comics since childhood, Todd & middot; Felix always rejected super English films: 'these films are too noisy. Super English films are not what I want to make in essence. I don't want to see these films. Mangai film has become a type of film. I think we can try a different direction, do an in-depth role research on villains, and make a very realistic film '. If you want to untie the superheroes' War clothes and omnipotent weapons and make movies according to the laws of the real world, you will inevitably cross the r-level red line.

In an interview with the media, Todd & middot; Felix once revealed that he encountered a lot of resistance from the completion of the script. It took him a whole year to finally persuade Warner to allow him to make this R-rated diffuse film. He also said that the clown is not a super British film in essence, and the clown is not a superhero. His creative inspiration comes from his favorite R-class classic films of the 1970s - "taxi driver", "king of comedy", "flying over the madhouse", "angry bull" and "conflict", presenting classic comic characters in a restricted style, It is Todd & middot who makes the clown really a loser defeated by the pressure of real New York life; Felix insisted.

From the perspective of cost, it is also the key reason for the film company to nod and let go and give the director the greatest free play -- the cost of clown is too cheap. The production cost of the clown is only $55 million, which is a very low budget in the diffuse film, almost one-third of the cost of the recent DC film. Finally, the clown is expected to become one of the most profitable superhero films in history, and the cost-benefit ratio is even higher than that of compound 3.

Disadvantages: limited audience and box office

According to data, from 1988 to 2003, the number of R-rated films produced in the United States was 10 times that of non-r-rated films, but the box office of non-r-rated films was 10 times that of R-rated films. Although there are R-rated films with very high box office after the new millennium, such as the matrix: going back to battle, the clown's soul, hangover 2, 50 degrees of gray, teddy bear, crazy Max 4: the road of fury, Alien: contract and so on, R-rated films are still synonymous with low cost, alternative extreme and limited audience.

In the North American market, a film Rated R usually means that the audience is limited, which directly leads to the limited box office. According to statistics, under the same conditions, a film Rated R will earn $15 million to $34 million less box office than a film Rated PG-13, which is undoubtedly a great blow to commercial blockbusters with large investment. Therefore, in 2015, there was no R-rated film in the top ten box office in North America.

In the usual comic adaptation films, whether Marvel Universe or DC Universe, the works are mainly PG-13, so as to attract the audience dominated by teenagers. As a villain in spider man's universe, "venom" was finally cut from R level in the development period to PG-13 level. It deleted the scenes of bloody violence, weakened the dark side of the protagonist, and added more entertainment elements suitable for all ages to cater to the majority of the audience.

The expression of advantages is not limited, and it is easier to produce high-quality products

As a normal product in the film industry chain, R-rated films have been used as a gimmick for film publicity, but they are more limited by the demands of the film itself for its audience and the cost of the film. In terms of film types, not only horror films, evil classic films and sex comedies, but also most action films, gangster films, war films, science fiction films and even art films are actively classified as R-rated because of their own style. The classic films we are familiar with, such as the silent lamb, the taxi driver, the flash, the killer is not too cold, alien and so on, are all R-rated films.

Due to unrestricted expression, R-rated films will also become the first choice for the creation and performance of many more directors and actors, and it is easier to gain something in the award season. Jackin middot, who plays the clown and has been nominated for the best actor Oscar three times; Phoenix Contact, for example, among all the high score works starring in recent years, only the music biography "walking with the song" is PG-13, and other film works are R-rated. Among the Oscar films in the past 10 years, only the green book and the artist are PG-13. Among the golden palms in Cannes in the past 10 years, only love and the tree of life, which tell about the family life of the elderly, are PG-13.

Judy & middot; Foster played Martin & middot when he was 12; Scorsese's R-rated film "taxi driver", some scenes need his 19-year-old sister as a body substitute. Also starring in films that she couldn't watch when she was young was Natalie & middot; Portman, the killer is not too cold, Scarlett & middot; Johnson, just cause, Johnny & middot; Depp's nightmare on Elm Street, etc. On the other hand, the debut of young actors in R-rated films means a broader play path and more free choice.

R-rated film score list

Oscar best picture ratings in the last decade

91st green paper PG-13

The 90th "story of water" R

The 89th moonlight boy R

The 88th focus R

The 87th bird man R

The 86th "twelve years of slavery" R

The 85th "escape from Tehran" R

84th artist PG-13

The 83rd King's speech R

82nd "bomb disposal force" R

Grading of Cannes Golden Palm Award in recent ten years

72nd parasite R

The 71st thief family R

The 70th Freedom Square R

The 69th "I'm black" R

The 68th "wandering Dipan" R

The 67th "hibernation" (no classification)

66th Adele's life NC-17

The 65th love PG-13

64th "tree of life" PG-13

The 63rd "Uncle Bumi who can recall his previous life" (no grade at present)

Top 10 global box office of R-rated films

2019 clown $940 million

In 2018, death waiting 2 was US $785 million

In 2016, the dead man was $783 million

2003 matrix: reloading $740 million

In 2017, the return of the clown was $700 million

2017 Wolverine 3: battle to death: US $610 million

Passion of Jesus in 2004, $600 million

2011 hangover 2 $580 million

2012 teddy bear $540 million

2014 American sniper $540 million

The best of class R films

● from 1979 to 2017, the six trilogy of alien was filmed for 38 years.

● "death waiting" series has reached the highest box office of R-rated films with us $1.56 billion.

● 'Teddy Bear' is the most swearing animated image.

● the shooting cost of the first film of crazy Max in 1979 was US $350000, and the shooting cost of crazy Max: the road of rage in 2015 was US $150 million, up 428 times.