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By May, the box office results for the commercial films released in March and April had been successively revealed, with the best performance coming from the R-rated romance film "Fifty Shades of Grey," starring Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson, and others.

The film premiered at the end of March, boasting a current North American box office of $165 million US Dollars, an overseas box office of $425 million US Dollars, and a total box office hitting $590 million.

The production cost of this movie was only $40 million US Dollars.

The profit ratio soared to 15 times the investment.

Although the total box office revenue isn't compared to "The Hunger Games 1," the investment for this film was minimal, allowing for a much larger profit margin.

The successful adaptation of the bestseller "Fifty Shades of Grey" has once again made Lionsgate Films the envy and jealousy of its peers.

Initially, after the conclusion of "The Hunger Games" series, media and execs from the Big Six Studios thought that Lionsgate Films' total box office results would suffer significantly, possibly dropping out of the top three or reverting to its original seventh place.

However, with the success of "Fifty Shades of Grey," the execs from the Big Six Studios had to accept a reality:

The success of Lionsgate Films isn't reliant on a particular film series but is found in the secret formula of adapting bestsellers to box office hits. In the next three to four years, Lionsgate Films will still hold a significant position amongst the 'Big Seven Studios,' posing competition to the Big Six Studios.

The success of "Fifty Shades of Grey" is most directly reflected in the stock market; the stock price of Lionsgate Films shot from $88 US Dollars a share to around $95 US Dollars within half a month after the film broke $100 million at the North American box office.

After the North American box office of "Jumanji" broke $200 million, the stock further surged to $100 US Dollars, bringing Lionsgate Films' market value back around $20 billion.

Among the movies released in March and April, the one with the second-highest box office was "Arrival," a film adapted from the short story "Story of Your Life" by Chinese-American science fiction writer Ted Chiang and directed by "Blade Runner 2049" director Denis Villeneuve.

Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker, the narrative follows 12 mysterious alien spacecraft landing on Earth. The American military recruits linguist Louise and physicist Ian, hoping the two can work together to unlock the enigma of the alien language.

The film premiered during the Berlin Film Festival, competing in the main category and nominated for the Golden Bear Award for Best Film.

Released in early April, it earned a box office of $24.07 million US Dollars in its opening week.

The beginning was relatively moderate, but the film's reputation was good. "Complete Movie" claimed 'Before "Arrival," no sci-fi film had opened up such realms of imagination.' The "Los Angeles Times" described it as 'an intelligent, eloquent, and exciting sci-fi film.'

Its IMDB rating reached a high of 8.3, and its Rotten Tomatoes freshness score once soared to 100% during its first week, with some critics deeming it the best science fiction film of the year, even with seven to eight months left in 2016.

Due to its excellent reputation, the film's second-week box office unexpectedly increased.

Following five continuous weeks, the North American box office broke $100 million, reaching $102 million US Dollars. freewebnøvel.coɱ

The overseas box office was close to that of North America. After a little over a month, the current box office stands at $112 million US Dollars.

The total box office reached $214 million US Dollars.

With a production cost of $47 million US Dollars and a nearly 5:1 profit ratio, it can be considered a hugely successful film.

The film "The Shallows," which was released in mid-April, also performed well at the box office. The movie stars Blake Lively and tells the story of a girl who, while surfing in the ocean, is attacked by a shark. With her thigh injured, the protagonist struggles to climb onto an exposed rock, with the shark lurking around. She must overcome her fear and find a way to return to shore.

Produced by Palm Beach Films, with a production cost of $17 million US Dollars, after four weeks of release, the current North American box office is $55.12 million US Dollars, and the overseas box office is $63.97 million US Dollars, bringing the total box office to $119 million US Dollars. With a box office profit ratio of 7:1, the movie can be considered an unexpected hit.

As "Jumanji" broke $200 million in the North American box office this week, Lionsgate Films' total box office in the North American Region for the first half of the year exceeded $1 billion US Dollars, reaching $1.05 billion, ranking second among the Big Six Studios, with Disney Pictures in first place.

This year Disney Pictures has been extremely dominant at the box office, with three movies grossing over $300 million in North America before June.

The first was "Zootopia," released in March, with a North American box office of $340 million and a global box office of $1.02 billion. The second was "The Jungle Book," released in April and adapted from Disney's classic 1967 animation "The Jungle Book," currently standing at $360 million in North American box office and a global box office of $960 million.

The third is "Captain America 3," which is expected to gross over $400 million in North America.

Next month, Disney will release the animated film "Finding Dory: Where Did Dory Go?", which is expected to have a North American box office of over $300 million, judging from the performance of the first installment.

Compared to Disney, Lionsgate Films' advantage lies in the quantity of movies released, with low production costs. This year, Lionsgate Films has co-produced a total of 24 movies with Disney, Paramount, Warner, Palm Beach Films, Annapurna Pictures, Netflix, and Amazon Studios.

Disney Pictures plans to release 18 movies, more than half of which are big-budget productions costing over $100 million, including "The Finest Hours," "Alice Through the Looking Glass," "The BFG," and others.

Lionsgate Films, by virtue of the number of films it releases, might be able to compete with Disney in terms of total box office.

"Boss, what do you think about the script for 'Gods of Egypt'? Have you seen it?"

In the Lionsgate Films office, Link was reviewing the first-quarter financial report, when Ms. Stacy Schneider, Vice President in charge of production, came in and asked.