Round 4 of Season 36 turned into an unexpectedly historic one for LRF—breaking franchise records, pushing content boundaries, and marking a sudden resurgence for a veteran performer who had previously been almost absent from the studio’s history.
Lobo
Lobo made history within LRF’s DC Comics Universe as just the seventh R-rated entry—and easily the most commercially successful of the bunch. Its breakout performance suggests there may be a stronger appetite than expected for harder-edged, adult-oriented DC storytelling within the studio’s shared universe.
Gray
While Gray ultimately lost money, it still secured a unique place in film history as only the fourth NC-17 release in LRF history - and the first not to be written by Meirad Tako. More impressively, the film became the second highest-grossing NC-17 movie ever released, trailing only the long-standing record held by Lust, Caution—proving controversy can sometimes translate into curiosity at the box office.
The Quiet Between Us
Angela Bassett’s sudden LRF resurgence continued with The Quiet Between Us. Across the studio’s first 35 seasons, Bassett had appeared only twice—Dishonest in Season 1 and The Stand in Season 11—but Season 36 alone has already doubled that total thanks to back-to-back appearances in Stretch Armstrong and now The Quiet Between Us.
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