• THIS YEAR CANNES LIONS RECEIVED 35.765 ENTRIES. AN ALL TIME HIGH. IN TOTAL, AGENCIES SPENT ABOUT €18,5 MILLION TO SUBMIT THEIR WORK FOR THE MOST EPIC CREATIVE AWARD IN THE WORLD. IMAGINE ALL THE OTHER THINGS WE COULD HAVE DONE WITH THE MONEY.
• WE COULD HAVE BOUGHT 6.167 ACTUAL LIONS.
• WE COULD HAVE OWNED 11 TROPICAL ISLANDS.
• WE COULD HAVE ROCKED 1850 FROSTED FLAKES DIAMOND CHAINS.
• WE COULD HAVE BOOKED SARAH PALIN AS A SPEAKER FOR 185 DAYS IN A ROW… ON A DESERTED ISLAND.
• WE COULD HAVE PAID FOR 544 KILOS OF REAL GOLD.
• WE COULD HAVE PARTIED WITH 32,5 MILLION GLOW STICKS.
• WE COULD HAVE VISITED DISNEY WORLD 250.000 TIMES.
• WE COULD HAVE FLOWN AROUND WITH 123 PROTOTYPE JETPACKS.
• WE COULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OWNERS OF ‘BIG SPLASH’, THE MOST EXPENSIVE DOG IN THE WORLD. AND BUY A PIECE OF NEVERLAND WHERE HE COULD RUN AROUND.
• WE COULD HAVE DRIVEN AROUND IN 185 BATMOBILES.
• WE COULD HAVE GIVEN MIGUEL 142.307 PAIRS OF AIR JORDANS SO HE COULD WORK ON HIS LEG DROP.
• WE COULD HAVE PUT 54.411 FOOSBALL TABLES IN AN ARENA AND ORGANISE THE BIGGEST TOURNAMENT EVER.
• WE COULD HAVE GIVEN 1.345.943 FAMILIES ACCESS TO EMERGENCY WATER KITS IN A WAR STRICKEN COUNTRY. IN SYRIA, FOR EXAMPLE.