Chapter 1048 1048 Another Year

The sun in 1994 was finally blocked under the blue of the sea horizon, and then when the morning sun broke free and fell on the earth again, the hourglass of 1995 had already started to fall.

The advent of 1995 also means that the first half of the 1990s is coming to an end, and it seems that the millennium is not far away. When people stand on the land of the New Year and look back on 1994, they realize that the past A year has created countless brilliance, and even recreated the majesty of Hollywood's golden age.

It's really interesting that 1993 was a revival of the golden age of rock and roll, and 1994 was a revival of the golden age of cinema. After experiencing the ups and downs of the Vietnam War, the economic crisis, the presidential scandal, and the media crisis, the entertainment market in the United States has finally shown a gratifying trend. From this aspect, it can also be seen that American society is gradually coming out of the haze.

Many consider 1993 to be the year of Hugo's rise, a year of unparalleled success, the success of "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Schindler's List" coupled with the album "Almost Famous" "The best-sellers put Hugo on the front line; but no one could have predicted that 1994 took Hugo to the next level and became the top existence in the United States in one fell swoop.

When people look back at the storm that Hugo set off in 1994, aside from the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and the Best Actor at Cannes, Hugo's work lights up the year with an unstoppable gesture. .

1994 is considered the "Year of the Movie", which is also the most important year for Hollywood in the next three decades after the 1980s, in which the movie market witnessed " The rise of independent films represented by Pulp Fiction, witnessed the peak of action films represented by "True Lies" and "Speed ​​of Life", witnessed the storm of the American Dream brought about by "Forrest Gump", and witnessed "Disguised". The comedy movie frenzy triggered by "Geez", "Dumb and Dumber", witnessed the special theme movie trend brought by "Interview with the Vampire", and witnessed "The Shawshank Redemption" being submerged in the wave of countless works... It is the year when countless movies collectively broke out, and there are countless classic masterpieces emerging one after another.

Just one year, 1994, is worth the accumulation of one year or even several years in Hollywood at other times.

Hugo's two works, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" and "Pulp Fiction", can be regarded as one piece of writing and one martial arts, and they can easily occupy a place in the year-end summary lists, even if it was such a brilliant 1994.

On top of the North American year-end box office rankings, "Forrest Gump" took the lead with a box office figure of $329 million. This victory is also widely regarded as a victory for American society, because " The movie "Forrest Gump" has been endowed with too many profound meanings, and its artistic value and commercial value are far less than its historical significance.

Maybe "Forrest Gump" was not the best work in 1994. After many years, it was generally believed that "Pulp Fiction" was the worthy champion in 1994 if it was purely about artistic value; maybe "Forrest Gump" would not either. It is the most outstanding work at the box office, not to mention the future, even in the past, the box office of "Alien E.T" and "Jurassic Park" surpassed "Forrest Gump".

However, when every American mentions 1994, they will not miss "Forrest Gump", because this film gives hope to the American people, like a beautiful American dream that is unwilling to wake up, and pinned countless beautiful ideas. That's what this movie is really about.

After "Forrest Gump", he created an insurmountable "Lion King" for animated films, ranking runner-up with a score of 312 million. In the long history of Hollywood in the past century, there are only "Alien E.T", "Jurassic Park" and "Star Wars" which have exceeded 300 million works, but only one in 1994, Two seats were added.

"The Lion King" is the pinnacle of 2D animation, after that, computer 3D animation represented by Pixar animation gradually entered the market, changing the pattern of the entire animation market; but even in the future, there will be countless computer 3D animations that create good results, " "The Lion King" is still an existence that is admired by countless people, because this movie has subversively changed the status of animation.

"Forrest Gump" and "The Lion King" ranked first and second at the year-end box office respectively. This is an unexpected but reasonable result, but the third place at the end of the year has made countless people fall through their glasses. "Life and Death", which only invested $28 million, made a strong counterattack, defeated many competitors with a total box office of $239 million, and finally ranked third in the year-end box office rankings.

There is no doubt that the emergence of "Life and Death" broke the pattern of the entire action movie genre, allowing people to come out of the big production myths such as "Terminator 2" and "True Lies" and return to the eighth stage. The retro action movies before the 10s made people feel the infinite charm of traditional action movies again.

More importantly, the film confirmed Hugo's box-office appeal. Before the release of "Pulp Fiction", it took the lead in achieving the feat of Hugo's four consecutive works that exceeded 100 million yuan, allowing Hugo to surpass Tom Cruise and Arnold in one fell swoop. -Schwarzenegger, becoming the hottest actor in Hollywood right now. The turmoil of the 20 million salary is the proof of Hugo's current popularity.

The three works of "Forrest Gump", "The Lion King" and "Speed ​​of Life and Death" are the three works in 1994 with a box office of over 200 million. Last year there was only one department, but this year there were three, which shows the prosperity of the entire market.

The fourth-place runner-up in the 1994 year-end box-office charts was another miracle, or a miracle even greater than "Life and Death": "Pulp Fiction."

The "Pulp Fiction", which invested only 8 million US dollars, won the box office data of 172 million US dollars in the North American market, surpassing countless works with investment of tens of millions and 100 million. As an independent film, Achieved the year-end runner-up result, this performance was easily recorded in the annals of history.

Miramax, an independent distribution company founded less than ten years ago, has achieved an indelible miracle in film history with its unique vision. "Pulp Fiction" earned more than twenty times its $8 million investment, enough to drive the entire movie market crazy. In terms of revenue ratio alone, "Pulp Fiction" not only defeated the "speed of life and death" that was also based on Xiaoboda, but also defeated "Forrest Gump" and "The Lion King" with high investment and high return, and became the most popular novel in 1994. The king of profit.

What is even more commendable is that, compared with the "speed of life and death", the artistic value of "Pulp Fiction" and its significance to the development of films are immeasurable.

After Hugo occupied the third and third place in the year-end box office rankings in 1993, Hugo completed Lianzhuang again in 1994, still the third and fourth, and still the top ten two works. Hugo's box office call Li has no need to prove that he is one of the most beloved actors today - no need for one.

Speaking of which, people are reluctant to believe that Hugo's highest salary so far is only 8 million US dollars, and when he filmed "Pulp Fiction", he only took 250,000 US dollars at the box office. Such a "cheap" actor It has almost become the most beautiful landscape in Hollywood.

Of course, Hugo's salary can't be so low. He can get 20% of the box office dividends of "Pulp Fiction", which is $34.4 million before tax; Also enjoys a 15 percent box office bonus, which is another $35.85 million pretax.

In other words, Hugo can get $70 million in dividends by relying on these two movies - of course, before taxes, this money is not only the highest salary in Hollywood at present, but even more exaggerated is that in 1994, In the salary statistics of Hugo, there is no doubt that Hugo's income is the champion, but his personal income is actually the sum of the second to fifth place, which is too exaggerated. You know, the second to fifth places are Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford.

That's pretty much the highest-paid actors in Hollywood in the 1980s and 1990s—except that Hanks came to the top by relying on "Forrest Gump". But Hugo alone is comparable to the combination of the other four. If this is not a myth, what could be more magical?

With two movies, Hugo can buy the most luxurious top home in Beverly Hills.

After the shock and brilliance of the top four, the fifth place belongs to "True Lies". Objectively speaking, "True Lies" is also one of the best action movies in the history of film, but its investment cost of over 100 million is only exchanged for 146 million US dollars at the North American box office, which is indeed slightly disappointing. . Of course, the overseas box office of this work has exploded, and Arnold Schwarzenegger is still one of the most shining superstars in the world.

It was followed by the outstanding "Santa Claus". This work, which has been suppressed by "Pulp Fiction" during its release, finally ranked sixth on the year-end list. It can be said that it is another one of the top ten. The case of Xiaoboda. It's a pity that it still can't match the limelight of Hugo's two works.

"The Flintstones", "Dumb and Dumber", "Browsing Eyes" and "Greeks in Disguise" are the remaining four works in the top ten. Although "Interview with the Vampire" has over 100 million at the box office, it can only be ranked unfortunately. Eleventh, did not make it to the top ten. In addition, the twelfth-ranked "Gambler Ma Huali" also has a box office of over 100 million, which is also the year with the most works with a single-year box office of over 100 million.

Looking at the North American year-end box office rankings in 1994, in the actor part, "Forrest Gump" has achieved the rise of Tom Hanks. In addition, there are two works respectively in the top ten Hugo and Jin- Carey.

Jim Carrey's strength is not inferior to that of Hugo. In 1994, he contributed three top-notch works, "Dumb and Dumber", "Ghost in Disguise" and "Detective Plane", two of which were among the year-end The top ten, which makes him one of the most shining comedy kings in one fell swoop. Within a year, two more faces were added to the ranks of box-office superstars, which was one of the great gains of 1994.