Chapter 1313 1313 Status

"Seven Deadly Sins" swept the box office of $195 million in North America and $485 million worldwide. Even using "phenomenal" to describe such a performance is not enough to express people's inner feelings. Shock and excitement, this is an achievement that makes everyone rejoice. The New Line Film Company has been too happy to find a direction, and other film companies have also started to make their own calculations because of the great success of the thriller and suspense theme. .

With an investment of 30 million US dollars, it finally got a revenue of 485 million US dollars, which is more than 16 times the box office revenue. Just one movie has made the New Line Film Company a lot of money. A film company is jealous!

For the three actors, it is an unprecedented brilliance. This is obviously the peak of the careers of Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt. For the former, they don't care about the box office, but for the latter, But he really achieved a new high in his career!

In 1986, a "Top Gun" swept the box office of 176 million US dollars in the North American market, making Tom Cruise an idol of millions of Americans; in 1992, a "Righteous Sea Heroes" Detonated a box office of 170 million US dollars in North America, making Hugo Lancaster a unique top star in the entire Hollywood.

Now, in 1995, a movie "Seven Deadly Sins" grabbed $195 million at the box office, making Brad Pitt instantly among the first-line and even the top stars, officially standing side by side with Tom, Hugo and others, Obtained the qualification to challenge the confrontation.

"Seven Deadly Sins" is not only the best box office performance of Brad's actor career, but also shows his personal charm incisively and vividly.

As has been commented by many media, Brad is overall inferior in terms of acting skills, but he is undoubtedly an excellent vase. "The Seven Deadly Sins" reached its peak, instantly making Brad an all-American lover comparable to Tom and Hugo.

It can be said that "Seven Deadly Sins" is Brad's official entry into the top iconic works.

Before that, whether it was the high popularity of "Interview with Vampires" or the high-profile "Love Years", although Brad's momentum was not small, in the eyes of the media, he still had a great relationship with Tom and Hugo. The difference is not in strength or popularity, but in the accumulation of works, which has not reached the corresponding level. Now, "Seven Deadly Sins" is the stepping stone!

Brad is the well-deserved first male lead of "Seven Deadly Sins", and naturally he has become the object of much attention by relying on this work's close to $200 million box office.

However, these so-called praise, but only Brad himself knows the taste.

Although "Seven Deadly Sins" starred Brad, when the film's North American box office finally stopped at 195 million US dollars, almost everyone was embarrassed and lamented that this work failed to become Hugo's first ever. Three works with a box office of more than 200 million, if Hugo really does this, he will be enough to surpass Harrison Ford in terms of box office appeal to become the undisputed number one in the United States - although there is not much doubt now. .

But it is a pity that the distance of 200 million is so close yet so far.

But no one regrets that Brad missed his first 200 million box office.

All of this is like "Schindler's List". Although Hugo is only a supporting role, this time the role of "Seven Deadly Sins" is even more pitiful, even only one-tenth of the film's weight, but Rain However, relying on his own charm, Guo easily became the focus of attention.

Moreover, because of the theme of "Schindler's List", people's attention was distracted by the heavy history of Jews and Steven Spielberg, but "Seven Deadly Sins" did not, and almost all eyes were focused On Hugo, and the social issues that detonated were also developed with Hugo as the origin. Without a doubt, Hugo is the center of attention.

People will be amazed, regretful, and regretful for Hugo, not only because Hugo has created such a miracle, and Brad can achieve such a result "it is already very good, don't think more"; but because Hugo's Performance has almost become the core of the entire film. It is Hugo, not Brad, who really pushes the film to new heights, attracts audiences to the cinema, and detonates the film's North American box office.

"Seven Deadly Sins" became Brad's highest-grossing work to date and put him really on Tom and Hugo's level, on an equal footing with them, he should be happy, he should celebrate, he should be ecstatic. But this work relies on Hugo to achieve such results. What this work really achieves is Hugo's brilliance. This work allows everyone to see the gap between him and Hugo. This work even makes people simple. Roughly divides him into "vase" and Hugo is the absolute strength and quality...

In the face of such a result, Brad was very difficult to be happy, and the bitterness on the tip of his tongue almost drove him crazy.

What's even more depressing is that Martin Baum couldn't understand Brad's mood. For an agent, success is the most important thing, and methods and means are second. It doesn't matter, the important thing is that Brad is now officially among the 10 million salary ranks!

Gwyneth Paltrow also couldn't understand Brad's feelings. For her, connections, background, and funds are stepping stones to success. She can think that Brad is stepping on Hugo's shoulders to achieve success. Yes, she is not only incomprehensible about Brad's depression and bitterness, but also hates iron.

"Should I be happy?" Brad asked himself, but couldn't find the answer. For the first time, he really realized the gap between him and Hugo, not the connections, not the background, not the funds, but the hard work. strength. This is the second time since the disappearance of the Tracy Jacobs fiasco that Brad has fallen into deep thought, about himself, about Hugo, about Hollywood...

The "Seven Deadly Sins" made Brad's top spot and Hugo's superstar status even more so.

This is not only Hugo's sixth film with a box office of over 100 million since he won the Golden Raspberry Award, but also surpassed "Pulp Fiction" and "Sleepless in Seattle" and became second only to "Schindler's List" and "Life and Death" "Speed", two works with a box office of over 200 million, became Hugo's third-highest box office works.

This not only shattered the New York Post's view of Hugo's declining career, but also directly proved Hugo's unique position in the entire North American movie box office market.

Before that, whether it was Harrison Ford or Arnold Schwarzenegger, whether it was Tom Cruise or Jim Carrey, they had made miracles at the North American box office, but they all had one distinctive feature: they starred in His works have distinct commercial film colors, such as the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series, such as the "Terminator" series.

But the emergence of Hugo, and the strong rise of Tom Hanks last year, showed another characteristic: they can achieve super high box office at the same time, and also prove the role of actors in promoting the film - the core of thought, of performance.

This is true of Tom Hanks' "Forrest Gump" and "Apollo 13", as well as Hugo's "Schindler's List" and "Pulp Fiction". This time, the "Seven Deadly Sins" is a typical representative.

This has also given the North American film market a new look: commercial films can also have depth, and special-themed films can also break out at the box office.

This also makes Hugo occupy a unique position in the current North American film market, the only "Big Tom" Tom Hanks who can be compared with Hugo - he not only won the best actor but also won the love of all ages in the United States , but Tom's brilliant works are still not enough, not up to the standard of qualitative change.

Hugo has completely completed the transformation, from "The Hero of the Righteous Sea", "Sleepless in Seattle", to "Schindler's List", "The Speed ​​of Life and Death", to "Pulp Fiction" and "The Seven Deadly Sins", powerful and powerful. The accumulation of rich works has made Hugo the only top star in today's North American film industry. Box office and awards, word-of-mouth and popularity, acting skills and strength... all have top-notch strength, and comprehensively lead the earth-shaking changes and progress of the entire Hollywood. .

What's more, "Seven Deadly Sins" swept the box office of $290 million overseas, which also made people feel Hugo's strong appeal on a global scale for the first time in hindsight. Several works before this have achieved incredible box office records overseas, but people seem to have forgotten this all the time. It was only after the overseas performance of "Seven Deadly Sins" that they suddenly realized:

Now Hugo is not only a unique top star in North America, but has become synonymous with Hollywood in overseas markets. Hugo is equal to Hollywood, which means that Hugo has become the spokesperson of North America to some extent, and the cooperation between major film companies and Hugo will have a more comprehensive and in-depth development.

Of course, for major film companies, Hugo's $10 million salary when he took over "The Seven Deadly Sins" turned out to be a global salary of $485 million. This is also worth considering. Hugo Deservedly the number one actor in Hollywood for cost-effectiveness. And in the shocking victory of "Seven Deadly Sins", Hugo can get 5% of the North American box office dividends, which means that Hugo can get 9.75 million pre-tax dividends, in other words, Hugo's salary for filming "The Seven Deadly Sins" is a resounding 20 million!

Although compared with the 30 million level of "Pulp Fiction" and "Speed ​​of Life and Death", the 20 million of "Seven Deadly Sins" seems not enough to watch, but no one will forget: Hugo is only a supporting role in "Seven Deadly Sins" supporting role.

With a supporting role of 20 million US dollars, even in the long history of the film, Hugo is undoubtedly the only one, which has further become the best proof that Hugo ranks among the top superstars!