Chapter 1390 1390 Time to Reach the Summit

Hugo's continuous, rising, and hot momentum reached its peak in 1995, and finally left a mark in the way of opening the "20 million club", which truly wrote glory in the long river of film history. In addition to the North American film market, the global film market has also witnessed the unparalleled prosperity of Hollywood.

In the global rankings at the end of the year, "Seven Deadly Sins" unexpectedly won the year-end championship with a figure of 485 million US dollars. The reason for the accident is that the overseas box office of "Seven Deadly Sins" is only 290 million, not even breaking the 300 million threshold, but relying on the appeal of the two top superstars Hugo and Brad, it is still slightly depressed. successfully reached the summit in 1995.

The outstanding performance of the "Seven Deadly Sins" overseas market is not only the credit of Hugo alone, it should be said that "the showdown between Hugo and Brad" has become the biggest contributor. This is a topic that was unintentionally hyped by the American media. Now it has grown into the focus of the most attention around the world, and it has become one of the most representative topics in Hollywood.

However, although the "Seven Deadly Sins" won the year-end championship, the box office performance could not be compared with the top three in the past two years, and the decline after the peak was very obvious. This year, only one work of "Seven Deadly Sins" has exceeded 400 million at the global box office, which further verifies this view.

The work in the global year-end runner-up position is beyond the surprise of many people. In the North American film market, "Die Hard 3", which will break through the box office of 100 million US dollars, has reached such a high level, "Die Hard 3". The official record of "Wei 3" North American box office is 1012,000 US dollars, which is almost a breakthrough, but the overseas market swept the momentum of 266 million US dollars and became second only to "Seven Deadly Sins" The best performance, let this work win the runner-up position in the statistics at the end of the year!

This is also the fundamental reason why major film companies have always been unable to give up sequel movies. Even though the overall quality of "Die Hard 3" has declined significantly, relying on the strong appeal of the sequel, 20th Century Fox has made a big profit. Pen.

Although "Toy Story" is very popular in North America, it is obviously still a little uncomfortable in overseas markets. The box office data in overseas markets can't even rank among the top eight of the year, but despite this, this work still relies on the outstanding performance of the North American market to occupy the market. The third place of the year is only less than a million dollars behind the global box office total of "Die Hard 3".

After these three works, "Apollo 13", "Golden Eye", "Pocahontas", "Batman Forever", "Ghosts", "Future Water World", "Jumanji" ranked fourth to tenth respectively.

The ranking of the global box office year-end list is very different from that of North America. From this detail, it can be seen that the aesthetics of overseas markets are slightly different from those of North America. However, on the whole, nine works in the top ten lists have maintained their positions, which can also be seen, at least in terms of commercial performance, Hollywood's high-quality and high-level production still represents the world standard .

Among them, the success of "Golden Eye" represents the resurrection of the 007 series, Pierce Brosnan once again evoked people's love for James Bond, the most famous agent in film history, and thus opened the series of films for the next two decades. "Apollo 13", "Batman Forever", "Future Water World", "Jumanji", including the runner-up "Die Hard 3", represent the great A bright future for scene commercial films.

The only difference in the top ten is that "Future Water World" replaces "Detective Aircraft Head 2" and ranks among the top ten.

Since most comedies have strong regional characteristics and cultural heritage, even language and vulgarities, etc., in short, many of the jokes in the American drama "Friends" may not be understood by everyone in Asia, not to say no It's funny, but the difference of understanding caused by the difference of culture is an inevitable phenomenon.

"Detective Plane 2" ranked sixth in North America, but the overseas market only received 100 million US dollars at the box office, and finally missed the top ten and fell to the twelfth. The nature of comedy is one of the most important reasons. Of course, it is precisely for this reason that Jim Carrey's influence in the world is not comparable to that of Hugo and Tom Hanks, and even Brad Pitt is now above Kim. This is also one of the difficulties in the development of comedians.

"Future Water World" verifies another point of view, that is, high investment and high return, wonderful visual effects, and climaxing racing explosions. Aside from cultural constraints and ideological differences, works that simply stimulate adrenaline can easily cross the border. Cross the cultural boundaries of the world and win the echo of all audiences around the world: just enjoy the thrill is enough.

This work, which failed miserably in North America, relied on the excellent performance of overseas markets, and finally achieved a box office of 264 million US dollars. At least in terms of the book cost, it saved face, but the real internal injury is only known to Universal Pictures itself. Now, after the profit sharing, Universal Pictures is not only impossible to make money, but also loses money, but their losses are not as bad as "Cut Throat Island".

Due to the good performance of "Future Water World" in overseas markets, the topic of raising costs that has been discussed in Hollywood recently has become more complicated.

But now "Doomsday" and "Ace Correspondent" have become the vanguard. These two works are not only to increase the pay, but also two different types of cost control. Their box office results can be compared to some extent. Hollywood discussion hotspots provide evidence to support, and it is bound to have an impact on the future development curve.

In addition to the top ten, a total of 13 films worldwide have box office exceeding 200 million and 36 works have box office exceeding 100 million this year. These two figures have dropped significantly compared with 1993 and 1994. Happy and sad.

To many people's surprise, "Death Convict Walk" actually ranks among the top 20 at the global box office at the end of the year, ranking 19th, only behind "Twelve Monkeys". Such a result is really impressive. It's just a pure drama, and it can be regarded as a huge victory if the box office can exceed 30 million. As a result, DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox made a small profit, which has to be admired.

In addition, "Before Sunrise" also ranks 37th on the global list, and it is the best performer among all the works whose box office does not exceed 100 million. This is also a result that makes people strongly suspect that the list is wrong.

From "Seven Deadly Sins" to "Death Ramble" to "Before Sunrise", the outstanding performance of these three works in the global box office charts makes people clearly feel Hugo's strong influence, in the world's film market In the scope, the actor, who is only 28 years old this year, has conquered countless audiences by relying on his strong personal charm and strong personal strength. Even the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival have cast olive branches to him—— After "Pulp Fiction" topped Cannes and "Before Sunrise" became famous in Berlin, the new Berlin Film Festival invited "Death Ramble" to participate and entered the competition unit.

In the entire European market, the United Kingdom, France, Germany - including Italy where the Venice Film Festival is held, Hugo's works have achieved impressive results, not to mention the global film people's love for this young actor, all of which are It has become the most shining jewel in the crown of the Hugo superstar.

Throughout 1995, Hugo's outstanding performance in the film field has penetrated into other fields, and set off a strong frenzy that will affect an entire generation. How many people have become interested in acting because of the "Seven Deadly Sins", how many people have refreshed their views on the work of actors because of "Death Ramble", and how many people have chosen to embark on the path of acting because of Hugo... …

In comparison, Hugo has devoted almost all his energy to film work in the past year, and his whereabouts to the death of glory are almost a mystery, but is that really the case?

The energy of Glory to Death seems to be concentrated in the first half of the year and fully erupted. With the thirty-seventh Grammy Awards ceremony in February as the center, the band set off a crazy rock wave, which made audiences across the United States feel the soul. The deep rock and roll spirit, until many years later, there are still countless people who relish the shocking performance on the Grammy stage. , under free music.

And after the awards ceremony, EMI announced to renew the contract with a sky-high price to Glory to the Dead, which also allowed the band to change the map of the entire North American music market - making rock and roll truly return to the mainstream, and Glory to the Dead. The momentum reached its peak.

But after the Grammys, Glory fell into an incubation period. There was no tour, no promotion, no new album, and even activities almost disappeared. This band is like countless rock bands, and usually disappears directly from the public eye. , waiting for one day after the accumulation of strength is completed, and then emerges in a proud posture, stunning everyone.

However, Glory to the Dead is very different from other rock bands, not only because they have a lead singer who has amazed history, but also because the new metal rock they lead has caused countless waves around the world. Although the band has not had many activities, they still swept the army with the album "Bath in the Morning Light".

From "Shape. Of. My. Heart" at the end of last year to "Wonderwall", which was released after the Grammys ended, to "Apologize" in the second half of the year, glory to death depends on three The momentum of Zhang's single has turned the entire North American music market upside down. This is the real momentum of the band!