Chapter 1899: 1899 Breaking 200 Million
With the narrowest box office gap in film history, it regrettably missed the fifth consecutive championship, "LA Confidential" still has no weakening momentum. After winning the runner-up for two consecutive weeks, it encountered an investment of up to 105 million The US dollar blockbuster "Starship Troopers (Starship. Troopers)" has been crushed strongly, and the limited autumn box office market has shrunk rapidly, which has quickly slowed down the pace of "LA Confidential" towards 200 million US dollars.
But at this moment, after passing the final threshold of "I know what you did last summer" and "The Devil's Advocate", no one can stop "LA Confidential".
In the first week of November, "LA Confidential" first surpassed "The Seven Deadly Sins" with a box office of 6 million US dollars in the weekend, and became the current thriller and suspense movie with a box office of 198 million US dollars. In the second week of November, "L.A. Confidential" once again won the weekend box office of 4.8 million US dollars, ranking fifth in the weekend box office list in North America this week, and promoted the movie in one fell swoop. The cumulative box office of the film has crossed the incredible 200 million threshold, and reached the position of 206 million U.S. dollars in one go, becoming the first thriller and suspense movie in film history to earn 200 million U.S. dollars at the box office!
The answer is revealed. "LA Confidential" has successfully surpassed "The Seven Deadly Sins". "It also achieved the supreme dream of the "seven deadly sins" within reach, broke through the shackles of 200 million, and created a brand new history.
200 million, which is still the threshold for judging the excellence and peak of the box office of North American movies. Even if "Independence Day" pulled the highest box office record in North America to 500 million in one breath, so far, 200 million is still the mainstream. As of 1997, a total of seven films in North America have broken the 300 million box office box office, ranking among the top of the film history list; while there are only 22 works that have reached 200 million. In the long history of film development for nearly a century, such a number is indeed It can be called rare.
Although after entering the 1990s, the movie box office ushered in a big explosion and rose at an incredible speed, but 200 million US dollars is still the most representative and clear benchmark at present.
So far, no thriller and suspense movie can be among the ranks of these twenty-two works.
Although thriller and suspense movies are different from horror movies, they have a wider audience and better quality of movies. Among them are "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Fatal Attraction". There are many Oscar-nominated and even award-winning works, but they are subject to Special themes, thriller and suspense drama movies always lack further momentum in terms of box office pull, making the movie unable to compete with action, romance, and comedy movies.
On the current box office rankings of thriller and suspense movies, "Seven Deadly Sins", "Deadly Temptation", and "The Silence of the Lambs" are the top three, with box office of 195 million and 100 million respectively. 156 million and 130 million, it can be seen that the gap between the three is very obvious, even breaking through the shackles of 150 million is extremely difficult, let alone 200 million US dollars .
The "Seven Deadly Sins" once had the opportunity to create a new history, and it was only within reach of the 200 million threshold, but it was a pity that it fell short at the last moment. Of course, the box office data of 195 million US dollars is still the well-deserved number one in film history, and it was created in the cold autumn file, which further shows the driving force of "Seven Deadly Sins" to the entire North American film market.
This is why $200 million is so difficult and unattainable for a thriller and suspense movie.
Now, "LA Confidential" has created a new history and rewritten the history of the North American box office. It has not only become the first thriller and suspense film in film history to break through 200 million US dollars at the box office, but also the first film in film history to earn 200 million US dollars in the autumn file. Works at the US dollar box office - exceeding the heights that "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Pulp Fiction" have not been able to achieve. This is an earth-shaking change for the entire film market. In terms of subject matter and schedule, it has completely refreshed people's fixed idea.
Such an experience is no stranger to Hugo.
Strictly speaking, "LA Confidential" is not a thriller movie, but more a suspense drama movie, because there are almost no thrilling plots in the movie, and the content is developed in a suspenseful mode of solving crimes, which can be called a model of drama movies. However, in the classification of the exhibitor relationship, it is still classified in the category of thriller and suspense movies, and belongs to the same type of works as "Seven Deadly Sins". Thus, history was born!
Two years ago, the release of "The Seven Deadly Sins" broke the pattern of the North American box office market; Feature films have received unprecedented attention, and the planning of the autumn file has officially entered the conference tables of major film production companies. It is conceivable that in the history of film development in the future, it will be a different kind of style.
This is not the first time that Hugo has appeared on the inflection point of history. "Pulp Fiction" opened the way for the rise of independent films, "Independence Day" tapped the new potential of the box office market, and "Seven Deadly Sins" changed the downturn of the autumn file It was sluggish, and now "LA Confidential" has come out, further promoting the progress of the film industry.
Behind each film, Hugo's figure occupies an increasingly heavy proportion. He is creating a new history as an actor, his history. This is indeed an era that belongs to Hugo.
In fact, "L.A. Confidential" breaks the box office of 200 million US dollars, which is also a new record for Hugo, because this is his fourth personal work with a box office of 200 million - after "Schindler's List", " "Speed" and "Independence Day", the fourth box office of 200 million, which makes him tied with Harrison Ford, becoming the second actor in film history to have four 200 million works.
Harrison Ford created this historical glory by relying on two series of movies, "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark". These are also the two greatest works of Harrison's actor career so far. Four films with a box office of 200 million US dollars, and two with a box office close to 200 million US dollars, which also makes Harrison the most appealing decent hero in the US market.
If you only talk about box office glory, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and Arnold Schwarzenegger are far from being comparable to Harrison, and they are not even qualified for comparison. Only Tom Hanks, relying on the two sky-defying works of "Back to the Future" and "Forrest Gump"-both box office breaks through 200 million US dollars, can barely qualify.
Now, there is finally an actor who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Harrison in the North American market: Hugo Lancaster. It can even be said that Hugo has surpassed Harrison now, because he is not relying on the loyal audience of the series of movies, because his works that earned 200 million US dollars all appeared in a gesture of breaking history, because an "Independence Day" has completely Changed the history of North American film.
Hugo has irreplaceable works for the history of North American film in the 1990s. In terms of box office alone, he has contributed eight works with a box office of over 100 million, and all of these eight works have a box office of 170 million. Above, even if it is described as "unbelievable", it cannot accurately express Hugo's strong box office appeal.
After the Golden Raspberry Award, among the 11 works that Hugo took over, only three did not reach the box office of over 100 million. "Before Sunrise"-witnessed the screenwriter Hugo's debut, "Death Row Walking"-witnessed Hugo's first Oscar winner.
It can be said that the huge success of "LA Confidential" is indeed another important stroke in Hugo's honor book. More importantly, this is the first time that Hugo joined the film as a producer. into the production of the entire film. This also proves that Hugo's "Golden Touch" really exists, not only as an actor, not only as a screenwriter, but also as a producer.
Hugo's insight was once again affirmed by people, and in an instant, "Perfect" became popular during the intense shooting, and many people began to regret: why were they not as bold as Sony Columbia Pictures?
Even if people are used to Hugo's record-breaking footsteps, "LA Confidential" still attracted a lot of exclamation.
Amidst the exclamation, the progress of "LA Confidential" still shows no sign of slowing down. After the cumulative box office exceeded 200 million, the film's popularity in theaters has not weakened. The thriller and suspense movie that broke through 200 million box office has attracted much attention, attracting many audiences who were not interested in movies to enter the theaters, which also made the movie's box office rebound. Incredible!
Then entered the end of the year, and the major awards ceremonies extended an olive branch to "LA Confidential". Many nominations made people realize that this is indeed a movie comparable to "The Godfather", and it is indeed a movie. A film that is good enough to make a difference in the Oscars, quietly, "LA Confidential" has become the number one favorite for the best picture in the Oscars amidst the voices of praise and pursuit, and it has also won a lot of support , many people think that this is definitely a "perfect combination of commercial film and art film", even if it won the best film, it deserves its name.
Fueled by this trend, "LA Confidential" was unbelievably released until April 1998, and the entire screening period lasted for thirty weeks, which is jaw-dropping. In the end, the box office of "LA Confidential" reached the position of 260 million US dollars. Such a mythical box office figure once again caused an uproar across the United States!