Chapter 1930: 1930 Both Counterattacks
Although Hugo didn't play at all, the release of "Titanic" and "As Good as It Gets" made Hugo an integral part of it. Unknowingly, Hugo has become an indispensable part of the transformation of the film industry, and has also become one of the most important driving forces in the historical process.
Although the success or failure of "Titanic" and "As Good as It Gets" cannot be directly linked to Hugo, no one can deny that these two works are inextricably linked with Hugo. Especially the former, whether this work will be the second "Future Water World" or the second "Independence Day" - at least the second "Jurassic Park", this will have a direct impact on the entire film industry. impact on subsequent development.
Judging by its opening weekend box office, the outlook looks bleak.
The good thing "USA Today" conducted a survey and sampled 1,200 ordinary citizens. More than 71% of the people believed that "Titanic" would be the second "Future Water World".
This overwhelming downvote almost made James Cameron furious, but as smart as he is, he naturally knows that it is irrational to anger the media at this time, and he has always relied on his ability to pull the box office, excellent box office Achievements are the source of his right to speak, and the source of his ability to stand up straight in front of the media and major film production companies.
The media tried James several times, and after returning in vain, they were inspired by the "New York Post" and swarmed towards Hugo, trying to dig out more content from Hugo's mouth, but it was a pity that Hugo just laughed. Hehe replied, "This is just the first box office, isn't it?"
The subtext is that the follow-up box office is more important.
This answer stunned the media reporters, because the box office of the premiere is the benchmark, that is, the take-off height, and the starting line is already behind, so it is naturally more difficult to create a miracle. There are only a handful of movies like "Speed" that premiered at a box office of 30 million, but eventually won a box office of 200 million.
"Hugo is really wrong this time!" This is the headline of the entertainment section of the latest issue of "New York Post".
For media reporters, the most important thing is timeliness—even surpassing authenticity. They even go all out in order to seize the commanding heights, so the news published by the media always likes to bluff, and they can't wait until the truth is revealed. Start to make all kinds of speculations and assertions, and you only need to add a word like "maybe, maybe, probably, maybe, heard" in the discourse, and the authenticity can be taken away. With the development of society, news has become more and more utilitarian, leading to more and more impatience.
This time, the uncrowned kings are destined to fall into Hugo's hands again.
"Titanic", "007: Tomorrow's Empire", and "As Good as It Gets" will have three distinct development curves at the box office in the next few months. The astonishment became more and more exaggerated.
First of all, "007: Tomorrow's Empire", this highly anticipated work was the first to lose at the box office at the premiere. Although the next week handed over an 18% drop, it still could not restrain the downward curve of the work, and finally only released for eight weeks. Time went off the assembly line hastily, and in the end the North American box office was only 119 million, barely exceeding the cost line of 110 million US dollars, which disappointed everyone and brought the "007" series to another crisis.
Fortunately, the box office appeal of the series in overseas markets is still very strong. The overseas box office of 207 million U.S. dollars let MGM Pictures breathe a long sigh of relief, and finally the global box office of 330 million U.S. dollars Enough to make MGM a small profit and save the "007" series.
The embarrassment of "007: Tomorrow's Empire" was beyond everyone's expectations, especially when compared with the two competitors. If "007: Tomorrow's Empire" is a sharp downward curve, then the other two works are undoubtedly an upward curve.
Relying on its excellent word-of-mouth, "As Good as It Gets" delivered an incredible 3% box office drop in the next week, turning around the unfavorable situation of the weekend box office in the first week in one fell swoop. After a weekly decline of less than 10%, the film's cumulative box office reached the 80 million threshold very smoothly. Although the growth momentum was slow, everyone was dumbfounded.
But this was just the beginning, and then thanks to the outstanding performance at the major awards ceremonies, the box office of "As Good as It Gets" unexpectedly showed a trend of reverse growth. This makes "As Good as It Gets" stay in the top ten of the North American weekend box office rankings for 16 weeks, ranking among the top ten in the top ten consecutive weeks, and the cumulative box office is even more In one fell swoop, it came to 140 million US dollars.
Who would have thought that the box office of the premiere was only 12 million US dollars, but "As Good as It Gets" created a miracle. It was only announced in the third week that it would be offline, and the final cumulative box office was as high as 148 million U.S. dollars!
Such a result even surpassed "007: Tomorrow's Empire", which made everyone exclaimed.
Compared with an investment of 50 million US dollars, the results of "As Good as It Gets" are not outstanding, but for a comedy-drama film, this is a hearty victory, and it is among the film history lists of comedy-drama films , just behind "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Pretty Woman", ranking third!
Even the global box office is not inferior, and the overseas box office handed over another 165 million US dollars in the box office, which made the global box office of "As Good as It Gets" reach 314 million US dollars, which is far away from the overseas market. The outbreak of "007: Tomorrow's Empire" is not too far behind. Even in Hugo's personal works, it is absolutely not inferior.
A truly hearty victory! As a screenwriter, Hugo has not only been affirmed by professional film critics, but also received affirmation at the box office. This is the first time Hugo has attracted the box office with the title of "screenwriter". This is undoubtedly another victory for Sony Columbia Pictures, a brilliant victory that makes people jealous, but helpless.
Who would have thought that even as a screenwriter, Hugo's box office appeal is still so strong?
If the victory of "As Good as It Gets" is incredible enough, then the counterattack curve of "Titanic" is even more shocking, which also makes 1997 truly an unforgettable year in film history: before the "City Confidential" was born, followed by "Titanic". This is another earth-shaking turmoil in the North American film industry after 1994.
Although the box office of "Titanic" was not satisfactory in the first week, the following box office curve surprised everyone: a 24% increase in box office broke out in the second week, drowning out all objections in an instant; The drop of only 6% in three weeks, what is even more frightening is that the single-day box office from Monday to Thursday brings surprises every day, and the cumulative box office in three weeks has exceeded 150 million US dollars, making the media want to put their own fist swallowed.
But, this is just the beginning.
After easily completing three consecutive championships, four consecutive championships, five consecutive championships, six consecutive championships... ten consecutive championships, eleven consecutive championships... thirteen consecutive championships! After tying "Mr. Douce" and "Beverly Hills Detective" for 13 consecutive championships, the footsteps still did not stop, 14 consecutive championships! Fifteen consecutive championships!
One after another, the media went from noisy to silent, then silent, and finally wished to disappear. They only hoped that the newspapers that had been printed could be completely destroyed. With one record after another, "Titanic" broke the predictions of the media in a hurry, and gradually gained its own glory.
"Titanic" re-wrote history with a continuous wave of 15 consecutive championships. This is the work with the most consecutive weekend box office rankings in North America in film history, even in the non-consecutive weeks. "Titanic" is only behind "Alien E.T" for sixteen weeks.
History has been written quietly!
The history created by "Titanic" is not just 15 consecutive championships. Among the 15 consecutive weeks of consecutive championships, the box office for six weeks ended with an increase, and there were also eight weeks where the box office fell by less than 100%. 15 out of 15—in other words, only one week out of fifteen in a row had the box office drop more than 15 percent, and that was during the film's sixth week of release, when it dropped "up to" percent sixteen.
The premiere box office is only 28 million? so what! The appearance of "Titanic" has really refreshed people's concept of computer special effects. This is the second work that has really shaken the entire market after "Independence Day". Whether the academics admit it or not, reality has arrived.
It broke 200 million in the fifth week, 300 million in the seventh week, and 400 million in the tenth week. "Titanic" followed "Independence Day" faster and faster. It took only ten weeks to become the second largest film in film history. It is the first work with a box office of over 400 million in North America. However, this is still not the end.
The box office broke 500 million in the 15th week, and the cumulative box office reached 542 million US dollars in the 17th week, officially breaking the box office record of 535 million US dollars created by "Independence Day" last year , the new box office champion at the North American box office. Afterwards, "Titanic" made great strides in making history. On August 30, 1998, this day became a day recorded in the annals of history—the first film in North American film history with a box office of over 600 million was born!
This is the end of "Titanic", and even the most gorgeous words of praise seem so pale.
From "As Good as It Gets" to "Titanic", the two works counterattacked, not only winning a big victory in the contest with the media, but also proving Hugo's insight once again. Of course, the most important thing is still the earth-shaking changes in the film industry. From "Independence Day" to "Titanic", in just over a year, the whole world has changed.