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On January 23rd, the grand show of the 57th Golden Globe Awards, the red carpet was full of stars, but Hugo was still not seen, and Charlize Theron was not seen at the same time. Missing the Ballon d'Or eight times, people have long been used to it, and they don't even have any hope anymore.
The Golden Globe Awards also seemed to have completely given up their efforts. Among the winning results, the "A Beautiful Mind" and "The Sixth Sense" crews were wiped out, and everyone returned empty-handed. Hugo was the first to bear the brunt. win. In the competition for best actor in a drama series, he lost to Denzel Washington of "Hurricane", and in the best screenplay showdown, he lost to the brilliant Charlie Kaufman. "Life", this debut novel, won the championship in one fell swoop.
Even in the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories, "A Beautiful Mind" also lost, Leonardo lost to Tom Cruise in "Magnolia" and Charlize lost to "The Soul Girl". " Angelina Jolie.
"The Talented Ripley" won Best Picture Drama, while Best Director went to Michael Mann, director of "The Insider." The winner of the best film soundtrack award is "Sea Pianist (The. Legend. Of. 1900)".
"A Beautiful Mind" was a big disappointment, and seven nominations were not received yet. It became the biggest upset of this year's Golden Globe Awards; what is even more incredible is that all awards were won by different works. "The Talented Ripley", "The Inside Story", "Puppet Life" and other award season hits have gained. Even the box-office flop "Man in the Moon" took Jim Carrey home for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.
Such a Golden Globe Awards is indeed a surprise, and the Oscars, which will be held two months later, suddenly become uncertain. However, this result coincides with Hollywood's recent remarks. The momentum of "Hollywood cancer" is getting stronger and stronger. It seems that people hate Hugo overnight because they are too jealous of Hugo's achievements, and then unite Together, join hands to resist Hugo's dominance-at least stop Hugo from continuing to sweep the awards.
But even so, the box office trend of "A Beautiful Mind" has not been affected in any way. Even Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have highly praised this movie. Many professors have watched this movie. Although They scoffed at the portrayal of John Nash in the movie, but John's dedication to mathematics was widely recognized. Especially Princeton University, they have a very positive image in the movie and won a lot of praise from the school. This is also the result that Hugo did not expect when he wrote the script.
The better "A Beautiful Mind" did at the box office, the higher the hate value for "Hollywood Cancer"; but the more buzz about "A Beautiful Mind," the better the movie. This seems to be an endless loop that cannot be untied at all.
After Denzel defeated Hugo to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series, many viewers expressed regret, and some even felt aggrieved that Hugo was treated badly. As "Empire" magazine said, Hugo's performance in "A Beautiful Mind" is the pinnacle. .
This triggered a new round of movie-watching frenzy, and the audience seemed determined to support Hugo with practical actions.
"A Beautiful Mind" has indeed struggled to find a match in the frigid winter season -- and that's also unexpected, with "A Beautiful Mind" making $10 million-plus weekends in a race that's generally sub-$6 million weekend box office. The box office is completely invincible. It's like a group of featherweight fighters trying to challenge the heavyweight boxing champion. They are not on the same level at all. Therefore, "A Beautiful Mind" has stepped out of a god-level box office curve. From the first From the unexpected champion to the three consecutive championships and then to the five consecutive championships, the upward momentum made everyone dumbfounded.
It was not until the appearance of "Scream. 3" in the first week of February that the consecutive championship momentum of "A Beautiful Mind" ended.
As one of the most classic and successful series of North American horror films, the "Scream" series ushered in the third film this year. The investment of up to 40 million US dollars is unimaginable for horror films. However, in this year's summer file, the excellent performance of horror movies such as "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality", "The Blair Witch", and "The Haunting of Ghosts" gave "Scream 3" a lot of confidence, especially the first two episodes of the series. The department has accumulated a large number of fans, and the movie box office is bound to make a difference.
Therefore, "Scream 3" was screened in a total of 3,500 theaters, creating a new record for a large-scale release in winter. In this deserted schedule, it can almost be called a giant, a strong premiere sparked numerous discussions. The market that has just experienced the turmoil of the Golden Globes has finally shown a hint of warmth in the cold winter, responding to the prestige of this classic horror series with a premiere box office of 34 million US dollars.
Faced with such an outstanding performance of "Scream 3", even "A Beautiful Mind" which had the highest box office in a single week, could not compete with it. The control is within 25%, and it has not been affected too much by competitors' seizure of the market.
After being terminated for five consecutive championships, the weekend box office of "A Beautiful Mind" still performed well, especially after the announcement of the Oscar nomination list, the atmosphere of the entire awards season was slowly pushed to the peak, and the box office of "A Beautiful Mind" became more and more courageous. It even delivered a 20% increase for two consecutive weeks, and its ability to boost the box office is not inferior even if it is placed in the summer season. Except for the first week of screenings, "A Beautiful Mind" will continue to be popular in the next nine consecutive weeks. The weekend box office has exceeded 10 million, which is already comparable to a commercial blockbuster with outstanding performance, and "A Beautiful Mind" is just a biographical film with an investment of 60 million.
In the fourth week of February, "A Beautiful Mind" delivered a weekend box office of 14 million US dollars with a box office increase of 31%, returning to the runner-up position of the North American weekend box office list for the second consecutive week The newly released "The. Whole. Nine. Yards" made the cumulative box office of the movie officially pass the threshold of 200 million, temporarily settling at 205 million US dollars.
This also officially killed all the suspense. "A Beautiful Mind" has become the record of Hugo's five consecutive works breaking 200 million at the box office since "Independence Day"!
In 1994, "Pulp Fiction" was released and achieved a box office of 172 million US dollars, making Hugo the first actor in film history to have five consecutive works with a box office of over 100 million. "Before" failed to extend that record. Not long after, Tom Cruise also tied this record with the victory of "Mr. Sweetheart", truly achieving the glory of a box office superstar.
What's even more rare is that both Hugo and Tom's five consecutive starring works have a box office of over 100 million, which proves their strong box office appeal.
At the turn of the 20th century and the 21st century, Hugo himself rewrote this record, with five consecutive works breaking the box office of 200 million US dollars, including three works with a box office of 300 million US dollars. Now, $100 million is still the average standard for measuring the box office of a work, and $200 million is undoubtedly a box office success. And Hugo actually achieved such a high box office for five consecutive works, and achieved this feat in a stable and balanced manner.
It is not difficult to obtain five works with a box office of over 100 million or over 200 million, especially after entering the 21st century, the entire North American film market ushered in a box office explosion, including Marvel film adaptation series, including "Harry -Potter" or "Twilight" adaptation series, can make a group of actors achieve this feat. But the most rare thing is that this is five consecutive works, and it is five within four years. At the same time, it is four original films plus one adapted film. The difficulty is so great that it cannot be expressed even if it is described as "myth". Inner shock.
This not only created history, but also an unsurpassable record for a long time in the future. Will Smith, Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Lawrence and a group of young idols who turned out because of Marvel movies , have not been able to achieve this feat. This is a miracle in the long history of North American film, and it is almost considered a miracle that can never be replicated.
And the most important thing is that Hugo's pace still hasn't stopped, maybe there will be the sixth and seventh volumes... The only one who can break the record will always be himself. In addition, no one can feel it, and it is extremely difficult to even get close.
The box office of "A Beautiful Mind" exceeded 200 million. It not only wrote a piece of history, but also set up an eternal and unsurpassable benchmark, making the name of "superstar" unattainable and radiant. Under the light of the superstar Hugo Lancaster, no one can be worthy of the title of "superstar". Throughout the long history, he can also be regarded as a unique superstar—not only Because of his box office appeal, not only because of his achievements in major awards, not only because of the brilliance of glory to death, not only because of the strong album sales, but also because of his unparalleled influence on the entire society, this is definitely a long history The only one of its kind!
It is an unbelievable record for five consecutive movies to break 200 million at the box office, but behind this record is Hugo's strong dominance over the film market and his profound influence on society, which also makes Hugo a He has become the only artist in the history of film who can truly match the title of "superstar".
Looking back at the work "A Beautiful Mind" at this time, perhaps it is indeed Hugo's pinnacle work, not only witnessing the best performance of Hugo's career, but also achieving the last glory before the end of the twentieth century , has become a milestone for Hugo to reach the top of the superstar; at this time, looking back at the 1992 Golden Raspberry Awards, it is estimated that everyone will smile knowingly, life is sometimes so unpredictable.