Chapter 906

"Speed ​​of Life" took the lead in breaking through the $200 million box office in the fourth week of July, followed by "Schindler's List", which belonged to 1993 in the first week of August, also crossed the 200 million box office threshold in one fell swoop. Increase the 200 million-level movie works in film history to 18!

And these two works have one thing in common: Hugo is one of them, and they are all very important and indispensable members, so the "New York Times" gave Hugo a title, "Mr. 400 million", Because Hugo has two works with a box office of 200 million US dollars, this achievement is enough to make Hugo surpass superstars such as Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger to become the hottest figure in the North American market today.

How rare is the North American box office of 200 million US dollars, a horizontal example will make it clear, "Terminator 2" US $ 204 million, "True Lies" US $ 140 million, and Tom - "Top Gun", which Cruise pushed to the superstar throne, was $176 million.

And now, the box office of "Life and Death" has exceeded the threshold of 200 million in one fell swoop, and a "Schindler's List" has to be added, and the title of "Mr. 400 million" is strongly crowned.

After the box office of "Life and Death" exceeded 200 million, it did not stop its progress. Twentieth Century Fox adjusted its screening strategy, reducing the number of theaters in a small area every week, and pulling the screening front from the originally planned 12 weeks. It was nineteen weeks long, and it was not offline until the first week of November. The strong performance made other production companies jealous.

In the end, "Life and Death" fixed its box office figure at $239 million, temporarily ranking eleventh in the box office chart of film history, behind "Raiders. Of. The Lost Ark." . Lost. Ark)", ahead of "Ghostbusters".

And "The Lion King" and "Forrest Gump", which were released after "Speed ​​of Life and Death", both performed more strongly, breaking through 200 million early, and still running towards the 300 million line with all their strength, which also made "Speed ​​of Life and Death" It's a pity that it didn't make it to the top ten of the movie history box office list.

But even so, the $28 million investment in exchange for $239 million at the box office is still the most successful investment in film history. Century Fox, transformed into a small, broad, sharp-eyed model.

It is worth mentioning that when Hugo was filming "Speed ​​of Life", he signed the contract with a salary of $6 million plus 12% of the North American box office dividend. Now the North American box office has come out, which means Hugo's dividend income will be as high as 28.6 million US dollars, plus the base salary, it will be 34.6 million US dollars!

Although this remuneration needs to pay high taxes, the $34.6 million before tax makes Hugo the highest paid actor in Hollywood, no one! This data surpasses Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise, making Hugo easy to outshine the crowd.

However, there is a special reason for this, because Hugo's income is the salary plus dividends, and "Life and Death" gave Hugo a high dividend, just to attract Hugo to join this small-cost production - now it proves This is a wise decision. In fact, although Arnold, Harrison and Tom can also get dividends, the cost of their works is relatively high, so the dividend ratio is naturally relatively low.

Take Arnold as an example, he starred in "True Lies", he was paid $15 million, and then took 8% of the box office dividends, but the request was that the film grossed more than $150 million. As a result, Arnold was not able to get the dividend. The main reason is that their basic remuneration is already very high, so there are naturally many restrictions on box office dividends, otherwise the producers will only lose money.

The reason why Hugo can get such a high income at the "speed of life and death" is because of the low cost of the crew, which is the fundamental reason; the second is because Hugo's basic salary is very low. As Kit said before, Hugo The remuneration is not even comparable to Macaulay-Culkin, so he can get such a high dividend ratio; the third is because of the excellent final box office data of "Life and Death".

The 200 million box office was considered a heaven-defying existence in 1994, and the actors who could receive dividends from the 200 million box office works were even rarer. Even Tom Hanks did not receive the dividends of "Forrest Gump". All in all, thanks to the dark horse of "speed of life and death", Hugo got such incredible salary data.

Before, people were still worried that Hugo missed the opportunity to raise his salary to a thousand dollars. They all thought that Hugo was destroying his future. Some people even pessimistically believed that Hugo would never get an invitation to get a salary of 15 million. . But the facts have proved the short-sightedness of these people.

The salary of 34.6 million US dollars is probably difficult to break through in the next period of time. At the same time, this also allowed Hugo to set Hugo as an actor in the 15 million-dollar class without any work being paid more than 8 million US dollars. Some production companies even thought: Twenty million dollars to invite Hugo is not an unacceptable fact. Just look at the box-offices of "Speed ​​of Life" and "Schindler's List" to see if the deal was worth it.

The box office of the two films before and after broke through the threshold of 200 million, and also ushered in the first real golden period of Hugo's career. Now "Mr. 400 million" is booming in Hollywood. Controversy, doubts and noises were all swept away, and at the same time, he pushed his career to a higher level, so the power became the most shining landscape in the summer of 1994.

No matter what movie Hugo takes or the salary, no one will continue to question his choice, because with Hugo's current ability, any movie will have enough appeal to make the audience go. Entering the cinema, this is the real power of "Mr. 400 million"!

The North American journey of "Life and Death" is brilliant and spectacular, but relatively speaking, the popularity of this work in overseas markets is even more unparalleled.

Compared with works with historical and cultural heritage such as "Schindler's List", in fact, popcorn movies have always performed better in overseas markets, especially action movies and cartoons, because this type of movie does not need to be considered. Cultural differences and historical differences can be easily enjoyed by audiences of all ages in any country and region, and as long as the film is good enough, it can be welcomed everywhere. However, for many works with their own national cultural characteristics, it is more difficult to go abroad and achieve good results in the international market.

This is the case for the work "Speed ​​of Life and Death" in overseas markets, and both the Asian and European markets have received enthusiastic responses.

In Europe, Germany, Britain and France showed great enthusiasm for the film, especially Germany. The craze of "Schindler's List" still hasn't subsided, and Hugo's appeal has been brought into full play. As a result, "Life and Death" has attracted a full $55 million at the box office in Germany, although it is not as good as "Shindler's List". Dele's roster is "strong, but still an exceptionally strong result.

The enthusiasm of the United Kingdom and France for the "speed of life and death" is also impressive. Both countries and regions broke the box office of 26 million. lead. Especially in France, "Life and Death" even surpassed "Forrest Gump" at the box office, and they always have no resistance to this type of film.

In addition, Italy and Spain also contributed 18 million and 15 million US dollars at the box office, and the overall situation is particularly gratifying. In addition to the factors of "Life and Death" itself, the biggest reason is the rapid rise of Hugo's popularity in Europe. From "Schindler's List" to "Pulp Fiction" to "Life and Death", in just half a year, Hugo's footsteps in the European film market achieved a triple jump, and the fiery popularity can be clearly felt even across the wide Atlantic Ocean.

In Asia, the Japanese market has given unparalleled enthusiasm and contributed 70 million US dollars at the box office, far exceeding the box office data of "Schindler's List" in Japan. From here, you can also roughly glimpse the aesthetic orientation of this country and some regions. Politically sensitive.

In addition, South Korea, which contributed 10 million US dollars, and Australia, which produced 22 million US dollars, are also huge ticket positions in the international region of "Life and Death".

"Life and Death" has been released in 50 countries and regions overseas. Japan, Germany and France are the top three overseas box office. The box office in these three countries and regions alone has reached an astonishing 147 million, almost occupying the It's half of the overseas box office, which is really impressive.

The overseas box office of "Life and Death" has blossomed everywhere. The box office in as many as 11 countries and regions has exceeded 10 million levels, and finally won the box office of 303 million US dollars, although it is far beyond the achievements of the North American market. , but lags behind "Terminator 2"'s $315 million overseas score.

It can also be seen from this that although the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" is huge and has achieved remarkable results, "Terminator 2" has achieved even more sturdy results in overseas markets with the help of star effect and sequel effect. This is also a major production company. Always reluctant to give up the reason for the sequel plan.

Despite this, the US$239 million in North America and US$303 million overseas still allowed "Life and Death" to smash the box office of US$542 million, which also made "Life and Death" more than "Schindler's List" became Hugo's highest-grossing work to date.

"Life and Death" also successfully reached the sixth place in the global box office rankings of film history, behind "Jurassic Park", "The Lion King", "Alien E.T", "Star Wars" , "Forrest Gump" and other five works, the seventh is "Star Wars 2: Empire Strikes Back (The. Empire. Strikes. Back), the eighth is "Schindler's List".

Among the top ten, Hugo occupied two seats, competing with "Star Wars", which has become a cultural phenomenon. Such a feat also makes the title of "Mr. 400 million" full of magical light!