Chapter 997
If someone does a cost statistics, they will find that since winning the Golden Raspberry Award and reaching the lowest point in his career, Hugo has never been willing to take over big productions. Among his past six works, the highest cost is actually "Yi Hai" It is also the only work that costs more than 30 million. And this time, "Pulp Fiction" has set a new low, and the investment of only 8 million US dollars can only be regarded as a fraction of the big productions.
If someone does a box-office statistic, they will find that among Hugo's six works in the past three years, except for the "Pulp Fiction" that is currently being released, the box-office of the remaining four works are rising steadily, and the lowest score is "Wen Wen". The 80 million North American box office of "Scent of a Woman", the highest score is the 239 million just created by "Life and Death", five consecutive films - no, it should include "Pulp Fiction". , the box office of four consecutive works has exceeded 100 million, and the box office of two consecutive works has exceeded 200 million.
After comparing these two sets of data together, we will come to a result that surprises everyone but takes for granted: Hugo is the most profitable actor in the United States in the past three years! At the same time, he is also the most cost-effective actor, and this data is almost unmatched.
Don't say that Hugo's highest salary has not exceeded 6 million, but the ratio of book cost to box office revenue is enough to make people jealous. Not to mention, people haven't counted the peripheral income of these six works - these films are particularly popular in the rental market of video tapes.
From this point of view, it is not surprising to see the recent 20 million yuan salary.
Such a cost-effective actor not only has a strong appeal, but also has a solid performance foundation. At the same time, he is also a popular heartthrob in the United States. It is normal for major film companies to flock to him. The opposite is abnormal.
"Pulp Fiction" continued the myth of Hugo in the first week of its release, creating a new record of $16.8 million in October's premiere, and immediately became the focus of major media reports. , coupled with the increasingly fierce "20 million" dispute between Universal Pictures and MGM Pictures, and Hugo who disappeared in the European continent, all of which made 1994 a special year for which masterpieces gathered. Phenomenon: October, which no one paid attention to, has become an important footnote to the classic name in 1994.
Immediately following the third week of October, it became a solo platform for "Pulp Fiction".
"Love. Affair" adapted from "Golden Jade Alliance" obviously wants to replicate the brilliance of "Sleepless in Seattle" last year. Warner Bros. invited Hollywood's most famous talent and beauty group Warren - Beatty (Warren). Beatty and Annette - Bening (Annette. Bening), and there is Katherine - Hepburn cameo, can be described as a star-studded.
Warren is a well-known director and actor in Hollywood. A "Male and Male Thief" made him an epoch-making pioneer. After he won the Best Director Golden Man in 1981, he became Hollywood's most talented representative. But compared to his talent, he has the wind of "sleeping. Over 10,000 people". flow. rhyme. Things are more famous.
But it is such a talented lover, but because of the strong rising acting rookie representative Annette in the past three years, she has changed her course and entered the marriage hall willingly. Although Hollywood is not optimistic about this marriage, Hugo knows that twenty years later, they are still holding hands and are the most enviable couple in Hollywood.
"Love Story" can be said to be a work specially prepared by Warren for Annette, who came back after childbirth. Warren served as the producer, starred in the male lead, and asked Warner Bros. to invest 60 million US dollars! It can definitely be said to be menacing.
But it is such a "love story", a "love story" that tried to replicate the success of "Sleepless in Seattle", a "love story" with an investment of 60 million and a star-studded "love story", but it has become a "Pulp Fiction". A stepping stone to witness the birth of history.
The next week's drop in "Pulp Fiction" is obviously not too high. It can be predicted from the comments of film critics and audience's word of mouth, but the 20% predicted by people is still too conservative, and box office experts obviously do not It can be expected that the popular appeal of "Pulp Fiction", the recall and respect of retro culture in the film has awakened the long-term memory of countless audiences and gained countless resonances. In other words, box office experts underestimated the "uncertainty" of Hugo.
Nine percent! In the second week of its release, "Pulp Fiction" saw a 9% drop in the weekend box office data of 15.3 million after the number of theaters increased by 150. This is simply... Cruelty.
You know, two weeks ago, "The Bomb Expert" set a new record for the October weekend box office of only 14 million in film history. "Pulp Fiction" now not only breaks this record at the premiere box office, but also the next weekend box office. Breaking this record makes all language pale in an instant, and even the most gorgeous rhetoric can't describe the miracle that "Pulp Fiction" has created this week.
Miracle, yes, this is a miracle, apart from miracles, there are no words to express the consternation of the North American film market at this time.
Under the brutal box office data of "Pulp Fiction", "Love Story" was directly destroyed. The $5.4 million premiere box office result could have been declared lost in advance. Ranked third; the runner-up "Bomb Expert" lost 30 percent of his blood again, and the weekend box office has slipped to 5.4 million, only to beat "Love Story" by less than $30,000 , ranked runner-up.
"Pulp Fiction" has no suspense, did not encounter any challenges, and easily won the championship!
The autumn season has always been stagnant, so once a strong film appears, the entire film market will become a one-man show for that work, and there is no object to compete with. This is completely different from the summer season. Now Pulp Fiction is doing its one-man show!
In the fourth week of October, the $55 million "Stargate" opened in 2,000 theaters. This film, distributed and produced by MGM, was originally intended to be released in the summer season, but the competition in this summer season is too fierce. After careful consideration, MGM can only arrange the work in the autumn season. This off-season has achieved unexpectedly good results.
But who knows, "Pulp Fiction" turned out.
However, MGM's recent hype is obviously still effective, and "Cosmic Shock" was originally eligible to compete in the summer season. You can see its competitiveness from here. Sure enough, after the movie was released, it quickly became October. The spotlight this off-season — not quite on par with “pulp fiction,” but still a hot topic.
After the premiere of "Space Shock", it grabbed 16 million US dollars at the box office in three days over the weekend. This result will undoubtedly break the two consecutive championships of "Pulp Fiction" and win the weekend box office championship this week. People What's frightening is that it seems that there are many strange things in October this year. First, "Bomb Expert" exploded once, then "Pulp Fiction" exploded for two weeks in a row, and now it's "Space Shock" again.
Although the weekend box office of 16 million did not break the record just set by "Pulp Fiction", it still surpassed "Bomb Expert", which is currently the second best result of the film's premiere in October, and is close to the record of "Pulp Fiction" There is not much difference, which is really surprising again and again.
However, "Space Shock" invested 55 million, but the box office of the premiere was not as good as that of "Pulp Fiction". From this aspect, we can also see the strength of "Pulp Fiction".
Under the squeeze of "Space Shock," the box office of "Pulp Fiction" inevitably declined. Because the autumn season is indeed a low season, the entire movie box office market is limited. In other words, the audience willing to enter the cinema during this period has dropped sharply - unlike the summer season, the more intense the competition, the more audiences will enter the cinema. .
In the autumn season, the audience of the cinema is a fixed circle. After the "Cosmic Soldiers" robbed the audience, "Pulp Fiction" was naturally squeezed.
This week, "Pulp Fiction" directly exploded with a "huge" drop of 30%. Although this result is gratifying for any movie, it is not for "Pulp Fiction" that has created miracles for two consecutive weeks. "It's surprising people.
In the end, "Pulp Fiction" took second place at the weekend box office of $10.7 million in its third week of release, ranking after "Spacecraft"; "Bomb Expert" and "Love Story" ranked third and third respectively. Four.
Although the 30% drop exceeded expectations, "Pulp Fiction" still shocked everyone with its weekend box office of tens of millions for three consecutive weeks. "After breaking through the 20 million box office for four consecutive weeks, Hugo has created another miracle.
Relying on such achievements, "Pulp Fiction" has brought its cumulative box office to 57 million US dollars in only three weeks after its release.
This can be said to be an incredible achievement for an independent film. What is even more interesting is that if the subsequent decline of "Pulp Fiction" can be properly controlled, this film still seems to retain the hope of hitting the 100 million threshold.
Independent films make $100 million at the box office? This is an unprecedented feat; Hugo's five consecutive films have grossed more than 100 million yuan? This is an unprecedented record.
Whether "Pulp Fiction" can cross the 100 million threshold at the box office immediately became the focus of everyone's attention, whether Hugo made great progress on the road of creating history, or took a sigh of relief during the journey of creating miracles, although he said "Pulp Fiction" "The box office is exceptional today, but people can't help but wonder about such a result.
When people realize that they are probably witnessing the birth of history, their blood boils. However, whether this history can be born still needs to be decided by the market. What choices did North American audiences make?