Superstar - Chapter 2159

In Hugo’s career as an actor, there are many years that are worth remembering. 1993, dedicated to “Sleepless in Seattle” and “Schindler’s List”, shook the market with “Speed ​​of Life and Death” and “Pulp Fiction”. In 1994, “Before Sunrise”, “Seven Deadly Sins” and “Death Convict Walk” ushered in 1995 when the acting skills exploded… Now Hugo has once again ushered in a year of full-scale outbreak, “the sixth sense of supernatural” and “beauty” The two works of “Mind” with a box office of over 200 million, made 1999 a perfect ending for the film market of the twentieth century.

Hollywood is a place of miracles. It’s not uncommon to become famous overnight and become popular overnight, but it’s never easy to replicate its brilliance; it’s even more important to stay at the top throughout the long years. An extremely difficult thing.

Hugo can not only create brilliance, but also replicate brilliance, and even constantly refresh his brilliance. This is undoubtedly the most shocking. See you, even the uncrowned king has a proud head under him-the uncrowned king is uncrowned after all.

Due to the hot market reaction, the filming line of “Beautiful Mind” was stretched very long. Although it was not comparable to the exaggerated forty weeks of “Sixth Sense of Supernatural”, it still dazzled the theater until the third week of July. It has been in theaters for thirty weeks, which is also the best proof of the film’s strong social influence.

Especially half a year after the movie was released, the impact on patients with mental illness and related relatives and friends is undoubtedly far-reaching. Although there is still a long way to go to change the views and opinions of mainstream society, at least for those who feel the same, it has gradually taken effect. , This is undoubtedly a good start.

The North American box office of “Beautiful Mind” finally settled at 280 million. Unfortunately, it was not able to hit 300 million US dollars again. This also caused Hugo to pass the terrible record of “300 million at the box office of three consecutive movies”, but … One can’t be so greedy. For a biographical film with an investment of 60 million US dollars, this box office result is enough to make DreamWorks rejoice up and down.

According to estimates by Wall Street industry insiders, the work “Beautiful Mind” has achieved a profit of more than 100 million U.S. dollars for DreamWorks in North America alone-and it only relies on box office performance. The next video rental is bound to let This data continues to improve. This is also the most successful work since DreamWorks was established-the profit amount far exceeds last year’s “Saving Private Ryan”.

Although the box office performance of “Beautiful Mind” did not exceed 300 million, Hugo’s steadily increasing box office data for the past three works temporarily slowed down the pace, but in the end the box office data still surpassed “L.A. Confidential” and performed well. Still aroused all the media’s exclamation.

In the film history box office rankings, “Beautiful Mind” eventually ranked 14th, becoming one of 19 works with a box office of more than 250 million U.S. dollars. This performance is undoubtedly exceptional. Even the “New York Post” would not foolishly make another mistake, thinking that “this is a sign that Hugo’s career was broken.”

It is worth mentioning that there are only 33 films in the history of the film that have a box office of over 200 million yuan, and Hugo alone occupies seven seats-and no one is a series or a sequel movie, absolutely The dominance is evident.

After North America handed over 280 million U.S. dollars, the performance of “Beautiful Mind” in overseas markets is also very good.

“Beautiful Mind” is released in 43 countries and regions overseas-the overall scale of the screening is far from comparable to that of “Supernatural Sixth Sense”. There is still much room for improvement in the distribution department that DreamWorks has just established a year ago. However, these 43 countries and regions cover the main box office market, which also makes the film’s box office performance a beautiful answer.

After the film was released, “Beautiful Mind” won the championship in 24 countries and regions during its premiere weekend, and its dominance was far inferior to “Spiritual Sixth Sense”. However, with the release of the film, “Beautiful Mind” came from behind to win the championship. There are as many as 40 countries and regions, and 31 countries and regions have completed the championship. Like the North American market, the follow-up upward momentum is unstoppable.

Japan, Germany and Italy have become the largest ticket warehouses in overseas markets. The box office results of the three regions have exceeded 20 million U.S. dollars. Among them, Japan, the best performer, won the championship in overseas markets with 24 million U.S. dollars. This data is completely incomparable with the “superior sixth sense”, which surprised many people.

Although “Beautiful Mind” is a biography, in the final analysis, it is still a love movie, a movie about mental illness, and in terms of subject matter, it should have more box office appeal than the horror movie “Spiritual Sixth Sense”, and The overall quality and core content of the movie are not inferior to the “Sixth Sense of Supernatural”. Even if the overseas box office of the “Sixth Sense of Supernatural” cannot be replicated-the US$510 million data is indeed incredible, but at least it should not be different. Too far.

But in the end, the top three performances in the overseas box office are not at the same level.

Some people have carefully studied the reasons, mainly because the content of the “beautiful mind” is full of American culture, from game theory to Princeton University, from the background of the times to the content of John’s fantasy, all have a strong American color. Although there are not many on the whole, it is only for movies, but compared with the “sixth sense of supernatural” without any political and cultural colors, the mass foundation of “beautiful mind” is still slightly inferior, which restricts the film. Further development of the box office.

However, this is only relatively speaking. The appalling box office performance of the “Supernatural Sixth Sense” in overseas markets has proven Hugo’s powerful appeal, and this time is no exception. The overseas box office performance of “Beautiful Mind” is already extremely good. The top three have already jointly contributed 70 million US dollars in box office, which is almost the total box office of other films in overseas markets.

In addition to Japan, Germany and Italy, the box office of “Beautiful Mind” in the three markets of the United Kingdom, Spain, and Australia also reached 15 million U.S. dollars; in addition, the box office of Mexico, South Korea, and Brazil all exceeded 1,000. Ten thousand dollars, the overall performance of the global market can be said to be fully blooming.

In the end, “Beautiful Mind” swept US$210 million in overseas markets, far inferior to the performance of the North American market, and far from the original performance of “L.A. Confidential” of 350 million. It can be seen that works with strong American culture will still affect the box office in overseas markets. For example, the overseas performance of “Forrest Gump” is not as good as the “Lion King”, and another example is “Pulp Fiction”. In North America, the influence of overseas markets is dwarfed.

But even so, the overseas achievements of “Beautiful Mind” still steadily crossed the 200 million threshold, and the overall momentum is not as good as the “Sixth Sense of Spirit”, and it is still enough to become one of the most brilliant works of this year, which proves once again. With Hugo’s strong appeal in overseas markets, it is unique in the world, and other actors or directors simply can’t match it. Especially considering the limited overseas distribution capabilities of DreamWorks, this result is even more worthy of recognition.

From the counterattack momentum in North America to the steady and steady performance overseas, even DreamWorks defines the “beautiful mind” as a case where the box office performance does not have a strong ability to pull the box office, but the “beautiful mind” has exploded with abnormal box office energy. The box office data of 490 million US dollars was collected within the scope.

60 million for 490 million—someone might say that the “superior sixth sense” is 60 million for 890 million—but no one can ignore the outstanding performance of the “beautiful mind”, this It also continued Hugo’s “speed of life and death”, with the strong momentum of Xiaobo Da, once again allowing the film company’s investment to achieve incredible returns.

In fact, since “Independence Day” and “L.A. Confidential”, people in the Hollywood industry have constantly questioned that Hugo’s pay is too high. Hugo is not only the first person in the “20 million club”, but he can always win more profit dividends as a producer.

For example, the “Sixth Sense of Supernatural” and “Beautiful Mind” in the past year. The former received a salary of 45 million U.S. dollars for Hugo, while the final salary of the latter was as high as 50 million U.S. dollars. Although the North American box office of “Spiritual Sixth Sense” is much higher than that of “Beautiful Mind”, the former is a cooperation with Bowei Pictures, and Hugo receives a 12% dividend; while the latter is a cooperation with DreamWorks , Hugo received 18% of the dividend as a producer, actor and screenwriter. Therefore, in the end Hugo’s remuneration showed such a pattern.

It’s hard to imagine that an actor’s pay was as high as 40 million or more, and even exceeded 50 million. This is not an occasional work. It can even be regarded as Hugo’s normality. Since “Independence Day”, rain The overall salary of the fruit has not been less than 30 million U.S. dollars.

So ~www.mtlnovel.com~Hollywood’s major film companies are always waving a check of 20 million U.S. dollars, and can’t wait to cooperate with Hugo, because compared to Hugo’s move, the final pay of 40 million, “Two Ten million” is really a cheap number.

This also makes many people in the industry start to shake their heads frequently, believing that Hugo has completely destroyed the norms and structure of the entire industry chain. If things go on like this, 20 million clubs will soon become 30 million clubs, which is important for the long-term development of the film industry. It is very unfavorable.

But now, looking at the two works “Sixth Sense of Supernatural” and “Beautiful Mind”, they are only the box office performance in North America. The former has earned Bowei Pictures more than $160 million in profits, while the latter has It won a dividend of 100 million U.S. dollars for DreamWorks. If you add in the box office in overseas markets and the profits of the subsequent video tape market, the income will be even higher.

This is not only good value for money, but also excellent value for money. Therefore, even the most critical and demanding industry insiders cannot say any negative comments to Hugo, because they know-behind the 20 million club, Hugo’s benefits to the entire film industry chain It is unimaginable, and they are also among the beneficiaries.

So, they all closed their mouths obediently, and sat down honestly to plan, how can they make their pockets more fulfilling?