Superstar

Although Hugo did not participate at all, the release of "Titanic" and "Perfect" made Hugo an indispensable part of it. Unconsciously, Hugo has become an indispensable part of the transformation of the film industry, and at the same time has become one of the most important driving forces in the historical process.

Although the success or failure of "Titanic" and "Perfect" cannot be directly linked to Hugo, no one can deny that these two works are inextricably linked to Hugo. Especially the former, whether this work will become the second "Future Water World" or the second "Independence Day"-at least the second "Jurassic Park", this will be the entire film industry. The next development has an impact.

Judging from the box office in the first week, the outlook is dark.

The good thing "USA Today" conducted a survey and sampled 1,200 ordinary citizens. More than 71% of the population believed that "Titanic" would be the second "Future Water World".

This overwhelming voice of bad-mouthing almost made James Cameron furious, but as smart as he, he naturally knew that it would be irrational to anger the media at this time, and he has always relied on his box office pulling ability and excellent box office. Achievement is the source of his right to speak, and the source of his ability to stand up in front of the media and major film production companies.

The media tried James several times. After returning without success, they were inspired by the "New York Post" and swarmed over to Hugo, trying to dig out more content from Hugo's mouth, but unfortunately Hugo just laughed. Hehe replied, "This is just the premiere 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 at the premiere is the benchmark, that is, the take-off height, and the starting line is already behind. It is naturally more difficult to create miracles. There are only a handful of movies that premiered at a box office of 30 million dollars like "Life and Death Hour," but eventually won a box office of 200 million dollars.

"Hugo really missed it this time!" This is the latest entertainment headline of the New York Post.

For media reporters, the most important thing is timeliness-even more than authenticity, they even do not compromise in order to seize the commanding heights, so the news published in the media always like to bluff, things are not clear, they can't wait The ground begins to make various speculations and various assertions, and only needs to add a word like "possible, maybe, probably, maybe, heard" in the discourse, and then the authenticity can be taken away. With the development of society, news has become more and more utilitarian, and it has also led to more and more impatience.

This time, the uncrowned kings are destined to be planted in Hugo's hands again.

"Titanic", "007 Empire of Tomorrow", and "Perfect" in the next few months, the box office results are divided into three completely different development curves, and with the advancement of time, people's The consternation is increasing and exaggerated.

The first is "007 Empire of Tomorrow". This highly anticipated work was the first to lose at the box office at the premiere. Although it delivered an 18% drop in the next week, it still could not suppress the downward curve of the work, and it was finally released for only eight weeks. Time went off the assembly line hastily. In the end, the North American box office was only 119 million, barely surpassing the cost line of 110 million U.S. dollars. This disappointed everyone and made the "007" series face a crisis again.

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 made MGM Pictures breathe a long sigh, and finally the global box office of 330 million U.S. dollars It was enough for MGM to make a small profit and also saved the "007" series.

The embarrassment of the "007 Empire of Tomorrow" is something no one expected, especially when compared with the two competitors. If "The Empire of Tomorrow in 007" is a rapid downward curve, then the other two works are undoubtedly an upward curve.

Relying on its excellent reputation, "Perfect" delivered an incredible 3% drop in the box office in the next week. It reversed the unfavorable situation in the box office of the first week’s weekend in one fell swoop. After the weekly drop of less than 10%, the cumulative box office of the movie has reached the threshold of 80 million very smoothly. Although the growth momentum is slow, everyone is dumbfounded.

But this is just the beginning. Later, thanks to the excellent performance at the major award ceremonies, the box office of "Perfect" actually showed a momentum of reverse growth. It ended with a green increase for three weeks, and the wonderful performance became the list. This is a beautiful landscape, which makes "Perfect" stay in the top ten of the North American weekend box office rankings for a full 16 weeks, and ranks among the top ten of the top ten weekly rankings in a row, and the cumulative box office is even more important. In one fell swoop came 140 million US dollars.

Who would have thought that the box office for the premiere was only 12 million US dollars, but "Perfect Perfection" had created a miracle that was not big or small. Twenty-six weeks later, "Perfect Perfection" went to June 1998. It was only announced to be offline in the third week, and the final cumulative box office was as high as 148 million U.S. dollars!

Such an achievement even surpassed the "007 Empire of Tomorrow", which caused everyone to cry in exclamation.

Compared with the investment of 50 million US dollars, the performance of "Perfect" is not outstanding, but for a comedy drama movie, this is a hearty victory, and it is in the movie history list of comedy drama movies. , Just behind "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Beautiful Lady in Wind and Moon", ranking third!

Even the global box office is not inferior, the overseas box office has handed over 165 million US dollars in the box office, which makes the "perfect" global box office reach 314 million US dollars, which is far from the overseas market. There is not much difference in the "007 Empire of Tomorrow" that broke out. Even in Hugo's personal works, it is absolutely not inferior.

A truly hearty victory! As a screenwriter, Hugo has not only won the affirmation of professional film critics, but also won the box office affirmation. This is the first time that Hugo has attracted the box office as a "screenwriter". This is undoubtedly another victory for Sony Columbia Pictures, a glorious 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 "perfect and perfect" victory is incredible enough, then the counterattack curve of the "Titanic" is even more shocking, which makes 1997 truly an unforgettable year in film history: there was "Luo "City Secrets" was born, and the "Titanic" was later devastated. This is another upheaval 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: the next week, a 24% increase in the box office broke out, and all the opposition was drowned in an instant; A 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. The cumulative box office in three weeks has exceeded 150 million US dollars. Swallowed his fist.

But this is just the beginning.

After easily finishing three consecutive championships, four consecutive championships, fifth consecutive championships, six consecutive championships...ten consecutive championships, eleventh consecutive championships...13 consecutive championships! After tying the thirteen consecutive championships of "Mr. Duss" and "Beverly Hills Detective", the pace has not stopped, 14 consecutive championships! Fifteen consecutive championships!

One after another, the media went from noisy to silent, then silent, and finally waited for it to disappear. I only hope that the newspapers that have been printed can be completely destroyed. "Titanic" with record after record, overwhelmingly broke the predictions of the media, bit by bit into its own glory.

"Titanic" has rewritten history with a continuous wave of fifteen consecutive championships. This is the film history that has won the North American weekend box office chart for the most weeks, even in the non-consecutive weeks of winning the championship. "Titanic" is only behind the 16-week championship of "Alien e.t".

History has been written quietly!

The history of "Titanic" is more than just 15 consecutive championships. In this 15 consecutive weeks of consecutive championships, the box office for six weeks ended up with an increase, and there were eight weeks with a box office drop of less than 100%. Fifteenth-in other words, in the entire 15 consecutive championships, only one week of the box office fell by more than 15%. That was the sixth week of the movie's release, and the box office fell by "up to" percent. sixteen.

The premiere box office is only 28 million? so what! The appearance of "Titanic" really refreshed people's concept of computer special effects~www.wuxiaspot.com~ This is the second work that has truly shaken the entire market after "Independence Day". The change of dynasty has been quietly occurring. Complete in mid-—regardless of whether the traditional 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. After only ten weeks, it became the second in film history. A piece of works that broke 400 million at the box office 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 top of the North American box office. Subsequently, the "Titanic" was still making great strides in making history. August 30, 1998, this day became a day in the annals of history-the first North American film history with a box office of 600 million was born!

This is the end of the "Titanic", even the gorgeous words of praise seem so pale and feeble.

From "Perfect Perfection" to "Titanic", the two works both counterattack, not only in the contest with the media, but also proved Hugo's insight once again. Of course, the most important thing is still the earth-shaking of the film industry, from "Independence Day" to "Titanic", in just over a year, the whole world has been vicissitudes of life.