Chapter 1313: Superstar status

The "seven deadly sins" swept the box office of 195 million U.S. dollars in North America and collected 485 million U.S. dollars worldwide. Such a performance is not enough to express people's innermost feelings even if they are described as "phenomenal". Shock and excitement, this is almost an achievement that makes everyone happy. New line film companies have been too happy to find their way, and other film companies have also begun to make their own calculations because of their triumphs in horror and suspense. .

The investment of 30 million U.S. dollars resulted in an income of 485 million U.S. dollars, which was more than 16 times the box office revenue. Just one movie made the new line film company make a lot of money, making almost any A movie company is jealous!

For the three actors, it is an unprecedented brilliance. This is obviously the peak of the careers of Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt. For the former, I don’t care about the box office, but for the latter, He has truly achieved a new high in his career!

In 1986, a "High Ambition" hit the North American market with 176 million US dollars in the box office, making Tom Cruise an idol for thousands of Americans; in 1992, "Yihai Xiongfeng" It detonated a box office of 170 million U.S. dollars in North America, making Hugo Lancaster the unique top star in Hollywood.

Now, in 1995, a "Seven Deadly Sins" grabbed $95 million in box office data, allowing Brad Pitt to instantly rank among the top stars and formally stand side by side with Tom, Hugo and others. Obtained the qualification to challenge.

"The Seven Deadly Sins" is not only Brad's best box office performance in his actor career, but also shows his personal charm to the fullest.

As commented by many media, Brad has fallen behind in acting, but he is undoubtedly an excellent vase. The **** image accumulated by "Interview with Vampires at Night" and "The Years of Love" is in " The "Seven Deadly Sins" reached its peak, instantly making Brad an all-American lover comparable to Tom and Hugo.

It can be said that the "seven deadly sins" are Brad's official rank among the top iconic works.

Prior to this, whether it was the high popularity of "Interview with Vampires at Night" or the high-profile "years of love", although Brad is not small, in the eyes of the media, he and Tom and Hugo are still very big. The difference is not the strength or popularity, but the accumulation of works, which has not reached the corresponding level. Now, the "seven deadly sins" are the stepping stone!

Brad is the well-deserved leading actor of the "Seven Deadly Sins", and he naturally relies on this work's nearly 200 million US dollars box office to become a target of much attention.

However, these so-called praises are only known to Brad himself.

Although "The Seven Deadly Sins" was starring Brad, when the film's North American box office ended at 195 million US dollars, almost everyone was stunned and lamented that this work did not become the first ever Hugo. Three works with a box office of more than 200 million yuan. If Hugo does this, he will surpass Harrison Ford in terms of box office appeal and become the undisputed first person in the United States-although there is not much doubt now. Up.

But it is a pity that it is as close as 200 million but so far away.

But no one regrets that Brad passed by with his first 200 million box office.

All this is just like "Schindler's List", although Hugo is only a supporting role, this time the "Seven Deadly Sins" scenes are even less pitiful, even only one-tenth of the movie's weight, but Yu Guo, relying on her own charm, easily became the focus of attention.

Moreover, because of the subject matter of the original "Schindler's List", people's attention was scattered a lot by the heavy Jewish history and Steven Spielberg, but the "Seven Deadly Sins" were not. Almost all eyes were focused. In Hugo, the social issues that detonated were also developed with Hugo as the origin. There is no doubt that Hugo is the focus of the focus.

People will be amazed, regretted, and sorry for Hugo, not only because Hugo has done such a miracle, and Brad can achieve such a result, "it is already very good, don't think more"; but because of Hugo's Performance has almost become the core of the entire movie. It is Hugo, not Brad, that really pushes the film to a new level, attracts audiences to the cinema, and detonates the film's North American box office.

"Seven Deadly Sins" became Brad's highest-grossing work so far, and allowed him to truly reach the level of Tom and Hugo, equal to them, he should be happy, he should celebrate, and he should be ecstatic. But this work relies on Hugo to achieve such results. What this work really achieves is the brilliance of Hugo. This work allows everyone to see the gap between him and Hugo. This work even makes people simple Roughly divide him into a "vase" and Hugo is the absolute strength and quality...

Faced with such a result, it was difficult for Brad to be happy, and the bitterness of his tongue almost made him crazy.

What’s more depressing is that Martin Baum can’t understand Brad’s feelings. For the agent, success is the most important thing. The method and the way are second. It doesn't matter, the important thing is that Brad is now officially among the ranks of 10 million rewards!

Gwyneth Paltrow couldn’t understand Brad’s feelings. For her, connections, background, and funding are all stepping stones to success. She can completely believe that Brad was succeeding on Hugo’s shoulders. Yes, she is not only incomprehensible about Brad's depression and bitterness, but she also hates iron for not making steel.

"Should I be happy?" Brad asked himself, but couldn't find the answer. For the first time, he really realized the gap between him and Hugo. It was not personal connections, background, capital, but hardship. strength. This is the second time since Tracy Jacobs's defeat and disappearance, Brad has fallen into deep thinking, for himself, for Hugo, for Hollywood...

The "seven deadly sins" achieved Brad's top position, and at the same time achieved Hugo's superstar status.

This is not only the sixth work with a box office of over 100 million yuan since Hugo won the Golden Raspberry Award, but also surpassed "Pulp Fiction" and "Sleepless in Seattle" and became second only to "Schindler's List" and "Life and Death". "Speed" two works with a box office of more than 200 million yuan, became Hugo's third-highest personal box office work.

This not only shattered the "New York Post" view on the decline of Hugo's career, but also directly proved Hugo's unique position in the entire North American movie box office market.

Prior to this, whether it was Harrison Ford or Arnold Schwarzenegger, whether it was Tom Cruise or Kim Carey, they had repeatedly performed miracles at the North American box office, but they all had one distinctive feature: they starred. All of his works have a distinctive commercial film color, such as the "Indiana Jones" series, such as the "Terminator" series.

But the emergence of Hugo, as well as the strong rise of Tom Hanks last year, showed another characteristic: they can obtain super high box office while also proving the role of actors in promoting movies-the core Of thoughts, performances.

The same is true for Tom Hanks's "Forrest Gump" and "Apollo 13", as are "Schindler's List" and "Pulp Fiction" starring Hugo. This time the "seven deadly sins" are even more typical.

This also gives the North American film market a new look: commercial films can also have depth, and special themes can also burst into the box office.

This also makes Hugo occupy a unique position in the current North American film market, the only "Big Tom" Tom Hanks who can be compared with Hugo-he not only won the movie king but also won the love of all ages in the United States , But Tom’s brilliant works are still not enough, not up to the standard of qualitative change.

Hugo has completely completed the transformation, from "Yihai Xiongfeng", "Sleepless in Seattle", to "Schindler's List", "Speed ​​of Life and Death", to "Pulp Fiction" and "Seven Deadly Sins", powerful and powerful. The accumulation of rich works has made Hugo the only top star in the North American film industry in one fell swoop. Box office and awards, word of mouth and popularity, acting skills and strength... all have top strengths, leading the earth-shaking changes and progress of the entire Hollywood in one fell swoop .

More importantly, the "Seven Deadly Sins" swept the US$290 million box office overseas, which also made people feel the powerful appeal of Hugo on a global scale for the first time with hindsight. Several previous works have achieved incredible box office records overseas but people seem to have forgotten this all the time. It was not until the performance of the "Seven Deadly Sins" that it was against the heavens overseas that this suddenly realized:

Now Hugo is not only a unique top star in North America, it has become synonymous with Hollywood in overseas markets. Hugo is equivalent to Hollywood, which means that Hugo has become a spokesperson for North America to some extent, and the cooperation between major film companies and Hugo will have a more comprehensive and in-depth development.

Of course, for the major film companies, Hugo's $10 million in salary when he took the "Seven Deadly Sins" was exchanged for a global salary of $485 million. This is also worthy of reference. Hugo He deserves to be the first Hollywood actor with a good price/performance ratio. And in the shocking victory of the "seven deadly sins", Hugo can get a five percent dividend of the North American box office, which means that Hugo can get a dividend of 9.75 million before tax. In other words, Hugo's pay for the "Seven Deadly Sins" filming is a resounding 20 million!

Although 20 million in the "Seven Deadly Sins" seems to be insufficient compared to "Pulp Fiction" and "Life and Death" with a salary of 30 million, no one will forget that Hugo is only a supporting role in the "Seven Deadly Sins". Supporting role.

With a supporting role of 20 million US dollars, even in the long history of the movie, Hugo is undoubtedly the only one, which has further become the best proof that Hugo is among the top superstars!