Many years later, when people recalled the movie "Pulp Novel", they suddenly discovered that after "Pulp Novel" won the Palme d'Or in May 1994, it dominated the American public opinion circle for at least twelve months, and continued to continue.

After this, "Pulp novels" produced a series of subsequent effects. It changed the status of independent films in Hollywood. It brought the culture of the 1960s to the mainstream again. It allowed postmodern pop culture to invade the film industry. It created a new narrative method and means. It gave the entertainment effect of the film industry a new interpretation. It even changed the traditional aesthetics of the academic school. It became more cult movies...

At the same time, the great success of "Pulp Novel" also became a milestone for Hugo to the top. Although many people believe that "Schindler's List" is the work that achieved Hugo, more people chose "Pulp Novel" for no other reason, because Hugo defeated the "Night Visit to the Vampire" led by Tom Cruise through this work, and also defeated the works starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger at the same time. This work also became a monument for Hugo to create history.

In addition, "Pulp Novels" also ushered in the era of three-legged rivalry between Hugo, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, and completely changed the cast of Hollywood in the next ten years.

So, there is no doubt that "Pulp Novel" is the most widely influential film of the entire 1990s, no doubt.

The strong influence of "Pulp Novels" in North America is incomparable, mainly because this movie reflects the history of American cultural evolution, the essence of Los Angeles' culture, and the crystallization of American postmodern pop culture. This naturally has an incomparable attraction to American audiences.

However, in the overseas international market, the ideological resonance obtained by "pulp novels" is obviously slightly inferior.

However, the biggest highlight of "pulp novels" is not only American culture, but also Quentin Tarantino's violent stylization, black humor and circular narrative structure, which have received more responses in overseas markets.

Therefore, the influence of "pulp novels" presents a very interesting contrast. In the North American market, people are more discussing the culture of this movie. Of course, other characteristics are naturally the focus, but they are not as interested in the history of American cultural changes. In the international market, people are more discussing the charm presented by language and pictures, especially the contrast between violence and humor, which is widely welcomed.

This has also promoted the interest of overseas audiences in "vulgar novels". Many people have begun to analyze the cultural phenomena and slang meanings in the movies, which has triggered a retro momentum of the trend of the 1960s in the United States, which is unexpected. At the same time, it can be seen that the subsequent influence of the movie as an artistic carrier is far beyond expectations.

Therefore, it is no surprise that "Pulp Novel" has achieved excellent box office results in the international market.

At the beginning, no distribution company was willing to take over the overseas distribution of "Pulp Novels". As an independent production company, Miramax was already very difficult to shoulder the North American distribution task. They did not have any overseas distribution system at all. If the overseas distribution departments of major production companies were unwilling to take over, this means that "Pulp Novels" could not be released overseas.

But the Weinstein brothers' methods were revealed at this moment.

After the Cannes Film Festival, the Weinstein brothers divided into two groups and visited all over the world, looking for distribution partners one by one. Since the distribution departments of large production companies refused to cooperate, they were looking for local second-tier distribution companies, or even independent brands. Although this means that the distribution scale would not be too large, this is the best choice.

The move of the Weinstein brothers was ridiculed by senior executives of many production companies, believing that they were doing useless work. An independent film like "Pulp Novel" may win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, may also win the love of critics, and may even achieve decent box office results in the North American market, but such a film is difficult to be recognized in overseas markets.

What's more, the cost of the movie is only eight million US dollars, and overseas distribution will probably cost Miramax a large amount of money, and it may even be that the box office is not enough for the distribution fee, let alone dividends. This is the so-called useless work.

But the Weinstein brothers persevered. Relying on the name of Palme d'Or and Hugo's appeal, they agreed to issue rights in thirty-seven countries and regions, which took four months, which shows the hardships and difficulties of the process. At this time, it was time for a bumper harvest.

"Pulp Novel" was the first to land in France and Germany in the third week of December. This is a very clever approach, because the film has achieved a good reputation at the Cannes Film Festival.

Sure enough, after the release of "Pulp Novels" in these two countries, it once again won a lot of praise, and the box office was very gratifying. Germany contributed 20 million US dollars in box office data, and France also had 10 million US dollars. Although it cannot be compared with popular works like "Forrest Gump", this result has also entered the top ten year-end box office in its market, which is incredible.

After feeling the enthusiasm of Germany and France, in the fourth week of December, Britain, Brazil and Italy ushered in "pulp novels". After that, Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Finland and other markets were released one after another, and until mid-February, 37 countries and regions were officially released.

Surprisingly, Japan became the largest overseas ticket store for "pulp novels", contributing a full $28 million box office and performing exceptionally well, while Germany was the second largest ticket store, and the third place was the United Kingdom, which closed at 16 million.

In addition, the box office of Italy and Australia has also exceeded 10 million, which makes six countries and regions with overseas box office of "pulp novels" exceeding 10 million, with revenue of up to 103 million US dollars!

The box office performance of these six countries alone is enough to surprise everyone. The overseas box office of "Pulp Novels" has also crossed the threshold of 100 million, which is simply a miracle. When major production companies saw the international box office report of "Pulp Novels", they were all dumbfounded. At this time, they began to regret it, but unfortunately it was too late. They all missed the opportunity to become part of this historical monument and could only watch those second-tier distribution companies and independent distribution companies make a fortune by relying on a "Pulp Novel".

"Pulp Novel" has not performed poorly in the box office of thirty-one countries and regions, earning a total of 66 million US dollars, which also brought the movie's overseas cumulative box office to a position of 169 million US dollars in one fell swoop.

The overseas box office of "Pulp Novel" is slightly lower than that of North America, but it is almost the same. From this little difference, it can be seen that the American attributes of this movie are still stronger.

Although the box office of "Pulp Novels" in North America is only higher than Hugo's previous "Smelling the Scent of Women" and "Yihai's Glory", the impressive performance of the overseas market has made the global box office of the movie reach 341 million US dollars. This result easily surpassed "Sleeping in Seattle at Night" and became the third best work in Hugo's international box office performance, second only to "Life and Death Hour" and "Schindler's List".

"Pulp Novels" has also become Hugo's fifth work with an international box office of over 200 million yuan, and the fourth work with an international box office of over 300 million yuan. In addition to the previous super popularity of the Cannes Film Festival, Hugo only took a year to start from "Schindler's List" to "Pulp Novels", a total of three works have occupied a place in the international film market and became the most box office-friendly international actor after Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Even if we sigh many times, when people see the box office achievements of "Pulp Novel", they still can't help but think of its 8 million US dollars investment. Eight million exchanges for more than 340 million US dollars in revenue, and more than 400 times the profit is enough to make any production company jealous, and it is enough to make any production company focus on independent films. Independent films are cheap anyway, and it is enough to make any production company list Hugo as the first of the "must cooperate actors".

With the birth of countless historical records of "Pulp Novels", this movie has truly become a historical monument. The previous debates about "Pulp Novels" and "Speed ​​of Life and Death" have become the best seasoning for glory today. At the same time, the dispute over "20 million movie pay" between MGM Pictures and Universal Pictures has also become the topic of most concern.

In fact, the dispute over "20 million movie pay" lasted only less than three weeks, because "Future Water World" officially signed with Kevin Costner, and the new "007" signed with Pierce Brosnan. The pay for these two contracts was naturally not 20 million dollars. People realized that this was just a hype between the two major film companies and had nothing to do with Hugo itself.

But the problem is that people now believe that it is natural to give Hugo a salary of 20 million US dollars. Looking at the profits brought by each Hugo movie to the production company, even the worst box office "Smelling the Scent and Knowing the Woman" has earned 170 million US dollars worldwide. If you use a salary of 20 million US dollars, you can get hundreds of times. It only takes dozens of times of the profit, and it is worth the major production companies to take risks.

So, although the dispute over "20 million in pay" has come to an end, the discussion about Hugo's pay has just begun. What's more ironic is that people realize that Hugo's latest work is a "before the sunrise" with only invested $2.5 million. This is really a typical black humor, isn't it?
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