The sunshine in 1994 was finally blocked under the blue of the sea level, and then when the sun broke free from its constraints and sprinkled on the ground again, the hourglass in 1995 had already begun to fall.

The arrival of 1995 means that the first half of the 1990s is about to end, and it seems that the millennium is no longer far away. When people stand on the land of the New Year and look back on 1994, they realize that the past year has created countless glory and even recreated the majesty of the golden age of Hollywood.

This is really interesting. 1993 was the reappearance of the golden age of rock and 1994 was the recovery of the golden age of movies. After experiencing the ups and downs of the Vietnam War, the economic crisis, the presidential scandal, the media crisis, etc., the US entertainment market finally showed a gratifying trend. From this aspect, it can be seen that American society is getting out of the haze bit by bit.

Many people believe that 1993 was the year of Hugo's rise, and that year Hugo created unparalleled glory. The success of "Sleeping in the Night in Seattle" and "Schindler's List" coupled with the best-selling album "Almost Fame" made Hugo successfully among the top players; but no one could have expected that 1994 made Hugo stand up and became the top presence in the United States in one fell swoop.

When people look back at the storm that Hugo set off in 1994, besides the honors of Best Supporting Actor in Oscars and Best Actor in Cannes, Hugo's works light up the whole year in an irresistible posture.

1994 is considered the "year of film", which is also the most important year for Hollywood in the next thirty years after the 1980s. During this year, the film market witnessed the rise of independent films represented by "pulp novels", witnessed the peak of action films represented by "true lies" and "life and death speed", witnessed the American Dream storm brought by "Forrest Gump", witnessed the comedy film frenzy caused by "disguised monsters", "Ah Dai and Agua", witnessed the special theme film trend brought by "night visits to vampires", and witnessed the "Shawshank Redemption" being submerged in the wave of countless works... This is the year when countless movies explode collectively, with countless classic works emerging one after another.

Just one year or even years of accumulation in Hollywood was equivalent to other times.

Hugo's two works, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" and "Pulp Novels", can be regarded as both literature and martial arts, and can easily occupy a place on the major summary lists at the end of the year, even in such a glorious 1994.

On the year-end box office rankings in North America, "Forrest Gump" took the lead, and was proud of the heroes with a box office data of 329 million US dollars. This victory is also widely regarded as a victory in American society, because the movie "Forrest Gump" has been given too many profound meanings, and its artistic value and commercial value are far inferior to its historical significance.

Perhaps "Forrest Gump" is not the best work in 1994. Many years later, people generally believe that if you simply discuss artistic value, "Pulp novels" are the well-deserved champions in 1994; perhaps "Forrest Gump" will not be the best work at the box office. Not to mention the future, even in the past, the box office of the two movies "Alien e.t" and "Jurassic Park" surpassed "Forrest Gump".

However, every American would not miss "Forrest Gump" when he mentioned 1994, because this movie gave American people hope, just like a beautiful American dream that was unwilling to wake up, and it placed countless beautiful ideas. This is the true meaning of this movie.

After "Forrest Gump", the "Lion King" was created, an insurmountable peak in animated film, ranking second with a score of 312 million. In the past century of Hollywood, there are only three works that have exceeded 300 million, which have exceeded 300 million, but in just one, two seats were added.

"The Lion King" is the pinnacle of 2D animation. After that, the computer 3D animation represented by Pixar animation gradually entered the market, changing the entire animation market structure; but even if there are countless computer 3D animations that have achieved great success in the future, "The Lion King" is still a respected existence that countless people have, because this movie has changed the status of the cartoon in a subversive way.

"Forrest Gump" and "The Lion King" ranked first and second in the year-end box office respectively, which was an unexpected but reasonable result, but the third in the year-end team made countless people fall into glasses. The "life and death speed" with only invested $28 million was a strong counterattack, defeating a number of competitors with a total box office of $239 million, and finally ranked third in the year-end box office rankings.

There is no doubt that the emergence of "life and death speed" has broken the entire pattern of action movies, allowing people to emerge from the big production myths such as "Terminator 2" and "Real Lies", and return to retro action movies before the 1980s, allowing people to feel the infinite charm of traditional action movies again.

More importantly, this movie confirms Hugo's box office appeal. Before the release of "Pulp Novel", it was the first to achieve the feat of over 100 million in four consecutive works, allowing Hugo to surpass Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger and become the hottest male actor in Hollywood. The storm of paying 20 million yuan is a proof of Hugo's current popularity.

The three works of "Forrest Gump", "The Lion King" and "Life and Death Speed" are the three works with a box office of over 200 million in 1994. In fact, as of 1994, there were only fifteen works with a box office of over 200 million. Last year, there were only one works, but this year there were three, which showed the prosperity of the entire market.

In the 1994 year-end box office rankings, the fourth place in the Palace Army was a miracle, or a miracle that was greater than the "speed of life and death": "pulp novels".

"Pulp novels" with only invested 8 million US dollars in the North American market won 172 million US dollars in box office data, surpassing countless tens of millions and 100 million works, and achieved the year-end results with the attitude of independent films. This performance has easily been recorded in history.

Miramax, an independent distribution company that has been established for less than ten years, has achieved an indelible miracle in the history of films with a unique vision. "Pulp Novel" invested 8 million US dollars in exchange for more than twenty times of profit, which is enough to make the entire film market crazy. In terms of income ratio alone, "Pulp Novel" not only defeated the "life and death speed" that also made the big profits with small profits, but also defeated the "Forrest Gump" and "Lion King" with high investment and high returns, and became the profit king in 1994.

What is even more commendable is that compared to the "speed of life and death", the artistic value of "pulp novels" is immeasurable in the development of films.

After Hugo occupied the third place and the throne of the Palace Army in the year-end box office rankings in 1993, Hugo completed the bank again in 1994, still ranked third and fourth, and still ranked top ten. Hugo's box office appeal is no longer proof. He is one of the most popular actors among the audience today.

Speaking of which, people are unwilling to believe that Hugo's highest pay so far is only eight million US dollars, and he only received $250,000 in box office when filming "Pulp novels". Such a "good and cheap" actor has almost become the brightest scenery in Hollywood.

Of course, Hugo's salary is naturally impossible to be so low. He can get 20% of the box office dividends in "Pu Novels", that is, 34.4 million US dollars before tax; and at the "speed of life and death", he also enjoys 15% of the box office dividends, which is another pre-tax income of 35.85 million US dollars.

In other words, Hugo can get a dividend of 70 million US dollars by relying on these two movies, of course, before tax. This money is not only the highest current pay in Hollywood, but what is even more exaggerated is that in the 1994 pay statistics, there is no doubt that Hugo's income will win the championship, but his personal income is actually the sum of the second to fifth places, which is really exaggerated. You should know that the second to fifth places are Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford.

These are almost the most profitable actors in Hollywood from the 1980s to 1990s. Except for Hanks who relied on "Forrest Gump" to get new positions, Hugo alone is comparable to the collaboration between the other four. If this is not a myth, then what else can be more magical?

With two movies, Hugo can buy the most luxurious top-notch home in Beverly Hills.

After the shock and glory of the top four, the fifth place belongs to the "true lie". Objectively speaking, "true lie" is also one of the most outstanding action movies in film history, but its investment cost of over 100 million yuan was only exchanged for a North American box office of 146 million US dollars, which is indeed a bit disappointing. Of course, this work has a huge overseas box office, and Arnold Schwarzenegger is still one of the world's most shining superstars.

Following closely behind is the outstanding "Santa Claus". This work, which has been suppressed by "pulp novels" during its release, finally ranked sixth on the year-end list. It can be said to be another case of making a big splash among the top ten. Unfortunately, it is still not as popular as Hugo's two works.

"Modern Primitive Man", "Adai and Agua", "Eyebrow Chasing" and "Disguised Weird" are the four remaining works in the top ten. Although "Night Visit Vampire" has a box office of over 100 million, it can only regretfully rank 11th and has not been able to enter the top ten. In addition, the 12th-ranked "Gambling Man Ma Huali" also has a box office of over 100 million, which is also the year with the most box offices of over 100 million in a single year so far.

Looking at the 1994 North American year-end box office rankings, in the actors, "Forrest Gump" made Tom Hanks' rise. In addition, there are two works in the top ten, Hugo and Jin Carrey.

Jim Carrey's strength is no less than Hugo. In 1994, he dedicated three top works, "Ah Dai and Agua", "Disguised Weird" and "Detective Aircraft Head", two of which ranked among the top ten at the end of the year, making him the most shining comedy king today. Within a year, two faces were added to the ranks of box office superstars, which was one of the huge gains in 1994.
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