From the year-end box office rankings in North America, we can see the achievements in 1994. The top 12 have all exceeded 100 million yuan, the top three have exceeded 200 million yuan, and the top two have exceeded 300 million yuan, including action, drama, comedy, animation, magic and other types of movies. The rich themes and outstanding results can definitely be called the golden age.

From the global year-end box office rankings, we can see the influence of Hollywood on world movies in 1994.

The "Lion King" who ranked second in the year in North America relied on the strong attraction of cartoons to family audiences, swept the world's 877 million US dollars in box office. Not only did it become the global year-end box office champion in 1994, but it also occupied the runner-up in the global box office rankings of film history, only lagging behind the "Jurassic Park" that created a miracle last year.

Although the "Forrest Gump", known as the modern American fairy tale, has a huge influence around the world, it is ultimately not as good as the North American market. It eventually won 677 million US dollars in data and ranked second in the world box office throughout the year.

From the data comparison of these two works, we can see that although the North American market defeated the "Lion King", the overseas market was not interested in the "American Dream" and was directly pulled down by a gap of more than 200 million US dollars. However, this gap also felt the huge potential of the global movie box office market from the side. A "Lion King" and a "Forrest Gump" swept over the box office of 900 million US dollars in the overseas market, which is really shocking.

Following closely behind is the "life and death speed" that has just been crowned the third-place box office in North America. This work has also set off a box office frenzy around the world, defeating a series of competitors with a global box office data of 542 million US dollars, firmly holding on to the third place.

Dark Horse, people may use this word to describe the movie "Speed ​​of Life and Death". Although "Pulp Novel" is more shocking from the perspective of cost and box office comparison, in fact, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" is neither a work of innovative significance like "Pulp Novel", nor an epic that reflects the changes of the entire era like "Forrest Gump", nor an excellent work that can change the status of animation like "The Lion King". This is just a simple action movie, but it does not have the grand scenes and special effects as "Terminator 2" and "Real Lies".

All of this makes the achievement of "life and death speed" incredible. The investment of 28 million yuan has created the birth of a myth.

On the global box office rankings, "Real Lies" relies on Arnold's strong appeal, while "Disguised Weird" relies on the chain effect of comedy movies that are suitable for both young and old, and finally occupied the fourth and fifth places. The former's global box office was 378 million US dollars, while the latter was 351 million US dollars.

"Real Lies" invested 120 million US dollars, although it achieved a box office of nearly 400 million US dollars worldwide, allowing Arnold to reach another career peak, but this result was disappointing when compared with the "speed of life and death". This ambition work created by James Cameron and Arnold was really hit hard.

However, the emergence of "disguised monsters" made everyone's eyes lit up, which also made Cameron Diaz's overnight fame more legendary, and the rise of Jin Carrey became more and more obvious. It can even be said that even in the face of Hugo's strength in 1994, this comedy king showed an upward momentum of running side by side.

"Pulp novels" that have created miracles repeatedly have slightly inferior appeal in the overseas market. They have been surpassed by "real lies" and "disguised monsters" one after another, and are only ranked sixth in the global box office rankings. Even so, the 341 million US dollar resulted in "Pulp novels" making history again.

The situation faced by "Pulp novels" is actually similar to "Forrest Gump". Relying on strong reputation and hot topics, we have achieved good results in overseas markets. However, due to its strong American cultural attributes, it still lacks a little follow-up explosive power. At this point, the "Lion King" who does not have the "American" attributes, "true lies", "disguised weirdos", and "life and death speed" take advantage.

After "Pulp Novel", "Modern Primitive Man", "Adai and Agua", "Four Weddings and One Funeral", "Night Visit to Vampire", and "Eyebrow Chasing" occupied the remaining five seats in the top ten in the global box office year-end.

Among them, "Night Visit Vampire" witnessed Tom Cruise's global idol power and counterattacked to the top ten, while "Four Weddings and One Funeral" broke the monopoly of Hollywood, strongly ranked among the top ten, and became the most interesting and special among countless classic works in 1994. This romantic romantic comedy full of British humor and ridicule won unanimous love from the public and film critics with its funny lines and exquisite scripts.

In addition, other works are familiar faces on the year-end box office rankings in North America. Similar trajectories include the glory of the two actors Hugo and King. After winning two seats in the year-end top ten in North America, the works of these two actors have all ranked among the top ten in the year-end global year-end. It can be said that the glory of the two actors can be seen as a microcosm of the classic in 1994.

Although Hugo only released two works in 1994, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" and "Pulp Novels" swept a total of 883 million US dollars in the world, surpassing Hugo's box office record of 864 million US dollars in 1993, setting Hugo's personal high.

After the Golden Raspberry Awards in 1992, Hugo's annual box office results in the past three years were 460 million, 860 million, and 883 million respectively. Such a clear and clear upward curve made people feel Hugo's unparalleled majesty and momentum.

Originally, people were worried that Hugo would face a career intersection after winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, but the facts were just the opposite. Not only was Hugo not shrouded in the curse of the Little Golden Man, but on the contrary, it also broke the constraints of acting skills and achieved new glory in box office, and his career reached its peak again!

What is commendable is that the reputation of "life and death speed" and "pulp novels" have also won unanimous praise from critics, and "pulp novels" even crowned Hugo as the Cannes actor. This is the decisive factor that completely distinguishes Hugo from Jim Carrey, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, because Hugo has the acting talent and artistic attributes they do not have. This is the fundamental reason why Hugo is the number one person who calls for a $20 million pay.

Even many ordinary viewers think that it is natural for Hugo to get a $20 million salary. Although the data of "20 million" is indeed too shocking, a market sampling survey by "US Weekly" showed that more than 28% of the respondents said that if it was Hugo, it was not unacceptable.

This is what Hugo is precious.

Many years later, when people look back at 1994, they can't help but sigh. This is a year of creating countless miracles. In the next twenty years, classic works emerged one after another, but there was no such explosion in 1994. The density of outstanding works put the glory of 1994 on a layer of ever-fading light.

Among these many classics, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" and "Pulp Novels" have been mentioned repeatedly, and are two works that must not be ignored. This also made Hugo leave his mark on the 1994 history book after 1993.

Perhaps people always plan this way. 1993 was rock and 1994 was movies. But in fact, the masterpieces in 1993 were also dazzling, and the music in 1994 also ushered in an explosion after its peak. The reason why Hugo's glory in 1994 was called great is because he reached a new peak in music.

Hugo achieved a peak in film and music in 1993, and in 1994, it was incredible that both raised this peak again. Compared with the joint efforts of "Speed ​​of Life and Death" and "Pulp Novels", the two albums "Almost Fame" and "Bathing in the Morning Light" can definitely be described in the music market as calling the wind and rain.

On the year-end album sales rankings in 1994, there were five albums with sales of more than five million, which was unimaginable in the 21st century ten years later. At that time, one album sales of four million were worth a rare victory. It was not because the emergence of digital sound sources seized the market, but because after the 21st century, the quality of music generally declined, and saliva songs tailor-made in accordance with the demand of the popular market gradually became mainstream, and idol singers created by a fixed model occupied the market, which made listeners gradually lose interest in purchasing albums.

But it was a different scene in the 1990s. Not to mention the great rock changes that took place in 1993, but just talking about the brilliant rhythm and blues after the 1990s, the endurance of the countryside and the endless emergence of classics in the soul, which made countless listeners willing to enter the record store, take out their wallets, and buy albums, not to express their support for the singers, but to express their love for music.

Against this background, it is no surprise that rock reappeared its golden age in 1993. From Nirvana, pearl sauce to crushed pumpkin, glory to death, to Green Sun, goatskin, etc., the new generation of rock bands have won the hearts of a large number of listeners with one outstanding album after another. In addition, other music genres are blooming and have frequent excellent works, which has created the grand occasion of five albums sold in 1994 in 1994.

Interestingly, among these five albums with sales of five platinum, the band Glory To Death occupied two seats, while the rock band won three seats. From this perspective, we can see the achievements of rock in 1994. At the same time, it can also be seen that Glory To Death directly extended the strength of the end of 1993 to 1994, and reached a new peak this year, recreating the feat of Nirvana and Pearl Sauce in 1991.
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