Chapter 1370 1370 Can not be copied
The success of "Deathly Walk" is irrepeated, not only because this work carries the essence of the acting skills of the two actors Hugo and Susan, but also because during the six-month release of this work, all opportunities, timing and situations cannot be copied, which also makes the final achievements of "Deathly Walk" have more profound significance.
If we talk about the box office of North American movies alone, the "Twelve Monkeys" are 89 million US dollars and the "Death Prison Walk" is 83 million US dollars, the two works are completely equal and comparable. Moreover, due to the commercial film attributes of the "Twelve Monkeys", especially the media constantly fanning the flames, and the boasting and pursuit of the movies have been embellished with magnificent success, the box office data of the two are so small, which is really...it seems a bit funny.
Strictly speaking, the "Twelve Monkeys" can be regarded as a failure, and a strange and shameful failure in comparison with the irrepeated success of "Death Prisoner Walk". In the North American film market, Hugo's unparalleled appeal has not been able to compete yet. Not to mention Brad, even Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks seem to be quite difficult.
But this time, no one would think that the "Twelve Monkeys" failed. Not only because of the cult attribute of this movie, it is already a good achievement to achieve a box office of 89 million US dollars; it is also because the global box office of this movie has created a miracle that is not big or small. Although it cannot be compared with the glory of "pulp novels", the global box office of 200 million US dollars is not available in any work; it is also because this movie witnessed the emergence of Brad and became a witness to the formation of a three-legged pattern of Hollywood baby boomers.
Compared with the historical status of the "Twelve Monkeys" and the global box office results, "Death Prison Walking" is obviously slightly inferior.
The "Twelve Monkeys" swept the box office of $120 million overseas. Although the movie can be called a literary and sci-fi work, it is still in the category of commercial films, so it has won praise in the overseas market. However, the "Death Prison Walk" does not have such good luck. The chain reaction during the release of North America is almost a perfect combination of time, place, and people. However, this pattern does not exist in the overseas market. The already dull and depressing "Death Prison Walk" can only rely on the overseas appeal of Hugo, Susan and Tim to attract box office.
In fact, although Susan and Tim are famous couples in the United States, in the international market, their reputations are more limited to professional images, namely actors and directors, and only Hugo is the only one who truly has the ability to drive the box office.
But even Hugo is not the omnipotent "God". What can really allow audiences to enter the cinema is ultimately the work itself. The competitiveness of Hollywood art films in the overseas market is really not the most competitive. Not to mention the independent artistic soil of Europe, even the art films in many Asian countries and South American countries are more attractive than Hollywood.
This has also caused the "Death Prisoner Walking" to be repeatedly blocked in overseas markets.
Of course, relying on Hugo's name, Twentieth Century Fox still sold the distribution rights of "Deathly Walk" to 39 countries and regions around the world. Among them, the earliest released in the UK and Germany were already in February 1996, which shows the miserable treatment of this work. The only thing that is thankful is that "Deathly Walk" uses the Berlin Film Festival as a platform to land in Europe and the global market. The good reviews received at the Berlin Film Festival also make the future of the release of this work much brighter.
The most outstanding performance of "Deathly Walk" in the overseas market is Germany, which achieved a box office data of 13 million US dollars in the local area. This is also one of the only three overseas markets with box office exceeding 10 million in "Deathly Walk". The other two countries are France and Italy.
Such a result can be said to be consistent with expectations. Germany is the first overseas market to be launched by "Death Inmate Walking". Moreover, the blessing of the Berlin Film Festival cannot be underestimated. More importantly, Germany's serious and cold temperament is completely in line with "Death Inmate Walking" and has won the audience's recognition.
France has the Cannes Film Festival and Italy has the Venice Film Festival. This is precisely the most mature market for art film development in Europe. Their analysis and understanding of "Death Prison Walk" is even more profound than that of North America, and the audience is more willing to go to the cinema to appreciate this work.
The most surprising thing is that Mexico and Brazil actually contributed eight million levels and seven million levels respectively, even surpassing the UK's six million US dollars, which many people did not expect. However, after careful and in-depth analysis, we will find that the top four countries with the best performance in the overseas market of "Death Prisoners" are all Catholic countries, and their opposition and protest against the death penalty are also the most determined in the world. In this way, the outstanding performance of the film market is not that strange.
In addition, the performance of "Death-infernal Walk" in other countries and regions is not satisfactory. There are only three countries with a box office of more than 5 million yuan, namely Argentina, Australia and Spain. It is obvious that the overseas market is not very interested in this work, and it can be said that it is completely different from the "Seven Deadly Sins" not long ago.
Judging from the box office data alone, the performance of "Deathly Walk" naturally cannot be compared with Hugo's other works, and can only barely surpass "before sunrise". However, "Deathly Walk" eventually won a box office of 80 million US dollars in the overseas market, which still far exceeded expectations, and still made 20th Century Fox smile.
In the case of congenital deficiencies, "Death Prison Walking" can be said to rely on Hugo's strong appeal to "plunder" the box office of 80 million US dollars in the overseas market. It is not easy and can be regarded as a difficult victory.
However, like "Death Prisoner Walking" and "Twelve Monkeys", their excellent reputation made them perform well in the subsequent videotape market. The former made people interested in the outstanding performance of the actors, while the latter was enthusiastically sought after by cult movie enthusiasts, which also made the two movies still perform well after the screening.
"Death-infernal Affairs" finally released the box office, with a box office of 83 million in North America and a global box office of 163 million. This is the second worst movie in Hugo's box office performance since 1992, and it is only higher than the "before sunrise" where the experimental nature occupies the protagonist. But no one would say this is a failed work, and even the "New York Post" dare not say so.
Investing 11 million US dollars, the world's box office was 163 million US dollars, DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox are still making a lot of money. More importantly, this box office performance is not much behind the 89 million US dollars of North America compared to the 89 million US dollars of North America.
Moreover, no one will forget that the cost of "Twelve Monkeys" is 29 million.
However, the great success of the "Twelve Monkeys" worldwide is still undeniable, and the outstanding performance of "Death Prison Walking" can only be said to be the snatch of countless lights by competitors.
However, thanks to Hugo and Susan's outstanding performance at "Death Inmate Walking", the prospects for this work at major awards ceremony are obviously not too weak. In addition, the completion of the work is also more than "Twelve Monkeys", which also makes "Death Inmate Walking" finally tied with "Twelve Monkeys" in the comprehensive evaluation!
Or to be more precise, this is still a rare victory for Brad! At least during this simultaneous release and the confrontation between the same period, Brad always occupies the peak of the topic, and is completely inseparable from Hugo, who has relied on his acting skills to win attention since August, which also further highlights the extraordinary significance of Brad's prevailing this time.
However, in addition to Brad and Hugo, in addition to "Twelve Monkeys" and "Death-infernal Walk", this showdown is also of great significance to Universal Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox.
After Long Meyer switched from an international innovative artist company to Universal Pictures, he has been struggling to pursue breakthrough points. In the past two years, he has never been able to find a suitable breakthrough point. The "Schindler's List" and "Jurassic Park" that achieved countless glories that year were not his achievements.
Until this year, the great success of "Apollo 13" and "Ghost Elf" finally made Lang regain confidence. Although the terrible failure of "Future Water World" is still to be remembered on him, the great reputation of the "Twelve Monkeys" at the end of the year still made Lang sigh, and ended this year with his outstanding performance. Especially the latter, Lang finally found a breakthrough with innovative artist agency, which is undoubtedly a huge joy.
The same is true for Kevin Pence. After the Firewire took over 20th Century Fox, his only masterpiece in the past two years was "Real Lies". In fact, "Real Lies" was not a project he developed. He just took over the middle, and this work lost to "life and death hour" that year.
This year, the 20th Century Fox is still dead. Currently, only "Die Hard 3" can be said that the box office of this work is only narrowly crossing the threshold of 100 million, but "Death-infernal Affairs" has opened a door for Kevin. His cooperation with the Enjin Elite Agency may be borne fruit next year and the following year.
With ambition, Kevin firmly believed that he had won the future. Faced with the bad status quo of 20th Century Fox, Kevin chose to cooperate with the Engaging Elite Brokerage Company and DreamWorks. Relying on the strong reputation of "Death-in-law Walking", Kevin further narrowed the distance between him and Hugo, and now he is gradually approaching the moment of harvest.
Kevin's grand plan is being unfolded step by step, but whether his plan can be realized seems to be another unknown, because the project called "Apocalypse" did not progress as smoothly as expected.
Chapter completed!