Chapter 1384 1384 Superstar Light
December 24th, on Christmas Eve, it is another season for family reunion. It seems that the whole world's pace has slowed down and is concentrating on enjoying this rare relaxation holiday.
On that day, the special edition of the Los Angeles Times was reported on the front page headlines in red fonts and green laces, which were exclusively Christmas. "The first $20 million in film history was officially born!"
With a "boom", the entire North American film market began to shake, and not only North America, but also fell into a craziness because of this news around the world.
This article comes from the exclusive news of Daws Carter. In the content, it mentioned that Hugo has officially reached a cooperation agreement with 20th Century Fox. The two parties will cooperate with a work temporarily named "The Doomsday". This work will be invested 100 million US dollars, directed by Roland Emmerich, and the script will be written by Roland and his partner Dean Devlin. The two parties have completed the signing process, and the movie will officially start after the New Year.
What is certain is that Hugo's pay for filming this movie will reach an unprecedented 20 million US dollars. In addition, in terms of basic pay, he will also share the box office dividends of the movie.
This issue of the Los Angeles Times newspaper sold 6.21 million copies, surpassing the sales record set by Nicholas McClass after the premiere of "Seven Deadly Sins", setting a new high, achieving another new high since the 1990s, sweeping across North America with a devastating momentum, creating an astonishing chain reaction!
In just less than half a year, the Los Angeles Times has released sales of 6 million twice, which has also made the competition between the two major mountains on the east and west sides of the Taiwan Strait increasingly fierce.
The sensation caused by this exclusive revelation was just the beginning, and the sales volume of 6.21 million copies were just the beginning of Hugo's powerful influence.
The office phone number of Twentieth Century Fox was blown up immediately, vividly interpreting the true definition of the so-called hotline. In a hurry, Kevin Pence announced that Twentieth Century Fox would hold an interim press conference to respond to the incident. Within less than three hours of the release of the Los Angeles Times, Twentieth Century Fox quickly held an interim press conference in Los Angeles.
At the press conference, Kevin made a positive response to the recent rumors for the first time and gave a positive response to the Los Angeles Times report. Kevin confirmed, "I am very happy to announce that we have completed the signing work with Mr. Lancaster. He will confirm that he will be a "Doomsday" work for a pay of 20 million US dollars. The specific details of the cooperation are still in-depth. We will announce the news to everyone later."
In an instant, the entire press conference was in full bloom and exploded directly! Everyone knew clearly what this meant, and this could almost be said to be a historical moment of changing dynasties!
Because this means that only six years after the maximum pay in Hollywood rose to 15 million, it will break the shackles again and bring the cap data to an incredible height of 20 million, allowing the entire Hollywood to truly enter the era of "20 million pay".
In the past less than fifteen years, the actor's pay has increased rapidly from 500,000 to 20 million, which has increased by 40 times, which is faster than Hollywood's development in more than 60 years. It is really jaw-dropping!
It also means that after Arnold Schwarzenegger became the first 15 million-dollar pay winner in film history, Hugo Lancaster became the first 20 million-dollar pay winner in film history, and Hugo will also be accompanied by that contract and a check will truly be recorded in history.
Arnold's salary of 15 million can actually be said to be the result of Hollywood's concerted efforts. The innovative artist agency was working on, but the entire Hollywood agency industry and actors were working together to promote such a result; in comparison, the salary of 20 million was strongly resisted by major Hollywood production companies.
This is not just a simple increase in the pay of 5 million, but the cost of each film production link will rise sharply under the leadership of a number of high-investment and high-cost works led by the "Future Water World". Perhaps the pay for actors will only increase by 5 million, but the cost of the entire crew will increase by 10 million, 20 million, or even 50 million. Therefore, when the pay of 20 million US dollars was raised several times last year, it was not possible to make a fortune.
But this time, Twentieth Century Fox easily made such a breakthrough. Even if other film companies wanted to oppose it, they still gave up. The reasons behind it were historical promotion, industrial changes, etc., and the more important reason was Hugo!
Starting from "Seattle's Sleeping Night", to the "Seven Deadly Sins" that are close to the end of the release, the box office of the two works "Before Sunrise" and "Walking in Death Prison" cannot be included in the category. In three years, Hugo contributed five excellent box office works, all of which have exceeded 100 million yuan in box office, two of which have exceeded 200 million yuan, and the global box office has exceeded 300 million US dollars. Among them, the lowest box office in North America is actually the 172 million yuan of "Pu Novels" of "Pu Li" is not the so-called "over 100 million yuan box office" that has just passed the threshold of 100 million yuan, but has actually exceeded 150 million yuan.
Not to mention that there is one of the best Oscars and one of the best Oscars nominated works.
Hugo's powerful appeal has reached its absolute peak, and it can be called the spire of the Hollywood pyramid and the unique spire. For such a spire, if his pay and treatment are not improved accordingly, what situation will happen?
First of all, the treatment of other actors is not only unavailable, but also needs to be reduced. "Even Hugo has only received 15 million yuan in pay, why do you?" This idea will inevitably become more and more prosperous, which has enabled the increase in Hugo's pay to be unanimously supported by the agency and the actors' union.
Secondly, film companies cannot show differentiated treatment. For example, 20th Century Fox invited Hugo to play "The End of the World", but what is the difference between this and the invitation to Tom Cruise and Harrison Ford? From the promotional standpoint of the film company, this is also unfavorable. Just like after the 15 million club came out, the film company would deliberately emphasize this at the press conference every time it determined a new project, hoping to distinguish its works and attract more audience attention.
Simply put, pay is actually a sign of the difference in the actor level, which is also one of the factors that make the pyramid show a hierarchy. It is beneficial for actors and film companies, and pay itself is one of the important links of industrialization. As the number one person in Hollywood today, Hugo specializes and distinguishes him, which is very necessary for all parties.
More importantly, the box office results that will be accompanied by increased Hugo's pay to 20 million will also make every film company look forward to it. Judging from the current situation, major film companies have absolute confidence in Hugo! Not only 20 Century Fox, but also other film companies are now ready to make an appointment for Hugo's next work: the same pay of 20 million!
What is the difference between a year ago and a year later? In fact, it is the "career decline theory" that the "New York Post" is worried about.
Because Hugo's previous performance was too outstanding, people couldn't tell whether it was a whim or a strength, and it was difficult to grasp the timing. If they paid 20 million yuan, Hugo would decline? That would be a loss of money.
At such an occasion, the appearance of "before sunrise" directly picked out this doubt hidden in people's hearts. Then Hugo broke these doubts through the great success of "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Death Prison Walk", making everyone clearly realize: they thought Hugo had reached its peak and there was a very likely landslide, but in fact Hugo was still climbing up, and his peak was far from coming.
As a result, the 20 million yuan pay for 20 Century Fox was naturally born, and he did not face the criticism of last year's pay.
With the confirmation of 20th Century Fox, all TV programs, all radio programs, and all newspapers and magazines focused on this matter at the first time, because the "20 million yuan pay" is not only the moment when Hugo made a breakthrough in basic pay, but also a summary of Hugo's extremely brilliant past few years, especially when Brad Pitt topped the "People" Weekly, the sexiest men in the world scrambled for power, which made people clearly feel the brilliance of Hugo's superstar!
This is the real superstar! The 20 million yuan pay pay suddenly distinguished Hugo from everyone else. He became the first in Hollywood and the only 20 million yuan pay pay pay pay pay. Not only did it break history, but it also created history. What's even more incredible is that no one thinks this is abnormal and no one protests it is too exaggerated. On the contrary, almost everyone applauded, everyone was amazed, and everyone was shouting "The arrival of history."
The reaction of the media and the reaction of the audience are the true manifestation of the shining of Hugo superstar. He is the number one person in Hollywood today, and no one can match it.
If you look back at Hugo's development trajectory in the past few years, this is truly amazing. Starting from the Golden Raspberry Awards in 1992, Hugo, who had won his first Golden Raspberry Worst Actor Trophy, became a laughing stock for countless people. Many people firmly believe that this is the end of Hugo's career; but four years have passed in a blink of an eye. Not only did Hugo not end his career, but on the contrary, it has reached a height that many people cannot reach. One masterpiece after another has created miracles repeatedly, and has made incredible breakthroughs in acting, achieving the highest glory of the number one in Hollywood.
What is condensed in Hugo is not only the light of a superstar, but also a myth of immortal dreams!
Chapter completed!