Looking back at 1994 not long ago, people still can't forget it. The success of "Pulp Novels" and "Speed ​​of Life and Death" has made Hugo truly topped the top. From the Oscars recognized Hugo's outstanding performance on "Schindler's List" in March, to the Cannes Film Festival in May commending Hugo's performance in "Pulp Novels", Hugo ended a glorious year with the might of "Mr. 400 million", from box office to reputation to awards, sweeping away.

Of course, no one will forget the miracle created by Hugo to death. The momentum of his first album "Almost Fame" remains unabated, and the second album "Bath in the Morning Light" has reached a new height, truly writing new metal rock into history. The three phonograph trophy awarded to death by the Grammy in February 1995 even became an embellishment for the band's live stage performances, allowing people to truly see the rock spirit that belongs only to the glorious 70s.

1994 was an indelible year in the long river of history, and it was also a year when Hugo successfully entered the top ranks. Compared to such a brilliant year, surpassing it is not easy. In fact, Hugo's work in 1995 was indeed not as impressive as last year. The band did not release new albums and did not hold tours. Although there were three movies, the results were simply not comparable to last year, both in box office and historical status.

But anyone who has truly experienced 1995 will know that this is the year when Hugo truly became a superstar.

In the long 1995, Hugo released three works, "Before Sunrise", "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Death Prison Walk". From all perspectives, these three works are difficult to reach the height of the two works in 1994, but they all have an irreplaceable status.

Looking at the year-end North American box office list in 1995, "Toy Story" won the year-end championship with a box office of 198 million US dollars. This first computer 3D animation in the history of film also created history. Not only did it make the audience recognize 3D animation in the era of two-dimensional animation, but it also allowed people to see Pixar Animation Studio for the first time, which kicked off the studio's 20-year dominance.

The "Seven Deadly Sins" regretfully ranked second with US$195 million, but even so, this achievement still shocked everyone, not only because of the ultra-low investment in this work, but also because of the theme of this work, a peak that cannot be surpassed by the long history of the thriller and suspense film.

Although such a feat is not as significant as the glory achieved by "pulp novels" as an independent film in the long river of history, it also has an unparalleled influence on the entire industry, which is enough to make a genre film valued by major film companies, thus giving birth to more masterpieces in a genre film.

Although Hugo is just a supporting role in "Seven Deadly Sins", he showed his skills as much as Anthony Hopkins in "Silence of the Lambs" back then, supporting the entire movie. Even the veteran actor Morgan Freeman was a little dim. Most of the credits of such brilliant box office data of "Seven Deadly Sins" must be recorded on Hugo. This is also the fact that Hugo once again proved his box office appeal after the box office of five consecutive works exceeded 100 million.

Especially after experiencing the box office trough at the beginning of the year, the box office results of the "Seven Deadly Sins" are absolutely fierce, which makes all doubts shut up, allowing people to truly appreciate the significance of Hugo to North American audiences.

Of course, everyone knows that the real success of this movie is not the box office of the movie, but the showdown between Brad and Hugo in history, especially witnessing Hugo's shocking acting skills.

"Batman Forever" was originally a strong contender for the year-end box office champion, but unfortunately ranked third with $184 million. Although the results are still very good, they have also received praise. Warner Bros. has already started to prepare for the sequel, but losing to "Toy Story" and "Seven Deadly Sins" is not considered glorious, especially losing to the latter, is really depressing.

In addition to the top three, there are seven works with a box office of over 100 million this year. Not only are there no works with a box office of over 200 million, but the number of works with a box office of over 100 million is also significantly smaller than last year. It can be clearly felt that after experiencing a full-scale outbreak last year, it has fallen into a low point this year.

After that, "Apollo 13", "Pocahontas", "Detective Aircraft Head 2", "Golden Eye", "Brave Game", "Ghost Elf", and "Die Hard 3" respectively occupy the remaining places in the top ten. However, among them, the box office of the four works after "Golden Eye" has just exceeded 100 million, and the gap between them is calculated in units of 100,000. Such results are really difficult to satisfy.

Among the top ten in the year-end list, in addition to Hugo, who achieved another success, Tom Hanks and Jim Carrey once again occupied people's attention.

From the box office perspective alone, Tom continued his outstanding performance in "Forrest Gump" last year, and occupied the championship in the North American year-end box office rankings for the second consecutive year. He played "Toy Story" as a voice actor, and his important role cannot be ignored in his brilliant results; not to mention that "Apollo 13" starring him was well received and ranked fourth in the year-end list.

As a typical representative of accumulation and development, Tom became the second actor in film history to win the Oscar for the rest of the year, his career reached its peak. He had a series of outstanding reputation and excellent box office, coupled with his perfect family image and gentle and humble personal image, Tom also became a representative of typical Americans.

If we only look at the momentum, Tom cannot be compared with Hugo, but in terms of reputation, Tom has more advantages than Hugo, who is under 30 years old this year. Tom has unique appeal in all age groups. At this time, he can already see the style of the future No. 1 Hollywood and the chairman of the Actors Union in Tom.

Needless to say, the "Detective Aircraft Head" starring him has achieved a box office of 108 million US dollars, and the "Forever Batman" he starred as a supporting role is ranked third in the year-end list, which is also a more brilliant and outstanding report card than last year.

Just from the development curve, King's progress this year is definitely greater than that of Hugo. People will judge simply from box office data. 1994 was the peak of Hugo, and 1995 was the peak of Tom and King.

But is this really the case? It's not true.

Although Hugo has not been able to continue the glory of the top ten in the past two years, the top ten each occupy two seats, "Death Prisoner Walk" ranked 15th on the list with only $83 million, and the box office of $32 million "before sunrise" will fall to 55th.

However, the "Seven Deadly Sins" proved Hugo's strong box office appeal, and "Death Prison Walk" made people truly appreciate the charm of Hugo as an actor. He was able to interpret a role so movingly through his own power, and even let the audience empathize. This skill is enough to make countless people yearn for and admire. What is even more commendable is that the role of Matthew in "Death Prison Walk" made people begin to have self-doubt, shake their outlook on life, values ​​and worldview, and truly consider the death penalty. This is Hugo's most outstanding feature.

As Hugo's screenwriter's debut work "Before Sunrise", it not only won the recognition of the Silver Bear Award for Best Director of the Berlin Film Festival, allowing people to see another talent of Hugo; it also made Hugo a popular candidate again at the occasion of the major award ceremony.

Not to mention that from the "Seven Deadly Sins" to the "Death-infernal Walk", Hugo made an impulse to the entire American society. After "pulp novels" influenced American culture, Hugo once again became an incredible part of history, culture, and life, leaving his own imprint in this era. This is the real greatness that has separated from the entertainment industry itself and has had an immeasurable impact on the entire society.

Although Hugo's three works in 1995 seem to be less influential than the two works last year, everyone knows clearly that these three works make people deeply feel Hugo's ability and talent in acting, box office, screenwriter and other aspects, and makes the entire society feel Hugo's omnipresent influence. This is a height that last year cannot match.

At this moment, Hugo has surpassed Hollywood's limitations, stood at the top of the entire society, and even had the ability to have an impact on the upcoming presidential election. This is the year when Hugo truly became a top superstar this year.

It can be said that 1995 was a year of witnessing myth. People saw Hugo's ups and downs from the so-called trough before sunrise to the so-called peak of the "Seven Deadly Sins". People witnessed Hugo's acting growth from the "Seven Deadly Sins" to "Staying in Deathmist". People participated in the discussion of hot topics such as social responsibility, social indifference and cruelty caused by Hugo. People experienced Hugo's strong influence on agency, film production company, and news media as an artist.

This is also the true sublimation from 1994 to 1995.

Of course, no one will forget that at the end of the year, Hugo once again attracted countless attention as the "20 million club" and made Hollywood enter the stage of changing dynasties after the music scene.

It is hard to imagine that Hugo has become the initiator and promoter of these completely different changes one after another. This is the true style of a superstar.

In addition to Hugo, Tom and King, there are still many topics in the year-end box office list in North America. The reopened "007" series is also one of the highlights of 1995. Of course, no one will forget that the "Future Water World" is only 88 million, and the twelfth place in the list is a crushing defeat. As for the tragedy of "Cutting the Throat Island" that directly caused the investment company to collapse and disappear, countless companies have taken it as a warning.
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