Under the background of the blockbuster era, five comedy movies ranked among the top ten in the year-end box office rankings in North America. This is undoubtedly a very strange scene. Among them, "Truemon's World" led by Hugo actually defeated "Save Soldier Ryan" and won the year-end championship with "The Peerless Heavenly Tribulation". Even though people have long been accustomed to Hugo's strength, they still can't help but be amazed.

Comedy movies and horror movies are the representatives of low-cost genres. Although the film potential of comedy movies is far greater than that of horror movies, the former has the last laugh in the face of comedy movies and commercial blockbusters. This is a completely different scene from the pattern in 1996 and 1997, and has become one of the most prominent features of the North American film market that has changed in 1998.

However, rumors of the "Awards Season" at the end of the year spread wildly, making industry insiders begin to realize the huge changes in the market bit by bit. This is completely different from the trend of the year-end box office rankings. This also means that people will inevitably continue to pay attention to market changes, hoping that they can take the lead in grasping the market context and stand at the top of Hollywood.

If it is not surprising that "Trumen's World" dominates the North American market, after all, this is Hugo Lancaster who created countless miracles; then, "Trumen's World" dominates the global market again, this is a real miracle. Even such a cruel and realistic black fairy tale, even such a realistic comedy that sarcastically mocks the perfect life of the American middle class, and even such a fable that awakens the world that jokingly entertains until death, has an unprecedented enthusiasm around the world!

In fact, in terms of overseas box office, "Trumen's World" won 296 million US dollars. Although this result performed well, it was only on the same level as "Save Private Ryan". It ranked second in 1998. The one who won the overseas box office championship was "The Peerless Heavenly Tribulation". This vigorous commercial blockbuster swept 352 million US dollars in the overseas market, becoming the only work this year with an overseas box office exceeding 300 million US dollars.

From this perspective, the overseas market's enthusiasm for "Trumen's World" has actually been slightly weakened. Not only is it not as good as the North American mainland, but it is also not as good as the commercial blockbusters like "Peerless Heavenly Tribulation". Even compared with the main theme movie "Save Private Ryan", there are not many advantages.

Despite this, "Trumen's World" still relies on its local performance to sweep 624 million US dollars worldwide, and ranked as the only work in 1998 with a global box office of over 600 million.

This is also the second time since "Independence Day" that Hugo has won North American box office champion and global box office champion!

Even if you use many praises to describe Hugo's global appeal today, it still makes people feel that the vocabulary is poor and pale. For many people, Hugo is Hollywood, and Hollywood is Hugo. It is like ten years ago that people always equate Steven Spielberg with Hollywood. It is a symbol and a symbol, and it has symbolic significance in every corner of the world.

Such outstanding results have also made the "Trumen's World" reach the forefront again. Professionals believe that this work is worthy of "the perfect combination of commercial films and artistic films", and is even closer to last year's "Los Angeles Secret". It uses black humor to mock the cruel reality of today's entertainment industry. The overall quality is not inferior to "Save Private Ryan", and it has the level of classic works in terms of details. Therefore, this work is fully qualified to compete for important awards such as Best Picture and Best Director.

Of course, we must not miss the top-notch Best Actor Award.

During Hugo's career, the "Schindler's List" won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1993, the "Death Prison Walk" in 1995 made him the only actor in film history to win the actor's Best King of the Golden Man before the age of 30, and the "Fine Perfection" in 1997 made him the second artist after Emma Thompson to win two awards for acting and screenwriter.

Undoubtedly, Hugo has surpassed Emma and tied with Tom Hanks to become the most recognized actor in the past decade, and has even been promoted to the heights of Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. However, Hugo has created a terrifying record, with three awards in six years and only a handful of all history.

So, now the question is, "Death-infernal Walking" won the Best Actor Award three years ago, and "Excellent" won the Best Original Script Award last year, and once again won the Best Actor Award this year? Is this too crazy? Is this too unreasonable? You can't all the Little Golden People awarded it to Hugo, right? This is Hollywood, and there are thousands of actors besides Hugo. Is Hugo really "will be Ling Jueding"? Apart from Hugo, there are no other outstanding actors worthy of the Oscars?

In 1995, Hugo faced a crisis of vote-dividing. The outstanding performance of the three works "before sunrise", "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Death Prison Walk" made it difficult for people to make a choice, but in turn, it can be considered that the excellent performance of the three works is enough to prove Hugo's excellence, making his victory more natural; but in 1998, Hugo faces "support". He has stood at the peak of Hollywood. He is only thirty-one years old. In the face of a bright future, people can either jealous, mock, disdain, or relax, or ignore it. People can choose other actors with equally excellent performance, and there is no need to pursue Hugo who has too many honors to "do it out of the way".

Therefore, "Trumen's World" is considered one of Hugo's best works since its debut. Whether in terms of performance angle or film quality, even if Hugo won the Oscar for Best Actor for this work, this is definitely enough to convince the public. But now, Hugo is facing the dilemma of not being able to win even the nominations, not because he is not outstanding enough, but because he is too outstanding, not much more than one trophy and not less than another, while other actors who are eager to get the Little Golden Man are still queuing in long queues.

Just like the sexiest men's selection this year in "People" Weekly, Hugo once again became the most popular candidate. This is the fourth time in the past six years that this has happened. In these five years, Hugo has won twice in a row, with Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington and George Clooney each snatching it away. This year, Hugo once again became a candidate without any suspense.

However, choosing Hugo again made this selection meaningless. "People" Weekly naturally could not award this name to Hugo every year. Finally, "People" Weekly chose Leonardo DiCaprio, who swept the world, and this choice made people unable to refute it.

As a result, the nomination list for the Oscar this year has not been announced, and it has become the focus of people's attention early: When will Hugo's momentum continue? Or will it end with the nomination list for the failure?

After "Trumen's World" won the global box office championship, "The Peerless Heavenly Tribulation" ranked second with outstanding performances in overseas box offices; "Save Private Ryan"'s performance is still strong, sweeping 480 million US dollars worldwide, occupying the third place in the year.

The third-tier list of the year-end list remained consistent with the North American market, but the runner-up and third place were just a position changed.

After that, "Godzilla", "I'm crazy for Mary", "Beasts and Agents", "Great Collision in the World", "Mulan", "Monster Do Lidd", and "Deadly Weapon 4" occupied the remaining seats in the top ten respectively.

Among them, "Mulan" and "Deadly Weapon 4" replaced "Tea Boy" and ranked among the top ten in the world in the "peak hour". "Mulan" relies on the excellent reputation of Disney cartoons, and the family-friendly atmosphere attracted a large number of viewers to flock to theaters, and the ranking of "Deadly Weapon 4" is worth savoring.

Looking at the entire list, "Godzilla" is only tenth in North America, but has risen to fourth in the world; "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" has come from the ninth in North America to the seventh in North America, and coupled with the outstanding performance of "Peerless Heavenly Tribulation" and the "Deadly Weapon 4" that completed the counterattack, commercial blockbusters occupy four seats in the global box office rankings, three of which are disaster films. This is not only a disaster film event that continues to "Independence Day", but also the most direct reflection of the current era of blockbusters.

On the global list, comedy movies have three seats, disaster movies have three seats, animation movies have two seats, and finally action movies and war movies have one seat each. It can be seen that overall, there are still magnificent scenes, powerful and shocking visual effects, and dominant works. Even if "Trumen's World" wins the global box office championship, the dominance of commercial blockbusters around the world is still unshakable.

This is unified with Hollywood's current overall trend.

In this way, the arrival of the North American market's "Awards Season" is explained: Everyone knows that Oscars are Hollywood's most influential ultimate weapon worldwide. The impact of Oscars not only means the recognition in the industry, not only the prosperity of the videotape rental market, not only the development of surrounding markets, but also the development of global strategies. The title of "Oscar-nominated work" is enough to attract people's attention.

Compared with the lively film market, the music market in 1998 was definitely not inferior. The entire music market, like the film market, had an overall average level, and another dominant album appeared in the music market. After lacking glory to death, the prosperity of the music market entered a new stage, as if the last energy before the collapse was bursting, pushing the bubble to its peak. At this point, the entire entertainment industry has similar contexts, which also makes people feel the tranquility before the storm. It seems that the entire market is brewing the next storm, but no one knows when this storm will come, whether it will be in 1999 or 2000?
Chapter completed!