"Speed ​​of Life and Death" was the first to exceed the box office of US$200 million in the fourth week of July. Immediately after the "Schindler's List" in 1993 in the first week of August also crossed its cumulative box office by 200 million, increasing the 200 million-level films in film history to 18 in one fell swoop!

These two works have one thing in common: Hugo is one of them and is an important and indispensable member, so the "New York Times" gave Hugo a title, "Mr. 400 million", because Hugo has two works with a box office of 200 million US dollars, this achievement is enough to allow Hugo to surpass superstars such as Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger and become the hottest figure in the North American market today.

How rare is the box office of 200 million US dollars in North America? Let’s compare it with a horizontal example. “Terminator 2” is 204 million US dollars, “true lies” is 140 million US dollars, and the “top ambition” that pushed Tom Cruise to the throne of superstar was 176 million US dollars.

Now, the box office of "life and death speed" has exceeded the 200 million threshold in one fell swoop, and there is a "Schindler's List" that has to be added, and the title of "Mr. 400 million" has been crowned strongly.

After the box office of "life and death speed" exceeded 200 million, it did not stop its progress. Twentieth Century Fox adjusted its screening strategy and reduced the theaters to a small scale every week, extending the release line from the original planned twelve weeks to the nineteenth week, and it was not offline until the first week of November. The strong performance made other production companies jealous.

In the end, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" fixed its box office figures at $239 million, temporarily ranked eleventh in the film history box office rankings, lagging behind "raiders.of.the.lost.ark" and leading the "ghostbters".

The "Lion King" and "Forrest Gump" released after the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" performed even more, breaking through 200 million early and running towards the 300 million line. This also made the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" unfortunately not able to enter the top ten box office list in the film history.

But even so, the 28 million dollar investment in exchange for a box office of 239 million dollars is still the most successful investment in film history. The 20th Century Fox, which was ridiculed as a brain-filled water and lost money, has transformed into a model of making big money with a keen eye.

It is worth mentioning that when Hugo took on the filming "Speed ​​of Life and Death" he signed the contract with a North American box office dividend of 6 million US dollars and a 12% increase in North American box office dividends. Now the North American box office has come out, which means that Hugo's dividend income will reach 28.6 million US dollars, and after the minimum salary, it will be 34.6 million US dollars!

Although the pay required a high tax, the $34.6 million before tax made Hugo the highest paid actor in Hollywood, no one! This data surpassed Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise, making Hugo laugh and proud.

However, there is a special reason, because Hugo's income is a bonus and dividend. "Speed ​​of Life and Death" gave Hugo a high dividend commission, just to attract Hugo to join this low-cost production, which now proves that this is a wise decision. In fact, although Arnold, Harrison, Tom and others can also get dividends, the cost of their works is relatively high, so the dividend ratio is naturally relatively low.

Take Arnold as an example. He played "Real Lies", earned $15 million in film pay, and then received 8% of the box office dividend, but the requirement was that the movie box office exceeded $150 million. As a result, Arnold failed to get the dividend. The main reason is that their basic salary is already very high, so there are naturally many restrictions on box office dividends, otherwise the producers will have to lose money.

The reason why Hugo was able to get such a high income at the "speed of life and death" is because of the low cost of the crew, which is the fundamental reason; the second is because Hugo's basic salary is very low. As Kit said before, Hugo's salary is not even comparable to Macaulay Culkin, so he can get such a high dividend ratio; the third is because of the excellent final box office data of "speed of life and death".

The box office of 200 million was a terrifying existence in 1994, and there were very few actors who could distribute dividends from 200 million box office works. Even Tom Hanks did not receive the dividends of "Forrest Gump". In short, thanks to the dark horse's "speed of life and death", Hugo received such incredible pay data.

People were worried that Hugo had missed the opportunity to increase his salary to 1,000 US dollars, and they believed that Hugo was destroying his future. Some even pessimistically believed that Hugo would never get an invitation to pay 1,500 million. But the facts proved that these people were short-sighted.

The pay of 34.6 million US dollars is probably difficult to break through in the future. At the same time, this also made Hugo a major production company designated Hugo as an actor of 15 million US dollars without any work paying more than 8 million US dollars. Some production companies even believe that it is not unacceptable to invite Hugo for 20 million US dollars. Look at the box office of "life and death speed" and "Schindler's list" and you will know whether the deal is worth it.

The box office of the first and last two movies exceeded the threshold of 200 million, and at the same time, it ushered in the first real golden period of Hugo's career. Now "Mr. 400 million" is booming in Hollywood. Not only has it wiped out all the controversies, questions and noises over the past few months, but it has also pushed its career to a higher level. Such power has also become the brightest scenic spot in the summer season of 1994.

No matter what movie Hugo takes on or what the pay is, no one will continue to question his choice, because with Hugo's current ability, any movie will have enough appeal to allow audiences to enter the cinema. This is the real power of "Mr. 400 million"!

The journey of North America with the "speed of life and death" is magnificent, but relatively speaking, the popularity of this work in overseas markets is unparalleled.

Compared with works such as Schindler's List, popcorn movies have always performed better in overseas markets, especially action movies and cartoons, because this type of movie does not need to consider cultural differences and historical differences. Audiences of any country, region and age group can easily enjoy them. As long as the movie is excellent enough, it can be popular in various places. However, many works with their own national cultural characteristics are more difficult to achieve good results in the international market.

This is the case with the work "Speed ​​of Life and Death" in overseas markets, and there were enthusiastic reactions in both Asian and European markets.

In Europe, Germany, Britain and France showed great enthusiasm for this movie, especially Germany. The "Schindler's List" craze has not yet subsided, and Hugo's appeal has been fully exerted. As a result, the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" attracted a box office of 55 million US dollars in Germany. Although it is not as strong as the "Schindler's List", it is still an outstanding achievement.

The enthusiasm of Britain and France for "life and death speed" is also impressive. Both countries and regions have exposed box offices of 26 million, and the final box office is equal, with only a difference of 500,000 US dollars, and France is slightly ahead. Especially in France, the box office of "life and death speed" even surpasses "Forrest Gump". They are always unable to resist this type of movie.

In addition, Italy and Spain also contributed 18 million and 15 million US dollars respectively, and the overall situation is particularly gratifying. In addition to the factors of "life and death speed" itself, the biggest reason is that Hugo's popularity in Europe has risen rapidly. From "Schindler's list" to "pulp novels" to "life and death speed", in just half a year, Hugo's pace in the European film market achieved a triple jump, and the hot popularity can be clearly felt even through the wide Atlantic Ocean.

In Asia, the Japanese market has given great enthusiasm and contributed 70 million US dollars in box office, far exceeding the box office data of "Schindler's List" in Japan. From this, we can also give a rough glimpse of the aesthetic orientation and certain political sensitivities of this country and region.

In addition, South Korea, which contributed 10 million US dollars and Australia, which produced 22 million US dollars, are also huge ticket stores in international regions with "life and death speed".

"Speed ​​of Life and Death" has been released in 50 overseas countries and regions. Japan, Germany and France are among the top three overseas box offices. The box office in these three countries alone has reached an astonishing 147 million, accounting for almost half of the overseas box office, which is really impressive.

The overseas box office of "life and death speed" is blooming everywhere, with box offices exceeding tens of millions in as many as 11 countries and regions, and finally won a box office of 303 million US dollars. Although it far exceeds the results of the North American market, it lags behind the overseas results of "Terminator 2" of 315 million US dollars.

It can also be seen from this that although the "speed of life and death" is huge and the results are remarkable, "Terminator 2" has achieved even more powerful results in the overseas market with the help of star effect and sequel effect, which is also the reason why major production companies are always unwilling to give up their sequel plans.

Despite this, North America's $239 million and $303 million overseas still made the box office of "life and death speed" rush to earn $542 million, which also made the "life and death speed" exceed "Schindler's list" and became Hugo's highest-grossing work so far.

"Speed ​​of Life and Death" has also successfully reached the sixth place in the global box office rankings of film history, lagging behind five works including "Jurassic Park", "The Lion King", "Alien E.t", "Star Wars", and "Forrest Gump". The seventh place is "Star Wars 2: The Empire Strikes.back), and the eighth place is "Schindler's List".
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