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And these two works have one thing in common: Hugo is one of them, and they are both very important members, so they 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 for Hugo to surpass Tom Cruise, Arnold and other superstars, and become the hottest person in the North American market today.

How rare is $200 million at the North American box office, a horizontal example is clear, "Terminator 2" is $200.4 million, "" $140 million, and "Top Gun", which propelled Tom Cruise to superstar in the first place, is $176 million.

And now, the box office of "" has broken through the threshold of 200 million in one fell swoop, and there is actually a "" and the title of "Mr. 400 Million" has been strongly crowned.

After the box office exceeded 200 million, he did not stop his pace of progress, adjusted the screening strategy, reduced the number of theaters in a small range every week, and extended the release line from the original plan of 12 weeks to 19 weeks, and did not go offline until the first week of November.

In the end, "he fixed his box office figure at $239 million, temporarily ranking 11th in the all-time box office charts, behind the raiders. of。 the。 lost。 ark)" ahead of the "ghostbusters".

And "The Lion King" and "Table Xiàn", which were released after "", are even stronger, exceeding 200 million early, and are still running towards the 300 million line, which also makes "Life and Death Speed" unfortunately not able to enter the top ten of the box office list in film history.

But even so, the $28 million investment in exchange for the $239 million box office is still the most successful investment in film history.

It is worth mentioning that when Hugo took over the filming, he signed a contract in the form of a salary of 6 million US dollars plus 12% of the North American box office dividends, and now the North American box office has come out, which means that Hugo's dividend income will be as high as 28.6 million US dollars, plus the basic salary of the film is 34.6 million US dollars!

Although this salary needs to pay a high amount of taxes, the $34.6 million before tax makes Hugo the highest-paid actor in Hollywood at present, and there is no one! This number surpassed Arnold's, Harrison's, Ford's, and Tom's-Cruise, making Hugo smile with ease.

However, there is a special reason for this, because Hugo's income is a salary plus dividends, ""Hugo was given a high dividend commission, just to attract Hugo to join this small-cost system, which now proves to be a wise decision." In fact, although Arnold, Harrison and Tom can also receive dividends, the cost of their works is relatively high, so the dividend ratio is naturally relatively low.

Take Arnold, for example, who starred in "", received a salary of 15 million US dollars, and then received 8 percent of the box office dividends, but the demand was that the film grossed more than 150 million US dollars. As a result, Arnold was not able to get the dividends. The most important thing is that their basic salary is already very high, so there are naturally many restrictions on box office dividends, otherwise the producer can only lose money.

The reason why Hugo was able to get such a high income in "" was because of the low cost of the crew, which was the fundamental reason; The second is because Hugo's basic salary is very low, as Kitt said before, Hugo's salary is not even as good as Macaulay's Culkin, so he can get such a high dividend ratio; The third is because of the excellent final box office of "Life and Death Speed".

The box office of 200 million was against the sky in 1994, and the actors who could pay dividends from the 200 million box office works were even more rare, and even Tom Hanks did not get the dividends of "". All in all, thanks to the dark horse of "", Hugo got such an incredible salary.

Previously, people were worried that Hugo would miss the opportunity to raise his salary to $1,000, and they all thought that Hugo was destroying his future, and some people were even pessimistic that Hugo would never get an invitation to pay 15 million. But the facts have proved the short-sightedness of these people.

The salary of $34.6 million may be difficult to break through in the coming period. At the same time, this also made Hugo an actor with a salary of more than $15 million for none of his works, and even some production companies thought that it was not unacceptable to invite Hugo for $20 million. Look at the box office of "" and "" to know if the deal is worth it.

The box office of the two films before and after broke through the threshold of 200 million, and at the same time ushered in the first real golden period of Hugo's career, and now "Mr. 400 million" can be said to be flourishing in Hollywood, not only sweeping away all the controversy, doubts and noises in the past few months, but also pushing his career to a higher level, so the power has also become the most shining scenery in the summer of 1994.

No matter what movie Hugo takes in the future, no matter what the salary is, no one will continue to question his choice, because with Hugo's current ability, any movie will have enough appeal to let the audience enter the cinema, which is the real strength of "Mr. 400 million"!

The North American journey was magnificent, but the popularity of the work from overseas markets was unparalleled.

Compared with works with historical and cultural heritage such as "", in fact, popcorn movies have always had a better performance in overseas markets, especially action movies and animated films, because this type of film does not need to consider cultural and historical differences, and audiences of all ages in any country, region and region can easily enjoy it, and as long as the movie is good enough, it can be welcomed in various places. However, it is more difficult for many works with their own cultural characteristics to go abroad and achieve good results in the international market.

"This is the case in overseas markets, both in Asia and Europe.

In Europe, Germany, England and France showed great enthusiasm for the film, especially Germany. The craze for "Schindler's List" has not subsided, and Hugo's appeal has been vividly exerted, and as a result, "" has attracted 55 million US dollars at the box office in Germany, although it is not as strong as "", but it is still an outstanding result.

The enthusiasm of the United Kingdom and France for "" is also impressive, and both countries and regions have exploded at the box office of 26 million, and the final box office is also comparable, only a difference of 500,000 US dollars, and France is slightly ahead. Especially in France, the box office of "Life and Death" even exceeds that of "", and they always have no resistance to this type of film.

In addition, Italy and Spain also contributed 18 million and 15 million US dollars respectively to the box office, and the overall shape is particularly gratifying. In addition to the factors of """ itself, the biggest reason is the rapid rise of Hugo's popularity in Europe, from "" to "vulgar" to "speed of life and death", in just half a year, Hugo's steps in the European film market have achieved a triple jump, and the fiery popularity can be clearly felt even across the wide Atlantic.

In Asia, the Japanese market has been extremely enthusiastic, contributing $70 million to the box office, far exceeding the box office figures in Japan, and it also provides a rough glimpse of the country's regional aesthetic orientation and certain political sensitivities.

In addition, South Korea, which contributed 10 million US dollars, and Australia, which produced 22 million US dollars, are also huge voters in the international region.

"Japan, Germany and France are the top three overseas box offices, and the box office of these three countries and regions alone has reached an astonishing 147 million, accounting for almost half of the overseas box office, which is really impressive.

In as many as 11 countries and regions, the box office exceeded the 10 million level, and finally won 300 million US dollars, although it far exceeded the results of the North American market, but it lagged behind the overseas results of "Terminator 2" 315 million US dollars.

It can also be seen from here that although "" has a huge momentum and remarkable achievements, "Terminator 2" has achieved more strong results in overseas markets with the help of star effect and sequel effect, which is why major production companies have always been reluctant to give up the sequel plan.

Despite this, $239 million in North America and $303 million overseas still made "" a box office of $542 million, which also made "Speed of Life and Death" exceed "" and become Hugo's highest-grossing work to date.

In the global box office list of film history, it also came to the sixth place by accident, behind "Jurassic Park", "The Lion King", and "Alien E". t", "Star Wars", "" and other five works, and the seventh place is "Star Wars 2: The Empire Strikes Back (the. empire。 strikes。 back), and the eighth place is "".

Hugo occupies two of the top 10 spots, competing with Star Wars, which has become a cultural phenomenon, and such a feat also makes the title of "Mr. 400 Million" full of magical light! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Kazakhstan and vote for the work for a monthly recommendation. Your support is the biggest motivation for me to continue creating! ).