After unfortunately passing by five consecutive championships with the weakest box office gap in film history, "L.A. Confidential" still did not show any momentum of rapid progress, and after being the runner-up for two consecutive weeks, it was hit by the super blockbuster "Starship" with an investment of up to $1005 million. Troopers)", the limited fall box office market shrank rapidly, which made the pace of "Los Angeles Confidential" towards $200 million be quickly slowed down.

But at this moment, after crossing the final threshold of "I know what you did last summer" and "devil's advocate", there is no one left to stop "L.A. Secrets."

In the first week of November, "L.A. Confidential" first surpassed the "Seven Deadly Sins" with a weekend box office figure of $6 million, and became the current box office record holder for thriller and suspense films with a box office score of $198 million. In the second week of November, "L.A. Confidential" once again won the weekend box office of $4.8 million, ranking fifth in the North American weekend box office list this week, and pushed the cumulative box office of the film past the incredible threshold of 200 million in one fell swoop, and reached the position of 200 million and 6 million dollars in one go, becoming the first thriller and suspense movie in film history to achieve a box office of 200 million US dollars!

The answer was revealed, "L.A. Confidential" successfully surpassed the "Seven Deadly Sins", this work with excellent reputation overcame all the obstacles and difficulties along the way, and finally relied on the strong strength of the work to achieve an incredible overtake; At the same time, "Los Angeles Secret" has also reached the supreme dream of the "Seven Deadly Sins" at your fingertips, breaking through the shackles of 200 million and creating a new history.

200 million, this is still the threshold to measure the excellence and peak of the North American film box office, even if "Independence Day" pulled the highest box office record in North America to 500 million in one go, but so far, 200 million is still the mainstream. As of 1997, a total of seven North American movies have broken the shackles of 300 million at the box office, ranking at the top of the film history list; There are only 22 works that have reached 200 million, which is really rare in the long history of film development of nearly a century.

Although the box office of the movie ushered in a big explosion after entering the 90s, rising at an incredible rate, 200 million US dollars is still the most representative and clear benchmark at present.

So far, no thriller and suspense movie has been able to join the ranks of these 22 works.

Although thriller and suspense movies are different from horror movies, they have a wider audience and better movie quality, including "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Fatal Temptation". Confused" is a work that has been nominated for an Oscar and even awarded awards, but due to the special subject matter, thriller and suspense drama films always lack further momentum in terms of box office pull, making the film unable to compete with a number of action, romance, and comedy movies.

At the top of the current box office list of thriller and suspense movie history, "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Fatal Temptation". Confused and the Silence of the Lambs are among the top three, with box offices of 195 million, 156 million, and 130 million respectively, and it can be seen that the gap between the three is very obvious, and even the difficulty of breaking through the shackles of 150 million is extremely huge, let alone 200 million US dollars.

The "Seven Deadly Sins" once had the opportunity to create a new history, and it was only within reach of the 200 million threshold, but unfortunately it fell short at the last moment. Of course, the box office figure of $195 million is still a well-deserved first place in film history, and it was created in the cold autumn season, which shows the driving force of the "Seven Deadly Sins" on the entire North American film market.

That's why $200 million is so tough and unattainable for a thriller and suspense movie.

Now, "L.A. Confidential" has created a new history and rewritten the history of the North American box office, not only becoming the first thriller and suspense film in film history to break through $200 million at the box office, but also the first work in film history to create a box office of $200 million in the fall - exceeding the heights that "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Vulgarity" have not been able to reach, which is earth-shaking for the entire film market, and has completely refreshed people's fixed concepts in terms of subject matter and schedule.

Such an experience was no stranger to Hugo.

Strictly speaking, "L.A. Confidential" is not a thriller movie, it should be more of a suspense drama movie, because the thriller plot in the movie almost does not exist, and it is more of a suspense mode to solve the case, which can be called a model of drama films, but in the division of the genre of the exhibition relationship, it is still divided into the category of thriller and suspense movies, and belongs to the same type of work as "Seven Deadly Sins". And so, history was born!

Two years ago, the "Seven Deadly Sins" came out of nowhere and broke the pattern of the North American box office market; Two years later, "L.A. Confidential" once again pushed hard, completely reshuffling the North American box office market pattern, thriller and suspense drama films have received unprecedented attention, and the autumn strategizing has officially stepped onto the conference table of major film production companies. It is conceivable that in the history of the development of the film in the future, it will be a different style.

This is not the first time that Hugo has appeared at an inflection point in history, "Vulgar" has opened the way for the rise of independent films, "Independence Day" has tapped a new potential in the box office market, "Seven Deadly Sins" has changed the sluggishness of the autumn file, and now "Los Angeles Confidential" has come out, further promoting the progress of the film industry.

Behind this film by film, Hugo's figure occupies an increasingly heavy proportion, and he is creating a new history as an actor, which belongs to him. This is indeed an era that belongs to Hugo.

In fact, "L.A. Confidential" broke through the box office of 200 million US dollars, which is also a new record for Hugo, because this is his fourth personal work to break 200 million at the box office - the fourth 200 million box office after "Schindler's List", "Life and Death" and "Independence Day", which makes him equal Harrison Ford and become the second actor in film history to have four 200 million works.

Harrison Ford relied on two series of films, "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark", which are also the two greatest sets of Harrison's actor career so far, two series of six works contributed to the box office of four films of $200 million, and two films approaching $200 million at the box office, which also makes Harrison the most appealing decent hero in the American market.

If you talk about box office brilliance alone, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and Arnold Schwarzenegger are far from being comparable to Harrison, or even qualified. Only Tom Hanks, relying on the two anti-heaven works "Back to the Future" and "Forrest Gump" - both of which exceeded $200 million at the box office, can barely qualify.

Now, there is finally an actor in the North American market who is worthy of Harrison: Hugo Lancaster. It can even be said that Hugo has now surpassed Harrison, because he does not rely on the loyal audience of the series, because the works that he received 200 million dollars have all appeared in a historical breaking posture, because an "Independence Day" has completely changed the history of North American cinema.

Hugo has irreplaceable works for the history of North American cinema in the 90s, purely at the box office, he has contributed eight works with a box office of more than 100 million, and the box office of these eight works is all more than 170 million, even if the use of "incredible" to describe it cannot accurately express Hugo's strong box office appeal.

Among the eleven works that Hugo took over after the Golden Raspberry Award, only three failed to exceed 100 million at the box office, namely "Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman" - witnessed Al Pacino's ascension, "Before Sunrise" - witnessed the brilliant debut of screenwriter Hugo, and "Death Row Walk" - witnessed Hugo's first Oscar winner.

It can be said that the great success of "L.A. Confidential" has indeed written a strong stroke in Hugo's honor book, and more importantly, this is the first time that Hugo has joined the production of the entire film as a producer. This also proves that Hugo's "golden hand" really exists, not only as an actor, not only as a screenwriter, but also as a producer.

Hugo's vision was once again recognized, and in an instant, "perfection" became hot in the midst of intense shooting, and many people began to regret it: why didn't they have the same courage as Sony Columbia Pictures?

Even though people are accustomed to Hugo's record-breaking footsteps, "L.A. Confidential" still attracts a chorus of amazement.

After the cumulative box office exceeded 200 million, the popularity of the movie in theaters has not weakened, on the contrary, it has attracted much attention because of "the first thriller and suspense movie in film history to break through 200 million box office", attracting many audiences who were not interested in movies to enter the theaters, which also made the box office of the movie pick up. Incredible!

Then entering the year-end stage, the major award ceremonies have extended an olive branch to "L.A. Confidential", and many nominations make people really realize: this is indeed a movie comparable to "The Godfather", and this is indeed a movie that is enough to make a difference at the Oscars, quietly, "L.A. Confidential" has become the number one favorite for the Oscar Best Picture in a kind of praise and popularity, and has won a lot of support, many people think that this is definitely a " The perfect combination of commercial film and art film", even if it won the best picture, it deserved it.

Fueled by this trend, "L.A. Confidential" was unbelievably released until April 1998, and the entire screening schedule lasted for 31 weeks, which was jaw-dropping. In the end, the box office of "L.A. Confidential" actually came to the $260 million position, and such a fabulous box office figure once again caused an uproar in the United States!