Under the background of the blockbuster era, five comedy movies ranked among the top ten of the year-end box office list in North America, which is undoubtedly a very peculiar scene, among which the "Truman's World" led by Hugo actually picked off "Saving Private Ryan" and "Peerless Tribulation" to win the year-end championship, even if people have long been accustomed to Hugo's strength, they still can't help but marvel.

Comedy films and horror movies are the representatives of small-budget genre films, although the film potential of comedy films far exceeds that of horror movies, but the head-on confrontation between comedy films and commercial blockbusters has the last laugh, which presents a completely different scene from the pattern of 1996 and 1997, and has become one of the most significant characteristics of the North American film market in 1998.

However, the rumors of the year-end "awards season" have spread far and wide, making industry insiders gradually begin to realize the huge changes in the market, which is completely different from the trend of the year-end box office rankings, which also means that people are bound to continue to pay attention to market changes, looking forward to being able to grasp the market context and stand at the top of Hollywood.

If "Truman's world" dominates the North American market, it is not surprising, after all, this is Hugo Lancaster - Hugo Lancaster, who has created countless miracles; Well, it is a real miracle that "Truman's world" once again dominates the global market, even if it is such a cruel and realistic black fairy tale, even if it is such a realistic comedy that sneers at the perfect life of the American middle class, even if it is such a wake-up fable of Hollywood that mocks entertainment to death, there is still an unprecedented enthusiasm around the world!

In fact, in terms of overseas box office, "Truman's World" won 296 million US dollars, although this performance is good, but it is only on the same level as "Saving Private Ryan", ranking second in 1998. The overseas box office champion was "Peerless Tribulation", a vigorous commercial blockbuster that swept $352 million in overseas markets, becoming the only work to exceed $300 million at the overseas box office this year.

From this point of view, in fact, the enthusiasm of overseas markets for "Truman's World" is still slightly weakened, not only not as good as North America, but also as commercial blockbusters such as "Peerless Apocalypse". Even compared to the main theme movie "Saving Private Ryan", there are not many advantages.

Despite this, "Truman's World" still relied on the strength of its local performance, swept 624 million US dollars worldwide, and became the global box office champion of the year as the only work to break 600 million at the global box office in 1998.

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

No amount of praise is used to describe Hugo's global appeal today, it still makes people feel poor and pale in terms of vocabulary. For many, Hugo is Hollywood, and Hollywood is Hugo, just as ten years ago, people always equated Steven Spielberg with Hollywood, which was a sign, a symbol, symbolic in all corners of the world.

Professionals believe that this work is fully worthy of "the perfect combination of commercial and art films", and even closer than last year's "Los Angeles Confidential", mocking the cruel reality of today's entertainment industry with black humor, the overall quality is not inferior to "Saving Private Ryan", and in terms of details, it has the level of a classic masterpiece. Therefore, this work is fully qualified to compete for important awards such as Best Picture and Best Director.

Among them, it is natural that you can't miss the most important Best Actor Award.

In Hugo's career, "Schindler's List" won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1993, "Death Row Walk" in 1995 made him the only actor in film history to win Best Actor before the age of 30, and "Perfect" in 1997 made him the second artist after Emma Thompson to win both acting and screenwriting awards.

There is no doubt that Hugo has surpassed Emma and tied with Tom Hanks as the most recognized actor in the past decade, and has even been elevated to the heights of Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. However, Hugo has set a terrifying record, with three awards in six years, which is one of the few in the entire history.

So, now the question is, three years ago, "Death Row Walk" won the best actor, last year "perfect" won the Best Original Screenplay Award, and this year again won the Best Actor Award? Isn't that crazy? Isn't that unreasonable? You can't give all the statuettes to Hugo, right? This is Hollywood, there are thousands of actors in addition to Hugo, is Hugo really "going to be the best"? Outside of Hugo, are there no other good actors who deserve the Oscar trophy?

In 1995, Hugo was faced with a vote-splitting crisis, and the outstanding performances of "Before Sunrise", "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Death Row Walk" made it difficult for people to choose, but it can also be considered that the excellent performance of the three works is enough to prove Hugo's excellence, making his victory more logical; And now in 1998, Hugo is facing "cheers", he has stood at the pinnacle of Hollywood, he is only thirty-one years old, in front of a good future, or jealousy, or ridicule, or disdain, or relaxation, or ignorance, people can choose other actors with the same excellent performance, and there is no need to chase Hugo with too much honor to "do more" again.

Therefore, "Truman's World" is considered one of Hugo's most outstanding works since his debut, whether it is the performance angle or the quality of the finished film, even if Hugo wins the Oscar for Best Actor with this work, this is definitely enough to convince the public. But now, Hugo is facing the dilemma of not even getting a nomination - not because he is not good enough, but because he is too good, there are not many more trophies, and there are many less trophies, and other actors who want to get the little golden man are still in long queues.

It's like People magazine's Sexiest Man poll this year, and Hugo is once again the most popular choice, and this is the fourth time in the past six years that Hugo has won two titles in a row, Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington and George Clooney once each. This year, Hugo once again became a candidate without any suspense.

However, the choice of Hugo again made this selection meaningless, and the "People" magazine naturally could not award this title to Hugo every year. In the end, People chose Leonardo DiCaprio, who swept the world, a choice that leaves no way to refute.

As a result, the list of nominees for this year's Oscars has not yet been announced, and it has long been the focus of attention: how long can Hugo's momentum continue? Or did it end up on the list of nominees?

After "Truman's World" won the global box office championship, "Peerless Tribulation" relied on the outstanding performance of the overseas box office and ranked second; "Saving Private Ryan" also continued to perform strongly, sweeping $480 million worldwide, occupying the third place at the end of the year.

The top three on the year-end list and the North American market remained the same, but the runner-up and third place were reversed.

After that, "Godzilla", "I'm Crazy for Mary", "Bug Squad", "Heaven and Earth Collision", "Mulan", "Strange Doctor Doolittle", and "Lethal Weapon 4" occupy the remaining spots in the top 10.

Among them, "Mulan" and "Lethal Weapon 4" took the place of "Tea Boy" and "Rush Hour" and ranked among the top 10 in the world. "Mulan" relied on the excellent reputation of Disney cartoons, and the family-friendly atmosphere attracted a large number of audiences to the theaters, while the rise in the ranking of "Lethal Weapon 4" is worth savoring.

Looking at the entire list, "Godzilla" is only 10th in North America, but it has risen to 4th in the world; "Heaven and Earth Collision" went from ninth to seventh place in North America, coupled with the excellent performance of "Peerless Tribulation", and the "Lethal Weapon 4" that completed the counterattack, in the global box office rankings, commercial blockbusters occupy four seats, three of which are disaster films, which is not only a disaster film event continued by "Independence Day" and "Titanic", but also the most direct embodiment of the arrival of the current blockbuster era.

In the global list, there are three seats for comedy films, three seats for disaster movies, two seats for animated films, and finally one seat for action movies and one place for war movies. It can be seen that on the whole, it is still the dominant work with magnificent scenes, strong momentum, and stunning visual effects, even if "Truman's World" wins the global box office, but in the world, the dominance of commercial blockbusters is still unshakable.

This is in line with the overall trend in Hollywood.

In this way, the arrival of "awards season" in the North American market is explained: everyone knows that the Oscars are Hollywood's most influential ultimate weapon on a global scale. Impacting the Oscars not only means the recognition of the industry, not only the prosperity of the video rental market, not only the development of the surrounding market, but also the development of the global strategy.

Compared with the excitement of the film market, the music market in 1998 was definitely not inferior, the whole music market and the film market were on the rise, and the music market once again appeared a dominant performance of the album, after the lack of glory to death, the music market boom entered a new stage, as if it was bursting with the last energy before the collapse, pushing the bubble to the peak. At this point, the whole entertainment industry has a similar vein, which also makes people feel the calm before the storm, and it seems that the whole market is brewing the next round of storms, but no one knows when this storm will come, whether it will be 1999 or 2000?