72_72291 "Independence Day" grossed $224 million in North America in just two weeks, making it a clear contender for this year's year-end box office charts - in fact, many media outlets can't wait to announce that "Independence Day" has already secured the title of year-end box office champion.

Although the box office discussion continued before the release of "Independence Day", and the film was supposed to carry the hopes of the entire North American film industry, who could have predicted that this would be a work that changed the course of history? And in such an earth-shattering way!

When people talk about "Independence Day", the amazing computer special effects produced by Industrial Light & Magic are undoubtedly the main contributors, and they are the core elements that changed the entire Hollywood industry; But no one can ignore the effect of Hugo, the title of "Club of 20 Million" attracted countless attention, and then there was the sensational effect of the premiere, not to mention the celebrity friends who made cameos for Hugo's friendship, and of course, no one would deny the charm that Hugo injected into the film.

Just like "the speed of life and death", the character itself may not have much room to play, but Hugo can always bring surprises. This time was no exception, and the success of Independence Day was attributed to at least half of Hugo's credit.

Over the past two weeks, a number of TV shows have explored this point: If the actor changes actors, will Independence Day still be what it is today? The prevailing view is that it is obviously very difficult.

Indeed, in many works, the influence of the protagonist is minimal, such as "Future Water World", even if Hugo is replaced, he has no way to save this terrible story; For example, "Jurassic Park", even if a group of unknown actors are replaced, the movie will still be a big hit, because people go into the movie theater to watch dinosaurs, not humans.

This is also the position of the control faction, who believe that over-reliance on computer special effects, over-reliance on explosion effects, will gradually deform the film industry, and the role of actors will gradually be weakened, making movies a terrible music video that is nothing more than bombardment.

They firmly believe that works like "Death Row Walk" or "Before Sunrise" rely on the excitement and tension of the script, the performance and charm of the actors, and make the whole movie bloom with infinite charm. is the essence of the movie, and it is also the part that people should not forget.

Originally, people thought that "Independence Day" was a work like this - and it didn't matter if the actors changed, but after closer discussion, the mainstream view also agreed that it would not work. Although Hugo's role is limited, his threading of the needle, his grasp of the characters and the details of the story, including his portrayal of the male lead, are all important factors in the success of "Independence Day", and it is thanks to Hugo's survival that "Independence Day" has not been reduced to a collection of countless explosions, but has interpreted the two lines of family and love with a unique delicacy - even if it is insufficient, it is really rare for commercial films.

In short, as the male protagonist, Hugo infuses the puppet with soul.

Not to mention Hugo's unparalleled strong appeal in the North American market, at least one-third or even half of the audience walked into the cinema because of Hugo and enjoyed this unprecedented movie-watching experience.

From "The Heroes of the Righteous Sea" to "The Seven Deadly Sins", from "Before Sunrise" to "Death Row Walk", Hugo's works are almost all small-budget and small-scale productions, but these works have created box office miracles, which also makes Hugo the most appealing actor in North America. But objectively speaking, these movies are not real commercial films in the traditional sense, and the so-called "commercial appeal" and "box office appeal" of Hugo have never been tested to the strictest.

This time, the pure bloodline "Independence Day" only took two weeks, which clearly proved Hugo's unrivaled strong appeal in the North American film market today, "Independence Day" not only became Hugo's third personal box office of more than 200 million, but also almost definitely surpassed "Life and Death" to become his highest-grossing work so far.

The most curious question now is how high will the final box office of "Independence Day" go?

The North American continent has been affected by the craze across the ocean, and the European continent, which was not interested in commercial films, has always been relatively calm and self-controlled, and they have not expressed much interest in "Independence Day", only the United Kingdom and Germany are two countries that plan to screen the film in the third week of July, but South America is more proactive, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela and other countries are showing it simultaneously with the United States.

However, the craze across the Atlantic has not only become the biggest event in North American film history for more than two decades, but has also deeply affected the European continent. This is a film industry revolution. Even though the continent is dismissive of commercial Hollywood films, the film market is inevitably affected.

Since only the United Kingdom and Germany in Europe plan to release the film in the third week of July, this has made all the countries on the European continent begin to boil, including France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and other countries are the first to know about the "Independence Day" in North America, and they have all asked their countries to release "Independence Day" as much as possible.

Such a situation was absolutely rare in 1996, when the Internet was not widespread at all. The fact that people's sources are basically domestic newspapers and magazines have attracted so much attention shows that the media in various countries are paying attention to the North American frenzy.

In fact, in the past week, more than 47 mainstream media outlets and nearly 130 large and small media outlets have reported on the major countries of the European continent -- which is already a week behind North America's -- and the excitement of the North American continent's crowds of people flocking to movie theaters to watch Independence Day. This rare spectacle has also become the talk of tea and dinner in the streets and alleys of Europa.

It can be said that the craze of "Independence Day" is affecting the world's film market at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the controversy caused since "Terminator 2" became the first film with an investment of more than 100 million yuan, after all these years of precipitation and brewing, it seems that it has finally found an outlet and vented it heartily. As one of the most important film markets in the world, the European continent is no exception.

Countries across the continent are looking for Twentieth Century Fox in the hope of introducing Independence Day. In fact, even if they don't come to Twentieth Century Fox, Kevin Pence will not let go of the overseas market, which is an important strategic link, and they have been negotiating with mainstream theater chains in various countries.

However, in the first half of the 90s, overseas screenings rarely synchronized with North America, and more often waited for the North American release, and foreign theaters examined the media comprehensive evaluation and audience reputation in North America before deciding whether and when to introduce it. Originally, this "Independence Day" was no exception, especially when Roland filmed "Independence Day", he was completely aimed at American audiences, and the perspective of this script was based on American audiences, so the release prospects of "Independence Day" in overseas markets were underestimated, at least not as popular as works like "Jurassic Park" and "True Lies".

But the film market is changing so quickly, and the frenzy in North America has swept in, quickly affecting all corners of the world. Now it seems that the countries of Europe are not exempt from vulgarity, and their own mainstream cinema chains have begun to speed up their pace, hoping to get a piece of the pie - the nature of businessmen, regardless of nationality or race.

In this context, Twentieth Century Fox announced Hugo's latest itinerary, which will be attended by the premiere of the "Independence Day" in London, followed by a trip to Berlin to participate in the "Independence Day" related promotional activities. This also means that the global strategy of "Independence Day" has officially begun.

Now, the whole European continent is going to fry.

Hugo has always had an indescribable attraction for Europeans, from winning the best actor at the Cannes Film Festival for "vulgarity", to winning the best director at the Berlin Film Festival "Before Sunrise", to winning him the Best Actor trophy at the Berlin Film Festival for "Death Row Walk", Hugo is an excellent actor and a charismatic young actor who has been warmly sought after by European literary films.

Coupled with the fact that previous works such as "Schindler's List", "Speed of Life and Death", and "Seven Deadly Sins" were all widely acclaimed on the European continent, the box office list was not inferior to that of North America. It can be said that at present, on the entire European continent, Hugo is definitely the most representative symbol of Hollywood.

However, Hugo never participated in the overseas promotion of the film - except for the three major European film festivals, even the original popular "Schindler's List", Hugo did not travel to Europe to promote it. This has always been a pity for European audiences.

This time the situation finally changed, in order to promote the "Independence Day", Hugo has attended many promotional activities in North America in the past two weeks, which is also the most intensive period of exposure after Hugo disappeared for more than 70 days, so that the young volcanoes can really feel the infinite charm from Hugo.

Now, Hugo will continue to promote it, and he will personally bring the propaganda craze to London and Berlin, which in an instant will make the whole continent lively, and it seems that all the film lovers in this land are starting to stir up. Such a scene, so unfamiliar, yet so familiar - the frenzy that Hugo set off in North America moved to Europe as it was, like the warm current of the Atlantic Ocean, which circled the east coast of the North American continent, passed through the equator, and slipped to the western coast of the European continent.

The first to feel the power of this warm current is the rainy British Isles, located in the southeast of London, ushered in the hottest hot weather since the beginning of summer in 1996, because - Hugo Lancaster is coming!