Chapter 1370 - Unreproducible

The success of "Death Row Walk" is irreproducible, not only because this work carries the essence of the acting skills of Hugo and Susan, but also because in the six-month release time of this work, every opportunity, timing and situation cannot be replicated, which also makes the final achievement of "Death Row Walk" more profound.

If you look at the North American box office alone, "Twelve Monkeys" is $89 million, and "Death Row Prisoner Walk" is $83 million, and the two works are completely equal and comparable. Moreover, due to the commercial film nature of "Twelve Monkeys", especially the media's continuous fanning and boasting, the success of the film has been embellished, and now the gap between the box office numbers of the two is so weak, which is really ...... It's kind of funny.

Strictly speaking, "Twelve Monkeys" can be called a failure in comparison with the irreproducible success of "Walk on Death Row", and it is a strange and shameful failure. In the North American film market, Hugo's unparalleled appeal has so far been unrivaled, let alone Brad, even Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks seem to be quite struggling.

But this time, no one would think that "Twelve Monkeys" is a failure, not only because of the cult nature of the film, but also because of the film's cult attributes, which is already a good achievement at the box office of $89 million; is also because the global box office of this film is a small miracle, although it cannot be compared with the glory of "vulgar", but the global box office of 200 million US dollars is not something that any work can get; is also because this movie witnessed the birth of Brad and became a witness to the formation of a three-legged pattern of Hollywood baby boomer actors.

Compared with the historical status of "Twelve Monkeys" and the global box office results, "Death Row Walk" is obviously slightly inferior.

"Twelve Monkeys" swept the box office of 120 million US dollars overseas, although the movie can be called a literary science fiction work, but it is still a commercial film, so it has won a lot of praise in the overseas market. But "Death Row Walk" does not have this kind of good luck, and the chain reaction during the North American release is almost a perfect combination of the right time, place and people, but in the overseas market, this pattern does not exist at all, and the already dull and depressing "Death Row Walk" can only rely on the overseas appeal of the iron triangle of Hugo, Susan and Tim to attract the box office.

In fact, although Susan and Tim are famous Mandarin Duck lovers in the United States, in the international market, the reputation of the two is more limited to their professional image - that is, the identity of actors and directors, and only Hugo really has the ability to drive the box office.

But even Hugo, he is not an almighty "God", what can really make the audience enter the cinema is the work itself in the final analysis. The competitiveness of Hollywood art films in overseas markets is really not ranked, not to mention the independent literary and artistic soil in Europe, and even the art films of many Asian countries and South American countries are more attractive than Hollywood.

This has also made the "Death Row Prisoner Walk" repeatedly blocked in overseas markets.

Of course, relying on Hugo's name, Twentieth Century Fox still sold the distribution rights of "Death Row Walk" to 39 countries and regions around the world, among which the earliest releases in the United Kingdom and Germany were already in February 1996, which shows the bleak treatment of this work. The only thing to be thankful for is that "Death Row Walk" uses the Berlin Film Festival as a platform to land in Europe and the global market, and the good reviews received at the Berlin Film Festival have also made the film's release prospects much brighter.

The most outstanding overseas market for "Death Row Walk" is Germany, where it has achieved a box office of 13 million dollars, which is also one of only three overseas markets where "Death Row Walk" has grossed more than 10 million dollars, the other two countries being France and Italy.

This result can be said to be in line with expectations, Germany is the first overseas market for "Death Row Walk" to land, and the blessing of the Berlin Film Festival cannot be underestimated, and more importantly, Germany's strict and cold temperament is completely consistent with "Death Row Walk", and it has won a piece of affirmation from the audience.

France has the Cannes Film Festival, Italy has the Venice Film Festival, which is currently the most mature market for art films on European soil, their analysis and understanding of "death row walk" is even deeper than that of North America, and the audience is more willing to go into the cinema to enjoy this work.

The most surprising thing is that Mexico and Brazil actually contributed 8 million and 7 million respectively, even exceeding the UK's 6 million dollars, which is also something that many people did not expect. However, after a careful and in-depth analysis, it will be found that the top four countries with the best overseas market table of "Death Row Prisoners" are all Catholic countries, and their opposition and protest against the death penalty are also the most staunch in the world, so it is not so surprising that the excellent performance of the film market is Xiàn.

In addition, the "Death Row Walk" is not as good as it could be in other countries, with only three countries grossing more than 5 million at the box office: Argentina, Australia and Spain. It can be clearly felt that the overseas market is not too interested in this work, and it can be said that it is completely different from the "Seven Deadly Sins" not long ago.

Judging purely from the box office figures, the table of "Death Row Prisoner Walk" naturally cannot be compared with Hugo's other works, and can only barely beat "Before Sunrise". But "Death Row Walk" eventually grossed $80 million in overseas markets, still far exceeding expectations and still making Twentieth Century Fox smile.

In the case of congenital deficiencies, "Death Row Prisoner Walk" can be said to rely on Hugo's strong appeal to "plunder" 80 million US dollars at the box office in the overseas market, which is not easy and can be called a difficult victory.

However, "Death Row Walk" and "Twelve Monkeys" have made them play well in the subsequent video market, the former is to make people interested in the actors' excellent performances, and the latter is warmly sought after by cult movie lovers, which also makes the two films still have a good performance after the screening.

"Death Row Walk" was finally released at the box office, with a box office of 83 million in North America and 163 million worldwide, which is the second-worst box office of Hugo since 1992, only higher than the real "Before Sunrise", which occupies the leading role. But no one would say that this is a failed work, not even the New York Post dares to say so.

With an investment of $11 million, the global box office has earned $163 million, and DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox are still making a lot of money, and more importantly, this box office table is not much behind the "Twelve Monkeys" North American 89 million and 209 million global results.

Moreover, no one will forget that the cost of "twelve monkeys" is twenty-nine million.

However, the huge global success of "Twelve Monkeys" is still undeniable, and the excellent performance of "Death Row Walk" can only be said to have been robbed of countless lights by its competitors.

However, thanks to the excellent performances of Hugo and Susan in "Death Row Walk", the prospect of this work at major award ceremonies is obviously not too weak, and the completion of the work also exceeds that of "Twelve Monkeys", which also makes "Death Row Walk" finally tied with "Twelve Monkeys" in the comprehensive evaluation!

Or to be more precise, it's still a rare win for Brad! At least in the process of this simultaneous release and simultaneous showdown, Brad has always occupied the peak of the topic, and is completely indistinguishable from Hugo, who has relied on his acting skills to win attention since August, which also highlights the significance of Brad's dominance this time.

However, in addition to Brad and Hugo, in addition to "Twelve Monkeys" and "Death Row Walk", this matchup also means a lot to Universal Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox.

Ron Meyer has been struggling to find a breakthrough point after jumping from the International Innovative Artist Company to Universal Pictures, and has not been able to find a suitable breakthrough point for the past two years, and the numerous glories of "Schindler's List" and "Jurassic Park" are not his achievements.

Until this year, the great success of "Apollo 13" and "Ghost Horse Elf" finally made Lang regain his confidence, although the terrible failure of "Future Water World" still has to be remembered on his head, but the word-of-mouth harvest of "Twelve Monkeys" at the end of the year still made Lang breathe a sigh of relief, and drew an end to this year with an excellent performance. The latter, in particular, allowed Lang to finally find a breakthrough with an innovative artist agency, which is undoubtedly a great joy.

The same goes for Kevin Pence, whose only masterpiece in the last two years since the Wires took over Twentieth Century Fox has been "True Lies." In fact, "True Lies" was not a project developed by him, he just took over halfway, and this work also lost to "Life and Death" that year.

Twentieth Century Fox is still dead this year, and only "Die Hard 3" can say about it - the box office of this work is only narrowly crossing the threshold of 100 million, but "Death Row Walk" has opened a door for Kevin, and his cooperation with Endeavor Elite Agency may blossom next year and the year after.

Faced with the terrible status quo of Twentieth Century Fox, Kevin chose to cooperate with Endeavor Elite Agency and DreamWorks, relying on the super reputation of "Death Row Walk", Kevin further narrowed the distance between him and Hugo, and now it is gradually approaching the moment of harvest.

Kevin's grand plan is unfolding step by step, but whether his plan will be realized seems to be another unknown, because the project called "Armageddon" is not progressing as expected.