In Hugo's career as an actor, there are many years worth remembering, 1993 dedicated to "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Schindler's List", 1994 that shook the market with "life and death" and "vulgarity", "Before Sunrise", "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Death Row Walk" ushered in the explosion of acting in 1995...... Now Hugo has once again ushered in a year of full-scale explosion, "The Sixth Sense" and "A Beautiful Mind", two works that broke 200 million at the box office, making 1999 a perfect ending for the twentieth century film market.

Hollywood is a place that creates miracles, and it is not uncommon to become famous overnight and become popular overnight, but it is never easy to replicate the glory; It is extremely difficult to always maintain the peak in the long years.

Hugo's ability to not only create brilliance, but also to replicate it, and even constantly refresh his own, is undoubtedly the most shocking. You don't see it, even the uncrowned king has a proud head under him - the uncrowned king is uncrowned after all.

Due to the hot reaction of the market, the release line of "A Beautiful Mind" was very long, although it was not as exaggerated as the 40 weeks of "The Sixth Sense", but it was still released until the third week of July, a full 30 weeks, which is also the best proof of the film's strong social influence.

Especially after half a year of the film's release, the impact on people with mental illness and related relatives and friends is undoubtedly far-reaching, although there is still a long way to go to change the views and perceptions of mainstream society, but at least for those who empathize with the parties, it has gradually had an effect, which is undoubtedly a good start.

The North American box office of "A Beautiful Mind" finally landed at 280 million, and unfortunately it was not able to hit 300 million US dollars again, which also made Hugo pass by the terrible record of "three consecutive movies with a box office of 300 million", but ...... One can't be so greedy, and for a $60 million biopic, that's enough box office success to cheer up and down DreamWorks.

According to estimates by Wall Street insiders, "A Beautiful Mind" has made more than $100 million in profits for DreamWorks in North America alone - and only by box office results, and the following video rental is bound to continue to increase this figure, which is also the most successful work since DreamWorks was founded - and the profit amount far exceeds that of last year's "Saving Private Ryan".

Although the box office performance of "A Beautiful Mind" did not exceed 300 million, which temporarily slowed down the momentum of Hugo's box office data in the past three works, the final box office data still surpassed "L.A. Confidential", and the excellent performance still caused all the media to be amazed.

In the all-time box office charts, "A Beautiful Mind" ended up in 14th place, becoming one of 19 works that grossed more than $250 million, which is undoubtedly exceptional. Even the New York Post would not be foolish enough to make another mistake and think that "this is a sign of the collapse of Hugo's career."

It is worth mentioning that there are only 33 works in the history of cinema that have grossed more than 200 million, and Hugo alone occupies seven seats - and none of them are series or sequel films, which shows absolute dominance.

Following the $280 million in North America, "Beautiful Mind" has also performed well in overseas markets.

"A Beautiful Mind" was released in 43 countries and regions overseas - the overall scale of the release is far from being comparable to the "supernatural sixth sense", and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the distribution department of DreamWorks just over a year old. However, these 43 countries and regions cover the major box office markets, which also makes the box office performance of the film a good answer.

After the release of the movie, "Beautiful Mind" won the championship on the opening weekend in 24 of them, and its dominance was far inferior to that of "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural", but with the release of the movie, "Beautiful Mind" came after the successful championship in as many as 40 countries and regions, and 31 countries and regions completed the championship for a second time. As in the North American market, the subsequent upward momentum is unstoppable.

Japan, Germany and Italy became the largest box office in overseas markets, with all three regions exceeding $20 million, with the best performers in Japan taking the top spot with $24 million. This data is completely incomparable to the "supernatural sixth sense", which is quite surprising to many people.

Although "A Beautiful Mind" is a biography, in the final analysis, it is still a love movie, a movie about mental illness, in terms of subject matter, it should be more box office appeal than the horror movie "The Sixth Sense", and the overall quality and core content of the film are not inferior to the "Sixth Sense", even if it cannot replicate the overseas box office of "The Sixth Sense" - the figure of $510 million is indeed unbelievable, but at least it should not be too far behind.

However, in the end, the top three performances at the overseas box office were not at the same level at all.

Some people have carefully studied the reason, mainly because the content of "A Beautiful Mind" is full of American culture, from game theory to Princeton University, from the background of the era to the content of John's fantasy, all of which have a strong American color. Although there are not many on the whole, it is just for the purpose of serving the movie, but compared with the "supernatural sixth sense", which is not mixed with any political and cultural colors at all, the mass base of "Beautiful Mind" is still slightly inferior, which restricts the further development of the movie box office.

However, this is only relatively speaking, the appalling box office performance of "The Sixth Sense" in overseas markets has proved Hugo's strong appeal, and this time is no exception. The overseas box office performance of "A Beautiful Mind" is already extremely good, and the top three have joined forces to contribute $70 million at the box office, which is almost the total box office of other films in overseas markets.

In addition to Japan, Germany and Italy, "A Beautiful Mind" also grossed $15 million in the UK, Spain and Australia. In addition, Mexico, South Korea, and Brazil all exceeded $10 million at the box office, and the overall performance of the global market can be said to be in full bloom.

In the end, "Beautiful Mind" swept $210 million in overseas markets, far inferior to the North American market, and far from the original performance of "L.A. Confidential" of 350 million. It can be seen that works with strong American culture will still be affected at the box office in overseas markets, for example, the overseas performance of "Forrest Gump" is not as good as "The Lion King", and for example, "Vulgar" is calling for wind and rain in North America, and the influence of overseas markets is dwarfed.

But even so, the overseas performance of "Beautiful Mind" still firmly crossed the threshold of 200 million, and the overall momentum is not as good as "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural", which is still enough to become one of the most eye-catching works this year, once again proving Hugo's strong appeal in the overseas market, which is unique in the world, and other actors or directors cannot be compared at all. Especially considering the premise of DreamWorks' limited overseas distribution capacity, this achievement is even more worthy of recognition.

From the counterattack momentum in North America to the steady and steady progress overseas, even DreamWorks defines "Beautiful Mind" as a box office performance that does not have the ability to pull strongly, but "Beautiful Mind" has exploded with abnormal box office energy, harvesting $490 million in box office data worldwide.

60 million for 490 million - some might say that the "sixth sense" is 60 million for 890 million - but no one can ignore the outstanding performance of "a beautiful mind", which also continues Hugo's strong momentum since the "speed of life and death", which once again made the film company's investment unbelievably rewarded.

In fact, since "Independence Day" and "Los Angeles Confidential", some people in the Hollywood industry have constantly questioned that Hugo's salary is really too high. Hugo is not only the first person in the current "20 million club", but he is always able to win more profit dividends as a producer.

For example, in the past year, "The Sixth Sense" and "Beautiful Mind" received $45 million for Hugo, while the latter was paid as much as $50 million. Although the North American box office of "The Sixth Sense" is much higher than that of "A Beautiful Mind", the former cooperated with Bowei Pictures, and Hugo received 12% of the dividends; The latter was a collaboration with DreamWorks, and Hugo received an 18% dividend as a producer, actor and screenwriter. Therefore, in the end, Hugo's salary showed such a pattern.

It is unimaginable that an actor's salary is as high as more than 40 million, or even more than 50 million, and this is not an occasional work, it can even be regarded as Hugo's norm, since "Independence Day", Hugo's overall salary has not been less than 30 million US dollars.

Therefore, Hollywood's major film companies are always waving checks for 20 million US dollars, eager to cooperate with Hugo, because compared to Hugo's final salary of 40 million, "20 million" is really a cheaper number.

This also made many people in the industry start to shake their heads frequently, thinking that Hugo has completely destroyed the norms and structure of the entire industrial chain, and in the long run, the 20 million club will soon become a 30 million club, which is very unfavorable to the long-term development of the film industry.

But now, looking at the two works of "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" and "A Beautiful Mind", only the box office performance in North America is the former has won more than 160 million US dollars in profits for Bowei Pictures, and the latter has won 100 million US dollars in dividends for DreamWorks.

It's not just value for money, it's great value for money. Therefore, even the most critical and demanding industry insiders cannot say anything negative about Hugo, because they know that behind the 20 million club, Hugo has unimaginable benefits for the entire film industry chain, and they are among the beneficiaries.

So, they all obediently closed their mouths and sat down honestly to plan, how can they make their pockets more fulfilling?