Although Hugo did not participate at all, the release of "Titanic" and "Perfect" still made Hugo an indispensable part of it. Unconsciously, Hugo has become an indispensable part of the transformation of the film industry, and has also become one of the most important driving forces in the historical process.

Although the successes and failures of "Titanic" and "Perfection" cannot be directly linked to Hugo, no one can deny that both works are inextricably linked to Hugo. Especially the former, whether this work will be the second "Future Water World" or the second "Independence Day" - at least the second "Jurassic Park" - will have an impact on the future development of the entire film industry.

Judging by the box office in the first week, the outlook is dark.

The good thing "USA Today" conducted a survey, interviewed a sample of 1,200 ordinary citizens, and more than 71 percent of the people believed that the "Titanic" would be the second "future water world".

This overwhelming singing voice almost made James Cameron furious, but as smart as he is, he naturally knows that it is irrational to provoke the media at this time, and he has always relied on his ability to pull the box office, and his excellent box office results are the source of his right to speak, and the source of his ability to straighten his back in front of the media and major film production companies.

After the media tried James several times to no avail, they were inspired by the New York Post and rushed towards Hugo, trying to dig more out of Hugo's mouth, but unfortunately Hugo just smiled and replied, "It's just the premiere box office, isn't it?" ”

The subtext is that the follow-up box office is more important.

This answer made the media reporters stunned, because the premiere box office is the benchmark, that is, the starting height, the starting line is already behind, and it is naturally twice as difficult to create a miracle. There are only a handful of movies like "Life and Death" that premiered at the box office level of 30 million and finally won the box office of 200 million US dollars.

"Hugo really looked away this time!" That's the headline in the entertainment section of the latest issue of the New York Post.

For media reporters, the most important thing is timeliness - even more than the truth, they even do anything to seize the commanding heights, so the news published by the media always likes to babble, and before the matter is clear, they can't wait to start all kinds of speculation, all kinds of assertions, just need to add a word like "maybe, maybe, probably, maybe, heard" to the discourse, and the truth can be brushed aside. With the development of society, news has become more and more utilitarian, which has also led to more and more impatience.

This time, the uncrowned kings are destined to be planted in Hugo's hands again.

"Titanic", "007: Tomorrow's Empire", and "Perfect" were the three works in the next few months, and the box office results were divided into three very different development curves, and as time progressed, people were more and more shocked and exaggerated.

The first is "007: The Empire of Tomorrow", the highly anticipated work was the first to fail at the box office in its premiere, although it handed over an eighteen percent drop the next week, but it still couldn't suppress the decline curve of the work, and finally it was hastily taken offline after only eight weeks of release, and the final North American box office was only 119 million, barely exceeding the cost line of 110 million US dollars, which disappointed everyone and made the "007" series face a crisis again.

Fortunately, the franchise's box office appeal in overseas markets was still very strong, and the $207 million overseas box office made MGM Pictures breathe a long sigh of relief, and in the end, the global box office of $330 million was enough to make MGM a small profit and save the "007" series.

The embarrassment of "007: Tomorrow's Empire" was something that no one expected, especially when compared to the two rivals. If "007: Tomorrow's Empire" is a sharp downward curve, then the other two works are undoubtedly upward curves.

"Perfect" relied on excellent word-of-mouth to deliver an incredible box office drop of 3 percent the following week, turning around the unfavorable situation at the box office in the first weekend in one fell swoop, and the subsequent decline has repeatedly created miracles, after five consecutive weeks of decline of less than 10 percent, the cumulative box office of the film has smoothly reached the threshold of 80 million, although the growth momentum is slow but everyone is jaw-dropping.

But this is just the beginning, and then thanks to the outstanding performance at the major award ceremonies, the box office of "Perfect" actually showed a reverse growth momentum, and it ended in green for three weeks, and the wonderful performance became a beautiful scenery on the list, which made "Perfect" stay in the top 10 of the North American weekend box office list for 16 weeks, and ranked in the top 10 of the top 10 weeks in a row, and the cumulative box office reached 140 million US dollars in one fell swoop.

Who would have thought that the first box office was only 12 million US dollars, but "Perfect" created a miracle that was not small or small, and after 26 weeks of release, "Perfect" was not announced to be offline until the third week of June 1998, and finally accumulated a total of 148 million US dollars!

This achievement even surpassed the "007: Empire of Tomorrow", which made everyone exclaim.

Compared with the investment of 50 million US dollars, the results of "perfection" are not outstanding, but for a comedy drama movie, this is a hearty victory, and in the list of comedy drama films, it is only behind "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Pretty Woman", ranking third!

Even the global box office is not inferior, and the overseas box office has handed over another $165 million, which makes the global box office of "perfect" reach $314 million, and there is not much gap from the "007: Empire of Tomorrow" that has exploded in the overseas market. Even in Hugo's solo works, it is definitely not inferior.

A truly hearty victory! As a screenwriter, Hugo has not only been affirmed by professional film critics, but also received box office recognition, which is also the first time that Hugo has attracted the box office with the name of "screenwriter". This is undoubtedly another victory for Sony Columbia Pictures, a brilliant victory, which is eye-popping, but helpless.

Who would have thought that even as a screenwriter, Hugo's box office appeal would still be so strong?

If the "perfect" victory is incredible enough, then the counterattack curve of "Titanic" is even more shocking, which also makes 1997 truly an unforgettable year in film history: before the "Los Angeles Confidential" was born, and then there was the "Titanic" devastated, which was another earth-shaking turmoil in the North American film industry after 1994.

Although the box office of "Titanic" was unsatisfactory in the first week, the box office curve that followed made everyone stunned: the box office increased by 24% the next week, which drowned out all the opposition in an instant; The drop of only 6% in the third week, and what is even more terrifying is that the single-day box office from Monday to Thursday brought surprises every day, and the cumulative box office exceeded 150 million US dollars in three weeks, making the media eager to swallow their fists.

But that's just the beginning.

After easily completing three consecutive championships, four consecutive championships, five consecutive championships, and six consecutive championships...... 10 consecutive championships, 11 consecutive championships...... Thirteen consecutive championships! After tying the thirteen consecutive championships of "Mr. Duss" and "Beverly Hills Detective", the pace still does not stop, fourteen consecutive championships! Fifteen consecutive championships!

One slap after another, the media went from noise to silence, to silence, and finally to disappear, hoping that the newspapers that had been printed would be completely destroyed. "Titanic" broke the predictions of the media one after another with one record after another, and bagged its own glory little by little.

"Titanic" rewrote history with a wave of fifteen consecutive championships, which is the most consecutive weeks of winning the North American weekend box office chart in film history, even in the non-consecutive championship week list, "Titanic" is only behind "Alien E." T's sixteen-week champion only.

History has been written silently!

The history created by "Titanic" is not only 15 consecutive championships, in this 15 consecutive weeks of consecutive championships, six weeks of box office growth have ended, and another eight weeks of box office decline is less than 15 percent - in other words, in the entire 15 consecutive championships, only one week of box office decline of more than 15 percent, that is in the sixth week of the movie's release, the box office decline is "as high" as 16 percent.

The first box office was only 28 million? So what! The appearance of "Titanic" really refreshed people's concept of computer special effects, this is the second work after "Independence Day" that really shook the entire market, and the change of dynasty has been quietly completed - whether the traditional academic school admits it or not, the reality has arrived.

broke 200 million in the fifth week, 300 million in the seventh week, and 400 million in the tenth week, "Titanic" followed the pace of "Independence Day" faster and faster, and it only took ten weeks to become the second work in film history to break 400 million at the North American box office. But that's not the end.

The box office broke 500 million in 15 weeks, and the cumulative box office reached 542 million US dollars in the 17th week, officially breaking the box office record of 535 million US dollars set by "Independence Day" last year, and becoming the new box office champion of the North American box office. Subsequently, the pace of "Titanic" to create history is still making great strides, August 30, 1998, this day has become a day that will go down in history - the first work in North American film history with a box office of more than 600 million was born!

This is the end of the "Titanic", and even the most gorgeous words of praise seem so pale.

From "Perfect" to "Titanic", both works counterattacked, not only winning a big victory in the battle with the media, but also once again proving Hugo's discernment. Of course, the most important thing is still the earth-shaking film industry, from "Independence Day" to "Titanic", in just over a year, the whole world has been in a sea of vicissitudes.