After the Golden Globe nominations were announced, Julianne Moore's double nominations were undoubtedly the biggest attraction, and on the other hand, Hugo also won the double nominations with "A Beautiful Mind" - two nominations for Best Actor and Best Screenplay in the drama category, once again becoming a shining figure at the Golden Globes.

"A Beautiful Mind" replaced "Inside Insider" and "Ripley the Genius" as the No. 1 seed of the awards season, and the rapid rise caught everyone off guard, while the "Psychic Sixth Sense" was almost completely ignored - only two nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay made the second year of the awards season a chaotic situation.

Winner of seven nominations, "A Beautiful Mind" immediately became the biggest hit in the last two weeks of the year, with a preliminary expansion of "A Beautiful Mind" in 500 theaters in the fourth week of December, and a strong grand opening of "The Talented Ripley" this week, this year's Christmas suddenly became extremely lively.

The "Talented Ripley" had already sparked a lot of buzz two weeks ago, and it will be released in 2,300 theaters this weekend, and is widely considered a strong contender for the weekend box office charts.

All of this week's entries are relatively less competitive, with the exception of "Genius Ripley", "Man on the Moon", "Challenge Sunday (Any. Given。 Sunday)", "Galaxy. Quest)" will soon be released in more than 2,000 theaters. Bringing together Oliver Stone, Al Pacino, and Cameron Diaz, "Challenge Sunday" is thought to be the same as "The Talented Ripley" for the weekend box office title.

However, "A Beautiful Mind" obviously has nothing to do with competing for the weekend title, and the expansion of 500 theaters cannot compete with the scale of 2,000 theaters, but despite this, the expansion of the film has become the focus of attention, which is bound to affect the film's prospects in the next awards season, and this week it will also compete directly with "Man on the Moon" and "The Genius Ripley", which is also one of the major attractions of the awards season.

Carrying the Golden Globe Award nominations, "A Beautiful Mind" made persistent efforts and handed over a single box office of $33,000, stunning the entire North American market, which once again set a record, among the works released in more than 500 theaters, the single box office ranked first in film history, showing a strong dominance, and this achievement also made the box office of "A Beautiful Mind" the next weekend burst out of $16.5 million, making all the experts jump from their chairs!

The weekend box office of $16.5 million is naturally slightly inferior to the summer movies, but in the winter season, it is definitely an impressive achievement, just make a horizontal comparison - the premiere box office of "The Miracle of the Green Mile" in 2,800 theaters is 18 million, and the premiere of "Elf Mouse Brother" in 2,800 theaters is 15 million dollars.

What does this mean? This means that "Beautiful Mind" was only released in 500 theaters, but it was still in short supply, which completely detonated the enthusiasm of the film market. Not long ago, "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" deeply felt the strong appeal of Hugo's box office, and now "Beautiful Mind" once again proves that Hugo is indeed unique in the North American market.

is only 500 theaters, but it has exploded with more energy than 2,000 theaters, Hugo has almost single-handedly changed countless fixed impressions of the film industry, so that everyone can't understand the development of things, in addition to amazement, it can only be admiration.

And what does that mean? This means that "A Beautiful Mind" has qualified to hit the weekend box office despite being ignored by everyone - and it did!

Although "Challenge Sunday" has a strong cast and focuses on the nation's No. 1 sport, football, the overall impact is still weak - the box office appeal of sports-themed films in the North American market has been relatively soft, and the investment of $55 million can only be regarded as modest, and the final film won $13.5 million at the weekend box office, which is slightly lower than expected, but overall it is still within a reasonable range.

"Genius Ripley" really became the focus of attention in the market this week as expected, but after the full release, the media comprehensive evaluation has declined, from the original 80 points to 76 points, the difference is not big, but it can be seen that the overall quality of the film is still slightly lower than expected, and the theater score is very good, but the "B" score proves that the audience's interest in this film is not as high as expected, which also restricts the further rise of the film's weekend box office.

With a $12.7 million score, there are no surprises, but no disappointments, at least for a film that aspires to make a difference during awards season.

The fight between "Challenge Sunday" and "Ripley the Genius" was not unexpected, and the box office gap between the two works was within a million, which can be called a thin ice winner, which is the result that the media has seen in previous predictions. But no one expected that "A Beautiful Mind" completely broke the overall pattern and came out with an absolutely strong attitude, defeating these two strong competitors, handing over 16 million box office figures, easily defeating the opponents, and winning the North American weekend box office chart in the fourth week of December 1999!

"A Beautiful Mind", "Challenge Sunday", and "Ripley the Genius", these are the top three box office names this week, and the results have really caused an uproar throughout North America.

What's even more incredible is that the champion was only released in a small range of 500 theaters, while the runner-up and third runner-up theaters reached 2,000, which is also a great miracle in the history of the North American box office, writing an almost impossible to replicate record, and becoming the goal of everyone in later generations.

"A Beautiful Mind" easily beat "Ripley the Genius" in head-to-head competition at the box office, which seems to coincide with the list of Golden Globe nominees, and the direction of the awards season seems to have cleared a little fog and made people get a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg - at least for now, people are more sought after for "Ripley the Genius" than "Ripley the Genius".

But...... But is it really going to make Hugo have the last laugh again? Is this incredible? Do you really want to do this? Shouldn't it be to pursue the "genius Ripley", "shock the insider", suppress the "beautiful mind", and rub Hugo's sharpness?

Hollywood insiders seem to be a little confused.

The outstanding results of "A Beautiful Mind" have everyone exclaimed, "The Genius Prailly" has been overshadowed, and another high-profile film of the awards season, "The Man on the Moon", has been a big hit.

Although countless people have hailed this work as this year's "Truman's World", and Jim Carrey has also given a wonderful performance in it, the audience clearly does not buy it - they still want to see Jim Carrey, the king of comedy, rather than Jim Carrey, who is serious comedy. The 2,000-theater screening only delivered $7.5 million at the weekend box office, a disappointment in seventh place this week.

"Man on the Moon" cost $82 million, of which Kim was paid as much as $20 million. As one of only two 20 million club members in North America, Kim is once again a big disappointment, compared to Hugo's rising status, the title of 20 million club members is indeed a bit heavy for Kim.

The popularity of "A Beautiful Mind" after its release far exceeded DreamWorks' expectations, they originally thought it was a biopic, and because the subject matter focused on such a heavy topic as schizophrenia, the box office had to rely more on the appeal of Hugo and Charlize, and it was difficult to do much at the box office. But after the movie was released, it sparked countless discussions.

After only two weeks of release, "A Beautiful Mind" was supported by the American Psychological Association. The American Psychological Association has repeatedly stated in public that "this is not a formal work of psychology, and many of the descriptions of schizophrenia in it are not entirely correct, and the understanding of treatment methods is also biased." But it is undeniable that this work conveys a really useful message, that is, people suffering from mental illness are just patients, they are no different, and the people who can help them are the closest people around them, relatives, lovers, friends. ”

The American Psychological Association said that it hopes that more people can go into the cinema to watch this work, have a new understanding of mental illness, and have a correct attitude.

This has made many family members and friends of people with mental illness look at the "beautiful mind", and only when they have really experienced it can they know the difficulties and hardships. And Alicia's experience in the movie resonated with a lot, but it also further sparked discussion.

More and more people want to be able to go to the cinema to watch the film, but it is clear that the 500 cinema chains simply cannot meet the needs of the audience. Faced with such a situation, the distribution department of DreamWorks, which was established less than a year ago, responded immediately, and they directly increased the number of screening venues of "A Beautiful Mind" to 1,800, and the pace of expansion immediately accelerated, directly entering the stage of full release.

In the fifth week of December, the last weekend of the twentieth century, people from all corners of the globe cheered and enthusiastically welcomed the arrival of the twenty-first century, and became part of the global party, and the film market also showed an unprecedented boom, almost all of which ushered in the momentum of box office growth.

But for Hugo, he didn't have the heart to pay attention to the weekend box office of "A Beautiful Mind", because the millennium was approaching, and he also joined the global carnival party, greeting the arrival of the 21st century with a big smile.