The rising sun of 1997 came to the southern hemisphere, and the northern hemisphere also sent away the last cold winter of 1996, and there are only three years left before the millennium, and the twentieth century has come to an end in the blink of an eye. [A lot of good looks] [To see the latest chapters of this book, please visit:] The news of Bill Clinton's re-election as president of the United States has not been able to cause enough sensation, and the United States has been calm and quiet, on the contrary, the entertainment industry has ushered in earth-shaking changes and greeted the arrival of the "new century" with an earth-shattering attitude.

After last year's uncrowned king's authority was challenged and social issues were overwhelming, 1996, which was supposed to be a calm 'wave', became the most shining moment since the nineties, all because of one name: Hugo Lancaster!

From the beginning of the year, with the prestige of "Death Row Walk", the Berlin Film Festival actor and Oscar winner were successively bagged, to the birth of "Independence Day", and then to the debut of the battle of the century and the ultimate showdown in the second half of the year, and finally drew a perfect end in Maracana. The entertainment industry throughout the year took Hugo as the key point, setting off a stormy 'wave'.

This is a year of historical change for the North American film market, with the annual box office reaching $6.3 billion, the first time in film history that it has exceeded the 6 billion mark, an increase of 11 percentage points over last year, and the first time since 1987 that the annual box office has increased by more than 10 percent.

"Independence Day" became the writer of film history, this work created by Twentieth Century Fox at a cost of 100 million US dollars, not only became the first work in film history to exceed 400 million at the box office, but also continued to raise the film history record to a whole notch, 535 million US dollars North American box office, undoubtedly crowned the 1996 annual North American box office champion, and also became the box office champion holder in film history.

Surprisingly, this is the first time in the history of the work starring Hugo that he has won the box office champion of the year, although the previous works such as "Schindler's List", "Speed of Life and Death", and "Seven Deadly Sins" have all created box office myths, but they have all encountered stronger opponents and have never been able to win this honor for Hugo. Right now. "Independence Day" won the annual championship with a devastating attitude, and no one was convinced.

Compared with the success of the box office, the real achievement of "Independence Day" is far from this, because the box office will be "good" again, and there will be a day when it will be broken, if not before the end of the twentieth century, but after that. The biggest contribution of Ong> Independence Day was to change the way Hollywood operates.

The first is Hugo's $20 million salary. After achieving huge returns, it completely broke the Hollywood salary pattern. It will also have a profound impact on the amount of investment in film companies, and more importantly, the income of Hollywood's behind-the-scenes production teams will also change accordingly. It's an industry-wide change.

The second is the well-known industrial light and magic that accompanied the success of "Independence Day", although computer stunts have been developed in Hollywood for many years, but this is the first time that computer stunts have successfully completed a popular work with a film crew after the computer stunts matured. The entire Hollywood industry is aware that the maturity of computer stunts will bring about a sea change in film technology, movie formats, movie genres, and so on. "Independence Day" can be regarded as an epoch-making work, and it is bounded by this. Cinema has entered a very different era.

If the impact of "vulgarity" on the film industry is the silent rain, the rise of independent films, the richness and diversity of scripts, and the changes in shooting techniques will be shown in the long-term development of the film industry; Then the impact of "Independence Day" on the film industry is lightning and thunder, whether it is the expansion of remuneration and investment, or the change of shooting methods and film themes. You can feel it almost immediately.

There is no doubt that Independence Day made 1996 special and gave it its own character in the star-studded 90s. This qiē is all thanks to Hugo's strong appeal. In a trance, Hugo has already had a subtle impact on the North American film industry in terms of appearance and connotation. This influence is second to none even in history.

In addition to the standout "Independence Day", this year's North American films also ushered in a bumper year, "Tornado" box office as high as $241 million, although far less powerful than "Independence Day", but it also proves once again that commercial blockbusters are gradually embracing computer special effects. In addition, there are thirteen movies that have exceeded 100 million at the box office, which has also reached a new high.

Thereinto. "Mission Impossible", "Mr. Sweetheart", "Ransom", "101 Real Dog (101. dalmatians), "Brave to the Island of Death", "'Fat' Professor (the. nutty。 professor)", "the. birdcage)" and "Killing Moment" ranked in the top 10 respectively in terms of box office numbers.

Among them, Eddie Murphy's "'Fat' Professor", Robin Williams' "Fake Phoenix", and "101 Real Dogs" based on the cartoon defended the status of comedy films, occupying three spots in the top ten, and also brought two top comedy superstars.

After "Detective Beverly Hills", Eddie is a classic; Robin continued the strength of last year's "My Fair 'Milk' Dad", and for the second year in a row, his popularity, word of mouth, and box office were in full bloom. It was also the pinnacle of comedy cinema in the nineties.

But at this time, it can already be seen that action genre films are seizing the market, "Mission Impossible", "Ransom Storm", and "Brave Island" are all typical action movies, among which "Death Island" Although starring Sean Connery, it made Alexander Lorraine win super popularity and successfully became a first-line actor.

Of course, whether it's Eddie, Robin, or Alexander, they obviously can't compete with Hugo. Throughout the year, the only top superstar who can challenge Hugo is Tom Cruise! To be more precise, this is actually Tom's year.

A "Mission Impossible" opened the territory of Tom's action superstar, ranking third on the year-end list with $180 million; A "Mr. Sweetheart" once again proved Tom's infinite charm, sweeping $153 million and topping the annual box office charts.

There are only four films that have grossed more than 150 million at the box office this year, and Tom alone has two spots, and more importantly, "Mr. Sweetheart" has given Tom a lot of praise, and many people think that this work can get him a second Oscar nomination for his acting career. This is undoubtedly a huge breakthrough for Tom.

In the past two years, Hugo has been strong and in the sky, not only stealing most of Tom's light, but also achieving a comeback with an absolute advantage. Now Hugo not only has two little gold medals in hand, but also has three works with a box office of more than 200 million, both at the box office and awards, which are far ahead of Tom. What's more, this year there is also the "Independence Day" that made the history of zào.

Tom, on the other hand, has been silent for two years after experiencing the praise of "Interview with the Vampire at Night". Even Brad Pitt has come from behind, stealing most of his shine as the 'sexiest' man of the year in People magazine last year. In the iron triangle of Brad, Tom and Hugo, Tom has always been eating his old book, and the advantages he has accumulated before have been eroded little by little, not only lagging behind Hugo, but even in the confrontation with Brad, he has no absolute advantage.

But now, Tom has announced his strong comeback to everyone with two $150 million productions, which occupy the third and fourth places in the annual box office charts, respectively. A good lesson for the unstable Brad to let Brad know that he is still a big gap from Tom - there are only two of Brad's works that have grossed more than 100 million at the moment, namely "The Seven Deadly Sins" with Hugo and "Night Vampire" with Tom.

It can be seen that not only the box office, not only word-of-mouth and awards, but also the influence on the entire market, Brad still has a long way to catch up.

"Mission Impossible" and "Mr. Sweetheart" have a bumper box office reputation, which brought Tom back to the peak of his career in one fell swoop, if it weren't for the box office record set by "Independence Day", which was too incredible, even Hugo would have to stand aside in front of Tom. In fact, Hugo only had one film in 1996, and "Independence Day" was sure to not make a difference during the awards season, but instead "Mr. Sweetheart" won Tom enough attention that his name will continue to appear in the media during the awards season.

So, from that point of view, Tom has a chance to pull back the advantage once again and find the balance between him and Hugo. As for Brad? He could have tried to see more.

However, it is precisely because of Tom's strength that "Mission Impossible" and "Mr. Sweetheart" went hand in hand, but they still failed to shake Hugo's kingship. Therefore, the name "Hugo Lancaster" is influencing the world with a "naked" visible attitude, from the thrilling epic acting of "Death Row Prisoner Walk" to the devastating box office pull of "Independence Day", he is making the culture of movies affect everyone's daily life.

In 1996, this also completed the final piece of the puzzle, making Hugo the first real superstar since Marlon Brando in the fifties! Not even Harrison Ford, even Tom Cruise, even Tom Hanks, have been able to reach heights.

Interestingly, Hugo's influence is now so powerful that it struggled with the title of "Sexually Sexual" Man of the Year in 1996 – it seemed that they had no choice at all. Eventually, People magazine awarded the title to Denzel Washington – making Denzel the first black actor to be elected to the contest since its inception.

This is a choice that people can't agree with but can't oppose, and I have to admire the cleverness of "People" Weekly.

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