In the last week of the twentieth century, the curtain came to an end with a bang and a bang, the millennium insect crisis that people feared did not bring the end of the world, the sunshine of the twenty-first century still fell on the earth unharmed, the calendar turned from 1999 to 2000, the world seemed to have become different, but it seemed that everything had not changed at all, the passage of time made the passionate emotions slowly precipitate, only the restlessness in the air remained, reminiscing about that extraordinary moment.

The North American weekend box office charts in the last week of the twentieth century also unleashed the frenzy of the millennium, and the entire box office market rose by 53 percent, making the 1999 film market wild at the last moment, and all the top 10 works on the list showed a green growth momentum, making the major film companies deeply feel the madness of the new century.

In the midst of this, "A Beautiful Mind" once again created an incredible miracle, writing a myth for the third consecutive week with a single box office of $12,000, and sweeping the box office of $21.6 million in three days over the weekend, an increase of 20%. Although this is not the highest increase of the week, it is enough to make "A Beautiful Mind" explode at the box office of 20 million, and achieve such an amazing result in the third week of its release, stepping out of the development curve of the sky-defying level, and completely igniting the last weekend of the twentieth century.

In the face of the strong performance of "Beautiful Mind", "Elf Mouse Brother" handed over $16 million at the weekend box office with a box office increase of 36 percent, followed closely behind; The seven-week release of "Toy Story 2" has become the biggest winner of this year's holiday stalls, with the box office rising by 20 percentage points this week, occupying the third place with $12.4 million, and the cumulative box office has officially crossed the threshold of 200 million!

"A Beautiful Mind" became the North American weekend box office champion in the last week of the twentieth century, and its performance exceeded everyone's expectations, showing the devastation of a commercial film, which is completely different from "Death Row Walk", and even exploded enough to compete with "Schindler's List" box office pull, leaving the three giants of DreamWorks stunned.

Compared with the appalling box office performance of "A Beautiful Mind", the box office of works such as "Talented Ripley" and "Man on the Moon" is a big disappointment, the former is only ranked in the third place this week, and even lags behind the box office counterattack "Toy Story 2"; The latter actually fell by 28 percentage points at the box office when the entire market was jubilant, and the cumulative box office in the two weeks of release was only 24 million, and the investment of 82 million was obviously lost, which made Universal Pictures cry without tears.

Not only was the box office performance of "The Genius Ripley" far below expectations, but most importantly, although the critics and audiences had a good reputation, they always lacked a little enthusiasm, and the imaginary fanaticism did not appear, which is not good news, Miramax Films suddenly became anxious, and the Weinstein brothers can be seen in all corners of Hollywood. In-house screenings, small movie screenings, writers' receptions, actors' parties...... At the turn of the century, the two brothers were busier than anyone else.

In stark contrast, "A Beautiful Mind" has been creating history with every step from the screening to the limited screening, and then to the full release, showing the box office potential that amazes everyone, with three consecutive weeks of high-energy box office pulling momentum, the cumulative box office has sprinted to $50 million in one go, which obviously brings another surprise.

Originally, people also criticized the investment cost of this work as high as 60 million US dollars, which is almost equal to 120 million for a biographical film, which makes people deeply worried about the profitability of DreamWorks. But now, everyone obediently kept their mouths shut - apparently, the box office results of "Hugo" never had to worry about them.

With the strong rise of "A Beautiful Mind" and the resurgence of "Ripley the Genius", a rumor began to circulate in Hollywood: "A Beautiful Mind" is indeed an excellent work, but is it really good enough to rival "Forrest Gump"? Hugo Lancaster has swept across the North American continent, should he really continue to watch him run amok?

Behind Hugo's four statuettes, no one should forget that he is not yet thirty-three years old this year, what does that mean? This means that Hugo has at least ten or twenty years of artistic life, and he will show incredible dominance over the whole of Hollywood, becoming a cancer in Hollywood, restricting the development of other actors, even many outstanding actors cannot get corresponding recognition, let alone rookie actors?

For example, last year Sean Penn, such as Denzel Washington, such as Brad Pitt, such as George Clooney, such as Matt Damon, such as Kevin Spacey, such as Leonardo DiCaprio...... These actors have all given wonderful performances in the past few years, but none of them have been able to win the affirmation of the Oscar. There is only one reason: Hugo is like a mountain in front of them.

It's hard to imagine that in the long run, there will be a day when newcomers will come out.

The name of "Hollywood cancer" has spread far and wide in the circle, especially with the box office results of "Beautiful Mind" becoming more and more courageous, this kind of remarks have become more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even "Saturday Night Live" ridiculed Hugo during the live broadcast of the show.

However, there is no way to stop the box office momentum of "Beautiful Mind", especially the competition in the holiday stalls has always been weak, and after entering January, it has come to the winter stalls when all film companies are resting and adjusting, and the popularity of the entire film market is declining, which also makes "Beautiful Mind" stand out more and more.

In the first week of 2000, "A Beautiful Mind" further expanded, raising its theater chain to 2,200 theaters, and finally handed over a drop of only 8 percent, winning the weekend box office of 20 million for the second consecutive week, and winning the North American weekend box office chart with 22 million US dollars without suspense, opening the prosperity of the 21st century film market with a proud attitude.

There are only three movies released on a small scale this week, and all of them are old faces in the competition for the weekend box office rankings, with "Elf Mouse", "Green Mile Miracle", "Talented Ripley" and "Challenge Sunday" occupying the second to fifth places on the list respectively, but unfortunately, even the runner-up "Elf Mouse" only has 11 million weekend box office power, and no one can shake the dominance of "Beautiful Mind".

It is worth mentioning that "Genius Ripley" finally stopped the downward trend, and the cumulative box office crossed the cost line, and finally began to pick up amid the shouts of the Weinstein brothers.

The winter season will continue until the end of February, and the whole market seems to be calm.

The following week, the comedy film "Next. Friday)" had a grand premiere, and this small-budget film with an investment of only 11 million exploded with amazing energy, winning 14 million at the box office and cheering the whole of North America.

It's a pity that this result has not been able to shake the championship momentum of "Beautiful Mind", which handed over 17.2 million weekend box office with a drop of 22%, and has achieved three consecutive championships, which has made people completely lose their language ability. First of all, "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" achieved seven consecutive championships in the summer file, and then "Beautiful Mind" achieved three consecutive championships on New Year's Eve, and these two works are themes with relatively weak box office driving force, except for lamenting Hugo's box office appeal, people have no other ideas.

In the third week of January, the small-budget romantic comedy film "Down. To。 You)" landed in North America, but unfortunately the performance was not satisfactory, the box office of $7.6 million was only in third place, and "Next Friday" although the box office plummeted by 44 percent, but still continued to occupy the second place with a score of $8 million.

In the absence of competitors, "Beautiful Mind" completed four consecutive championships without suspense, and the box office drop of only two percent shows that the entire market is currently dominated by "Beautiful Mind", and there is no work that can shake its leading position.

After the glory of four consecutive championships, the cumulative box office of "Beautiful Mind" officially crossed the threshold of 100 million US dollars, in fact, it is more accurate to say that on the Monday of the third week of January, the box office of the movie has reached such a height, coupled with the box office performance of 17 million on the weekend, "Beautiful Mind" has accumulated 124 million US dollars after five weeks of release!

Although the momentum is far from being as good as "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" or "Truman's World", the overall development curve is close to "Los Angeles Confidential", showing the huge potential of the North American box office to break 200 million.

As a biographical film, "A Beautiful Mind" has received far more attention than imagined, although people have mixed reviews of Hugo's adaptation, some people think that Hugo distorted reality and rewrote a fairy tale, which is far from having any practical significance, and even distorts the meaning of biography; However, some people think that Hugo has artistically treated reality, and the recreated story concentrates the theme, is more humanistic, and shows the wisdom and sensitivity of a screenwriter.

However, it is undeniable that with the advancement of the movie's release time, more and more people with mental illness and their families are boldly entering the cinema to enjoy this work. At the same time, more and more people are aware that there are such suffering people around them, and even they have psychological hidden dangers, which makes the social culture change little by little.

The low-key "Beautiful Mind" shows the potential of a commercial film box office with a counterattack attitude, and even hopes to hit the box office of 200 million US dollars, while also relying on its own strength to influence society.