From Hugo to Jim Carrey, the "20 Million Club" was only a week apart from its establishment to the second member, and under the accurate management of innovative artist agencies, all audiences in the United States clearly realized that the era of Hollywood's 20 million has truly come.

In an instant, not only the elite agencies and innovative artist companies, but also Twentieth Century Fox and Columbia Pictures, all other agencies and all film production companies began to be vigilant and act. Regardless of whether they have taken the lead or not, no one will deny that the 20 million salary has always been part of their plan, but now it has arrived a little earlier than expected.

Originally, Hugo was the leader, and it is naturally difficult for Kim to compare with the momentum as a latecomer, but it is undeniable that relying on the limelight in comedy movies in the past two years, Kim has indeed stolen a lot of limelight, and his box office momentum is not inferior to Hugo. What's even more interesting is that along with the hot topic of the duel between Hugo and Brad, the duel between Hugo and Kim is also quietly emerging.

At present, there are only two members in the 20 million club, and if it is just one person, then people may just care about the incredible salary, but once there are two people, then the competition is formed. Previously, people's worries about the "end of the world" project naturally shifted to the "ace correspondent", whether the $20 million salary is worth it, how much surplus value can be generated, does the ultra-high salary bring the increased box office appeal, and will the film company face greater development opportunities or a heavier cost burden after raising costs......

One question after another poured in, and the original concern about the box office was just an additional topic, and people still focused more on Hugo's creation of history. But now it's quite different, because the presence of two club members means that Hollywood is ready for a new era, especially when innovative artist agencies have built up the momentum to attract attention, and people naturally start to wonder: Is it worth it?

Naturally, Hugo and Kim, the two people who were the first to eat crabs, became the judges of judgment, and their success or failure attracted almost all attention.

"Armageddon" and "Ace Correspondent" happen to be two completely different works, the former is a typical high-investment, big-scene, bunker visual effects sci-fi action movie, and the latter is the most representative low-cost, high-grossing, hard-to-please comedy movie.

In fact, these two genres are both commercial films, but because the target audience is different, and the profit model is also different, it can be said that it is a very typical two types of Hollywood films.

"The End of the World" is actually a model of "Future Water World", and it is also a controversial genre in the past year, and many people are condemning the increasingly high investment for making the movie lose its essence, not to mention the characters, even the plot is fragmented, and it can't be considered a movie at all. But since "Jaws", in the past two decades, popcorn commercial blockbusters with visual effects have become the main force that swept the whole army in the summer file, especially the "Star Wars" series and the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series have achieved great success, and the high return brought by high investment is something that film companies have no way to give up.

"Ace Correspondent" can be said to be a case of comedy movies in the same vein, low-cost, small-scale, relying on the quality of the script and the charm of the actors to attract audiences. The biggest success series in recent years is "Home Alone", and the series of movies starring Jim Carrey is also a representative, this type of work is often difficult to achieve a brilliant box office, most of the time it is a small profit, to really make a box office explosion, it is very difficult, because comedy is difficult to please everyone.

It can be said that "Armageddon" and "Ace Correspondent" also represent two views in the Hollywood industry now, but what these two works have in common is that they put their chips on star effect. What kind of waves can be created by the 20 million salary, and what kind of impact can it have, this is all expected, and it will become evidence for the industry to reflect its own views.

Moreover, it is rumored that these two works hope to be released in the summer of 1996, although the process of film production is difficult to judge directly, and it is still unknown whether it can catch up with the summer schedule, but if both works are successfully released in the summer, the box office comparison between the two is bound to detonate the heat of the whole summer.

Industry professionals are looking forward to the impact that the box office trends of "Armageddon" and "Ace Correspondent" will have on the future of the film industry, and either one of the two works wins, or both win and both fail, and either result is bound to have infinite wavelengths.

Ordinary audiences are looking forward to the appeal of Hugo and Kim, the two "20 million club" actors, there is no doubt that these two actors are the pinnacle of the North American box office in the past two years, and this time they hold 20 million salaries in both hands and start a peak showdown, no acting considerations, no word-of-mouth shackles, no award beams, and it is completely dependent on the box office to decide the winner, which is bound to become the most anticipated showdown in the North American film market.

It can be said that the pressure on the future trend of almost the entire industry is piled up on the two actors, if both win and end up in a win-win attitude, this will naturally be a great joy, but whether both fail or one person fails, it will be a disaster.

At least for six months, there will be no third member of the 20 million club, no one will want to talk about this troubled waters, and no one will want to take on such tremendous pressure. The title of "making history" sounds attractive, but the risks are just as terrible, and it is the eternal theorem that the benefits are the same.

This is also an important reason why several big names in the previous innovative artist agency - Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, including Tom Hanks of Endeavor Elite Agency, hesitated and shy back when they received an offer of 20 million yuan.

Is it worth the risk? You may even want to block your career development prospects. Is it still with a salary of 15 million to continue to prosper, or is it a brave adventure with the hot potato of the first salary of 20 million in history? This question has a balance in everyone's mind.

Now, once everything is settled, Hugo and Kim will be the ones who test the waters, and their success or failure is not only personal success or failure, nor is it only the success or failure of the company they belong to and the company to which the work belongs, but also the success or failure of the continuous evolution of the entire Hollywood market.

Not only the agency, the film production company, but also the actors, directors, and even the behind-the-scenes production personnel of the crew will pay close attention to this showdown between Hugo and Kim, because the outcome of this showdown is likely to determine whether their salaries can be increased by a few percentage points in the future.

Objectively speaking, most people hope that Hugo and King can both succeed and achieve a win-win situation, which will be the prosperity of the whole of Hollywood, even the film production company that will have to hemorrhage in the future is also happy to see it - as long as there is enough profit increase; Even if they can't win both, they hope that the winner can show that he is strong, strong enough to truly stabilize the "20 million club"; And the loss of both is definitely an ending that no one wants to see.

It's a really funny situation, the pressure of the whole Hollywood is piling up on the shoulders of Hugo and King, people are jealous of the historic breakthrough of these two actors, but people also ridicule the heavy pressure of these two actors, the mentality of faint anticipation and schadenfreude, full of exciting weirdness.

The first and second members of the 20 million club are commendations, pinnacles, and fame; But it is also pressure, it is a dangerous peak, and it is unknown...... This qiē is like walking a rope in the sky, holding the two ends of the cliff together with a slender rope, and below is the bottomless valley, no one knows what will happen after going down, maybe you will survive, you may see a paradise, but maybe it will be an abyss. Walking on the rope, everyone in the world is watching, but it is unknown whether it will be able to reach the other side of the cliff.

In the midst of the raging winds, the two warriors, Hugo and King, are about to take a step.

From 1995 to the end of 1996, the whole Hollywood was surging, all forces, all walks of life, almost every corner of the film industry were mobilized, everyone became a part of this era, will become a part of the earth-shaking changes of this era, just like all music lovers in 1993 witnessed the stormy waves of rock and roll, the glory of that year is forever engraved in the memory of countless people, and it is destined to go down in history at this moment.

At the end of the year, Brad Pitt rose strongly, relying on the excellent performance of "Twelve Monkeys", not only defeated his fateful rival Hugo head-on for the first time in terms of momentum, topics and box office, but also received unparalleled praise in terms of acting skills, sweeping away the previous haze, making "Seven Deadly Sins" also one of the boosts for him to reach the top, not to mention that the affirmation of "People" magazine directly pushed him to the throne of "All-American Lover".

Jim Carrey became the second actor in film history to earn $20 million after Hugo, and the most successful comedian of the past two years beat Arnold Schwarzenegger and other action superstars to join the ranks, which also shows that after Hollywood has experienced the peak of 1994, it has entered the throes of self-reflection, and the conflict between high cost and control cost has gradually surfaced.

Just when people thought that 1994 would be the peak of Hugo's career, Hugo showed everyone his breakthrough with practical actions, and in 1995 he engraved an indelible mark, climbing a new peak and achieving the myth of superstardom!