Chapter 1216 Year-end List
In 2002, a "Spider-Man" set a series of record-breaking records, and a "Cat and Mouse Game" achieved box office success in an incredible manner. This also made Anson soar to the top of Hollywood.
But within Hollywood, people have always been a little hesitant about Anson's star halo, because the borrowing of "Spider-Man" and "Cat and Mouse Game" is too obvious, and how much of the box office explosion is due to Anson's contribution——
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A question mark is needed.
Originally, the professional opinion in the Hollywood industry believed that the answer would not be revealed until 2004, and we would have to look at the box office performance of "Spider-Man 2".
However, as 2003 comes to an end, the answer has already been released.
In 2003, the North American year-end box office rankings were announced, with many surprises:
Winner, "Finding Nemo," $339 million.
Runner-up, "Pirates of the Caribbean," $305 million.
Third place, "The Matrix 2," $280 million.
The overall performance is slightly inferior to last year, but it is still worthy of celebration.
Especially "Pirates of the Caribbean". From production to post-production to release, and before release, people in the industry generally believe that this movie will be another box office disaster after "Cutthroat Island" and "Waterworld". Disney This work was specially created to promote the Pirates of the Caribbean game in the theme park. No matter how you look at it, it is a hit.
However, the box office was a blast.
Moreover, it is not an ordinary eye-catching one, it has evolved into a brand new cultural phenomenon, with a profound influence comparable to that year when "Star Wars" was born.
Some people are curious. "Spider-Man" is even more powerful at the box office and is almost going to break the record of "Titanic". Why is Johnny Depp's rise even more fierce?
The answer lies in cultural influence.
In "Spider-Man", the final influence was his return to the role of a superhero; but in "Pirates of the Caribbean", Johnny Depp created a unique and charming image, jumping out from the cracks in the stone and sweeping across thousands of armies, and people's goodwill and The sigh can be reflected back to Johnny 100% or even 120% of the time.
Later, the relationship between a series of characters and actors in Marvel movies was also the same——
The movie is successful; the role is popular.
But in the final analysis, the audience still likes the superhero role, so when actors leave the role to star in other works, the audience often does not pay special attention.
The charm of the character is greater than the charm of the actor.
Naturally, studios are willing to pay for roles but not for actors.
It's the same thing as in a theme park. When actors put on hoods and costumes and become characters, they can own the whole world; but when they take off the costumes, people often don't recognize them.
Therefore, with this movie, Johnny Depp detonated all the foundation accumulated in the previous two decades and soared to the top——
The Oscar nomination for Best Actor is the best proof.
Fourth place, "The Lord of the Rings: Episode III," $249 million.
Fifth place, "Ace God", $242 million.
Sixth place, "Butterfly Effect", $230 million.
In this interval, a name appears that should not appear:
"Butterfly Effect".
In the year-end box office rankings, the production costs of other top ten works all exceeded US$100 million. There were even works like "Terminator 3" that cost as much as US$200 million, and the production cost of "Pirates of the Caribbean" was as high as US$140 million. .
For these works, they need the North American box office to exceed 200 million or even 300 million, plus overseas box office, to break even and finally make a profit. Compared with their cost figures, the box office results are average. Not worth the fuss.
However, "Butterfly Effect", which cost only 10 million US dollars to produce, appears here and ranks sixth in the top spot——
There was an exclamation.
When people praise Johnny Depp's charm for bringing "Pirates of the Caribbean" a North American box office of 300 million, when people lament that Jim Carrey is still the darling of the market and once again writes box office myths with "Ace", look at them , look at the "butterfly effect" again, and the shock is overwhelming.
No comparison means no harm, and it is at this moment that people are truly aware of Anson's box office appeal.
If people are cheering for Johnny Depp and Jim Carrey, then they should definitely be worshiping Anson.
Without "Spider-Man" and without Steven, relying entirely on Anson himself, "The Butterfly Effect" proudly entered the top ten in the year-end box office rankings.
All disputes and doubts should be put to rest.
Anson Wood is the number one person in Hollywood right now!
No. 7, "X-Men 2."
Eighth place, "Christmas Elf".
Ninth place, "Terminator 3".
No. 10, "Bad Boys 2."
Among them, there are not only "Christmas Elf" that unexpectedly achieved box office success, but also "Terminator 3" and "Jedi Men 2", which have high investment but failed to reap high returns——
These two series of movies directly came to an end. It was not until many years later that Hollywood lacked inspiration for original movies, and producers turned their attention to old movies, and the series of movies was restarted.
Moreover, it is worth mentioning that the final North American box office of "The Matrix 3" was only US$139 million, a very, very poor result, regardless of the production cost of US$150 million or the second part of the series. It was released in the summer of the same year and grossed 280 million, but the series finale hit a wall six months later, and the final box office figure was cut in half.
Such a scene is really shocking.
However, fortunately, the "Matrix" series became a science fiction classic and later became very popular in the video rental market. It still made a lot of money for Warner Bros., so much so that Warner Bros. pulled the director out 18 years later. Half-induced and half-forced, I filmed the fourth part of the series——
Unfortunately, it was a mess, and the behind-the-scenes footage was a piece of cake. But that's another story.
In addition to the top ten on the year-end list, "Elephant" finally ranked 38th with a box office figure of 72 million. This is also the lowest-cost film among the top 50 at the year-end list, and it does not have an Oscar. Nomination bonus.
To some extent, this is a more shocking result than the "Butterfly Effect".
However, this is still not all.
In addition to North America, there are also overseas markets. Anson can still be seen in the world's year-end lists around the world, without exception.
This is another kind of impact.
Slightly different from North America, "Lord of the Rings 3" relied on the accumulated reputation and expectations of the series. The debut of the final chapter of the series set off a craze around the world, helping the film's global box office to cross the billion-dollar threshold in one go——
As the only film in 2003 with box office sales exceeding one billion US dollars worldwide, it topped the global box office year-end championship.
There is no doubt that this is a perfect end to this epic series, and New Line Cinema has surprisingly become the most popular work of the year.
Don’t forget, “Christmas Elf” and “The Butterfly Effect” are also New Line Cinema productions.
(End of chapter)