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2003 has passed, and the year-end North American box office list is also freshly released.

Until then, Lyman, who was busy shooting in a corner, seemed to be remembered.

In 2003, when the curtain just came to an end, he may not have been the most vigorous and watched director, but he was the one with the most rapid rise. He almost made his debut on the Hollywood Vanity Fair in a very tough way.

Looking at the North American market throughout the year, it is enough to leave a place.

"The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" continues the strength of the previous work as always. Director Peter Jackson is undoubtedly the brightest star this year. As of now, the North American box office has won the year-end list with 35.36 million US dollars. Single champion, but this is not the end. Although the market has fallen sharply after a period of screening, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to get another ten million.

That's it, but the absolute overlord who has already locked the top name.

At the same time, such achievements are only behind "Titanic" (650 million), "Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Threat" (470 million), "ET-Alien" (430 million), ranking fourth in film history.

In other words, the benefits created by the entire Lord of the Rings series of trilogy are enough to make every investor too enthusiastic. It can be expected that the blockbuster era and blockbuster production will become more fierce.

After that, Pixar Studio's "Finding Nemo" won the runner-up, with a North American box office score of more than 339 million.

Of course, this is nothing to be particularly happy about. For Pixar, the animations they produce have basically been in the top three in the past years, and they have never fallen behind.

As for the third place, it was "Bad Guy". The North American market score of more than 334 million won instantly reminded countless people in the industry.

This is also the only French director in film history to make the year-end list in North America, which is enough to make people feel a little bit incredulous.

On the one hand, people are surprised that a noir crime movie can achieve such a good result, on the other hand, they are surprised at the completion of the content of the work-this is only the director's fourth feature film, which already needs to look up.

I think at the beginning, a "Three Stupies Raising Bollywood" became famous at the Sundance Film Festival. Even if it finally won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Goldman, everyone generally believed that the film industry had come out of a powerful independent director. It is not uncommon for talents to always appear every three to five years.

Counting forward, there are the Coen brothers (representative works: "Blood Maze", "Ice Blood Storm", "Old Nowhere") Quentin Tarantino is a little closer, just after people speculate that he is the second "Quentin" At that time, a year later, his name appeared in the top three of the North American year-end box office charts. To be honest, this is by no means an area that an independent director can touch. It is even more so than he won the Oscar for best director. It's incredible, even though he hasn't even received a nomination.

However, such a rapid change is very outrageous. If it weren't really happening in front of our eyes, no one would believe it.

Unfortunately, reality is always more psychedelic than story.

First, a war movie "Furious" slapped countless film critics in the face, and the casting of Nicholas Cage was a hot topic of discussion at that time, attracting countless eyes and ridicule.

The final result was enough to make people speechless. Only then did he really start to transition from an independent director to a commercial director.

Although the major Hollywood film companies have seen his potential and money, the subsequent "Bad Guy" seems to be completed immediately. The mature commercial rhythm makes people can't help but feel emotional.

Especially for the role played by Tom Cruise, it is even more impressive.This also made people have to re-evaluate Lehmann’s directorial ability, and from this time, Barry Meyer’s idea of ​​wooing was strengthened-whether it was to dig out the depth of the movie or the tight plot rhythm; whether it was to train the actors. , The filming is still stable, which is amazing.

Following "Bad Guy" was another surprise work "Pirates of the Caribbean" last summer. The long-dead pirate theme actually received 306 million U.S. dollars, and the fourth place at the end of the year is what makes it always not good at making live-action movies. Disney was overjoyed.

However, it is worth mentioning that this list looks like a fight between Disney and Warner.In the top four, Disney occupies two seats (Pixar Studio was acquired by Disney), but Warner won the fifth, ninth, and tenth place with the "The Matrix" 2, 3 and "Terminator 3". Name, got three seats.In general, Warner is still ahead of the total score.

However, what makes Warner a little disappointed is that for a sequel like "The Matrix", the third part is not as high as the second one, and the second part is not as high as the first one. It is completely in line with the market of the "Lord of the Rings" series. The performance in reverse is also surprising.Is this the so-called "drive high and go low"?

As for the sixth, seventh, and eighth place, they are Twentieth Century Fox’s "X-Men 2", New Line Pictures’ "Elf" and Columbia Pictures’ "Jedi Men 2".

Superhero-themed movies are hot, and Twentieth Century Fox, who holds the copyright of the entire mutant, is also in his heart. The results are completely expected, and the final box office is 220 million US dollars; "Elf Elf" is one This family comedy movie still focuses on the Christmas atmosphere and the happy crowd market for the whole family, so it won a box office of 173 million US dollars at the Christmas time at the end of the year; "Jedi Men 2" starring the emerging first-line actor Will Smith, the market called for The power is amazing, even in the subject matter that is about to be played in Hollywood, the results are still gratifying, with a harvest of 158.8 million US dollars, which further proves that Will Smith is worth such a high salary.

In addition, Lehman's other work "Furious" also made the list smoothly with a North American box office of 154 million. Although it did not make it into the top ten, the 11th position is not aggrieved. It is still a dark horse of corrective posture. .

Thinking about it this way, this year's Paramount's small life is pretty good, and the top ten can occupy a seat. Considering the comparison of the shooting budgets of these two works, they are both big profits, and Paramount executives can also laugh. Publish the annual report.

In the end, only one Universe remained unhappy.

In Hollywood's Big Six, the bottom buddies suddenly climbed up. Why does this make them feel embarrassed?

Moreover, not to mention that they are not in the top ten on the list, even if they expand to the top twenty, they will still only have three.

The embarrassing thing is that "Hulk" has lost so much loss and is also on the list, ranking 15th. As for "Fake Celestial" and "Fast and Furious 2" ranked 13th and 16th respectively, although the two have some small profits, But watching other people eat meat, they have to save even some soup, and they can always live comfortably.

No, a large number of senior executives are at risk of being fired.

Hey, at the end of the year, it is always so difficult.Bitter.