The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1216 Year-end List
In 2002, "Spider-Man" set a series of records with great success, and "Cat and Mouse Game" created incredible box office success, which also made Anson soar to the top of Hollywood.

But in Hollywood, people are still a little hesitant about Anson's star halo, because the leverage of "Spider-Man" and "Catch Me If You Can" is too obvious, and how much of the box office explosion is due to Anson?

A question mark is needed.

Originally, professional opinions in the Hollywood industry believed that the answer would not be revealed until 2004, depending on the box office performance of "Spider-Man 2".

However, as 2003 came to a close, the answer had already been revealed.

In 2003, the North American year-end box office rankings were announced, with many surprises:

Champion, “Finding Nemo,” $339 million.

Runner-up: "Pirates of the Caribbean," $305 million.

Third place: "The Matrix 2", $ million.

The overall performance is slightly inferior to last year, but it is still worth celebrating.

Especially for "Pirates of the Caribbean", from the production to the post-production to the distribution, and even before it was released, industry insiders generally believed that this movie would be another box office disaster after "Cutthroat Island" and "Waterworld". Disney created this work specifically to promote the Pirates of the Caribbean game in the theme park, and it looked like a flop no matter how you looked at it.

But, the box office exploded.

Moreover, it is not just an ordinary eye-catching highlight, but has evolved into a new cultural phenomenon with a profound influence comparable to the year when "Star Wars" came out.

Some people are curious, "Spider-Man" has a better box office and is almost breaking the record of "Titanic", why is Johnny Depp's rise even more fierce?

The answer lies in cultural influence.

"Spider-Man" ultimately has an influence that returns to the role of the superhero; but in "Pirates of the Caribbean", Johnny Depp has created a unique and charming image, jumping out from the cracks in the rocks and sweeping through the enemy. People's goodwill and admiration can be 100% or even 120% reflected on Johnny.

Later, the relationship between a series of Marvel movie characters and actors was the same -

The movie was a success; the character became very popular.

But at the end of the day, the audience still likes the superhero character, so when the actor leaves the role to star in other works, the audience often doesn't pay much attention.

The charm of the character is greater than the charm of the actor.

Naturally, the studios are willing to pay for the characters but not for the actors.

It's the same as theme parks. When actors put on masks and costumes to become characters, they can own the world; but when they take off the costumes, people often don't recognize them.

Therefore, Johnny Depp used this movie to detonate all the accumulation of the previous 20 years and soared to the top.

The Oscar nomination for Best Actor is the best proof.

Fourth place: "The Lord of the Rings 3", $ million.

Fifth place: “Ace of Mortals”, $242 million.

No. 6, “The Butterfly Effect,” $230 million.

In this interval, a name appears that should not appear:
"The Butterfly Effect".

In the year-end box office rankings, the production costs of the other top ten films all exceeded $3 million, and there were even films like "Terminator " that cost as much as $ million, and "Pirates of the Caribbean" that cost as much as $ million.

These films need to break through 200 million or even 300 million in North American box office, plus overseas box office, to break even and make a profit. Compared with their cost figures, their box office performance is just average. It's not worth making a fuss about.

However, the "Butterfly Effect", which cost only 10 million U.S. dollars to produce, appeared here and ranked sixth.

There was an exclamation.

When people admire Johnny Depp's charm for bringing "Pirates of the Caribbean" 300 million North American box office, when people lament that Jim Carrey is still the market darling and has once again written a box office myth with "Austin Powers in Gold", look at them and then look at the "Butterfly Effect", and the shock is overwhelming.

There is no harm without comparison. At this moment, people truly realized Anson's box office appeal.

If people cheer for Johnny Depp and Jim Carrey, then people should definitely bow down to Anson.

Without Spider-Man or Steven, relying entirely on Anson himself, "The Butterfly Effect" proudly entered the top ten of 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!
Seventh place, "X-Men 2".

Eighth place, “Christmas Elves”.

Ninth place, "Terminator 3".

Tenth place: "Bad Boys 2".

Among them, there is "Elf" which unexpectedly achieved box office success, and there are also "Terminator 3" and "Bad Boys 2" which had high investments but failed to reap high returns.

These two film series ended directly. It was not until many years later that Hollywood lacked inspiration for original films and producers turned their attention to old films, and the film series was restarted.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that the final North American box office of "The Matrix 3" was only million US dollars, which is a very, very bad result. Regardless of the production cost of million US dollars, or the fact that the second film in the series took million in the summer of the same year but hit a wall six months later in the final chapter of the series, and the final box office figures were directly cut in half.

Such a scene is truly shocking.

Fortunately, however, the "Matrix" series became a science fiction classic and was later very popular in the DVD rental market, still making a lot of money for Warner Bros., so much so that 18 years later, Warner Bros. forcibly pulled the director out and filmed the fourth part of the series half-inducing and half-forcing him.

Sadly, it was a mess and the behind the scenes footage is a complete mess. But that's another story.

Outside the top ten of the year-end list, "Elephant" finally ranked 38th with a box office of 72 million. It is also the lowest-cost work among the top 50 of the year-end list, and it does not have the bonus of an Oscar nomination.

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, and Anson can still be seen in the world's year-end rankings around the world, without exception.

This is another kind of impact.

Slightly different from North America, "The Lord of the Rings 3" relied on the accumulated reputation and expectations of the series. The appearance of the final chapter of the series set off a frenzy around the world, helping the film's global box office to break through the billion-dollar threshold in one go.

As the only film in 2003 to exceed $ billion in box office revenue worldwide, it topped the global box office year-end championship.

There is no doubt that this is a perfect ending to this epic series, and New Line Cinema has inexplicably become the most prominent work of the year.

Don’t forget, “Elf” and “The Butterfly Effect” are also productions of New Line Cinema.

(End of this chapter)