Chapter 2020

With US$288 million, "The Truman Show" has reached such a high level in just nine weeks of release, creating a new record in film history, with a powerful momentum surpassing "Home Alone", replacing "Little Alone" in one fell swoop. "The Head of the House" has become the tenth highest box office in film history.

People have predicted that "The Truman Show" will achieve a big success at the box office, people have predicted that "The Truman Show" will eventually reach more than 200 million at the box office, and people have predicted that "The Truman Show" is likely to become the best box office record in film history One of the famous comedy movies, people predicted that "The Truman Show" may once again become a witness of the "Hugo Myth"...but people did not predict that "The Truman Show" could reach such a height.

Before "The Truman Show" was released, many people thought that Hugo lost his mind due to the topics caused by "The Sixth Sense" and "Star Wars". First, comedy movies, then horror movies, these different themes The uncertainty brought about by his work is difficult for any actor to overcome, which also lowered the box office expectations of "The Truman Show".

But now, "The Truman Show" has gone further and further in terms of historical heights.

After breaking the box office record of "Home Alone", "The Truman Show" has not stopped, and is still making great strides towards the 300 million threshold. At present, in the long history of film, there are only eight works with a box office of more than 300 million, including one of Hugo's works: "Independence Day".

At present, among these eight works, Harrison Ford has exclusive two: "Star Wars 1" and "Star Wars 3", and "Star Wars 2" ranks ninth in film history with box office data of 290 million . Coupled with the outstanding performance of the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series, it all became the cornerstone of Harrison becoming the first box office superstar in film history.

However, the two series of Harrison's works are obviously the works of the director and the culture of the series is higher than that of the actors. The reason why Harrison was soon replaced as a box office superstar. Compared with Harrison, their box office appeal is more diversified and more personal, and their appeal to the audience is higher than that of Harrison.

Now, Hugo also has the second work among the top ten box office in film history, and it is two completely different works, and "The Truman Show" will soon become his second work with a box office of 300 million. On the one hand, Hugo is also about to match Harrison and truly realize his title of "box office superstar". After "Independence Day", "LA Confidential" and "The Truman Show" created a new peak of Hugo's career in an alternative way.

In the fourth week of August, before the end of the summer vacation, "The Truman Show" brought its cumulative box office to more than 300 million US dollars with a weekend box office of 8 million US dollars, and reached 305 million US dollars, became the ninth movie in film history with a box office of more than 300 million, and also ranked ninth in the box office of movie history.

Just as no one could have predicted that "Speed" would earn $239 million at the box office, no one could have predicted that "LA Confidential" would earn $260 million at the box office, let alone One could have predicted that "The Truman Show" would break out with a box office of 300 million yuan.

Take a closer look at the eight works that currently have a box office of 300 million, "Titanic", "Independence Day", "Star Wars", "Alien E.T", "Jurassic Park", "Forrest Gump" ", "The Lion King" and "Star Wars 3", among these eight works, only one "Forrest Gump" is a feature film, one "The Lion King" is an animation, and the other eight The movies are all commercial blockbusters with visual effects as the main part-all of the top five are like this.

From this perspective, we can see the main structure of the North American film market.

But under such circumstances, "The Truman Show", as a comedy movie, a movie with an investment of only 60 million US dollars, has entered such a rank, which is even unmatched by "Forrest Gump" high.

This 300 million is not just as simple as being more difficult, it can be said that it has broken the rules and regulations of the entire market for 30 years, and rewritten the miracle that belongs to "Truman's World". This is a box office myth comparable to "Independence Day" with a box office of 535 million US dollars, but it happened in "The Truman Show". Perhaps it will be difficult to see such a myth after the movie box office has fully entered the 300 million era in the future.

The 300 million box office of "The Truman Show" made the old academics of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences cheer—or, to be more precise, it made the entire Hollywood who have always stubbornly adhered to the essence of the movie forget their hearts Celebrate. Although the "Titanic" won a big victory on the Oscars not long ago, everyone knows that this is an inevitable historical process, but in fact, the commercial blockbusters led by visual effects are more of Wall Street. Victory, for the Hollywood film industry itself, filmmakers still hope that they can have more room to play, this is the embodiment of their professional value.

"The Truman Show" not only carries the professionalism of film critics, but also entrusts the final dreams of professionals. Many screenwriters, photographers, and directors are full of praise for this work, because this work is the embodiment of their value. If the entire film market is flooded with commercial blockbusters, there will be no room for their talents to be used. When the box office of a movie exceeds 300 million, not only Paramount Pictures, but also many people in the industry are overjoyed, and the atmosphere in Hollywood is extremely active.

At the turn of the century, it seems that every aspect of the entire society is undergoing earth-shaking changes, and the changes in the film field are even more turbulent. The professionals in it deeply felt the uneasy enthusiasm mixed in their blood. Facing the history created by "Truman's World", they couldn't help but become excited.

Everyone was amazed when "Independence Day" created a box office miracle the year before last; everyone was amazed when "Titanic" wrote a box office myth last year;

The nuances of this can only be understood by real insiders, but this little difference has quietly changed the status of "The Truman Show" in film history, and created such a miracle. Peter - Weir and Hugo - Lancaster is the focus of attention - especially Hugo.

Although Hugo is just an actor, if you look closely at the film development trajectory since 1992, Hugo can almost be said to rely on his own power to promote every change in the historical process. "Independence Day" made the film The company cheered happily, "LA Confidential" and "As Good as It Gets" made film professionals cheer up, "Titanic" turned the film industry upside down, and "The Truman Show" brought the balance of power back into balance.

At present, Hugo is already at the forefront of Hollywood's power list, and now with the achievements of "The Truman Show", the industry's evaluation of Hugo has reached a higher level, especially in their hearts. The weight and status in the film have undergone essential changes. Hugo has quietly surpassed George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and others, and has become the first person with powerful influence in Hollywood today. The influence of the entire industry is unpredictable. Especially considering that Hugo has joined DreamWorks, the future development of the film industry is full of more suspense and unknowns.

What's even more frightening is that, amidst the cheers and cheers from all over Hollywood, this is still not the end of "The Truman Show". It spared no effort to promote the film, hoping that the historical height of this film can be further improved.

In the end, "The Truman Show" was screened all the way until the end of October, and the entire release lasted for 20 weeks. For a comedy movie, such an achievement is already the limit. The cumulative box office of "The Truman Show" has reached 328 million U.S. dollars. Unfortunately, it is only a thin line away from the 329 million record of "Forrest Gump". But still failed to break the shackles.

With a score of 328 million US dollars, "The Truman Show" only caught up with "Star Wars 3" in the box office record of film history, ranking eighth in film history. Although it didn't get any closer, the final achievements of "The Truman Show" have rewritten history and won a place that cannot be ignored in the long river of history.

Especially thanks to the profound connotation of the film, among the only nine works with a box office of 300 million in the history of film, "The Truman Show" has already stood on the same level as "Forrest Gump", which was born A very important proposition: Can "The Truman Show" win the Oscar for Best Picture?

At this time, there is still more than half a year before the Oscar Awards Ceremony, and it is too early to discuss this topic, but the pace of "The Truman Show" creating box office miracles has not stopped.

With an investment of 60 million U.S. dollars, it achieved more than 500% of the box office. "The Truman Show" once again copied the box office miracles of "Speed" and "LA Confidential", which made Paramount Pictures enter the market. Up and down were overjoyed. But this is only the North American box office results, and the global performance of "The Truman Show" is still remarkable.

Someone once said that Hugo's global appeal even surpassed North America, because in all parts of Europe, Hugo's grasp of art films has been unanimously praised, whether it is "Before Sunrise", "Seven Deadly Sins" Such works, such as "Death Row Walking" and "LA Confidential", have won the approval of critical European film critics. Hugo's current popularity at the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival is one of the proofs.

Compared with Hollywood commercial films, Hugo's works are more in-depth, and at the same time, they combine business and art better, which also makes Hugo's works have more explosive power at the global box office. So, what about "The Truman Show"? Obviously, no exceptions!