Chapter 2021 2021 Sweeping the World
When "The Truman Show" landed on the North American market in the first week of June, it also landed in Britain, Germany and France. Although as a comedy movie, "The Truman Show" has limited appeal, and the speed of introduction in various countries and regions in overseas markets is far behind such works as "Godzilla", "Clash of Heaven and Earth", and "Peerless Cataclysm". However, thanks to the strong confidence of major theaters in Hugo, the speed of "The Truman Show" landing in overseas markets has exceeded expectations.
However, the box office performance of the three countries and regions in the first week of the United Kingdom, Germany and France failed to explode with amazing energy. "The Truman Show", an awakening fable and black fairy tale, did not seem to be able to attract audiences in the three countries and regions. With their enthusiasm, the box office of the opening weekend did not exceed 10 million US dollars. Although compared with their own works in these countries and regions, they still have obvious advantages and undoubtedly won the box office championship of the weekend, but objectively speaking, the performance is far from It is far less than Hugo's previous works, which is surprising.
——Now, Hugo success is not news, failure is.
Nevertheless, "The Truman Show" still triggered a frenzy of discussions among professional film critics and news media in Britain, Germany and France, just like the heated discussions caused by the film in the United States. The praise of professionals, especially in the UK and Germany, is even more frantic than in the US.
Britain has always had an undoubted preference for black comedies. They are always keen to show their humor in sarcasm, and the almost absurd performance in "The Truman Show" has made many professional film critics applaud. The profound meaning implied in the film is even more interesting, and it is considered to be the most outstanding comedy movie in the United States after Charlie Chaplin.
Germany is full of praise for the cruel reality of this black fairy tale. Many professionals believe that Peter Weir's bold and direct analysis of the current status of the entertainment industry is not only courageous, but also profound and sharp. In fact, Hollywood is the most representative of the commercialization of the entertainment industry, but the entire European film industry is also being eroded by commercialization bit by bit—the Cannes Film Festival has been assimilated, the Venice Film Festival is seeking changes, and the Berlin Film Festival Stubborn opinion seems to have fallen behind the times, so German filmmakers are obviously supportive of the issues discussed in "The Truman Show".
This upsurge of discussion began to spread throughout Europe. Compared with the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences choosing "Titanic", in fact, European filmmakers have always been staunch supporters of "LA Confidential". The essence of a movie should always be the story itself, and visual effects are just a means to supplement and present the story. Works like "Independence Day" and "Titanic" are putting the cart before the horse, and they are a wrong model for the development of the film industry. .
Therefore, "The Truman Show" almost got the support and support of more than half of the European film industry, and the momentum actually surpassed that of the North American continent.
After experiencing the first wave of frenzied discussions, debates about free consciousness and spiritual homeland also began to spread. Compared with the United States, the religious forces in the European continent are more deeply rooted, but at the same time, the thoughts here are more open and diverse, so The forces on both sides burst out with boundless energy and started a heated debate—the continent of Europa, which has never been defined by a summer holiday, is really feeling the frenzy of the midsummer heat wave at this time.
Under such circumstances, the box office of "The Truman Show" gradually increased. In the UK, France and Germany, the box office in the next week all showed reverse growth, and ended the second week's journey with a rise, especially with the movie Word of mouth began to spread gradually, and more and more audiences began to walk into the cinema.
At this time, people discovered that they originally thought that "The Truman Show" as a non-visual special effects blockbuster, from the perspective of an awakening fable, the production level must not be as good as the average level in Europe; but now it proves their thinking It is wrong. Although "The Truman Show" is full of strong American style-the conservative happy family advocated in the movie is more of a typical middle-class life in the United States, but the layout, perspective, and ideas of the whole work are all different. is commendable.
Excellent word-of-mouth, high enthusiasm, and numerous debates... All these made "The Truman Show" break out of the phenomenal box office curve in the UK, France, and Germany. In the end, the box office actually exceeded 30 million U.S. dollars. This performance has directly approached "Independence Day", which made everyone exclaimed.
Just in these three countries and regions, "The Truman Show" has successfully passed the 100 million threshold, and it has launched the first shot in the overseas film market!
During the third week of June, "The Truman Show" followed in Italy, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, and China. Country incense. It was released in 16 countries and regions including Hong Kong, and undoubtedly won the weekend box office champions in these regions, but then "The Truman Show" was released, and "The Truman Show" was pulled down. Obviously, in overseas markets, the dominance of "The Truman Show" is still inferior to that of the United States, and most importantly, it is inferior to commercial blockbusters with visual effects such as "Peerless Cataclysm". This is also a manifestation of the current development trend of the film industry.
In addition, "The Truman Show" has been released in 48 countries and regions around the world. Although it is a comedy movie without any outrageous scenes or lines, it is a movie suitable for audiences of all ages. The profound topics and dark colors make the film's release area slightly limited, which is much smaller than the 67 countries and regions around the world of "Peerless Catastrophe". This is also another aspect of the global film landscape-even if Hugo is the leading actor, "The Truman Show" will attract overseas markets. confused. The power is still not as good as a commercial blockbuster like "Peerless Catastrophe".
Despite this, Hugo's global box office appeal is still unrivaled. "The Truman Show" finally won the weekend box office audience in 43 countries and regions around the world, and there are as many as 11 regions that have won consecutive championships. ;The film has achieved a cumulative box office of more than 10 million US dollars in six countries and regions including Italy, Japan, and Argentina, and ten countries and regions have a total box office of more than 10 million worldwide. The commercial blockbuster is no less effective.
In the end, relying on the excellent overall performance, the global box office of "The Truman Show" reached 296 million US dollars. Unfortunately, it failed to cross the 300 million threshold, but this result is still temporarily leading the 1998 so far. Overseas box office rankings, and very promising to become this year's year-end global box office champion.
The overseas box office performance is not the best. Hugo has already had three overseas box office works that exceeded 300 million. The box office performance only surpassed the 290 million of "Seven Deadly Sins", which is indeed not the best.
But for a film with special significance like "The Truman Show", such an achievement is still eye-catching, especially considering the heavy core theme of the film and the investment of 60 million U.S. dollars. Even though it is not as good as "Seven Deadly Sins" and its commercial effect elements are not as good as "LA Confidential", it still reaches such a high level, which is even more awe-inspiring.
At the moment in 1998, there are only twelve works with an overseas box office of more than 300 million yuan, such as "Titanic", "Independence Day", "Jurassic Park", "The Lion King", and "Alien E". T", "Star Wars", "Forrest Gump", "Jurassic Park: The Lost World", "Speed", "LA Confidential", "Men in Black", "Terminator 2". Now "The Truman Show" has become the thirteenth one outrageously!
What's even more frightening is that in the overseas box office list, only Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" series both broke the 300 million threshold, and even the famous "Star Wars" failed to make it. Reached such a height, but Hugo alone occupied four seats! A ratio of close to one-third clearly demonstrates Hugo's current global dominance.
Perhaps, the overseas box office of "The Truman Show" is not as amazing as "LA Confidential"-but in fact, this is only because of the high expectations of people for Hugo. Any actor or any director is definitely worth celebrating.
But anyone seems to have forgotten that just before the release of "The Truman Show", many people expressed their concerns and doubts about this comedy movie, and many people looked at Hugo's first comedy film with a skeptical attitude. Challenge; but now, people come to criticize the box office of 300 million in North America and 300 million overseas as "not good enough". Who is this satirizing and laughing at?
This outstanding result once again demonstrated Hugo's strong appeal to people, and at the same time allowed the global cumulative box office of "The Truman Show" to reach 624 million US dollars, which is still more than that of "The Truman Show". "L.A. Confidential" has become Hugo's second highest-grossing work in the world.
Just a year ago, "LA Confidential" made such a breakthrough, surpassing "Speed", "The Seven Deadly Sins", and "Schindler's List", which had outstanding global box office performances, and became Hugo's No. Er Gao's works; now "The Truman Show" has once again broken such a record.
The 600 million-level global box office easily made "The Truman Show" a strong contender for the global box office champion at the end of 1998. Now people are focusing on "Saving Private Ryan". Maybe Steven can Lead this epic war masterpiece to create miracles.
Sweeping momentum, perhaps this is the most accurate description of the arrival of "The Truman Show" in the summer of 1998.