Chapter 510 510 Global Box Office
With the gradual maturity of the film market, films from various countries have gradually entered the world stage, enriching the global film market. Although the United States has always been the most mature and successful film market in the world, Hollywood has never ignored it. In overseas markets, except for Africa, where the development of the entire film industry lags behind the world, the other four continents have well-established film markets.
Germany, Italy, France and the UK in Europe, and China in Asia. National fragrance. Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea, Australia in Oceania, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia in South America... The film market in these countries and regions has grown by leaps and bounds. In the European market in the hinterland, the box office potential cannot be underestimated. In December 1991, the European Community adopted the "European Union Treaty", and on November 1st, just before the release of "Schindler's List", Europe was officially born. This also means that the European Economic Community will have more far-reaching development potential, which is definitely a big plus for the movie box office market.
When Universal Pictures arranged the North American release schedule for "Schindler's List", it had already begun to negotiate with overseas markets. However, Universal Pictures originally planned to release "Schindler's List" around February 1994. Moving to the screen in overseas markets, because after about three months of publicity and brewing in North America, the film will have enough appeal, which can save a lot of cost for overseas publicity.
But no one thought that "Schindler's List" would set off a storm of public opinion in late November and early December, and even attracted the attention of the president, which also made the film's worldwide influence in an incredible way The momentum of the rapid rise, Germany, Australia and the United Kingdom, the three countries and regions took the lead in requesting "Schindler's List" to be released in advance.
After some careful planning, "Schindler's List" landed first in Germany, Australia and the United Kingdom in the last week of 1993.
Among them, Germany gave the film the highest level of attention. German President Richard von Weizsaumlcker personally attended the premiere of the film in Frankfurt (Frankfurt), expressing it with practical actions. In order to support the film, it also showed the world Germany's profound review and awakening of World War II.
This is also "Schindler's List". After the US President publicly expressed his support for the film, another national leader made a public platform for the film, which also pushed the film from an ordinary entertainment carrier to a whole new level, such as the country. The means of direct cultural exchange, and another example is the way for some countries to express their political positions. Obviously, Germany's performance won everyone's applause.
The courage and frankness of Germany have won them a very good position in the newly established EU, and also won the understanding and forgiveness of the world for them. Relatively speaking, the attitude of another defeated country in World War II has become a historical criticism, and it has not been able to improve until Hugo crosses. It is really different.
"Schindler's List" was a huge success in Germany, and the sincerity of the German people's repentance for that period of history can be clearly seen. In the end, the film won $73 million at the box office in Germany, ranking first The runner-up position in Germany's 1994 year-end movie box office chart is an incredible achievement.
The other two countries that were the first to release "Schindler's List" also delivered good answers. The British market received a box office of 40 million US dollars, becoming the third vote in the international market of "Schindler's List". Although Australia only handed over $15 million in box office figures, this figure was the third place in Australia's 1994 year-end box office.
Then, "Schindler's List" was screened in other countries and regions overseas one after another in 1994. Surprisingly, "Schindler's List" performed very well in the Japanese box office market - perhaps because The film condemned the German Nazis, not the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, which earned the entire Japanese market $43 million, making Schindler's List the second-best international box office performer.
The three markets of Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom are the three best performing countries and regions in the overseas market of "Schindler's List", and jointly contributed an astonishing box office of 156 million US dollars, which is really a shock human data.
In addition, the box office of five countries and regions including France, Italy, South Korea, Spain, and the Netherlands all exceeded the threshold of 10 million, and France and Italy both contributed more than 20 million at the box office. It can be seen that "Schindler" The "List" has a wide range of influence in Europe as a whole. Among them, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, and Poland also performed exceptionally well at the box office. .
"Schindler's List" grossed a total of $243 million in Europe, outstripping the film's North American box office figures.
It can be seen from this that the profound trauma left by the Second World War on the entire European continent, especially in the past three years, the turmoil of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the reunification of Germany, and the establishment of the European Union, has caused the entire Europe to be in constant panic in the post-World War II era. In the daze all day long, Oscar Schindler's story is not only a reflection on the Holocaust, but also the most inspiring force in the dark, so the film has received huge support in Europe, even more than in North America.
In the end, "Schindler's List" was screened in forty-seven countries and regions around the world, and before the end of 1994, it grossed a total of $330 million at the box office!
This kind of box office performance is absolutely not expected by anyone. The North American box office is 205 million US dollars and the global box office is 535 million US dollars. If such a strong box office data is put in last year, then "Schindler" The list" will surpass "Aladdin" as the year-end box office champion, even better than "Terminator 2" in 1991, which made a global box office of 520 million US dollars!
If it weren't for another box office monster "Jurassic Park" this summer, I'm afraid that "Schindler's List" would have made history, but even so, "Schindler's List" has written its own history.
On the North American box office charts, "Schindler's List" became the 16th film in film history to cross the threshold of 200 million at the box office; and on the global box office charts, "Schindler's List" was second only to In "Jurassic Park", "Alien E.T", "Star Wars (Star. Wars)", "Star Wars II: The Empire Strikes Back (The. Empire. Strikes. Back)", ranked fifth!
"Schindler's List" also became the highest-grossing black-and-white film of all time, if inflation was not factored in!
Of course, the most worth mentioning is that "Schindler's List" only invested 22 million, such a small cost investment that was almost ignored by everyone, but in exchange for the global 535 million Dollar box office, this has also become one of the works with the highest investment-to-return ratio in film history. Although Steven, Hugo and other crew members donated their profits to the Holocaust Foundation and the American Holocaust Museum, For Universal Pictures, they made a lot of money and achieved one of the company's greatest successes in the early 1990s, which caused the jealousy of other major film companies.
It can be said that "Schindler's List" has completed a task that is almost considered impossible, a ten-year production cycle, a film that almost everyone is not confident enough to complete, and is extremely tricky to tell. The story itself, which could have ruined everything, took on a whole new color in the hands of Steven Spielberg.
Recalling the hardships of the entire preparatory process, almost all film companies, all professionals and all media reporters were hesitant and hesitant about this subject, and Steven suffered several mental breakdowns during the filming process, and Hugo almost fell into The terrible situation of schizophrenia, not to mention the psychological torment suffered by the survivors who actually experienced the disaster of the concentration camps, the victory of "Schindler's List" can only be said to be the tip of the iceberg.
Compared with these praises, these public opinion crazes, and these box-office successes, the real significance of "Schindler's List" is to leave people with valuable spiritual property, so that future generations can see World War II through this film. The cruelty and terrifying of the massacre during that period should be taken as a warning.
This is also the reason why the Amon-Goss controversy was finally rehabilitated and sublimated the entire film, because "Schindler's List" reflects not only the disaster suffered by the Jewish people, but also the entire human race. The pressure that society bears in the war is that people are not human, ghosts are not ghosts, good people have become bad people, bad people have turned into demons, life has turned into grass, dignity has turned into dust... The impact of war Force destroys almost all good things. Not every war can have Oskar Schindler's, not every Oskar Schindler in every war can be successful, and not every war with Oskar Schindler can be known to future generations.
War is never what people need, peace can bring happiness.
From this point of view, Steven succeeded, he used his own lens to tell a true story, he did not substitute his own subjective thoughts to make a radical film; Hugo succeeded, he used his own performance to tell For the cruelty and cold-bloodedness of this war, he was not engulfed by the whole film; "Schindler's List" succeeded, it used a true story to arouse people's echoes and reflections, now half a century later Left a precious treasure for mankind.
"Schindler's List" ushered in a victory for itself and for humanity in peace.