At $288 million, "Truman's World" has reached such heights in just nine weeks after its release, setting a new record in film history, with a strong momentum that surpasses "Home Alone", replacing "Home Alone" in one fell swoop and becoming the tenth place at the box office in film history.

People have predicted that "Truman's World" will achieve a box office success, people have predicted that the final box office of "Truman's World" will reach more than 200 million, people have predicted that "Truman's World" is likely to become one of the most outstanding comedy films in film history, and people have predicted that "Truman's World" may once again become a witness to the "Hugo Myth...... But people did not predict that "Truman's world" would reach such heights.

Before the release of "Truman's World", due to the topics caused by "The Sixth Sense" and "Star Wars", many people thought that Hugo had lost his mind, first comedy movies, and then horror movies, and the uncertainty brought by these works of different themes was difficult for any actor to overcome, which also lowered the box office expectations of "Truman's World".

But now, the "world of Truman" is going further and further in terms of historical heights.

After breaking the box office record of "Home Alone", the pace of "Truman's World" has not stopped, and it is still striding towards the threshold of 300 million. At present, in the entire film history, there are only eight works that have grossed 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 the other "Star Wars 2" ranks ninth in film history with a box office figure of 290 million. Coupled with the stellar performance of the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series, all of this became the cornerstone of Harrison's emergence as the first box office superstar in film history.

However, Harrison's two series are obviously works with directorial ability and series culture above actors, which is why Tom Cruise, Hugo Lancaster, and Tom Hanks quickly replaced Harrison's box office superstar status after they came out. Compared to Harrison, their box office appeal is more diverse and personal, and their appeal to audiences is higher than Harrison's.

Now, Hugo also has the second work to be among the top ten box office in film history, and it is two completely different works, and "Truman's World" is about to become his second personal box office 300 million work, in this regard, Hugo is also about to compete with Harrison, and truly implement his "box office superstar" title. After "Independence Day", a "Los Angeles Secret" and a "Truman's World" created a new peak of Hugo's career in an alternative way.

In the fourth week of August, before the end of the summer season, "Truman's World" brought its cumulative box office over $300 million with a weekend box office of $8 million, and reached $300.5 million, becoming the ninth film in film history to exceed $300 million at the box office, and also ranked ninth in the box office in film history.

Just as no one could have predicted that "Life and Death" would get $239 million at the box office, no one could have predicted that "L.A. Confidential" would get $260 million at the box office, and no one could have predicted that "Truman's World" would burst out with the ability to make $300 million.

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", "Star Wars 3", among the eight works, only one "Forrest Gump" is a drama film, and one "The Lion King" is an animated film, and the other eight films are all commercial blockbusters dominated by visual effects - all of the top five are like this.

From this perspective, we can look at the main pattern of the North American film market.

But in such a situation, "Truman's World", as a comedy movie, a film with an investment of only 60 million US dollars, has reached such a rank, which is even incomparable to the height of "Forrest Gump".

This 300 million is not only more difficult, but it can be said that it has broken the rules and regulations that have been precipitated in the entire market for 30 years, and rewrote the miracle of "Truman's world". This is a box office myth comparable to $535 million on "Independence Day", but it happened to "Truman's world", such a myth is enough to go down in history and write a history of the ugly duckling transforming into a swan! Perhaps after the box office of movies in the future fully enters the 300 million years, it will be difficult to see such a myth.

The 300 million box office of "Truman's World" cheered the old pedants of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- or, more accurately, the conservatives throughout Hollywood who have always stubbornly adhered to the essence of cinema. Although on the Oscars not long ago, the "Titanic" won a big victory, but in fact, everyone knows that this is the inevitability of a historical process, but in fact, the commercial blockbusters led by visual effects are more of a victory for Wall Street, and for the Hollywood film industry itself, filmmakers always hope that they can have more room to play, which is the embodiment of their professional value.

"Truman's World" not only carries the professionalism of film critics, but also the last dream of professionals. Many screenwriters, photographers, and directors are full of praise for this work, because this work is their value. If the entire film market is flooded with commercial blockbusters, there will be no room for their talents. When the box office of the movie exceeded 300 million, not only Paramount Pictures, but also many industry insiders were overjoyed, and the atmosphere in Hollywood was extremely lively.

At the turn of the century, it seems that all aspects of the entire society are undergoing earth-shaking changes, and the changes in the field of film are even more turbulent. The professionals in it deeply feel the uneasy enthusiasm mixed with the blood, and they can't help but become enthusiastic in the face of the history created by "Truman's World".

When the "Independence Day" created a box office miracle the year before last, everyone was amazed; When "Titanic" wrote a box office myth last year, everyone exclaimed; This time, when "Truman's World" broke the box office record, everyone was in a revelry.

Only real insiders can understand the nuances of this, but this small difference has quietly changed the status of "Truman's World" in film history, and Peter Weir and Hugo Lancaster, who have created such miracles, have become the focus of attention - especially Hugo.

Although Hugo is just an actor, if you look closely at the trajectory of film development since 1992, Hugo can almost be said to have relied on his own efforts to promote every change in the course of history, "Independence Day" made film companies cheer, "L.A. Confidential" and "Perfect" made professional filmmakers raise their arms and shout, "Titanic" turned the film industry upside down, and "Truman's World" brought the balance of power back to balance.

At present, Hugo is already at the top of Hollywood's power list, and now with the achievements of "Truman's World", the industry's evaluation of Hugo has reached a higher level, especially in their inner weight and status, have developed essential changes, Hugo has quietly surpassed George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and others, becoming the first person with strong influence in Hollywood today, and his influence on the entire industry is unpredictable. Especially considering that Hugo has joined DreamWorks, the future development of the film industry is also full of more suspense and unknowns.

What's even more terrifying is that in the cheering of the entire Hollywood, this is still not the end of "Truman's world", after crossing the 300 million threshold, the release of the movie is still moving forward in an orderly manner, and Paramount Pictures has spared no effort to promote the movie, hoping that the historical height of this film can be further improved.

In the end, "Truman's World" was released all the way to the end of October, and the entire release line lasted for twenty weeks, which is already the limit for a comedy movie. The cumulative box office of "Truman's World" has staggered to $328 million, but unfortunately, it is only a thin line away from the record of 329 million for "Forrest Gump", but it has not been able to break the shackles.

The result of 328 million US dollars made "Truman's World" only catch up with "Star Wars 3" in the box office record of film history, ranking eighth in film history. Although it has not been able to get any closer, the final achievements of "Truman's World" have rewritten history and made a place in the entire history that cannot be ignored.

Especially thanks to the profound connotation of the movie, among the only nine works with a box office of 300 million in film history, "Truman's World" has stood on the same level as "Forrest Gump", which gave birth to a very important proposition: Can "Truman's World" win the Oscar for Best Picture?

At this time, there is still more than half a year before the Oscars, and it is too early to discuss this topic, but the pace of "Truman's World" to create box office miracles has not stopped.

With an investment of $60 million, it achieved more than 500 percent of the box office, and "Truman's World" once again replicated the box office miracles of "Life and Death" and "Los Angeles Confidential", which made Paramount Pictures overjoyed. But this is only the North American box office results, and the performance of "Truman's World" on a global scale is still remarkable.

It has been said that Hugo's global appeal even exceeds that of North America, because all over Europe, Hugo's grasp of art films has been unanimously praised, whether it is "Before Sunrise", "Seven Deadly Sins" and other works, or "Death Row Walk", "Los Angeles Confidential" and other works, have won the recognition of European critical film critics, Hugo is currently popular at the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival, which is one of the proofs.

Compared with Hollywood's commercial films, Hugo's works have more depth, and at the same time, the combination of commerce and art is better, which also makes Hugo's works have more explosive power at the global box office. So, what about "Truman's world"? Obviously, there are no exceptions!