When Truman's World landed in North America in the first week of June, it was also launched in the UK, Germany and France. Although as a comedy film, the appeal of "Truman's World" is limited, and the introduction speed of various countries and regions in overseas markets is far less than that of "Godzilla", "Heaven and Earth Collision", and "Peerless Apocalypse", but thanks to the strong confidence of major theaters in Hugo, the speed of "Truman's World" landing in overseas markets has exceeded expectations.

However, the first-week box office performance of the three countries and regions of the United Kingdom, Germany and France has not been able to burst out with amazing energy, "Truman's World" such a wake-up fable, black fairy tale, does not seem to be able to arouse the enthusiasm of audiences in the three countries and regions, the box office of the opening weekend has not been able to exceed 10 million US dollars, although compared with the works of these countries and regions themselves, it still has obvious advantages, and undoubtedly won the weekend box office championship, but objectively speaking, the performance is far less than Hugo's previous works, It's a big surprise.

-- Now, Hugo's success is not news, but failure.

Despite this, "Truman's World" still sparked a frenzy of discussion among professional film critics and news media in Britain, Germany and France, just as the film sparked a heated discussion in the United States, the film's profound core and thick heritage have been praised by professionals, especially in the United Kingdom and Germany, and the discussion is even more feverish than in the United States.

Britain has always had an unquestionable preference for black comedy, they are always keen to show their humor in the midst of sarcasm, and the almost absurd expression in "Truman's World" has made many professional film critics applaud, and the deep meaning of the film is even more talked, which is considered to be the best American comedy film after Charlie Chaplin.

Germany, on the other hand, is full of praise for the harsh reality of this black fairy tale, and many professionals agree that Peter Weir's bold and direct dissection of the current state of the entertainment industry is not only courageous, but also profoundly poignant. In fact, Hollywood is the most representative of the commercialization of the entertainment industry, but the entire European film industry is also being eaten away by commercialization little by little - the Cannes Film Festival has been assimilated, the Venice Film Festival is changing, and the Berlin Film Festival's stubbornness seems to be behind the times, so German filmmakers are obviously supportive of the "Truman's world" discussion.

Compared with the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences choosing the "Titanic", in fact, European filmmakers have always been staunch supporters of "Los Angeles Confidential", they believe that the essence of the film should always be the story itself, and visual effects are only a means to supplement and show the story, and works like "Independence Day" and "Titanic" are putting the cart before the horse, which is a wrong model for the development of the film industry.

Therefore, "Truman's World" has almost received the support and support of more than half of the European film industry insiders, and its momentum has even surpassed that of the North American continent.

After the first wave of heated discussions, the debate about free consciousness and spiritual home also began to spread, and the religious forces on the European continent were more entrenched than in the United States, but at the same time the ideas here were more open and pluralistic, so the forces on both sides burst out with infinite energy and launched a fierce debate - the continent of Europa, which has never been defined by the summer season, is really feeling the heat wave frenzy that swept through the middle of summer.

Under such circumstances, the box office of "Truman's World" gradually rose, and the box office in the United Kingdom, France and Germany actually showed reverse growth in the next week, ending the second week's journey with a rise, especially as the reputation of the movie began to spread gradually, more and more audiences began to enter the cinema.

At this time, people found out that they originally thought that "Truman's World" was a non-visual effects blockbuster, and from the perspective of a wake-up fable, the production level was definitely not as good as the average level in Europe; But now it has been proved that their idea is wrong, although "Truman's world" is full of strong American style - the conservative happy family advocated in the movie is more typical of American middle-class life, but the whole work is commendable in terms of structure, perspective, and thinking.

Excellent reputation, high enthusiasm, and many debates...... This made "Truman's World" out of the phenomenal box office curve in the United Kingdom, France and Germany, and the final box office exceeded $30 million when the premiere box office did not reach $10 million.

In just these three countries and regions, "Truman's World" successfully crossed the threshold of 100 million, and fired the first shot in the overseas market of the film!

In the third week of June, "Truman's World" followed in Italy, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, and China. National incense. It was released in 16 countries and regions including Hong Kong, and undoubtedly won the weekend box office championship in these regions, but then the release of "Peerless Tribulation" pulled down "Truman's World". Obviously, in the overseas market, the dominance of "Truman's World" is still inferior to that of the United States, and most importantly, inferior to visual effects commercial blockbusters such as "Peerless Apocalypse". This is also a side reflection of the current development trend of the film industry.

In addition, "Truman's World" was released in 48 countries and regions around the world, although as a comedy movie without any out-of-the-ordinary pictures or lines, this is a movie suitable for audiences of all ages, but the profound topics and dark colors discussed in the movie make the film's release area slightly limited, which is much smaller than the scope of the 67 countries and regions around the world of "Peerless Apocalypse". This is also another aspect of the global film landscape - even if Hugo starring, "Truman's world" is tempting for overseas markets. Confuse. The power is still not as good as a commercial blockbuster like "Peerless Tribulation".

Despite this, Hugo's global box office appeal is still unique in the world, and "Truman's World" finally won weekend box office audiences in 43 countries and regions around the world, including as many as 11 regions that have completed the championship. 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 with a total box office of more than 10 million worldwide, which is not inferior to any visual effects commercial blockbuster.

In the end, relying on the overall performance, the global box office of "Truman's World" reached 296 million US dollars, unfortunately it was not able to cross the 300 million threshold, but this result still temporarily leads the overseas box office charts so far in 1998, and is very hopeful to become the year-end global box office champion this year.

The overseas box office performance cannot be regarded as the best, Hugo has already had three works with overseas box office exceeding 300 million, "Independent Days", "Speed of Life and Death" and "Los Angeles Confidential" have all reached such heights, and the overseas box office performance of "Truman's World" only exceeds the 290 million of the "Seven Deadly Sins", which is indeed not the most outstanding.

But this is still remarkable for a film of special significance like "Truman's World", especially considering the heavy theme core of the film and the investment of 60 million US dollars, which still reach such a height when the thrilling degree is not as good as the "Seven Deadly Sins" and the commercial effect elements are not as good as "Los City Confidential".

At the moment in 1998, there are only 12 works with an overseas box office exceeding the threshold of 300 million, "Titanic", "Independence Day", "Jurassic Park", "The Lion King", "Alien E". T", "Star Wars", "Forrest Gump", "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World", "Life and Death", "L.A. Confidential", "Men in Black", "Terminator 2". Now "Truman's World" has become the thirteenth part!

What's even more terrifying is that in the overseas box office list, only Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" series has broken the 300 million threshold, and even the famous "Star Wars" has not been able to reach such heights, but Hugo alone occupies four seats! Nearly one-third of the proportion clearly shows that Hugo is currently unique in the world.

Perhaps, the overseas box office of "Truman's World" is not as amazing as that of "L.A. Confidential" - but in fact, this is only because people have super high requirements for Hugo, and the overseas box office of 300 million US dollars, put on any company, any actor, any director, is definitely worth celebrating and cheering.

But anyone who seems to have forgotten that just before the release of "Truman's World", there were still many people who expressed concern and skepticism about this comedy film, and many people looked at Hugo's first challenge to comedy with a skeptical attitude; But now, people are picking on the box office of 300 million in North America and 300 million overseas is "not good enough", who is this satirizing and who is being ridiculed?

This outstanding result once again showed people Hugo's strong appeal, and at the same time, it also made "Truman's World" reach a cumulative global box office of 624 million US dollars, which still surpassed "L.A. Confidential" and became Hugo's current second highest grossing work in the world.

Just a year ago, "L.A. Confidential" made such a breakthrough in its vision, surpassing such works as "Speed of Life and Death", "Seven Deadly Sins", and "Schindler's List", which performed extremely well at the global box office, and became Hugo's second-highest personal performance; Now "Truman's World" has once again set such a record.

The 600 million-level global box office easily made "Truman's World" a strong contender for the global box office championship at the end of 1998, and now people are looking at "Saving Private Ryan", maybe Steven can lead this epic war masterpiece to create a miracle.

Perhaps this is the most accurate description of "Truman's world" coming to the summer of 1998.