When "Trumen's World" landed in the North American market in the first week of June, it also landed in the UK, Germany and France first. Although as a comedy movie, "Trumen's World" has limited appeal and the introduction speed of various countries and regions in overseas markets is far inferior to "Godzilla", "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth", and "Perfect Heaven and Heaven Tribulation", thanks to the strong confidence of major theaters in Hugo, the speed of "Trumen's World" landing in overseas markets has exceeded expectations.

However, the first week of box office performance in the UK, Germany and France did not burst out with amazing energy. A awakening fable like "Trumen's World" seems to have not aroused the enthusiasm of audiences in the three countries and regions, and the box office of the premiere weekend was not able to exceed 10 million US dollars. Although it still has obvious advantages compared to the works of these countries and regions themselves and undoubtedly won the weekend box office championship, objectively speaking, its performance is far inferior to Hugo's previous works, which is surprising.

Now, Hugo's success is not news, failure is the only thing.

Despite this, the "Trumen's World" still triggered a frenzy of discussion among professional film critics and news media in the UK, Germany and France. Just like the heated discussions caused by the movie in the United States, the profound core and solid foundation of this film have been praised by professionals, especially in the UK and Germany, where the discussion is even more fanatical than the United States.

Britain has always had an unquestionable preference for black comedy. They are always keen to show their humor in sarcasm and jokes. The almost absurd expression method in "Trueman's World" has made many professional film critics awesome. The profound meanings implied in the movie are even more talked about, believing that this is the most outstanding comedy movie in the United States after Charlie Chaplin.

Germany praised the cruel reality of this black fairy tale. Many professionals believe that Peter Will is so bold and direct in analyzing the current status of the entertainment industry, not only is it commendable, but it is also profound and sharp. In fact, the most representative of the commercialization of the entertainment industry is Hollywood, but the entire European film industry is also being eroded by commercialization bit by bit. The Cannes Film Festival has been assimilated, the Venetian Film Festival is seeking change, and the stubborn opinion of the Berlin Film Festival seems to be lagging behind the times, so German filmmakers obviously have a supportive attitude towards the issues discussed by "Trumen's World".

This discussion craze began to spread throughout Europe. Compared with the American Academy of Film Arts and Sciences who chose the "Titanic", European filmmakers have always been firm supporters of "Los Angeles City Secret". They believe that the essence of a movie should always be the story itself. Visual special effects are just a means to supplement the story and display it. Works like "Independence Day" and "Titanic" are put before the cart and are a wrong model for the development of the film industry.

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

After experiencing the first wave of hot discussion, the debate about freedom consciousness and spiritual homeland began to spread. Compared with the United States, religious forces on the European continent are more deeply rooted, but at the same time the ideas here are more open and diverse, so both forces burst out with infinite energy and started fierce debates. The Europa continent, which has never been defined in the summer, was truly feeling the heat wave frenzy sweeping over midsummer.

Under such circumstances, the box office of "Trumen's World" gradually rose. The box office in the UK, France and Germany all experienced counter-increasing the following week, ending the second week's journey with an increase. Especially as the reputation of the movie began to gradually spread, more and more audiences began to enter the cinema.

Only then did people realize that they originally thought that "Trumen's World" as a non-visual special effects blockbuster, from the perspective of a awakening fable, the production level is definitely not as good as the average European level; but now it proves that their idea is wrong. Although "Trumen's World" is filled with the happy and fulfilling conservative families advocated in rich American-style movies, it is more of a typical American middle-class life, but the pattern, perspective and thought of the entire work are commendable.

Excellent reputation, high enthusiasm, and complicated debates... This has led the "Trumen's World" to a phenomenal box office curve in the UK, France and Germany. When the premiere box office did not reach 10 million US dollars, the box office ended up exceeding 30 million US dollars. Such performance has been directly approaching "Independence Day", which made everyone exclaim.

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

In the third week of June, "Trumen's World" was released in 16 countries and regions including Italy, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, China, Hong Kong, and other sixteen countries and regions, undoubtedly won the weekend box office championship in these regions. However, the release of "Trumen's World" brought down the "Trumen's World" down. Obviously, in the overseas market, the dominance of "Trumen's World" is still inferior to that of the United States, and most importantly, it is inferior to visual special effects commercial blockbusters such as "Trumen's World". This is also an indirect reflection of the current development trend of the film industry.

In addition, "Trumen's World" is released in 48 countries and regions around the world. Although it is a comedy movie without any special pictures or lines, it is a movie suitable for viewers of all ages, the profound topics and dark colors discussed in the movie make the movie's release area slightly limited, and it seems much smaller than the scope of "Peerless Heavenly Tribulation" in the 67 countries and regions around the world. This is also another aspect of the global film landscape. Even if Hugo leads the lead, "Trumen's World"'s temptation and power to the overseas market is still not as good as a commercial blockbuster like "Peerless Heavenly Tribulation".

Despite this, Hugo's global box office appeal is still unique. "Trumen's World" eventually won weekend box office audiences in forty-three countries and regions around the world, including as many as eleven regions. The movie has achieved cumulative box office of more than 10 million US dollars in six countries and regions including Italy, Japan, Argentina, and ten countries with a total box office of more than 10 million worldwide, and this performance is no less than any visual effects commercial blockbuster.

Finally, relying on its overall performance, the global box office of "Trumen's World" reached 296 million US dollars, and unfortunately it was not able to cross the 300 million threshold. However, this result still temporarily leads the overseas box office rankings 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 considered the best. Previously, Hugo's three works have exceeded 300 million overseas box offices. "Independence Day", "Speed ​​of Life and Death" and "Los Angeles City Secret" have all reached such a height. The overseas box office performance of "Trumen's World" only exceeded the 290 million "Seven Deadly Sins", which is indeed not the best.

However, for a film of special significance like "Trumen's World", such achievements are still eye-catching, especially considering the heavy theme core of the film and the investment of 60 million US dollars, the thrilling degree is not as good as the "Seven Deadly Sins" and the commercial effect elements are not as good as the "Los Angeles City Secret", which is even more respectable.

In 1998, there were only twelve works with overseas box office exceeding 300 million thresholds, including "Titanic", "Independence Day", "Jurassic Park", "The Lion King", "Alien e.t", "Star Wars", "Forrest Gump", "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World", "Speed ​​of Life and Death", "Los Angeles City Secret", "Man in Black", and "Terminator 2". Now "Trumen'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 both broke the threshold of 300 million. Even the "Star Wars" that has been famous in history has not reached such a height. However, Hugo alone occupied four seats! Nearly one third of the proportion clearly shows people the current strength of Hugo's world-wide.

Perhaps, the overseas box office of "Trumen's World" is not as stunning as "Los Angeles City Secret". But in fact, this is just because people have high demands on Hugo. The overseas box office of 300 million US dollars is definitely worth celebrating and cheering in any company, any actor, or any director.

But anything seems to have forgotten that just before the release of "Trumen's World", many people expressed their concerns and doubts about this comedy movie, and many people looked at Hugo's first challenge to comedy with a questioning attitude; but now, people are picking about the box office of 300 million in North America and 300 million in overseas "is not outstanding enough". Who is this ironic and who is mocking?

This outstanding achievement once again showed people Hugo's strong appeal, but also made the global cumulative box office of "Trumen's World" reach 624 million US dollars. This achievement still surpassed "Los Angeles City Secret", becoming Hugo's second highest-grossing global box office work.

Just a year ago, "Los Angeles Secret"'s vision has exceeded such a breakthrough, surpassing the "speed of life and death", "Seven Deadly Sins", and "Schindler's List" and other works with outstanding performance in the world, becoming Hugo's second highest personal performance; now "Trumen's World" has once again set a new record.

The global box office of 600 million easily makes "Trumen's World" a strong contender for the global box office champion at the end of 1998. Now people are focusing on "Save Private Ryan". Perhaps Steven can lead this epic war masterpiece to create a miracle.
Chapter completed!