With the gradual maturity of the film market, films from all over the country have gradually entered the world stage and enriched 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 the overseas market. Except for Africa, where the entire film industry has a very complete film market, the other four continents have.

Germany, Italy, France and the United Kingdom in Europe, China and Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea in Asia, Australia in Oceania, Mexico in South America, Brazil and Colombia in South America... The film markets in these countries and regions have already developed greatly, and their maturity is no less than that of the United States. Especially the European market, which is known as the hinterland of literary and artistic films, the box office potential cannot be underestimated. In December 1991, the European Community passed the "European Union Treaty", and Europe was officially born on November 1 before the release of "Schindler's List". This also means that the European Economic Community will have more far-reaching development potential, which is definitely a great benefit for the movie box office market.

When Universal Pictures arranged the North American distribution schedule for "Schindler's List", it had already started negotiations with overseas markets. However, Universal Pictures originally planned to move the "Schindler's List" to the screens of Shanghai's overseas market around February 1994. Because after about three months of North American publicity and planning, the film has enough appeal, which can save a lot of money for overseas publicity.

But no one expected that the "Schindler's List" set off a public opinion storm in late November and early December, and even attracted the attention of the president, which also made the film's influence around the world rise rapidly with an incredible momentum. Germany, Australia and the United Kingdom, the three countries and regions were the first to demand that the "Schindler's List" be released in advance.

After some careful planning, the "Schindler's List" first landed in Germany, Australia and the United Kingdom in the last week of 1993.

Among them, Germany gave the highest level of attention to the movie. German President Richard von Weizsaumlcker personally attended the premiere of the movie in Frankfurt, expressing his support for the movie with practical actions, and also showing the world Germany's profound review and awakening of World War II.

This is also the "Schindler's list". After the US president publicly expressed his support for the film, another national leader publicly stood up for the film, which also pushed the film from an ordinary entertainment carrier to a new level, such as the means of direct cultural exchanges in the country, and the ways for some countries to express their political stances. Obviously, Germany's performance has won everyone's applause.

Germany's courage and honesty to act and take responsibility have won them a very good position in the newly established EU, and at the same time they have won them the understanding and forgiveness of the whole world. Relatively speaking, the attitude of another defeated country during World War II has become a historical criticism, and it has not been improved until Hugo travels through time. It is really a world of difference.

The "Schindler's List" achieved great success in Germany, and it can be clearly seen that the sincerity of the German people for that period of history. In the end, the movie won a box office of 73 million US dollars in Germany and ranked second in the 1994 year-end movie box office rankings. This is an incredible result.

The other two countries that were first released on the "Schindler's List" also delivered good answers. The British market won a box office of 40 million US dollars, becoming the third vote in the international market of "Schindler's List". Although Australia only handed in the box office of 15 million US dollars, this data was the third place in Australia's year-end box office in 1994.

Immediately afterwards, "Schindler's List" was screened in other overseas countries and regions in 1994. Surprisingly, "Schindler's List" performed very well in the Japanese box office market, perhaps because the movie condemned the German Nazis, not the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, which made the entire Japanese market deliver $43 million in box office, becoming the second best market for the international box office of "Schindler's List".

Germany, Japan and the UK are the three countries and regions with the best performance in the overseas markets, and jointly contributed an astonishing box office of 156 million US dollars, which is really a terrifying data.

In addition, the box office of five countries and regions including France, Italy, South Korea, Spain, and the Netherlands exceeded the 10 million threshold, and France and Italy both contributed more than 20 million box office data. It can be seen that the "Schindler's list" has a wide influence in Europe as a whole. Among them, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland and Poland also performed exceptionally well, and all of them easily ranked among the top three in the year-end box office in these five countries and regions in 1994.

"Schindler's List" has won a total of 243 million US dollars in Europe, which is stronger than the box office data obtained by the movie in North America.

It can be seen that the profound trauma left by World War II on the entire European continent, especially the turbulence of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reunification of Germany, and the establishment of the EU in the past three years have left the entire Europe in a panic and confusion in the post-World War II era. Oscar Schindler's story is not only a reflection on the massacre, but also the most inspiring force in the darkness. Therefore, this movie has received great support in Europe, even surpassing North America.

Finally, the "Schindler's List" was released in 47 countries and regions around the world. Before the end of 1994, it received a total of US$330 million in box office data!

Such a box office performance was definitely something that no one expected. North America had a box office of 2050 million US dollars, with a total of 535 million US dollars worldwide. If such strong box office data were placed last year, then "Schindler's list" would surpass "Aladdin" to become the year-end box office champion, even better than "Terminator 2" in 1991 to create a global box office of 520 million US dollars!

If it weren't for another box office monster "Jurassic Park" this summer, I'd be afraid that "Schindler's List" would have created history, but even so, "Schindler's List" still wrote its own history.

On the North American box office rankings, "Schindler's List" became the 16th film industry in which the box office exceeded the 200 million threshold; and on the global box office historical rankings, "Schindler's List" was second only to "Jurassic Park", "Alien e.t", "Star Wars (star.wars), and "Star Wars 2: The Empire Strikes.back" and ranked fifth!

Without considering inflation factors, "Schindler's List" has also become the highest-grossing black and white movie ever!

Of course, the most worth mentioning is that the "Schindler's List" invested only 22 million yuan. Such a small-cost investment that was almost ignored by everyone turned out to be 535 million US dollars in the world. This also became one of the works with the highest investment and return ratio in film history. Although Steven, Hugo and other crew members donated their income to the Holocaust Foundation and the American Holocaust Museum, for Universal Pictures, they made a lot of money and achieved the company's greatest success in the early 1990s, which made other major film companies jealous.

It can be said that "Schindler's List" completed a movie that was almost considered impossible to complete, a decade-long production cycle, and almost everyone did not have enough confidence to complete. The story itself, which could ruin everything if you accidentally tell a story, has a brand new color in the hands of Steven Spielberg.

Recalling the hardships of the entire preparation process, almost all professionals and media reporters of all film companies were hesitant and hesitant about this subject, as well as Steven experienced several mental breakdowns during the filming process, and Hugo almost fell into a bad situation of schizophrenia, not to mention the psychological torment of those survivors who have truly experienced the concentration camp disaster, the victory of the "Schindler's List" can only be said to be the tip of the iceberg.

Compared with these praises, compared with these public opinion booms, and compared with these box office wins, the real significance of "Schindler's List" is that it leaves people with precious spiritual property, allowing the younger generation to see the cruelty and terror of the massacre during World War II through this movie, and take this as a warning.

This is also the reason why the Amon Gos controversy was finally rehabilitated and then sublimated the entire movie, because "Schindler's list" reflects not only the disasters suffered by the Jewish nation, but also the pressure that the entire human society has endured in war. People are not humans, ghosts are not like ghosts. Good people become bad people, bad people become demons, life becomes mustard, dignity becomes dust... The impact of war has almost destroyed all good things. Not every war can Oscar Schindler, and not every war can succeed, and not every war can be known to future generations.

War is never what people need, and peace can bring happiness.

From this point of view, Steven succeeded, he used his own lens to tell a real story, he did not substitute his subjective thoughts to shoot an extreme movie; Hugo succeeded, he used his own performance to tell the cruelty and cold blood of this war, and he was not swallowed up by the whole movie; "Schindler's List" succeeded, it used a real story to arouse people's response and reflection, and left a precious wealth for mankind now half a century later.

The "Schindler's List" ushered in a calm victory that belonged to himself and to mankind.
Chapter completed!