 The film opened to middling number, but eventually ended up grossing US$278.3 million at the worldwide box office, prompting "The Hollywood Reporter" belatedly to proclaim it an "international hit".In 2019, his third feature film "Never Look Away" was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 75th Venice International Film Festival, for a Golden Globe by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and for two Oscars in the Best International Feature Film and Best Cinematography categories at the 91st Academy Awards.This was only the second time in history that a German language film by a German director was nominated for an Oscar in multiple categories, the other film being Wolfgang Petersen's "Das Boot" 36 years prior.