For Chinese films, 2019 is a year of great development. On the domestic box office list, eight of the top ten films of the year are domestic films. Among them, there are three films with a box office of more than 3 billion. "The Devil Boy of Nezha", "The Wandering Earth" and "My Motherland and Me", "The Devil Boy of Nezha" has become the second mainland box office to exceed 5 billion after "Wolf Warrior 2" film.
Compared with the prosperous local situation, there is still a lot of room for Chinese films to enter the international market. As of December 31, 2019, there were only two Chinese films among the top 15 Chinese films on the global box office list for the year ended December 31, 2019. The “Nezha: The Devil’s Child” and “The Wandering Earth”, which originally entered the top ten of the world, followed The releases of "Frozen 2" and "Star Wars 9: The Rise of Skywalker" also gave up the top ten positions. Let's take a look at the 12 best-selling films in the world this year.
No. 12: "Wandering Earth" global box office: 700 million US dollars (data source boxofficemojo, the same below)
Although many years ago, Chinese filmmakers began to try to shoot science fiction films, but it was not until 2019 that Chinese science fiction films ushered in Leap. "Wandering Earth" and "Crazy Alien" are at least close to Hollywood level in terms of special effects, and the Chinese feelings and ways of thinking injected into these two movies are not available in Hollywood movies. Looking forward to more Chinese-style sci-fi movies in the future.
No. 11: "Nezha: The Devil's Child" Global Box Office: US$720 million
According to the box office data recorded at the end of the year, the "Nezha's Devil's Child" has officially exceeded RMB 5 billion in Mainland China. Although there is still a gap of several hundred million yuan in the final box office of "Wolf Warriors 2", "The Devil Boy of Nezha" is still a landmark work. Unlike the previous top three domestic films "Wolf Warriors 2", "Wandering Earth" and "Operation Red Sea", "Nezha" is not a movie that can arouse the national pride of the audience. This film can achieve such amazing results. The box office depends entirely on its excellent quality.
No. 10: "Star Wars 9: The Rise of Skywalker" Global Box Office: $725 million (temporarily)
Although in the Chinese mainland market, "Star Wars 9" was beaten by domestic films such as "Ip Man 4" and "Manslaughter" Fart is rushing, but in the North American domestic and global markets, the performance of "Star Wars 9" is still excellent. The film’s global box office will definitely exceed 1 billion U.S. dollars, and the final data can be on par with the global box office of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi". The latter earned a total of 1.33 billion U.S. dollars worldwide and was the 2017 global box office champion. . Of course, the global box office of the "Star Wars" series is still "Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens", its global box office is 2.19 billion US dollars, ranking fourth in movie history, second only to "Avengers 4", "Avatar" and "Titan" Nick.
No. 9: "Fast and Furious: Special Operations" Global Box Office: US$759 million
The production cost of this film is as high as US$200 million. It is one of the most expensive films in 2019. The reason why Hollywood studios have the courage to invest big prices The main reason is that this series has a huge market in mainland China. The North American box office of "Fast and Furious: Special Operations" was US$174 million, and its mainland box office exceeded US$200 million. Of course, from the perspective of historical trends, both North American audiences and mainland audiences have become aesthetically tired of this series.
No. 8: "Aladdin" global box office: 1.05 billion US dollars
Disney now has at least four trump cards, namely the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars series, animated feature films and live-action fairy tale movies. This year, Disney adopted a "violent mining" approach to live-action fairy tale movies, and successively launched "Dumbo", "Aladdin", "The Lion King" and "Maleficent 2", "Dumbo" and "Maleficent" The box office of "2" has not reached the expected level, but the sales are not bad, "Aladdin" and "The Lion King" have sold 1 billion US dollars worldwide.yuan.
No. 7: "Joker" global box office: $1.06 billion
"Joker" can become one of the most influential works of 2019, mainly because the film’s mapping of the real world has resonated with many viewers, so it is not Few people think it is a realist work. It is worth mentioning that the plot of "Joker" also involves the unexpected death of Batman's parents. In addition, the film has caused a global sensation. Warner and DC are likely to consider including this film in the "DC Expansion Universe", then The question is, how to coordinate the two clowns that have appeared in this universe?
No. 6: "Toy Story 4" Global Box Office: $1.07 billion
"Toy Story" series is Pixar's golden signature. Pixar has failed in cartoons, but in the "Toy Story" series, Pixar did not Did not miss. The four "Toy Story" feature films have a cumulative global box office of more than 3 billion U.S. dollars, and each has an excellent reputation, which is really not admirable. However, most viewers in mainland China do not seem to be interested in this series of films.
No. 5: "Captain Marvel" Global Box Office: $1.128 billion
In 2018, Marvel used "Black Panther" to warm up "Avengers 3: Infinity War". In 2019, Marvel used this "Captain Marvel" again "Pre-heated for "Avengers 4: Endgame", the effect of these two operations is very ideal, the ideal is unbelievable, the global box office of "Black Panther" and "Captain Marvel" far exceeds the previous ones. "Iron Man", "Captain America", "Thor" and other single hero movies.
No. 4: "Spider-Man: Far From Home" Global Box Office: $1.132 billion
I believe many viewers may feel this way: After "Avengers 4: Endgame", there is no expectation for Marvel movies. , The interest is greatly reduced. But "Spider-Man: Far From Home", which appeared after "Avengers 4", still brings a lot of surprises. The film uses a lot of horror film techniques to bring the audience into an unpredictable world. Creatively, the film has achieved "survival from a dead end", which also makes the audience look forward to the "Black Widow" released in 2020.
No. 3: "Frozen 2" Global Box Office: $1.22 billion
In terms of quality, "Frozen 2" is far inferior to "Frozen 1," and there is no such thing as the previous work. Amazing, but this does not affect the film's ability to attract gold. The North American box office of "Frozen 2" reached 422 million U.S. dollars, ranking fifth in the year. In addition, the film also harvested more than 800 million yuan in mainland China.
No. 2: "The Lion King" global box office: $1.657 billion
As mentioned earlier, the live-action fairy tale movie is a trump card in Disney's hands, and "The Lion King" is the trump card in the trump card. The animated version of "The Lion King" is the best-selling 2D cartoon in the history of Disney movies. It is now reproduced into a live-action version (strictly speaking, it should be called a real lion version, because it is different from "Aladdin" and "Dumbo". There is no human character in "The Lion King"), it is naturally highly anticipated, and the movie's results have not disappointed, and it has swept the global box office. The real lion version of "The Lion King" hardly made any changes to the original plot. This same step-by-step approach has already made Hollywood's current mentality of "just making money, not making progress" clearly.
No. 1: "Avengers 4: Endgame" global box office: $2.797 billion
After more than two months of long screenings, the global box office of "Avengers 4: Endgame" finally exceeded 10 years ago "Avatar" became the highest-grossing movie in global film history. However, in the minds of many viewers, the status of "Avengers 4" in film history still cannot be compared with "Avatar" and "Titanic".
now looking back at the "Marvel Cinematic Universe", although it is commercially availableIt was a huge success, but from another angle, the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" also completely destroyed Hollywood's creativity. From the 12 films on this box office list, you can see that the 10 Hollywood films above are all sequels and remakes, while the only two Chinese films are original works. Filmmakers from both China and the United States The difference in the mentality of seeking newness and change can already be seen from this ultimate list of 2019.
Writer: Brother Xiucai, please do not reprint at will.
