On February 27th, the Spring Festival movie "Detective Chinatown 3" directed by Chen Sicheng exceeded 4.25 billion in gross box office, surpassing " Avengers 4 : The Final Battle" and ranked first in the box office of Chinese film history. Five.
So far, the top five Chinese movie box office lists have been swept by domestic films: "Wolf Warrior 2", "Nezha's Demon Boy", "Wandering Earth", "Hello, Li Huanying", " Chinatown Detective 3 " .
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The top five in the box office list are rearranged and combined?
7.822 billion yuan in box office, 160 million viewers... This year's Spring Festival file not only set a number of world records, such as the cumulative box office of Chinese film history during the Spring Festival file, and the single-day box office of the global single market. The two head movies are also constantly breaking new records in film history. Record.
As of 12:00 on February 27th, "Detective Chinatown 3" had a cumulative box office leading "Avengers 4: Endgame", becoming the top five in the box office list of Chinese film history. At the same time, "Hello, Li Huanying" accumulated The box office has also exceeded 4.6 billion, and the gap with the third place "Wandering Earth" (4.686 billion) is getting smaller and smaller.
This is also the transcript of the two films on the 16th day of their release. It is foreseeable that not only the top five Chinese film history box office charts will all be won by domestic films, the order of the five films will also usher in a new arrangement combination.
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As a "legacy player" of last year's Spring Festival, "Detective Chinatown 3" has filled the audience's expectations before the screening, leading all the way during the pre-sale, and 11 hours after the release Achieved a 1 billion box office achievement. But this year's Spring Festival, "Hello, Li Huanying" directed by Jia Ling performed even more prominently. The Douban score remained above 8 points, and the box office counterattacked all the way while lagging behind.
On February 21, "Hello, Li Huanying" surpassed "Detective Chinatown 3" with a box office of 4.025 billion.On the 23rd, the cumulative box office of "Hello, Li Huanying" surpassed "Avengers 4: Endgame" and became the fourth in the box office list of Chinese film history.
As Jia Ling's directorial debut, "Hello, Li Huanying" not only caught on Zhang Xiaofei , it also boosted Shen Teng's leading role in the box office to a higher level, and made Jia Ling the highest-grossing female director in Chinese film history. Some people even said that if "Hello, Li Huanying" eventually exceeds 5.3 billion in box office, Jia Ling will surpass " Wonder Woman " director Patty Jenkins to become the world's highest grossing female director.
In this star-studded Spring Festival period, "Hello, Li Huanying" is not a big production, but under the atmosphere of Spring Festival reunion and family fun, the image of mother and warm affection created by the film hit the national sentiment and finally relied on the powerful Empathy is "opening up" all the way.
↑ Stills from the movie "Hello, Li Huanying"
Why does this Spring Festival file create miracles?
Observe the current top five Chinese movie box office charts. "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Nezha's Devil Boy" were born in the summer file. "Wandering Earth", "Hello, Li Huanying" and "Chinatown Detective 3" From the Spring Festival file; and in the top ten box office charts, there are a total of six Spring Festival popular movies. The short but explosive Spring Festival stalls have gradually become the cradle of explosive models.
Watching movies is now one of the New Year customs for people to celebrate the Spring Festival. This year’s Spring Festival stalls are even more special. The suspended Spring Festival stalls in 2020 have doubled the enthusiasm of the audience. Under the initiative of "Chinese New Year in situ", they walked into the cinema to watch movies. It has also become the first choice for people's entertainment activities.
↑ Data map: 2021 Spring Festival video poster. Photo by Mei Yitong
Many factors have superimposed, and this year's Spring Festival stalls have become popular. According to the lighthouse data, the overall attendance rate for the Spring Festival in 2021 is around 46%. According to the analysis by the Dean of the Lighthouse Research Institute, Mu Chen, this ratio is higher than the 35.5% attendance rate for the Spring Festival in 2019, plus this year’s Spring Festival box office and movie-going attendance. A "double record" in Chinese film history has been set, and the vitality of the film market has gradually recovered.
From "Mermaid" in 2016, "Operation Red Sea" in 2018, "Wandering Earth" in 2019 to "Detective Chinatown 3" in 2021, from comedy movies to today's multi-genre movies with different styles, Chinese New Year The changes in the archives reflect the changes in the Chinese film industry, as well as the gradual upgrading of the narrative and technical expression of domestic films.
For example, during the Spring Festival this year, the movie "Detective Chinatown 3" not only has many domestic and foreign movie stars joining, it is also the fourth commercial film in the world shot using ALEXA IMAX cameras; and in " assassination novelist", the movie 100% of the main creators are domestic teams. For the first time, special effects processes such as motion capture, facial capture, virtual shooting, and the combination of virtual and reality have been integrated in a domestic film.
With the blessing of the popular Spring Festival stalls, on February 26, the total box office of the Chinese film market in 2021 (including pre-sales) has exceeded 15 billion yuan, reaching more than 70% of the total box office of Chinese movies last year.
Hollywood is absent, domestic films are on the rise
Looking back on 2020, under the premise of effective anti-epidemic measures, the Chinese film industry resumed work in an orderly manner. The total annual box office reached 20.417 billion, surpassing North America to become the world's largest box office market. Among them, the domestic movie box office was 17.093 billion yuan, accounting for as high as 83.72%, supporting the hope of the Chinese movie market.
In addition, the top ten of the Chinese movie box office in 2020 will also be dominated by domestic films for the first time. "Eight Hundred", "Span3span Me and My Hometown" and "Jiang Ziya" have the box office of 3.110 billion, 2.829 billion, and 1.602 billion respectively. Ranked among the top three in terms of results, "Yao Hundred" also won the 2020 global movie box office champion.
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As for imported films, the total box office of "Creed" directed by Nolan was 456 million yuan, which was once highly anticipated " Mulan" and "Magic "Women 1984" finally won only 278 million yuan and 162 million yuan in box office results.
It can be seen that when Hollywood blockbusters are missing due to the impact of the epidemic, domestic films have become the main force in the box office of Chinese movies, and have successfully ignited the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies. Since the resumption of theaters in July 2020, The National Day files, New Year's Day files, and Spring Festival files have set new records in film history many times.
"Hello, Li Huanying" and "Chinatown Detective 3" box office continues to rise. Behind the top five in the box office list, the market space for domestic films still has huge potential. At the same time, as the word-of-mouth effect is becoming more and more obvious, the audience is The quality requirements of domestic films will also be higher and higher.
There are not many new films scheduled after the Spring Festival. For example, the new film "Cat and Mouse" was released on February 26, but the single-day box office was still far from "Hello, Li Huanying". In the upcoming March, the Spring Festival films are still likely to continue to support the film market, and the combination of the top five box office in Chinese film history will see new changes.
Although the Spring Festival holiday of 2021 has come to an end, the box office miracle opened by this Spring Festival stall is still continuing. (Ren Siyu)
Source: China News Network
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