The 38-day 2023 Chinese New Year (November 24 to December 31) came to an end yesterday, and finally received a total box office of 4.5 billion yuan, of which "The Three Teams" ended with 5The box office of 5.9 billion yuan has become the box office champion of the 2023 Chinese New Year stalls, and "Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle Star" and "Wading through the Sea of Wrath" are ranked second and third respectively.
There is a lack of blockbuster movies in the market
The overall box office performance of the 2023 Lunar New Year stalls is relatively flat, mainly due to the lack of blockbuster movies. The studio manager told reporters. According to statistics, the number of new films in the 2023 Chinese New Year file has increased from 56 at the beginning to a total of 86, many of which are temporarily scheduled. In the end, the number of moviegoers reached 11 billion, and the number of screenings was 136390,000 games.
Due to the strong performance of the Spring Festival and summer markets in 2023, people are full of expectations for the Lunar New Year stalls at the beginning. Judging from the number and type of new films released in the 2023 Chinese New Year file, there should be many popular movies in the market. But in the end, this phenomenon did not happen. Although "The Three Teams", directed by Dai Mo and starring Zhang Yi, became the box office champion during the schedule, the film 5The box office of 5.9 billion yuan (in theaters) is really not eye-catching. From the analysis of the story type, although the film is under the banner of a crime film, its core is still a literary film that mainly depicts the fate of the characters, and lacks the "coolness" required by popular movies. "Wading through the Angry Sea", directed by Cao Baoping, is also a crime-themed movie, although the film is remarkable in terms of picture and atmosphere creation, but it is also the core of the story of a literary film. From this point of view, it is rare for the two films to achieve the current box office results.
Several movies that should have been hits have performed disappointingly, such as the police action film "Breaking Point" directed by Lin Chaoxian and the Hollywood blockbuster "Aquaman 2: The Lost Kingdom" directed by Wen Ziren. "Breaking Point" concentrates actors such as Zhang Jiahui, William Chan, Liang Luoshi, etc., the film has a profound depiction of the cruelty of the anti-narcotics police work, and is very good in the design of action scenes and the creation of visual effects, but the film has only achieved a box office of 97.83 million yuan so far. The box office performance of "Aquaman 2: The Lost Kingdom", which was released in the mainland two days ahead of North America on December 20, 2023, also unexpectedly. After "Aquaman" was released in the mainland at the end of 2018, the final box office exceeded 2 billion yuan. This time, the film party attaches great importance to the Chinese mainland market, and director Wen Ziren and starring Jason Momoa came to many cities in China for roadshows, which are very dedicated. But so far, the film has only made 3The box office of 3.5 billion yuan is very different from the previous work.
Fortunately, in the last two days of the 2023 Chinese New Year, due to the addition of a number of competitive new films, the market performance is very eye-catching, of which the total single-day box office of the market on December 31 reached 73.2 billion yuan, which is also the first time since January 28 last year that the national single-day box office has exceeded 700 million yuan after 336 days.
The quality of the film is affirmed
Unlike the overall box office performance of the 2023 Chinese New Year stalls, many of the films in this period have performed remarkably in terms of quality. Among the ten highest-rated mainland domestic movies in 2023 counted by Douban, three of the movies in the 2023 Chinese New Year file will be "The Annual Meeting Can't Stop!"."The Three Teams" and "Wading Through the Sea of Wrath".
"The Big Three", which will be released on December 15, 2023, performed particularly well. The film is adapted from the writer Deep Blue's documentary work "Please Tell the Director, the Three Brigades Task is Completed", the film shows the heroic group portraits of the "Three Brigades" through a former policeman named Cheng Bing who insisted on 12 years of unremitting pursuit of the murderer, and also through the in-depth portrayal of the character of Cheng Bing, showing the Chinese life situation and mood of "the ancient road west wind and thin horses, and the broken intestines are at the end of the world", the film has a score of 7 on Douban8 points.
"Wading Through the Sea of Anger" directed by Cao Baoping also performed well, with a Douban score of 75 points, the film continues Cao Baoping's previous creative style, adopting the style of genre films in the telling of stories, but in the shaping of characters and the expression of themes, it is the practice of literary films. The film captures the inner feelings of Lao Jin played by Huang Bo in the process of chasing the murderer for thousands of miles to avenge the murder of the woman, and the rapid reversal of the plot at the end is also unexpected, and it is a movie with a distinctive and unique style.
Written and directed by Dong Runnian and starring Dapeng, the comedy movie "The Annual Meeting Can't Stop!".After its release on December 29, it brought a big surprise to the market, and the film's Douban score was 80 points, it is the highest-rated film among the new films in the 2023 Chinese New Year. The film uses the story of a factory fitter who was mistakenly transferred to the group headquarters but accidentally became a gold-collar worker, and unfolds a spicy satire on the bad habits of the current workplace, which can very arouse the emotions and empathy of the workers.
In addition, films such as "Hot Search" directed by Xin Yukun and "Goodbye, Li Kele" starring Yan Ni have a good reputation.
Film market expert Jiang Yong believes that the overall box office performance of the 2023 Chinese New Year stalls is flat, which has something to do with the overheating of last year's Spring Festival and summer stalls. However, judging from the market performance of the "New Year's Day stalls" in the past few days, the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies is slowly recovering, and the box office of the Spring Festival stalls in 2024 is worth looking forward to. (Reporter Wang Jinyue).