Changsha Evening News, Changsha, December 18 According to CCTV news From November 24, major theaters across the country have entered the New Year schedule. There are more than 70 new films in this year's Lunar New Year file, the number of releases has hit a five-year high, and the proportion of new domestic films has reached 80%, and the diversified genres have given the audience more choices.
The reporter visited several theaters near Beijing's East Third Ring Road, and the audience in each theater was endless, and the new films "Three Teams" and "Detective Conan", which had just been released for a day or two, became the audience's first choice.
The person in charge of a theater in Beijing's Shuangjing area said that the number of moviegoers here reached more than 2,000 on the 17th.
The reporter learned that many viewers are also full of expectations for some new films that have not yet been released, for example, "Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle Star", which will be released on December 30, has exceeded 24.7 billion yuan.
Yin Tengyu, senior analyst of Maoyan Research Institute: There are more than 70 films released in the Lunar New Year file, and the box office performance of domestic films in this year's Lunar New Year file is much better than that of imported films.
According to a film data platform, as of 12 noon on December 17, the box office of this year's Chinese New Year stalls has reached 233.7 billion yuan (including pre-sale box office), the number of moviegoers has exceeded 57 million, and the total box office of the year has reached 5275.7 billion yuan.
Rao Shuguang, President of the China Film Critics Society: With the successive release of Chinese New Year films, I judge that the total box office of the Chinese film market in 2023 is expected to hit 55 billion yuan.