Original title: The film market is booming!What are the highlights of the development of Chinese films in 2023?Take stock together
At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, each of us has a highlight moment worth reviewing and taking stock of the past year and a heavy harvest, from popular movies, hit TV series, to the literary and artistic stage boutiques that break the circle and spread one after anotherThis year, every creative striver who has devoted himself to it is amazing, and the year-end special program "2023 Art List" of "Culture Very" will take you back to the scene and look back at the year when Chinese films, TV dramas and literary and artistic stages braved the wind and waves. In 2023, the box office of Chinese films will achieve another success, let's return to that dreamy world of light and shadow together, and experience the infinite charm and moving moments of Chinese movies in 2023!
The rise of Chinese cinema as a whole.
The top ten at the box office are all domestic films.
Up to now, the national film box office in 2023 will exceed 53 billion yuan, and the ticket-buying audience will reach 125.5 billion people, the total number of film screenings reached 12.7 billion, and its Chinese-made films account for more than 80% of the box office. The top ten films at the box office in 2023 are all domestic films, with the tenth place at the box office "Unfamiliar with Life", the ninth place "Solid as a Rock", the eighth place "Bear Infested, Stay with Me "Bear Core"", the seventh place "Thirty Thousand Miles of Chang'an", the sixth place "In the Octagonal Cage", the fifth place "Fengshen Part I: Chao Song Fengyun", the fourth place "Disappearing Her", the third place "Desperate", the second place "The Wandering Earth 2", and the first place "Man Jianghong". A series of movies that highlight China's meteorology, convey Chinese aesthetics, and shape China's spirit have appeared on the big screen.
Zhang Yimou, director of the movie "Man Jianghong": I believe that many, many Chinese have listened to their mother-in-law's tattoos since childhood, this is our culture, and when it is presented in a storytelling way, it touches me very much, and it is a dream of my childhood. I was touched when I recited the Chinese characters aloud in such a solemn and ceremonial manner, and I was proud of our words. There is no movie in the world that ends with a piece of text, and words can produce a climax, and the core connotation in it is the feelings of family and country.
Zou Jing, director of the movie "Thirty Thousand Miles of Chang'an": The poems are there, the books are there, Chang'an is there, and the ideal is there. The spirit you have been pursuing, the choices you have made and the traces you have left behind will shape your spirit, and if this spirit is there, the ideal will endure.
Reviving history. Inherit and develop the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
Focusing on the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty and the fate of the poet's animated film "Thirty Thousand Miles of Chang'an", the magnificent scene of Chang'an for thousands of years is re-presented in front of the audience with a poetic scroll, and the fantasy masterpiece "Fengshen Part 1: Song of the Dynasty" adapted from traditional Chinese mythology hides the majestic atmosphere of Chinese aesthetics and the profound connotation of Chinese philosophy.
*Sun Jiashan, associate researcher of the College of Culture and Tourism Management Cadres: Whether it is "Thirty Thousand Miles of Chang'an" or "Fengshen Part I: Chao Song Fengyun", these films that focus on expressing our excellent traditional Chinese culture, whether they are animated films or costume blockbusters, have achieved a bumper harvest and affirmation in multiple senses of box office and word-of-mouth, and have been widely praised by all walks of life. A vivid microcosm of the cross-circle propagation effect.
Hu Zhifeng, Vice Chairman of China Television Artists Association: Original intellectual property rights have become a new concept, which means that originality has two meanings, one is to tap China's own local resources in the sense of nationalization, which is a layer of original intellectual property rights. The other is that from the perspective of film creation, it is not simply relying on the foundation of relying on other market-oriented and commercialized successes to create new and new creations, which is another original intellectual property right.
Diverse film genres.
Artistic expression is diverse.
In 2023, the integration of film genres will continue to deepen, and artistic creation will usher in a new trend, and films with multiple genre elements such as "science fiction + disaster", "fantasy + epic" and "comedy + suspense" will be favored by the market.
Zhang Tong, senior analyst of Maoyan Research Institute: Maybe these comedies or crime films alone are no longer able to meet the aesthetics of the current audience. Now the audience may prefer to see the genre fusion, with a lot of elements in the same **.
Zhou Xing, doctoral supervisor of Beijing Normal University: I especially think that in 2023, this kind of integration of Chinese films is a kind of integration of connotation to be better and creative, and I imagine that in the future, when Chinese films are good, they will create their own things, and people will say that it is not just fusion, but it is harmony.
"Reversal" makes the story more exciting.
Genre films have reached a new level.
According to the statistics of Maoyan Research Institute, "reversal" has become the highest word frequency in 2023, and films with "suspense" elements such as "Man Jianghong", "Desperate", "Disappearing Her", "Solid as a Rock", "Mistake by the River" and other films with "suspense" elements are highly sought after by the audience, and more than 40 suspense films will be released throughout the year, accounting for 83%, a total of 8 suspense films have exceeded 100 million at the box office, and the script industry has been upgraded and the character creation has become a highlight of the current Chinese film creation.
Yin Tengyu, senior analyst of Maoyan Research Institute: The word reversal is actually very emotional, and it will give some surprises, which is beyond everyone's expectations, so everyone will be very impressed.
Zhou Xing, Ph.D. supervisor of Beijing Normal University: Drama is a very important factor in the content of a video work, and its conflict and contradiction are unpredictable.
Small and medium-cost films focus on reality.
Full of pyrotechnics.
In 2023, domestic small and medium-cost films will show positive creative vitality and the spirit of exploration of diversified expression. From "The Light of the White Tower" and "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" to "Yong'an Town Story Collection" and "Mistakes by the River", most of these films use a documentary-style narrative method to present and express a fictional story world and the emotional relationship between the characters.
Zhou Xing, doctoral supervisor of Beijing Normal University: Realistic films are also a highlight, with diversified and three-dimensional presentations.
The second-tier cities are behind at the box office.
In 2023, new themes of Chinese films will continue to emerge, subdivided genres will attract more audiences, and the echelon of creative talents will gradually rise, with second-tier cities accounting for the highest proportion of box office among the top 10 films at the annual box office, reaching 3804%, followed by the box office in fourth-tier cities, accounting for 2968%, and third-tier cities accounted for 1793%, and the box office in first-tier cities accounted for 1435%, more and more young audiences are entering the theater, and the vitality of the Chinese film market has been greatly stimulated.
Huangfu Yichuan, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of Contemporary Film Magazine: Today's Chinese films, such as Sichuan, Chongqing, Northwest and Northeast, including Shanghai, are showing rich possibilities for expression, and only in this way can we say that the diversification of Chinese films and the richness of Chinese films can be realized.
Ren Zhonglun, Vice Chairman of the China Film Association: There is a saying in our industry that "whoever wins a small city wins the world", which forms the foundation of the Chinese film market and also guides the creation of our films. This creation should serve the people more, create for the people, and reflect more the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of ordinary audiences.
The high-quality development of Chinese films has given rise to new quality productivity.
Looking back on Chinese films in 2023, from "Man Jianghong" and "The Wandering Earth 2" to "Fengshen Part 1: Song of the Dynasty" to "Volunteers: Heroes Attack", "93 International Train Robbery: Moscow Operation", etc., among them, technological progress is the most important driving factor, and the comprehensive improvement of data, models and computing power algorithms has directly driven the high-quality development of domestic films. New Qualitative Productivity".
Guo Fan, director of the movie "The Wandering Earth 2": Our aerospace forces have been helping us endorse, because in reality they are there, so when we shoot these things in the movie again, the audience will not be surprised, and they will feel that we can do this.
Chinese films are going overseas strongly.
Tell about a community with a shared future for mankind.
In 2023, a series of activities, including the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, the Golden Panda Festival, the Beijing International Film Festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival, the China Changchun Film Festival, the Hainan Island International Film Festival, and the Silk Road International Film Festival, will usher in more opportunities for international cooperation among Chinese films.
Huangfu Yichuan, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of Contemporary Film Magazine: Creators themselves need to have such an artistic taste and international vision, and we need to stand on a higher vision to complete our task of promoting Chinese films in the future.
From the ancient county town of Taiyuan, Shanxi Province in "Man Jianghong", to the Qingdao Oriental Film Metropolis in "Fengshen Part I: Chao Song Fengyun", and then to the beautiful poetry and painting Chang'an in "Thirty Thousand Miles of Chang'an", Chinese film creation is based on the excellent traditional Chinese culture, giving it the spiritual connotation of the new era, every scenery, every sentence of dialogue, is endlessly evocative, "Don't wait for leisure, white boy's head, empty sadness" in "Man Jianghong", "The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has crossed the ten thousand mountains" in "Thirty Thousand Miles of Chang'an" So far, the aftermath is lingering, endless!
Heilongjiang tourist Kou Lijie: My mother and I came here to travel and check in the movie "Thirty Thousand Miles of Chang'an", and wanted to see Chang'an in Chang'an, which is especially a sense of cultural integration.
Tianjin tourist Yang Shuqi: The scenes in the movie are very well integrated with this ancient capital, and I feel that I am in this scene, which makes me very touched and excited.
Xu Zelin, a tourist from Nanjing: It has enriched my yearning and understanding of Tang poetry, and I yearn for the city of Xi'an very much, and I also hope to come to Xi'an to witness the style of the Tang Dynasty.
The increasingly perfect and sound market system and the construction of talent echelon have given birth to batches of new artists and new works, injecting strong impetus and broad prospects into the high-quality development of Chinese films, and we look forward to 2024, Chinese films will be more exciting!
Looking forward to 2024, films such as "Article 20", "Flying Life 2", "Hot and Hot", "Mr. Red Carpet", "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space" and other films will be released.
Zhou Xing, doctoral supervisor of Beijing Normal University: We look forward to more prosperous and richer Chinese films in 2024, and even the growth of the box office in terms of profits, but the most important thing is artistic creativity, so diverse directors, I hope that new directors will become more and more powerful, their artistic foundation, and their innovation ability, which is the most important thing for Chinese films.
Planning丨Li Jin, Wu Hao, Meng Ying, Jiao Wen, Consultants丨Wu Hao, Sun Chengjian, Wang Shu, Geng Chunxiao, Written by丨Sun Chengjian, Jin Qiannan, Reporter丨Man Jianfeng, Wei Di, Naren, Wang Fuli, Yang Yutong.
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