The biggest winner of the Spring Festival in 2024 is "Hot and Hot" directed by Jia Ling. After surpassing "Flying Life 2", the film firmly topped the daily box office list. As soon as the Spring Festival stalls ended, "Article 20", which was originally only ranked fourth, began to rise rapidly. On February 18, "Article 20" ranked second on the daily box office chart, and then successfully won the top position on February 19.
Article 20 is directed by Zhang Yimou, gathering many stars such as Lei Jiayin, Ma Li, Zhao Liying, etc., and is a film full of realistic significance. Although "Article 20" accounted for only 25% of the day's films, slightly lower than the 29% of "Hot and Hot" and the 26% of "Flying Life 2", its attendance rate was about 16%, so it achieved an advantage at the box office.
According to reports, the box office of "Article 20" was about 98 million yuan on the same day, slightly exceeding the 93 million yuan of "Flying Life 2" and the 92.5 million yuan of "Hot and Hot". In terms of storyline, "Article 20" runs through a main line, showing three stories of legitimate defense. The end of the film is full of drama and profound emotional expression, which once again highlights Zhang Yimou's talent, making it far superior to the previous work "Man Jianghong" during the Spring Festival.
Overall, the film has some regrets in the plot, there are many family trivialities, and it fails to fully focus on the main story, which seems a bit scattered. More ways to show the efforts of Han Ming and Lu Lingling or increase the number of trial scenes may improve the quality of the film.
Zhang Yimou's "Article 20" made a box office counterattack, although it was a little late, but it was not surprising.