On the first day of the 2024 Lunar New Year, the tenth installment of the "Bear Infested" series of animated films, "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space", will go to the "Ten Year Covenant" with the audience. Since its debut on the big screen in 2014, the "Bear Infested" series of films has witnessed the growth of a large audience for ten years, and has also accompanied thousands of Chinese families to celebrate the 10th reunion festival.
According to the data of Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 12 noon on February 10, the box office of the movie "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space" broke 1 on the first day of the Spring Festival7.7 billion yuan.
As of 12 noon on February 10, the box office broke 17.7 billion yuan. Figure Lighthouse Pro.
This achievement has broken 6 film history records, setting a single-day box office record for animated films in the past three years, and becoming the first-day box office champion of new animated films in the Spring Festival in Chinese film history.
Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space breaks six film history records. Figure Lighthouse Pro.
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Shang Linlin, executive president of Huaqiang Fantawild Group and chairman of Huaqiang Fantawild Animation, told Jiupai News that when he first started creating movies, "Bear Infested" focused more on parent-child family fun, and the theme of the movie was more related to children and families.
But we observed that many young people also go to the movies and discuss them. With the growth of the audience and the increase in the public's acceptance of animated films for the Spring Festival, the "Bear Infested" series has added more themes and elements suitable for adult audiences in the films, extending the audience to all ages.
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Bear Infested Reverses Time and Space tells the story of growth with bald Qiang as the protagonist. In the movie, the bald head is dressed in formal clothes and incarnates as a "CBD worker". By chance, he found that what he was experiencing was not his original life, and in the old timeline, Xiong Da and Xiong Er lost all the memories associated with Bald Qiang, and everything became precarious.
The re-encounter of one man and two bears not only staged many funny scenes for the audience, but also led the audience to think about the life choices that the bald head is going through - whether to chase the success defined by others, or to find what they really want in their hearts.
The bald head of this part, like most people, is an ordinary migrant worker, and adults may be more likely to resonate with his experience. For children, the film will take them through a life preview and make them think about how to face the adversity of growing up. Whether it is a growing little fan, a grown up friend, or a parent, the audience at every stage can find resonance, beauty and warmth. Shang Linlin said that she hopes that the film can drive everyone to think and find their own hearts, and get some feelings and inspiration.
In addition to plot innovation, the production team has also put a lot of effort into the visual experience. Shang Linlin introduced that the amount of special effects used in "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space" is currently the largest in the series of films, and the special effects shots account for 70%, which is almost double that of the ninth film. There are more than 1,300 special effects shots in the whole film, covering more than 1,800 special effects. Especially in the climax of the film, the special effects of some scenes are layered with more than 100 layers, more than 400 synthesis nodes, and the rendering time of each frame is more than ten hours.
The film also uses procedural modeling to produce hundreds of high-rise buildings for nearly 200 scenes in the whole film, which truly restores the scene of bald head and strong work and life, and also improves the quality of the classic scenes that have appeared in previous movies, and refines the material and lighting atmosphere of the props in each scene. At the same time, many classic characters in the film returned, and the film also upgraded these characters, and the characters' materials, hair, and carving production processes have been comprehensively upgraded.
The audience's demand for the quality of cartoons is getting higher and higher, and we are constantly improving and improving. For example, in the film, in addition, the shot of countless little bears rushing towards the screen, using our newly developed cluster system, through the expression function of this system, each little bear presents a different expression dynamic, making the character personality appear richer, and the audience will see a very cute little bear close in front of them, at their fingertips. Shang Linlin told reporters.
It is reported that the film has also specially produced many versions of Chinese giant screen, CINITY, IMAX and so on, presenting an audio-visual feast for all audiences. "The 'Bear Infested' series of big movies is our annual commitment to the audience, and we can't miss it. Shang Linlin hopes that it can accompany more audiences for a longer time.
*: Jiupai News].