The New Year's Eve box office in 2023 broke the record for the highest box office in the same period in Chinese film history.
According to Beacon Professional Edition data, as of 16:21 on December 31, the total box office for the 2023 New Year's Eve period exceeded 537 million yuan, breaking the record for the highest box office for the New Year's Eve period in Chinese film history. The top three box office-grossing movies during the New Year's Eve period are "Twinkle Twinkle Star" and "The Annual Party Can't Stop!" "Goldfinger". According to Maoyan Professional Edition data, at 15:02 on December 31, the single-day box office during the New Year's Eve period exceeded 500 million yuan. This is the first time since August 6 that the single-day box office has exceeded 500 million yuan after 146 days.
As the New Year approaches, movie schedules are divided into Lunar New Year schedules, New Year's Day schedules, and New Year's Eve schedules from different time dimensions. The New Year's Eve stall refers to the box office on a single day, and the New Year's Day stall refers to the period from December 30 to January 1, 2024. The Lunar New Year stall has the longest time span, and the box office from November 24 to December 31 is included in the calculation. According to Beacon Professional Edition data, the total box office (including pre-sales) of new films on New Year's Day in 2024 has exceeded 1 billion yuan as of 12:00 on December 31. As of 18:42, the total box office reached 1.184 billion yuan. The total box office for the Lunar New Year stalls exceeded 4 billion yuan at 18:53 on December 30.
As of press time, the New Year's Day box office (including pre-sales) of "Twinkle Twinkle Star" has exceeded 532 million, becoming the New Year's Day box office champion in Chinese film history. "Twinkle Twinkle Star" is iQiyi's first budget drama to exceed 100 million. Qu Chuxiao and Zhang Jianing play the male and female protagonists Zhang Wansen and Lin Beixing respectively. "Zhang Wansen, it's snowing", this line in the play became popular in real life, expressing his longing in a literary and implicit way. Therefore, the movie version of "Twinkle Twinkle Star" set up a special "Snow Field" screening event, which caused fans to rush for tickets and many theaters spontaneously purchased snow-making equipment. However, judging from the actual "snowing" effect, there are mixed reviews. "Snowing in the snow is embarrassing" once became a hot search on Weibo.
The producers of "Twinkle Twinkle Star" include China Film Distribution Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Hengdian Film and Television Co., Ltd., iQiyi Pictures (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Huayi Brothers Film Co., Ltd., etc., and the distributor is Horgo Silian Ruimuma Film and Television Media Co., Ltd., China Film Co., Ltd., and China Film Distribution Co., Ltd.
The second and third places on the New Year's Day box office list are "The Annual Meeting Can't Stop!" ” and “Stealth.” "The annual meeting cannot be stopped!" "Starring Dapeng and Baike, it tells the story of a fitter named Hu Jianlin who was transferred to the group headquarters by accident and became a gold collar worker. He exposed the corrupt executives of the factory at the group's annual meeting and finally saved the factory. The film is produced and distributed by Beijing Jiaying Spring Film Co., Ltd., Zhongqing New Film Culture Media (Hainan) Co., Ltd., Huaxia Film Distribution Co., Ltd., Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media Co., Ltd., etc. The
movie "Stealth" is produced by Andy Lau, starring Andy Lau, Jack Lam, Eddie Peng, etc., and is produced and distributed by Dream Maker Entertainment Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong, China), Shanghai Stupid Kid Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd., Beijing Alibaba Film Culture Co., Ltd., Universal Entertainment Co., Ltd., etc.
As of press time, "The annual meeting cannot be stopped!" " and "Stealth" had a total box office of 218 million yuan and 175 million yuan respectively.
