1905 Movie News During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, the Chinese film market is booming. According to Beacon Professional Edition data, as of 12:38 on February 12, the total box office (including pre-sales) for the 2024 Spring Festival period (February 10 to February 17) has exceeded 3 billion yuan. "It's Hot", "Flying Life 2" and "Bear Infested and Reversing Time and Space" are currently among the top three box office releases.
This year’s Spring Festival movies are all domestically produced films, dominated by comedies, which focus on celebrating the New Year with laughter, familiar faces, and both refined and popular entertainment. The audience’s enthusiasm for watching movies has also increased compared with previous years, and the box office is expected to hit a new high in film history.
Director Jia Ling's second big screen work "Hot and Spicy" has a cumulative box office of over 990 million and is about to break the 1 billion mark! This is a film about how kind people find themselves and learn to love themselves. The film's story full of laughter and tears was widely praised by the audience, and its box office and reputation were both high.
Director Han Han returned to the big screen after five years with "Flying Life 2". It once again set off a racing storm in theaters on the first day of its release. The box office once topped the Spring Festival box office on the first day. With the blessing of high reputation, the film's box office successfully exceeded 9 100 million, closely following "Hot and Spicy".
"Bear Bear", the tenth major movie in the "Bear Bear" series, is temporarily ranked third, with a box office of 550 million, and more than 81.1 million viewers entered the theater to celebrate the ten-year appointment. The film has an eye-catching performance in animation, and is still the first choice for children of all ages to watch during the Spring Festival.
Zhang Yimou's new Spring Festival film "Article 20" is temporarily ranked fourth, with a box office of 420 million. The film has broken 8 records on the first day of release, with a score of 8.0 on Douban, 9.6 on Maoyan, and 9.6 on Taopiao Piao. It scored 9.5 and was well received by thousands of viewers.
"Mr. Red Carpet" and "Let's Shake the Sun Together" ranked fifth and sixth on the list, with box office receipts of 62.5 million and 55.71 million respectively. The box office results were close, but the gap was small.
