During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, the Chinese film market is booming. Maoyan Professional Edition data shows that as of 22:20 on February 11, the total box office (including pre-sales) for the 2024 Spring Festival has exceeded 2.7 billion yuan. The box office

2024-02-26 23:29:03 entertainment 1767℃

During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, the Chinese film market is booming. Maoyan Professional Edition data shows that as of 22:20 on February 11, the total box office of the 2024 Spring Festival (including pre-sales) has exceeded 2.7 billion. The 2024 box office (including pre-sales) has exceeded 5 billion.

Two days before the Spring Festival, the 8 movies that have been released during the Spring Festival have been clearly divided into echelons. The competition between " hot " and " speeding life 2" is in a sticky state, ranking in the first echelon. Now both have exceeded 800 million. However, "Hot and Spicy" began to show a clear advantage after overtaking "Flying Life 2" at the box office. currently has a total box office lead of about 60 million . Jia Ling successfully surpassed Shen Teng with the hot search advantage of her debut after losing 100 pounds.

The total domestic box office of "Hot and Spicy" may exceed 3.7 billion

Sony has obtained the global distribution rights

On the latest poster, Le Ying (played by Jia Ling), who has fallen in love with boxing, has a bright smile, and the big gloves are particularly eye-catching, breaking out of the cocoon She is more confident as a butterfly. Jia Ling went from being fat to a familiar beauty. The movie truly showed her process of losing 100 pounds, and many viewers praised Jia Ling's persistence and perseverance.

"Hot" is a movie about how kind people find themselves and learn to love themselves. The film also contains emotional power under the joyful atmosphere. The two people who competed hard during the boxing match were able to hug each other in the end. The way of confrontation and competition in the boxing ring deeply touched Le Ying, who was kind to others but always hurt. From "staying at home for ten years" to "wanting to win once", in the film, Leying's growth and transformation process of learning to "love herself" is very emotionally penetrating and gives people warm comfort.

The Maoyan Professional Edition predicts the total box office of the film in mainland China to be about 3.7 billion . This will be Jia Ling's next high-grossing film after "Hello, Li Huanying".

In addition, Sony Pictures also officially announced that it has won the global distribution rights of Jia Ling's "Hot and Spicy" . Earlier, Sony Pictures won the rights to remake the English version of "Hello, Li Huanying".

How did crosstalk actress Jia Ling transform into the female director with the highest commercial value in China, an outstanding actress and the capital to succeed?

In 2016, Jia Ling, who is active in variety shows and sketches, established Dawan Entertainment. That year, the A-share listed company Beijing Culture (producer and publisher of "Wolf Warrior 2" and "The Wandering Earth") announced that the company planned to use 10 million yuan of its own funds to jointly invest with Jia Yuling (Jia Ling), Zhang Guanghui, and Sun Jibin Beijing Dawan Entertainment Culture Media Co., Ltd. was established to expand the comedy creation business with the goal of building China's first comedy unicorn company in the future.

However, Beijing Culture went through several turmoils later, and ended its five-year equity cooperation with Jia Ling in 2021. It transferred 20% of the equity of Dawan Entertainment to Sanya Literary Xiaohong Culture Media Co., Ltd. for a price of 25 million yuan. It is worth mentioning that the latter also participated in the production of "Hot and Hot".

Dawan Entertainment and its artists have participated in the production of variety shows such as "Comedian 2", "Comedy Story 1 and 2", "Paragon Tonight" and "Happy Drama Club" in recent years. In terms of movies, Dawan Entertainment's two current works are highly tied to Jia Ling. According to Jia Ling's live broadcast, Zhang Xiaofei and Yang Zi will still star in her next movie.

According to Blue Whale Finance, industry insiders have previously analyzed that the biggest winner behind "Hello, Li Huanying" is likely to be the "invisible" guaranteed issuer, and the revenue obtained by Dawan Entertainment may be less than 100 million yuan. This time, Jia Ling should be able to get a larger salary (it is rumored that her salary in "Li Huanying" was 50 million), split accounts, and have a say in distribution in her new work. According to Beacon Professional Edition, Dawan Entertainment currently ranks fifth among the producers of "Hot and Spicy". Adding up the box office revenue, as well as Jia Ling's salary and director's commission for the new work, analysts say " Jia Ling's income this time is expected to exceed 200 million yuan."

"Flying Life 2" is hot on its heels

The results of Zhang Yimou's new film are not satisfactory

In comparison, "Flying Life 2" has a strong lineup, written and directed by Han Han, starring Shen Teng, Fan Chengcheng, Yin Zheng and others. However, the publicity was relatively mediocre and could not be compared with Jia Ling's shocking "lose 100 pounds", and it was completely defeated in the competition of hot searches. Nowadays, relying on its excellent quality (Douban score of 8.1, No. 1 in the same period) and Shen Teng's charisma, it is difficult to separate "Hot and Spicy" from one another.

The movie tells the story of driving school coach Zhang Chi (played by Shen Teng) and potential rookie driver Li Xiaohai (played by Fan Chengcheng) and others forming a bulk team and setting out to compete in the last Bayinbrook Rally with lots of jokes.

Many viewers said that the second part was better than the first. The comedy team headed by Shen Teng has a surprising and funny performance. The racing scene also opened the eyes of the audience. The last Bayinbulak Rally was high-energy and shocking to the audience. In addition, the driving school instructor Zhang Chi made a comeback against the wind, allowing people to see the beauty of transcending oneself and facing the future. Rookie driver Li Xiaohai showed passion, blood and idealism.

The performance of "New Year's Goods" animated film "Bear Bears: Reverse Time and Space", a new work in the "Bear Bears" series, is surprising. After more than ten years of companionship, "Bear Bears" has become a beautiful memory shared by hundreds of millions of viewers, making "Bear Bears Reversal of Time and Space" a highly anticipated work during this year's Spring Festival. There are more than 1,300 special effects shots in the film, and the comprehensively upgraded visual effects scenes and ten-year sentiments bring a cool and exciting audio-visual feast.

Zhang Yimou's realistic comedy "Article 20" has obviously fallen behind. Although the current score of 7.9 on Douban is not worse than the top two, it is also praised for being close to real life, conveying universal emotions, and having excellent comedy elements and real life. Social issues and sincere human emotions, but with current box office results of less than 400 million, is completely unable to compare with , which overpowered "The Wandering Earth 2" in the Spring Festival last year and has been the leader. .

Some viewers said that "Article 20" is not only a masterpiece of realism that reflects social topics, but also a joyful comedy that depicts family life and family relationships. Behind the warmth and joy, the film also explores social issues in depth, allowing the audience to think and ponder. The story explores a specific case of self-defense, but it is derived from more social customs and social phenomena, as well as deeper issues of human relations, legal principles, fairness, and justice. However, some viewers said that they refused to watch Zhang Yimou's movie again because of last year's "Man Jiang Hong".

Ning Hao encountered "Waterloo"

The box office of some movies was only more than 300,000

The other four movies during the Spring Festival are orders of magnitude different from the previous four. " Mr. Red Carpet " directed by Ning Hao and "Let's Shake the Sun Together" directed by Han Yan are still far away from breaking 100 million, while the two animated films "Bajie: The Lower World of the Canopy" and "Huang Pi: Skyfall" The God of Wealth Cat" is even more terrible.

"Mr. Red Carpet" is an absurd comedy directed by Ning Hao and starring Andy Lau, which is based on the vanity fair of the entertainment industry. It is based on the real status of the film and television industry, and exposes and reflects on reality through spicy and self-deprecating expressions.

However, as a top commercial film director with a total box office of over 7 billion and ranking 13th on China’s box office list, and in the field of absurd comedy where he is best at, it took 2 days to get a box office of 60 million, Ning Hao can be said to have encountered a "Waterloo" . The current rating of 6.9 on Douban is also the lowest among rated movies in the same period.

Although "Let's Shake the Sun Together" directed by Han Yan has a good reputation (Douban score of 7.9), terminal illness is not a particularly popular theme during the Spring Festival, so it is expected that the box office is tepid.

It is worth mentioning that the two cartoons in the Spring Festival season, except "The Bear", are both Journey to the West themes, and both have shadows of the Chinese comic classic "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage"."Bajie: The Lower World of the Canopy" is similar in plot, telling the story before Bajie became Bajie, while Lu Wei, the producer of "Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat from Heaven", was the lead producer of "The Return of the Great Sage" "Himalayan Ladder" and other works.

However, the box office results of these two animated movies are extremely dismal. "Bajie: The Lower World of the Canopy" only had a box office of more than 1.3 million, and "Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat from Heaven" only had a box office of more than 300,000 .

In the comments on Douban, some netizens thought that the story of "Bajie: The Lower World of the Canopy" was too cliche.

Many netizens commented on "Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat from Heaven" as "the story is sparse" and "there is no plot".