1905 Movie Network News On April 24, the iQiyi World Conference held a number of themed activities such as the Co-creation of Movie Content Summit Forum in Beijing, and focused on the collaborative development of theaters and cloud cinemas, project release, content production, publicity and innovation. , high-quality development of online movies and other topics were shared and discussed.
In 2023, the Chinese film market is booming. The national theater box office was 54.9 billion, of which domestically produced films had a box office of 46 billion, setting a record high. At the same time, the online movie market has continued to grow steadily, and the number of film releases has simultaneously experienced a slight increase.
According to statistics released on site, the supply and revenue of cloud cinema will show large-scale growth in 2023, with the number of online movies increasing by 80%.
It can be seen from the analysis that the most favored works among the audience at the upper end of online channels are domestic top movies, with Hollywood blockbusters ranking in the second echelon. Online exclusive first-run works are gradually receiving more attention, especially works with outstanding quality and lineup. Among them, the online and offline performance of action movies is the most distinctive. Currently, the box office performance of this type of movies has shrunk in the theater market, but it performs well in cloud theaters. This also reflects the difference between cloud theaters and physical theaters in terms of audience users. difference.
On the same day, the main creators of the representative works of iQiyi Online Cinema Brand Art Theater and Action Master Season also came to the scene and shared their respective creative insights. The main creative representative of the literary theater chain is Qiao Liang, the director of "Chasing the Moon". As a small- to medium-budget film, "Chasing the Moon" achieved outstanding results, helping heroine He Saifei win the Golden Rooster Award in one fell swoop.
At the event, Qiao Liang also shared the experience and feelings of cooperating with He Saifei. He revealed that in order to persuade He Saifei to join the work, he communicated with her many times. In the process, he constantly answered the doubts raised by the main creator. This also made him feel that the director must be familiar enough with and determine the core of his work. At the same time, Qiao Liang also shared his experience in creating small and medium-cost films. He believes that small and medium-cost films cannot compete with scenes and production, but they can rely on unique ideas and audio-visual language to win.
Action Master Season has released a number of new films in the past year. Among them, director Yang Bingjia has brought two works, "Defiant" and the sequel "Defiant 2". Facing the changes in the current action movie market, he believes that martial arts movies now need more authorial genes, breaking away from the conventional creative thinking in the past, and adding different perspectives and character relationships to the works.
On the same day, Action Master Season also released the new season's label playlist. Fan Shaohuang and An Zhijie star in "A Fight to the Death," Song Yang, Chen Linong, and Jiang Peiyao star in "No Return Guest," Shi Xiaolong and Bao Beier star in "Anti-Gangsters," and Zhang Jin stars in "One Shot." They will soon meet the audience.