The box office on the first day of May 1st in 2024 was amazing!
exceeded 400 million, surpassing the box office on the first day of May Day in 2023, ranking third in film history.
2024 The box office on the first day of May Day in 2024 was second only to 600 million in 2019 and 457 million in 2021. In terms of the number of shows, it set a new record for the first day of May Day in Chinese film history.
's brilliant start is naturally inseparable from the blessing of various types of videos.
2024 The May Day schedule, judging from the entire new film lineup, is rich in variety, covering action, suspense, comedy, animation, love and other themes. The volume of the eight new films is already comparable to the Spring Festival schedule, and even exceeds the 2024 Spring Festival. files. And it is precisely because of the help of so many types of films that this May Day event finally achieved a stunning start.
Looking at specific films,
"Peacekeeping Riot Squad" leads the pack with a box office of 133 million, topping the list.
Military-themed films have always been the favorites of audiences. Looking at the box office list of film history, four films, " Changjin Lake ", " Wolf Warrior 2", "Watergate Bridge" and " Operation Red Sea ", rank in the top 12. Among them, "Changjin Lake" and "Wolf Warrior 2" ranked first and second respectively. "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Operation Red Sea" are contemporary military-themed films, belonging to the same genre as "Peacekeeping Riot Squad".
But this time, "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" focuses on the Chinese peacekeeping police who are not concerned by the public, and is based on their real peacekeeping operations. In terms of the scene, it is a real scene construction, 1:1 true restoration, and the props are even more realistic restoration. As a military film, big scenes are naturally indispensable. Scenes such as the 360-degree roll of armored vehicles, explosions of houses and water, etc. are thrilling. In terms of the cast of
, it assembled popular actors such as Huang Jingyu, Wang Yibo, Zhong Chuxi, Ou Hao, etc., making the film unprecedentedly popular, and ultimately had a good opening box office performance.
" Thelma and Louise " ranked second with a box office of 85 million.
As a comedy film, it is naturally an indispensable genre in the schedule. No matter what time of year it is, comedy films always have their place. In the past two years, many box-office hit comedies have been born, such as "The Annual Party Can't Stop", ", the killer is not so calm, ", etc., not to mention those comedies in the Spring Festival. Although they are not pure comedies, they have comedic elements. They all occupy a large proportion.
Although the current "Thelma and Louise" is helmed by a new director, it has comedy master Yingda as the director and producer behind it, and it also brings together Northeastern actors such as Jia Bing, Tan Zhuo, Xiao Shenyang, Yu Yang, Dong Baoshi, etc. , comedians occupy an absolute proportion.
Although the plot of
is relatively cliché and tells the story of the life changes of a middle-aged man after suffering from a terminal illness, the wonderful performances of a group of talented comedy actors are undoubtedly the biggest highlight of the film. In a schedule like May Day, comedies will naturally not perform too poorly.
" Spy Play House Codename: White " and " Howl's Moving Castle " are the two imported animated films in the schedule, and they also performed well. Of course, is closely related to its reputation. The former has a Douban score of 7.9, and the latter has a Douban score of 9.1.
What is particularly worth mentioning is "Howl's Moving Castle". As a highly acclaimed animated film by animation master Hayao Miyazaki, this is the first time it has been introduced to the mainland. Although the public is no stranger to this film, it is the first time for most people to watch it in a theater, which naturally has great appeal. Due to the box office success of Hayao Miyazaki's last animated film "How Do You Want to Live", this film is also highly anticipated.
" Kowloon Walled City: The Siege " has reached a box office of 130 million including point screenings. However, the box office performance on the first day was not good, but in terms of word-of-mouth performance, it is expected to make further efforts and achieve a counterattack and increase in box office.
Hong Kong films in the past two years are obviously showing signs of recovery, with excellent reputations continuing to emerge.Not long ago, films such as "Under the Sun", "Diary of a Young Man" and "The Vengeful Lawyer" won awards at the new Academy Awards. Their performance in terms of word-of-mouth was quite amazing. Although the box office was uneven, the quality was great. The increase in the rate also makes people full of expectations for the recovery of Hong Kong movies.
Today's "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" is another action genre film that Hong Kong films are good at. It is directed by the famous genre film director Cheng Po-sui and stars famous and powerful actors such as Louis Koo, Sammo Hung, Simon Yam and Raymond Lam. This film has made the film even more popular. There is a guarantee.
" Nothing Can't Be Solved by Hot Pot " obviously fell short of expectations. The box office on the first day was less than 20 million, and the box office on the first day just exceeded 30 million.
is a suspense comedy film starring Yang Mi, Yu Qian, Tian Yu, Yu Ailei, and Li Jiuxiao. The cast is not bad, with high strength and traffic.
This film is also an important work in Yang Mi's new stage of transformation, but the result is mediocre. This can't help but remind people of Yang Mi's recently popular new drama "Harbin 1944", which is also Yang Mi's transformational work during this period. However, the drama also has many problems, and the same is true for Yang Mi's performance. For Yang Mi, the road to transformation is long and arduous.
"Journey Across the Moon" starring Zhang Zifeng and Hu Xianxu had a box office of less than 20 million on the first day, which is not optimistic.
The animated film "The Pigman Movie: Interstellar" grossed less than 10 million at the box office on its first day, ranking at the bottom.
is not short in terms of the May Day release period, but the number has continued to increase. There was even the withdrawal of the animated film "Xiao Qian" before, which is enough to show that the competition has already been fierce. Today's box office performance is generally in line with expectations, but there are huge differences in each film, and this is closely related to the popularity and quality of each film. Let’s wait and see who will have the last laugh in the end.
