As of 11 a.m. today, the cumulative box office in the first four days of May 1st in 2024 has reached 1.34 billion. The diversity and richness meet the movie-watching needs of different audiences. The market has improved significantly compared with the same period last year. According to Beacon AI's box office forecast, the total May Day box office is expected to exceed 2019's 1.527 billion, creating the second highest May Day box office in Chinese film history.
Still the comedy has the last laugh
Judging from the data, the proportion of viewers who bought tickets on-site on the first day of May 1st this year was relatively high, close to 70%. This shows that the audience's demand for watching movies during the big period is still sufficient, and on the other hand, it also Make post-screening publicity in the market, including word-of-mouth communication, even more important. " There's Nothing That Can't Be Solved by Hot Pot " and " Journey Through the Moon " respectively have the starring casts of Yang Mi , Yu Qian and Zhang Zifeng, Hu Xianxu , even if they each work hard to show off on the road, they are limited to The poor reputation of the two films made it difficult for their final box office to exceed 60 million and 40 million. Even though " Peacekeeping Riot Squad " relied on the high popularity of Huang Jingyu and Wang Yibo to gain the highest proportion of films and market expectations before its release, it also successfully won the single-day box office on May 1st and 2nd. However, due to the poor reputation of the film, on the third day of its schedule, the single-day box office champion changed places. "Thelma and Louise" may smile as the single-day box office champion for three consecutive days and the May Day box office champion. to the end.
Although it has many shortcomings, "Thelma and Louise" is the only major comedy film on May 1st this year. It has obvious genre advantages and meets the movie-watching needs of the audience who pursue "easy decompression" during the big period, especially at the box office in the Northeast. The performance is outstanding. As director Wu Zhina said before: "There are many memories between the four of them, about their hometown, childhood and those long-gone eras." The film uses the middle-aged "Iron Rooster" Jia Youwei (played by Jia Bing) to "resurrection" "The story actually explores topics that are closely related to the public, such as family, friendship, dreams and reality. Some netizens lamented: ""Thelma and Louise" is not just purely funny, nor does it just praise friendship, but tells the audience to Look forward, while life is still good, join hands with the company of friends, and regain the courage to face a life of failure. "
Hong Kong-style action film "Recovering the Soul" has a better reputation and higher audience recognition than "Thelma and Louise". It is " Kowloon Walled City: The Siege ". The cumulative box office during the four days of its release (including spot screenings) has exceeded 291 million. Although Hong Kong movies have always had familiar faces and similar stories over the years, making audiences tired of the movie, most of the audiences who did not have high expectations for the movie got an unexpected surprise when they entered the theater: "There is actually a movie The action movie has the passionate Hong Kong comic fighting style of "龙虎门", as well as the mixed martial arts and physical realism of "Slaying the Wolf" and "The Fuse". "
As the name suggests, the story background of the movie is also there. Set in the Kowloon Walled City, the "Three No Matters" zone in Hong Kong in the 1980s, a down-and-out young man named Chen Luojun (played by Raymond Lam) stumbles here and is accidentally rescued by the "big shot" Tornado (played by Louis Koo) in the village. They met Xinyi (played by Liu Junqian), Twelve Young Masters (played by Hu Tong), and Sizi (played by Zhang Wenjie), and got entangled in the bloody battle to guard the city wall. What is surprising is that the creative team carefully reproduced the streets covered with wires, busy grocery stores, retro barber shops and vicissitudes of ancestral halls, vividly showing the true traces of life. In this walled city full of dilapidated beauty, Japan Action master Tanigaki Kenji also helped the film outline a visual feast that blends reality and comics. What's even more valuable is that the Kowloon Walled City constructed and remembered in the film is actually a vibrant social organism composed of various elements such as the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes, the fireworks of the city, the importance of love and justice, and mutual help. In other words, the film not only finds the freshness of Hong Kong action movies, but also regains the soul of Hong Kong action movies. In particular, the film's ticket-buying audience is significantly different from other May Day films, with male audiences accounting for as high as 57.7%.
