Jimu News Reporter Rong Yu
During this May Day holiday, watching movies is still the first choice of holiday activities for many people. As of 9 pm on May 5, the total national movie box office for the 2024 May Day period (May 1 to May 5) has reached 1.522 billion, which is expected to reach the second highest box office in the history of this period. Among them, " peacekeeping and anti-riot" The three new films "Team ", " Thelma and Louise " and " Kowloon Walled City: The Siege " made the largest contributions and ranked among the top three box office slots.
With the enthusiastic help of Wuhan movie fans, this year’s May Day box office in Wuhan ranked seventh in the national city box office list, with more than 820,000 moviegoers during the period, and the average ticket price during the period was 39.6 yuan. Among the major ticket warehouse cities The lowest fare.
This comedy almost had the last laugh
There are more than ten new films released on May Day this year, which is quite "crowded". Judging from the starring lineup and pre-sales of the films, Huang Jingyu and The action blockbuster "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" starring Wang Yibo has long been predicted by the industry to be the "biggest brother" in the schedule. In addition, the crime-themed movie "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" starring Louis Koo and Sammo Hung and the heavy-hitting film by animation master Hayao Miyazaki The movie "Howl's Moving Castle" has also received high hopes from movie fans.
html On May 1st, the 2024 May Day season was officially launched. "Peacekeeping Riot Squad", with two "super traffic" actors Huang Jingyu and Wang Yibo, topped the box office list on the day without any suspense, and was leading the way, becoming this year's May Day movie. The most popular new movies.
The opening results of "Peacekeeping and Anti-Riot Squad" are very consistent with the "pre-match expectations" of Zheng Li, the person in charge of Wuhan Paragon Cinemas. According to his analysis to Jimu News reporters, among the many new films in the May 1st period, "Peacekeeping and Anti-riot Team" "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" has the most obvious comprehensive advantage, and it has also received the strongest support from theaters across the country. "At least in the first half of the May Day schedule, "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" will definitely be the leader."
Indeed, "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" is leading the way. It is the first half of this year's May Day schedule, but starting from May 3, the comedy movie "Thelma and Louise" starring Jia Bing, Tan Zhuo, Xiao Shenyang and others will stage "overtaking in a corner", halfway through the schedule It made a strong effort and won the single-day box office championship for three consecutive days, ending the winning streak of "Peacekeepers".
Although the online rating of "Thelma and Louise" is not high, and its total box office is currently lower than "Peacekeepers", this film tells the story of "people are dying, but the money has not been spent yet" Northeast flavor The children's comedy attracted many audiences during the short holiday, once again verifying the golden saying in the film industry that "audiences need comedy at all times". Comedian Jia Bing, who has effectively increased his popularity with "Crazy", also this time He gained another wave of popularity as the leading actor in "Thelma and Louise".
Another "cancelled player" appears
As of 9 pm on May 5, the top five box office films in the 2024 May Day box office are "Peacekeepers" (with a box office of 405 million yuan during the period), "Thelma and Louise" "Money" (a box office of NT$390 million during the period), "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" (a box office of NT$253 million during the period), " Spy House Code: White " (a box office of NT$195 million during the period) and "Ha" My Moving Castle " (box office during the period was 102 million yuan).
With the joint efforts of these films, the current total box office of the May Day period in 2024 has reached 1.522 billion yuan, which is expected to surpass the May Day period in 2019 (1.527 billion yuan) and become the second highest box office in the history of this period, second only to 2021 The May 1st tranche (1.673 billion yuan).
In terms of city box office rankings, as of 9 pm on May 5, with the support of more than 820,000 viewers purchasing tickets, Wuhan’s May Day box office reached 32.6522 million yuan, second only to the 35.5836 million yuan in 2021. Ranked seventh in the national city box office list. It is worth noting that the average ticket price in Wuhan for May Day this year is 39.6 yuan, which is still the cheapest among the major "ticket warehouse towns".
After the "cancellation of TV series" appeared in the 2024 Spring Festival, another "cancellation contestant" appeared in the May 1st period. In fact, before the opening of the May 1st period, there was the animated film " Xiaoqian" that was originally scheduled to be released in this period. 》suddenly announced its withdrawal. A senior person in the film distribution industry told Jimu News reporters that as the film market continues to heat up in the past two years, there are no absolute "unpopular schedules" anymore. A movie in any schedule may create box office miracles, and it will It may become "cannon fodder" at the box office. "It is foreseeable that 'canceled TV series' will continue to appear in major schedules in the future."
(Photo source: public information from the film company)
(Source: Jimu News)
