Source of this article: Times Weekly Author: Nanyang
The box office performance during the May Day period this year was still good, continuing the high performance in the first year.
According to Beacon Professional Edition data, the box office of mainland movies during the May 1st period in 2024 (May 1 to 5) exceeded 1.5 billion yuan. As of 22:00 on May 6, the box office of mainland movies had reached 1.595 billion yuan. Among them, the domestic action blockbuster "" ranked first at the May Day box office with 418 million yuan, the domestic comedy "" ranked second with 412 million yuan, and the Hong Kong-style crime film "" "Kowloon Walled City: The Siege" is temporarily ranked third, with a box office of 275 million yuan.
Judging from the box office on the first day of May Day, the box office on that day reached 412 million yuan. "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" released on that day won the box office championship, with a box office of 136 million yuan on the first day of release, accounting for 27% of the scheduled films; followed by "The End" "Spending Money" had a box office of 86.4997 million yuan on its first day of release. According to data from
Lighthouse Professional Edition, since the beginning of the year, the total box office of national theater movies has reached 20.261 billion yuan, with a total ticket sales of 460 million and more than 50 million screenings.
As of May 6, the top ten box office movies in mainland China in 2024 are " Hot and Spicy Hot " (3.46 billion yuan), " Flying Life 2" (3.398 billion yuan), "Article 20" ( 2.455 billion yuan), " Bears Infested·Reverse Time and Space " (1.997 billion yuan), " annual meeting cannot be stopped!" " (1.061 billion yuan), " Godzilla vs. Kong 2: The Rise of an Empire " (947 million yuan), " What kind of life do you want to live " (786 million yuan), " Weekly Except Three "Harm " (666 million yuan), "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" (418 million yuan), and "Goldfinger" (418 million yuan).
Galaxy Securities Research Report stated that the recovery trend of the film industry this year remains unchanged, and the film market still has room for continued recovery and growth.
Hu Jianli, secretary-general of the China Film Critics Society, told a reporter from Times Weekly that this year’s May Day box office performance was second only to the 1.673 billion yuan in the same period in 2021, the second highest in history. Although the response to the first film was average, it is worthy of recognition that the films released on May 1st this year were of various types and styles and performed well, supporting the overall box office of this year's May 1st.
He further said that the box office performance since the beginning of the year has been recovering well. The types of films released in major schedules this year are more diverse, especially the May Day period, which includes action films, comedies, romance films and other types. This not only satisfies It meets the viewing needs of different users and is also conducive to the overall development of the Chinese film industry.
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