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As the holiday comes to an end, the box office results of this year's "May Day" movies have also been handed in. According to Beacon Professional Edition, as of 0:00 on May 6, the box office during the 2024 May 1st period (May 1st - May 5th) has exceeded 1.56 billion. Among them, the Lanzhou May 1st movie box office has reached 6.1321 million. During the "First" period, the total number of moviegoers was 147,600, and the total number of screenings was 9,757. "Thelma and Louise " and " Peacekeeping Riot Squad " were evenly divided at the box office. With a score of over 1.75 million, they became Lanzhou people's "May Day" ” Two of the most-watched movies of the holidays.
A total of 8 new films were released on May Day this year, covering a variety of themes such as action, comedy, romance, suspense, animation, etc., and also covering typical categories such as Japanese comic IP, traffic stars, and Hong Kong-style action. It can be said that the content in recent years One of the most diverse large-scale festival schedules, providing audiences with more choices.
However, the schedule lacks the support of large-scale and large-scale "blockbuster movies". The movies in the schedule have diverse themes and different selling points. They are currently evenly matched. This is also reflected in the box office results. "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" has a cumulative With a box office of over NT$400 million, it ranked first at the May Day box office. The comedy "Thelma and Louise" ranked second at the box office with a narrow gap of NT$390 million. The Hong Kong-style action film " Kowloon Walled City: The Siege" "" temporarily ranks third with a box office of 250 million yuan.
box office champion "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" is an action movie focusing on peacekeeping themes. It tells the story of Chinese peacekeeping police performing peacekeeping missions overseas. After watching the movie, many viewers lamented that the production of the movie was very realistic and very immersive. "I took my children to watch this movie during the holidays. I wanted them to understand how Chinese peacekeeping police maintain world peace and defend the dignity of the motherland in a foreign country. The film was shot very realistically and allowed us to see the dedication and hard work behind the profession of peacekeeping police. Sacrifice." Audience member Liu Ying watched the movie "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" with her third grade primary school son, and they were deeply touched by the wonderful film.
"If you are celebrating the holidays, watch a comedy to laugh and relax." As the only comedy in this year's May Day holiday, "The End" starring Jia Bing, Tan Zhuo, Xiao Shenyang and others "Spending Money" staged a "corner overtaking", exerting strong force in the middle of the schedule, winning the single-day box office championship for three consecutive days, ending the winning streak of "Peacekeeping Riot Squad".
In addition to live-action movies, cartoons also perform well. The two Japanese animated films "Howl's Moving Castle" and "Spy's House Codename: White" have achieved good box office results.
This year's "May Day" stalls reappeared as "cancellation contestants." At 12:00 on May 5, " Nothing That Can't Be Solved by Hot Pot " starring Yang Mi officially announced its withdrawal. The producer of the film stated that since the film was released, due to various environmental factors, the film has not reached a wider audience. After careful consideration and judgment, in order to meet the needs of more viewers, the film was withdrawn on May 6.
Lanzhou Daily All-Media Reporter Ren Zexin Text/Photo
Editor-in-Chief: Zhong Lei
