During the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, in addition to eating rice dumplings and watching dragon boats, many people choose to go to the cinema to relax by watching movies.
During the Dragon Boat Festival in 2024, the movie with the highest box office was " I Don't Want to Be Friends with You ". According to data from Maoyan Professional Edition and Lighthouse Professional Edition, the movie received a box office of 71.48 million during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Poster of the movie "I Don't Want to Be Friends with You". Picture/Movie Channel Integrated Media Center
The film is directed by He Nian and stars Zhuang Dafei, Chen Haoyu, Wang Hao, Bi Wenjun, Jia Bing and others.
On Douban, the audience gave this drama a score of 6.6. Some people think that this is a comedy movie that is suitable for the whole family to watch together, with "a time-travel theme, with laughter and tears."
However, some people think that this drama is not good, and "fans of the drama are furious". They think that the movie version has changes compared to the TV series version, and they are not changes that make the movie better. "This kind of IP with a small range of loyal fans is most afraid of two things." The film and crew have already done this: change the leading role and delete popular characters. If you piss off the fans of the drama, who will be your tap?"
In addition, the second-ranked box office stars are Xiao Yang, Yu Ailei, Fan Chengcheng, and Lin Le. The crime movie " Crackdown on Gangsters·Never Give Up " starring Xuan and others had a box office of 68.61 million.
starred Andy Lau, Lau Ching Wan, and Ng Chun-yu, and " Negotiator " directed by Qiu Litao received 50.86 million box office, ranking third in the Dragon Boat Festival. The fourth position of
is the movie " Garfield " which was released on June 1. The Hollywood movie "Mad Max: Goddess of Fury" only received 25.28 million box office during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Jiupai News observed that the box office of this Dragon Boat Festival was not great. Well-known producer and supervisor Tan Fei posted a picture of the Dragon Boat Festival box office over the years on June 8, the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival, with the text: "Alas, even a sigh doesn't work."
According to Maoyan Professional According to data from the version and Beacon Professional Edition, the box office on the first day of this year's Dragon Boat Festival was 124 million, while the box office of the Dragon Boat Festival in 2023 will be 315 million, which is nearly three times the box office on the first day of this year.
Dragon Boat Festival box office in 2024. Picture/Maoyan Professional Edition
The total box office of the Dragon Boat Festival this year was 383 million, while last year’s Dragon Boat Festival was 911 million, which is quite a gap.
Dragon Boat Festival box office in 2023. Picture/Lighthouse Professional Edition
Tan Fei mentioned in his social media account that he believes that movies are no longer strictly necessary for the audience. There are no good-looking, must-see or highly social topics. Most of the audience I won't go to see it. If a major film is not led by a strong film, its appeal will weaken.
At the same time, he also said that the emotional value output that small and medium-sized short films can achieve can basically be covered by current web dramas, short dramas, micro-short dramas, short videos, etc. Except for blockbuster movies, some movies that are not comparable will find it difficult to compete with online products, "so it seems very embarrassing." Some viewers of
agreed with the above remarks after watching it, and believed that "the biggest competition for movies is not movies, but other entertainment video content."
Jiupai News Reporter Wu Di
Editor Wang Jiaqing Wu Feifei
[Source: Jiupai News]
