However, with the addition of working days and a week since its release, the trend of "Catch a Baby" has obviously slowed down a lot. The single-day box office and attendance rate are a bit lower than those in the first week. There is definitely no problem in winning the summer championship, but it can Whether it will hit the first place in the annual box office has become a suspense.
7 days after its release, "Catch a Baby" broke 1.65 billion, surpassing "Journey to the West: Conquering Monsters" and entering the top 50 in film history!
As of July 22, the single-day box office of "Catch a Baby" was 94.35 million, accounting for 42.6% of the scheduled films and 65.3% of the box office.
This is the first time in the seven days since the movie was released that the single-day box office has fallen below the 100 million mark, and the current cumulative box office has exceeded 1.654 billion. This result is already fifth in the box office in 2024, and it is expected to surpass " Bears: Reverse Time and Space " this week to take fourth place in the annual box office.
is on the box office list in Chinese film history. "Catch a Baby" has also officially surpassed Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Monsters" and entered the top 50 movies in history!
"Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" was released in 2017. It is the sequel to Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons". However, Stephen Chow did not have a schedule, so he became the film's producer and replaced him with Tsui Hark as the director. When the film was released, it broke six records in Chinese film history. record, the final box office exceeded 1.652 billion, and it was the Spring Festival champion that year.
" Journey to the West " series and " Mermaid " are the pinnacle of Stephen Chow's appeal in the mainland market.
Unfortunately, with the rise of mainland box office superstars, especially in the same year as "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", Wu Jing's " Wolf Warrior 2" turned out, abruptly raising the box office ceiling of domestic films to the 5 billion level, and mainland movies The market has also begun to change, and Hong Kong film superstars represented by Stephen Chow have begun to withdraw.
With "Catch a Baby" surpassing "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", Stephen Chow has only one "Mermaid" left in the top 50 box office in Chinese film history.
was released during the Spring Festival in 2016, with a box office of over 3.39 billion. It broke the record in Chinese film history that year. Unfortunately, it was surpassed by Wu Jing a year later. Currently, "Mermaid" has fallen to 17th place on the Chinese film history box office list. It is predicted that the final box office of "Catch a Baby" will be at Around 3.6 billion, and with many blockbuster movies being released during the National Day holiday this year, "Mermaid" will most likely fall out of the top 20!
In addition, in the past two years, the box office appeal of Hong Kong film superstars such as Aaron Kwok, Chow Yun-fat, and Jackie Chan has collapsed.
Hong Kong films may have reached a critical moment in the mainland market.
Chen Sicheng joins forces with Wu Ershan, and Shen Teng faces the challenge of 4 more blockbusters!
With the single-day box office of "Catch a Baby" falling below 100 million, the film's final box office is also in doubt.
The biggest goal of "Catch a Baby" is definitely not the summer championship, but the annual box office No. 1 " Hot Hot ".
"Hot and Spicy" has an absolute advantage in terms of schedule. After all, the Spring Festival release is the most explosive in the whole year. "Catch a Baby" was released for 7 days, but it was screened for 3 days before, so it was actually released for 10 days.
During the same period, the 10-day box office of "Hot and Spicy" has exceeded 2.939 billion. The box office of "Catch a Baby" was only 1.654 billion, which is a huge gap.
But the summer season is about a protracted war. Not to mention that "Catch a Baby" has a better reputation than "Hot and Spicy". On the 10th day after
was released, the single-day box office of "Hot and Spicy" dropped to 89 million, while "Catch a Baby" still had 94.35 million.
proved that the box office stamina of "Catch a Baby" is far better than that of "Hot and Spicy", and Shen Teng still has great hope of overtaking Jia Ling to win the 2024 championship. Of course, all this depends on the new movies this week.
This weekend will be the climax of this summer's summer season.
Chen Sicheng's " decrypted " will be screened in advance, Wu Ershan's " Under the Stranger" will premiere, and Marvel's emotional nuclear bomb " Deadpool and Wolverine " will be released simultaneously in China and the United States, plus there is a dark horse prospect. Zhang Ruoyun's " Safe Evacuation of from the 21st Century" also came to join in the fun and screen.
Shen Teng faces the challenge of 4 more blockbusters! It can be said that every film is not a good one.
According to the pre-sales situation, the pre-sale box office of "Deadpool and Wolverine" exceeded 7 million, "Under the Inhumans" has approached the 10 million mark, "Declassified" also sold 3.44 million, and "Safe Exit from the 21st Century" even It has sold nearly 9 million yuan and has a pretty good reputation.
The proportion of preview films for "Catch a Baby" has dropped to 16% this Friday, July 26. It is obvious that Shen Teng will face a tough battle.
This will determine whether "Catch a Baby" can win the first place of the year!
