One yuan returns to the beginning, and everything is renewed. With the arrival of the 2024 New Year, in the cold weather, it has become a great time to reunite with your family on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day to watch a party or a good drama, or to go to the cinema to enjoy blockbusters, or to come to theaters and concert halls to feel the charm of art. A warm choice for many Chengdu citizens. The film, television and performing arts markets are showing a good trend of continued and comprehensive recovery.
Use music to fill the New Year's Eve ritual
The New Year's countdown on and off the stage, the world's top musical theater fan club, two New Year's concerts... On the evening of December 31, 2023, the Chengdu City Concert Hall was brightly lit. , the attendance rate was 100%, and the New Year's Eve ceremony was full.
At 19:30 on the evening of December 31, 2023, the 2024 New Year Concert of the Chengdu Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall opening series kicked off. The audience walked into the Transaction Concert Hall, and in the classic symphony works one after another, "zero distance" Get in touch with conductors and performers, visit theaters, learn etiquette, and share the joy of the New Year.
At the Sichuan Grand Theater, the theater also prepared a New Year's Eve dinner called "Disney's 100th Anniversary Fantasy World Concert" for the public. It was also full of ritual feeling, and the audience shouted the countdown to the New Year together.
"The level of the New Year's concert is also a reflection of the city's symphony level and artistic atmosphere. These high-level performances are a two-way commitment between the city of Chengdu and high-quality culture." Industry insiders said that this year's music performances are heating up, and various orchestras have tight schedules , you can still enjoy symphony orchestras from home and abroad at the end of the year, which is enough to illustrate Chengdu’s attraction to top musicians, and also illustrates the strong demand for New Year’s concerts in the Chengdu market.
Fans and moviegoers gather in theaters to enjoy the New Year atmosphere
At the beginning of the new year, many new films are released in major theaters across the country, making the New Year's Day schedule a "good start". According to Beacon Professional Edition, as of 17:30 today, the national movie box office from December 30, 2023 to January 1, 2024 reached 1.44 billion yuan, and the Chengdu box office exceeded 33.97 million yuan. Among them, the movie "Twinkle Twinkle Shining Star" has a box office of 595.5 million yuan, firmly ranking first, and "The Annual Party Can't Stop!" ”, “Goldfinger”, “Stealth” and other films followed closely behind.
Zhang Zhou, who made an appointment with friends to watch "The First Snow" at the theater, grabbed the movie tickets for "Snow Field" as early as the pre-sale of the movie "Twinkle Twinkle Star" started. This movie made his New Year look brighter. Very ceremonial. "The movie is good, and more importantly, it has the unique design of 'snowing'. In fact, the main reason for watching the movie is to experience the atmosphere of the New Year." Zhang Zhou said.
"This is my first time to watch a concert in a cinema. This format is particularly interesting." Chengdu netizen Pan Pan posted. She said that at the New Year's Eve concert of "Taylor Swift: The Age of Concert" in the theater where she was, fans sang in unison and the atmosphere was very fiery. On the first day of the new year, citizen Chen Jianfeng walked into the cinema and watched the long-awaited "If You Are the One 3". He said: "New Year's Day is a day to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. When the Easter Egg actor said goodbye to the audience at the end, my tears fell all of a sudden. This movie made me feel very warm and touching."
Reporters from many theaters in Chengdu It is understood that during the New Year's Day, citizens' enthusiasm for movie watching is high, and new movie consumer groups of "silver-haired people" and "Z generation", as well as "rice circle" movie fans, and parents and children have emerged to watch movies. Even during ordinary times, the attendance rate is very impressive.
Staying at home to watch parties and binge-watching TV series is also very "fun"
Staying at home and turning on the TV, watching the New Year's Eve parties of various TV stations, and binge-watching popular TV series is a relaxing and enjoyable way to welcome the New Year.
At 7 o'clock in the evening on December 31, 2023, @ Honey Sandwich was still busy adjusting the TV, while her daughter took the fruit early and sat down on the sofa, waiting to watch the New Year's Eve party. The family sat around the living room, chatting about light topics in life, while waiting for the New Year's Eve party to begin...
Last night, CCTV, Hunan Satellite TV, Jiangsu Satellite TV, Zhejiang Satellite TV, Dragon TV, Beijing Satellite TV, etc. The New Year's Eve party was launched, and at the end of 2023, it "brushed" the ratings. The ratings champion is undoubtedly the CCTV New Year's Eve Party. It quickly broke 5% after it started broadcasting, and has since stabilized at around 5%.
It is worth mentioning that Hunan Satellite TV’s New Year’s Eve party has received far more attention than other satellite TVs. Taking advantage of the “shutdown wave” at the end of the party, the real-time ratings in the last hour surpassed that of CCTV’s New Year’s Eve party. Experience A taste of being ranked number one in all channels.
In addition to New Year’s Eve parties, binge-watching TV series is also a way many citizens choose to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Last night, dramas such as "Longling Mystery", "Flowers" and "Three Brigades" were also popular. "Longling Mystery" broadcast on CCTV 6 ranked fifth in the prime time with a ratings of 2.2% in the southwest region. CCTV 8 "Flowers" also recorded a prime-time viewership rating of 1.7% and ranked seventh in the southwest region, making it the most popular drama in recent times.
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