A total of nine films were announced for this year's Spring Festival. They were " Hot and Hot,"" Flying Life 2,"" The 20th Rule,"" Mr. Red Carpet,"" Let's Rock the Sun Together,"" Bear Haunt: Reversing Time and Space,"" The Canopy of Bajie Descends,"" Battle Break," and " Yellow Claw: The God of Fortune Cat." These movies covered different types of comedy, inspirational, and animation. Among them, Hot and Boiling led the box office with 2.718 billion yuan, followed by Life Spears 2 and Bears Haunt: Reversal of Time and Space. This year's Spring Festival lasted for eight days. The total box office exceeded 1.5 billion yuan, and the number of viewers reached 163 million. The release of these films had enriched the audience's choices and also promoted the recovery of the Chinese film market.
There were a total of eight movies released on the first day of the Spring Festival in 2024, including "Hot and Hot,""Flying Life 2," and "Bear Haunt: Reversal of Time and Space." These films covered comedy, inspirational, animation, and other different types, which met the audience's needs for a happy and festive atmosphere. According to the data of the National Film Bureau, the box office of the Spring Festival movie in 2024 reached 8.016 billion yuan, setting a new box office record for the Spring Festival. The number of viewers had also reached 163 million. The box office results of this Spring Festival show showed that there was a rich supply of movies this year, and the audience's demand for movies had been fully released.
There were a total of nine films officially announced for this year's Spring Festival. They were Hot and Hot, Flying Life 2, The 20th Rule, Mr. Red Carpet, Let's Rock the Sun Together, Bear Haunt: Reversing Time and Space, Bajie's Canopy Descends, Battle Break, and Huang Wei: The God of Fortune Cat. These movies were all domestic movies, with comedies playing a dominant role. They were mainly about celebrating the New Year with laughter, familiar faces, and a style that both refined and vulgar enjoyed. Among them," Hot and Hot,"" Life Spears 2,"" The 20th Rule," and " Mr. Red Carpet " had strong comedy elements, which was in line with the happy tone of the family. In addition, these movies also reflected the inspirational theme of being high-spirited and unafraid of challenges. This year's Spring Festival movie used comedy and inspirational as keywords to provide a variety of choices for the audience.
There were a total of 13 new films released during the Spring Festival this year, including popular films such as " The Super Family,"" Miracle," and " The Four Seas." These movies had a very high number of people who wanted to watch them on various platforms, and they could form the first echelon. The second tier included movies such as Sniper, The Killer Is Not Calm, The Fantasy Chronicles of Chibi Maruko, and Return to Earth. This year's Spring Festival screening schedule was affected by the ticket subsidy. The film company converted the budget originally used for the screening fee into ticket subsidy to attract more viewers to watch their own films in the cinema. There were two movies that did not participate in the ticket replenishment, which were " The Bear Happens: Reversal of Time and Space " and " Yellow Cat: The God of Fortune." In addition, the cinema manager revealed that there were originally five films released separately during the Spring Festival this year, but if the cinema did not meet the screening requirements, the film company would not provide subsequent keys. Therefore, the cinema's screening situation was affected by the game between the film company and the cinema. As for the specific screening arrangements and box office performance, the current information was not enough to give an accurate answer.
The top four movies on this year's Spring Festival movie rankings were " Hot and Boiling,"" Flying Life 2,"" Bear Haunt: Reversing Time and Space," and " The 20th Rule." Among them," Hot and Bursting " topped the box office with 2.715 billion yuan. These movies performed well in both the box office and the public's reviews, and they were highly recognized by the audience.
There were nine movies scheduled for the Spring Festival on the first day of the Chinese New Year in 2020, including Vanguard, Detective Chinatown 3, Emergency Rescue, Jiang Ziya, Lost Mom, Champion, Chinese Women's Volley, Wild Land, and Detective Chinatown 3. These movies were all fighting for the box office. Emergency Rescue and Jiang Ziya were expected to be the contenders for the box office champion during the Spring Festival.
In 2024, the box office of the Spring Festival movie reached 8.016 billion yuan, with 163 million viewers. Compared to the Spring Festival holiday in 2023, the box office and the number of visitors increased by 18.47% and 26.36% respectively, creating a new record for the same period. The box office of the four films in the Spring Festival this year exceeded 1 billion yuan. Among them, Hot and Hot ranked first with 2.718 billion yuan, followed by Flying Life 2, Bear Haunt: Reversal of Time and Space, and The 20th. This year's Spring Festival movies had a strong reputation. Most of them focused on real-life topics and comedy elements. They received a lot of attention from social media platforms, helping to increase box office sales. In addition, the increase in the proportion of female audiences, the expansion of the market sinking trend, and the prominent phenomenon of family viewing were the distinctive features of this year's Spring Festival. To sum up, the box office of this year's Spring Festival movies had achieved good results.
There would be nine movies released during the Spring Festival in 2024, including Hot and Hot, Flying Life 2, The 20th Rule, Mr. Red Carpet, Let's Rock the Sun Together, Bear Haunt: Reversing Time and Space, Bajie's Canopy Descends, Battle Break, and Huang Wei: The God of Fortune Cat. These movies were themed with comedy and inspirational, and they were designed to bring joy and positive energy to the audience. Among them," Hot and Hot " was Jia Ling's second self-directed work after " Hello, Lee Huanying." It told the inspirational story of a fat girl who found herself and restarted her life through boxing. The other films also had obvious comedy and inspirational elements, suitable for the whole family to watch together.
The 2021 Spring Festival movies included Detective Chinatown 3, Hello, Lee Huanying, Assassination Novelist, and so on.
In 2022, eight movies were released during the Spring Festival, including The Water Gate Bridge of Changjin Lake, The Killer Is Not Calm, Miracle: Stupid Kid, Bear Haunt: Return to Earth, Four Seas, Sniper, Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf's Basket Out of the Future, and Little Tiger Dun Hero. Among them," Changjin Lake: Watergate Bridge " had the highest box office during the Spring Festival, reaching 2.53 billion." The Killer Is Not Calm " and " Miracle: Stupid Child " were ranked second and third with 1.39 billion and 670 million respectively. In addition, the box office of " Changjin Lake: Watergate Bridge " broke through 3 billion on its 10th day of release. Although overall, the box office sales for the Spring Festival were decreasing,'This Assassin Is Not Calm' was increasing. In general, the 2022 Spring Festival movies were mainly themed films and ordinary people's films. Among them," The Water Gate Bridge of Changjin Lake " and " Sniper " were the main themed films, while " Miracle: Stupid Kid,"" Four Seas," and " The Killer Is Not Calm " were ordinary people's themed films. The total box office of the Spring Festival had exceeded 2 billion yuan as of February 2, with "Changjin Lake's Watergate Bridge" leading the box office with more than 870 million yuan.
Eight movies were released during the Spring Festival in 2022, including The Water Gate Bridge of Changjin Lake, The Killer Is Not Calm, Miracle: Stupid Kid, Bear Haunt: Return to Earth, Four Seas, Sniper, Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf's Basket Out of the Future, and Little Tiger Dun Hero. Among them," Changjin Lake's Watergate Bridge " had the highest box office during the Spring Festival, reaching 2.53 billion, becoming the champion of the Spring Festival. The box office earnings of other movies were also above 100 million. In addition," This Assassin Is Not Very Calm " was growing despite the overall decline in box office sales. Overall, the 2022 Spring Festival movies had a good reputation and box office performance.