Movie Box Office

The box office of the 2024 Spring Festival movie was a huge success. According to the preliminary statistics of the State Film Administration, the box office of the Chinese New Year holiday in 2024 reached 8.016 billion yuan, and the number of viewers reached 163 million, an increase of 18.47% and 26.36% respectively over the same period last year. This result set a new record for the same period. Among them,"Hot and Boiling,""Flying Life 2,""Bear Haunt: Reversal of Time and Space," and "The 20th Rule" performed well, contributing more than 95% of the box office. In addition, the 2024 box office (including pre-sales) also broke the 10 billion yuan mark on February 16. Overall, the film market in 2024 performed well. The audience satisfaction score of the Spring Festival was as high as 85.9 points, ranking second in recent years. This result showed that the quality of domestic movies was constantly improving, and the demand for movies continued to grow.

In 2023, the box office of Chinese films was 54.915 billion yuan, of which the box office of Chinese-made films was 46.005 billion yuan, accounting for 83.77%. A total of 73 films exceeded 100 million yuan in the year, of which 50 were China-made films. In 2024, the total box office of the new May Day film exceeded 900 million yuan. In 2024, the box office of cinema movies had exceeded 20 billion yuan. Based on these data, it could be seen that the box office of Chinese movies had continued to grow in the past few years.

The box office sales of the movie Evil Suppression were not optimistic. According to different reports, the movie's box office figures ranged from 1.87 million to 8.4 million. Among them, there was a report that the box office on the first day was only 425,000 yuan, while another report mentioned that the movie had reached 8.4 million yuan in the box office after five days of screening. However, the production cost of this movie was said to exceed 10 million, so it might be difficult to recover the cost. Based on the current trend, the final box office earnings might be around 5 million or stop at around 2.5 million. In general, the box office performance of Evil Suppression was not ideal.

The box office rankings for 2023 were announced, and many domestic films were on the list. According to the data provided, the top ten global box office rankings in 2023 were: Barbie, Super Mario Brothers Movie, Oppenheim, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Fast and Furious 10, Spiderman: The Universe, Red River, Wandering Earth 2, and The Little Mermaid. Among them," River Is Red " and " The Wandering Earth 2 " were domestic films that entered the top ten of the list. According to another report, the total box office earnings of Chinese movies in 2023 reached 54.915 billion yuan, with domestic movies such as Red River, Wandering Earth 2, and Last Hail in the top three. Therefore, there were many domestic films on the 2023 box office rankings.

The box office of the movie Journey had reached 1.2 billion. The total investment for this movie was about 300 million yuan. According to the rules of the cinema, the box office reached 1.2 billion yuan. Some movie industry insiders predicted that Journey would be the top online movie in history, and the online box office earnings could break 100 million. In addition, after 72 hours of release, Journey had already accumulated a total box office of 42.62 million yuan, setting a new record for online premiere movies. The film received good reviews from the audience. The rhythm and emotions were well controlled, giving people a Hollywood feel. Overall, Journey had achieved good results at the box office.

The latest box office data showed that the total box office of the new May Day film in 2024 had exceeded 900 million yuan. Among them," Peacekeepers and Riot Squad,"" Fortress Besieged by the Walled City of Nine Dragons," and " Thelma Spends Money " were the top three at the box office. The exact box office figures and the ranking of other films were still unclear.

The following conclusions: According to the Chinese box office rankings for 2023 and 2024, some of the top-ranked films include Red River, Wandering Earth 2, Last Stake, The Lost Her, Apotheosis I: The Wind and Cloud of Zhaoge, Octagonal Cage, Thirty Thousand Miles in Chang 'an, Bear Haunt: Bear Heart, Firm as a Rock, and Unfamiliar Road. However, these search results did not provide a complete box office ranking, so they could not give a comprehensive answer.

The 2024 box office rankings were as follows: 1. Hot and Spicy: Box office earnings of 2.715 billion yuan, temporarily ranked first in the 2024 mainland box office rankings. 2. Flying Life 2: Box office earnings of 2.395 billion yuan, temporarily ranked second in the 2024 mainland box office rankings. 3. " Bear Haunt: Reversal of Time and Space ": Box office 1.389 billion yuan, temporarily ranked third in the 2024 mainland box office list. 4. " Item 20 ": Box office earnings of 1.334 billion yuan, temporarily ranked fourth in the 2024 mainland box office rankings. According to the above data, the above four movies were the top four in the 2024 box office rankings.

In the past 20 years, the box office champions in the Chinese film market were Journey to the West, Transformers 4: Age of Extinction, Monster Hunter, Mermaid, Wolf Warrior 2, Operation Red Sea, Nezha's Demon Child, Eight Hundred, Changjin Lake, and Changjin Lake's Water Gate Bridge. Among them," Changjin Lake: Watergate Bridge " was the first domestic box office champion film in mainland China.

In 2024, the box office for the first day of the Spring Festival exceeded 1.3 billion yuan. Among them," Flying Life 2 " and " Hot and Hot " were the two movies with the highest box office earnings that day, reaching 429 million yuan and 423 million yuan respectively. The other movies in the top five included Bear Haunt: Time Reversal, Rule 20, and Mr. Red Carpet. These figures showed that the box office performance of the Spring Festival movies was strong, but there was still a gap compared to the past few years.