This year, the film markets in various countries are very short of film sources, because many blockbusters have been postponed and rescheduled. The country has long recovered as before, but many filmmakers are still very cautious, so there are not many potential works in the market, which also exacerbates the downturn in the box office market. Most domestic films are still waiting, so recently a lot of foreign old films have been introduced to make up the numbers, so that the audience can relive their dreams on the big screen.
Today and Friday is the opening time of the new film, and the domestic film "The King of Bath" has achieved gratifying results after its launch, and the box office has easily reached the top and won the championship. In addition, there is an imported film that has also exploded in word-of-mouth, which is "Hunting T34" directed by Alexei Sidolov. In China, foreign language films are all hollywood movies, but in fact, there are many films from other countries, such as this Russian blockbuster that did not disappoint the audience.
The Hunt for T34 is directed by Alexei Sidorov and starring Alexander Petrov, Vincent Kever, and Irina Statson Nanny. The film tells the story of a group of heroic Russian soldiers who successfully escaped from the Germans in 1944 with a semi-damaged T-34 tank. From a commercial point of view, war films are more difficult to sell at the box office, but they are very popular in the local area, and the filmmakers have made more money.
"Hunting T34" is a 2019 movie that caused a huge sensation after its release in Russia last year. The film was a huge hit in the local market, selling 2.3 billion rubles (about 200 million yuan) at the box office and receiving 9.06 million views. What is the level of this record? It broke the Hollywood blockbuster monopoly at the box office, which is somewhat similar to the domestic "Wolf Warrior 2" level.
"Hunting T34" sold 2.3 billion rubles at the Russian box office, and its local film ranking is also historical. The film also landed in the domestic market today, due to the influence of the subject matter, its opening box office is average, but the audience's word of mouth response is very good. On Douban, netizens scored a high score of 7.5, which is better than 52% of war films and better than 55% of historical films.
In the mainland, when it comes to imported films, they are Hollywood blockbusters, and films from other countries are rarely paid attention to, but in terms of quality, there are many works that are not inferior to large-scale productions in the United States. Take this "Hunting T34", although it is affected by the lack of budget in terms of funds, the effect of shooting is very shocking, the actor's acting skills are also online, and the director restores the war scenes very realistically.
"Hunting T34" has a good reputation in China, but because its scheduling volume is not high, it leads to average opening results. Today, only 36,400 shows were screened, accounting for 9.9% of the scheduled films, and it did not have many golden scenes at night. As of 20:00, the real-time box office closed at 2.31 million yuan, ranking sixth. In terms of the strength of this film, it is underestimated, but there is no way to say that the current mainland market is sluggish, and it can only be said that it lost to luck.
Russia sold 2.3 billion rubles, and the word of mouth in the mainland also exploded after the release today, so why is the box office gap between the two countries so large? "Hunting T34" did not disappoint the audience, but its box office coldness was also caused by the lack of a wide audience of the subject matter. Now the mainstream movie-watching group is dominated by young women, who only like love movies, which is why its results are not as good as domestic bad films.
"Hunting T34" has generally reached the level of a Hollywood blockbuster, of course, many details are not perfect. This kind of war film has a relatively simple audience, basically a male audience, which is a good explanation for why it is not popular. The mainland only grossed 2.31 million on the first day, which is a cold opening result, but it does not matter because it has already recovered its profits in Russia.