The Paper's reporter Chen Chen
According to the data of Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 21:28 on February 1, the box office of the first day of the Chinese New Year in 2022 exceeded 1.5 billion yuan, ranking second in the single-day box office in the history of Chinese films, with a total of 535,900 times setting a record for the number of single-day shows in Chinese film history. There are five new films that grossed more than 100 million yuan on the first day.
The top five box office of the new films are: "Chosin Lake's Watergate Bridge" 665 million yuan, "Four Seas" 234 million yuan, "This Killer Is Not Calm" 217 million yuan, "Miracle Stupid Child" 189 million yuan, "Bear Haunting • Return to Earth" 110 million yuan.
"The Water gate Bridge of Chosin Lake" has led the way without suspense since the pre-sale, and the single-day box office on the first day of release has become the second place in the box office of the Spring Festival in the past year, less than last year's "Detective Chinatown 3". As of 00:00 on February 2, the cumulative box office of the film including pre-sales has exceeded 800 million yuan.
The box office of "The Water Gate Bridge of Chosin Lake" has exceeded 800 million yuan
In "Watergate Bridge", the soldiers of the Seven Companies, after ending the battles in Xinxingli and Shimogaru-ri, blocked the enemy's retreat at the Watergate Bridge, ushering in more intense and brutal battles under more severe cold conditions. Each actor uses a delicate and expressive interpretation to show a touching sense of family and country friendship. As a super blockbuster in the Spring Festival file, it not only unveiled the suspense of the previous work, but also achieved a comprehensive sublimation, the battle scenes were repeatedly upgraded, and the overall level was higher than that of the previous game.
Another movie, "Sniper," which is also set on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, is another masterpiece by Zhang Yimou, a very prolific "labor model" in recent years. Although as a "competitive" film of "Watergate Bridge", the start of "Sniper" is not strong, and the box office of 50 million yuan on the first day ranks third from the bottom of the Spring Festival file, but with the opening of the spring festival file on the first day, on Douban, "Sniper" ranks first in the Spring Festival rating with a high score of 7.7.
Unlike the grand war scenes of "Watergate Bridge", "Sniper" is a rare and very "calm" war film. The film is based on the little-known and significant "Cold Gun and Cold Gun" movement in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and cuts into the heroic story of the sniper of the volunteer army from a unique individual perspective. Filmed on the spot, the whole snow scene did not use grand special effects to create a spectacle of war, but returned to the simple aesthetics of realism, and created the story of the sniper who was closest to the truth and flesh and blood to aid Korea with sincerity.
The Spring Festival movie Douban has opened a score, "Sniper" is currently the highest, and "Four Seas" is at the bottom
In addition to the two war blockbusters, other Douban films have basically maintained a standard of more than 7 points. Wen Muye's "Miracle" ranked second with 7.4, "Chosin Lake's Water Gate Bridge" scored 7.2 points on the first day of Douban, and happy twist comedy movie "This Killer Is Not Calm" also received a 7-point happy "laughing fruit". In contrast, although Han Han's "Four Seas" ranked second at the box office, its anti-genre and anti-climactic film design challenged the viewing expectations of some audiences during the Spring Festival to a certain extent, and Douban's first day score was only 5.6, which also became the lowest rating of Han Han's film since the film.
The Spring Festival has just begun, the box office of "This Killer Is Not Calm" has begun to surpass on the second day of the New Year, this comedy film adapted from Yuki Mitani is expected to stage a counterattack faster than last year's "Surging Crowds", and the animation film "Bear Haunting • Return to the Future" also surpassed "Miracle Stupid Child" and currently ranks fourth at the box office.
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