Almost a month has passed since the Spring Festival, and the mainland film market has also ushered in two blockbuster new films
"Ant-Man 3", which opened the fifth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and "Chinese Ping-Pong: Jedi Strikes Back" that Deng Chao spent 350 million to create, both of which have the potential to become box office hits, but from the opening date, the final box office may not be ideal
"The Wandering Earth" lost the championship for the third time, and the new film of the Spring Festival file began to end
As of 9 o'clock on February 17, the new films "Ant-Man 3" and "Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back" won the single-day box office champion and runner-up, while the Spring Festival file "The Wandering Earth 2" and "Manjiang Hong" ranked third and fourth
The single-day box office of "The Wandering Earth 2" dropped to 2.15 million, but the proportion of films remained at 16.4%, and it is expected that by the prime time of the evening, it can surpass "Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back", with a cumulative box office of more than 3.762 billion in 27 days of release
"The Wandering Earth 2" is the most dramatic box office hit in recent years
After the Spring Festival file, "The Wandering Earth 2" actually counterattacked "Manjiang Red" to win the championship, but I didn't expect to lose the championship in the Valentine's Day stall, and the next day of Valentine's Day, "The Wandering Earth 2" won the crown for the third time
But only 2 days later, I encountered "Ant-Man 3" again, and lost the crown for the third time
As one of the top ten box office in Chinese film history, "The Wandering Earth 2" has not been able to exceed 30%, which is the first time in film history, twice overtaken can also be counterattacked back, this kind of ups and downs are also rare in film history
On the one hand, it shows that the quality of "The Wandering Earth 2" is excellent, and on the other hand, it shows that there is still a little problem with the audience acceptance of domestic sci-fi films
With the release of "Ant-Man 3", the probability of "The Wandering Earth 2" breaking the 4 billion box office basically does not exist
"Ant-Man 3" won the box office on the first day, and Deng Chao's new film only had a box office of 3.97 million in 9 hours, costing more than 350 million
However, although "Ant-Man 3" and "Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back" have many films, the box office is actually not outstanding
As of 9 o'clock on February 17, the single-day box office of "Ant-Man 3" in the mainland was 12.06 million, and won the championship on the premiere day! But this achievement is based on the fact that the proportion of films in the row exceeds 32.1%, and it is really not worth taking one-third of the films to produce such a little box office
"Ant-Man 3" is extremely crucial for Marvel
This movie is not only Marvel's real debut in the mainland after three years, but also the big screen debut of Marvel's fifth phase big boss Kang the Conqueror, and Kang the Conqueror will have extremely important scenes next, plus this "Ant-Man 3" is a simultaneous release between China and the United States
If "Ant-Man 3" fails at the mainland box office, then Marvel's box office appeal will be greatly questioned
But "Ant-Man 3" was so badly filmed
The movie Rotten Tomatoes freshness 53% start, even the audience score is not passed, is rare in Marvel movies, the biggest reason is that "Ant-Man 3" is a classic Marvel assembly line product, familiar jokes, looks stunning but actually crotch pulling special effects
The movie cost $200 million, and the final Armageddon looks colorful, but the audience is tired of watching it, because the movie has too many colors, and even for Marvel fans, the best thing to look at may be the two Easter eggs at the end
And for ordinary audiences, if they have not seen the American drama "Loki", they may lose some of the fun of watching movies in terms of plot
According to the current trend of "Ant-Man 3" mainland box office is about 300 to 400 million, the previous Marvel single superhero movie in the mainland of the basic plate is about 700 million, it can be seen that after 3 years, Marvel fans lost too much, of course, this is related to the overall poor quality of Marvel's fourth phase, if the quality of the fifth phase comes up, fans may return
"Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back" finally came again after nearly half a month of withdrawal
The movie was released on the third day of the Lunar New Year, but it failed miserably at the box office, and then withdrew until February 17, but for now, it is better not to withdraw
As of 9 o'clock on February 17, the box office of "Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back" on the first day was only 3.99 million, yes, the box office was only 3.99 million in 9 hours of release, plus the box office released during the previous Spring Festival, the cumulative box office of "Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back" was less than 60 million
According to this trend, whether Deng Chao's blockbuster final box office can break 200 million is a big problem
With a production cost of 350 million, the film is undoubtedly the biggest box office tragedy in 2023, and there is no one
As one of the first actors in the mainland to enter the 10 billion actor club, Deng Chao's reputation in recent years has been worse year by year, and the reputation of "Breakup Master" and "Villain Angel" directed and acted in is boundless, which really corrupts too much audience popularity
Before the audience didn't have to choose, the market is these bad films, then choose a bad film with many stars, at least look good
But the audience has never forgotten the pain of bad films, even if Deng Chao has actually been transforming in recent years, trying to change from making the audience laugh to making the audience cry, engaging in positive energy and sensationalism. But the audience was really afraid
The promotion of "Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back" also made a farce forwarded by hundreds of stars
This kind of traffic movie typical publicity means, really deduct points
"Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back" is actually of good quality, and Deng Chao's acting state is also returning to bravery, but the audience doesn't seem to want to give Deng Chao a chance