The monthly box office exceeded 10 billion, is the spring of domestic films coming?

This year's film market highlights two words - miracle.

Throughout last year, the mainland film market has been in a slump except for the summer "Walking on the Moon" with a box office of 3.1 billion, which brought back a wave of blood to theaters.

It is difficult to break 10 million at the box office in a single day, the scheduled films are withdrawn one after another, and the theaters frequently close.

Even the National Day file has only one "Ten Thousand Miles Home" breaking one billion, and the total box office has fallen to the worst level in eight years, only 1.49 billion.

The total annual box office was only 29.9 billion, 17 billion less than the previous year, the number of films plummeted to 389, 288 fewer than in 2021, and the number of moviegoers decreased by 455 million.

All the data shows that domestic films seem to have no future.

But entering 2023, everything seems to be getting better, and the Spring Festival file is in full swing, with a total box office of 6.758 billion, ranking second in film history.

Just over a month after 2023, the total box office has reached 13.3 billion, almost half of last year's total, and the number of people is close to half of last year.

"The Wandering Earth 2", "Manjiang Red", "Bear Haunted", "Deep Sea" and "Nameless", these five films contributed 11.343 billion box office, and this number is still growing.

In addition to the box office and the second happier appearance, some disappeared movies have slowly returned.

"Fengshen Trilogy" has been pinned on high hopes, and people are looking forward to "Fengshen " can accelerate the process of industrialization of domestic films.

However, the second part of "The Wandering Earth" has been released, and "Feng Shen" is still not heard from, until the recent good news that the first solar term movie has finally passed the review after five years, and it is expected to be released in the summer.

At that time, it will compete on the same stage with Shen Teng's "Super Family" and Wu Jing's "Megalodon 2", which is also the duel between Shen Teng, Wu Jing and Huang Bo, the three Mesozoic generations, and it is also an important battle for Huang Bo to prove that he still has box office appeal.

Produced by Jia Zhangke and directed by Wang Jing, "More Than Endless" is also the same as "Fengshen Trilogy", which has been skipped for three years and finally finalized.

The director of "More than Endless" Wang Jing is not the Wang Jing we know, but the assistant director of Jia Zhangke, "Destiny", "Mountains and Rivers Departed" and "Children of the Rivers" are all directed by him.

Set against the backdrop of the 2003 hepatitis B discrimination case, "More Than End" is based on realism.

At that time, the Internet had not yet risen, journalists still had a bottom line, the media dared to speak out, the wind of idealism could still blow into everyone's hearts, and they were telling stories about running for their voices in the movie.

According to the word of mouth screened at the Venice Film Festival, as long as the release version is not cut, "More than Endless" is very likely to become the next "I Am Not the God of Medicine".

This is also the first film officially announced by Zhang Songwen after his powerful fire in "Crazy", which may have a certain effect on the box office.

With the review of the first part of the "Fengshen Trilogy", the finalization of "More than Endless", perhaps "Wading Through the Sea of Anger" directed by Cao Baoping and starring Huang Bo and Zhou Xun is not far away.

These movies have been spread frequently, firstly, because after the complete liberalization at the end of last year, the film market was hot, and everyone was optimistic about the future direction.

Second, because the previous leadership position of the film bureau was vacant for almost a year, it was in a state of ownerlessness, and no one dared to approve a certain film, and now that the new leader has taken office, the film has sprung up like mushrooms.

In late February, there was Huang Zihua's "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer".

It belongs to the main theme of Hong Kong, the story is similar to "The Defender", since its release in Hong Kong, there has been a lot of good news, especially in February, the limelight is unstoppable.

On February 7, the cumulative box office exceeded 82 million in 18 days, breaking the record of "Tomorrow's War" and becoming the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in China, and since then, every day has been a new record.

On February 18, the cumulative box office exceeded 97 million in 29 days, breaking the records of "Jurassic World" and "Avengers", which is the second time that Hong Kong films have defeated Hollywood since Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu" in 2004.

Today, the box office of "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" has reached 1.288 million in a single day, with a total of 98.28 million.

In addition, the box office of Malaysia, Singapore and other countries has exceeded 100 million, and Hong Kong's local problem of breaking 100 million is not big.

At that time, it will become the first Hong Kong film in Hong Kong film history to exceed 100 million at the box office, and it may also become the only Chinese-language film in the top ten of the box office list in Hong Kong film history.

In addition to the box office, "Poison Tongue Lawyer" is also superior in quality, with a score of 7.2 in Hong Kong, 7.5 in IMDb, and 8.0 in the mainland.

The story focuses on ordinary people, and Lin Liangshui, a barrister played by Huang Zihua, was wrongfully imprisoned for 17 years because of his carelessness, and Lin Liangshui has since been discredited and has to sue civilians at a low price.

Until an opportunity to overturn the case appeared, he gathered his former comrades-in-arms to confront the powerful and staged a verbal battle in which the civilians pleaded for their lives, seeking justice for the powerless lower class and making the powerful pay their due price.

The only thing to worry about is that because "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" is a Cantonese film, there are some memes in it, and the discussion of the system and the legal system, it may be difficult for mainlanders to empathize, after all, doctrines are different.

In March, there are "Disconnected from the Internet", "Keep You Safe", "Cloister Pavilion", "Thunder Shazam! Wrath of the Gods", "Megan", "Bell Bud Journey".

Crime, horror, comedy, criminal investigation, animation, all kinds of genres, although the quality of the movie may not have one, but you can also see that the market prospects are very good.

After all, even movies such as "Keep You Safe" and "Cloister Pavilion" that have been scheduled for withdrawal many times have been fixed and no longer swayed, and the degree of fiery can be seen.

The highlight in April is Space Exploration Editorial Office.

"Space Exploration Editorial Department" won the best film at the 5th Pingyao Film Festival last year, with a score of 8.6 points.

The special effects team of this film is the same as "The Wandering Earth", both of which are produced by Guo Fan's team, Guo Fan is the executive producer, and Gong Ge is the producer.

The genre belongs to the absurd theme of "Crazy Alien", compared with the hardcore of "The Wandering Earth 2", "Space Exploration Editorial Department" is a new attempt for domestic science fiction films.

As for Jackie Chan's "Dragon Horse Spirit", it is most likely a bad movie.

Even the trailer doesn't have a single attraction, let alone a feature film.

The reason why "Dragon Horse Spirit" is expected is all because of Jackie Chan and Wu Jing's first time in the same frame, as well as the feeling of watching one less action comedy.

In the May 1st gear, it is the showdown of the main theme.

Wang Yibo's "King of the Long Sky", Tong Liya's "Shocking Rescue", Huang Jingyu's "Procuratorial Fengyun", interspersed with a pure comedy by Ma Li "Life is not familiar".

According to the box office situation of the May 1st file over the years, the only movies that broke one billion were Liu Ruoying's "Later Us" and Zhang Yimou's "Above the Cliff", and there were only 17 films that broke 100 million.

The four films currently scheduled do not have the strength of one billion, and even if they can win more than 500 million, the only role is to transition for the second half of the year.

Because the second half of the year is the highlight of the show, "Super Family", "Megalodon 2", "It's worth the trip", "Fengshen Trilogy" and "Mr. Red Carpet".

If there are two or three movies here, it can drive the summer file and the National Day file, which are only in the Spring Festival file throughout the year, to create a new total box office record, and the spring of domestic films may really come.