According to the real-time data of Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 0:00 on March 21, 33 days after its release, the box office of the film "Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back" exceeded 100 million.
"Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back" (referred to as "Chinese Table Tennis") is a sports-themed movie directed by Deng Chao and Yu Baimei, starring Deng Chao, Sun Li, Xu Weizhou, Duan Bowen, Cai Yida, Ding Guansen, Sun Xunlun, Aruna and so on. The film tells the story of the early 90s of last century, when Chinese men's table tennis fell into a trough, overcame difficulties and worked hard under the leadership of coach Dai Minjia (played by Deng Chao) who returned from abroad, and finally got out of the trough, and staged a Jedi counterattack in the 1995 Tianjin World Table Tennis Championships to recapture the story of the Svethlin Cup.
The release of "Chinese Table Tennis" was very unsmooth. It was first prepared to be released on the National Day in 2022, and then withdrawn. On January 6, 2023, the film is scheduled for the first day of the 2023 New Year, and a final trailer will be released. On January 16, the film announced that it would be postponed to January 24 (the third day of the Lunar New Year). On January 25, the film announced that it would be adjusted to a small-scale screening on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and on February 17, "Jedi Strikes Back" and released on a large scale. On February 3, the film was officially scheduled for February 17. On March 17, the film was launched online.
According to Lighthouse Professional Edition, on the first day of re-release on February 17, the film's box office was only 8.21 million yuan, and the film accounted for 11.8%, but the attendance rate was only 5.3%. In the following days, the film's single-day box office ranking continued to decline. Previously, many industry institutions predicted that the film's box office was 450 million yuan, but most institutions have lowered the box office forecast to about 140 million yuan. Industry insiders believe that the production cost of "Chinese Table Tennis" is high, and the current box office is far from enough to recover the cost.
"Chinese Table Tennis" is the fifth film work co-directed by Deng Chao and Yu Baimei. In 2014, "Breakup Master" was released and achieved a box office of 665 million yuan, but it did not gain a good reputation. In 2015, "Villain Angel" was released, achieving a box office of 649 million yuan, and its reputation plummeted, winning a number of awards at the 7th Golden Broom Awards. In 2019, "Galaxy Cram School" was released and achieved a box office of 878 million yuan, but it was judged to be overly sensational. In addition, the two also co-directed the "Road Home" unit in "Me and My Hometown".
Regarding the problem of overdraft credibility of past films due to low reputation, Deng Chao also responded directly, "Some people say that we are a dissuasive group, and I hope that audiences with this idea will come and see this movie." During the live broadcast, they (actors) kept saying that the director is sorry, maybe the problems of publicity and arrangement, including also understanding the theater, but to say sorry is me and Bai Mei, some problems with our works before, we have also failed as a director, it is we who have to say sorry. (Zongha)
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