"Fast and Furious 10", which landed in theaters on May 17 (Wednesday), became the weekly champion with a box office of 543 million yuan, accounting for 59.69%.
The May 1st box office champion "Life Road is Unfamiliar" ranked second with a box office of 106 million yuan, and the cumulative box office has approached 1 billion, and "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" ranked third with a box office of nearly 100 million last week, with a cumulative box office of more than 500 million.
As the love movies "Please Don't Trust Her" and "The Rest of Your Life" released as the "520" schedule, ranked fifth and sixth with a box office of 43.48 million and 17.03 million yuan respectively, the former is a stock film that was scheduled to be released in September 2022, adapted from the Korean film of the same name. The latter is a Japanese pure love film, adapted from the novel "10 Years of Remaining Life" by the Ryuka Kosaka, starring Nana Komatsu and Kentaro Sakaguchi, among others.
A total of 13 new films were released this week, including two major Hollywood films.
On Thursday, May 25, Spielberg's latest work "Dream House" will be released in the mainland.
There is also the Disney live-action animated film The Little Mermaid. "The Little Mermaid" has currently opened pre-sale, and as of now, the pre-sale box office has exceeded 100,000.
"The Little Mermaid" is directed by Rob Marshall, Harry Berry as The Little Mermaid, Jonah Hall-Gold Prince Eric, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula the Octopus Sea Witch.
This film is adapted from the 1989 animated film version, telling the story of the little mermaid living in the sea after falling in love with the prince, resolutely giving up her country and race, becoming a human being, and pursuing love.
Before director Marshall said that the new version of "The Little Mermaid" Ariel is a modern female image, some people have doubts about the film: abandon everything, pay a lot, just for a man's plot is too "old story concept".
Marshall disagrees: "The character comes from another century of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, but at the same time, the 1989 version is, in some ways, very modern feminine." She had a different view of her life than the people around her, and set out to pursue her dreams. ”
Small types of domestic films have concentrated in theaters, "I Passed Through the Storm" starring Tong Liya and Wu Yuhan, "Gentle Shell" starring Wang Ziwen and Yin Fang, and "The River Does Not "Extinguish" starring Yang Xinming will be released at the same time on Friday. In addition, the new film also includes two small country imported films, namely the French film "The Most Special Friend in Life" and the Polish film "Prisoner of War Boxing King".
According to the film market data released by Box Office Mojo on May 21, the North American box office (19-21) of 28 films reported about $121 million, up more than 20% compared with the previous weekend.
The action-adventure film "Fast and Furious 10" that appeared in North America on the 19th, grossed about $67.5 million in the opening weekend, accounting for more than half of the total North American weekend box office in the statistical period. The film has been released in China on the 17th. Combined with markets outside North America, the film's total box office has now exceeded $267 million.
Universal Pictures' "Fast and Furious" series of movies was released in 2001, and the previous 9 main sequels and 1 gaiden accumulated billions of dollars at the global box office. The new film released again after a year, directed by Louis Leterrier, gathered Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron, Michelle Rodriguez, Brie Larson, Jason Statham and other movie stars. At present, the main movie websites only evaluate it with an IMDb score of 6.4, an MTC score of 55, a freshness rating of 54% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a B+ score on CinemaScore. Some commentators said that the film's special effects scenes are shocking, but the story and characters are thin.
"Guardians of the Galaxy 3" retired from the top of the previous list to the second place in this round with a weekend box office of about $31.98 million. At present, this sci-fi adventure action film has accumulated about 267 million US dollars in North America, and with overseas markets, the total box office has now increased to about 659 million US dollars.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie came in third with a weekend box office of about $9.8 million. The animated film based on Nintendo's classic game has a cumulative box office of about 549 million US dollars in North America, and the total box office has exceeded 1.229 billion US dollars plus overseas markets.
The second release weekend of "Book Club 2: The Next Chapter" dropped from the third place in the previous list to No. 4 in this round with about $3 million, and the film's total box office is currently only $16.91 million.