The box office of the National Day file of "Volunteers: Heroes Attack" is 525 million, far lower than expected, but the future can be expected
The anticipation of the vigorous 2023 National Day file ended tepidly, and 12 films received a total box office of 2.734 billion. Among them, "Rock Solid" led all the way, with a box office of 935 million, followed by "Predecessor 4: Marriage Young", with a total of 710 million. The main theme blockbuster "Volunteers: Heroic Attack" with the highest investment and strongest lineup on the National Day ranked third, with a box office of 525 million during the period, and as of October 7, the total box office in 10 days of release was 540 million.
"Volunteers: Heroic Attack" is independently directed by Chen Kaige, one of the directors of "Changjin Lake" and "Watergate Bridge", if you want to benchmark the box office of these two films of 5.775 billion and 4.067 billion respectively, it can be described as a huge gap, and the box office forecast of the ticket sales platform has also been repeatedly lowered, and the results are not satisfactory. The box office results of the first film will also affect the release expectations of the next two parts of the "Volunteers" series, but in view of the fact that more wonderful scenes are still in the future, it also leaves more room for imagination and improvement in the market.
"Volunteers: Heroic Attack" is the first part of the "Volunteers" series of trilogies, the film mainly revolves around the first and second battles of the Chinese Volunteers entering Korea, showing the spirit of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea and the indomitable will of the volunteer soldiers, especially the "heavy battle" Songgufeng blockade of this film, which is really fierce and tragic enough.
The soldiers who had just won the War of Liberation once again threw themselves into the war to defend the country and resist US aggression and aid Korea. The sentence "We were born in this era, sacrifice is the price that is destined to pay" is simply too tearful, and being able to feel the blood and dedication of the heroic volunteers again in the National Day file is also the best memory of this group of loveliest people.
The plot of "Volunteers: Heroic Attack" is a three-front parallel advance, which presents the international situation and battlefield dynamics when it went to fight in Korea in a panoramic manner, and the new China, which has just resumed national construction, on the one hand, is striving for national power in the United Nations, and on the other hand, it is also taking on the heavy responsibility of guarding peace with the courage of "fighting with one punch, so as not to come with a hundred punches". But it is also undeniable that our weapons and equipment are far inferior to the enemy, and in several encounters into the DPRK, it was very difficult, but the justice and fearlessness of the soldiers were enough to make the opponent fearful. The victory in the first battle in "Volunteers: Heroic Attack", with ambush cooperation to hit the enemy by surprise, really boosted morale!
The entire "Volunteers: Heroic Attack" has a strong lineup, and director Chen Kaige's control of the war scenes and his mastery of the rhythm of the film make this film present an imposing epic temperament. Peng Dehuai played by Wang Yanhui, Wu Xiuquan played by Zhang Songwen, Li Moyin played by Xin Baiqing, Jiang Chao played by Huang Xiaoming, Tang Sheng played by Zhang Ziyi, and the volunteer soldiers interpreted by many young actors all present us with a strong and enthusiastic historical group portrait.
Of course, in view of the market downturn of the entire 2023 National Day file, "Volunteers: Heroes Attack" did not return triumphantly at the box office and word-of-mouth level, which is also due to many reasons. First, as the first National Day Golden Week holiday three years later, the public's strong willingness to travel has lowered the demand for watching movies to a certain extent, and the same type of theme may also encounter a bottleneck in the willingness to watch movies after the audience's aesthetic fatigue, which is also a reason that cannot be ignored.
It is said that the second part of the "Volunteers" series will land in the next New Year file, and the box office results will directly determine the fate of the entire trilogy. As a practitioner in the film and television industry for many years, Zhan Taifeng still hopes that such a sincere work full of patriotic feelings can gain more market recognition and audience enthusiasm, and looks forward to a comprehensive quality and quantity of box office reputation in succession.