Recently, Chinese films have generated a new figure of 25.4 billion.
These 25.4 billion miles contain "two messages."
The first message: 25.4 billion refers to the total box office generated by Chinese films in the past 5 months of this year, of which only two films in the Spring Festival file ("Hello, Li Huanying" and "Detective Chinatown 3") contributed 9.93 billion box office, accounting for 40%, although the box office of Chinese films is high, but the distribution is not even.
Second message: Compared with the previous two years, we can draw a conclusion.
In 2019, China's total annual box office reached 64.2 billion.
In 2020, due to the great environmental impact, the national box office was only 20.3 billion, but it still ranked first in the world.
This year only 5 months, has exceeded last year's box office sum, and then compared with the same period in 2019, the sum of the box office in the first 5 months of 2019 is 27.1 billion, only 1.7 billion higher than the box office in the same period of this year, if there are several blockbusters in the second half of this year, it is possible to create a "new annual record".
Therefore, when we compare it, we can find that the Chinese film market is basically back on track.
The general situation is getting better and better, the demand for new films in the Chinese film market is also becoming more and more "hungry", more and more movies want to squeeze into the theater, and the battlefield battles are becoming more and more fierce.
For example, before the May 1st file, there were 10 new films with the same PK, and in June, the number of new films that have been scheduled has reached 34.
However, in the face of so many new films, as an audience, you also have to "polish your eyes".
Today we will take stock of the most anticipated "ten movies" in the June list, to see what they each have to watch, which one is most likely to become the "king of the box office" in June.
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Beyond
June 12 丨Preference: 7.5
Some time ago, the director's version of "Justice League" was launched on the network, and many people were surprised to find that Zheng Kai played a lot of scenes in the film, and his performance was remarkable, and he spoke English very fluently.
Za Dao also praised him a lot, and even wanted to make a "Atomic Man" for him alone.
On June 12, Zheng Kai's new film "Beyond" starring Zheng Kai will also appear on the big screen, and he himself will personally serve as the executive producer.
This is a sports-themed movie, telling the story of Yang Chaoyue, the "100-meter flyer" played by Zheng Kai, who once had a brilliant career, gave up on himself after retiring due to injury, and finally regained his passion to complete self-transcendence under the encouragement of his former friends.
The biggest attraction of this movie is Zheng Kai.
Zheng Kai is well known to everyone because of his "running man", is affectionately called "little cheetah", and is usually a fitness expert, often sharing his fitness results on social media, and the protagonist of the film is in line with his personal characteristics.
Zheng Kai also suffered from acting in this movie, he began training as early as June 2019, practiced a body of tendon meat, and also ran to the national sprint team to train with Su Bingtian, Zhang Peimeng, Liang Jinsheng and other athletes, and received personal guidance from Su Bingtian.
With the accumulation of this practice and the summary of experience, I believe that Zheng Kai can perfectly restore the style of sprinters in the film.
In addition, the protagonist in the film gave up and ate into a greasy fat house, in the filming of the crew had considered to Zheng Kai on the special effects to complete the effect of fattening, but Zheng Kai felt that it was still real to personally fatten up, in 2 months, he ate 5 meals a day, the weight soared from 130 pounds to 170 pounds, became a greasy fat man, the stairs have to breathe heavily, he said that the eyes are not deceitful, what he pursues is this real state.
I hope that "Beyond" can become a legitimate work of Zheng Kai.
This movie is predicted to eventually gross 150 million+.
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"What to do when the second brother comes"
Three years ago, the film version of "Take My Brother Away" starring Zhang Zifeng and Peng Yuchang won 380 million yuan at the box office, and the two new generation actors were also nominated for best newcomer at the Beijing University Student Film Festival.
Three years later, the sequel to "Take My Brother Away" came.
The sequel was originally called "Take My 2 Brothers Away", but it was changed to "What to Do When the Second Brother Came" near the release, and it will meet the audience on June 12.
Like the first, this film follows the route of light comedy, telling a warm and humorous story between three siblings in a restructured family.
However, the main actors are Hu Xianxu, Deng Enxi, Hanizi and others, all of whom are not well-known film and television newcomers, and the appeal of the box office needs to be considered.
We expect this movie to continue the quality of the first part, and the box office is expected to be 80 million+.
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Kuira the Black and White Witch
June 6 丨Preference: 8.0
At the end of last month, "Black and White Witch Kuila" was released in the North American market, and 10 days later, the new film landed in China.
The film gained domestic attention, mainly because of the female lead Emma Stone.
Emma Stone was affectionately known as "Sister Stone" by Chinese audiences after winning an Oscar for "Philharmonic City" in 2017, and this film can be seen as her personal performance show.
Sister Stone's character is called Kuila, and this role is from the classic Disney film "101 Loyal Dogs", in which Kuila is a big villain.
As a prequel to "101 Loyal Dog", the film is set in London in the 1970s, and Sister Stone plays the young Kuila, and the whole film is her blackened history.
The whole film is dark and the story is lackluster, but the costume design and makeup are very eye-catching, which is very in line with the aesthetics of female audiences.
The final box office is predicted to be 120 million+.
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Wuhai
June 12 丨Preference: 8.0
Zhou Ziyang, a young director who has entered the public eye with "Old Beast", has brought a new work "Wuhai", which is currently scheduled for June 12.
The title of the film has two meanings.
One of the main scenes of the film is filmed in Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, Zhou Ziyang is an Inner Mongolian, he said that the city of Wuhai has mountains, water and deserts, which is in line with the film's surreal temperament.
Zhou Ziyang is known for being a screenwriter, the story of this film is very exquisite, telling the story of the male protagonist played by Huang Xuan, who has a bad career, and the contradiction between his wife played by Yang Zishan has intensified, so he began to go to the abyss of human nature and began to plan some bizarre events, in just three days, a loving and warm small family gradually went out of control.
At last year's San Sebastian International Film Festival, the film has met with a small number of audiences in advance, and from the word of mouth that has come out, it is a mixed reputation, some people say that this is Zhou Ziyang's innovative work, some people say that this film is mysterious and too bad to be evaluated.
In short, if you are interested in the film fans can still pay attention to it, it may be right for your appetite.
Of course, such a controversial art film is less likely to make a box office success in the film market.
It is predicted that "Wuhai" will have a box office of 40 million+.
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"Sunshine Sisters Tao"
June 11 丨Preference: 8.3
In 2011, the Korean youth film "Sunshine Sister Tao" captured countless tears, and the Douban score was as high as 8.8 points, becoming a classic in the hearts of many people.
Ten years later, Led by Light Pictures, Bao Bell remade the film as a director, and its name is "Sunshine Sister Tao".
Although this film has not yet been released, it is really "good-looking", and the cast can be said to bring together various types of beautiful women.
The lead actor is Yin Tao, who is known for his acting skills, and the main actors include Zeng Li, who is "a beautiful woman in a hundred years of Chinese opera", Zhang Xinyi, the second sister with a cheerful personality, Ma Su, the queen who dares to blacken herself, Ni Hongjie, who has an explosive body, and Jiang Xiaohan, an intellectual beauty.
Among the young actresses are Wang Yueting, Zhou Jieqiong, Liang Songqing, Wang Qing, Yang Han, Xia Meng, Zhao Ming, it is said that the crew received 7,000 copies of information at that time, interviewed 700 people, and finally chose these 7 newcomers, which can be said to be "one in a thousand miles".
Although this film is beautiful as a cloud, it is still a poignant story, the "Sunshine Sisters" group reunited 20 years ago due to the captain's cancer, they regained their youth and laughed at life.
I hope that this movie will not only be pleasing to the eye, but also enjoyable on a hot summer day.
It is predicted that the box office of this film will be 200 million+.
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The Poet
June 5 丨Preference: 8.3
On June 5, the literary and art film "The Poet", starring Song Jia and Zhu Yawen, landed in mainland theaters.
Song Jia and Zhu Yawen have known each other for 13 years, and the two first played a couple in "Breaking into Kanto" in 2008, and this time "Poet" has been the 6th time they have cooperated.
Song Jia said that this is a quiet story, after reading the script, she learned that the male lead is an old friend Zhu Yawen, she did not hesitate to take over the play.
Zhu Yawen said with a smile that the most colorful clip of the whole film is a shot of pulling sweaters, and a scene of life is filmed poetically.
Poets used to be idols in the 80s of the last century, and in that era of white clothes, everyone wrote poetry and everyone worshipped poets, and poets such as Haizi, Gu Cheng, and Shu Ting were the top streams at that time.
Director Liu Hao grew up in that era, and he wrote the script of "The Poet" ten years ago, and he wanted to remember that era through this film.
The story of the film is simple, in the 80s, a miner named Li Wu (Zhu Yawen), who became famous in the local area for writing a poem, also fantasized about becoming a great poet.
However, in the 90s, the poets began to fall collectively, and Li Wu's talent was quickly exhausted, but he was still in a fantasy and could not come out, and his wife Chen Hui (Song Jia) accompanied him through those unbearable years.
The uncut version of this film was unveiled at the Tokyo International Film Festival as early as 2018, and the reputation was obviously polarized, with a Douban score of 6.6 points, and one of the hard wounds of the film was that it wanted to show the big times and wanted to sculpt the small people, but in the end, the two ends were not done well.
In this era of "the poet is dead", "The Poet" is difficult to gain in the film market, and even if it is released, it will appear in art theaters.
However, some literary and artistic young people can use this film to hang on to their lost youth.
Predict the final box office of 50 million +, mainly depends on how many films are scheduled.
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Once Upon a Time in the Tropics
June 12 丨Preference: 8.5
The crime film "Once Upon a Time in the Tropics", released during the Dragon Boat Festival, is likely to become a hit.
First of all, director Wen Shipei is a film and television newcomer, and this film is also his directorial debut, but the film's supervising producer is Ning Hao.
Ning Hao was discovered by Andy Lau in the past, and now after becoming famous, he has also begun to support newcomers, and newcomer directors such as Wen Muye, Lu Yang, and Shen Ao have emerged one after another.
It can be said that whether it is a director or a producer, as long as it is produced by Ning Hao, it must be a fine product.
Secondly, this film has been recognized by the industry, in February 2018, under the recommendation of Ning Hao, the film participated in the Berlin Film Festival's genius project marketing unit and won the gold award, which is the first Chinese film to receive this honor in the 15 years since the establishment of the unit.
This film is stamped with the Berlin Film Festival and has been guaranteed in terms of quality.
Moreover, the actors in the film are all acting schools.
Peng Yuyan starred, Wang Yanhui and Zhang Yu participated, and "superstar godmother" Zhang Aijia also participated in this film, and its row is really big enough.
The final film is about a murder in 1997 on a summer night in Guangzhou, where the city's power outage hides the evil in the darkness, and the fates of the wicked, widows, and policemen are also tightly intertwined for twenty years.
Such a story has both a sense of age and suspense, and such a localized story is very attractive to the audience.
In short, "Once Upon a Time in the Tropics" is the most optimistic movie of Lipigo during the Dragon Boat Festival.
As long as the quality and word of mouth meet expectations, it is not a big problem to predict that the box office will exceed 400 million.
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"Father Trapped in Time"
June 18 丨Preference: 9.0
"Father Trapped in Time" will be released on June 18, and two days later is Father's Day, it can be said that this movie is a gift for fathers all over the world, which is very suitable for watching with parents.
This film is adapted from the stage play "Father", He Bing introduced this stage play into China in 2018 and adapted it into the drama "Stranger", which caused a huge response, which shows how excellent this book is.
As a movie version, the cast of this film is very strong,
Playing the father is the famous movie star Anthony Hopkins, who only appeared for 16 minutes in "The Silence of the Lambs" 29 years ago and won an Oscar, becoming the least performing emperor in the history of Oscar films.
29 years later, at the age of 83, he was crowned emperor again with this film, becoming the oldest film emperor in Oscar history.
The director said that when he wrote the script, the face of Hopkins came to mind, and in the end, the father's name and age in the film were exactly the same as Hopkins.
After the actress who played her daughter, Olivia Coleman, also won an Oscar for "Darling" in 2018, she said that she was very excited after reading the script, and she was willing to star in this film even if she was not paid.
The classic story in the stage play, the perfect combination of the film emperor and the film queen, the warm story of the father who pays tribute to the whole world, coupled with the most suitable schedule of Father's Day, all these factors make this masterpiece likely to occupy the forefront of the June movie' reputation.
However, because of the theme and the place of origin, even if the reputation is good, the box office is also limited.
Predict the final box office 30 million+.
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Promethea
June 5 丨Preference: 9.0
On June 5, the Japanese super-burning cartoon "Promea" landed on the mainland.
"Promea" was nominated for the 92nd Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and although its audience is small, its quality is absolutely superior, and the Douban score is as high as 8.0 points.
Looking at the title, many people first think of Prometheus in Greek mythology, who stole the tinder from Mount Olympus in order to save mankind, and was punished by Zeus.
And "Promethea" happens to be related to fire, telling the story of "ignition" and "extinguishing fire".
In the story, on the one hand, there are crazy burners who make "the whole world on fire", and on the other hand, there is a "flame fighting team" with "fire extinguishing souls", and the two sides started a fierce battle on ignition and fire extinguishing.
Sometimes I admire Japanese filmmakers for being able to make a very simple thing into a bloody anime.
"Promea" painting style is novel, watching the trailer is a bit like the style of "Goddess", and the whole film is permeated with a "burning" word, the ultimate picture laying out, the strong color collocation, the fierce battle scenes, and full of feelings, which is a feast for animation fans.
The final box office is predicted to be 180 million+.
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Cinema Paradiso
June 11 丨Preference: 9.5
Recently, the re-release of classic movies has become a trend, and we have revisited classic old films such as "Avatar", "Love Letters" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy in theaters.
On June 11, another classic is about to meet the audience, which is the Italian film "Cinema Paradiso" directed by Tornadore.
Tornadore has filmed the "Time Trilogy", namely Cinema Paradiso (1988), The Pianist at Sea (1998) and The Beautiful Legend of Sicily (2000).
"The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" can only exist in our hard disk because of its scale; "The Pianist of the Sea" was re-screened in the mainland in November of the previous year; and on June 11 this year, "Cinema Paradiso" will also meet mainland audiences on the big screen for the first time.
The film is a semi-autobiographical film that tells the story of a couple who have lost their friendship.
The story takes place in the 1940s, when the world is in the middle of World War II, in a small town in southern Italy, the father of the little boy Toto went to the battlefield, his life and death are uncertain, and Toto grew up in the absence of father's love.
Everett, a small-town film projectionist, entered Toto's life, not only teaching Dodo how to show movies, but also having an important impact on his life, in a way his spiritual father.
When Toto is hurt by love and wants to end up in the town, it is Everett who persuades him to go out.
Thirty years later, Toto had already made a name for himself in Rome, and when he heard the news of his childhood mentor's death, he returned to his hometown and received the gift that Everett had left him before his death.
The whole movie tells the story, melting topics such as the pain of yearless friendship, the pain of first love, the death of the original family, and chasing dreams into a small story, making people feel as if they have spent their lives with Duoduo.
The ending clip directly ignites the audience's passion, which is considered by many to be the most classic scene in film history.
It turned out that when I was a child, under the influence of the Church of Rome, the kissing scenes of many movies were cut, and many people had not seen the kissing scenes after watching movies for 20 years.
Evert stitched these kissing shots together as a final gift to Toto.
Toto, who was already full of white hair, looked at the men and women kissing passionately on the screen, tears flowing down his face, and all the memories of youth came to his face.
From the perspective of film technique, this kind of editing is not technically difficult, but it conveys the strongest emotions, which is called epee without blade and coincidence.
Whether you have seen this film or not, Pigo recommends that you go to the theater to relive the classic, this is a movie that can be watched for a lifetime, every few years to see you will have a new understanding, it is a philosophical book about life.
At present, the number of people who want to see the film on the Douban platform has exceeded 390,000, ranking the highest this month, considering the 144 million box office that "The Pianist of the Sea" previously received.
It is predicted that "Cinema Paradiso" will eventually reach 150 million at the box office.
Of course, in addition to the above ten movies, there are some other movies that bring together multiple stars to be released in June, but most of them are difficult to form a competitive competition.
For example, due to the comedy "Dog Fruit Theorem" starring Qian, Jia Bing and Yin Xiaotian, it will also be released during the Dragon Boat Festival, to tell the truth, Pi Ge is not very optimistic about the prospects of this movie, and several leading actors do not have the ability to pick the beams.
There are also some cartoons this month that will meet the audience, and during the Dragon Boat Festival, there are three children's cartoons competing in the same period, namely "Drink Superman", "Crazy Ugly Duckling 2 Reliable Hero" and "Bid Rabbit 2: Escape Plan".
Pigo said before that animation has an independent market and a stable audience in China, and although these three films will not explode at the box office, they have their own basic disk, and basically will not lose money.
Among them, "Drink Superman" is quoted from South Korea, "Bid Rabbit 2: Escape Plan" is quoted from the United States, the story is relatively adult-oriented, you can take the older children to see, "Crazy Ugly Duckling 2 Reliable Hero" is a domestic animation, the story is mainly low and young, and friends with children at home can go to see.
Well, the above is the new film that deserves attention this month, and I hope to provide a reference for everyone's viewing.
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