Last week's weekly box office totaled 992 million, a year-on-year decrease of 20%, and the number of moviegoers exceeded 24 million.
Up to now, the summer box office has exceeded 8.3 billion, and the annual movie box office has accumulated 30 billion yuan.
"Catching the Doll" won another 426 million last week, and won the weekly box office championship for three consecutive weeks since its release, with a cumulative box office of 2.677 billion.
"Deadpool and Wolverine" won 152 million the next week, ranking second in the weekly box office list.
The new film "Decryption" won 172 million in the first three days of release, and the box office of the film exceeded 100 million in the pre-sale stage. Since the release of the film, the daily box office has not been as good as "Catching the Doll", which has been released for three weeks.
The weekly box office of "Silent Killing" was 63.53 million, and the cumulative box office reached 1.296 billion.
"Safe Evacuation from the 21st Century" has a weekly box office of more than 50 million with good word-of-mouth, and with the previous box office, the box office in the first week exceeded 70 million.
Last weekend, "White Snake: Floating Life" and "Retrograde Life" opened screenings, with the former having a box office of more than 30 million and the latter having a box office of 16.87 million. Both films will be released this weekend.
This weekend coincides with the Chinese Valentine's Day, according to the Lighthouse Professional Edition, a total of three love movies were released on the day of the Chinese Valentine's Day, namely the movie "Negative and Positive" starring Zhu Yilong and Qiu Tian, the light-chasing animation "White Snake: Floating Life", and "Her Little Pear Vortex" adapted from the popular IP of Jinjiang Literature City.
The three films all played a "special scene", "Negative and Positive" launched the "Midnight Kiss Special Scene" at 22:25 on the night of Qixi Festival, and the audience can romantically kiss the people they love at 0:00 on Qixi Festival; "White Snake: Floating Life" opened the "One Lifetime Field" at 13:14, echoing the moving story of Xiaobai and Xu Xian "willing to love one person, fearless and without regrets"; "Her Little Pear Vortex" was previously screened and launched a limited "Lollipop Special".
Xu Zheng's realistic film "Retrograde Life" will also be released this weekend, and another "Another Hopeful Day", which also focuses on the food delivery industry, will be released on the same day.
"Deadpool and Wolverine" rose to the second place at the box office in 2024
According to the film market data released by box office statistics website BoxOfficeMojo on August 4, the North American weekend box office (August 2-4) of 26 films reported about $170 million, a decrease of about 40% compared with the previous weekend's record for the highest weekend box office in North America so far in 2024. This is the ninth consecutive statistical period in which the North American weekend box office has remained above $100 million.
Since the premiere of "Deadpool and Wolverine" on July 26, the single-day box office champion in North America has been unshakable; Although the box office fell 54.1% month-on-month in the second opening weekend, it still led the latest North American weekend box office with about $97 million. The sci-fi action comedy, starring Hollywood stars Ryan · Reynolds and Hugh · Jack United, grossed about $396 million in North America and $824 million worldwide in 10 days, not only breaking the box office figures of the first two "Deadpools" released in 2016 and 2018, but also surpassing "Despicable Me4" (Despicable Me4) to rise to the second place in the North American and global box office charts in 2024.
"Tornado" narrowed its box office decline this weekend, and remained the runner-up on this list with about $22.65 million. The action-adventure film has grossed about $196 million in North America and $274 million worldwide.
The suspenseful horror film "Trap," written and directed by M·Knight · Shyamalan, which debuted on August 2, finished third at the box office of about $15.6 million in its opening weekend. At present, major movie websites evaluate it with an IMDb score of 6.2, an MTC score of 53, a freshness of 48% on Rotten Tomatoes (98 reviews), and a CinemaScore of C+.
"Despicable Me 4" dropped to No. 4 in this round with a weekend box office of about $11.25 million, from the third place in the previous list, and its cumulative North American box office is now about $314 million, and the global box office is about $752 million.
"Mind Squad 2" dropped from No. 4 on the previous list to No. 5 with a weekend box office of about $6.7 million. Since its release on June 14, its North American box office has been about $627 million, and the global box office has reached $1.555 billion, and it is still the undisputed overlord of the North American and global box office in 2024.
Another new film, "Harold and the Purple Crayon," came in at No. 6 at the box office in its opening weekend of about $6 million. Based on the best-selling fairy tale book of the same name, this fantasy animated comedy received an IMDb score of 5.8, an MTC score of 35, a Rotten Tomatoes freshness score of 28% (36 reviews), and a CinemaScore of A-.
For the new week, the sci-fi action comedy Borderlands, based on the game of the same name, will be released on August 9. The film has a star-studded lineup, starring Cate · Blanchett, Kevin ·Hart, Jamie· Lee · Curtis and other well-known Hollywood actors. The romantic drama film "Love, Ends Here" based on Colleen · Hoover's best-selling novel and the suspense thriller horror film "The Terrible Bird" will also be released in North America on the same day.