According to Maoyan data, as of 24:00 on February 10, the box office of the 2019 Spring Festival (February 4 to February 10) movies exceeded 5.8 billion yuan, a slight increase from 5.751 billion yuan last year. Among them, the science fiction movie "The Wandering Earth", with a Douban score of 7.9 and a box office of more than 2 billion yuan, has become the double champion of the 2019 Spring Festival movie with the double advantage of box office reputation. Journalist Judemon
Ticket prices staged "double high"
According to the preliminary statistics of the National Film Funding Office, on the first day of the Lunar New Year (February 5), the box office of the mainland film market was 1.433 billion yuan, with a total of 495,000 performances, setting a new record for the single-day box office and number of performances in the Chinese film market. Although the number of moviegoers reached 31.7365 million, a slight decrease of 2.73% from last year, the results are still gratifying. Among them, the three movies "Crazy Alien", "Flying Life" and "The King of New Comedy" became the biggest winners on the first day, accounting for 70% of the total box office share of the day.
Interestingly, along with the high box office is this year's high ticket price. Many netizens broke the news, "a family to see a movie to spend four or five hundred yuan" "a movie ticket costs one hundred yuan, the minimum is more than 40"... This is far from the preferential fare of 19.9 yuan in the past. In this regard, some cinema sources told reporters that it is related to the reduction of the "ticket supplement", "In addition, some theaters in some cities take advantage of the Spring Festival holiday to see the enthusiasm of the public to watch movies, unilaterally increasing ticket prices, which is also part of the reason." This kind of overdraft consumption is very easy to consume the audience's enthusiasm for the Spring Festival film market, and it needs to be vigilant. According to the ticket data, the number of screenings in the first three days of this year's Spring Festival increased by 120,000 compared with the same period last year, but the total number of tickets issued only reached 52% of last year's Spring Festival.
Part of the reason for the record-breaking box office on the first day of the 2019 Spring Festival is also due to the increase in ticket prices. But it is undeniable that during the Spring Festival holiday, the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies was very high, and even spread to the post-holiday. The reporter found that the holiday ticket purchase, cat's eye and other online ticketing platforms, "The Wandering Earth", "Crazy Aliens" and other films are almost full. Yesterday, some theater people told reporters that with the end of the holiday, office workers and students returned to the city, and the major theaters in Jinan once again ushered in a crowd of moviegoers, "The audience who came to watch the movie today is comparable to the first day of the New Year." This week is also Valentine's Day, continuing the popularity of the Spring Festival file, presumably the results are still considerable. ”
Eight new films were released at the same time
In terms of films, 8 new films were released at the same time, including many famous directors, famous screenwriters, famous actors and big IP works. Whether it is "Crazy Aliens" directed by Ning Hao and starring Shen Teng with Huang Bo, "Flying Life" directed by Han Han and starring Shen Teng, "The King of New Comedy" directed by Zhou Xingchi and starring Wang Baoqiang, or "The Wandering Earth" adapted from Liu Cixin's novel and starring Wu Jing, "Detective Pu Songling" adapted by Jackie Chan from "Liaozhai Story"; or "Incorruptible Government" led by Liu Qingyun and Zhang Jiahui, etc., they are all regarded as equal in the industry, and it is difficult to distinguish between them.
Before February 5, eight films had gone through a filmmaking melee. According to media analysis, as of 8 p.m. on Chinese New Year's Eve, "Crazy Alien" pre-sold 161 million yuan on the first day, accounting for 20.7% of the pre-sales, and the pre-sale was temporarily ranked first; "Flying Life" pre-sale was 116 million, but 21.4% of the proportion of the scheduled film was the highest in the same period; "The King of New Comedy" had a pre-sale of 115 million yuan, accounting for 19.6% of the scheduled film, followed by "The Wandering Earth", the proportion of the schedule was only 11.6%, ranking fourth.
On 6 February, however, the situation began to reverse. Although "Crazy Alien" still maintains a single-day box office and cumulative box office lead, "The Wandering Earth" has surpassed 250 million in a single day with word-of-mouth advantages, successfully catching up with "Flying Life" and "King of New Comedy".
After that, "The Wandering Earth" began to stage "Flying Life", and even left "Crazy Alien" behind, and finally reached the top of the 2019 Spring Festival box office champion with more than 2 billion box office. Some insiders have analyzed that the win-win situation of Chinese films in box office word-of-mouth marks that the Chinese film market has entered a period of film industry development.
"Foraminifera Science Exhibition" Micro Marine Life World
<h1>Come to the province to see the "little giant" in the sea</h1>
Monmouth Little Hyde Bay Worm: Late Cretaceous, native to the United States
Academician Zheng Shouyi made a model of foraminifera made of plaster and talc
On February 12, sponsored by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Shandong Province (Shandong Provincial Bureau of Cultural Heritage) and undertaken by Shandong Museum, the "Heart of the Ocean - Foraminifera Science Exhibition" was officially launched. It is understood that the exhibition has been strongly supported by the team of academician Zheng Shouyi of the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the 126 foraminifera specimens exhibited this time have been donated to the Shandong Museum. "The successful exhibition of 'Heart of the Ocean - Foraminifera Science Exhibition' is not only the scientific popularization of the academic achievements of the world's top scientific research teams, but also a concentrated display of Shandong Province's rich marine resources." Guo Sike, executive deputy director of the provincial museum, said. Text/Photo Reporter Jiao Teng
The "Little Giant" in the Sea
Foraminifera are shelled or shellless single-celled animals composed of a clump of protoplasm belonging to the protozoal kingdom granulostomyces Phylum Foraminifera. There are one or more openings in the shell surface or shell mouth for the pseudopod to protrude. Foraminifera often have holes in the next door between different atriums, hence the name foraminifera. Foraminifera single adult cells are as small as 0.02 mm and as large as 110 mm, making it the largest and most diverse group of protozoa. According to reports, protozoa cells have specialized various organelles, with all the kinetic energy necessary to maintain life and continue offspring, such as action, nutrition, breathing, excretion and reproduction.
Foraminifera has a history of more than 500 million years since the Cambrian Period, and there are more than 40,000 known fossil species and more than 6,000 species, the vast majority of which are marine species, camp benthic or planktonic life. The exhibition was supported by the team of academician Zheng Shouyi of the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Zheng Shouyi, an 88-year-old researcher at the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, broke through the traditional morphological identification methods, reformed and innovated research methods, recorded more than 1,500 species of foraminifera in China's waters, and drew nearly 10,000 foraminifera morphological maps, making China's modern foraminifera research rank among the international advanced. Zheng Shouyi is one of the pioneers and founders of this research field, and also the recipient of the Kushman Prize, the highest international award for foraminifera research. Zheng Shouyi's research on foraminifera is at the leading level in the world. With such a high level of achievement, when asked about research, she only said that it was to win glory for the country.
The research value of small foraminifera is extremely high. "Foraminifera has a history of more than 500 million years, foraminifera are particularly sensitive to environmental changes, have a clear depth distribution range, so they are the best seawater depth indicator organisms, but also the ancient and modern marine environment of the superior indicator organisms, widely used in many scientific research fields, known as 'little giants in the sea'." Sun Chengkai, director of the Nature Department of Shandong Museum, said that because there are different types of foraminifera in different periods, the composition of foraminifera in sediments can not only determine the geological age of the formation, but also indicate the climate and marine environment at the time of sediment formation, thus providing an important basis for finding mineral deposits, especially oil, and studying past climate change.
A different kind of marine life
"In order to present the foraminifera with an average size of only 1 mm to the audience through the exhibition, the Shandong Museum invited photographers, from scanning electron microscopy, to ultra-depth of field microscopy, to micro photography shooting, one by one, and finally achieved the perfect integration of science and art, presenting a unique world of microscopic marine life." Guo Sike introduced.
The reporter found in the exhibition hall that most of the 126 foraminifera specimens were foraminifera specimens in the coastal waters of China, and more than 50 foraminifera models included the Pliocene, Miocene, Oligocene and other eras. "The artistic beauty of the foraminifera, the diversity of species, the adaptability of its survival, and the environmental significance indicated by its shell are presented from multiple angles." Guo Sike introduced.
It is understood that Zheng Shouyi used plaster and talc to make foraminifera models, and carved one after another of the foraminifera that were originally only visible under the microscope into models such as shells, clay pots, whistles, garlands and other models, which were vividly presented to the public. Interestingly, there is also a display cabinet in the exhibition hall that displays cultural and creative products related to foraminifera, including bookmarks, necklaces, etc., which are very delicate and cute.
"There are fewer exhibitions in the microscopic world, and this exhibition is the construction of these foraminifera that are difficult to see with the naked eye, using various technologies to present, so that the audience can feel the beauty of foraminifera and the beauty of the unknown world." Sun Chengkai told reporters that the microscopic display of foraminifera specimens, the display of foraminifera models magnified by dozens of times and hundreds of times is the exhibition feature of the exhibition.
It is worth mentioning that the "Heart of the Ocean - Foraminifera Science Exhibition" also set up a number of interactive experience areas, and the audience in the exhibition hall, especially the teenagers, gathered under the microscope to personally observe foraminifera and view foraminifera pictures. It is reported that the exhibition period of "Heart of the Ocean - Foraminifera Science Exhibition" will last from February to May.