Journal on November 14, 2023| Total no.3419
On November 13th, this year, the box office of China mainland movies exceeded 50 billion yuan.
This is the first time since 2020 that the national box office has reached this integer mark. It is estimated that the annual box office is expected to reach about 55 billion yuan to 56 billion yuan, reflecting the good recovery of the China film market after the epidemic.
Judging from the box office of a single film, Man Jiang Hong (4.544 billion yuan), Wandering Earth 2 (4.029 billion yuan) and Put All Your Eggs on One Egg (3.848 billion yuan) temporarily occupy the top three in the annual box office list. Up to now, the top 10 in this year’s box office list are all domestic films. "Speed and Passion 10" ranked 12th with 984 million yuan, temporarily ranking first in the box office of imported films.
This year, the box office of China mainland movies exceeded 50 billion.
Judging from the movies that have been booked for more than a month this year, it is estimated that the box office of Chinese movies is expected to reach 55 billion yuan to 56 billion yuan in 2023, or it will return to the level of 55.852 billion yuan in 2017.
Although there is still a gap from the highest annual box office record of 64.148 billion yuan in China film history set in 2019, it has shown a good recovery trend of China film market after the COVID-19 epidemic, which is commendable.
"Man Jiang Hong" 4.544 billion temporarily topped the annual box office.
Judging from the box office performance of a single film, Up to now, Man Jiang Hong topped the annual box office list with a box office of 4.544 billion yuan.It is the highest-grossing film directed by Zhang Yimou, ranking 6th in the total box office list of China film history.
The film was released in the Spring Festival this year, and won the audience’s love with its wonderful plot with twists and turns, excellent performances by actors such as Shen Teng, Jackson Yee and Lei Jiayin, and the fusion of suspense, comedy and other types of elements.
Wandering Earth 2 ranked second with a box office of 4.029 billion yuan. With its extraordinary imagination, excellent production and shocking visual effects, it continued the good reputation and box office trend of the first film, representing the highest level of science fiction movies in China. At the 36th Golden Rooster Awards Ceremony held in Xiamen on the evening of November 4th, the film won two awards, the special award of the jury and the best recording.
On November 3rd, the "Wandering Earth 3" conference was held in Xiamen. Director Frant Gwo led Jason Wu, Li Xuejian, Andy Lau, Tong Liya, Wang Zhi, Ningli and Sha Yi to attend the event and announced that "Wandering Earth 3" was scheduled for the first day of 2027. I hope the third film can maintain the level of the first two films.
The realistic film "Put all your eggs in one basket" directed by the young director’s bid for the Olympic Games ranked third at the box office of 3.848 billion yuan, making it the biggest dark horse in China mainland film market this year. The slogan of the film "One more person watching the movie, one less person being deceived" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The top 10 box office accounts for more than 50%, all of which are domestic films.
Disappeared She, Part One, In an Octagonal Cage, Three Wan Li in Chang ‘an, Bear with Me, Rock-solid and Unfamiliar Life are temporarily ranked 4th to 10th in the annual box office list.
It is worth mentioning that,The top 10 films in this year’s box office list are all domestic films at present.Speed and Passion 10 ranked 12th with 984 million yuan, temporarily topping the box office of imported films. Judging from the Chinese and foreign films that have been filed for more than a month, it is basically a foregone conclusion that imported films cannot squeeze into the TOP10 of the annual box office.
This situation, except once in 2020 due to the epidemic, has seen one or three imported films enter the top 10 of the national annual box office list in other years. Not only that, so far this year, domestic films have accounted for more than 80% of the box office, and the proportion of summer files is as high as 87.58%!
This fully shows that today’s China audiences are more and more fond of watching excellent domestic films, and they are tired of the sequels and routines of Hollywood commercial blockbusters.
Up to now, the total box office of the top 10 films in the box office list this year is as high as 26.63 billion yuan, accounting for 53.2% of the total box office of 50 billion yuan. However, the box office of many small and medium-sized films is only a few million yuan or even hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands of yuan. The polarization of the film market is more serious.
The polarization of the film market is also manifested in the increasing proportion of box office in major holidays such as Spring Festival, summer vacation and National Day.
This year’s Spring Festival box office is 6.765 billion yuan, summer box office is as high as 20.62 billion yuan, and National Day box office is 2.735 billion yuan. The box office of these three major periods alone totals 30.12 billion yuan, accounting for more than 60% of the total box office of 50 billion yuan.
In order to change the current situation that China’s film market relies too much on major holidays, as Mao Yu, executive deputy director of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Film Bureau, said, "we must continue to work hard under the creation and construction of weekend slots".
Looking forward to the rest of this year for more than a month, there will be excellent works to bring more surprises to the audience and the market.
Family members, please mark the film and television monologue with an asterisk.
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