"Jojo's Whimsical World" and "Call of the Wild" will be released on April 3

New movie fixed film hot movie re-release movie theater slowly "wake up"

"Operation in the Red Sea", "The Child of Nezha", "A Dream Quest", "Avengers" series ... Will these classic Chinese and foreign movies be re-screened on the big screen in the Mainland? Yesterday, a "Rerun Movie List" was circulated on the Internet. In addition to 5 movies including "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Wandering Earth" which have been rerun in the Reconstruction Cinema, many of the above-mentioned movies appeared in the list. Time starts from yesterday and today. In addition, "Jojo's Whimsical World" and "Call of the Wild" are also scheduled to be released on April 3, becoming the first batch of new films after the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

The film "Reunion" series and new films are available

In this "Rerun Movie List" circulated on the Internet, in addition to the five movies "Wolf Totem", "Wandering Earth", "Wolf Warrior 2", "Why Home", and "Chinese Partner", which have been re-released in the FG Cinemas The first to fourth movies of the series "Operation on the Mekong River", "Operation on the Red Sea", "Nerzha", "Looking for a Dream" and "Avengers" series have also appeared in the list. The table shows that this batch of films will be divided into two batches of reruns on March 25 and March 26, of which imported films will focus on March 26.

The reporter saw on the official website of China Film Digital Film Development (Beijing) Co., Ltd. that movies such as "Looking for a Dream", "Mermaid" and other films have indeed announced the re-release time, but the "Avengers" series has not yet been announced. Later, the reporter interviewed a number of theaters in Chongqing. The relevant person in charge said that this "re-listed film list" is true, and the theater has already received copies of some movies.

At the same time, two films, the Oscar-winning films "Jojo's Whimsical World" and "Call of the Wild", have been scheduled for release on April 3 at the National Art Film Screening Alliance. This is also the first in mainland China after the new crown pneumonia epidemic occurred Two new films released on schedule.

The film "Youth of a Boy", which was shot in Chongqing, has also been re-screened from yesterday. The re-screening period is set from March 25 to April 24.

The average daily box office of the resumption theater is less than 40 yuan

With the new crown pneumonia epidemic gradually being effectively controlled in China, movie theaters across the country have also resumed work. According to Cat Eye Professional Edition data, on March 23, a total of 528 theaters in China resumed work, with a return rate of 4.65%. However, the box office at that day was only 20,800 yuan, which means that the average box office of each reworked theater is less than 40 yuan. On Sunday, March 22, the box office was the highest on a single day after the resumption of work, but it was only 41,400 yuan.

At the same time, there are media statistics. On March 22, the movie theater resumed a total of 1,389 films, but the number of movie viewers was only 1,326, that is, the average number of movie viewers per game was less than one.

Starting today, the number of films available for theaters that have resumed work will exceed 20, which will also provide more viewing options for the audience and help further increase the box office.

Opinion: May 1st to summer film competition is fierce

"The current situation of resuming a movie theater has the cause of the epidemic and the problem of the source of the film." A cinema manager in Chongqing told reporters that due to the epidemic, as a closed place, audiences must re-enter the cinema, and it will take some time, Compared with the catering and other industries, cinemas are not exactly a need. "And no new films to watch, will also affect the audience to enter the cinema:" The biggest problem facing the resumption theater is actually the film source. If all the old films are re-screened, Without new releases, it will be difficult to attract more viewers to come to the cinema to watch movies at this special time. "

Some people in the industry believe that it is a relatively safe choice to re-release old movies at present. After the epidemic, both the theater and the audience need some time to buffer and restore the confidence to re-enter the movie theater. confidence. Shi Dong, a senior observer in the film and television industry, said in an interview with the "Securities Daily" reporter that after the epidemic has recovered, retaliatory consumption will definitely be there, but it must be waited until it is safe enough. At present, we can see that some Spring Festival videos have gradually resumed publicity. It is estimated that the competition from May 1st to summer videos will be very fierce this year.

At the same time, the reporter was informed that the resumption of work at the Chongqing Cinema is also progressing steadily and is expected to resume operations in the near future.

Chongqing Morning Post · Upstream News Reporter Kong Lingqiang