The National Day file earned two billion in box office in three days

　　Our reporter Wang Jinyue

　　"I wanted to take the whole family to watch "Jiang Ziya" during the Spring Festival this year, but it was delayed by the epidemic. Now the National Day movie screenings are back to normal. We not only watched "Jiang Ziya" but also "My Hometown and Me". It is equivalent to making up for a year in the cinema.” Yesterday afternoon, at the Jinyi International Studios in Chaoyang Joy City, the citizen Chen Jun and his wife and daughter were preparing to check in. He said excitedly, The epidemic has not yet ended, and theaters in Europe and the United States cannot yet operate on a large scale. "In contrast, we are so happy."

　　"From the perspective of the box office of our cinema in the first three days, it has recovered about 80 to 90% compared to last year. Considering that the upper limit of attendance is now 75%, it can be said that the market has basically returned to the level before the epidemic." Manager Ma of the studio said.

　　According to preliminary statistics from many ticketing platforms such as Lighthouse, the country attracted nearly 50 million viewers into the cinema in the first three days of the National Day, and the total box office in the three days reached 2 billion yuan.

This result has far surpassed the total box office of 1.91 billion yuan in the 7 days of the National Day in 2018, second only to the total box office of the three days before the National Day last year.

　　According to data from the Beacon Professional Edition, on the third day of the National Day file, the country’s total box office has exceeded 10 billion yuan this year, and the total number of movie viewers is 271 million.

Among them, "Eight Bai", "Jiang Ziya" and "My Hometown and Me" ranked the top three in the box office of new films released each year.

"I came to see the film "My Hometown and Me" at Teacher Ge You." At Sanlitun Mika Studios, Mr. Chen, a 56-year-old taxi driver, and his wife were waiting and talking about the film that was released last year. "My Motherland and Me", he was very excited, "I am a fan of Teacher Ge You, I like "My Motherland and Me" too much. Uncle Ge's'Brother Zhang Beijing gives us Beijing' brother's long face Yes, today I came here to watch the sequel."

　　"My Hometown and Me", which has gathered hundreds of stars, is the most popular film among the 7 films on National Day this year. Zhang Yimou is the director, Ning Hao is the chief director, and the five directors Xu Zheng and Chen Sicheng are all commercial films. Famous director, everyone has made hit movies.

In the leading roles, Ge You, Huang Bo, Shen Teng, Fan Wei, etc. are all powerful actors, and supporting roles such as Wang Yuan, Yang Zi, and Yue Yunpeng are also popular stars.

Such a comedy film with the theme of reflecting the construction of a new countryside and the fight against poverty has almost covered audiences of all ages.

According to the current trend of word of mouth, the final box office of the film may exceed 2.5 billion yuan.

　　The animated film "Jiang Ziya" has also attracted much attention as the second work of Caitiaowu's "Fengshen Universe" series after "Nezha's Devil Boy Comes into the World".

The film was changed from the Spring Festival file to the National Day file, which attracted many parents and their children to watch.

A parent told reporters that his 10-year-old son has been thinking about the cartoon since he watched "The Devil Boy of Nezha", "I have been thinking about it since the Spring Festival until now, and finally saw it." The film was released. On the same day, it achieved a box office of 360 million yuan, setting a new record for a single-day box office for domestic animated films.

　　As of 18:00 on the 4th, the box office of "My Hometown and Me" and "Jiang Ziya" have exceeded the 1 billion mark.

　　A staff member of Sanlitun Meijia Studios told reporters that the main films in the National Day file have their own styles.

"My Hometown and Me" focuses on the hometown card. The five stories in the film take place in five regions in the east, west, north, south, and north of the country. Almost every audience can find the familiar taste of their hometown, and the audience naturally feels cordial.

"Jiang Ziya" is a cartoon, which is very suitable for families with children. Especially after the epidemic, many children have not had the opportunity to enter the cinema. "This film came too timely." As a sports film, It reflects the Chinese women's volleyball team's spirit of never giving up and working hard, "especially attractive to older audiences."

　　Industry insiders predict that within 8 days of this year’s National Day, the market’s final box office is expected to exceed 4 billion yuan.

Although this result is still a bit far from the total box office of 5.1 billion yuan in the National Day file last year, considering that last year was a special moment to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, compared with the total box office of 1.91 billion yuan in the National Day file in 2018, the box office performance has been very good. outstanding.

　　There are only less than three months left in 2020. Whether the total box office can exceed the 20 billion mark this year has become a hot topic on the Internet.

Manager Ma believes that it is possible to achieve this goal in accordance with the market enthusiasm of the National Day file. "The key is to see if there are any hot movies like "Eight Hundred" and "My Hometown" in the future."