The final 16 days of the cinema sprint in 2020
Can China's movie box office reach the top 20 billion?
West China Metropolis Daily-Cover News Reporter Yang Fan
On July 20 this year, Chinese cinemas that had been closed for a long time due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic reopened in full. On October 15, the total box office of movies in mainland China reached 12.95 billion yuan, which officially surpassed North America’s performance over the same period and became the world’s largest for the first time in history Ticket warehouse.
This is a landmark event in the mainland film industry this year.
From December 15th, the 2020 Hall of Fame Annual Humanities List related activities organized by Cover News, West China Metropolis Daily, and organized by the Cover Research Institute Humanities Research Institute will be launched, and interviews with famous experts and annual hot words will be launched successively. Inventory and other series of reports.
On December 28, the winners of the annual cultural and tourism events, writers, music, variety shows, TV dramas (web dramas), movies and many other sub-lists will be released.
As of December 13, the cumulative box office of China Film Market this year was 17.71 billion yuan.
According to previous analysis by industry insiders, the country's total box office is expected to exceed 20 billion yuan this year.
And there are 16 days before the 2020 turn of the article. Can the gap of more than 2 billion be filled?
The coming December 18th will be "successful, in the battle", because on this day there will be two blockbuster films "Emergency Rescue" and "Wonder Woman 1984", and their box office results will affect this year The whole battle in the mainland film market.
Two blockbuster films PK adult film city watershed
Although the Chinese film market continues to pick up, the epidemic has greatly affected the strategic deployment of major filmmakers. Many blockbusters that were originally released this year have been adjusted to the Spring Festival and summer files next year.
This led to the downturn in the movie market in early December. As of 3pm on December 15, the best box office titles were "De Violence" (530 million), "Crazy Primitive 2" (304 million), and "If the Voice Cannot Remember "(298 million), "The King of Bathing" (220 million) and "Red Fox Scholar" (180 million).
The lack of explosions makes this node this Friday (18th) particularly important.
On December 18th, two blockbuster films were released, namely "Emergency Rescue" and "Wonder Woman 1984".
"Emergency Rescue" was supposed to be released on the Spring Festival this year. Due to the postponement of the epidemic, the film was directed by Lin Chaoxian and produced by Liang Fengying, starring Peng Yuyan, Wang Yanlin, and Xin Zhilei.
This is Lin Chaoxian's new masterpiece after "Mekong Operation" and "Red Sea Operation".
As the first Chinese-language movie with the theme of rescue at sea, the film is based on real rescue incidents, showing the image of Chinese superheroes carrying out rescues at sea.
On December 18, as the first and only superhero blockbuster in 2020, "Wonder Woman 1984" will land in the mainland, and is expected to become the most popular imported commercial film in December.
The film follows the "Wonder Woman" team, telling the story of this world-renowned female superhero who came to save the world in 1984.
The film's release time in the mainland is one week earlier than North America, so Chinese audiences will become the first group of audiences in the world to see Wonder Woman.
Christmas and New Year's Day double files will reveal the last suspense
The Christmas file on December 24, which has been contended for years by military strategists, has two films released this year, "Bomb Disposer 2" and "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow".
"Bomb Disposal Expert 2" has opened a new story. Andy Lau's "former bomb disposal expert" Pan Chengfeng has attracted the attention of movie fans.
Compared with the previous film, the film uses more real-life shooting, with 120 scenes twice as many as ordinary movies, plus more than 10 months of hard work by the top special effects team, and strive to give the audience more freshness in the scenes.
"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" tells the story of when an IT guy who has no sense of existence (Li Hongqi) meets the sparkling girl Zhao Ximan (played by Yang Ying), he has found a reason why he must take risks. A sweet love romance film.
On December 25, two films, "Qing Ya Ji" and "Spiritual Journey" were released.
"Qing Ya Ji" is directed by Guo Jingming and adapted from the Japanese novel "Onmyoji", starring Zhao Youting, Deng Lun, Wang Ziwen, Chun Xia and Wang Duo.
The director of "Spirit of the Mind" is Peter Dougert, who won two Oscars for Best Animated Feature Film for his "Flying House" and "Spirit of the Mind".
The film was shortlisted for this year's Cannes Film Festival and is a well-reviewed Pixar animation masterpiece.
Next is the New Year's Eve file. On December 31, there will be four films "Send You A Little Red Flower", "Warm Hug", "Ponyo on the Cliff" and "Sunshine Robber".
"Send You A Little Red Flower" starring Yi Yang Qianxi and the new "Measuring Girl" Liu Haocun, tells about two anti-cancer families, two sets of life trajectories, thinking and confronting the ultimate problem that everyone will face.
The film is expected to become the hottest domestically produced film after "Eight Hundred", and the current pre-sale box office has approached 20 million.
Many people plan to watch this film New Year's Eve together with friends, because the title is quite flattering, and you can have a good luck watching the film, and bid farewell to this depressing 2020.
The industry predicts that the 20 billion box office goal is expected to be achieved
It is understood that there are nearly 50 movies released in December.
On the afternoon of December 14, Beacon and Poison Eye released the "Value of Decisions-2020 Chinese Film Market User Report" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") to provide insights and analysis on the market performance and user behavior in this special year. The file is a sample to predict the future of the film market.
The "Report" believes that the box office in 2020 will reach 20 billion yuan, about 30% of last year's.
"Report" stated that the Chinese film market is about to pass the most extraordinary year in history.
From the shutdown of the whole line to the gradual recovery, to the new marketing to stimulate new demand for viewing movies, in 2020, the film market needs to bear too many points.
The "Report" also mentioned the film market since the outbreak: Affected by the epidemic, theaters were closed in January, and work resumed in an orderly manner on July 20.
Third- and fourth-tier cities have recovered faster, and the sinking has accelerated. The per capita recovery frequency of movies is 10% higher than that of first- and second-tier cities.
The "Report" also stated that the upcoming Spring Festival will be a critical moment to fully stimulate the film market.
The box office of the Spring Festival in 2018 and 2019 reached 5.77 billion and 5.91 billion respectively, and three films with a total box office of 1.5 billion + were born. The Spring Festival is still the best time for the rapid release of the box office.