Chinese New Year movie box office breaks 1.2 billion
Guangzhou Daily News (all media reporter Huang An) As of December 26, the total box office of the 2022 Lunar New Year stalls (including pre-sales) exceeded 1.2 billion.
As of press time, the box office (including pre-sale) of "Avatar: The Way of Water" exceeded 700 million, ranking first in the Lunar New Year box office.
Followed by the Japanese manga movie "One Piece: The Red-haired Diva" (breaking 150 million) and the love movie "Want to See You" (breaking 97 million)
"Avatar: Way of Water" continues to lead
Following the high score in the first week of its release, the movie "Avatar: The Way of Water" continued to gain popularity at the box office in the second week, with an overwhelming lead in terms of screening rate and box office.
In the second week of its release, it won the single-day championship for 12 consecutive days with an absolute advantage, and its film scheduling rate is far ahead. After the end of the second weekend, it closed with a box office of 710 million yuan, ranking second in the annual box office list of imported films in the Mainland.
At the same time, the proportion of family viewing and parent-child viewing in the next week's audience continued to increase, and "giving children a valuable memory of growth" was recognized by parents and audiences.
The special standard version with various technical specification upgrades is also highly respected.
At present, "Avatar: The Way of Water" has a "Rotten Tomatoes" audience rating of 96%, Maoyan Movie 9.3 points, Tao Piao Piao 9.2 points, and Douban 8.4 points.
Two weeks after its release, the word-of-mouth of the film remains stable. Some analysts believe that, like the trend of the first part of "Avatar", "Avatar: The Way of Water" is expected to gain long-term effects through word-of-mouth.
In the ongoing heated discussions about the film, the audience's high recognition of the shocking audio-visual experience is still the mainstream consensus, and viewing trends such as being suitable for family viewing and choosing special formats are also emerging.
"Want to See You" is gaining momentum
The movie "Want to See You" was created by the original crew and is known as "the must-see love masterpiece of the year".
The film has attracted widespread attention since it was finalized. After its release, the real-time box office has closely followed "Avatar 2", and the momentum has been rapid.
"Want to See You" is a popular drama series in 2020. Hot topics such as friendship and love of "Fengnan Squad" in the drama have aroused widespread resonance among young audiences.
After a lapse of three years, the film version was finally released, becoming a box office dark horse in this winter's film market.
Many viewers who have already watched the movie said that the plot of the movie version is "still very good to cry", and most fans of the TV series are also satisfied with the movie version, "The movie version is not broken, full of feelings!"
In addition, the New Year's Eve hilarious comedy "The Desperate Husband", which will be released on December 31, also exposed the poster and the ultimate trailer of the "Great Fortune" version yesterday. "The Master Husband's Transformation Journey", the film is light-hearted and humorous, full of laughs, and the comedy team led by Chang Yuan is also very exciting.
"Guangzhou Daily" December 27, 2022, page A9