Box Office | "Global Storm" exceeded expectations "Blade Runner" was only 16 million on its first day.

        Last week, the mainland box office closed at 609 million yuan, which was about 22% lower than the previous week. Relay became the overlord last week, winning 64.72 million yuan at the box office on the first day, exceeding expectations; Another new film only received 16.03 million yuan on the first day of painting. Although this sci-fi film has a good reputation in North America, it has been cold in China. Although "Ace Agent 2" was attacked by two new films on Friday, it easily overtook "Blade Runner 2049" the next day and won the second place in a single day. By Sunday, the cumulative box office of the film had exceeded 400 million.

 

From October 23rd to October 29th, there were 1.82 million screenings, and the number of people watching the movie was about 20.31 million.

 


Global Storm’s box office exceeded expectations, and the popularity of disaster films continued unabated.

        

        As the only imported disaster film this year, according to the film’s publicity, "Global Storm" cost as much as 120 million US dollars, equivalent to about 800 million yuan. When the film was released in North America, the box office was bleak, and the reputation was not good. The freshness of rotten tomatoes was only 13%, but in China, it was the opposite situation. The Global Storm captured 64.84 million yuan at the box office on the first day, taking 51.5% of the market share on that day. Successfully won the weekly box office champion.

      Stills of the movie Global Storm

        

        Recalling that the last imported disaster film was released in 2015, the audience had a certain demand for watching disaster movie. The arrival of Global Storm, a pure disaster film, really met the needs of mainland audiences. Although the film can’t be compared with the one released in 2009 in terms of production and box office, its three-day release at the top of the single-day box office list also proves that China audiences like disaster films.

 

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        Compared with Global Storm, another newly released film, Blade Runner 2049, did not perform very well at the box office. The film scored 8.5 in IMDB, and the freshness of rotten tomatoes was 88%. Such a sci-fi masterpiece with excellent reputation did not perform well in the world, and it was even worse in China. It only earned 16.03 million yuan on the first day of painting, accounting for 12.74% of the box office.

 

 Stills of the movie Blade Runner 2049

       As a sequel to blade runner released in 1982, most audiences can’t understand the plot design in Blade Runner 2049, and the film has a slow pace and no impressive climax, which inevitably makes the audience feel boring. In addition, the film was shot with a 2D camera, and it was forced to be converted to 3D later, which caused some picture distortion and insufficient light contrast, and the 3D version shown in the cinema also made many people criticize.

 

Break 2.15 billion 683 billion and end successfully.

        The newly released horror film has assembled high-quality film companies such as Louis Koo, Chilam and Charlene Choi. Although there is some controversy about word of mouth, it also got nearly 30 million box office in the first week, ranking sixth. "Shameful Iron Fist" broke through 2.1 billion box office last Saturday (28th), and overtook the new film "Blade Runner 2049" in the weekly box office list. The single-day box office remained at about 10 million a day for nearly four weeks, with a stable trend and a double harvest in word of mouth and box office. In addition, three months after its release, Wolf Warriors 2, the top box office winner in mainland film history, ended successfully with a cumulative box office of 5.683 billion yuan on the 28th.

 

 Stills of the movie "Always Around You"


        Due to the loss of a large number of films by the new film, the single-day box office on Friday fell by about 30% month-on-month. Although the film failed to surpass the previous film in word of mouth, the cumulative box office in the mainland has reached 420 million yuan, and there is still a chance to surpass the first box office of 480 million yuan.

 

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        This week, the finally-arrived release will not only see the "Great Reconciliation of the Century" between Brother Hammer and his younger brother Loki, but also the new character Hella, the Death, will appear in the film to see how Brother Hammer is abused. In the Chinese film, Zhang Aijia, the director and starring, is a new work that has been polished for four years. The film focuses on three generations of daughters, mothers and grandmothers, and won six nominations such as best film, best director, best actor and best heroine in this year’s Golden Horse Award. Another new film starring Aaron Kwok and Zhao Liying will also be released this Friday, also known as "The Movie". Whether it can surpass the classics remains to be seen.

 

1905 Film Data College

Writer: Walking Beth