Mainland box office： 730 million yuan at the May 1st box office, and ＂Fast 8＂ broke another record.

Movies released on May 1 ST

Special feature of 1905 film network　　 In the 17th week of 2017, from April 24th to April 30th, the weekly box office closed at 970 million, with 1.7 million screenings and 28.5 million movie-goers respectively. Among them, on the weekend of 29th and 30th, even on May 1st, this year’s Labor Day holiday was formed. In the end, the mainland film market attracted 730 million yuan in this May 1st period, and the box office increased compared with the same period last year.

Top three box offices in the mainland this week

Continuing the strong momentum since its release, the cumulative achievement of 2.5 billion has set a new box office record set by the previous film and become the most popular imported film in the mainland; In addition, this week’s eye-catching performance is also the new Chinese film,, and: four works with different styles not only provide the audience with more diverse choices, but also the quality of the film has been affirmed by the market.

Four new Chinese films with rich types and high quality were praised.

Four new Chinese films in May 1st.

This year’s May Day holiday lasted from April 29 to May 1, and the mainland film market accumulated 730 million yuan in three days, a slight increase from 660 million in the same period last year. During the May 1st period, the market always stood above the 200 million mark, and the peak appeared on the 30th, with a single day’s box office exceeding 268 million, and two days from the beginning to the end also earned about 250 million and 220 million respectively.

From 2013 to 2015, the May 1st file was once the world of "youth films". ,,, have been king in this schedule; By 2016, this situation has changed, and the series of romantic films have become the box office hegemon; This year, although there are still many new Chinese films selected to enter the market at this time, the styles are more diverse than in previous years. Not only that, three new films, Shock Wave 2, Master of Memory and Saving Zhiming by Spring Charming, also swept the top three in the mainland box office list on April 28th.

Shock Wave 2 not only retains the flavor of Hong Kong films, but also adds profound connotations.

After officially entering the May Day holiday, Shock Wave 2 still maintained its own advantages. This film about police and bandits starring Andy Lau not only keeps the flavor of Hong Kong-style commercial films, but also adds more realistic visual texture and deeper story connotation to its creation. In the end, Shock Wave 2 followed Fast and Passion 8 with a score of 174 million during the May Day period and won the runner-up.

"Master of Memory" continued its brain-burning style, with a cumulative box office of nearly 200 million yuan.

Based on the success of Master Hypnosis, director Chen Zhengdao completed the new film Master of Memory with bolder ideas and techniques, and the joining of powerful actors such as Bo Huang and Duan Long is equivalent to double insurance for this work. The complex and brain-burning plot has fulfilled Chen Zhengdao’s promise of "expanding Chinese genre films" and stood the test of the audience. During the three-day holiday, the film won 140 million yuan, and the cumulative box office has approached 200 million yuan, which is faster than the growth rate of Hypnotism Master.

As a sequel to the series, "Spring Charms Save Zhiming" has gained a good reputation again.

Although "Like You" and "Spring Jiao Save Zhiming" both focus on love elements, the film styles are quite different. The former presents a love story that pokes the girl’s heart through the dramatic coat of "overbearing president falls in love with me"; The latter brought love in the buff, the "old couple", to feel the sadness of middle-aged crisis in laughing and cursing immorality. At present, the cumulative box office of the two works has exceeded 100 million yuan, and the box office during the May Day period was 83.15 million and 76.2 million respectively.

All four films scored above 8 points in the cat’s eye audience.

According to statistics, as of press time, the audience scores of the above four Chinese films on several ticketing platforms are all above 8 points. On the whole, Chinese new films have shown a good trend of going hand in hand in terms of box office and word of mouth during this year’s May Day holiday.

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