There are many superstars and good films. Which film can catch your heart in April？
Journal No.3400 on March 29th, 2023
According to the statistics of Cat’s Eye Professional Edition, as of 17: 00 on March 19th, the total box office in China in 2023 has exceeded 15 billion yuan, and the film market has obviously picked up compared with the previous two years. Among the 15 billion yuan box office, the Spring Festival contributed the most. The box office of Man Jiang Hong and Wandering Earth 2 totaled 4.54 billion yuan and 4.02 billion yuan respectively, accounting for two-thirds of the box office. The domestic animation IP, which is temporarily ranked third in the annual box office, represents "Bears Come and Go: Accompany My Bear Core", and has become the best performer in the series of "Bears Come and Go" with a box office of 1.48 billion yuan.
At present, the domestic film market is recovering obviously. Even in March, which is called the cultivation period, there have been movies with box office exceeding 100 million, such as Keep You Safe, Journey of Lingya and Poisonous Lawyer. In April, the whole market became active again, and many long-awaited films swarmed in this month, with diversified theme types, which can be said to be fully prepared for the pre-May Day movie market.
Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department—
Earthlings, aliens, thousands of miles away.
Director: Kong Dashan
Starring:Yang Haoyu/Ai Liya/Wang Yitong/Jiang Qiming/Sheng Chenchen/More …
Type: Comedy/science fiction
Release date: 2023-04-01
Recommended reason:Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department is the first feature film directed by Kong Dashan. The story of the film is inspired by an absurd news that "the villagers preserve the bodies of aliens", which is both absurd and true, and this feeling also extends to the film. aluminum pot, sparrow, donkey, stone lion … all kinds of grounded elements are endowed with unique sci-fi temperament, creating this unique sci-fi comedy.
Adventures of the Fantasy Queen of Frog Kingdom—
3D "Frog Series" Movie Part IV
Director: Song Jiangbo
Type:A comedy/animation/adventure
Release date: 2023-04-01
Recommended reason:As the fourth film in the frog kingdom series, The Adventure of the Fantasy Queen once again upgrades the world outlook, which is no longer based on personal dreams and growth, nor is it just the opposition between two races, but focuses on the issue of the survival of the entire animal kingdom destiny community. As new characters, the Moles joined the Frog Kingdom Universe, expanding the original story system and worldview. The Adventure of the Fantasy Queen established the most abundant and huge group of characters in the Frog Kingdom series.
Only you can’t be missed—
A love guide for people who are confused in their feelings.
Director: Chen Chen
Starring: Shuo Yang/Li Mengmeng/Liu Liu/Ai Ru/Xiong Ruiling
Type:Plot/love
Release date:2023-04-01
Recommended reason:Guided by "meeting" and "missing", the film tells the love story that Qin Peanut and Lin Wen, who have suffered a lot in their feelings, met under the traction of fate, fell in love at first sight, regained their hope for love, and firmly joined hands in the face of various obstacles in reality. This love guide dedicated to contemporary confused young people makes lovers realize the preciousness of meeting and falling in love and cherish the people in front of them more. Such a beautiful implication makes the film among the "first choice for watching warm spring romance films".
A Cup on the Road —— Producer of Wong Kar-wai
Director: Nattawut Poonpiriya
Starring: Tanapo Rilatanakazou/Natala Nopalutayapeng/Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying/Violette Wautier
Type:Drama/comedy
Release date: 2023-04-01
Recommended reason:The film "A Cup on the Road" takes affection, friendship and love as its theme, and tells the story of a pair of good brothers who crossed 140,000 kilometers and made an alternative farewell trip to Qi Fei with tears and laughter. At the end of his life, Ade (Natala Nopalutayapeng), who is terminally ill, decides to take a farewell trip with his old friend Bo (Thanapob Leeratanakachorn). The two of them, chased by the countdown, cross the whole of Thailand and make up with the missing love and guilty girls in Ade’s youth.
Titanic-4K Restoration and Replay
Director: James Cameron
Starring:Leonardo DiCaprio/Kate Winslet
Type: A plot/love/disaster
Release date: 2023-04-01
Recommended reason:Titanic was released twice in China on April 3, 1998 and April 10, 2012 (3D remake), which earned 359 million yuan and 947 million yuan respectively. This time, the director James Cameron participated in the introduction of 3D, 4K, HDR, high frame rate reproduction, CINITY/IMAX/ Dolby Vision/China Giant Screen and other formats, which were screened by the National Federation of Arts.
Detective Conan: The Ghost of Baker Street—
Return again after 21 years
Director: Kenji Kodama
Starring: Gao Shannan/Wakana Yamazaki/Akira Kamiya/Kappei Yamaguchi/Hayashibara Megumi/
Type: Animation/suspense/adventure
Release date:2023-04-04
Recommended reason:The film tells the story of "Ancient London" as the stage through virtual reality technology, and Conan and his party have a brain war with out-of-control artificial intelligence. Since the film was released in 2002, it has been well received by the audience in terms of story, production and word of mouth. It has won 220,000 audiences on the Douban platform and scored a super high score of 8.8, which is the highest rated work among all Conan theatrical editions.
Super Mario Bros. Movie—
Many people’s childhood memories
Director: Aaron Viktor Horvath/Michael Jay Lenique
Starring: Chris Pratt/Anya Taylor-Joey/Charlie Day/Jack Black/Kogan-michael kay
Type: Comedy/love/science fiction/animation/fantasy/adventure
Release date:2023-04-05
Recommended reason:The movie Super Mario Bros. was jointly created by Nintendo and Lighting Entertainment, and was adapted from the game Super Mario Bros. released by Nintendo, with Chris Palat as the voice of Mario and Anya Taylor-Joy as the voice of Princess Peach Blossom. Super Mario Bros. is a classic horizontal clearance game developed by Nintendo and produced in 1985. It was first launched on the red and white machine. Up to now, the sales volume of Mario series has exceeded 540 million sets, which is a childhood memory of many people.
Dragon and Horse Spirit
-Focus on a generation of Dragon and Tiger Martial Masters
Director: Chanel
Starring:Jackie Chan/Liu Haocun/Guo Qilin/Jason Wu/Yu Ailei
Type: A plot/comedy/action
Release date: 2023-04-07
Recommended reason:The movie Dragon Horse Spirit is an action comedy movie with Jackie Chan’s characteristics. It’s like Jackie Chan’s autobiography. As can be seen from the trailer, Jackie Chan, who is nearly 70 years old, is still very dedicated and does some dangerous and difficult actions. In the movie, Jackie Chan plays Lao Luo and Emma Red Rabbit, who depend on each other to make a living on the set. Among the previously released video materials, the vigorous figure of the red rabbit and the eccentric expression of the elves amused a group of netizens.
Jedi Pursuit —— Based on the real events
Director: Qiu Litao
Starring:Oho Ou/Jason Koo/Ham/Huang Yao/Jiukong
Type: Action/disaster
Release date:2023-04-07
Recommended reason:Based on real events, the film tells the story of our "8077" frontier armed police special team, facing the double limit test of nature and physiology, fighting to the death with a group of desperate drug dealers at all costs.
Bei Er likes you—
Tell it to the judge is full of conditions.
Director: Zorro
Starring: Jia Bing/Ada/Yang Xinming/Shi Yufei/Yuyang/Changyuan, etc
Type: Drama/comedy
Release date: 2023-04-14
Recommended reason:The movie "Bei Er Likes You" tells the love story of Gong Bao (Jia Bing) and Fan Quinn (Ada) who meet by chance after their respective disappointments, and have been full of joy and fireworks since then. In the preview of the exposure, the mode of getting along with each other in just over ten seconds will render the whole film with the color of comedy and love.
The storm—
Reproduce the bustling market in Shantou in those days.
Director: Gordon Chan
Starring: William Chan/Wang Qianyuan/Wang Longzheng/CiCi/Andrew, etc
Type:An action/gunfight
Release date: 2023-04-14
Recommended reason:The film "Storm" is based on the top secret traffic station in Shantou on the central red traffic line in the 1930s, and tells the foggy human story that happened in the hidden front. In this film, the audience can not only experience the charming Chaoshan dialect, singing and dancing, Kung Fu tea and other cultural charm, but also see the realistic reappearance of historical buildings such as the small park, Shuilong Bureau, Yongping Restaurant, Chen Cifu’s former residence, Stone Battery Park and Xiangyuan.
Love is delicious—
Created by the original TV series
Director: Chen Zhengdao/Zhaoren Xu
Starring: Chun Li/Baby Zhang/Naomi/Ren Bin/Zhang Fan/Yin Haoyu/Bai En
Type:Love in the City
Release date:2023-04-15
Recommended reason:The drama version "Love is delicious" was broadcast at the end of 2021, which was well received by the public. During the broadcast process, not only the platform broadcast volume broke 400 million, but also the Douban score was 8.4 and the Zhihu score was 9.0! It tells the story of three good girlfriends, Liu Jing, Fang Xin and Xia Meng, who worked hard in the city and grew up confidently after a series of changes in their families, workplaces and lives. This time, the original crew of the TV series devoted themselves to the creation, striving to show the original flavor of the TV series on the screen. Continuing the story of the ending of the TV series, the three girlfriends in the movie are about to start a brand-new love journey.
"Crocodile Lai Lai"—
La la land team to build.
Director: Josh gordon/Will Spike
Starring:Javier bardem/shawn mendes
Type: Family/fantasy/singing and dancing/animation/adventure
Release date: 2023-04-15
Recommended reason:The live-action animated film "Crocodile Lai Lai", adapted from a series of picture books with the same name that are popular all over the world, is about to land on the mainland big screen, and Chinese posters will be released simultaneously. The film tells the story of Josh Pliem, a little boy, who moved into a new house in a big city with his parents, and became good friends with a crocodile who lived in the attic and could dance. Shawn mendes, a pop singer, sang with all her heart. The film’s popcorn index started at 100%, and it was loved by countless overseas audiences, and was praised as "a must-see family movie of the year".
Deep Sea Crisis—
The first maritime anti-terrorism action film
Director: Shen Dong
Starring: Kevin Yan/Qu Jingjing/Wu Haochen/Ai Xiaoqi/Li Youbin/You Yongzhi
Type:Military/operational
Release date:2023-04-15
Recommended reason:The film tells the stirring story of Chinese navy soldiers who are not afraid of life and death and prevent foreign militants from plotting. The navy’s super fleet assembled in the Pacific Ocean for the first time and disarmed sum of all fears by hard core, which shows the strength and courage of navy soldiers who dare to show their swords and annihilate invading enemies. The film has a large scale of fighting and intense atmosphere, which shows the heroic spirit and shocking visual impact to the fullest.
Slam Dunk Master-
Memories of a generation of youth!
Director: Inoue Takehiko
Starring: Miyagi Ryota/Mitsui Hisashi/Rukawa Kaede
Type:Animation/action/comedy/plot
Release date:2023-04-20
Recommended reason:A week after the movie version of Slam Dunk was released in Japan, the box office has exceeded 2 billion yen, and the number of people watching movies has been constantly setting a new record. It comes to us with countless people’s childhood and youth. I don’t know how many people’s passion and blood will be rekindled, and how many people will be killed by memories that are difficult to get out of.
"This life has an appointment"—
The story of education changing fate
Director: Yang Jianhua
Starring:Wang Jianqiao/Xu Shaowu/Yu Hua/Xue Qing
Type:Rural feature film
Release date: 2023-04-20
Recommended reason:It tells the touching story of three generations of teachers, namely, Wu Zhiqi, Fang Yukun and Shi Lei, who, with a pole, let the children in the mountain village go out of the mountain to know the vast world and change the fate of the children in the mountain village through education. Many people in the industry spoke highly of this film, believing that the film is highly completed, the story is true, and the characters are simple and credible. The film teaches people to face hardships bravely, learn to suffer setbacks without giving up easily, and learn to love life, be responsible and take responsibility for society. It is a good work for rural teachers.
The King of the Sky—
YiBo Hu Jun performed the warrior in the blue sky.
Director: Liu Xiaoshi
Starring: YiBo/Hu Jun/Zhou Dongyu/Yu Shi/Yu Bu/Zhai Yujia/Wang Zichen/Lu Xin
Type:Plot/action
Release date: 2023-04-28
Recommended reason:Directed by Liu Xiaoshi, starring YiBo, Hu Jun and Yu Shi, the film tells the story that Lei Yu and other pilots have become a new generation of test pilots in China after rigorous selection. Under the leadership of captain Zhang Ting, they participated in the test flight of cutting-edge new fighters, constantly breaking through the limits to explore the safety boundary of new fighters and silently contributing to the take-off of new fighters.
Unfamiliar road to life—
Set the theme of family comedy highway as a whole
Director: Xiaoxing Yi
Starring:Qiao Shan/Adam/Mary/Zhang Jingyi/Chang Yuan
Type: Drama/comedy
Release date:2023-04-28
Recommended reason:The road comedy Unfamiliar in Life revolves around a truck trip that was unexpectedly started by a family of four. Zhou Donghai (Qiao Shan), a truck driver, is very pessimistic about her prospective son-in-law Wan Yifan (Adam). In order to win the favor of her future father-in-law, if Wan Yifan tries harder, she will "roll over". Her prospective mother-in-law Huo Meimei (Mary) and her daughter Zhou Weiyu (Zhang Jingyi) also try their best to mediate the couple. In case of constant misfortune, can sail pass the tests of future father-in-law Zhou Donghai on the journey?
Out of Fire-
Du Jiang Wang Qianyuan desperate rescue pays tribute to "flame blue"
Director: Shun Peng
Starring: Du Jiang/Wang Qianyuan/Tong Liya/Cecilia Han/Ham/Elvis Han/Wang Ge
Type:Adventure/rescue
Release date:2023-04-28
Recommended reason:The film Out of Fire is the first film in China that focuses on the true face of a new generation of fire rescue workers after the reform and transformation. It tells the touching story of an unprecedented chemical explosion threatening the whole city. Facing the life-and-death test of putting out fire and saving people, a group of members of the fire rescue station go through fire and water with their flesh and blood.
Countdown Love You —— Love after a long separation
Director: Gavin Lin
Starring: Chen Feiyu/Zhou Ye
Type:Love/fantasy
Release date: 2023-04-28
Recommended reason:The film tells the story of Gu Yuxuan and Han Shuyan, who happened to meet and fall in love when they were children. After missing for many years, they are destined to meet again and fall in love. After experiencing the happiness and sweetness of love, they have to face the test of fate together, thus launching a story of high-sweetness love in two directions.
The Prosecutorial Storm—
The first crime film shot from the perspective of China prosecutor
Director:Siu Fai Mak
Starring: Johnny/Bai Baihe/Claudia/Wang Qianyuan/Bao Beier
Type: A crime/trial/plot
Release date: 2023-04-28
Recommended reason:The film tells the story of the sudden death of a vicious businessman, which involved an old case. The young prosecutor tried to explore a bigger shady scene, and the forces of justice and evil waged a life-and-death confrontation, but even more shocking answers were hidden in the seemingly settled end … This film was adapted from a real case, and through the analysis of a real case, it showed the achievements of the legal system construction in modern China, as well as the difficulties, crises and tests faced by legal institutions in the process of trying their best to safeguard truth and justice.
The popularity of imported films has not diminished, and well-known IP has presented a "nostalgic gift package"
In 2023, the film market picked up unexpectedly fast. Since the beginning of the year, Hollywood blockbusters have been released in turn. After Marvel Comics quickly booked Panther 2, Ant Man 3 and Shazam 2, a large number of imported films quickly followed suit. Although the number of imported films has increased, few of them have performed well. On the contrary, Japan’s small fresh anime film "Journey to the Bell Bud" took 300 million box office in three days, which shows that Hollywood formulaic films have made domestic audiences feel aesthetic fatigue. In April, there were still many imported films, including the Thai film A Cup on the Road, which was produced by Wong Kar-wai, the re-released Titanic, Notre Dame de Paris, which was adapted from a classic world masterpiece, and the animated films Conan: The Dead of Baker Street, Slam Dunk Master and Super Mary.
Among them, the classic anime movies Detective Conan: The Dead of Baker Street and Slam Dunk Master have the highest attention in April movies. Detective Conan: The Ghost of Baker Street has seen more than 180,000 people in the cat’s eye and more than 620,000 people in Slam Dunk. It is reported that this movie "Slam Dunk Master" is also a heavy animated film that was released 26 years later after the automatic painting of the comic drama was finished in 1996. The storyline and background of the national contest have aroused the audience’s appetite, and Takehiko Inoue, the original "slam dunk", is the screenwriter and director. At present, there are nearly 200 million readings and 37,000 discussions on the topic of Weibo named # Slam Dunk Master #, and the feedback from netizens is very intense. In short, this movie Slam Dunk Master can be said to be a movie that people are looking forward to.
"Detective Conan" has always been deeply loved by the audience and is a childhood memory of many post-90 s. As a series of high-profile masterpieces, Detective Conan: The Dead of Baker Street has received very good feedback in overseas markets, both in terms of its high-energy reasoning plot content and production level. After the film was announced for the mainland, it attracted many fans’ expectations. "Detective Conan" series movies have always been very eye-catching at the domestic box office. From Detective Conan: The Executor of Zero in 2018 to Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween last year, the average box office results are around 200 million. This time, Detective Conan: The Ghost of Baker Street also gives the market great confidence in the box office results.
Superstars and good films gathered together, and the market was very lively in April.
In March and April, 2022, due to the epidemic, half of the cinemas in the country were closed, and the box office was even more bleak. The national box office was even less than 10 million yuan for several consecutive days. In April this year, the film market was not "slack". According to the statistics of cat’s eye movies, there were more than 20 films to be released in the film market in April. And in the first week of April, where Tomb-Sweeping Day was located, movies were shown almost every day. The films that were previously withdrawn for various reasons and were optimistic about by the outside world all squeezed into April, which also made the market in April, which was originally off-season, lively.
The first is "The King of the Sky" starring YiBo, Hu Jun and Yu Shi. This film was originally regarded as a box office potential film for the Spring Festival, but it finally appeared in the market in April due to some force majeure factors. The biggest attraction of this film is China’s military revolution and the development of aviation weapons and equipment in the new era. In this film, China’s cutting-edge models such as J -10C, J -16, and J -20 will make their debut on the screen, so that many military fans and fans can see the elegance of "the country’s heavy weapon". Secondly, Out of Fire, a fire-fighting and rescue movie starring Du Jiang, Wang Qianyuan, Tong Liya, Cecilia Han, Ham, etc., has been revised again and again, and finally it was finalized on April 28th. The Dragon Horse Spirit starring Jackie Chan, Liu Haocun and Countdown Love You starring Chen Feiyu and Zhou Ye also moved from the New Year’s Day file and Valentine’s Day file to the May 1st file at the end of April.
Interestingly, nearly half of the May 1st files this year are movies with new files. Of course, there are also comedic movies like Unfamiliar Life starring Qiao Shan, Adam and Mary, and movies like Check the Storm starring Johnny, Bai Baihe and Claudia, which are expected by the public. These heavyweight movies are coming together, as if they have a sense of viewing the Spring Festival files. I don’t know which movie will win the top spot this time. Let’s wait and see!
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