There are 6 films and 5 comedies scheduled for the Spring Festival! Who else will join in the most festive schedule？

Author: film and television weather vane

On January 12th, the director Zhang Yimou announced that the film Article 20 would be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year on February 10th. Together with Boonie Bears: Time Twist, Pegasus 2, The Movie Emperor, YOLO and Viva La Vida, six films will be released this Spring Festival.

After New Year’s Day, as the Spring Festival in the Year of the Loong is approaching, this week’s film market in China has set off a wave of climax of the Spring Festival movie booking. From January 10 to 12, there were four heavy new films for three consecutive days, which will be released on the first day of February 10.

At 16: 00 on January 10th, Han Han directed and acted as a screenwriter. Pegasus 2, starring Shen Teng, Adam, Andrew, Zhang Ben Yu and Sean, was the first to announce in the official Weibo that it would be released in the Spring Festival this year, and at the same time, it released a finalized poster and trailer.

At 10: 00 a.m. on January 11th, Jia Ling announced in the form of a "small composition" on her personal Weibo that YOLO, which she directed and starred with Lei Jiayin, would be released on New Year’s Day.

On the morning of Friday, January 12th, "Article 20", directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Lei Jiayin, Mary and many other stars, released the news, posters and trailers. This is the third consecutive year that Zhang Yimou’s film has been shown in the Spring Festival.

The above four films, together with nail house and Boonie Bears: Time Twist, which were officially announced on December 27th last year, and the comedy The Movie Emperor, which was released in the Spring Festival this year in November last year, have so far made six films enter this year’s Spring Festival movie market.

Looking at the six films of this year’s Spring Festival, the biggest feature from the genre is that there are actually five comedies! It is the most celebrated Spring Festival file in the past years.

"The Movie Emperor" is directed by Ning Hao, written by Liu Xiaodan and Wang Ang, starring Andy Lau, and starring Rima Xidan, Dan Liwen, Lin Xilei, Zhou Wei and Liu Yilin. It tells the story of Hong Kong superstar Liu Weichi’s cooperation with director Lin Hao in filming rural movies in order to win the best actor, which leads to a series of ridiculous farce stories.

In the Spring Festival last year, the costume suspense comedy "Man Jiang Hong" directed by Zhang Yimou took 4.544 billion yuan at the box office and won the annual box office champion. This year’s Spring Festival, director Zhang Yimou brought his realistic comedy Article 20. The film tells the story of a middle-aged prosecutor who was involved in a controversial case, which led to a series of ironic stories.

In the Spring Festival of 2019, the racing comedy "Flying Life" directed by Han Han and starring Shen Teng, Johnny and Andrew earned 1.729 billion yuan at the box office, making it the highest-grossing movie by Han Han so far.

Five years later, "Pegasus 2" will finally be released. Shen Teng will continue to play the down-and-out racer Zhang Chi in the film, and many comedians such as Andrew, Adam, Sean, Wei Xiang, Jia Bing and Zheng Kai will join in, which adds comedy to the film.

The film is starring Jia Ling and Lei Jiayin, starring Zhang Xiaofei, Zhao Haiyan, Zhang Qi, Xu Juncong, Yu Bu, Zhu Tianfu and Liu Honglu, and starring Yang Zi, Sha Yi, Wei Xiang, Li Xueqin, Shen Chunyang, Shen Tao, Ma Li and Qiao Shan. Judging from the synopsis, it should continue the comedy style with tears in laughter.

Viva La Vida, based on documentary reports, tells the story of two young people’s brave "life-and-death agreement", and finally sees the sunshine of life. It is directed by Han Yan following Fuck off! The last work of the trilogy of life after tumor jun and A Little Red Flower. The first two word-of-mouth box offices are good, and this time it is also expected.

In addition to the above five live-action movies, this year’s Spring Festival will also feature Boonie Bears: Time Twist, the 10th work of the series of animated films. As a series of movies with the best IP continuity in mainland China, this year is the 10th time that Bears Come and Go meets the audience during the Spring Festival.

"Boonie Bears: Time Twist" still tells the story of Logger Vick and Xiong Da Xiong Er, and still has the strong comedy color necessary for this series of animated films, and also adds sci-fi elements. In recent years, the big movies of Bears are all comedy+science fiction, which have achieved good box office and reputation. If there is no accident this year, the film will still occupy an important place in the Spring Festival file.

However, Stephen Chow’s agent has denied that "Mermaid 2" will be released in the Spring Festival this year, and the second part of "Volunteers" has not been announced at present, which is unlikely. The most likely airborne Spring Festival file is Legend directed by Tang Jili, starring Jackie Chan, LAY, Naza and Aarif Lee.

In addition, there may be an animated film squeezed into this year’s Spring Festival file. Although it is hard to rival Boonie Bears: Time Twist, with such a large market capacity of the Spring Festival, only one animated film can not meet the audience’s viewing needs.

The highest box office in China’s film history is 7.842 billion yuan in 2021. In 2023, the Spring Festival closed at 6.765 billion yuan, ranking second in the box office of China film history.

Judging from the movies that have been scheduled at present, it is very difficult to break the box office record of the Spring Festival this year. I hope all the released movies can achieve good box office results!