Jinhua's movie box office revenue reached nearly 45 million yuan ($6.63 million) during the 2023 Spring Festival holiday, data from box office tracker Maoyan showed.
Topping the holiday box office chart was the twist-filled "Full River Red," Zhang Yimou's first foray into the "suspense plus comedy" genre. The ending of the movie moved many to tears with thousands of soldiers' recitation of a prose by patriotic Song Dynasty (960-1279) general Yue Fei in concert.
It was immediately followed by Guo Fan's "The Wandering Earth II," a prequel to the 2019 sci-fi blockbuster "The Wandering Earth," which pulled in 1.98 billion yuan. In an interview, Guo described the filming of "space elevators," which amazed many moviegoers who were fans of Liu Cixin's original novel, a "nightmare."
The other films are Cheng Er's spy actioner "Hidden Blade" which stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, "Deep Sea," an animated fantasy from Tian Xiaopeng, the helmsman of "Monkey King: Hero is Back", "Five Hundred Miles," a comedy starring Zhang Xiaofei, a comedienne best known for her part in the 2021 dark horse "Hi, Mom."
