Summer Movies Set Sizzling Pace
These two films ranked third and fifth at the summer box office.
One and Only, which placed sixth, is the passionate story of a vulnerable street dancer and her feuding coaches, pop idol Wang Yibo and veteran actor Huang Bo, respectively. Meanwhile, Meg 2: The Trench, a Chinese-American co-production starring British actor Jason Statham and Chinese artist Wu Jing, which reached number seven on the charts, brings to life the prehistoric creature of the title movie.
Among the top 10 films in the ranking, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is the only one coming from Hollywood. The film ranks eighth, while parenting film Papa and Chinese romantic film Love Never Ends occupy ninth and tenth place, respectively.
Rao, of the China Film Critics Association, said the summer film market saw greater genre diversity and more word-of-mouth reviews than in recent years, reflecting Chinese filmmakers' efforts to improve their narrative skills and improve their visual effects.
“The majority of Chinese audiences today are very intelligent young people. “Only truly imaginative and creative works can attract their attention and entice them to watch cinema,” he said.
Considered by most industry observers to be one of the most popular Hollywood films in the Chinese summer market, Barbie received critical acclaim and financial success. The film, which is the first live-action adaptation of the iconic doll, received a rating of 8.2 out of 10 on review site Douban and grossed more than 250 million yuan.
However, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse , the sequel to the Oscar-winning animated film, and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One , starring Tom Cruise, did not perform as well as expected at the box office. Chinese summer. . no, earning 356 million yuan and 347 million yuan respectively.
Yuan Yun'er, a Beijing-based critic, said that in the past, Hollywood films with star actors and lots of visual effects usually grossed more than 1 billion yuan. But changing preferences among domestic audiences mean they are increasingly bored with familiar storylines, and local audiences are now drawn to Chinese stories that offer new perspectives.
