The box office of the National Day movies reached nearly 800 million yuan, setting a new single-day record since the Spring Festival

On October 2, the Chinese movie box office market showed the highest popularity since the Spring Festival this year during the National Day. According to the data from Lighthouse Professional Edition, driven by the strong performance of the three main theme films "My Motherland and Me", "The Captain" and "The Climbers", the box office on October 1 reached 790 million yuan, setting a new single-day high since the Spring Festival this year.

The picture shows the Japanese box office statistics on October 2

"After watching the military parade, go watch Motherland!" On October 1, hundreds of millions of Chinese watched the live broadcast of the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and rushed to the cinema early the next morning to watch the National Day tribute film to continue their patriotic enthusiasm. According to Tao Piaopiao, the early morning movies in Beijing on October 2 were mostly full.

At present, the three films "My People, My Country", "The Captain" and "The Climbers" have exceeded 800 million, 600 million and 300 million yuan at the box office respectively, and the total box office in two days of release exceeded 1.7 billion yuan; in terms of word of mouth, the three works received high scores of 9.5, 9.4 and 9.3 respectively on Tao Piaopiao.

Among the main theme trilogy of this year's National Day, "My Motherland and I" was co-directed by 7 directors, looking back at the important historical moments of the 70 years since the founding of New China through 7 stories; "The Captain" was adapted from the real incident of Sichuan Airlines in 2018, telling the heroic deeds of Captain Liu Changjian and the crew; the movie "The Climbers" tells the passionate story of the Chinese mountaineering team sprinting to Mount Everest and challenging the top of the world. The spirit of struggle, dedication, and fearlessness behind the three films is consistent, and together they show the positive energy and patriotism of small people in the great era.