The total box office of the Spring Festival exceeded 2 billion: "The Wandering Earth 2" led the way with a box office of over 600 million

Today is the second day of the Chinese New Year and also the second day of the Spring Festival movie release, and the box office of the Spring Festival movies has been quite impressive.

Data from Maoyan Professional Edition shows that the total box office (including pre-sales) for the 2023 Spring Festival (January 21-January 27) exceeded 2 billion yuan, and the box office for "The Wandering Earth 2" and "Man Jiang Hong" both exceeded 600 million yuan.

Among them, "The Wandering Earth 2" has received rave reviews and is currently ranked first in box office, ratings, and screening rate.

In particular, the ticket price for "The Wandering Earth 2" is very reasonable this time. With a running time of 173 minutes, it is equivalent to two films in one go, but the price is no different from other movies. Netizens praised "increasing the quantity without increasing the price", which is more reasonable than when "Avatar 2" was first released.

At present, "The Wandering Earth 2" has a Douban score of 8.3, with nearly half of the reviews being five-star, ranking first during the Spring Festival.

It is worth noting that as a domestic science fiction masterpiece, "The Wandering Earth 2" will also be released simultaneously in North America, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and other countries and regions, and will compete head-on with Hollywood blockbusters.

It is reported that the team specially invited 20 scientific consultants to form an expert team to work with director Guo Fan to create a world view of more than 100,000 words to make the story of "The Wandering Earth 2" more solid, realistic and convincing.

The behind-the-scenes team built 102 science fiction main scenes, with a set-up area of ​​more than 900,000 square meters.

5,310 concept designs, 9,989 storyboard drawings, more than 6,000 visual effects shots, and 95,000 props and costumes. Every link has been repeatedly scrutinized to turn imagination into reality.