"The Watergate Bridge at the Battle of Changjin Lake" has a box office of over 1.2 billion yuan and 21.11 million viewers

Today (February 3), the official Weibo account of the movie "The Watergate Bridge at the Changjin Lake" posted: "Rush to the Watergate Bridge with the 7th Company!" On the third day of its release, the number of viewers exceeded 21.11 million, and the cumulative box office exceeded 1.2 billion.

As the sequel to the box office champion of Chinese film history, "The Battle of Changjin Lake", "The Watergate Bridge of Changjin Lake" was created by the original team. It tells the story of the soldiers of the Seventh Company fighting desperately at the "Watergate Bridge", the throat of the enemy's retreat, against the background of the Battle of Changjin Lake in the second battle of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. The film is led by Wu Jing and Yi Yang Qianxi, and starring Zhu Yawen, Li Chen, Duan Yihong, Han Dongjun, Zhang Hanyu and others. It was released on February 1.

In addition, according to Maoyan Professional Edition data, at 23:28 on February 2, 2022, the total box office (including pre-sales) of the 2022 Spring Festival exceeded 2.8 billion. Behind the high box office results, in addition to the strong enthusiasm for watching movies during the Spring Festival, it seems to be related to ticket prices. The average ticket price for "The Watergate Bridge of Changjin Lake" is 63.2 yuan, the average ticket price for "The Professional" is 55.6 yuan, the average ticket price for "Four Seas" is 59.5 yuan, and the average ticket price for "Miracle Stupid Kid" is 58.6 yuan.

China Securities Journal pointed out that the box office on the first day of the 2022 Spring Festival was lower than the same period last year, and the number of moviegoers decreased by nearly 9 million. The number of moviegoers on the first day of this year's Spring Festival was 25.62 million, significantly lower than the 34.46 million on the first day of the 2021 Spring Festival. Although some theaters hope to seize the opportunity of the Spring Festival to increase revenue and improve their operating conditions, for movie fans, they can also appropriately extend the time to watch movies, as long as they catch up before the withdrawal of the film.