The total box office of the National Day holiday was 4.37 billion: "Changjin Lake" became the box office champion of historical films in film history and ranked fourth in the global box office

As of midnight on October 8, 2021, this year's National Day movie season officially ended. The movie "Changjin Lake" became the box office champion of this year's National Day season with a total box office of 3.41 billion yuan, and broke various records such as the total box office, single-day box office, total box office, single-day box office, and total number of moviegoers on a single day during the National Day season, making it the biggest winner of this year's National Day season.

It earned 3.41 billion yuan at the box office in just 8 days after its release, making "Changjin Lake" a special phenomenon in the Chinese film industry.

The total box office of the 2021 National Day holiday (October 1-7) reached 4.37 billion, exceeding last year's National Day holiday (October 1-8) box office of 3.967 billion, ranking second in the National Day box office in Chinese film history, with a total of 93.291 million attendees and 2.4458 million screenings.

This year, there were two main-theme blockbusters released to the market during the National Day holiday, namely "The Battle at Lake Changjin" and "My Fathers and I". The two films together contributed nearly 95% of the box office. The most eye-catching performance was the anti-US and aid Korea film "The Battle at Lake Changjin", co-directed by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Lin Chaoxian.

Since its release on September 30, "Changjin Lake" has been leading the way, winning the single-day box office championship for 8 consecutive days, and breaking the 400 million yuan single-day box office for 6 consecutive days. In the last two days of the National Day holiday, the screening rate even exceeded 50%. In addition to receiving good market feedback, "Changjin Lake" also gained good reputation: Maoyan score 9.5, Douban score 7.6.

The cumulative box office of "Changjin Lake" has reached 3.39 billion yuan, and the box office during the National Day holiday was 3.194 billion yuan, accounting for 73% of the total box office during the National Day holiday. The film also broke many records in Chinese film history. Among them, the single-day box office on October 2 reached 438 million yuan, breaking the single-day box office record of Chinese war films held by "Wolf Warrior 2" (427 million yuan), and broke this record in the following days. At 9:32 on October 7, the cumulative box office of "Changjin Lake" officially broke the box office record of "Eight Hundred" (3.11 billion yuan), becoming the box office champion of historical films in Chinese film history.

Currently, "The Battle at Lake Changjin" has ranked among the top 10 box office hits in Chinese film history, and its global total box office has exceeded US$478 million, temporarily ranking fourth in the global box office in 2021.