Nezha 2 is coming! Does the total box office of domestic animation break 10 billion in 2024?
Special feature of 1905 film network Recently, the new news and good news of domestic animated films keep coming: "Big Fish Begonia 2" has not yet come out, and "Big Fish Begonia 3" has been put on record; The nomination list of the 36th Golden Rooster Award for Chinese Film was announced, and Four Seasons was shortlisted as the best art film, and the award will be announced on November 4th.
This year is also a bumper year for animated films in China:Three Wan Li in Chang ‘an, Bears with Me and Bear Heart are among the top ten in the box office list of China animated films, and all of them have exceeded the 500 million mark, which is unprecedented.The northeast campus comedy style has also won the support of nearly 400 million box office audiences.
According to the official data released by the State Film Administration, the total box office of domestic animated films (including co-productions) reached 7.104 billion yuan in 2019, which is the highest annual box office record of domestic animated films.According to the incomplete statistics of 1905 movie network, the total box office of domestic animated films in 2023 has reached nearly 5 billion, ranking second in history.
In 2019, the upsurge of "the rise of the country" was set off in one fell swoop. Three years later, the film market in China is rapidly warming up, and the output and box office figures of domestic animated films are also rising.
This year, there has not been a phenomenal explosion of 5 billion pieces like "Nezha", but high-quality domestic animated films have appeared in the box office of 1 billion, 1.5 billion and 2 billion, which have been affirmed by the audience, moving from single polarization at the box office to diversified development, forming another new starting point.
At present, a number of heavyweight animation officials have announced plans to meet the audience in 2024. If it is released as scheduled, the animation year will be ushered in next year, and the era when the annual box office of domestic animated films will break through 10 billion for the first time may come!
The 2024 Animation Year is coming?
What new films are worth looking forward to?
Since 2017, "Bears haunt" has been stationed in the "nail house" that has become the Spring Festival file, which is a must for children’s screens in the New Year.
"Boonie Bears: Time Twist", the 10th anniversary work of "Bears Coming and Going" series, was also announced to be released on February 10th, 2024, making it the first movie to be released in the Spring Festival next year.
After the release of Bear Haunted with Me in the Spring Festival this year, the cumulative box office reached 1.495 billion yuan, creating a new single-chip box office record for the series of animated films "Bear Haunted". 9 movies, with a total box office of 5.7 billion, Logger Vick, which is about to start a new adventure, will continue to accompany children during the Spring Festival, which will hit a series of box office figures.
According to the semi-annual report of Light Media in 2023 released in August this year, animated films such as Big Fish Begonia 2, Acacia and Hong Haier are under production, while animated films such as Jiang Ziya 2, Crossing the Sea with Eight Immortals and Erlang Shen are in the early planning stage.
Among them,"Nezha’s Magic Boy Making a Sea" and "Xiaoqian", which have attracted much attention from fans and the industry, are expected to be released next year.
Can "Nezha’s Devil Children Make a Sea" surpass its previous work, Ne Zha’s 5 billion box office, and create another miracle? A few days ago, the film opened an official account on the social platform, and the topic # Nezha 2 is coming # quickly boarded the hot search, which triggered the expectation of the whole network.
The sequel is still directed by. In the egg at the end of the previous film, Shen Gongbao told the East China Sea Dragon King about Ao Bing. The East China Sea Dragon King flew into a rage and the Four Seas Dragon King would join hands to "do things". According to the outline of the project, the second part will also continue to tell "After the Armageddon, although the souls of Nezha and Aobing were saved, the flesh will soon be past. Taiyi real person intends to reshape the flesh of the two with seven-color lotus. However, there are many difficulties in the process of reshaping the flesh. Where will the fate of Nezha and Ao Bing go? "
Xiaoqian, whose concept poster has been released, is adapted from Nie Xiaoqian in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. The story will start with the story that a scholar Ning Sheng accidentally saves Xiaoqian, a female ghost, and tell the story that they know each other and love each other in the process of being on the run.
In 1997, based on Ghost Story, the animated feature film Xiaoqian was extended. This is the first Hong Kong animated film with three-dimensional technology, and the animation team joined the art production, which is a classic in the hearts of many fans. After 17 years, I hope that the new version of Xiaoqian will have greater innovation and breakthrough.
The president of light media once pointe out in a letter to internal staff,Light set up a new animation film brand "Light Animation" last year, and it took two years to sort out and construct the "China Myth Universe" system. Xiaoqian is the first work.The initial development of the system will take twenty or thirty years, and the resources and strength of the whole industry will be used.
While domestic animation excessively follows the trend to develop traditional mythological themes such as "Journey to the West" and "Nezha", the "China Myth System" initiated by "Xiaoqian" takes the lead in aiming at the masterpiece of China’s ancient strange novels "Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio". On the other hand, the light-chasing animation was also put on record, and the two companies once again "collided".
However, the third work in the "New Legend" series should appear first next year.
At the opening of the screening of Three Wan Li in Chang ‘an, White Snake: Floating Life released a preview of the film simultaneously. The film has also been successfully set up, and the screenwriter is still the same, but this time the director may no longer create the series by himself, but be a new director.
The background sound of a "lady" came from the preview, and Xiao Bai smiled back and made people think."White Snake: A Floating Life" will continue the story of the previous work, and Xiaobai will find Xu Xian, the reincarnation of A Xuan, and then continue the frontier. They married and opened a security hall to save lives, but they were stopped by Fahai.
"White Snake" series movies have accumulated more than 1 billion box office at present, and both single films have maintained a stable performance of around 500 million box office, which has formed a certain IP influence and market popularity in China, and the third film is still highly anticipated.
Realistic animation won a good reputation of Douban with 8.3 points after it was released in 2021, and the box office performance of about 250 million was equally bright. After landing in the Japanese cinema this year, the film was praised and recommended by Kunihiko Ikuhara and other Japanese animation giants.
Continuing the story of the first ending and egg painting, A Juan, a teenager, came to Shanghai from Lingnan to work to earn money to treat her father. Judging from the preview that has been exposed, A Juan’s good friends, A Cat and A Dog, will continue to appear, and there are two new roles: a girl and an uncle.
What is even more curious is that A Juan in the preview played a set of Hongquan.While the lion dance team continues to pursue their dreams, what new collision will they have with traditional martial arts?
The director’s new work "Painting Jianghu" has been announced for release next year. The Wind Mantra, directed by him, won the Best Art Film Award in the 32nd China Golden Rooster Award, and has long focused on Chinese style animation aesthetics.
The Son of Time tells the story of the fantasy adventure that the girl in red met in the metropolis of the Republic of China after she had the ability to master time.Animated films with the story background of the Republic of China are rare, and I hope this film can bring new experiences to the audience.
The above six works planned to meet the audience in 2024 have a strong production lineup and high expectations, which is likely to be the backbone and box office output army of the animated film market next year.
In addition, there are some new animation works that have not been officially announced. For example, the director’s new film is scheduled to be released this year; Shortlisted for the best animation in Golden Goblet Awards at this year’s Film Festival; Luo Xiaohei War II has been put on record, and the production progress has not been made public yet; China’s first animated feature film in ink and wash released by the Film Studio is being produced, and the hotly debated Summer of the Little Monster in China is also being prepared for the film version …… They are likely to surprise "airborne" in the future.
The story theme and formal style of domestic animated films are becoming more and more diverse, and it is expected that "the rise of the country" is not just an idealized slogan, but is gradually becoming a reality.