Refreshing The Record For The Total Number Of May Day Screenings in Chinese Film History

As of 9 pm on May 5, the total box office for the 2024 May Day period (5.1-5.5) was 1.519 billion. During the period, the total number of moviegoers was 37.579 million, and the total number of screenings was 2.405 million, setting a new record for the total number of May Day screenings in Chinese film history.

During this year's May Day period, there were five films with a box office of over 100 million. "Peacekeepers" had a box office of 404 million; "Thelma and Louise" had a box office of 389 million, ranking second. The action movie "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City", the animated movie "Spy House Codename: White" and "Howl's Moving Castle" also exceeded 100 million yuan in box office.

Zhang Tong, a senior analyst at Maoyan Research Institute, said that overall, the performance of the May Day holiday this year, especially the box office performance on the first day of the period, exceeded pre-screening expectations. Audiences were enthusiastic about buying tickets immediately, and the box office performance of leading films exceeded pre-screening expectations. expected. In addition, since many films during the period had a box office of over 100 million, the gap between the top films was not big.

Judging from the portraits of ticket-buying users, there are more people over the age of 25, and there are more female ticket-buying groups.