Escape Room： Tournament of Champions’s ＂Fantastic Animals 3＂ leads the film market in April, and comedy movies welcome May Day ahead of schedule.

Journal No.2704 on April 4, 2022

Mar.The film market as the Spring Festival after the file.Fluctuation troughIt has always been dull, but in March this year, three Hollywood blockbusters with high expectations crowded in. However, after the release, the performance was not as good as expected. Although "New Batman" won the first weekend box office without any suspense, it only took 9 days to break through 100 million yuan, and the other two "Mysterious Seas" were not satisfactory at the box office and word of mouth in Moonfall. Compared with the North American market, the mainland audience doesn’t seem to buy the three blockbusters.

upcomingAprilOriginally, there was also a good reserve of new films, including the literary film Life Events, which was led by popular actor Zhu Yilong and made fans look forward to it for a long time, the crime suspense movies The Last Truth and The Victim, starring two senior male gods, Huang Xiaoming and William Feng, respectively, as well as the sequel to the classic work Detective, Detective Wars, brought by the long-lost Hong Kong "old play bone" Liu Qingyun. According to the original plan, these films will be released at the same time on April 2, kicking off the "Qingming File".

But on March 25th, Life Events, Detective Wars, You Are My Spring, The Last Truth, Victims and Friends of the Week.6 moviesAnnounce one after anotherWithdraw gear. So far in April, it seems that only a series of imported films such as Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’s Elf Hostel 3 and Fantastic Animals 3 are left in the movie market.

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions-The Fast and the Furious series

Gold medal producers made great efforts.

Director:Adam Robitel

Starring:Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Holland Roden.

Show:April 2

Recommended reason:Created by a series of gold medal producers in The Fast and the Furious, his previous film once won the box office title of imported thrillers in China film history. The sequel is fully upgraded in terms of difficulty and thrills, gathering the top players in the world to jointly unlock the ultra-difficult secret room and open a cruel battle for survival.

Elf Hostel 4: Transformation Adventure-

Hotel Transylvania series finale.

Director:Derek Delemon, Jennifer Crusca

Dubbing:Brian Hall, andy samberg, Selena Gomez, kathryn hahn, steve buscemi.

Show:April 3 rd

Recommended reason:The Elf Hostel 4: The Great Adventure of Transformation is the final chapter of the Elf Hostel, directed by Derek Delemon and Jennifer Crusca, written by Amos Vernon, Nuzio Randazzo and genndy tartakovsky, and sung by many Hollywood stars such as Brian Hall, andy samberg, Selena Gomez and kathryn hahn. At the 125th anniversary celebration party of Elf Hostel, an accident turned the Elf family led by Dracula into an adult for the first time, while Johnny became a monster. In order to find a cure, Weng Xu, an enemy, went to the crisis-ridden rain forest in South America for a joyful and exciting adventure, and encountered all kinds of embarrassing situations.

Fantastic Animals: The Mystery of Dumbledore—

J.K. Rowling’s new adventure chapter of "Magic World"

Director:David Yates

Starring:Eddie Redmayne, katherine waterston, Jude Law

Show:April 8

Recommended reason:The film was created by J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter. "Fantastic Animals: The Mystery of Dumbledore" tells that Dumbledore realizes that the powerful dark wizard Grindelwald is trying to seize control of the magical world, so he entrusts a magical zoologist Newt to lead an excellent team to perform a dangerous task against Grindelwald, and they will meet new and old magical animals.

"Noah’s ark 2"—

Animal Federation "Meng" opens a new copy of adventure

Director:Toby Genkel, Sean McCormack.

Dubbing:Dermot Morganis, Tara Flynn, Mary Murray

Show:April 8

Highlight: The previous series was released in mainland China in 2016, with a box office of 12.369 million yuan. This time, in "Noah’s Ark Wandering 2", the animals that have been marching for 147 days have been tired of sailing life. Dave the Elephant Trunk and Heisel the Bobcat were appointed as Chefs, and the Ark’s food reserves were about to run out, but everyone knew nothing about what would happen in the future.

"To My Stranger Lover"-

Looking for a former lover across a long time.

Director:Hugo Gelin

Starring:Fran? ois Civil, Joséphine Japy, Benjamin Lavernhe

Show:April 14th

Recommended reason:Through the Qian Qian time line, across a long time to find my former lover. Just parallel time and space, re-understanding, will she still fall in love with him? After a fierce quarrel and an unexpected time travel, Raphael changed from a successful best-selling author to a mediocre middle school Chinese teacher. His wife Olivia became a famous pianist in Starlight Glimmer from a housewife. Meet again, reverse identity, no longer husband and wife, another romantic encounter in parallel time and space, can Raphael keep his original love?

"manslaughter"—

Indian version of Sheep Without A Shepherd

Director:Nishikant Kamat

Starring:Ajay devgan, Tabu, Shriya Saran, Rajat Kapoor.

Show:April 15th

Recommended reason:The China version of Sheep Without A Shepherd once made a box office record of 1.333 billion in China, and the original release attracted a lot of attention. The film tells the story of how the family of four fought back when faced with despair. A kind and law-abiding family killed their eldest daughter Anjiu by mistake because she couldn’t bear the harassment of the boy Sam. After learning of the boy’s strong family background, her father Wei Jie decided to defend his family. Although he only has a primary school diploma, Wei Jie is a movie fan who loves movies. With the knowledge he learned from movies, he began to plan how to make a "perfect alibi" for his family.

The desperate ambulance—

An earth-shattering robbery

Director:Michael Bay

Starring:Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Maidin, Eiza González

Show:April 22nd

Recommended reason:A remake of the Danish film of the same name from 2005 tells the story of a veteran who came back from Afghanistan and was dragged into the water by his brother to rob a bank. When something terrible went wrong, they seized an ambulance, but there was already a medical staff in the car giving first aid to the patient. With the escalation of the situation, the old contradiction between brothers reappeared, and they had to work hard to survive in a difficult environment.

I really hate long-distance relationships—

The first long-distance love topic movie in China

Director:Wu Yang, Zhou Nanxuan

Starring:Ren Min, Xin Yunlai, Li Xiaoqian, Zhou Yutong, Chen Youwei.

Show:April 29

Recommended reason:The film tells a true long-distance love story: after the college entrance examination, Zhao Yi has been secretly in love with Xu Jiashu for many years, but fate makes people start a long-distance love. They firmly believe that surviving a different place is a lifetime. As long as they love each other, distance is not a problem. But the natural obstacles of long-distance love test them. The appearance of Saikh and the twists and turns of love between girlfriends Jojo and Li Tang also give them a new understanding of "long-distance love" and are more determined to meet the challenges in the future.

Keep you safe—

Dapeng and Li Xueqin burst into laughter.

Director:roc

Starring:Dapeng, Li Xueqin, Andrew, Wang Xun, Wang Shengdi

Show:April 29

Recommended reason:The movie "Keep You Safe" tells the story of Wei Ping, a former "Jianghu tycoon", who became a graveyard salesman in middle age. After his client Han Lu moved in, he was involved in a rumor storm and faced with the forced demolition of the cemetery. In order to complete the sales performance, Wei Pingan tried his best to "whitewash" Han Lu and made many jokes. Wei Ping-an tried to find the source of the rumor and find out the truth, only to find that those who spread the rumor didn’t care about the truth, but only cared about what they believed.

League of Bad Guys—

It’s never too late to change for the better.

Director:Pierre perrifel

Dubbing:Sam rockwell, Awkwafina, Antonio Ramos

Show:April 29

Recommended reason: Gray wolves, spiders, sharks, piranhas and snakes have formed a criminal team "Bad Guys Alliance". Over the years, they have committed many cases of theft and robbery, and they have become the targets of the police. One day, when they tried to steal a gold trophy, they failed unexpectedly. They should have been jailed from then on, but Professor Orange Jam, a famous guinea pig, proposed to give them a chance to turn over a new leaf and suspend their imprisonment. Grey Wolf, the leader of the Bad League, originally wanted to pretend to agree, but in the process of pretending to be a good person, he found that he found unprecedented happiness, which also contributed to the opportunity for the Bad League to become a good person.

"Hello, Brother"—

Changyuan Online Matches Mary and Wei Xiang for Dating.

Director:Zhangluan

Starring:Mary, Changyuan, Wei Xiang

Show:April 30th

Recommended reason:The story tells the story of an idle e-sports substitute Xiao Wu (Chang Yuan) who inadvertently turned out a diary and a simple ring that had been dusty for many years, and even gained the ability to travel back to the 1980s. The fate of parents and old friends has also undergone earth-shaking changes due to the arrival of Xiao Wu. Zhang Luan, the director of the film, vividly and accurately portrayed a beautiful feeling of wits and courage, joy and warmth between teachers and students in the 1980s in his previous work "Teacher Good", and the strong campus youth resonance attracted numerous affirmation from the audience.

Check the Wind and Cloud —— Adapted from a real case

Director:Siu Fai Mak

Starring:Johnny, Bai Baihe, Claudia

Show:April 30th

Recommended reason:Based on a real case, the film mainly tells the story of how prosecutors act in the fight against evil. This film is the first film on the theme of criminal trial from the perspective of China prosecutors, and its original screenwriter is Zhao Peng, a third-class senior prosecutor in Tsinghua University. Siu Fai Mak, the film director, said that this film is in line with China’s national conditions, and a large number of real litigation plots are adopted. With the help of professional scripts, it will definitely add icing on the cake to China’s procuratorial film.

"Hello, Beijing"-Give ordinary people chicken blood

Director:Cao qianqian

Starring:An Zehao, Liu Ben, Li Feiran

Show:April 30th

Recommended reason:"Hello, Beijing" is a film of little people, telling the stories of three ordinary North drifters of different ages. After experiencing setbacks, difficulties and confusion, fortunately, the three protagonists never gave up, always stuck to their dreams and finally reached their ideal state.

Eight imported films lead the film market in April.

April almost became the world of imported films, and almost all the films that went online from the beginning to the middle of the month were imported, among which Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’s Elf Hostel 4: The Great Adventure of Transformation and Fantastic Animals: The Mystery of Dumbledore had the highest expectations. After "Escape from the Chamber of Secrets" was released in the mainland in 2019, it earned a good box office of 231 million yuan.Escape Room: Tournament of ChampionsWith the participation of producers of The Fast and the Furious series, it was released in North America on July 16th, 2021, and gained a good reputation on the Internet.

And another new filmElf Hostel 4: Transformation AdventureIt has not been shown in cinemas in North America, and the film was broadcast on streaming media in January this year. As the only Hollywood animated film during the Qingming small holiday, Elf Hostel 4 is the finale of the series, and continues to feature classic monster characters such as Dracula, Frankenstein and Mummy. The sincere fathers and daughters, cross-racial love and hilarious friendship in the film add warmth and thinking space to the film.

Fantastic Animals: The Mystery of DumbledoreIs from the author of Harry Potter.j.k. rowlingHand, in the wizarding world, since Dumbledore first appeared more than 20 years ago, he has always been one of the highly respected and respectable characters in the wizarding world. Although everyone has long been familiar with the warm, humorous and intelligent principal Dumbledore in Harry Potter films, this beloved great wizard also has an intriguing past, which will be shocked and revealed in Fantastic Animals: The Mystery of Dumbledore. It is a good gift for fans who love Harry Potter.

Comedy movies started the May Day carnival in advance.

After a number of new films originally scheduled for the release of Qingming File were postponed, the domestic films of May 1st File began to be released together, and the carnival was started in advance from April 29th. I really hate long-distance relationships, Hello, Brother, Keep You Safe, The Prosecutorial Storm, etc. In order not to compete with other films for the May 1 ST file, the release date was set at the end of April.

Among them, "Hello, Brother" and "Keep You Safe" are the most attractive comedies.Hello, brotherMahua FunAge Mary, Chang Yuan and Wei Xiang reunited after Warm Hug. No matter the movie name or the story form, they are said to be somewhat similar to Hi, Mom. Hello, Brother is also a comedy that crosses the theme, and the background of the story also takes place in the "factory", but this time the characters are changed from mother to father.Keep you safeDirected by Dapeng, written by Su Biao and Dapeng, with Chen Zhixi as the chief producer, starring Dapeng, Li Xueqin, Andrew, Wang Xun and Wang Shengdi, starring Mary, Victoria Song, Jia Bing, Yang Di, Pan Binlong and Ni Hongjie, starring Qiao Shan, Yu Yang, Liu Jinshan, Cao Bingkun and Liang Chao, the lineup is already very eye-catching.

It is worth mentioning that according toReal caseAdapted, directed by gold medalSiu Fai MakDirected by Johnny, Bai Baihe and Claudia.Prosecutorial wind and cloudAlso scheduled for the last day of April. As the first partProsecutor China’s perspectiveThe crime-themed film, which was produced by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate Film and Television Center, is believed to attract a wave of movie-watching.

Generally speaking, from mid-March, the film market was almost all imported films, and this phenomenon continued until mid-April. Domestic films did not start the return mode until the end of the month, while the film market in AprilMovie crazeMay focus onend of a monthAs for whether there is a dark horse movie, it depends on the quality of the film.