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Zawya
30-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Zawya
IMAX Rockets to Best Chinese New Year Opening with $12 Million
Shattering Dual Records for Box Office and Attendance SHANGHAI, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 30 January 2025 - IMAX China set a record Chinese New Year opening day with a whopping $12 million in box office revenue, eclipsing the previous record set in 2021. Additionally, with 1.2 million admissions nationwide, IMAX achieved its highest day-one attendance in history, paving the way for a robust new year. IMAX captured 5% of the Chinese New Year box office to date with 1% of the total screens, marking its highest percentage of first-day results ever. Notably, 7 out of the top 10 highest-grossing theaters nationwide were IMAX venues, highlighting the audience's strong preference gravitating toward the IMAX experience. This year's Chinese New Year holiday is widely acclaimed as the strongest in history, with exceptional audiovisual effects recognized as a key factor in drawing audiences to theaters. Five blockbusters landed in IMAX theaters, marking the largest lineup in history, including "Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force," featuring IMAX's exclusive aspect ratio; "Operation Hadal," a Filmed for IMAX title shot entirely with IMAX certified camera; "Nezha 2," "Detective Chinatown 1900," and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes." With their strong IP appeal, diverse genres, and high-quality audiovisual spectacles, this robust lineup caters to a broad audience demographic, creating significant momentum for IMAX's Chinese New Year holiday window. Hashtag: #boxoffice #chinafilmmarket #chinafilm #Imax #ImaxChina #HK1970 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. IMAX China
South China Morning Post
29-01-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
In Chinese fantasy Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force a star is born
Published: 7:45pm, 29 Jan 2025 4/5 stars Forces of good and evil from the human world and the spirit realm go head to head in Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force , the second chapter in Wuershan's spectacular adaptation of the 16th century Chinese fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods . This time out, the action focuses on the Shang army's siege of Xiqi City, as the evil Lord Yin Shou (Kris Phillips) continues his quest to become ruler of the entire kingdom. A magical scroll infused with the power of the gods, known as the Fengshen Bang, is also up for grabs, and a multitude of warriors, immortals and mythical beasts duke it out in order to wield its power. But the ageing Yin's strength is now waning despite the help he is getting from a seductive fox spirit (Naran) and the dark sorcery of three-eyed Wen Zhong (Wu Hsing-kuo).
