According to data from online platforms, the total box office of "Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King" (including previews and pre-sales) has surpassed the box office of "The Battle at Lake Changjin" and ranked first on the total box office list of Chinese films.
According to the prediction given by the box office data platform, the film's box office is expected to hit 9 billion yuan or more. If "Zhaer" can finally achieve this goal, it will also open a new chapter for the Spring Festival and Chinese films!
Nezha opens high and sells like crazy during the Spring Festival
Chinese film group sends "congratulatory message"
As the sequel to the 2019 phenomenal animation "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", "Nezha: The Devil Child Conquers the Dragon King", which has been "honed for five years", is undoubtedly the biggest winner of the Spring Festival.
During the fiercely competitive Spring Festival period, "Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King" quickly broke through the circle with its high reputation and won the single-day box office championship on the first day of the Lunar New Year. 480 million, 619 million, 731 million, 812 million, 843 million, 865 million... The audience described the box office trend of "Nezha" as "high opening and crazy going" just like the exciting plot of the film.
Many theaters across the country have opened theaters with a capacity of 1,000 people. Tianjin Tanggu Grand Theater opened a theater that can accommodate more than 1,100 people to screen "Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King". Hall 1 of Shanghai Grand Cinema can accommodate more than 1,300 people. On February 3, the hall screened "Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King" three times, and on February 5, it screened a total of five times.
With the box office soaring, "Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King" also received creative "congratulatory messages" from "predecessors" including "The Battle at Lake Changjin", "Wolf Warrior 2", "Hello, Li Huanying" and "The Wandering Earth".
Mutual encouragement and inheritance from generation to generation, this is the romance of Chinese filmmakers.
1900+ special effects shots, 10,000+ special effects elements!
Every frame of Nezha 2 is art
In 2019, the box office of "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" exceeded 5 billion yuan, becoming the box office champion of the year. It took more than five years for the original crew to hand over this sequel. During the creation period, director Jiaozi required that "one must give everything to achieve the best effect."
In "Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King", Nezha can not only "go into the sea", but also "open the sea" and "make trouble in the sea". The number of special effects shots in the whole film has exceeded the total number of shots in the whole film of the previous film. Director Jiaozi admitted that "if shots were cut in "Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King", they were cut because of the pressure of time, not because the special effects could not be completed."
In the end, "Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King" delivered a sincere answer with more than 1,900 special effects shots and more than 10,000 special effects elements. Director Jiaozi said: "We must make something that the audience has never seen before and can cause a strong visual impact - only then will it be valuable."
When making Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King, the director team had hoped to find some international teams to help complete the key shots, but the results were not ideal. In the end, it was the Chinese team that continued to polish and back up that finally achieved the ideal effect.
In Jiaozi's opinion, the spread of Chinese culture to the world mainly lies in the works themselves, in the core content such as the script, story, and characters, "these are not things that can be outsourced."
Monster image, Dragon Palace design...
These are all unique expressions of Chinese culture.
In "Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King", in addition to the exquisite visual effects, the designs of some characters and scenes are not only full of imagination, but also closely integrated with Chinese traditional culture.
In the scene where the underwater monsters besiege Chentang Pass, the image design process of the many monsters that appear must not only take into account their own racial characteristics and their own "special skills", but also be able to reflect the unique expression of Chinese traditional culture.
Shen Wei, character designer of the movie "Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King": They are generals, but they have been imprisoned at the bottom of the sea for thousands of years, and their gorgeous armor has become tattered. Many traditional Chinese things are designed with curves, so I incorporated a lot of curves into the shark commander's clothing and armor, including the teeth, which are not sharp and straight like in the West, but curved, which is a unique way of expression in Eastern culture.
In addition to the character design, many viewers were curious about how many floors the underwater dragon palace had and what each floor was used for. The creative team also revealed the secrets.
Producer Liu Wen Zhang introduced that the design of the Dragon Palace is divided into three layers. The first layer is the ruins of the Dragon Palace, the middle layer is where the dragons live, and the last layer is the underwater purgatory. The underwater monsters are imprisoned in the purgatory.
"Nezha 3" buried a new "pit"
The director is "desperate" and the audience is looking forward to it!
"From "Nezha 1" to "Nezha 2", I waited for five years, but every frame was worth it!" This is the voice of many viewers on social media. After watching the movie, everyone urged for updates on "Nezha 3" online.
In the movie "Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King", the number of heavenly soldiers and demons reached 200 million, and the staff spent almost a year and a half to present the "tens of thousands of troops". Director Jiaozi also joked that he had buried a new "pit" for "Nezha 3", "but I would rather have nothing than something mediocre, and I will keep grinding if I can't do it well."
He said: "There are so many 'pitfalls' that I feel hopeless. However, I have always told my team that we should treat each work as our last. After overcoming the difficulties, everyone's abilities have improved and we will challenge our own new limits in the next work."
Congratulations to Nezha, who has become the No. 1 box office hit in Chinese film history!
