2021 was a challenging year for the film world, but a little less so than its predecessor.
With theaters reopening around the world and huge deals between film companies and streaming services, it was possible to present to the audience films whose rise date continued to be delayed, such as "No Time to Die" from the James Bond series, "Dune", "Shang Qi and the Ten Rings" Of Marvel and others.
After a decade of breaking records and nearly complete control of Disney's revenue from ticket sales, the Corona Age presents films from China at the top of the charts, a trend that has become more dominant in the past two years, and in 2021 Chinese films stand with respectable numbers of their own against big names from Hollywood.
Of the ten most-watched films in cinema in the past year, three of them are productions from China, with two being high at the top of the table.
The movie that sold the most tickets this year is "The Battle of Changjin Lake."
This is a huge three-hour production, dealing with one battle in the Korean War.
The film's revenue reached about $ 900 million in ticket sales.
The film is produced in China and in collaboration with the Red Army.
This is the most expensive Chinese film produced with a budget of $ 200 million, in which 70,000 soldiers participated.
No less than three directors were entrusted with it.
Al Chen Kaiga, winner of the Palme d'Or for his film "Hello to the Mistress | From 1993, Hong Kong director Hark Tsui known for his kung fu films, many of them starring Jet Li (" There Were Times in China "," Chinese Ghost Story " ) And Dante Lam ("Operation Red Sea"), also a graduate of the Hong Kong Film Industry.
The film deals with the Battle of the Changjin Water Reservoir.
November was particularly cold in 1950, and in extreme cold that reached 27 degrees below zero, in a mountainous area difficult to maneuver, a Chinese volunteer force was able to repel the Americans, in a decisive battle that helped determine the division of the Korean Peninsula between South and North Korea.
While the Chinese flocked to the film to witness the heroism of Chinese soldiers and battle scenes, Western reviews noted historical inaccuracies about what happened, but noted that inaccuracies also characterize large and expensive Hollywood productions.
The film was produced as part of the centennial celebrations marking the founding of the Communist Party, and the choice to celebrate the heroism of the Chinese army against the United States is considered an interesting choice in light of the relationship between the two powers in recent years.
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