China's Korean War movie smashes box office record, China became the world biggest movie market

[Song Hong]

1. When US went into Korea, she started in Incheon and pushed N Korea to Yalu river.
2. When China went into Korea, she started in Yalu and pushed US to 38th.

The conclusions, its a geopolitical stalemate for Korea but military and geopolitical victory for China.

* US won North Korea
* China won US

 

[Beidou2020]

Never underestimate Communists in total war. Great Patriotic War, Korean War, Vietnam War.

 

[beijingwalker]

Never underestimate Communists in total war. Great Patriotic War, Korean War, Vietnam War.

Actually US never won a single war against communists anywhere, USSR collapsed by itself, but was not defeated by US in a real war.

 

[beijingwalker]

The movie turned out to be the biggest tear jerker ever in China

 

[MH.Yang]

PLA didn't win. South Korea still exists.

1. The purpose of China's participation in the war is to save North Korea, not to destroy South Korea. Eliminating South Korea is not in China's interest (refer to helping North Vietnam eliminate South Vietnam). China has achieved its goal of participating in the war.

2. When China entered the war, the front line was on the Yalu River. At the time of China's armistice, the front was on 38 line.

3. The war has brought great political capital to China, and the USA has lost a lot of political capital. Even now, the favorable impact of the war on China is still there.

4. A total of 1099150 United Nations troops were killed and missing. A total of 171687 people were killed and missing in China, and North Korea 456857 people. The China N-Korean coalition lost less.

Why do you say China lost?

 

[beijingwalker]

Chinese girl tries frozen potato after watching the movie "The Battle At Lake Changjin" , the food that Chinese soldiers ate in Korean war.

 

[kankan326]

PLA didn't win. South Korea still exists.

China told US government China would not intervene if South Korea troops cross 38 line. China would only intervene if foreign troops cross the line.

Eliminating South Korea was not China's purpose.

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

Need an Imjin war movie showing the Ming wrecking the Japs.

 

[Song Hong]

I am not sure how US can justify the fact that a bunch of riflemen won against an enemy equipped with the most advance army navy and airforce.

This is a war US dont create a Rambo movie or Top Gun out of it. Too disgusting.

 

[Bengal71]

Is there an English subtitle version? Where can I watch it online, of course after paying for it.

 

[beijingwalker]

Box Office: China’s ‘Battle At Lake Changjin’ Tops $400M
Scott Mendelson
Forbes Staff
Hollywood & Entertainment

BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 30: A poster of film 'The Battle at Lake Changjin' is seen at a cinema ahead of China's National Day on September 30, 2021 in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

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The Battle At Lake Changjin hasn’t slowed down at all. The picture earned an additional $76.6 million on Tuesday, pushing the $200 million-budgeted, 176-minute war epic’s six-day cume to $388 million in China alone. So, yeah, it’s sailing over $400 million by the end of this sentence, with a cume already past the global totals of Free Guy ($320 million), Tenet ($366 million), Black Widow ($377 million) and Shang-Chi ($388 million).

It’s a good thing that Dune doesn’t open until October 22, and No Time to Die has until October 29, because we are seeing another example of China’s recent run of “China doesn’t need Hollywood blockbusters” blow-out hits.

Box Office: China’s ‘Battle At Lake Changjin’ Tops $400M

While not as introspective as 'The Eight Hundred,' 'The Battle At Lake Changjin' offers $200 million-worth of patriotic war melodrama and impressive action scenes.

www.forbes.com

 

[K_Bin_W]

PLA won, North Korea still exists.

All I know is when China said do not cross the 38th parallel (invade NoKo) - China meant each and every word of it. For amreekans its a bitter pill to swallow and they try to sugar coat it.

Amerikans run the moment someone states 38th parallel, Their 1000s of gals in SoKo are as far away from the 38th as can be.

China's Korean War movie smashes box office record, China became the world biggest movie market
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CNN Business

Updated 1019 GMT (1819 HKT) October 4, 2021

Movie goers passing in front of a poster for "The Battle At Lake Changjin" in a cinema in Wuhan, China.

"The Battle at Lake Changjin" was released at the start of the week-long holiday in China and was also timed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Communist Party.

It tells the story of the brutal 1950 Battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War. The Chinese side claims it as the most critical victory of the conflict, known in China as the "War to Resist American Aggression and Aid Korea."

It is the "most expensive film" made in China, Bona Film's chairman Yu Dong told media at its premiere last month. The Hollywood Reporter previously reported the movie had a budget of 1.3 billion yuan ($200 million).

Yu said that he was inspired by patriotic Korean war films when he grew up, and wanted to make a new one"for the young people today," according to the state-owned National Business Daily.

Dengta, a box office data app owned by Alibaba(BABA), forecast the film will pull in as much as 4.5 billion yuan ($700 million). That could make it the second biggest movie globally this year, behind the $822 million earned by Chinese comedy "Hi, Mom," according to data compiled by Box Office Mojo.

In 2020, China overtook the United States to become the top movie market in the world — a milestone achieved in large part because the United States struggled to contain the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, many of the biggest box office draws in the last few months were produced by Chinese studios and production companies, including last year's top film, the Chinese war epic "The Eight Hundred."

China's Korean War propaganda movie smashes box office record

A film glorifying the heroism of Chinese soldiers fighting American troops during the Korean War smashed box office records for China's National Day holiday.

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Is this Movie in English? Have enough of GI Joes and rambo related BS, Would like to see some real stuff..

 

[MH.Yang]

Today is the 6th day of the film's release, and the box office has reached 3 billion CNY ($470 million). By convention, the film is likely to run for 60 days.

This film is likely to be the 1st box office in the world in 2021. It is even possible to challenge <avatar> ($2789.7 million), the 1st in the world box office history.

Have Americans ever thought about the impact of such a film becoming the 1st box office in the world?

 

[beijingwalker]

China Box Office: War Epic ‘Battle of Lake Changjin’ Roars Past $400M
Forecasts for film's career earnings continue to be revised upwards, with Maoyan now projecting a finish of $812 million.

BY PATRICK BRZESKI
OCTOBER 5, 2021 6:39PM

The Battle at Lake Changjin' COURTESY OF BONA FILM GROUP


China’s runaway Korean War blockbuster The Battle of Lake Changjin has continued its epic siege on the country’s cinemas, roaring past the $400 million mark Wednesday, less than a week after its release.

To date, the film has earned $405 million (RMB 2.62 billion), the third biggest total in China this year, trailing only the Lunar New Year hits Hi, Mom ($821 million) and Detective Chinatown 3 ($685 million). Forecasts for The Battle of Lake Changjin‘s career earnings continue to be revised upwards, with Maoyan now projecting an astonishing finish of $812 million. The film should easily hit $500 million sometime this coming weekend, if not sooner.

The Battle at Lake Changjin is a rare co-directorial effort, uniting A-list Chinese filmmakers Chen Kaige, Hark Tsui and Dante Lam at the helm. Produced by Bona Film Group and state-backed film companies Shanghai Film Group and Huaxia, the title is believed to be China’s most expensive film ever made, with a production budget of over $200 million.

It stars two of China’s most in-demand actors: Wu Jing of Wolf Warrior 2 fame and twenty-year-old rising star Jackson Yee, the breakout lead of Hong Kong’s Oscar-nominated Better Days (2019) and recent blockbuster A Little Red Flower (2020).

The Battle of Lake Changjin glorifies Chinese sacrifices and heroism during the real-life, 1950 battle of the same name during the Korean War (or “the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea,” as it is known in China). A crucial victory for the Chinese side, the historic battle saw the PLA overcome long odds to successfully blow up the Shuimen Bridge and push U.S. military forces into retreat.

The film is very much in tune with the overtly nationalistic tone that has characterized much of China’s recent blockbuster output. State-backed media have been highlighting the film’s chest-thumping messaging, with the jingoistic Global Times tabloid running a story last Friday arguing for the movie’s “implications for today’s China-U.S. competition” (“Had the feeling that Chinese people are not, and have never been, afraid of the U.S.; Seventy years ago, the U.S. could not win the Korean War, and they can’t win today’s trade war either,” said one of the voices cited in the article).

China Box Office: War Epic ‘Battle of Lake Changjin’ Roars Past $400M

Forecasts for the film's career earnings continue to be revised upwards, with Maoyan now projecting a finish of $812 million.

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[bbccdd1470]

China told US government China would not intervene if South Korea troops cross 38 line. China would only intervene if foreign troops cross the line.

Eliminating South Korea was not China's purpose.

The US also dropped bombs on the Chinese borders that killed some villagers before the Chinese intervention, and claimed they can win the war against China easily and back home before Christmas, like how they claimed they can win the trade war easily.