The cumulative box office of "Eight Hundred" has exceeded 1 billion yuan, becoming the first 1 billion box office blockbuster this year

After the release of Guan Hu's new film "Eight Hundred", the long-silent cinemas finally regained their former bustle. According to Maoyan data, as of 0:00 on August 25, the cumulative box office of "Eight Hundred" exceeded 1 billion yuan, becoming the first movie to reach 1 billion yuan in box office in 2020 and the 75th movie in Chinese film history to achieve a box office of 1 billion yuan. The film scored 7.8 points on Douban and 9.2 points on Tao Piao Piao.

The movie "Eight Hundred" is directed by Guan Hu. It tells the story of the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division of the National Revolutionary Army who stayed behind in the Sihang Warehouse in Shanghai at the end of the Battle of Shanghai in 1937 and fought alone for four days and nights. This army, separated from the concession by a river, also attracted countless Shanghai citizens to watch, creating an extremely rare form of war under the watchful eyes of the public. In order to boost their morale, the four hundred people claimed to be eight hundred people.

The cast is luxurious, including Wang Qianyuan, Zhang Yi, Jiang Wu, Huang Zhizhong, Zhang Junyi, Ou Hao, Du Chun, Wei Chen, Zhang Youhao, Tang Yixin, Li Jiuxiao, Li Chen, Liang Jing, Hou Yong, Xin Baiqing, Yu Haoming, Liu Xiaoqing, Yao Chen, Zheng Kai, Yu Ailei, Huang Xiaoming, Xu Jiawen, Zhang Cheng, Ma Jingwu, Hu Xiaoguang, Lu Siyu, Bai En, Cao Lu, Liu Yunlong, Yang Jiahua, Nakai Izumi Hideo, Gao Shuang, Zheng Wei, Gao Dongping, Huang Miyi, Cao Weiyu, Song Yang, Xu Letong, etc. In the movie, they threw away the star halo and the shackles of previous roles, integrated themselves into the roles, and created vivid and three-dimensional characters.