The box office of the first movie of the Spring Festival, "The Wandering Earth", has exceeded 1.6 billion yuan

In the early morning of February 10, the official Weibo account of the movie "The Wandering Earth" announced that the box office of the movie "The Wandering Earth" has exceeded 1.6 billion yuan. According to Maoyan Movie data, as of 22:00 on February 9, the total box office of the 2019 Spring Festival exceeded 5 billion yuan. Among them, the movie "The Wandering Earth" ranked first with 1.6 billion yuan, becoming the current Spring Festival double champion in reputation and box office.

It is reported that the movie "The Wandering Earth" is adapted from Liu Cixin's novel of the same name. It tells the story that in the near future, the sun is about to be destroyed and the solar system is no longer suitable for human survival. Faced with despair, humans will start the "Wandering Earth" plan to try to escape the solar system with the earth and find a new home for mankind. The film was released in mainland China on February 5, 2019 (the first day of the Chinese New Year).

Dai Jinhua, a professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University, said that this is a story of "Yugong moving mountains". It is not only a story of human self-rescue, but also a story of escaping with the earth. At the same time, it is still a story of father and son, but the story of father and son is placed in the bloodline of China.