douban's ratings rose to 9.3, and the box office exceeded 10 million! "the sinking of the lisbon maru" made a comeback! fang li said: when i decided to shoot it, i knew it would be impossible to recover the cost
2024-09-20
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the 2024 mid-autumn festival, with 18 new films, is in full swing. the documentary film "the sinking of the lisbon maru", produced in zhejiang and released on september 6, has also made a real comeback in this period thanks to its continued high reputation.
as of midnight on september 16, the box office of "the sinking of the lisbon maru" exceeded 10 million, and its attendance rate ranked among the top among all films.
the cost of "the sinking of the lisbon maru" was 50 million, and it needed 150 million box office to recover the cost. fang li, the producer and director of the film, said in an interview with a reporter from chao news recently that when he decided to make this film, he knew that it would be impossible to recover the cost, but he still hoped that more people would see the film and understand that period of history. "the value of "the sinking of the lisbon maru" is not just a movie. it fills a gap in history, and history will be left forever."
as of press time, "the sinking of the lisbon maru" ranked first on douban's weekly reputation list and the top popular movie, with over 1 million likes and nearly 12,000 short reviews. the douban score rose from 9.2 points at the beginning to 9.3 points, making it the highest-scoring domestic film in recent years.
at the same time, the film's box office rebounded, with the single-day box office continuing to decline since september 9. on september 15, the single-day box office was nearly 2 million, the highest since its release.
chao news reporters found that there are many new films in the mid-autumn festival, but the attendance rate is not high. however, the attendance rate and average number of people per show of "the sinking of lisbon maru" are good. on september 15, the film had only 0.5% of the screenings, but the average number of people per show was 19.5, and the attendance rate was as high as 17%. the top three films in terms of the screenings, "wild child", "avenge the previous shame", and "determination to run away", had an average number of people per show of only 9.7, 6.8, and 4.3, respectively, and the attendance rates were only 6.3%, 6.2%, and 3.9%, respectively. this shows that although "the sinking of lisbon maru" has not had as many screenings as these films, there are many people watching it, and many people who want to watch it. the enthusiasm for watching movies has been brought up by the high reputation, ushering in a real counterattack. on september 16, the screening schedule of "the sinking of lisbon maru" also rose to 2.4%. the increase in the screening schedule during the popular holidays is the best affirmation of the quality of the film.
however, the current box office is still a long way from "the sinking of the lisbon maru" recovering its costs.
fang li, the producer and director of "the sinking of the lisbon maru", said in an interview with chao news reporter recently that when he decided to make this movie, he knew it would be impossible to recover the cost, but he still hoped that more people would see this movie and understand that history.
the film reveals the historical truth about the sinking of the "lisbon maru" in the waters of china's dongji island 82 years ago.
in december 1941, 1,816 allied prisoners of war were locked up in the hold of the japanese invaders' armed transport ship "lisbon maru" and traveled from hong kong, china to japan. because the japanese invaders violated the geneva convention and did not hang any flags or signs for transporting prisoners of war on the ship, the "lisbon maru" was hit by a torpedo fired by a us submarine in the waters of dongji island, zhoushan, china after sailing smoothly for three days.
after being hit by a torpedo, the lisbon maru gradually sank, and the allied prisoners of war on board were in imminent danger. at this time, the japanese invaders chose to nail the cabin shut and shoot the allied prisoners of war who tried to escape from the cabin or jump into the sea, attempting to bury all the prisoners of war in this sea area. at this critical moment, 255 zhoushan fishermen from a nearby island braved the hail of bullets and rowed into the sea again and again to rescue the prisoners who fell into the sea. the righteous act of the chinese fishermen interrupted the massacre of the japanese invaders, and 384 allied prisoners of war were rescued.
the story outside the movie is equally touching.
fang li, 71 years old, is a marine physicist from sichuan. he is a system integrator, developer and manufacturer of earth exploration and ocean survey technology equipment. he successfully salvaged the black box of the dalian may 7 air crash. he is also a film producer, and has produced excellent films such as "guanyin mountain", "see you tomorrow" and "broken bridge". as a producer, he once "knelt down" to ask the theater for scheduling the posthumous work "birds paying homage to the phoenix" by director wu tianming.
"the sinking of the lisbon maru" is his first film as a director. the film took eight years to make and cost 50 million. he traveled to several countries including the united kingdom, japan, the united states, and canada to interview survivors and descendants, and finally presented this little-known history on the big screen. for this film, fang li spent all his money and even sold his houses in beijing and chengdu, just to give an account of history.
at present, the 71-year-old fang li is traveling alone on a national roadshow. the sentence he said at the beginning of each roadshow is what he posted on wechat moments: "i have been a successful porter, bringing the brilliance of humanity and the moving family stories that touched us to the big screen, and share them with everyone."
the number of viewers of "the sinking of the lisbon maru" is also increasing. on september 17 at 14:00, the sixth screening of the film organized by hangzhou's "breaking the circle screening" was held at zhejiang film times cinema·west lake cultural plaza store, and fang li will also be connected after the screening. on september 18, "breaking the circle screening" will organize a seventh screening of the film during prime time.
fengzi of "breaking the circle" told the reporter of chao news that the japanese invaders tried to cover up the atrocities of the facts, and the heroic deeds of the zhoushan fishermen, this salvaged history urgently needs to be seen by more people. every audience member is a new eyewitness and a successor to pass on this truth.
he said that if there is demand from movie fans, he will organize another screening of "the sinking of the lisbon maru" because it is truly a rare good film.
source: chao news
