冯小刚《芳华》成卖座电影
Youth has raked in 480 million yuan since being released on Dec 15, and could be a big winner for Feng Xiaogang.
《芳华》自12月15日上映以来已迅速取得4.8亿元票房，导演冯小刚可能成为大赢家。
Director Feng Xiaogang - who started the concept of Chinese New Year hits-is celebrating a new triumph. His latest film Youth, a bittersweet tale that chronicles the lives of several members of a Chinese military art troupe from the 1970s to the 1990s, has raked in 480 million yuan ($73 million) since being released on Dec 15, topping the country's box-office charts.
Most analysts predict the movie, scripted by Chinese-American Yan Geling, will become the highest-grossing film of Feng's film career spanning three decades.
Jiang Yong, a Beijing-based industry watcher, says Youth's delayed release caused a lot of anticipation, drawing in more theatergoers.
The movie, originally scheduled for release on Sept 29, was held back for two months.
This proved to be a blessing in disguise as it helped the film avoid powerful rivals, like Jackie Chan's The Foreigner, and hit comedy Never Say Die.
Feng said earlier that the two-month delay was full of twists, but he was glad to finally realize his dream to bring to life the memories of his early years of military life.