As we all know, "Watergate Bridge" is a sequel created by the original cast of the National Day movie "Changjin Lake". This time the three major directors focused on a fierce battle. Said to be the most intense moment of the whole story. From official announcement to release, "Watergate Bridge" has been released on the 2022 Spring Festival schedule amid the expectations of many audiences, competing for the box office with high-quality movies such as "This Killer Is Not Calm". "Watergate Bridge", which has a strong mass base, was indeed a hit after its release

With the reputation of "Changjin Lake", it set a record on the first day, earning 600 million in one go box office, leaving other movies far behind. It was able to earn 600 million at the box office on the first day. This is really not a small amount of money. Even "Changjin Lake", which ranked first in the country's box office, did not have such a high premiere. A good start means that "Watergate Bridge" can go on rain or shine. During the Spring Festival period, this movie indeed occupied the first place in the prime time period with an absolute advantage, becoming the first high-quality movie to start 2022. Movie. Whether it is word-of-mouth on Douban or ratings on Maoyan, they are very stable

Most viewers have very high evaluations of "Watergate Bridge". From the performance of the actors, to the plot development of the entire story, to the creation of the scenes, the quality of "Watergate Bridge" is the same as "Changjin Lake". Therefore, within half a month of its release, this movie earned a box office of 3.47 billion, becoming the biggest winner among many movies during the Spring Festival.

Just 15 days after the release of "Watergate Bridge", its stamina began to lose momentum. Although the box office in the first half of the month was okay, the current box office has begun to stagnate. Judging from data analysis, the current single-day box office of "Watergate Bridge" is only about 10 million, which is only one-sixtieth of its premiere box office. The gap is still quite large. The predicted box office is not as high as expected. In fact, "Watergate Bridge" had an advantage in the early stage and was unable to follow up, which is also traceable

In terms of schedule, "Watergate Bridge" was not released during the National Day period when the main theme is relatively popular, so this in itself is less provided some theme support. Although the Spring Festival period is also a prime period, audiences in this period prefer to watch comedies. You can see this by watching "The Killer Isn't So Calm". For the same amount of people, "Shuimen Bridge" has less people than "Changjin Lake", so the box office naturally doesn't have that big of an advantage.

There is also the issue of ticket prices. Some viewers reported that they originally wanted to see "Watergate Bridge", but many cinemas raised the prices and raised the ticket price of "Watergate Bridge". Quite a few. Most people spend 30-40 to watch, but some people spend 60-70, or even nearly 100. This, to a certain extent, affects the audience's desire to watch the movie, and everyone's enthusiasm is also dampened by the ticket price. Dissuaded. Therefore, starting from the two reasons of schedule and ticket price, we can actually see why the box office of "Watergate Bridge" stalled in the later period.