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2022 New Darkhorse Film in China "Lighting Up the Stars"

2022首部中国黑马电影：《人生大事》[Rén shēng dà shì]

The film "Lighting up the Stars", titled in Chinese as 《人生大事》 (rén shēng dà shì) which means life's important matter, is the new Chinese film premiered on Friday, June 24, 2022 at 18:00 (Beijing Time, UTC+8), with a low budget less than 60 million CNY.

影片《人生大事》，英文译名为“Lighting up the Stars”，是一部成本不足 6000 万，于 2022 年 6 月 24 日 晚 6 点在中国大陆地区首映的低成本制作的中国电影。

Opening with the special career and routine work of a traditional Chinese mortician Mo (starring by Zhu Yilong, one of China's most popular young actors), the film "Lighting up the Stars" follows Mo who was just freed from a short sentence in jail, occasionally met a little orphan girl (starring by Yang Enyou, a Chinese Child Star) who had just lost her grandma. By the further acquaintance and contacting with the little girl, Mo was forced to re-think about his career, the attitude to his families and the rest of his life by living with the little girl.

这部电影罕见地以一位中国殡葬师莫三妹（朱一龙饰演）的特殊职业和工作入手，讲述了这位中国殡葬师在刑满释放不久后的一次替人出殡过程中，偶遇了成为刚刚成为孤儿的小女孩武小文（杨恩又饰演）。两人的意外相遇和相处逐渐改变了莫三妹对这份特殊职业、亲人以及生活的态度。

The Latest Box-Office and Achievement of The Chinese Film

中国大陆地区最新累计票房成绩 [Piào fáng chéng jì]

The film "Lighting Up the Stars", originally planned the early April release, which is China's short-festival period of Tomb-Sweeping Day and in tune with the funeral-business-related subject of the film, however, had to postpone the screening schedule to the three months later in Mainland China due to the resurgence of sporadic COVID-19 cases in some big cities. But such a postponed release surprisingly promoted the film to be the 2022 first box-office dark horse in China.

电影《人生大事》本应于四月初中国的清明节期间上映，原定档期正好贴合影片的殡葬主题，却由于局部地区疫情反复而不得不推迟三个月才在中国大陆地区上映。但也正是这次延映促成该影片成为了 2022 年中国的首部票房黑马。

As of the 34th release day, the film has earned 1.6 billion yuan (approx. $2.37 billion dollars) in China box office, attracted almost 40 million Chinese audience to go to the theatre, according to China's popular and professional ticket-booking and film data platform.

截至上映的第 34 天，电影《人生大事》已在中国大陆地区创造 16 亿元 （约$2.37亿美金）的票房成绩，累计观影人次近 4000 万人。

Rely on a cumulative of high box-office earnings, and a high score fixed stuck on a range of 9.5 to 9.7 (opening score) rated by the most movie ticket buyers, the film "Lighting up the Stars" has broken several Chinese film records such as being the highest grossed family film and the champion of the most audiences in Mainland China market. Not only that, it also stepped into the top 30 of all-time highest-grossing China films ranking chart, standing out by its rare low-budget-but-high-earnings achievement as the 2022 big dark horse in China.

凭借持续攀升的票房，和始终牢牢稳固在9.5～9.7(开分)的观影评分，该电影也晋升为中国内地影史家庭片票房及观影人次双冠军，并成功进入中国影史国产电影票房榜前30，成为其中屈指可数的“低成本高票房”的超强“黑马”。

What's New: The Blu-ray Disc of Lighting Up the Stars

《人生大事》蓝光影碟 [Lán guāng yǐng dié]

No matter you have watched this film in the theatre or through the online steaming platform, it is still nice to have a Blu-ray Disc for personal collection and home enjoyment. If you are interested in the Blu-ray of 2022 China's dark-horse film "Lighting Up the Stars", you can take a look on Amazon's Blu-ray Movie page to get one. Here it goes:

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