The “2025 Spring Festival Film List Release Conference” was held on the 22nd at the Beijing Film Museum. The creative teams of six Chinese New Year films, including "The Legend of Deification Part 2: Battle of West Qi", "Operation Jiaolong", "Detective Tang 1900", "Nezha: The Devil Child Makes Waves", "Boonie Bears: Restart the Future", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero", all gathered to make an appearance.
The male lead of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero", Xiao Zhan, lives up to his reputation as a top-ranking idol. Even before its release, advance ticket sales had accumulated by the 21st, with the box office easily surpassing 139 million RMB (approximately 8.4759 million MYR), making it the fastest film to break 100 million in China's Spring Festival film history, ahead of Chow Yun-fat's "Detective Tang 1900" and Yu Shi's "Operation Jiaolong".
Directed by Tsui Hark, Xiao Zhan teams up with rising star Betty Sun in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero", which adapts chapters 34 to 40 of Jin Yong's classic martial arts novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes." Xiao Zhan plays the role of Guo Jing and has learned Mongolian for the character, with Ada Choi playing his mother, Li Ping.
The animated film sequel "Nezha: The Devil Child Makes Waves" is also releasing on New Year's Eve and has strong box office appeal, having already won the "Most Anticipated Spring Festival Movie" honor on Weibo last year. Its predecessor, "Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child", is the fourth highest-grossing film in Chinese film history. "Detective Tang 1900" is also a potential box office hit, directed by Chen Sicheng, the mastermind behind the blockbuster "Detective Chinatown" series, featuring Wang Baoqiang, Liu Haoran, and Chow Yun-fat, maintaining the usual suspense and comedy style suitable for family viewing during the holidays.