On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people started streaming into the cinemas as soon as they opened in the early morning!
Things were better in some of Huaguo's smaller cities, where the crowds weren't as large. But in the bigger cities, almost every cinema was already packed!
The theaters were lined with 3D movie posters. Among the fans stopping to admire them, the largest crowds had gathered in front of Castle in the Sky and Tianchen!
One was Chu Yu's first theatrical release, at least as far as the public knew. His many fans had already arrived at the cinemas, brimming with excitement!
Meanwhile, Tianchen's cast had plenty of devoted fans of their own!
A novel adaptation wouldn't normally have such a strong draw, but the movie's cast was practically a star-studded lineup! The combined fanbase of more than a dozen celebrities was a force to be reckoned with!
Of course, there were plenty of dark horses in the Spring Festival Season. Many people were looking forward to other movies, too, and some even believed that Tianchen and Castle in the Sky, the two most eagerly anticipated films before their release, would flop!
Huaguo had a huge population, after all, with all kinds of people!
But either way, over the past month or two, the studios behind the major Spring Festival Season releases had each spent hundreds of millions on publicity. They'd done everything they could. Now it was time for the movies to compete on their merits!
At ten thirty, long lines had formed outside cinemas across the country!
At other movies, the people in line were families, couples, or friends. But the crowd waiting for Castle in the Sky was a strange sight!
Cosplayers of all kinds had turned out in force: some dressed as