On its opening day, "The Thieves 2" successfully jumped to the top of the box office and remained at the top of the Spring Festival box office chart.

Following closely behind is another family-friendly comedy, "Bomb Match," starring a veteran actor who has dominated the Spring Festival box office for years. After that is a big-budget action film, "The Eagle Chasing," and in fourth place is a familiar goalkeeper, an animated feature film.

Although the competition for the box office champion still looks fierce, "The Thieves 2" still has a significant advantage and even surpasses other films to some extent.

After the first day of screenings, viewers who had already seen the film began to share their opinions on relevant platforms.

Tiger, a familiar face to movie reviewers, released his latest video during the prime time slot of 8 PM.

Today he went all out, watching four movies in one go. He skipped the fourth-ranked animated feature film because he was the goalkeeper, and he also watched the fifth-ranked tearjerker.

This time, he learned from his previous experience and deliberately put the movies he thought were good at the end of the movie list so that he could still have a perfect viewing experience after eating "shit" instead of being unable to extricate himself from hallucinations of a sea of ​​shit as soon as he closed his eyes at night.

After watching the last installment of "The Phantom Thieves 2," Tiger immediately returned home and began working on his script and producing videos.

As early as when several films were competing in marketing for the Spring Festival season, Tiger, like other bloggers, started predicting the trailers and ranking the films for the season.

At the time, he placed "The Thieves 2" and the third-ranked action film in a tie for first place, and firmly believed that the future box office champion would definitely be one of these two.

Currently, "The Thieves 2" is firmly in first place at the box office. Although the third-place action film "The Eagle Shooting Heroes" is not as popular as the second-place "Bomb Match," it is still very close and has the highest opening score. Tiger can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

After watching all the videos, Tiger gave a very objective rating in the video.

"Overall, the best quality film of this Spring Festival season, with the best viewing [N O V E L I G H T] experience, and if you want to see big-scale, visceral action scenes, I highly recommend 'Operation Eagle Chasing'. I can tell that the production team put a lot of effort into this action film. There is no forced sentimentality or deliberate stupidity. The acting of the entire cast is excellent. If you are interested, you should definitely not miss it."

"As for the final box office champion, I still stand on 'The Thieves 2' because, like Director Zhuang's style, this film is a perfect popcorn blockbuster. It's fast-paced, full of jokes, has grand scenes, and many plot twists. You don't need to rack your brains to dig into the plot; it's just fun, lively, and stress-relieving to watch. It's perfect for the whole family to watch during the Spring Festival, just for fun, without any profound artistic depth or connotation. This is Director Zhuang's comfort zone, and I think that at least currently, very few directors in China have such a clear mind."

"Zhuang Hongyi is a director, but also a businessman. He creates whatever the audience likes, perfectly capturing the itch points of most movie-watching groups. I think this is why he can become a director with billions in box office revenue. This is indeed a friendly thing for us, but for other directors, it may be a point worth criticizing... Ahem, we will not comment in detail on the artistic pursuits of each director here."

"Actually, back when 'The Monster 1' was released, everyone should have already vaguely guessed his ambition. He used 'The Monster 1' to lay the foundation for the background world of the master thief, and then used 'The Monster 2' to let everyone peek into a hidden corner of that world. The setting is progressive and the world view is complete and grand. I have to say that even I was hooked and started looking forward to the third installment."

"I think as long as he can maintain his current level of quality, the 'Phantom Thief' series will definitely become one of the most successful film series during the Spring Festival season..."

Perhaps because the quality of these movies was quite good, Tiger analyzed a lot, discussing everything from the actors and plot of "Operation Eagle" to the main characters of "The Thieves 2". Finally, Tiger paused and a familiar smile appeared on his face.

"As for'Strange 2', longtime fans should know who I'm about to talk about. He's a regular guest on our videos, and that's Xiao He."

"To be honest, I've reviewed many of Xiao He's roles. I've watched him get to where he is today, and the audience and I have witnessed it all along. Every time I see his new work, I'm still very surprised. I feel that this guy is really improving and working very hard."

"Moreover, speaking of which, I really watched him rise from small roles during the 'Monster 1' era. When he filmed 'Monster 1', he was just an ordinary cameo role, appearing on screen for no more than 3 minutes, with very few lines, and much of it was dubbed in post-production. But when he appeared, he still amazed many people."

"It can only be said that Director Zhuang is really lucky. When he signed Xiao He for a cameo role, he probably didn't expect that the other party would become a double Best Actor. Now that'Strange 2' is out, the role's screen time has skyrocketed, and he has been officially added to the world view rankings, becoming a character with a name."

Seeing the actors he had high hopes for back then now rise from minor guest roles to important supporting roles with significant screen time, Tiger himself feels very proud.

Who understands! He followed Xiao He back during the "Killing Life" era!

The character Zhu Laosan, whose mask didn't resemble Xiao He himself, was often overlooked by fans when they did their reviews. In fact, because it was so long ago, many new fans didn't even know that Xiao He played that role. But Tiger was different; he got to know Xiao He from that time on!

So, rounding it off, he could be considered an early benefactor of Xiao He. How could this not be considered having a discerning eye?

"I'm really looking forward to the third movie. I feel like the third movie will officially unfold many important world-building plots, and the role of the white-haired hacker Blank should be further strengthened. Maybe he can officially become one of the regular main characters."

"The only pity is that the place name mentioned in the Easter egg is really hard to recognize. I wonder if any lip-syncing experts have figured it out yet. Where will the next story of'Strange 3' take place? Everyone is welcome to share their thoughts in the comments or bullet comments section so we can discuss it together."

Tiger's video went viral across various platforms as soon as it was released.

Actually, there's one more thing Tiger didn't analyze: the main actors of "Strange 2" already had the highest level of popularity and fan base during this Spring Festival season.

The subsequent films, regardless of whether they featured popular young actors or actresses, could not match the popularity of the cast of "The Thieves 2".

If Xie Jingshi's own popularity and Chen You's national recognition were the only factors supporting the film before, then Xiao He's later rise undoubtedly pushed the film's popularity to another climax.

Even the comments section below is mostly filled with discussions about "Strange 2". Besides the names of the main characters Lu Xiaokong and Shi Ji, the name of the white-haired hacker Blank is the most frequent. This suggests that "Strange 2" will only achieve higher box office numbers during the Spring Festival than Tiger Brother predicted.

Without a doubt, having Xiao He make a cameo appearance in the Phantom Thief series was one of Zhuang Hongyi's most successful investments.