The opening-day box office for an art film hitting as high as 14.3 million sparked a wave of curiosity, leaving countless people wondering what kind of film *The Reporter* actually was. This caused the second-day box office to climb even higher to 14.2 million, or 16 million by official external figures.
With the box office surging, the Douban rating was also released: a 9.3, ranking it second among all Chinese-language films, sitting just behind *Farewell My Concubine*.
Initial ratings for films tend to be on the higher side, of course, and it was expected that the score would drop a bit after some time.
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