Waiting for the hundred billion chase

Bui Thach Chuyen temporarily leads

After the fierce race during Tet season with a series of hundred billion dong movies like The Guardian Quartet (Tran Thanh, 332.1 billion VND), Billionaire Kiss (Thu Trang, 211.6 billion VND), Ghost lights (Hoang Nam, 105.9 billion VND), Home ancestor (242.5 billion VND), Vietnamese cinema continues to have a "chase" between Bui Thac Chuyen, Victor Vu, Ly Hai and Bui Van Hai at the April 30 - May 1 holiday movie season.

Launched from 4/4, Tunnel quickly took the box office throne. The work set a record when it earned 20 billion dong on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month, an unprecedented number for a movie released in theaters on the occasion of Hung King's death anniversary.

Through the film set in the anti-American resistance war, director Bui Thac Chuyen made many directors wary when he earned nearly 20 billion VND/day on the occasion of the death anniversary of the founder. In the past two years, only Tran Thanh, Ly Hai easily achieve the above.

Before that, there were only Hollywood blockbusters. Avengers: Endgame or a few breakthrough works on Tet holiday like Old Girl 3 (2020) broke through revenue of 20 billion VND/day.

Actors Thai Hoa and Quang Tuan in Tunnels.

The film continues to make good money in theaters, showing no signs of cooling down after more than a week in theaters. Over the weekend, Tunnel sold 289,281 tickets/8,215 screenings, earning more than 27 billion VND. The total revenue of the film inspired by Cu Chi tunnels is 126.4 billion VND (as of evening of April 13).

The tunnel recreates the fierce battle between the guerrilla team operating at Binh An Dong base, Cu Chi and American soldiers in 1967. In the atmosphere of the whole country heading towards the 50th anniversary of national reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), Tunnel continues to be the audience's top choice.

As noted by Vanguard, Many theater rental units organize movie nights for employees to remember their ancestors' anti-American period, helping with revenue. Tunnel continue to increase rapidly.

Share with PV, Many film experts, including the founder of independent box office statistics unit Box Office Vietnam, believe that The Tunnels has great potential to be a big hit.

" Tunnel The product was invested in carefully, directed by a famous director, has an attractive theme and stands out from other products on the market. The distributor also chose a reasonable release time, not competing with any outstanding domestic and international works," said the representative. Box Office Vietnam speak.

Previously, director Bui Thac Chuyen publicly announced the film's budget as over 55 billion VND, not including PR costs. If according to the preliminary calculation (50:50 profit sharing ratio with theaters and distributors), Tunnel just breaking even, preparing to make a profit amid the intense race.

If we keep up the current form and win big, Tunnels: Sun in the Dark paved the way for war films, breaking the stereotype that historical films are "worshiping ancestors" and are picky about viewers.

Victor Vu, Bui Van Hai Jump into the fight with Ly Hai

In the meantime Tunnel Dominating the box office, Victor Vu and Bui Van Hai are about to join the race with horror and spiritual themes.

Victor Vu returns to the Vietnamese film race with Detective Kien: Headless Case. The male director said he postponed the release date to April 30-May 1, even though he originally planned to release the film in theaters in mid-May.

When there were opinions that the film crew postponed the schedule and openly confronted Bui Thac Chuyen and Ly Hai, the male director said the decision came from the collective.

"The decision to postpone the release date was made by the entire team. April 30-May 1 is a big holiday, so it's a good thing that audiences have a rich and diverse film feast. The crew and I hope that audiences will love all the films released on this occasion," the director said.

Horror inspiration of Detective Kien no longer new Ghost Lamp, Ghost in the Palace, Road to Hell... But the crime solving theme is the difference of the film.

Famous for "poetic" films such as Blue eyes, I see yellow flowers on green grass and the closest is The Last Wife, Victor Vu promotes his strengths to create a film with strong Vietnamese cultural elements.

Detective Kien: Headless Case and Finding the Body - Headless Ghost (pictured above) join the race with Flip Side 8: Sunny Arms.

The director said the spiritual element only accounts for 20% of the film. He wants to keep the spirit of the North through the filming locations in Cao Bang and Tuyen Quang. The pressure on him is to spread Vietnamese culture when participating in the holiday film race.

The Vietnamese film race on the occasion of April 30 - May 1 is more intense when Find the body - Headless Ghost has a similar theme to Victor Vu's film. When compared to Detective Kien, Director Bui Van Hai said the theme is just creative material.

"Many movies talk about headless bodies. But each movie, each story has its own strengths. With Find the body - Headless Ghost, "It's a modern-day film, the characters are just ordinary people without investigators. It's not just a journey to find bodies, it's a message about motherly love, the film's own color," said the director.

With a not-so-special topic, Bui Van Hai invited stars such as Tien Luat, Ngo Kien Huy, Meritorious Artist Dai Nghia, and People's Artist Hong Van to act. Find the body - Headless ghost.

Evening of April 13, Flip 8: Sunny Bracelet are preparing to introduce the cast. In the past two years, the revenue pie of the April 30-May 1 holiday movie season has been almost "reserved" for Ly Hai. In 2024, many movies will "avoid" Flip Side 7, including The Price of Happiness directed by Nguyen Ngoc Lam.

Flip Side 7: A Wish reached 482.7 billion VND and entered the top 2 highest revenue of all time, helping Ly Hai become the second trillion-dollar director in Vietnam (along with Tran Thanh). At that time, many experts commented that with Vanguard that it is difficult for anyone to win a piece of Ly Hai's 4/30-5/1 holiday revenue pie.

However, after the unpredictable Tet movie season, especially when Tran Thanh's monopoly was "shaken", the market became increasingly unpredictable.

Audiences and experts are looking forward to the Vietnamese film race on the occasion of April 30. This is a challenge for Ly Hai and the clearest answer to the question: Will Ly Hai still maintain his monopoly?

With a diverse series of films from history - war, horror - comedy, crime solving and family, healing, Vietnamese films during the April 30 - May 1 holiday season are even more exciting than the Tet race with the balance leaning towards Tran Thanh.

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