Vietnamese films entered the new year 2025 with contrasting colors. "Sister-in-law" surpassed the 100 billion VND mark while other projects such as "Kaleidoscope: Catching a Ghost" or "Rain on the Butterfly Wings" struggled at the box office.
Last week, the crew Sister in law received good news when the film surpassed the 100 billion VND mark, opening up expectations for a brilliant and vibrant year for the country's film industry.
Unfortunately, the project is not yet strong enough to overthrow 404 run now Thai horror films continue to surpass many foreign and domestic competitors. Vietnamese movies to lead the box office race.
Even two works that were hits in Korea and Hong Kong cannot compete with Thai films in the Vietnamese market.
Box office unlikely to have new explosion
During the three-day weekend, 404 run away now earned over VND8 billion from over 90,000 tickets sold in about 4,400 screenings. This achievement decreased about 30% compared to last week (VND10.6 billion), but still helped the film achieve a total revenue of over VND88 billion, contributing to affirming the position of Thai films in the Vietnamese market.
Notably, last week the box office had two projects that were once hot in Korea and Thailand, but both lost. 404 run now
Fire God (International title: Firefighters ) is a blockbuster with a star-studded cast including Joo Won, Yoo Jae Myung, Lee Yoo Young, Lee Joon Hyuk... that stirred up the box office when it was released in its home country, currently ranking fifth in the list of best-selling Korean films in 2024.
The film is inspired by a true event, recalling the historical event in 2001 in Hongje Dong (Seoul) that shocked Korea, causing many deaths.
Meanwhile, Breaking Hell (International title: The Last Dance also created a surprise hit at the Hong Kong box office, surpassing the blockbuster Kowloon City to become the highest-grossing domestic film of 2024, as well as the highest-grossing Hong Kong film of all time.
The film chose a rather interesting topic, exploring the lives of funeral workers, showing that Hong Kong filmmakers can still create profound and philosophical stories with their own unique identity.
Unfortunately, the films have not yet received attention from Vietnamese audiences, even though the distributor is having a rather aggressive promotional strategy.
Presently Fire God achieved revenue of more than one billion dong Breaking Hell just over 700 million VND. Both did not make it into the top 5 of Box Office Vietnam .
This is not too difficult to understand. Because before that, many Korean blockbusters also won big in their home country but had less impressive revenue results in our country such as Siege in the Air, The Female Pilot, Fallen Paradise …
Movie Vietnam winners and losers
In its fourth week in theaters, Sister in law continue to hold the second position on the rankings of Box Office Vietnam with more than 4.4 billion VND at the weekend box office.
The film’s success was due to a good promotional strategy, plus positive word-of-mouth effects on social networks. The appearance of familiar actors such as Viet Huong, Hong Dao, Le Khanh, Dinh Y Nhung, Ngoc Trinh… helped the work gain good recognition with viewers.
Presently Sister in law There are at least two more weeks to attract audiences before the official release of the Lunar New Year films. At the current pace, the project has the opportunity to pocket a total revenue of about 110-120 billion VND before leaving theaters.
If not 404 run away now If there are any obstacles, the film's box office could potentially be even higher.
Contrary to Sister-in-law , two Vietnamese movies Kaleidoscope: Get revenge on the ghost and Rain on Butterfly Wings had poor box office receipts. Both failed to make the top 10 of the Box Office Vietnam .
After many weeks, Kaleidoscope: Get revenge on the ghost still could not turn the situation around at the cinema. During the three-day weekend, the project only earned more than 75 million VND with less than 75 screenings. The film's occupancy rate was also quite low, with an average of only about 11-12 viewers per screening.
Similarly, the movie Rain on Butterfly Wings also sold just over 1,300 tickets and earned over 104 million VND on the weekend, slightly more than Kaleidoscope a little. This is not too difficult to understand because the project belongs to the art-house genre, which is selective for the audience, and is not widely promoted.
The remaining three positions in the top 5 of Box Office Vietnam respectively: Whisper of the Heart (2.4 billion), Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Ghost of a pregnant woman (1.8 billion VND). However, all three had low revenue, a sign that the box office is in a gloomy state before Tet.
There aren't many notable projects coming out this week. Animation lovers can look forward to Cats return the favor.
The project is produced by Studio Ghibli and will be released in 2022. The script incorporates adventure and mythological elements, telling the story of a little girl who saves a cat from a car accident and is rewarded with an invitation to the Kingdom of Cats.
There are also two horror movies. Zombie Tower and Mother's Ghost . However, both are not blockbusters, and have few attractive elements, so it is difficult to create a new fever.
Therefore, it is likely that Thai movies 404 run away now continued to dominate the Vietnamese box office until the Lunar New Year movie war began.
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