Two Vietnamese films were defeated

Blockbuster "Venom: The Last Stand" quickly dominated the Vietnamese box office, far surpassing other competitors despite being criticized by critics. Vietnamese films are facing difficulties under the pressure from this superhero blockbuster.

Box office revenue remained stable last week. There were two domestic films to entertain the audience. Both were of different genres but had their own attractive elements.

Unfortunately, the Vietnamese movies are not strong enough to beat the blockbuster Venom: Final Bet right at home

Superhero movies win

Venom : Last Bet (International title: Venom: The Last Dance is the third and final installment of the series. Venom part of the Spider-man Cinematic Universe launched by Sony in 2018.

According to statistics of Box Office Vietnam , the film earned more than 27 billion VND in the three-day weekend with 273,394 tickets sold in 7,906 screenings.

This achievement is equivalent to The bride of a wealthy family last week and four times higher than Joker 2: Mad in Two, proving that Sony's superhero brand is still popular in Vietnam.

Image from the movie Venom: The Last Stand.

This is quite surprising because previously, part two Venom: Face the Deadly Enemy (2021) was not too explosive in its launch, achieving a total revenue of just over 10 billion VND in our country. Earlier this year, the blockbuster Madame Web Sony's also fell into a slump with similar sales.

Like the previous parts, Venom 3 was panned by critics upon its release. The film had a disjointed script and outdated content. Tom Hardy's performance was almost the only bright spot of the film.

However, Venom is still a profitable series for Sony, with a total revenue of more than 1.4 billion USD worldwide. Moreover, most of the audience is also curious about the ending of the superhero brand based on Spider-Man so they decided to spend money to buy movie tickets.

Movies with Tran Thanh's sister drop in rating

In the second week of release, The bride of a wealthy family no longer held the top spot but fell to second place with more than 9 billion VND. The film's weekend revenue dropped 60% compared to last week (27 billion VND).

Ticket sales, screenings, and occupancy rates all dropped sharply. This is a bit like a horror movie. Bran previously had a high opening weekend but plummeted in its second week.

The movie The Bride of a Rich Family has seen a significant drop in box office revenue.

The work attracted attention because it gathered a star cast, including People's Artist Hong Van, Thu Trang, Kieu Minh Tuan, Le Giang, Uyen An - Tran Thanh's sister... However, the film is not highly appreciated for its content and quality.

Most of the audience commented that the work has many humorous moments, creating gentle laughter. However, the script has some limitations that make the story not really convincing.

The relationship between the two main characters has not been deeply exploited, creating a forced and rushed feeling. build inconsistent psychology. unnatural dialogue, sometimes a bit dramatic

The producer actively carried out promotional activities for the film but they were not effective enough to beat the blockbuster. Venom 3. On the social network TikTok, many secretly filmed videos of the movie's content were widely spread, somewhat making the work no longer intriguing to the audience.

Total revenue of The bride of a wealthy family has nearly surpassed 60 billion VND. But with the current situation, the film is unlikely to reach the expected 100 billion VND milestone.

Films adapted from Nguyen Nhat Anh's novels are not yet popular.

A Vietnamese film that applies the early screening strategy is Once upon a time there was a love story. During the three-day weekend, the film earned more than 7 billion VND, ranking third on the overall chart.

The work attracted attention because it was adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Nguyen Ngoc Anh, promising to create a similar fever. Blue eyes (2019). When released, the film also received quite good feedback about its quality, especially the staging of director Trinh Dinh Le Minh - who worked on Mom, I'm going. (2019) and Invisible evidence (2020).

Once upon a time there was a love story that didn't have a huge opening.

However, the project's revenue was not as impressive as expected due to many factors, including the cast. The female lead Ngoc Xuan is still a rather unfamiliar face to the audience, while the male lead Avin Lu is not yet a popular name.

Furthermore, the work chose an unfavorable release time, facing strong competition from blockbusters. Venom: Final Bet and Vietnamese movies The bride of a wealthy family. Therefore, the film is unlikely to repeat its record of 180 billion VND in box office revenue. Blue eyes

The last two positions in the top 5 of Box Office Vietnam respectively belong to horror movies Tee Yod: The Ghost Eater 2 (5.6 billion VND) and animation Wild Robot (2.9 billion). Meanwhile, the remaining films on the chart all have low revenue, not exceeding 300 million VND.

Vietnamese action movies Domino: The Last Exit quickly withdrew from theaters due to poor sales, so it was not on the weekend charts. The project has not announced its production budget, but it is likely to have suffered heavy losses because it only earned more than 596 million VND.

This week, there are not many outstanding projects released. The foreign films imported by distributors are mainly in the horror and thriller genres such as Call of the Ghost, Cursed Land, Elixir…

Therefore, blockbuster Venom: Final Bet continues to dominate the box office, competing directly with two Vietnamese films currently showing in theaters.

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