The Vietnamese Film Series Was Criticized As A Disaster: With A Budget Of Tens Of Billions Of Dong, It `died` When It Came Out

(Dan Tri) – In recent years, the Vietnamese film market is considered to have prospered with a series of films reaching hundreds of billions of dong in revenue.

Fragile Flower (2024)

After more than 3 weeks in theaters, `Fragile Flower` directed by Mai Thu Huyen grossed 430 million VND, becoming the lowest-grossing film on Vietnamese screens this year up to this point.

The revenue of Fragile Flower is said to be quite far away from the film’s budget of up to tens of billions of dong.

Cast of the movie `Fragile Flower` (Photo: Provided by the film crew).

Mai Thu Huyen also expressed her wish for the film to be arranged with many screenings and have better time frames to attract viewers.

In addition, many people also think that the quality of this work is more like a TV series or musical than a movie.

Legend of King Dinh (2022)

In 2022, Legend of King Dinh – the debut work of director Anthony Vo, revolving around the story of Dinh Bo Linh defeating 12 warlords and unifying the country – came to theaters with a revenue of just over 40 million VND.

This is an `alarming` number, if not a `record low`.

In addition, modest screenings and limitations in media work also contributed to affecting film revenue.

The Vietnamese film series was criticized as a disaster: With a budget of tens of billions of dong, it `died` when it came out

Scene from the movie `The Legend of King Dinh` (Photo: Provided by the film crew).

Many people expressed regret that a work depicting the country’s history had `disastrous` sales.

`The film is well-invested and attractively exploited. It will automatically attract audiences to theaters, instead of just expecting the audience to support it because this is a historical-themed film,` an audience commented.

Lover (2022)

Also in 2022, the movie Lover will hit theaters with the participation of supermodel Minh Tu (as Diem Tinh).

Minh Tu in the movie `Lover` (Photo: Provided by the film crew).

Many people rated the film as offensive, with hot scenes overwhelming the content and picky about the audience.

Besides, although the script carries many messages about love and life, it is unconvincing and not coherent enough.

The Third Man (2022)

Invested 33 billion VND, but The Third Man – a movie produced by Ly Nha Ky and co-starring with Han Jae Suk (actor of the movie Glass Shoes) – only earned nearly 1 billion VND.

Ly Nha Ky said that initially, she only appeared in this movie as an actress.