According to data from Box Office Vietnam, as of early afternoon on September 11, "Red Rain" has reached 600 billion VND in revenue.
This is something that film experts predicted in advance. Many people think that the film can reach 700 billion VND, even expect 1,000 billion VND.
Currently, "Red Rain" is the film with the highest revenue in the history of Vietnamese box office. The film is still continuing to create many new record milestones.
Director - Meritorious Artist Dang Thai Huyen - is the first director to achieve this milestone, and is also the first female director to have a film with a record revenue.
"Red Rain" is the first state-produced film to have historical revenue, surpassing all previous high-grossing private films.
Previously, as of September 8, "Red Rain" had earned more than 566 billion VND, officially coronating "Mai" (551 billion VND) of Tran Thanh.
The film's appeal has not cooled down. In the first weekend of September, the film accounted for 73% of total box office revenue with 82.86 billion VND on weekends alone.
The Production of screenings remains high, helping the film continuously set new records in the history of Vietnamese box office.
The special thing about Red Rain is the positive reaction of the audience to the war-themed film genre that has long been considered difficult to access and picky about viewers.
The resounding success of the film has changed the awareness of the audience's tastes and opened up potential directions for Vietnamese cinema, especially war and historical films.
With a milestone of 600 billion VND, "Red Rain" not only broke through in terms of revenue, but also proved an important milestone for Vietnamese cinema, surpassing all foreign films at the box office.
Director, Meritorious Artist Dang Thai Huyen, the film director, said: Revenue is an important factor. But the film "Red Rain" has a more important political task, which is to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day on September 2. We want the audience to come to the cinema and learn more about the resistance war of our ancestors.
The film takes the script from the 81-day and night battle to protect the ancient citadel of Quang Tri in 1972, The film was released nationwide on August 21, produced by the People's Army Cinema.
This is a rare state film to be released commercially.
