Less than 3 days after its release, "Red Rain" officially joined the "hundred billion club" of Vietnamese cinema when it reached impressive revenue.
This achievement makes the film the 10th work in Vietnam to surpass the hundred billion VND threshold since the beginning of 2025 - a record figure, clearly reflecting the explosion of the domestic theater market.
The content of "Red Rain" is inspired and fictionalized from the real event of the 81 day and night war to protect the ancient citadel of Quang Tri in 1972, The appeal comes from the tight storytelling, many surprising knots with a cast of talented actors. The film not only conquered the general audience, but also received positive feedback from critics, thereby quickly creating a strong word-of-mouth effect.
Before "Red Rain", a series of Vietnamese works have followed each other to break the hundred billion VND mark.
Leading the "The Four Guardians" with a large revenue of 322 billion VND, followed by "Detective Kien: The Unheaded Judgment" (249 billion VND) and "House of Ancestors" (243 billion VND). The action, investigation, horror - spiritual genres are showing advantages when continuously dominating the box office charts.
In the next group, " Lat mat 8: Vong tay nang" earned 232 billion VND, "Noi hon bac ty" reached 212 billion VND, "dia dao: Mat troi trong bong" earned 173 billion VND.
Meanwhile, "Bringing mother away" (169 billion VND) and "Ghost In The Palace" (150 billion VND) are also on the list of hundred billion Vietnamese films, proving the diversity of topics that can attract audiences.
Another horror film that also surpassed the hundred billion mark is "The Heart Light" with more than 100 billion VND when shown on the occasion of Tet 2025.
The presence of "Red Rain" in 10th place (expected to set a revenue record in the coming days) not only affirms the upward trend of Vietnamese cinema in 2025, but also shows the potential of the market to expand.
From popular entertainment projects to in-depth art films, domestic audiences are increasingly willing to pay to enjoy Vietnamese works at the cinema.
With this growth rate, experts predict that the "hundred billion club" will continue to welcome many new members in the coming time.
"Red Rain" is an important milestone, both a motivation for Vietnamese filmmakers to boldly invest, exploit the theme of war, history and improve the quality of production to conquer both the miracle of revenue and the quality of art.
