Previously, Victor Vu's Inspector Kien surpassed Lat mat 8 to take the top spot at the box office, marking a spectacular comeback, because when shown at first, Victor Vu's film was completely inferior to Ly Hai's Lat mat 8.
For nearly a week, Victor Vu's films have increased their screenings, so they have exceeded Ly Hai's daily revenue. Each day, the film earns 3-5 billion VND. At the weekend, the film recorded about 7 billion VND. Meanwhile, Ly Hai's films have a revenue 1-2 billion VND lower.
Therefore, although the starting price for revenue was better, even reaching 200 billion VND faster than Inspector Kien, Ly Hai's film Lat mat 8 was still surpassed.
Accordingly, on the evening of May 14, Victor Vu's Inspector Kien reached 210.4 billion VND, officially exceeding Ly Hai's total revenue of Lat mat 8 by 210.1 billion VND.
Worth mentioning, this is the first time in many years, the brand flip the face no longer holding the unique position every 30.4. In the 8th film, the director continued to exploit the family story, the generation conflict. The film brings a healing journey, hoping that the warm story will reduce the gap and also slice of the life of the people in the Central, sunny and windy people.
However, besides its brilliant commercial achievements, Lat mat 8 also faced some mixed reviews about the content and artistic quality. Experts say that the film is built according to the old pattern of the series, the script is still forced in some details, causing a feeling of disappointment compared to expectations or previous films.
Meanwhile, Victor Vu's Inspector Kien is a horror, detective story. The film continues to reflect the way of making movies that focus on images, telling stories through each of Victor Vu's signature frames. The content of reconnaissance, solve crimes and thrill, fully exploiting the beautiful scenery of Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang is suitable for young audiences.
This time, Victor Vu showed his efforts to improve the quality of the script. The film has a tight structure, clear climax and many camera angles are carefully invested. However, there are still opinions that compared to the solve crimes films of Korea, the US... that are familiar to the audience, Investigator Kien has not really caused a surprise, some details are still predictable. However, the film still retains its appeal after 2 weeks of release.
The fierce competition in Vietnamese cinemas in recent times shows that audience tastes are changing strongly, when good content works, new and suitable for the market easily surpass familiar big brands.
