Results of the 'fight' between Tran Thanh and Thu Trang
Tran Thanh's film "The Four Guardians" earned 192 billion VND with 2 million tickets sold in 5 days of Tet, accounting for 72% of the total revenue of the whole market while Thu Trang's "The Billionaire Kiss" only achieved less than 15% of the revenue.
This year, the Tet holiday lasts 9 days, but in reality, the Tet movie season is quite short, only 5 days. However, the 2025 Tet movie season still creates many impressions when it is the first timeThe Guardian Quartetbroke the record for highest single-day revenue of all time with 41 billion VND. Tran Thanh announced on his personal page that his film had surpassed 2 million tickets after 5 days of release.
According to Box Office Vietnam,The Guardian Quartetearned 192 billion after 5 days of Tet with nearly 23 thousand screenings, accounting for 72% of total market revenue.Billionaire KissThu Trang's film was scheduled for 5,900 screenings with 370,000 tickets sold, reaching 39.5 billion VND, accounting for 14.82% of the total revenue of the entire 2025 Tet film season. It can be seen that Tran Thanh's film completely won over the work labeled Thu Trang in this year's race.
Meanwhile,Love the wrong best friendDespite Tran Thanh's investment and active PR, the film only ranked 4th in the top revenue of Tet films. The film only sold 105 thousand tickets, earning 10.5 billion, reaching 3.96% of the total revenue of the whole market. It seems that remake projects are no longer the golden goose for producers when many audiences already know the content and ending of the original film.
Quite surprising when foreign moviesPaddington: The Traveling Bearranked 3rd at the box office during this year's Tet movie season with 11 billion VND, although the level of promotion was lower than the 3 Vietnamese films above. Animated filmThousand Pound Missionin the top 5 with revenue of 8.2 billion VND. It can be seen that movies for the whole family are still making good money.
Although the Tet movie season is over, the sales ofThe Guardian QuartetmixedBillionaire Kissis still increasing and will continue to reach new milestones before a strong enough competitor appears to join the profit pie. This weekend, Vietnamese moviesGhost lightsreleased in theaters, promises to surprise at the box office because the horror genre is quite popular in Vietnam recently.
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