Opportunities for Vietnamese films in the peak summer season

The first 5 months of 2025 witnessed the dominance of Vietnamese films over foreign films. But since June, when the number of blockbusters from other countries has increased, has the situation changed?

The opening day of June, according to statistics from the independent unit Box Office Vietnam, Doraemon Movie 44 exceeded the revenue milestone 100 billion VND . With this achievement, the work has become the most popular international film in Vietnamese theaters in 2025 up to now. Previously, the hundred billion achievements in 2025 all belonged to Vietnamese movie

Bottom of the lake - a new work from the duo of director Tran Huu Tan and producer Hoang Quan - is considered a test of attraction when released in the summer movie season. Exploiting the story of an urban legend revolving around the Stone Lake in the National University Village of Ho Chi Minh City, the film is labeled T18 (audiences aged 18 and over) with a series of typical elements of the horror film genre, deeply exploiting fear. More specifically, when each character's nightmare is awakened from their own "obsession", secret pain, and dark secrets.

The film exploits the urban legend of the Stone Lake of University Village.

Launch before the concert Brother overcame thousands of obstacles , Bottom of the lake received encouragement and support from talented people such as Quoc Thien, Tien Luat, Duy Khanh... to "fuel" the return to cinema of Thanh Duy and Kay Tran. Taking on two pieces in the trio of characters Tu - Hung - Hung, both Thanh Duy and Kay Tran had roles that were well-rounded, expressing the energy and messages they wanted to bring. With Under the Lake, these two talented people will have a movie to be shown in the summer of 2025. Their remaining works are Rain of Fire - documentary film about Brother overcame thousands of obstacles (has now surpassed the 10 billion VND revenue threshold and is still in theaters).

Thanh Duy and Kay Tran in the movie Under the Lake

Compared to director Tran Huu Tan's previous successful horror films inspired by legends and folklore, Bottom of the lake brings a completely different atmosphere, more modern, youthful and also shows sensitivity when actively following social media trends. This direction is meticulously and carefully taken care of by the director and producer. The actors, especially the female lead Karen Nguyen, have devoted themselves to the role of "double". She convincingly performed both complex psychological scenes and dramatic action situations.

Karen Nguyen

With the recent rise of Vietnamese horror films along with the actual quality of At the bottom of the lake , the film can completely compete well with its rivals in June. According to statistics, this is the film holding the number 1 position in terms of "hotness" on social networking platforms and is predicted to take the top spot at the box office when it officially premieres from June 6. However, with director Tran Huu Tan and producer Hoang Quan, in the next series of projects with many attractive and novel promises, they will need to continue to make better adjustments so that the path of specializing in making horror films has more special marks.

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