"Flip Side 8" quickly reached the revenue milestone of 100 billion VND

The movie "Flip Side 8: Vong Tay Nang" by director Ly Hai quickly reached the revenue milestone of 100 billion VND on the evening of May 1.

Ly Hai is always considered a "strange case" in the Vietnamese film industry. Ly Hai once pursued a singing career, had many hit songs, then switched to filmmaking. Series of films "Flip side" associated with Ly Hai's personal brand.

In each part of “Lat mat”, Ly Hai brings a different dish, some parts he pursues the horror and creepy genre such as “Lat mat 4: Nha co khach”, some parts are action and martial arts films such as “Lat mat 5: 48h”, and “Lat mat 6: The ticket of destiny” is a story about friendship and betrayal… Most of the parts of “Lat mat” have won big in terms of revenue.

“Lat mat” was launched by Ly Hai in 2015 and has gone through 8 films so far. Among the films “Lat mat” - Ly Hai's own brand, many parts have reached the hundred billion revenue milestone, such as “Lat mat 4” earning 120 billion VND, “Lat mat 5” earning 150 billion VND... and by “Lat mat 7: Mot giau uoc” released during the 30.4 - 1.5 holiday in 2024, Ly Hai has reached the revenue milestone of 482 billion VND with 13 weeks of showing - the film that has been in theaters the longest in 2024. Previously, Tran Thanh's film “Mai” (the highest-grossing film of all time in Vietnamese cinema) stayed in theaters for 11 weeks.

Ly Hai has a series of hit films called Lat Mat. Photo: Provided by the film producer

Experts once divided the Vietnamese film market into “Tran Thanh, Ly Hai and the rest”. If Tran Thanh “dominated” the cinema during Tet, Ly Hai dominated during the holiday period of April 30 - May 1.

This year, Ly Hai faced a more formidable opponent, director Victor Vu, with the release of “Detective Kien: The Headless Case”. Both released in theaters, but in the first days, “Flip Side 8” dominated the screenings. Despite being criticized for its old theme and old approach, “Flip Side 8: Sunny Arms” still showing Ly Hai's superiority.

As of the night of May 1, "Lat mat 8" has reached the revenue mark of 100 billion VND, while "Tham tu Kien" is chasing and reaching a revenue of 85 billion VND.

The two films are expected to soon have new revenue figures, surpassing 100 billion VND - continuing the consecutive success of Vietnamese films this year at the box office.

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