'Finding the Body: Headless Ghost' surpasses 'The Tunnel: Sun in the Dark' in revenue

'Finding the body: Headless Ghost' earned 2.63 billion VND on its first day of release, surpassing the daily revenue of 'Tunnel: Sun in the Dark'.

As of noon on April 19, Headless Ghost earned VND2.63 billion with more than 31,000 tickets sold and 3,359 screenings, while Tunnels: Sun in the Dark earned VND2.26 billion with more than 21,000 tickets and 1,986 screenings nationwide.

Tien Luat (as Tien) in the movie Finding the Body: Headless Ghost

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However, the war film about Cu Chi tunnels by director Bui Thac Chuyen still topped the box office revenue when it earned more than 144 billion VND since its premiere on April 4, far surpassing a series of foreign films: Marrying a ghost to dispel bad luck (31.3 billion VND), A Minecraft movie (19.8 billion VND), Construction worker secret agent (13.3 billion VND), Panor: Blood magic (4.1 billion VND)...

Find the Body: Headless Ghost based on a true story from 1987

When developing the project, producer Nhat Trung was asked to rewrite the entire script to make it closer to the real story that happened in 1987. However, he thought the case was too tragic, so he chose a more humane approach, only taking inspiration from key details to build the story.

Finding the Body: Headless Ghost (released on April 18), directed by Bui Van Hai, revolves around the story of Tien (played by Tien Luat), a corpse collector living with his mentally ill mother (People's Artist Hong Van) and Thanh (Ngo Kien Huy), an ambulance driver.

Ngo Kien Huy (left) and Dai Nghia in the movie Finding the Body: Headless Ghost

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The two met each other on a bus carrying a headless corpse. From here, Tien and Thanh encountered horrifying phenomena leading to a journey full of surprises. The film also features the participation of Dai Nghia, Thanh Huong, Hoang Meo, Kim Huyen, Phan Vu...

After Finding the body: Headless Ghost , Vietnamese films preparing to hit theaters during the April 30-May 1 holiday season include Detective Kien: The Headless Case by Victor Vu and Flip Side 8: Sunny Bracelet by Ly Hai.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tim-ma-xac-khong-dau-vuot-doanh-thu-dia-dao-mat-troi-trong-bong-toi-185250419154751709.htm