Red rain surpasses revenue, Tran Thanh faces more big trouble

On the evening of August 31, the film created 2 new records: It was the most popular movie in Vietnam in 2025 (surpassing Tran Thanh's Four Reporters with 332 billion VND) and the movie with the highest 1-day gross in Vietnamese box office history with 45.8 billion VND (surpassing Tran Thanh's Mai also).

As of 6 a.m. on September 1, Box Office Vietnam recorded that Red Rain had exceeded 350 billion VND on the 11th day of its release. This also became the first film in history to reach this revenue milestone in the shortest time.

The film is forecast to continue to create records in 2 days 1 and 2/9 as well as in the coming time. Some experts forecast that the film can reach 600-700 billion VND in revenue and quickly surpass Tran Thanh's Mai (551 billion VND) to become the highest-grossing work of all time.

In the past few days, Tran Thanh's name has suddenly been called out by the audience below posts related to the movie Red Rain. Although Hari Won's husband did not participate in this project, many comments still constantly mentioned Tran Thanh to compare the quality of the film and raise the question, whether Tran Thanh's position was shaken and whether he could maintain his form against increasingly heavy competitors in the film realm.

It is no coincidence that Tran Thanh has become the focus of debates. For many years, he has been the face of the box office with a hundred billion film series. Even the name Tran Thanh is considered a "gold mine" of Vietnamese cinema, each project associated with him creates a certain heat. Therefore, when Red Rain created a positive effect, many viewers immediately put it on the scale to compare with Tran Thanh's works.

The biggest trouble at this time for Tran Thanh is not only being called out by the audience every time there is a prominent Vietnamese film, but also lies in the fact that the 2026 Tet film season will witness fierce competition. Besides Rabbit! of Tran Thanh just announced not long ago, the audience will have more attractive options such as Mui Pho by director - actor Thu Trang or Treasure of Heaven, marking the long-awaited reunion of Tuan Tran - Phuong Anh Dao and "helmed" by director Le Thanh Son. experience makes Tran Thanh's position as the "Tet box office throne" more shaky than ever.

In another aspect, too high expectations from the audience also become an invisible pressure on Tran Thanh's shoulders. After the success of Nha Ba Nu or Mai, the public almost defaulted that Tran Thanh's film must bring in hundreds of billions of revenue. This inadvertently creates a barrier, because as long as a work does not achieve the expected numbers, he will immediately face doubts about his talent and status. And being called out recently is just a clear example that the audience is putting Tran Thanh in the center of comparison, even though he is not directly related to these projects.

In the context of increasingly vibrant Vietnamese cinema, it is no longer easy for audiences to give their full affection to an individual or a single brand. What they care about is the quality of the script, the novelty of the storytelling and the honest emotions. Therefore, if Tran Thanh's new film does not create a strong enough push, he can completely lose the advantage that has helped him dominate the Tet season for many years.

However, it is undeniable that Tran Thanh still owns a huge loyal audience and the ability to create a master media effect. He knows how to turn a movie into a much-discussed entertainment event, from the trailer to the backstage. The problem only lies in whether Tran Thanh will be able to overcome his own too big shadow.

Obviously, Tran Thanh's big trouble at this time does not only come from the opponent or the audience but also from the expectations he used to create himself. The 2026 Tet film season will be an important test, showing whether Tran Thanh will continue to retain the throne or will have to share the glory with other names.

Red Rain reached the 200 billion mark, second only to Tran Thanh, an actor revealed an embarrassing scene Thảo Mai21:18:17 28/08/2025On the same morning, Red Rain earned more than 189 billion VND, surpassing the 172 billion VND revenue of Tunnels to become the historical and revolutionary war film with the highest revenue at the Vietnamese box office.