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| Vietnamese movie ’Em Chua 18’ (Jailbait) earned record revenue of VND150 billion (US$6.6 million) following16 days of nationwide screening. Kieu Minh Tuan (R) and Kaity Nguyen (L), lead actors in Jailbait, will also feature in a new movie expected to hit cinema by April 27 next year. — Photo news.zing.vn |
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HA NOI — Vietnamese movie Em Chua 18 (Jailbait) earned record revenue of VND150 billion (US$6.6 million) following 16 days of nationwide screening, making it the highest-grossing Vietnamese movie to date.
Until May 13, more than two million cinema tickets of Jailbait were sold. Jailbait is also among the top three movies in Vietnamese cinema box office history to date, besides Kong: Skull Island and Fast & Furious 8.
With revenue of VND150 billion, Jailbait surpassed Em La Ba Noi Cua Anh (Sweet 20), the most watched Vietnamese movie that set the Vietnamese box office record in 2015 by earning VND101 billion ($4.8 million) in revenue.
Besides this, the music video of Yeu La Tha Thu (Love is Forgiving), a song from Jailbait, also got 24 million views on YouTube.
The movie has been directed by Le Thanh Son of Bay Rong (Clash) fame and De Mai Tinh’s (Feel For Love) filmmaker Charlie Nguyen.
Nguyen will next remake Japanese movie Key of Life with the participation of Kaity Nguyen, the lead actress in Jailbait and Thai Hoa, Kathy Uyen and Huy Me.
“The audience will see a different Kaity Nguyen in the role of a hacker in this movie. I have confidence in Kaity Nguyen’s capability,” Nguyen said.
Kieu Minh Tuan and Kaity Nguyen, lead actors in Jailbait, will also feature in a movie named Em tren 18 (Above 18 years old), which is expected to hit cinema by April 27 next year to celebrate the one year anniversary of Jailbait. — VNS
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