''Dad, I'm Sorry'' (, "Old Father") is a 2021 Vietnamese

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produced by

Trấn Thành Huỳnh Trấn Thành (born February 5, 1987) is a Vietnamese comedian, actor and television presenter. Biography Trấn Thành was born and raised in Ho Chi Minh City. His father is of Chinese descent from Guangdong and his mother from Tien ...

and HKFilm Galaxy Studio directed by Trấn Thành and Vũ Ngọc Đãng, based on the

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of the same name. It stars Ngọc Giàu, Tuấn Trần, Ngân Chi, Lê Giang, Hoàng Mèo, Lan Phương, La Thành, Lê Trang, Quốc Khánh, A Quay và Bảo Phúc. ''Dad, I'm Sorry'' is scheduled to be released in the

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on March 12, 2021. It was previously set for release on

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(February 12, 2021), but was postponed due to the outbreak of

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. It was selected as the Vietnamese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the

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Cast

Release

''Dad, I'm Sorry'' was scheduled to be released in the

on February 12, 2021; however, because of the

epidemic's severity in Hai Duong and some other localities, it was postponed. On February 24, Tran Thanh announced the film's new premiere schedule on March 12, around the same time as Bao Nhan and Nam Cito's ''Gái già lắm chiêu V''. The film had its press and media premiere on the afternoon of March 4, and had early screenings from March 5 to March 8, 2021.

Reception

Box office

After two days of sale, by the evening of March 3, 2021, ''Dad, I'm Sorry'' sold nearly 12,000 tickets, earning more than VND 1.2 billion (equivalent to USD in ). By noon on March 4, according to Tran Thanh's announcement, the total revenue from pre-booked tickets was nearly VND 2 billion. On the first day of early screening (from 18:00 on March 5), the film had more than 1,200 screenings – the highest number of early screenings after 18 hours for a Vietnamese film – with nearly 37,000 tickets sold, earning an additional 3.6 billion, thereby raising the total revenue to nearly VND 6 billion (''Box Office Vietnam''). On the afternoon of March 6, the release announced that the film had collected VND 10.6 billion within the first 6 hours of early screening, becoming the second highest-earning early-release film in Vietnam after '' Avengers: End game.'' As of the morning of March 7, 2021, according to Box Office Vietnam, the total box office revenue of ''Dad, I'm Sorry'' is more than VND 33.8 billion. With nearly 7,000 screenings from March 5 to March 8, more than ''Gái già lắm chiêu V'', the film is expected to soon reach over VND 100 billion in revenue.

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