Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 593 Violeta's Reputation Took a Hit

This movie was one that Violeta deemed worth sacrificing her own time for. As a conventionally solid movie, it wouldn't reflect poorly on her career.

What she didn't expect was just how pumped her fans would be.

The buzz wasn't bought it was all thanks to them.

Her fans took it upon themselves to hype up the film, posting all sorts of edited videos online. Thanks to their amazing efforts, a lot of these clips went viral on short video platforms.

Violeta had been out of the spotlight for a year and a half, so her fans missed her and were determined to see the movie.

The movie was Violeta's big debut in the movie world, and it was going head-to-head with other veteran films during the National Day holiday.

One of the rivals was Ophelia, with her new movie Dawn, which was her first take on a revolutionary-themed story.

Both movies had pretty much the same setting and time period.

Ophelia, being a veteran in the entertainment industry, was from the same era as Lydia.

After Lydia's downfall, Ophelia quickly took many of her resources, leading to a noticeable boost in her opportunities.

Ophelia remained a prominent figure, with her aired

Supporting Actress Award before and was nominated

terms of popularity, she wasn't as well-known as Lydia

to her work, she far

was very confident that Dawn would be her chance to make another shot for

little skit with the lead actors at the cinema. She also

who's won the Best Actor Award five times-a record that

would be the highest-grossing film

its National Day release, the numbers were

raked in 216

impressive box office numbers still only put Dawn in second place! So, who was

be The Island, with a whopping 262 million in its

number came out, the official Twitter account for The Island

didn't take long for Violeta's fans

surprising and frustrating for its producers to see it beaten by a film with less star power. The producer of Dawn was so enraged that he vented on Twitter in the middle of the night, blasting the current trend of prioritizing star power and

many amazing works and talented actors have been sidelined because of some big-name stars? It's really disappointing! After over thirty years in the biz, I've watched the industry change. These days, people need to ask: besides the

took off like a snowball, getting more and more attention in just half

didn't meet expectations and got beaten by a movie with a less impressive team and

though The Island had its share of veteran actors, it was worth mentioning that Dawn had Hugo, who had won the Best Actor Award

after a week, it was surprising to see it lagging 46 million behind the number one spot. Forty-six million wasn't huge, but it was definitely not small