ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
“Insidious: Out of the Further” scared its way to the second biggest film of 2026 in the Philippines, grossing P393,373,490 as of its third weekend in cinemas, overtaking “The Odyssey” on its eighth weekend.
Records have been broken as “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” web-slings itself to the biggest post-pandemic opening weekend in the Philippines.
The highly anticipated superhero adventure accumulated 586.9 million PHP during its first 5 days of release July 29 to August 1 on over 700 screens, also claiming the title of the biggest Spider-Man movie and 3rd biggest opening weekend in the Philippines, trailing “Avengers: Endgame” and “Avengers: Infinity War.”
Amaze. Amaze. Amaze! Epic space adventure Project Hail Mary launched with the highest-grossing film debut of the year, landing at a $140.9 million box office opening weekend.
RECORD BREAKING news welcomed Regal Entertainment, Inc. this 2026 as its entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival 2025, ‘Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins’ sets a new record, grossing P110M in two weeks.
The Walt Disney Company has officially become Southeast Asia’s number one Hollywood studio of 2025, wrapping up a blazing box office run this year with The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Lilo & Stitch and Captain America: Brave New World leading the charge as the studio’s top-performing releases in the Philippines. This weekend, fans in the Philippines felt the heat of Avatar: Fire and Ash on the big screen, as the film grossed US $2.4M at the box office.
“Shake, Rattle, and Roll” is back with a vengeance at the 51st Metro Manila Film Festival. The latest installment of the Regal Entertainment’s iconic movie series, “Shake, Rattle, and Roll: Evil Origins,” is drawing record crowds after it hit cinemas on December 25, marking the biggest opening day for a Filipino horror film in over a decade.
Zootopia 2 has slithered straight to the top of the global box office, raking in a record-breaking US$556 million in its opening weekend, clinching the highest global debut of 2025, the 4th highest global opening of all-time, and the highest global opening for any animated film in Disney history.
A congratulations is in order as Wicked: For Good earns ₱163.5 million in the 5-day opening weekend box office. That’s a 54% jump from the opening weekend of the first Wicked film. The Philippines charted high international sales, ranking sixth worldwide outside of the United States. Wicked: For Good also holds the achievement for having the biggest opening weekend for Universal in 2025, and since 2018.
“Final Destination Bloodlines” made a killing at the box office on its opening weekend.
Venom: the Last Dance took a huge chunk out of the box office as it grossed $175 million USD globally. The final chapter to the epic Venom saga stepped into #1 in the Philippines and most territories where it opened.