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Due to Word of Mouth, “Kita Kita” is a Box-Office Success, Goes Abroad

It was probably Antoinette Jadaone’s That Thing Called Tadhana and the then unpopular film Train to Busan the last films that weren’t expected to become big because of their anonymity but because of good word of mouth online and passed through from friends to friends or relatives, they’ve become a box-office hit. Today, Sigrid Andrea Bernardo’s Kita Kita starring the unusual …

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“Wonder Woman” Overtakes “Batman v Superman” as Biggest WB Movie in PH

MANILA, July 03, 2017 – It’s official: An Amazonian princess has bested both the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight at the Philippine box office. As of last Saturday, July 1, the P520.5-million cumulative box-office gross of Wonder Woman has overtaken the lifetime gross of Batman vSuperman: Dawn of Justice to become the biggest Warner Bros. Movie of All-Time. This …

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“Despicable Me 3” Opens at No.1 with P93.6-M, the Biggest Opening Weekend for Animation in 2017

MANILA, June 19, 2017 – Universal Pictures and Illumination’s new comedy adventure Despicable Me 3 ran off with a nationwide box-office haul of P93.6-M to open a No.1 and grab the biggest opening weekend for an animated title in 2017. Bowing two weeks earlier in the Philippines ahead of the US, Despicable Me 3 proved …

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“Wonder Woman” Soars at PH Box Office with P233-M in 4 Days!

MANILA, June 5, 2017 – One of the best-reviewed and most-anticipated Super Hero movies of all time, director Patty Jenkins’s epic action adventure “Wonder Woman” soared to the top of the Philippine box office on its opening weekend, earning a record-shattering P233-M, and still climbing. The Warner Bros. Pictures release, which stars Gal Gadot as …

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“Wonder Woman” Grosses P48.39-M on Opening Day, Year’s Biggest Non-Holiday Bow

MANILA, June 2, 2017 – Arriving with power, grace, wisdom and wonder, Warner Bros. Pictures’ Wonder Woman pulled off the year’s biggest non-holiday opening day record as it grossed a whopping P48.39-M on its first day of release (including midnight previews) yesterday, June 1.   This was announced today by Francis Soliven, General Manager of …

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Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” Now the No.1 Movie of All-Time in PH

MANILA, April 12, 2017 – The retelling of a classic fairytale has now rewritten the record books!  Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast” is now officially the biggest-grossing movie ever released in the Philippines. The romantic, fantasy musical posted a cumulative gross of a jolting P667.46-M yesterday, its 27th day of release, and effectively overtaking …

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“Beauty and the Beast” Now the 6th Biggest-Grossing Film Ever in PH with P541.67-M in 11 Days

MANILA, March 27, 2017 – Disney’s live-action fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast” dazzled again at No.1 on its second weekend at the box-office, grossing with a massive P541.67-M in just 11 days. This figure puts it at sixth place in the rankings of all-time highest-grossing movies in the Philippine industry. This was announced today …

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“Moana” Breaks Animation Record, Grosses P85.68-M in 5 Days

MANILA, December 7, 2016 – Disney’s “Moana” found out “how far it’ll go” at the Philippine box-office – and far it went with an opening weekend gross of P85.68-million in only five days. The sea-faring adventure also broke the record for the all-time biggest opening day gross for an nimated film last Nov. 30 with …

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“Fantastic Beasts” Earns a Magical Half Billion Dollars Worldwie, P231.17-M in PH

On the heels of topping the box office in its opening weekend, the widely acclaimed magical adventure “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” surpassed half a billion dollars at the global box office on Tuesday, November 29, following its second weekend in release.  The announcement was made November 30 by Sue Kroll, President of …

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“Ouija: Origin of Evil” Scares Up US Box-Office with $14.1-M

Universal Pictures’ new suspense thriller “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” the follow-up to 2014’s horror hit “Ouija,” opened in the US with a spooky $14.1 million at the box-office, a smash return given its $9 million budget. The film bows in the Philippines this Wednesday, Oct. 26. Universal distributed the Blumhouse production, which got markedly better …

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