ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
MANILA, August 2, 2017 – Disney-Pixar’s “Cars 3,” the latest installment in the beloved Cars series, raced to a smash P40.8-million opening weekend nationwide, ranking as the No.1 foreign movie for the July 26 – July 30 frame. This was announced today by The Walt Disney Company (Philippines). “Cars 3” is on track to surpass to the …
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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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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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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 …
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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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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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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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 …
MANILA, March 17, 2017 – Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” put a spell at the Philippine box-office, grossing an enchanted P47.2-M on its first day, March 16, and effectively breaking the record for the industry’s biggest opening day for 2017. This was announced today by a spokesman of the Walt Disney Studios Philippines. “Beauty and …
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MANILA, March 13, 2017 – Kong: Skull Island, Warner Bros. Pictures’, Legendary Pictures’ and Tencent Pictures’ epic reimagining of one of cinema’s mightiest monster myths, thundered to the top of the Philippine box office, earning a total of more than P77.86-M across 290 screens, with no signs of slowing down. The announcement was made today …
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