Entertainment Journals PH

The 5th Wave debuts strong on Philippines Box Office.The science fiction thriller films opened to $ 1.1 million ( Est. PHP 52 million) in the country. That's a strong opening for a January opening. This proves that the combination of the popular Chloe Grace Moretz (popular in the teen demographic in the country) and the sci-fi theme. Meanwhile, the movie opened to a so-so $ 10.7 million  in the United States box office which ranks sixth, behind holdovers The Revenant ($ 16 million), Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($ 14.2 million), & Ride Along 2 ($ 12.9 million) and newcomers Dirty Grandpa starring Robert De Niro and Zac Efron ($ 11.52 million) & The Boy ($ 11.26 million).

Anne Curtis announced Monday that Beauty and the Bestie has already earned PHP 474 million in the box office (higher than last year's Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin ). Rankings: 1. Beauty and the Bestie 2. My Bebe Love 3. Haunted Mansion 4. #WalangForever

Poster of My Bebe Love: Kilig Pa More UPDATE (12|29|15): Here are the Day 3 totals (according to PEP) 1. My Bebe Love: Kilig Pa More -  PHP 157 million 2. Beauty and the Bestie - PHP 131 million 3. Walang Forever - PHP 36 million 4. Haunted Mansion - PHP 29 million  UPDATE  (12|28|15): According to 24 Oras , My Bebe Love  has already raked PHP 157 million in 3 Days. That's in line with last year's gross of The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin  which reached PHP 200 million in 4 Days (Note: Christmas fell on Thursday last year). UPDATE (12|27|15) First day receipts of MMFF 2015 amounted to PHP 150 million. That's up 2 percent from last year's PHP 147 million. GMA News reports that the initial first day gross of My Bebe Love : Kilig Pa More is PHP 60.46 million. Removing the 60 million of Bebe Love , the left gross receipts for the remaining 7 movies will be at 90 million. If we're going to use the percentage of the 7 movies according to the data given ...

Beauty and the Bestie Release Date: December 25, 2015 Studio: Star Cinema & VIVA Films UPDATE (12|23|15): I've adjusted down my forecast for Beauty and the Bestie from 450 million now to 420 million Analysis: Beauty and the Bestie marks the fourth film of Vice Ganda in the Metro Manila Film Festival. Every movie succeeds (from 2012-2014) breaks the record of the his previous film. Last year's The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin holds the title for the highest grossing MMFF. Can Bestie follow the track? As I said earlier, each of his MMFF entry film breaks the record of his previous entry: from Sisterakas to Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy and to The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin . On paper, its easy to say that Beauty and the Bestie will follow that. But right now, it's odds have decreased. The movie will face the anticipated Aldub movie My Bebe Love: Kilig Pa More . And after four years, are the audiences finally tired of his type of comedy (personally, I'm not)? Coco M...

UPDATE: MMFF results are   here The christmas season is here. As we all know, all foreign movies will be removed from the theaters (So watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens immediately!) because it's time for the annual Metro Manila Film Festival . The Philippine cinema has grown to a height that we have never expected 10 years ago. MMFF is one proof. And this year won't be different - 8 movies will fight for the audiences who annually goes to theaters every Christmas. The top choices will be: My Bebe Love: Kilig Pa More! which stars the unexpected phenomenal 'Aldub' (Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza) tandem with Ai Ai Delas Alas and Vic Sotto & Beauty and the Bestie which stars phenomenal box office star Vice Ganda and Coco Martin. Also, the romantic comedy movies All You Need is Pag-Ibig and Walang Forever are also strong contenders but both will be figthing for 3rd place. Who will be No. 1 this year? Will Vice continue his streak? or the force is with Aldub...