Wenn V. Deramas' Moron 5 and the Crying Lady starring Luis Manzano, Billy Crawford, Marvin Agustin, Martin Escudero, DJ Durano and John 'Sweet' Lapus had already grossed P64.6 million after 3 weeks of screening according to Box Office Mojo (BOM).
With the success of Moron 5, producer Viva Films is now planning for a sequel. This will be a good news for the fans of Wenn Deramas' hit comedies including the highest grossing Pinoy film in history, The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin.
Meanwhile, Battleship still leads the pack for 2 weeks now. The Lucky One starring Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling debuted at no. 2, grossing P10.69 million in its opening week while another debuting film, Anonymous suffered the opposite raking only 0.41 million at the box office.
Here are the top movies in the Philippines for the period April 18-22 according to BOM.
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TW
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LW
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Movie
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Studio
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Weekend Gross
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Gross-to-Date
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Week
|
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1
|
1
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Battleship
|
UIP
|
34,845,343 PHP
|
95,925,965 PHP
|
2
|
|
2
|
N
|
The Lucky One
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WB
|
10,689,174 PHP
|
10,689,174 PHP
|
1
|
|
3
|
2
|
Moron 5 and the Crying
Lady
|
n/a
|
10,491,962 PHP
|
64,642,363 PHP
|
3
|
|
4
|
3
|
Wrath of the Titans
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WB
|
8,189,180 PHP
|
138,657,174 PHP
|
4
|
|
5
|
4
|
Titanic 3D
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Fox
|
3,869,175 PHP
|
23,119,015 PHP
|
3
|
|
6
|
5
|
The Hunger Games
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Pioneer
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1,193,378 PHP
|
139,996,453 PHP
|
5
|
|
7
|
N
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Anonymous
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Sony
|
418,464 PHP
|
418,464 PHP
|
1
|
|
8
|
9
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Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
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UIP
|
59,677 PHP
|
21,456,713 PHP
|
6
|
|
9
|
8
|
John Carter
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Disney
|
50,715 PHP
|
87,165,284 PHP
|
7
|
(as of April 22, 2012)
- Unofficially Yours - P157.25 M
- Moron 5 and the Crying Lady - P64.6 M
- Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang - P51.4 M
- A Mother's Story - P24.81 M
- My Cactus Heart - P23 M
- My Kontrabida Girl - P13.09 M
- The Witness - P8.6 M
- Hitman - P5.75 M