Every Breath U Take Grosses P25.5 Million on its First Week

Star Cinema's comedy romance, Every Breath You Take starring Angelica Panganiban and Piolo Pascual had grossed P25.5 million on its first weekend (5 days of showing) according to third party tabulator Box Office Mojo (BOM) for the period of May 16-20. 

Every Breath U Take was the number 1 movie for the said period, ending the 3-week reign of The Avengers, which is deemed as the all-time highest grossing movie in the country. The Piolo-Angelica starrer was also the top debuting movie of the period, beating hollywood films such as Safe and What To Expect When You're Expecting.

Meanwhile, another Pinoy movie, Pokwang's The Mommy Returns had already grossed P27.8 million after 2 weeks of showing.

Here are the top movies in the Philippines for the period May 16-20 according to BOM.

TW	LW	Movie	Studio	Weekend Gross	Gross-to-Date	Week
1	N	Every Breath U Take	Star Cin.	25,517,397 PHP	25,517,397 PHP	1
2	1	The Avengers (2012)	Disney	24,911,529 PHP	616,933,823 PHP	4
3	2	Dark Shadows	WB	20,356,620 PHP	55,387,704 PHP	2
4	-	The Mommy Returns	n/a	5,120,833 PHP	27,775,159 PHP	2
5	N	Safe (2012)	Viva Int.	4,460,445 PHP	4,460,445 PHP	1
6	3	21 Jump Street	Sony	2,380,088 PHP	10,484,512 PHP	2
7	N	The Pirates! Band of Misfits	Sony	2,073,521 PHP	2,073,521 PHP	1
8	4	American Reunion	UIP	1,259,505 PHP	16,868,591 PHP	3
9	N	What to Expect When You're Expecting	Pioneer	849,230 PHP	849,230 PHP	1
10	7	Battleship	UIP	522,411 PHP	122,592,175 PHP	6

*movies in yellow are debuting movies for the period


Highest Grossing Pinoy Films for 2012
(as of May 20, 2012)

1. Unofficially Yours - P157.25 M
2. Moron 5 and the Crying Lady - P64.6 M
3. Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang - P51.4 M
4. The Mommy Returns - P27.8 M
5. Every Breath U Take - P25.5 M
6. A Mother's Story - P24.81 M
7. My Cactus Heart - P23 M
8. My Kontrabida Girl - P13.09 M
9. The Witness - P8.6 M
10. Hitman - P5.75 M

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