The Reunion Grosses P55.57 Million in Two Weeks, Just One Summer Flops at the Box Office

Star Cinema's barkada movie The Reunion starring Xian Lim, Kean Cipriano, Enchong Dee and Enrique Gil had already grossed P55.57 million after 2 weeks of showing in theaters according to third party tabulator Box Office Mojo (BOM). The said movie had an opening gross of P10 million according to Star Cinema.

The Reunion added about P24 million to its first week gross of P31.21 million to maintain its 3rd place position on the box office tally for the period of August 22-26, which was dominated by Colin Farrell's Total Recall. It was also last week when The Healing breached the P100 million mark.

Meanwhile, JuliElmo's launching movie, Just One Summer, grossed P6.16 million on its first week run and has been pulled out in theaters. The box office results of the two movies was in contrast to the results of our poll wherein  Just One Summer won over The Reunion by mile.

Cinemalaya movie Mga Mumunting Lihim grossed P0.77 million on its first week of showing. Here are the top 10 movies in the Philippines for the period August 22-26 according to BOM.

TW	LW	Movie	Studio	Weekend Gross	Gross-to-Date	Week
1	N	Total Recall (2012)	Sony	28,809,494 PHP	28.81-M PHP	1
2	2	The Expendables 2	Viva Int.	20,423,228 PHP	74.73-M PHP	2
3	3	The Reunion (2012)	Star Cin.	11,748,208 PHP	55.57-M PHP	2
4	1	The Bourne Legacy	UIP	11,575,873 PHP	195.47-M PHP	3
5	6	Brave	Disney	1,880,653 PHP	65.21-M PHP	4
6	7	Step Up Revolution	Pioneer	937,674 PHP	45.98-M PHP	4
7	5	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	Fox	820,286 PHP	9.3-M PHP	2
8	N	Mga Mumunting Lihim	n/a	774,349 PHP	0.77-M PHP	1
9	N	Hope Springs	Pioneer	665,466 PHP	0.67-M PHP	1
10	8	The Dark Knight Rises	WB	380,417 PHP	223.01-M PHP	6

Highest Grossing Pinoy Films for 2012
(as of August 26, 2012)

1. Unofficially Yours - P157.25 M
2. Kimmy Dora and the Temple of Kiyeme - P133.34 M
3. The Healing - P104.6 M
4. Moron 5 and the Crying Lady - P64.6 M
5. The Reunion - P55.57 M
6. Born To Love You - P52.37 M
7. Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang - P51.4 M
8. Every Breath U Take - P50.2 M
9. The Mommy Returns - P30.6 M
10. Boy Pick-Up: The Movie - P24.99 M
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11. A Mother's Story - P24.81 M
12. My Cactus Heart - P23 M
13. My Kontrabida Girl - P13.09 M
14. The Witness - P8.6 M
15. Just One Summer - P6.16 M
16. Hitman - P5.75 M
17. Mga Mumunting Lihim - P0.77 M

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Judy Ann Santos' Mga Mumunting Lihim Full Trailer Released

The full trailer of Mga Mumunting Lihim starring Judy Ann Santos, Iza Calzado, Janice De Belen and Agot Isidro has been released. Mga Mumunting Lihim (Those Little Secrets) is one of the 5 finalists in the Director's Showcase category of the 8th Cinemalaya Film festival 2012. 

Mga Mumunting Lihim is about the struggles of a group of childhood friends. The movie will start with the death of a friend (Judy Ann Santos) and how she left evidences about the untold secrets of her friends of many years, and so the conflict begins.

See more about the movie and some of the study posters here

Directed and written by Joey Reyes, Mga Mumunting Lihim will be shown in theaters from July 20-29, 2012 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Greenbelt and Trinoma cinemas.

Watch Mga Mumunting Lihim (Those Little Secrets) full trailer below:

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Judy Ann Santos' Mga Mumunting Lihim Movie Posters and Teaser

Mga Mumunting Lihim (Those Little Secrets) starring Judy Ann Santos, Iza Calzado, Janice De Belen and Agot Isidro is one of the 5 finalists in the Director's Showcase category of the 8th Cinemalaya Film festival 2012. The film is said to have the most number of mainstream actors in its lead cast albeit being an indie movie.

The movie is written and directed by acclaimed director Jose Javier Reyes, who also directed some of Judy Ann's blockbuster movies and filmfest entries.

See the official list of Cinemalaya 2012 film entries here.

Check out some of the study posters for Mga Mumunting Lihim  below:

Mga Mumunting Lihim is about the struggles of a group of childhood friends. The movie will start with the death of a friend (Judy Ann Santos) and how she left evidences about the untold secrets of her friends of many years, and so the conflict begins.

Watch the teaser of Mga Mumunting Lihim here:



Judy Ann Santos' role is a bit different from what she used to do as she will play a slight kontrabida character in Mga Mumunting Lihim.

“Kuwento siya ng apat na magkakaibigan. Noong namatay ako, dun sa pagkamatay ko, may mga nilabas akong sikreto ng mga kaibigan ko. Kumbaga, sinulat ko sa diary yung mga naiisip ko tungkol sa kanila nung nabubuhay pa ako. Parang, kung susumahin mo, akala mo mabait ako dun, yun pala hindi. Meron siyang mga pananaw sa mga kaibigan niya na di niya masabi kaya isinusulat nya nalang. Dun nagsimula ang anggulo ng gulo sa bawat isa,” said Judy Ann in an interview.

The 8th CINEMALAYA Independent Film Festival will run from July 20-29, 2012 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Greenbelt and Trinoma cinemas.

Photos courtesy of Mga Mumunting Lihim Facebook

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8th Cinemalaya Film Festival 2012 Official List of Entries Revealed!

The Cinemalaya Foundation and the Cultural Center of the Philippines announced on Friday, May 25 the official list of films that made it as entries to the 8th Cinemalaya Film Festival 2012.

There are 25 films that will be competing in three different categories namely: the New Breed Full Length Feature category, the New Breed Short Film category, and the Director's Showcase category.

The 25 films, each of which received a seed grant of P500, 000, will be shown on July 20-29 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Ayala Cinemas in Greenbelt Makati and Trinoma Quezon City.

Here are the official list of entries for the 8th Cinemalaya Film Festival 

New Breed Full Length Feature - 10 Film Entries:

Emmanuel Palo's "Santa Nina"
Gino Santos and Jeff Stelton's "The Animals"
Vincent Sandoval's "Aparisyon"
Mes de Guzman's "Diablo"
Lemuel Lorca and Jerry Gracio's "Intoy Syokoy ng Kalye Marino"
Alfred Aloysius Adlawan's "Ang Katiwala"
Marietta Jamora's "Ang Nawawala"
Paul Sta. Ana's "Oros"
Julius Sotomayor Cena's "Mga Dayo"
Loy Arcenas' "Requieme"

New Breed Short Film - 10 Film Entries:

Nadjoua Bansil's "Bohe: Son of the Sea"
Sigrid Andrea Bernardo's "Ang Paghihintay sa Bulong"
Mario Celada's "Pasahero"
Sheron Dayoc's "As He Sleeps"
Marianito Dio Jr.'s "Sarong Aldaw"
Emmanuel Escalona, Jr.'s "Balintuna"
Hannah Espia's "Ruweda"
Chuck Gutierrez's "Ulian"
Richard Legaspi's "Manenaya"
Jarell Serencio's "Victor"

Director's Showcase - 5 Film Entries:

Adolfo Alix, Jr.'s "Kalayaan"
Joey Javier Reyes' "Mga Mumunting Lihim"
Raymond Red's "Kamera Obskura"
Jun Lana's "Bwakaw"
Lawrence Fajardo's "Posas"

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