Starting Over Again Gross P300-M in 12 Days; Bound to Break KimXi Box Office Record

Star Cinema's Valentine offering Starting Over Again starring Piolo Pascual and Toni Gonzaga has already gross P300 million at the box office in just 12 days. This was revealed by one of the movie's stars, Iza Calzado on Buzz ng Bayan Sunday.

"My role is not really lengthy. Pero inalaagan din ako ni Inang (Lamasan). Nung pinanood namin, maganda yung balanse ng pelikula. And maganda yung pagtanggap ng mga tao, so thank you," Iza said.

Star Cinema's Mico del Rosario also confirmed the news on Instagram.

"HELLO P300m !!! #startingoveragain Palabas na palabas pa rin sa lahat ng mga sinehan kahit saan sa pilipinas at sa iba pang lokasyon sa iba't ibang bansa!! Salamat sa lahat ng sumusuporta!!" he posted.

Starting Over Again is bound to break the box office record set by Star Cinema's January 2014 release Bride For Rent starring Kim Chiu and Xian Lim, which grossed P324 million in 4 weeks according to Box Office Mojo.

QUICK LINKS:

Starting Over Again Full Trailer—Theme Song Music Video and Lyrics

The Making—Movie Lines and Quotes—International Screenings

Starting Over Again tells the story of college professor Marco (Piolo Pascual), whose girlfriend, Ginny (Toni Gonzaga), left him without saying goodbye. The two cross paths again but Marco, who is now a chef, is already happy with a new partner, Patty (Iza Calzado).

Written by Carmi Raymundo and directed by Olivia Lamasan, Starting over Again is now approaching its third week in cinemas.

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Starting Over Again Breaks Box Office Records, Hits P200-M in Just 5 Days

Star Cinema has scored another big hit with the first big screen tandem of Piolo Pascual and Toni Gonzaga in the Valentine movie Starting Over Again The said movie has grossed P200 million in just 5 days of showing.

This figure was announced by Star Cinema’s advertising and promotions manager Mico Del Rosario and was also posted on the film outfit's official Instagram account.

"#StartingOverAgain has made 200M in 5 days! Maraming maraming maraming salamat sa napakainit na suporta mga Kapamilya! To God be the glory!" Star Cinema said on the photo's caption.

QUICK LINKS:

Starting Over Again Full Trailer—Theme Song Music Video and Lyrics

The Making—Movie Lines and Quotes

Starting Over Again tells the story of college professor Marco (Piolo Pascual), whose girlfriend, Ginny (Toni Gonzaga), left him without saying goodbye. The two cross paths again but Marco, who is now a chef, is already happy with a new partner, Patty (Iza Calzado).

Written by Carmi Raymundo and directed by Olivia Lamasan, Starting over Again is now showing in close to 300 theaters nationwide.

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Starting Over Again Gross P150-M in 4 Days; Box Office King and Queen Title for Piolo and Toni Possible

Breaking box office records, Starting Over Again is! The Star Cinema Valentine offering which stars Piolo Pascual and Toni Gonzaga grossed P150 million in just 4 days.

Can Piolo and Toni snatch this year's Box Office King and Queen titles?

This figure was announced by Star Cinema’s advertising and promotions manager Mico Del Rosario on Sunday and was also reported o ABS-CBN's Buzz ng Bayan.

"This is truly a record-breaker! Marami pong salamat sa inyong lahat mula sa bumubuo ng Star Cinema! The movie is now showing in over 270 cinemas nationwide," he said.

Starting over Again opened in theaters last February 12 with about P25 million and has breached the P100-million mark in a matter of three days. The movie is also doing well overseas and is also showing in over 50 theaters in North America.

QUICK LINKS:

Starting Over Again Full Trailer—Theme Song Music Video and Lyrics

The Making—Movie Lines and Quotes

Also starring Iza Calzado, the Piolo Pascual and Toni Gonzaga movie is "8 months in the making and 13 years in the waiting," as how the lead stars described it. 

Starting Over Again, written by Carmi Raymundo and directed by Olivia Lamasan, is now on the running to be the highest-grossing film this and the biggest hit for Gonzaga and Pascual. The success of the film will also make Piolo and Toni as contenders for this year's box office king and queen titles.

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Starting Over Again Gross P100 Million in 3 Days; Certified Box Office Hit!

Star Cinema's Valentine offering Starting Over Again has breached the P100 million mark in just three days, making it a certified box office hit. The movie which stars Piolo Pascual and Toni Gonzaga opened in cinemas nationwide on Wednesday.

Starting Over Again lead stars Piolo and Toni with 'Inang' Olive Lamasan

"MARAMING MARAMING SALAMAT SA SUPORTA! #startingoveragain P100 Million in JUST 3 DAYS!!" Star Cinema's Mico del Rosario posted on Instagram. "Hello P100!!! #StartingOverAgain breaches the mark in just 3 days!!! Salamat po sa suporta!!!" he added on Twitter.

Starting over Again is one of the fastest films to reach the P100 million mark. The movie opened in theaters with about P25 million and the box office gross doubled in just a matter of two days. No wonder, the over 3 million trailer views and the positive reviews of viewers translated to its immense success.

QUICK LINKS:

Starting Over Again Full Trailer—Theme Song Music Video and Lyrics—The Making

Star Cinema opened the year with a big box office hit in Kim Chiu and Xian Lim's Bride For Rent and with how Toni and Piolo's first movie was appreciated by the audience, it is without a doubt that the movie will surpass the P325 million set by the KimXi tandem to be the highest-grossing Valentine movie of all time.

It is also bound to be the most successful movie of lead stars Toni Gonzaga and Piolo Pascual.

Also starring Iza Calzado (who impressed moviegoers with her performance in this film) and directed by Olivia Lamasan, Starting Over Again is now showing in more than 200 theaters nationwide.

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Starting Over Again Opening Gross: P24.3 Million at the Box Office

Star Cinema's Valentine offering Starting Over Again has grossed P24.3 million at the box office on its opening day. The movie which stars Piolo Pascual and Toni Gonzaga premiered in the Philippines on Wednesday (February 12). This is higher than the first day gross of KimXi's certified box office hit Bride For Rent which opened at P21.2 million.

The figure came from ABS-CBN ad prom's Eric John Salut, who posted the latest box office update on Twitter. Meanwhile, a partial unofficial gross of P20 million was announced Wednesday on Aquino and Abunda Tonight during Toni Gonzaga's guesting. 

QUICK LINKS:
Starting Over Again Full Trailer—Theme Song Music Video and Lyrics—The Making

From the its trailer views of more than 3 million and the reviews of moviegoers, there's no wonder that Starting Over Again will do well in the box office. Directed by the one and only Olivia Lamasan, the movie also stars Iza Calzado.

Check out Toni Gonzaga's interview on  Aquino and Abunda Tonight Wednesday where she became very emotional because of the success of the movie.

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Bride For Rent Makes History as the Highest Grossing January Release in the Philippines

Star Cinema's Bride For Rent made history as the highest-grossing January release in the Philippines. The movie, which stars Kim Chiu and Xian Lim is the film outfit's opening salvo for 2014.

According to Star Cinema's AdProm Director Roxy Liquigan, Bride For Rent has already grossed P325 million at the box office as of February 7, that is 24 days after it first opened in cinemas nationwide.

Bride For Rent is the 6th Pinoy movie to surpass the P300 million  mark following The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin, Sisterakas, It Takes A Man and A Woman, My Little Bossings, and Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy.

Directed by Mae Czarina Cruz and written by Carmi Raymundo, the movie also stars Pilita Corrales, Tirso Cruz III, Dennis Padilla, Matt Evans, Martin del Rosario, and Empoy Marquez.

Quick links: 

Bride For Rent Full Trailer—Official Movie Poster—International Screenings

Meanwhile, with the successes of their first two movies, Star Cinema is trusting another big screen project to Kim and Xian this year. They may be separated on television for now (as Kim is pairing with Coco for the first time in the teleserye Ikaw Lamang) but fans will get to see them in movies.

The still untitled movie will start filming this year (WATCH THE BANDILA REPORT HERE).

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Bride For Rent Breaches P300-Million Mark at the Box Office

Star Cinema's Bride For Rent has already grossed more than P300 million at the box office. The news was announced by Star Cinema's Mico del Rosario on Twitter. The movie, which stars Kim Chiu and Xian Lim is now the most successful opening film of Star Cinema.

Bride For Rent is just the 6th Pinoy movie to surpass the P300 million  mark. The other films are Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy, My Little Bossings, It Takes A Man and A Woman, Sisterakas and The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin. Among these, 3 films were topbilled by phenomenal box office star Vice Ganda.

Hello P300M !!! #brideforrent !!

— Mico del Rosario (@micodelrosario) February 1, 2014

The stars and director of Bride For Rent took to social networks such as Twitter and Instagram to express their gratitude towards all the fans for the overwhelming support they had for the movie.

Directed by Mae Czarina Cruz and written by Carmi Raymundo, the movie also stars Pilita Corrales, Tirso Cruz III, Dennis Padilla, Matt Evans, Martin del Rosario, and Empoy Marquez.

Quick links: 

Bride For Rent Full Trailer—Official Movie Poster
Teaser Trailers—International Screenings

Meanwhile, with the successes of their first two movies, Star Cinema is trusting another big screen project to Kim and Xian this year. They may be separated on television for now (as Kim is pairing with Coco for the first time in the teleserye Ikaw Lamang) but fans will get to see them in movies.

The still untitled movie will start filming this year (WATCH THE BANDILA REPORT HERE).

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Bride For Rent Gross P280-M in 2 Weeks Box Office; KimXi Preps for Next Movie this 2014

The tandem of Kim Chiu and Xian Lim thanked fans for the overwhelming support in their latest movie BRIDE FOR RENT. In two weeks, the Star Cinema movie has grossed P280 million at the box office. It is now the highest-grossing opening film of Star Cinema, and of KimXi as well.

"Thank you sa lahat ng staff, sa crew, of course sa Mama ko. Kung nassan man siya ngayon, thank you so much kasi alam ko gina-guide niya ako simula nang nawala siya. Nung Bakit Hindi Ka Crush, maganda ang tanggap ng tao tapos ito ulit," an emotional Kim said during the movie's victory celebration.

In just a week after release, Bride for Rent has raked in P200 million. Bride for Rent is expected to hit P300 million if the warm support of viewers still continue. 

Directed by Mae Czarina Cruz and written by Carmi Raymundo, the movie also stars Pilita Corrales, Tirso Cruz III, Dennis Padilla, Matt Evans, Martin del Rosario, and Empoy Marquez.

Quick links: 

Bride For Rent Full Trailer—Official Movie Poster
Teaser Trailers—International Screenings

Meanwhile, with the successes of their first two movies, Star Cinema is trusting another big screen project to Kim and Xian this year. They may be separated on television for now (as Kim is pairing with Coco for the first time in the teleserye Ikaw Lamang) but fans will get to see them in movies.

The still untitled movie will start filming this year (WATCH THE BANDILA REPORT HERE).

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Bride For Rent Gross P200 Million at the Box Office in 8 Days

Star Cinema opens the year 2014 with a big box office hit courtesy of Bride for Rent starring the kilig tandem of Kim Chiu and Xian Lim. After only 8 days in theaters, Bride for Rent has already crossed the P200-million mark in gross ticket sales.

The said figure was announced by the movie's lead star Kim Chiu who posted the above photo on her official Instagram account Friday. 

"Maraming, maraming salamat po! Sobra! Thank you Papa God! Thank you sa lahat ng nanood. Sa lahat ng nakitawa and nakiyak sa amin, maraming, maraming, maraming salamat po," she said in the image's caption.

Bride For Rent has such an impressive run in cinemas, raking over P100 million in just 4 days. The movie is the most successful Star Cinema movie released in January after the Metro Manila Film Festival. It is now the highest-grossing KimXi movie, beating last year's Bakit Hindi Ka Crush Ng Crush Mo which took over two weeks to earn P100 million.

Quick links: 

Bride For Rent Full Trailer—Official Movie Poster—Teaser Trailers

Bride for Rent is expected to hit P300 million if the warm support of viewers still continue. Directed by Mae Czarina Cruz and written by Carmi Raymundo, the movie also stars Pilita Corrales, Tirso Cruz III, Dennis Padilla, Matt Evans, Martin del Rosario, and Empoy Marquez.

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Bride For Rent Gross P100 Million in 4 Days; Certified Box Office Hit!

There's no stopping Bride For Rent from taking the whole country by storm as it already grossed P100 million in just 4 days, breaking box office records. The movie starring Kim Chiu and Xian is Star Cinema's opening salvo for 2014.

Bride For Rent opened in theaters last January 15 with P21.2 million gross in the box office and in less than a week in cinemas, it has earned P100 million, making it one of the fastest movies to hit the said mark. 

There is no doubt about the success of the movie with fans expressing how excited they were to watch and several posts showing that the tickets for this movie are always sold out. In fact, its trailer remains to be one of the most-watched, with close to 2 million views as of this writing.

Now showing in more than 200 cinemas nationwide, Bride for Rent is bound to be Kim Chiu and Xian Lim's highest-grossing movie to date, beating their first ever big screen tandem Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo which grossed P102.36 million in three weeks.

Quick links: 

Bride For Rent Full Trailer—Official Movie Poster—Teaser Trailers

With Star Cinema opening the year with a huge box office hit, the pressure is now on for the next movies to be released by the film outfit. Slated to open January 29 is action film Sa Ngalan ng Ama, Ina at Mga Anak starring an ensemble of Padilla clan including Robin, his wife Mariel and nephew Daniel. [Check out full trailer]

Meanwhile, Piolo Pascual and Toni Gonzaga's first big screen team up in Staring Over Again will be Star Cinema's Valentine offering. Also starring Iza Calzado and under the helm of Olivia Lamasan, the movie opens in cinemas February 12. Watch full trailer here.

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Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy Now Highest-Grossing Pinoy Film of All Time

It's not anymore Sisterakas. The record as the Philippines' all-time highest grossing film is now held by Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy starring Vice Ganda portraying four characters with different sexual orientations. 

The achievement was announced during a thanksgiving party attended by box office director Wenn Deramas, ABS-CBN executives including President Charo Santos-Concio, Star Cinema head Malou Santos, and June Rufino of Viva Films which co-produced the movie.

According to Star Cinema, Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy, an entry to the 2013 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) made history on Thursday as the highest grossing Philippine film of all time. The movie has earned P427 million since opening on Christmas Day.

Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy, which was hailed MMFF 2013 2nd Best Picture, may not be the festival's top grosser but in the days leading up to the closing, organizers reported that the movie ruled daily grosses. The two-week festival closed with Vice Ganda's movie just P450,000 short of the gross earnings of top grosser My Little Bossings. [Click here for the MMFF 2013 Final Gross tally]

My Little Bossings, starring Vic Sotto, Kris Aquino, Bimby Aquino Yap and Ryzza Mae Dizon, has also crossed the P400-million mark, making it the second highest-grossing film in history. Sisterakas, which also stars Vice Ganda and Kris Aquino, as well as Ai Ai Delas Alas, now settles in third place.

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Bride For Rent Opening Gross: P21.2 Million at the Box Office on First Day

Star Cinema's opening salvo for 2014, Bride For Rent, has grossed P21.2 million on its opening day. The movie which stars Kim Chiu and Xian Lim premiered in the Philippines on Wednesday.

"Amaaazzzzinnggg!!! On its first day: #brideforrent made a whopping P21.2 Million at the box-office!!! Congratulations to the entire team! Pang-MMFF levels sa lakas ang kimxian tandem!" Mico del Rosario of Star Cinema posted on Instagram.

Bride for Rent is Kim Chiu and Xian Lim's follow up movie after the success of their first ever big screen tandem in Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo. The said movie grossed P102.36 million in three weeks.

Quick links: Bride For Rent Full Trailer—Official Movie Poster—Teaser Trailers

Also starring Dennis Padilla, Empoy Marquez, Martin del Rosario, Lloyd Zaragoza, Matt Evans, Eda Nolan, Zeppi Borromeo, Marlann Flores, RJ Ledesma and Tirso Cruz III, Bride For Rent is Direk Mae Czarina Cruz's last film as a single lady.

With more fans raring to see Bride for Rent, no wonder that this will surpass the box office success of Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo and be KimXi's highest-grossing film.

Bride for Rent is now showing in more than 140 cinemas nationwide.

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MMFF 2013 Final Gross and Box Office Results: Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy Short of P450k to Beat My Little Bossings as Top Grosser

The 39th Metro Manila Film Festival made history as the most successful edition of the annual festival with total gross earnings close to P1 billion at the end of its two-week run from December 25, 2013 to January 7, 2014.

My Little Bossings and Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy were in a tight battle to be this year's top grosser. However, Vic Sotto's film won the race by just P450,000 with a total box office gross of P375.9 million in two weeks according to the official tally by MMDA. Vice Ganda's film, on the other hand raked in P375.45 million at the end of the festival.

Undefeated in third place is Pagpag: Siyam Na Buhay of Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla with box office gross of P170.5 million followed by Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel with P30.6 million.

The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), organizers of the 2013 MMFF did not reveal the gross of the 4 films in the bottom ranks –10,000 Hours, Boy Golden: Shoot to Kill, Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir, and Kaleidoscope World.

Meanwhile, Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy has already surpassed the record set by last year's Sisterakas. As of January 13, the said movie has P420 million under its belt and now in competition to be the highest grossing Filipino film of all time. My Little Bossings, its closest rival has yet to release official box office figures.

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MMFF 2013 Box Office Results (Day 10): Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy, My Little Bossings Breach P300-M Mark

Vice Ganda's Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy and Vic Sotto's My Little Bossings has both surpassed the P300-million mark, making these movies the biggest box office hits of this year's Metro Manila Film Festival.

Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy breached the P300-million mark on Friday, confirmed Star Cinema's advertising and promotions manager Mico del Rosario. 

Meanwhile, My Little Bossings which also stars Kris Aquino, his son Bimby and child wonder Ryzza Mae Dizon crossed the milestone in nationwide earnings one day earlier than the MMFF 2013 2nd Best Picture, making it the MMFF 2013 top grosser so far.

Ranking third and fourth, respectively, were the horror film Pagpag starring Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla which already grossed more than P100 million, and the Eugene Domingo-starrer Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel. 

Best Picture 10,000 Hours, action flick Boy Golden: Shoot to Kill, the historical biopic Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir, and dance musical Kaleidoscope World were the ones in the bottom ranks.

According to the Metro Manila Development Authority, organizer of the MMFF, ticket sales have reached P597 million as of December 31, 2013. 

With  My Little Bossings and Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy raking more than P300 million and other entries also earning close to P200 million if combined, this year's MMFF is on track to be the most successful edition in history and is bound to break last year's record of P767.8 million.

The 39th edition of MMFF will run until January 7, 2014.

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MMFF 2013 Box Office Results (Day 6): My Little Bossings, Just P1.7-M Away from Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy

Although My Little Bossings still leads the box office race in the 2013 Metro Manila Film Festival, it is just less than P2 million away from Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy. These two movies are in a tight race to be MMFF 2013 top grosser. 

According to Eric John Salut, ABS-CBN TV Production publicity and social media head, My Little Bossings of Vic Sotto, Kris Aquino, Ryzza Mae Dizon and Bimby Aquino-Yap had already grossed P230,444,229 six days in the filmfest.

Meanwhile, the Vice Ganda-starrer Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy raked in P228,769,000 gross on the sixth day, about P1.65 million short to equal the earnings of the current box office leader. 

In third place in the MMFF 2013 rankings is the lone horror entry, Pagpag starring Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla, Shaina Magdayao and Paulo Avelino. So far, the movie has earnings close to P120 million. 

MMFF 2013 organizers have yet to announced the official rankings of the rest of the entries. However, it's safe to assume that Kimmy Dora Prequel and Best Picture winner 10,000 Hours were the ones battling for the fourth and fifth places in the ranking.

The films in the bottom ranks include action flick Boy Golden: Shoot to Kill, the historical biopic Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir, and dance musical Kaleidoscope World. The latter two, according to reports had only a share of 15 cinemas after about three days in the festival since most cinema owners decided to give more theater showing to the top 2 movies.

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MMFF 2013 Latest Box Office Results: Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy Breaches P200-Million Mark

Star Cinema and Viva Films' Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy is definitely a box office success in the 2013 Metro Manila Film Festival. The MMFF 2013 second Best Picture starring Vice Ganda has already surpassed the P200-million mark on Monday, December 30. 

"#GirlBoyBaklaTomboy has just reached the 200Million mark earlier today. Maraming maraming salamat po MadlangPeople!!! Deserve nating tumawa!" Vice revealed on Twitter.

Star Cinema's Mico del Rosario said that Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy breached the P200-million mark as of 1 p.m. on Monday which is less than a week after it opened on Christmas Day. He also said that the earnings of the movie is higher than that of Sisterakas at this point last year.

My Little Bossings, however, is still this year's top grosser so far reaching the P200 million mark earlier than Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy with P202,767,958.58 gross earnings as of Sunday, December 29, according to an Instagram post by ABS-CBN's Darla Sauler.

According to Kris Aquino, she and Vic Sotto already recovered their capital in producing the movie three days after the film opens in cinemas, an indication that the said movie is a huge it.

Pagpag is still 3rd in the box office race with over P100 million earnings while Kimmy Dora Prequel and MMFF 2013 Best Picture 10,000 Hours are battling it out for the 4th and 5th spot. 

There's no official box office figures yet from the MMFF 2013 organizers and tally for the films in the bottom ranks like Boy Golden: Shoot to Kill, Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir, and Kaleidoscope World is just scarce since about 80-90% of the gross receipts for the festival came from the top 3 movies. 

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MMFF 2013 4th Day Box Office Results: My Little Bossings, Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy Breach P100-M Mark

Vic Sottos's My Little Bossings and Vice Ganda's Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy are in a tight race to become this year's Metro Manila Film festival top grosser. Based on 4th day MMFF 2013 box office results, both movies have already surpassed the P100 million mark.

According to a tweet from ABS-CBN adprom's Eric John Salut, My Little Bossings is still leading with P165,518,225 gross while Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy closely followed with box office earnings of P161,777,000.

The MMFF 2013 organizers are yet to release official box office figures but ranking of the eight movies are reportedly unchanged since day 1 with Pagpag and Kimmy Dora Prequel placing 3rd and 4th in the rankings, respectively.

The bottom 4 films include MMFF 2013 Best Picture 10,000 Hours starring Robin Padilla, Boy Golden: Shoot to Kill of ER Ejercito and KC Concepcion, the historical biopic Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir, and the dance musical Kaleidoscope World.

This year's edition of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is on track to be the most successful yet in the 39 years of the annual filmfest.

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MMFF 2013 Third Day Box Office Results: Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy Still Lags Behind My Little Bossings

The 2013 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is on track to be the most successful edition in the history of MMFF. This year's entries broke box office records on its first 2 days and maintained a strong presence until the third day of the annual festival.  

My Little Bossings still leads with earnings now close to a P100 million followed by Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy. Lone horror movie Pagpag ranked 3rd while Kimmy Dora Prequel is unmoved in 4th place.

Related: MMFF 2013 Awards Night – List of Winners

The festival organizers are yet to release official box office figures for all the entries but rankings of the eight films are unchanged since the second day of MMFF 2013. According to MMDA, this year's two-day festival gross of P234 million is 34% higher than last year.

Trailing in earnings are MMFF 2013 Best Picture 10,000 Hours starring Robin Padilla, Boy Golden: Shoot to Kill of ER Ejercito and KC Concepcion, the historical biopic Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir, and the dance musical Kaleidoscope World.

It is expected that 10,000 Hours winning 14 trophies including the Best Picture award in last night's "Gabi ng Parangal" will boost its popularity to at least grab a spot in the top 4 movies this year. The fictional film, inspired by Sen. Panfilo Lacson, was directed by Bb. Joyce Bernal who also bagged the Best Director award.

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MMFF 2013 Second Day Box Office Results: My Little Bossings and Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy on Top

Vic Sotto movie My Little Bossings still leads the MMFF 2013 box office race on the second day of the annual festival. Breaking box office records, the movie which also stars Ryzza Mae Dizon and Bimby Aquino Yap earned a whooping P50.4 million on its opening day.

Vice Ganda's Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy was not far behind in second place. It grossed P47.6 million on Christmas Day while Pagpag of KathNiel is in third place with opening earnings of P23.7 million, the highest for any horror movie in history. Rounding up the top 4 movies is Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel. 

The MMFF organizers did not release official figures for the other 5 entries since about 90% of the P134-million earnings during the first day came from the top 3 grosser. However, they ranked the entries according to box office success. 

Here is the 2013 MMFF 2nd day box office result. Official figures will be updated as soon as available.

		Second Day Box Office Results (December 26, 2013)
MMFF 2013 Entry		Day 1	Day 2	Total Gross (2 days)
1.	My Little Bossings	Php 50.4 M	NA	NA
2.	Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy	Php 47.6 M	NA	NA
3.	Pagpag	Php 23.7 M	NA	NA
4.	Kimmy Dora Prequel	(not released)		(not released)
5.	10,000 Hours	(not released)		(not released)
6.	Boy Golden	(not released)		(not released)
7.	Pedro Calungsod	(not released)		(not released)
8.	Kaleidoscope World	(not released)		(not released)

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MMFF 2013: First Day Top Grosser and Box Office Results

The 39th Metro Manila Film Festival has started and My Little Bossings starring Vic Sotto, Ryzza mae Dizon, Bimby Aquino-Yap and Kris Aquino topped the first day of the 2013 MMFF. 

My Little Bossings is followed by another surefire hit Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy starring Vice Ganda and Pagpag, the only horror movie in the bunch which stars teen idols Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla. In 4th place was the third and last installment of Kimmy Dora franchise, Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel topbilled by Eugene Domingo and Sam Milby.

Other films which failed to make it in the top 4 movies based on the box office tally during the first day of MMFF 2013 are Boy Golden of ER Ejercito and KC Concepcion, 10,000 Hours of Robin Padilla, the Francis Magalona-inspired Kaleidoscope World and Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir starring Rocco Nacino as the 2nd Pinoy saint.

This year's festival is a record-breaking one with 12% more sales on the opening day than last year. Here is the 2013 MMFF 1st day box office result:

		First Day Box Office Results (December 25, 2013)
MMFF 2013 Entry		Source: MMDA (partial box office tally)
1.	My Little Bossings	Php 50.4 million
2.	Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy	Php 47.6 million
3.	Pagpag	Php 23.7 million
4.	Kimmy Dora Prequel	(not released)
5.	Boy Golden	(not released)
6.	10,000 Hours	(not released)
7.	Kaleidoscope World	(not released)
8.	Pedro Calungsod	(not released)

According to Kris Aquino, My Little Bossings now holds the record for the highest single day earning for any Philippine film in history beating last year's Sisterakas. 

"Thank you for the support & love you gave Bimby & @ryzzamaechacha... Bimby & Ryzza now hold the box office record for highest opening day gross for a Filipino movie... Thank You for the best Christmas gift! Thank you for loving our kids! #mylittlebossings Good Night," Kris posted in her Instagram account.

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