'The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin'
MMFF 2014 was big success, exceeding its 1 billion gross income
target, which last year's MMFF nearly reached with 999M
The 40th Metro Manila Film Festival ran for 14 days, December 25, 2014
to January 7, 2015, and based on a tweet posted by TV5 reporter MJ
Marfori last Thursday, MMDA revealed that MMFF 2014 had a total 14-day
gross earnings of P1.014B, which is just 1.5% higher than in 2013.
Assuming it is not a padded figure, it exceeded last year obviously
because movie tickets from the festival were priced higher. When
talkin' about actual tickets sold, I think last year was still higher.
MMFF 2014 should have earned much higher than the 1.014B, given the
higher ticket price.
Sadly, MMDA did not reveal once again how much each of the 8 entries
earned within the 2-week period. But since Day 1, the festival top
grosser was 'The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin', which crossed P400-M mark
after 13 days.
Based on my estimates, TAPB could have possibly earned P407.2M as of
January 7, the end of the festival.
Kris Aquino-Coco Martin starrer 'Feng Shui 2' on one hand came 2nd
with an estimated P213.9M, while 'My Big Bossing' had an estimated
P120.7M.
In 4th was the delightful surprise 'English Only, Please' with an
estimated P91.2M gross, while 'Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2' took
5th with P81.1M estimated gross.
The Bottom 3 films ('Shake, Rattle & Roll XV', 'Bonifacio: Ang Unang
Pangulo', 'Magnum Muslim .357') share the remaining P99.9 million.
Meanwhile, Star Cinema's Mico del Rosario update on Instagram, 'The
Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin' already has P415M and 'Feng Shui 2' has
P225M gross receipts as of yesterday, January 9, 16 days after they
opened in theaters.
That officially makes 'TAPB' as the highest-grossing Pinoy film
released in 2014, beating Toni Gonzaga-Piolo Pascual movie 'Starting
Over Again' which had P410M.
By Myk @ MyKiRu IsYuSeRo
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