MMFF First Day Report: The "Little Bossings" rule the box office, beat "4 Vice Gandas"

The box office became big again. My Little Bossings dominated the first day of the Metro Manila Film Festival while Star Cinema's Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy and Pagpag do some good business. Overall box office was higher than last year according to MMDA.

My Little Bossings opened to a spectacular PHP 50.4 million That's the highest opening for a local movie and for the MMFF beating, last year's Sisterakas (39 million). The gross was huge. This is largely thanks to the presence of Vic Sotto and Kris Aquino which are both good in the box office. Ryzza Mae Dizon has also contributed to the large gross.

However, the reviews I've seen for this movie are not good and these will hurt the movie (if the word-of-mouth won't be good). But, they are promoting this as a family movie so 300 million is still reachable.

Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy was in a close second place. The comedy earned PHP 47 million. Though it went below Bossings, this gross was the highest opening for a Vice Ganda movie beating Sisterakas and This Guy's In love with U Mare. Reviews for the movie are good so we can expect a tight race between GBBT and Bossings for the top spot (I still predict this to be the top grosser).

Meanwhile, Pagpag: Siyam na Buhay came in third place earning a massive PHP 24 million. This is the highest opening for a horror movie. This was also above the average opening of Shake Rattle and Roll movies.

Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel was in fourth place. But, no figures were announced.

5. 10,000 Hours
6. Boy  Golden
7. Kaleidoscope World

Pedro Calungsod: Ang Batang Martir was in the last place. It should rise up from its place if the word-of-mouth will be strong and if it can win awards from the MMFF (and a big buzz from it). But, it won't really help it that much since cinemas will pull it if the earnings will continue to be low and replaced by the top grossers.