Box Office: "Dragons" off to a flaming start

How To Train Your Dragon 2

How To Train Your Dragon 2 rises into top though its domination in the country is very limited.

Dragon 2 opened to ₱ 84.88 million .That's the second highest opening for an animated movie in the country and is way above the first one (₱8.2 million). But, with Transformers: Age of Extinction opening next week, it will crash in the next few weeks. 

Thanks to a strong word of mouth, The Fault in Our Stars managed to keep in second place grossing ₱ 38.4 million (just off 26 percent). So far, the Young Adult cancer drama has now earned ₱ 106 million.

After reigning for two weeks, Maleficient fell to third place this week earning ₱ 27.24 million and has already banked a strong ₱ 342 million in three weeks.

Biblical epic Noah opened in fourth place with a decent ₱ 21.84 million. That's gross should became hgiher if it was release on the time of the Holy Week.

Edge of Tomorrow fell to fifth place with ₱ 17.1 million and has earned a total of ₱ 69.6 million in two weeks. Blended, another movie for Warner Bros., opened in sixth place with ₱ 9.32 million.

Maybe This Time took another huge fall. It was of 79 percent to ₱ 5.89 million. In three weeks, the movie has now earned a strong ₱ 134 million.

Other grosses:
7500 - ₱ 2.159 million
X-Men: Days of Future Past - ₱ 2.151 million; New Total - ₱ 306.66 millionThere are still no reports for My Illegal Wife's gross. 


June 11-15, 2014 Box Office
Source: Box Office Mojo, IMDB

Box Office (UPDATED) : Filipinos are in "The Fault" mania too but "Maleficient" still leads

The Fault in Our Stars

All of the stars are in to The Fault in our Stars but not so many to beat Maleficient.

Maleficient was of 50 percent to ₱ 82.66 million in its second week. So far, the Angelina Jolie starring movie has earned ₱ 300 million. 

The Fault starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort opened to ₱ 51.46 million making it one of the highest opening for a foreign romantic drama movie. 

The opening was due to many good factors: The source novel has dominated the bookstores making a large fanbase among teenagers and adults (est. 283,680 admissions). Second, According to ClickTheCity, cinemas have noted repeat in views that reaches up to fourth recurrence. Third, Shailene Woodley is getting popular among the teens (thanks to Divergent)which might have helped too. And lastly, The strong word-of-mouth really helps a movie to continue a strong gross.

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The market has been overcrowded lately and with the opening of Transformers: Age of Extinction in two weeks, it's hard to predict its final gross. For now, its likely to reach ₱ 100 million before the end of its run.


Edge of Tomorrow opened in third place with ₱ 41.04 million. That's a bit higher than Tom Cruise previous movie, Oblivion (₱ 36 million). With a decent opening, Edge of Tomorrow is likely to end it run to ₱ 75 million.


Maybe This Time fell on fourth place this week earning ₱ 28.05 (off a normal 60 percent from last week). In two weeks, the Sarah Geronimo movie has now grossed ₱ 117 million. 

In fifth place, X-Men: Days of Future Past continues to crash. It was off 71 percent to ₱ 17.30 million but it has now earned a strong ₱ 299 million.

Other Grosses:
Pee Mak Prakanong - ₱ 1.38 million
Godzilla - ₱ 0.80 million; New Total; ₱ 155.1 million

Source: ClickTheCity, IMDB, Box Office Mojo

Box Office: "Maleficient" beats "Maybe This Time"

Maleficient

UPDATED:

Box Office continues to surprise us as Maleficient opened to huge numbers. Meanwhile. Maybe This Time also did fine but not extraordinary.

Maleficient opened to a ₱ 179.8 million. That's higher than Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (₱156-M), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (₱155-M) and Alice in Wonderland (₱140-M) making it the highest non-Marvel opening for Disney.

It's a very surprising opening for Maleficient. This is likely due to the lack of family-friendly movies (Spiderman 2 crashed on its second week and Rio 2 closed weeks ago). Even if How To Train Your Dragon surprises too, ₱ 280 million is now locked for Maleficient. 

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Maybe This Time

Maybe This Time opened to ₱ 72.96 million. That's the highest opening week for a movie starring Sarah Geronimo (not including It Takes A Man and A Woman). Recently, movies both domestic and foreign fell on their second week (by 60%) and Maybe This Time is likely to follow that pattern. Still, it is likely to finish between
₱ 140-150 million.

X-Men: Days of Future Past fell 65 percent this week to ₱ 60.27 million. With ₱ 273 million in 2 weeks, it is now the highest grossing X-Men movie in the country. 

While X-Men is losing power, Godzilla crashed harder. The monster movie crashed 81 percent to ₱ 5.59 million. In three weeks, it has now grossed ₱ 154 million.

The Quiet Ones opened to ₱ 1.98 million and appears to fade quickly from the theaters. Thanks to the overcrowded market today.

Other Grosses:

The Amazing Spiderman 2 - ₱ 0.59 million; New Total: ₱ 446.20 million 

May 28-June 1, 2014 Box Office
Source: IMDB, Box Office Mojo, Star Cinema