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