Box Office: "Spiderman" hangs into top

The Amazing Spiderman 2

Thanks to softer competitions, The Amazing Spiderman 2 continued to dominate the box office while So It's You and The Other Woman did decent business.

The Amazing Spiderman 2 fell 63 percent to ₱ 91.22 million. That's far from the first one's 30 percent drop but, it has already passed it as the second highest grossing Spiderman movie (Spiderman 3 is still the highest grossing Spiderman). With Godzilla coming next week, it is unlikely that can reach more than  ₱ 500 million.

So It's You

In second place, So It's You opened to ₱ 18.48 million. That's in line with Regal Films' recent movies. The problem is - can it hold in the next weeks? Regal Films announced that the movie grossed  ₱ 6 million on its first day (Wednesday) which means that it didn't hold in the next 4 days. So, above or below ₱ 30 million is likely.

Other Grosses:
The Other Woman -  ₱ 12.09 million; New Total - ₱ 12.09 million
Brick Mansions - ₱ 5.8 million; New Total - ₱ 5.8 million 
Da Possessed - ₱ 4.7 million; New Total - ₱ 122.07 million
Transcendence -  ₱ 0.49 million; New Total - ₱ 24.46 million
 Rio 2 -  ₱ 0.33 million; New Total - ₱ 112 million 

May 7-11, 2014 Box Office
Source: Box Office Mojo, Facebook

Box Office: All falls as "Spidey" leaps into top

The Amazing Spiderman 2

After quiet weeks in the box office, it has finally rise again with The Amazing Spiderman 2 opening into one of the highest openings in the country ever.

Spiderman 2 opened to a strong ₱251 million in its first week. That almost doubled the opening of the first movie (₱138 million). If it follows the same pattern of what the first one did, it could reach ₱600 million.

But, it is unlikely to happen. This could play like last year's Man of Steel which opened to a whooping ₱245 million but fell after that and ended its run with ₱388 million. It was maybe caused by not so good word of mouth and some strong competition.

The movie's reviews worldwide and domestically have been "so-so" and competition this year is tougher (Godzilla, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Maybe this Time, Maleficient opens week after week). But overall, it will still play very well for its distributor.

In second place, Da Possessed earned ₱17.99 million. In three weeks, the horror-comedy movie has now grossed ₱117 million which is Navarro's highest grossing solo movie.

Transcendence crashed on third place. The Johnny Depp Sci-Fi groosed ₱2.71 million which was off 70 percent from last week. It has now grossed ₱23 million.

In fourth place, Diary ng Panget managed to hold with ₱ 2.66 million which was just off  10 percent from last week. In five weeks, it has already earned ₱119 million.

Taking up its 3D screens and young moviegoers, Rio 2 fell 94 percent to a ₱0.66 million gross. Captain America: The Winter Soldier also fell 74 percent to ₱1.26 million. 

Other Grosses:
Heaven is for Real - ₱0.63 million; New Total -  ₱23.7 million
The Grand Budapest Hotel - ₱ 0.35 million; New Total - ₱2.98 million
300: Rise of an Empire - ₱0.1 million; New Total - ₱ 148 million

April 30 - May 4, 2014 Box Office 
Source: Box Office Mojo