Here's my 6th edition of my Philippine Box Office Roundup and you can read my previous recap here. And as always here are some notes with regards to my box office roundup:
- The following box office stats are from the ever awesome Box Office Mojo's Philippine Box Office Index. Thus, my box office comparisons and analysis are only limited to what Box Office Mojo has in its records
- Studios and local distributors sometimes issues press releases about the box office performance of their movies and there are instances that they do not exactly match the data Box Office Mojo have in hand. I'm not sure how wide Box Office Mojo's scope is with our local theaters but for the purposes of a consistent discussion and analysis I will only focus on the numbers posted at Box Office Mojo.
- I added some stuff like the Mission Impossible : Ghost Protocol box office for 2012 since Box Office Mojo does not include that 2011 holdover on their Top Movies 2012 list. Meanwhile the box office numbers for the holdovers from the MMFF last year are not on BOM's list so they're not on here as well.
- Box Office Mojo does not have the numbers for Ayala Cinemas Exclusive My Week with Marilyn so it's not on the charts below.
The Hunger Games slayed the competition and ruled the Philippine Box Office opening with 62 million pesos ($1.4 million) from March 21-25. The movie easily shot up to 6th place in the box office chart (it's #7 in the dollars chart due to Peso-Dollar exchange rate differences). With a strong opening, The Hunger Games will pose a challenge to current top grossing movie, UnOfficially Yours. It should be noted that UnOfficially Yours still had the highest opening week for 2012 with 71 million pesos.
There were two other movies that opened the same week and predictably didn't made much of an impact. The Philippine-Indonesian co-production The Witness opened with 4.6 million ($127K) while the long-delayed The Muppets only earned 1.4 million pesos ($34K).
Elsewhere on the chart, John Carter moved up to 3rd place grossing 82 million pesos ($1.9 million) while local horror movie Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang leaps to #11 earning 40 million pesos ($947K). The movie is already on par with Erich Gonzales' previous movie I Do which earned ~42 million pesos in 2010.
There were two other movies that opened the same week and predictably didn't made much of an impact. The Philippine-Indonesian co-production The Witness opened with 4.6 million ($127K) while the long-delayed The Muppets only earned 1.4 million pesos ($34K).
Elsewhere on the chart, John Carter moved up to 3rd place grossing 82 million pesos ($1.9 million) while local horror movie Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang leaps to #11 earning 40 million pesos ($947K). The movie is already on par with Erich Gonzales' previous movie I Do which earned ~42 million pesos in 2010.
Here are the Philippine Box Office charts (both in dollars and pesos) as I originally posted at the BoxOffice.com forums:
Top Movies for 2012 (as of March 25, 2012)
- In Pesos
- (local) UnOfficially Yours - 157,254,200 PHP
- Underworld Awakening - 102,119,364 PHP
- John Carter - 82,502,393 PHP
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance - 72,209,152 PHP
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - 67,511,470 PHP
- The Hunger Games - 62,051,673 PHP***
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - 61,951,573 PHP
- The Vow - 59,340,178 PHP
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked - 56,157,209 PHP
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* - 50,696,658 PHP*
- (local) Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang - 40,421,214 PHP
- Chronicle -35,486,025 PHP
- The Darkest Hour - 34,477,168 PHP
- This Means War - 32,328,384 PHP
- (local) A Mother's Story - 24,815,781 PHP
- Mirror, Mirror -23,065,675 PHP***
- (local) My Cactus Heart - 23,008,393 PHP
- The Lorax -19,123,824 PHP
- The Devil Inside -17,204,924 PHP
- Safe House - 14,284,788 PHP
- Jack and Jill - 13,462,940 PHP
- (local) My Kontrabida Girl - 12,021,877 PHP
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 9,475,901 PHP
- Contraband - 9,151,255 PHP
- (local) Hitman - 5,757,748 PHP
- We Bought a Zoo - 5,568,319 PHP
- Star Wars Episode 1 3D - 4,595,572 PHP
- (co-prod with Indonesia) The Witness - 4,601,586 PHP
- Hugo - 4,407,536 PHP
- The Grey - 4,000,508 PHP
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - 3,817,569 PHP
- The Descendants - 3,217,457 PHP
- Moneyball - 2,628,771 PHP***
- The Woman in Black - 2,624,792 PHP
- Haywire - 2,365,429 PHP
- J.Edgar -2,092,195 PHP
- War Horse - 2,032,464 PHP
- One For the Money - 1,783,197 PHP
- Beauty and the Beast (3D) - 1,666,199 PHP
- Man on a Ledge - 1,588,510 PHP
- The Muppets - 1,453,013 PHP
- Breaking Wind -1,359,086 PHP
- Coriolanus - 1,180,075 PHP
- 11-11-11 1,125,821 PHP
*** The Hunger Games, Mirror, Mirror, and Moneyball are ranked higher in this chart compared to the Dollars gross chart due to changes in the US Dollar-Peso exchange rate.
- In US Dollars
- (local) ÜnOfficially Yours - $3,704,457
- Underworld Awakening - $2,391, 207
- John Carter - $1,933,082
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance - $1,691,905
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - $1,574,215
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - $1,460,261
- The Hunger Games - $1,453,909
- The Vow - $1,390,377
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked - $1,323,682
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* - $1,187,103*
- (local) Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang - $947,094
- Chronicle - $832,097
- The Darkest Hour - $812,183
- This Means War - $757,474
- (local) A Mother's Story - $574,764
- (local) My Cactus Heart - $542,331
- Mirror, Mirror - $540,443
- The Lorax - $448,083
- The Devil Inside - $403,122
- Safe House - $333,089
- Jack and Jill - $315,445
- (local) My Kontrabida Girl - $281,680
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - $223,225
- Contraband - $214,284
- (local) Hitman - $135,636
- We Bought a Zoo - $131,497
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D) - $107,913
- (co-prod with Indonesia) The Witness - $107,818
- Hugo - $103,206
- The Grey - $94,296
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - $89,448
- The Descendants - $75,387
- The Woman in Black - $61,869
- Moneyball - $61,297
- Haywire - $55,483
- J.Edgar - $49,059
- War Horse - $47,879
- One For the Money - $42,007
- Beauty and the Beast 3D - $39,070
- Man on a Ledge - $37,513
- The Muppets - $34,045
- Breaking Wind - $31,914
- Coriolanus - $27,332
- 11-11-11 - $26,362
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