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Record breaking gross earnings, plus the usual controversies and protests, marked the recently concluded 37th Metro Manila Film Festival.
The annual event, held Dec. 25-Jan. 7, brought in P636 million, the MMFF executive committee announced on Monday.
The execom was pleased to have surpassed its P600-million target, member Ric Camaligan told Inquirer.
Top-grosser was the Tony Y. Reyes fantasy-adventure Enteng ng Ina Mo, starring Vic Sotto and Ai Ai de las Alas. Joyce Bernal’s suspense-thriller Segunda Mano took second spot and Mac Alejandre’s Panday 2, featuring Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. was third. My House Husband: Ikaw Na!, a family comedy by Jose Javier Reyes, was fourth, followed by the horror trilogy Shake Rattle and Roll 13, by Richard Somes, Jerrold Tarog and Chris Martinez.
In the last two slots were the controversial films Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story by Tikoy Aguiluz and Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Jun Lana.
“How much [each of] these films earned, the exact figures, will be released by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) soon,” said Camaligan.
Record-breaker
Filmmaker Mark Meily, an execom member, added: “This year, we posted the highest first-day yield (P117.38 million) in the festival’s history.”
New Year’s Day earnings reached P477 million—a 20-percent increase from last year, said Camaligan, who is also head of the National Cinema Association of the Philippines.
Asked for his personal assessment, Meily said: “There are controversies and protests during the festival almost every year … and the disputes are almost always caused by one film outfit, Regal (Entertainment).”
The awards night boycott on Dec. 28 by the cast of Regal’s Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow was “a downer, but was also expected,” added Meily.
“It didn’t affect the awards proceedings at all,” Camaligan
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MMFF surpasses target
Friday, 13 January 2012
Record breaking gross earnings, plus the usual controversies and protests, marked the recently concluded 37th Metro Manila Film Festival. The...
Friday, 13 January 2012
Record breaking gross earnings, plus the usual controversies and protests, marked the recently concluded 37th Metro Manila Film Festival. The...
