The cast of ’10,000 Hours’ led by Robin Padilla (center) during the Parade of Stars for the annual Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) (Photo by Ali Vicoy)
The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is enjoying its best year so far, breaking records in terms of gross earnings in its 39th year.
The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reported a two-day income of P234 million, with P134 million earned on opening day (Dec. 25) and an additional P100 million earned on the second day.
MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said that this year’s opening-day gross is 23% higher compared to 2012’s P105 million. The second-day earnings he added, are 34% higher than last year.
While the exact figures concerning each entries have yet to be determined, comedy flicks “My Little Bossings” and “Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy” maintain their position as among this year’s top grossing films, followed by horror “Pagpag: Siyam na Buhay” and action-comedy “Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel.”
Notably, these films outranked MMFF Award’s biggest winner “10,000 Hours” in terms of ticket sales but not that it bothers lead actor Robin Padilla.
In his speech, the 39th MMFF Best Actor awardee took pride in the numerous recognition that festival judges afforded their entry.
“Wala ‘man sa atin ang salapi… pero nasa atin ang karangalan,” he said.
Apart from allowing a Best Actor nod for Padilla, “10,00 Hours” earned Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Original Story as well as the Best Director trophy for Joyce Bernal.
“Ang laban dito talagang ‘yung ganda ng pelikula. Ang pelikula namin may kinalaman sa mga buhay natin,” Padilla quipped.
He also took a swipe at the seeming frivolity given to the other film entries. “Hindi kami nag-e-entertain, ‘yung mga kapatid natin sa ibang pelikula, sila’y nag-e-entertain. Kami iba. Nagmumulat kami kaya mayayabang kami kasi totoo ‘yung sinasabi namin,” he said.
39th MMFF sets two-day record-breaking gross
Source: Mb.com.ph (December 28, 2013 at 05:10PM)
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