The Metro Manila Film Festival 2015 ended with a whopping gross earning of P 1.020 billion beating the total ticket sales and gross amount of the MMFF 2014 event at P1.014 billion.
The 41st Metro Manila Film Fest ended with a combined box-office gross from the eight official entries of the festival, the total amount was earned from the start of the film festival last December 25,2015 to the 7th of January 2016.
To settle the issue as to which film is the number 1 top grosser, PEP.ph investigated on the controversial issue, as reported on their site, it turned our that “Beauty and the Bestie” is the No. 1 entry of MMFF 2015.
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According to the report, this information is based on reliable PEP sources from the industry and cinemas. Again, this is based on the box-office figures on January 7, the last day of the MMFF and the movie “Beauty and the Bestie” came out as the top grosser.
The Executive Committee did not reveal the ranking of the official entries and the Top 4 entries were always mentioned in no particular order.
But the PEP sources have revealed the ranking of the Top four of the 41st MMFF, they are as follows:
- Beauty and the Bestie
2. My Bebe Love
3. #Walang Forever
4. Haunted Mansion
“Beauty and The Bestie” gross at the box-office was at P428 million by January 7, this is according to Star Cinema.
The other competing entries’ ranking were not revealed. Here they are in alphabetical order: “All You Need is Pag-Ibig;” “Buy Now, Die Later;” “Honor Thy Father” and “Nilalang.”
READ: “Nilalang” and “Honor Thy Father” pulled out in some cinemas as early as the first Day
The movie “My Bebe Love : #Kilig Pa More” showed strong in the box-office and it was the No. 1 entry during the first few days of showing.
Direk Wenn Deramas mentioned in an interview that “Beauty and the Bestie” ticket sales of P481 million as of 7:00 pm of January 12, surpassed the box-office gross of the John Lloyd-Bea Alonzo movie, “A Second Chance” P480 million record, as well as the earnings set by Vice-Ganda’s MMFF 2014 entry “The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin” which is P456 million
It was an exciting and at the same time a controversial 2015 film festival, as of this writing, there is an ongoing investigation at the House of Representative of alleged cheating, and unfair disqualification issues of one of the entries. We hope that the issues surrounding the MMFF 2015 be resolved before the next round of the selection of entries by mid this year.
Hoping for the very best, more glamorous and breathtaking thrills and excitement offering of films for the Metro Manila Film Festival event this 2016.
