In My Life may be one of the only two local movies in Box Office Mojo’s top 19 hit movies in the Philippines from September 16-20, 2009 but it sure gave all those Hollywood flicks a good shake. The Star Cinema movie, topbilled by Vilma Santos, John Lloyd Cruz and Luis Manzana, generated almost PhP64 million* in its first five days of running, making it the most watched movie in the country over that period.

Previous ruler Kimmy Dora stepped down a notch to the second place after collecting over PhP11.5 …

Kimmy Dora, Eugene Domingo’s first lead role, ruled the box office for the second straight week with over P20 million based on Box Office Mojo’s September 9-13 figures. Kimmy Dora now earned a  total of PhP50,582,638 in its first two weeks of showing.
Aside from Kimmy Dora, there were only two other local films that made it to the top 20 — And I Love You So and Tarot. And I Love You So, topbilled by Bea Alonzo, ruled the local silver screen chart previously and its total earnings now amount …

The local cinema, like always, got a beating from Hollywood blockbusters in August 19-23, 2009 based on Box Office Mojo Philippines.
Pixar’s newest animated flick Up emerged the most successful over that weekend collecting more than PhP46 million (using US$1=PhP48.5 conversion). Up was followed by action franchise G. I. Joe with almost PhP22 million. Star Cinema’s offering And I Love You So closed the top 3 with more than PhP10 million, with its total gross amounting to more than PhP36 million as of August 23.

And I Love You So’s gross may …

‘Harry Potter 6′ Opens With P104.77-M, Boosting Franchise as Biggest as Ever!
posted on Tuesday July 21, 2009
“The Half-Blood Prince” is the full-fledged king of Philippine box-office! The sixth installment of the “Harry Potter” saga rewrote the record books, posting a royal P104.77-million nationwide four-day opening weekend (July 16-19) in 310 screens. This was announced today by Francis Soliven, general manager of Warner Bros. Philippines, the film’s local distributor.
That figure represents the all-time biggest four-day opening weekend in Philippine history (beating 2007’s ‘Transformers’ at P103.87-million). “Prince” also broke the fastest time …

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen zooms past the P300 million mark yesterday, July 8, making it the second most successful  film of all time in Philippine box office.
This is the second installment of the Transformers series. Revenge of the Fallen was released throughout the glibe last June 24, a coupe of years after the first film, which also became commercially successful, becoming the fourth largest movie during its time.
Hmmm. It seems like the ailing economy and the A H1N1 virus scare is no match to a wildly entertaining sci-fi movie. …

Star Cinema’s Mothers’ Day offering BFF: Best Friends Forever, starring the Megastar Sharon Cuneta and the Comedy Queen Ai-ai Delas Alas, seems to be stuck at the third spot of the highest grossing movies in the Philippines for 2009. This is based on Box-Office Mojo.
You Changed My Life is still dominates the chart. However, things are expected to change with the impending release of Hollywood sequels Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
We’ll see what happens next.

You Changed My Life is immovable, sitting on top of the 2008 box office chart. Star Cinema’s T2 starring Maricel Soriano is at a far second, earning around PhP84 million on its fifth week.

Here are the Top 10 films, Hollywood and local, in the Philippines as of May 10 based on BoxOfficeMojo.com.
May 6 – May 10
(US $1 = 47.24746 Philippines Peso)
Rank [Number of Weeks Counted] Filipino Movie
New Entry *Number of Weeks at #1
01 – PhP 225,209,842 – You Changed My Life [7]***
02 – PhP 84,185,193 – T2 [5]***
03 – PhP …