ENTERTAINMENT | April 21, 2017
It has been an annual tradition in the Philippines for new local and foreign movies to be shown in hundreds of cinemas in different parts of the country on Black Saturday. This year, the eighth installment of the globally successful car-wrecking and thrill-seeking action film franchise and a romantic comedy movie featuring the Philippines' premiere millennial love team have captured the hearts of movie buffs and dominated the local box office in their own right. Let's see how they fare in the big screens, shall we?
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Universal Pictures' Fast and Furious 8 shattered box office records in many countries around the world in just about a week including a solid US$100.2 million in North America during its opening weekend, and the Philippines is no exception. The Vin Diesel-Dwayne Johnson opened on April 15, 2017 with a Php56 million gross in Philippine cinemas shattering records as the biggest opening day of the year and the best first day gross for a Universal Pictures film and even beating its predecessor's Php48 million opening day sales. In fact, it recorded an Easter weekend opening gross of Php110 million making an ode to fast cars and family a film to be reckoned with in local cinemas.
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Meanwhile, Star Cinema's Easter offering "Can't Help Falling in Love" starring Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla has broken its own sleuth of local box office records. The movie sealed an opening-day gross of Php33 million making it the highest opening gross for Black Saturday of all time for a Philippine movie. In fact, it has just reached the Php100 million box-office gross mark after four days which is now considered a certified blockbuster.
Congratulations to the two Black Saturday openers!! These two movies are still showing in theaters nationwide, so don't miss out on what you can expect from these flicks.
