After the success of her movie with Aga Muhlach "In the Name of Love," Angel Locsin preps up for another movie that will highlight her acting prowess.

“In the Name of Love” was a huge success. The Olivia Lamasan film which starred Angel Locsin and Aga Muhlach was not only praised by the critics but it also made a killing at at the box-office.

The film was even listed in the Top 20 movies around the world with highest weekend gross as reported by the Associated Press. Take note that the list features international box-office grosses of all movies being shown around the world, hence the dominance of Hollywood movies. But being ranked no. 15 alongside the world’s mega movie productions is really something else.

Here’s the said list which was released last week (via Yahoo):

1. “Fast Five,” $44,464,276, 9,142 locations, 52 territories, $437,030,300, four weeks.

2. “Thor,” $24,299,795, 9,177 locations, 53 territories, $351,672,123, four weeks.

3. “Priest,” $15,537,120, 5,928 locations, 42 territories, $42,319,187, two weeks.

4. “Rio,” $11,446,722, 7,144 locations, 54 territories, $418,781,999, six weeks.

5. “Water For Elephants,” $9,952,838, 5,144 territories, 44 locations, $72,420,355, five weeks.

6. “Midnight In Paris,” $5,497,429, 676 locations, three territories, $6,486,812, one week.

7. “Source Code,” $4,655,971, 1,236 locations, 24 territories, $101,288,698, seven weeks.

8. “Sunny,” $4,238,124, NA locations, one territory, $12,370,699, two weeks.

9. “Black Swan,” $3,399,672, 399 locations, 13 territories, $299,089,022, 17 weeks.

10. “Something Borrowed,” $3,070,276, 3,368 locations, 12 territories, $35,408,484, two weeks.

11. “Scream 4,” $2,630,858, 1,820 locations, 29 territories, $91,621,281, five weeks.

12. “Peak -The Rescuers,” $2,367,471, locations not available, one territory, $8,907,190, two weeks.

13. “Unknown,” $2,342,180, 632 locations, 15 territories, $127,144,550, 11 weeks.

14. “Insidious,” $2,036,375, 1,113 locations, five territories, $66,409,258, seven weeks.

15. “In the Name of Love,” $1,917,443, 87 locations, one territory, $1,917,444, one week.

16. “Attack the Block,” $1,842,181, 352 locations, one territory, $1,842,182, one week.

17. “Hanna,” $1,809,074, 1,283 locations, three territories, $46,962,126, six weeks.

18. “Red,” $1,540,275, locations not available, one territory, $185,351,417, one week.

19. “Gantz Perfect Answer,” $1,483,104, 16 locations, two territories, $28,756,422, four weeks.

20. “Your Highness,” $1,441,901, 513 locations, nine territories, $26,141,546, nine weeks.

With everyone’s abuzz about Angel Locsin‘s performance in the movie, people are speculating this early that the young superstar might nab an acting award next year. And Angel’s next project is expected to highlight her acting prowess to the next level. It’s the second film adaptation of the award-winning drama anthology, “Maalaala Mo Kaya,” and her co-stars in the said film are Bea Alonzo and Zanjoe Marudo.

Last Thursday, Angel finished shooting “Lupang Hinirang” music video for ABS-CBN/TFC with Bea Alonzo and she tweeted that she’s already excited to work with the Kapamilya drama princess.

In line with the 20th anniversary of “Maalaala Mo Kaya” on television, MMK the Movie will bring another touching true to life story on the silver screen. Directing the second MMK film is Lauren Dyogi and it is scheduled to be released later this year.

Image courtesy of Star Cinema