It seems that the Piolo-Angel starrer is getting identical box-office returns with One True Love, the first movie of Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera. Both movies earned P53.2 million on its 2nd week run, but on the 3-weeks report, One True Love is now slightly higher with 0.2 million difference or P200,000.00.

Just like what i posted a while back, there are some things to be considered. There’s foreign exchange, the film’s budget and the Hollywood movies it was pitted into.

One True Love was shown last November 2008, the same period that Twilight was also showing in local theaters. Take note that Twilight is the top-grossing Hollywood movie in the country for the year 2008. Love Me Again, on the other hand, is currently being pitted with another vampire movie – Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. The said film topped the local box-office for the second week in a row with a current total gross of P41.18 million.

On the other hand, Twilight has surpassed the P100 million mark at the same period and ended it’s run before the start of MMFF with a whopping P180 million. For sure, it has affected the screening of One True Love which could have earned more if not for the monster hit of the Stephanie Meyer adaptation.

Another thing to be considered is the film budget. Love Me Again has Australia as one of its settings while One True Love was only shot here. For this alone, it would be safe to assume that Love Me Again has a bigger budget than One True Love. Since the two films have identical 3-week grosses, it is definite that the one with the lower budget has more profit than the other.

Here are the Top 10 movies at Philippine Box Office last weekend:

PHILIPPINE BOX OFFICE
(January 28 to February 1, 2009)

1. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans – P16.08 M (2nd wk)
2. Inkheart – P7.39 M (new)
3. Beverly Hills Chihuahua – P7.02 M (new)
4. Status: Single – P5.75 M (new)
5. Love Me Again – P4.25 M (3rd wk)
6. Australia – P4.20 M (new)
7. Yes Man – P2.75 M (2nd wk)
8. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – P1.58 M (4th wk)
9. Saw V – P1.19 M (new)
10. Bedtime Stories – P0.77 M (4th wk)

Figures courtesy of Box Office Mojo

‘Love Me Again’ Hits P60.28 Million on its 3rd Week originally appeared on Starmometer on February 4, 2009.

Last week, Love Me Again topped Philippine Box-Office by raking in P29.48 million beating Hollywood films debuting at the same period like Bride Wars, Changeling and the Haunting of Molly Hartley.

Love Me Again is at the same pace as the movie One True Love last year. The Marian Rivera-Dingdong Dantes movie also registered P53.2 Million on its 2nd week of screening.

For further comparison, let’s check the Hollywood movies that Love Me Again and One True Love have pitted during their screenings.

One True Love succumbed to the Hollywood monster hit movie Twilight which premiered on its second week of running. Twilight hit a whopping P84.6 million at the Philippine Box-Office on the weekend of Nov. 26-30, 2008, the same period One True Love is running on its second week. Quantum of Solace was also running at that time. Please take note that Twilight became the top-grossing Hollywood movie in the Philippines for the whole year of 2008 and the latest James Bond film was one of the Top 10.

Love Me Again, on the other hand, succumbed to another vampire movie Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. It was also pitted against Jim Carrey‘s Yes Man, Adam Sandler‘s Bedtime Stories and Brad Pitt‘s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. But the box-office gross of these films, even combined, cannot match the one-week gross of Twilight.

This analysis is for the sake of argument as the two romantic films One True Love and Love Me Again both hit the two-weeks gross P53.2 million using the conversion rate on the time these movies were shown.

Philippine Box Office
(January 21 to 25, 2009)

1. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans – P19.58 M
2. Love Me Again – P11.71 M
3. Yes Man – P7.01 M
4. Bedtime Stories – P4.64 M
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – P4.11 M
6. Bride Wars – P3.15 M
7. Transporter 3 – P2.21 M
8. The Abandoned – P1.23 M
9. The Haunting of Molly Hartley – P1.19 M
10. Changeling – P0.27 M

Figures courtesy of Box Office Mojo.

‘Love Me Again’ 2 Weeks Gross is P53.2 Million originally appeared on Starmometer on January 28, 2009.

The Marian Rivera-Dingdong Dantes starrer is currently at no. 11. It needs P6.5 million on its 4th and 5th week in order to penetrate the Top 10.

Here is our UPDATED list of the 10 Highest-Grossing Pinoy Films for 2008 (so far):

TOP 10 PINOY FILMS FOR 2008

1. A VERY SPECIAL LOVE – P179.23 million
(Star Cinema/Viva Films)

2. CAREGIVER – P139.54 million
(Star Cinema)

3. FOR THE FIRST TIME – P134.7 million
(Star Cinema)

4. MY BESTFRIEND’S GIRLFRIEND – P101.24million
(GMA Films/Regal Films)

5. DOBOL TROBOL GET REDI 2 RAMBOL – P90.51 million
(Octoarts Films)

6. WHEN LOVE BEGINS – P89.38 million
(Star Cinema/Viva Films)

7. MY ONLY U – P79.18 million
(Star Cinema)

8. MAG-INGAT KA SA KULAM – P76.6 million
(Regal Films)

9. MY BIG LOVE – P68 million
(Star Cinema)

10. SUPAHPAPALICIOUS – P66.98 million
(Star Cinema)

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11. ONE TRUE LOVE – P60.48 million *
(GMA Films/Regal Films)

* not yet final, still screening in theaters

Top 10 Highest-Grossing Foreign Films for 2008
(at the Philippine Box-office)

1. IRON MAN – P174.18 M
(Paramount)

2. THE DARK KNIGHT – P159.14 M
(Warner Brothers)

3. TWILIGHT – P144.65 M *
(Paramount)

4. THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR – P123.92 M
(Universal)

5. KUNG FU PANDA – P113.85 M
(Dreamworks)

6. INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL – P109.14 M
(Dreamworks)

7. QUANTUM OF SOLACE – P105.14 M *
(Sony Pictures)

8. NATIONAL TREASURE BOOK OF SECRETS – P96.09 M
(Walt Disney)

9. WANTED – P96.06 M
(Universal)

10. HANCOCK – P95.45 M
(Columbia Pictures)

Leaving the Top 10 are 10,000 B.C. and the Incredible Hulk. Movies marked with an asterisk (*) are still showing in Philippine theaters.

One True Love Hits P 60.48 M, My Only U is Now No. 7 for 2008 originally appeared on Starmometer on December 9, 2008.

APT’s Scaregivers, starring Jose Manalo and Wally Bayola, was not scared at all to had its premiere run together with the highly-anticipated Twilight and Bolt. Although it placed a distant second to Twilight, it was able to best Disney’s Bolt which settled for 3rd place with P12.8 million.

Running on its second week, One True Love, starring Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes settled for 4th place with P 10.39 million. The GMA Films movie has now raked in P53,261,079.95.

Rounding off the Top 5 is Quantum of Solace with 2.93 million. The latest Bond film is now on its 4th week of screening.

The Star Cinema Movie “My Only Ü” has now raked in P79,188,930.07 on its 5th week of screening.

Philippine Box Office
(November 26-30, 2008)

1. Twilight – P 84.63 M
2. Scaregivers – P 13.89 M
3. Bolt – P 12.80 M
4. One True Love – P 10.39 M
5. Quantum of Solace – P 2.93 M
6. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa – P 1.95 M
7. Passengers – P 0.48 M
8. My Only Ü – P 0.33 M
9. Sex Drive – P 0.16 M
10. Burn After Reading – P 0.15 M

Box-office Figures courtesy of Box-office Mojo.

Twilight Tops RP Box-Office with P84.6 M, Scaregivers Ranks 2nd originally appeared on Starmometer on December 4, 2008.

One True Love positioned itself in the 9th slot of this year’s Top 10 Highest Opening beating Sam Milby and Toni Gonzaga‘s My Big Love. Marian Rivera’s other movie, My Bestfriend’s Girlfriend, opposite Richard Gutierrez was 4th this year. For the First Time starring Richard Gutierrez and KC Concepcion, on the other hand, still holds the record for highest opening weekend with a whopping P78.9 M.

Philippine Box Office
(Nov. 19-23, 2008)

1. One True Love – P 32.97 M
2. Quantum of Solace – P 10.76 M
3. Madagascar Escape 2 Africa – P 8.45 M
4. Burn After Reading – P 2.26 M
5. Passengers – P 2.06 M
6. My Only U – P 1.75 M
7. Sex Drive – P 1.44 M
8. High School Musical 3: Senior Year – P0.82 M
9. Tropic Thunder – P 0.40 M
10. The Strangers – P 0.34 M

Top 10 Highest Opening Weekend
(Starmometer’s Exclusive Compilation)

1. For the First Time (Aug. 25-29) – P78,966,833.66
2. Caregiver (May 28-June 1) – P62,852,844.56
3. A Very Special Love (July 30 to Aug. 3) – P58,440,333.16
4. My Bestfriend’s Girlfriend (Feb. 13-17) – P45,834,201.35
5. Dobol Trobol (Aug. 13-17) – P44,672,115.60
6. Mag-ingat Ka Sa Kulam (Oct. 1-5) – P43,352,442.00
7. When Love Begins (April 30-May 4) – P40,757,517.52
8. My Only U (Oct. 29-Nov. 2) – P39,727,512.44
9. One True Love (Nov. 19-23) – P32,975,234.21
10. My Big Love (Feb. 27-March 2) – P30,763,209.40

‘One True Love’ Hits P32.97 M on First 5 Days originally appeared on Starmometer on November 27, 2008.

Synopsis: Medical intern named Migs (Dingdong Dantes) will have to deal with the conflict between his heart and his mind. After three years of courtship, he is about to get married to Joy (Marian Rivera), a nurse who works in the same hospital as him. However, days before the wedding, his first love Bella (Iza Calzado) returns to the Philippines. The balikbayan is still single and still in love with Migs, whom she broke up with in the past when her family migrated to the United States for their restaurant business.

The women in Migs’s life try to get along with each other but knowing that they are both in love with the same man give rise to feelings of jealousy and envy. When Migs gets into an accident, he develops lacunar amnesia, a type pf amnesia that blocks off time periods from one’s memory. In his case, it blocks off the three years that he was in love with Joy and leaving him with memories of Bella.

Also starring in One True Love are Iza Calzado, Jennica Garcia, Pinky Marquez, Bianca King, Tessie Tomas, Boots Anson Roa and Chinggoy Alonzo.

One True Love is a co-production of Regal Films and GMA films written by Maryo J. delos Reyes and directed by Mac Alejandre. Coming to theaters nationwide on November 19, 2008.

Video Link: One True Love – Movie Trailer

One True Love – Movie Preview originally appeared on Starmometer on November 10, 2008.

“One True Love” is the working title of the upcoming romantic movie topbilled by Marimar and Dyesebel love team, Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera. The movie, which was formerly called “Amnesia”, was supposed to be shown last August but due to some schedule problems with its stars, it was moved to a November 2008 playdate.

Iza Calzado is also starring in “One True Love”. It is a joint venture of GMA Films and Regal Films and to be helmed by Mac Alejandre, the director of Joaquin Bordado. Today is the first day of shooting of the said romantic movie.

There is a possibility that One True Love will clash with the Star Cinema movie “Land Down Under” starring Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin. In earlier reports, Piolo already made a statement that he is hoping their movie will not be pitted against “One True Love.”

Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera to Star in the Movie ‘One True Love’ originally appeared on Starmometer on September 24, 2008.