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'Beauty and the Bestie' nears P500M-mark, now all-time MMFF top-grosser

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines  - The Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2015 entry "Beauty And The Bestie" has earned P472.7 million in box-office, Star Cinema officially announced on Monday, January 11.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMxVDzLKH2tHc2fu3fdCW12bC74oHrJuTqg6vPbbrJ2V1Vf9faqJDqYT7nePuyzZ-dSb1g6Urwr11UglVk3QzP4uJAcK9ehEZE313UkyGJAJDV5eBHr0DuuB9hO34R4GNOs0NTx7II6jO/s1600/star-cinema-beauty-and-the-bestie.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="'Beauty and the Bestie' nears P500M-mark, now all-time MMFF top-grosser" border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMxVDzLKH2tHc2fu3fdCW12bC74oHrJuTqg6vPbbrJ2V1Vf9faqJDqYT7nePuyzZ-dSb1g6Urwr11UglVk3QzP4uJAcK9ehEZE313UkyGJAJDV5eBHr0DuuB9hO34R4GNOs0NTx7II6jO/s640/star-cinema-beauty-and-the-bestie.JPG" title="'Beauty and the Bestie' nears P500M-mark, now all-time MMFF top-grosser" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CONGRATULATIONS! Vice Ganda, Coco Martin and Direk Wenn Deremas. Photo Credit: Star Cinema</td></tr></tbody></table><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">P472.7 Million for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeautyAndTheBestie?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#BeautyAndTheBestie</a> ! CONGRATULATIONS!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ALLTIMETOPGROSSER?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#ALLTIMETOPGROSSER</a></div>— ROXY (@Roxy_Liquigan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Roxy_Liquigan/status/686353619705151488" rel="nofollow">January 11, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />The film outfit Ad Prom director Roxy Liquigan on his Twitter account said  that "Beauty And The Bestie" is now the all-time MMFF top-grosser. The hashtags she used seem to be an answer to AiAi delas Alas tirade to Star Cinema and Viva movie during the press conference for another MMFF entry "My Bebe Love." (Read: <a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/01/aiai-delas-alas-insists-my-bebe-love-is-real-no.-1-mmff-2015-film.html" rel="nofollow">AiAi delas Alas insists 'My Bebe Love' is real no.1 MMFF 2015 movie</a>)<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">TOP-GROSSER OF ALL TIME! # Fact <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AllTimeNumberOne?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#AllTimeNumberOne</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/itagaSaBatoATitagaNaRinSaBakaL?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#itagaSaBatoATitagaNaRinSaBakaL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoodKarma?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#GoodKarma</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GustoNiLord?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#GustoNiLord</a> <a href="https://t.co/PkyPY4fIqT" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/PkyPY4fIqT</a></div>— ROXY (@Roxy_Liquigan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Roxy_Liquigan/status/686163329862078464" rel="nofollow">January 10, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />The Vice Ganda-Coco Martin-led film surpassed the record of MMFF 2014 film "The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin," which earned P440 million. The latter was produced by Star Cinema starring the blockbuster comedian.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeautyAndTheBestie?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#BeautyAndTheBestie</a> breaks <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheAmazingPraybeytBenjamin?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#TheAmazingPraybeytBenjamin</a> 's record!</div>— ROXY (@Roxy_Liquigan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Roxy_Liquigan/status/686041377986088961" rel="nofollow">January 10, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />On January 7, MMFF announced that the entries have collectively made P1.02 billion, surpassing last year's box office haul of P1.014 billion.</div>

'Beauty and the Bestie' nears P500M-mark, now all-time MMFF top-grosser

MANILA, Philippines - The Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2015 entry "Beauty And The Bestie" has earned P472.7 million in box-office,...

AiAi delas Alas insists 'My Bebe Love' is real no.1 MMFF 2015 movie

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines  - Comedian AiAi delas Alas is in hot water today after the controversial statement claiming her film “My Bebe Love: #Kiligpamore” as the real number 1 in the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) box-office ranking and the alleged cheating behind Star Cinema claims of supremacy for "Beauty and the Bestie."<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4_1AK3hclf-422qZL2VB4gvPjWV8IooImroA1JtV093yLlP3eQup1-3__Oe4zjpRYPBHiKHjTse2PwHE6mAzNUTwmLjSsfc1KhtP6eKXYna31nAHEAVkQ3lQRLadUet-ndWkRtomrNLa/s1600/AiAi-delas-Alas-my-bebe-love.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="AiAi delas Alas and 'My Bebe Love' co-star Maine Mendoza" border="0" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4_1AK3hclf-422qZL2VB4gvPjWV8IooImroA1JtV093yLlP3eQup1-3__Oe4zjpRYPBHiKHjTse2PwHE6mAzNUTwmLjSsfc1KhtP6eKXYna31nAHEAVkQ3lQRLadUet-ndWkRtomrNLa/s640/AiAi-delas-Alas-my-bebe-love.JPG" title="AiAi delas Alas and 'My Bebe Love' co-star Maine Mendoza" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AiAi delas Alas and 'My Bebe Love' co-star Maine Mendoza. Photo Credit: Instagram/<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> msaiaidelasalas</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />“In our hearts, sa puso ng Aldub Nation, sa puso ng sambayanang Pilipino, No. 1 kami, kasi lahat ng ginagawa namin walang daya," AiAi said on Monday night during the press conference in Los Angeles for the screening of their film in California and Texas.<br /><br />"Kahit ano pa ang sabihin nila, ilalaban ko nang patayan, itataga ko sa bato, kami po ang No. 1."<br /><br />"Ayaw ni Lord ang nangdadaya. Karma is a bitch,” she added refuting claims of Star Cinema saying its MMFF entry “Beauty and the Bestie” reached the top spot as the festival entered its second week.<br /><br />On Instagram, AiAi also shared: "I'd rather be honest than impressive. Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. #Lamkona at #HonestyIsTheBestPolicy."<br /><br />She also replied in one of the comments to her post: "Madami akong alam. At ang usapan dito hindi utang na loob or kung ano man. Lahat ng pangit na salita ay blocked at deleted. Dun tayo sa totoo. Wala silang alam sa alam ko. Truth hurts?"<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1neQ1ytJw3CmXKNVdV5o56HXdXM0Js45V2Jn066gwqRpn9n4SWvHGrSjK5o0oVG8RtihxoVsWGHNQWtWqBzyZTFfm_6T0I5_vYyh8jwoUlFMp0pkAhZpJzobiGN8Y8p5m-Ye8KsQ9gB9/s1600/aiai-tweet.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt=" msaiaidelasalas/Instagram" border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1neQ1ytJw3CmXKNVdV5o56HXdXM0Js45V2Jn066gwqRpn9n4SWvHGrSjK5o0oVG8RtihxoVsWGHNQWtWqBzyZTFfm_6T0I5_vYyh8jwoUlFMp0pkAhZpJzobiGN8Y8p5m-Ye8KsQ9gB9/s400/aiai-tweet.jpg" title=" msaiaidelasalas/Instagram" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Credit: msaiaidelasalas/Instagram</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>Netizens express mixed reaction on AiAi delas Alas claims</b><br /><br />'AiAi' trended on microblogging site Twitter Saturday morning as netizens expressed their reactions on the issue.<br /><br />"Parang hindi galing sa Star Cinema halos mga blockbuster movies ni AiAi delas Alas noh? Andami kaya sequel ng Tanging-Ina nya. #MedyoIngrata," Twitter user Miss Krizzy said.<br /><br />"Sadly these people cannot accept defeat. Aiai cannot accept she's no longer in her prime. Feeling entitled. Ingrata," user asgoodasitgets commented.<br /><br />"AiAi - a person who can't accept defeat! #AiAiZone," IG: @imthebunnykid told.<br /><br />"AiAi is clearly UNDERESTIMATING Vice, Coco, JaDine and their fans!," a certain Nora Calderon ‏@rosebonita69 said.<br /><br />"I hope AiAi will soon wake up from her delusions. My Bebe Love is a trashy movie, like Beauty and the Bestie, only the latter's better," Schizodick expressed.<br /><br />"AiAi just accept the truth that Star Cinema produces the best movies rather than GMA. Which by the way nakinabang ka, always remember that," user Jaz Pulumbarit Nazar said.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Now tell us Miss AiAi, 7 times ka rin bang nakasama sa dayaan? Gosh! This is the most stupid moment of your life. 👎👎 <a href="https://t.co/nSfU0quiae" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/nSfU0quiae</a></div>— IamMadamClaudia (@MoobSenap) <a href="https://twitter.com/MoobSenap/status/685504908267618304" rel="nofollow">January 8, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />"Very well said Ms. AiAi. Ang suporta ng Buong ADN ay nasayo! On the day that they did ticket swapping they already lost their credibility!,"  Kath Bonoan said.<br /><br /><br /><b>'Beauty and the Bestie' is no. 1 MMFF 2015 film?</b><br /><br />Comedian Vice Ganda, who co-stars with Coco Martin and the JaDine (James Reid and Nadine Lustre) in the movie, tweeted on January 2: “<a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/01/mmff-update-beauty-and-the-bestie-crosses-p300m-mark-in-box-office.html" rel="nofollow">300Million THANKS</a> to you Madlang People for making us number 1 in your hearts."<br /><br />A TV Patrol report also said that <a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/01/video-mmff-2015-earns-p1-billion-beauty-and-the-bestie-now-no.-1.html" rel="nofollow">"Beauty and the Bestie" beaten "My Bebe Love"</a> in box office due to good reception on the film through 'word of mouth.'<br /><br />The Star Cinema movie has reached P428 million, as announced by its Ad Prom director Roxy Liquigan on Friday, January 8.<br /><br />"It remains one of the the Top 4 grossers of the 41st MMFF, as seen in the list that they released also today. The eight film entries have collectively earned P1.020 billion from December 25 to January 7, surpassing last year's record of P1.014 billion," Star Cinema reported.<br /><br />Liquigan also responded to AiAi sentiments.<br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="tl">Natatawa ako sa emote na "dinaya" , "makakarma" "makikipagpatayan" at ginamit pa ang diyos sa emote.Luma na ang ganyang style. 2016 na.</div>— ROXY (@Roxy_Liquigan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Roxy_Liquigan/status/685498633110683648" rel="nofollow">January 8, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><b>AiAi on My Bebe Love: "Number one kami."</b><br /><br />AiAi, Vic Sotto and the loveteam of Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza, more popularly known as Yaya Dub, lead the cast of “My Bebe Love.” The movie was No. 1 on opening day, grossing a record-breaking P60.5 million as claimed by GMA News.<br /><br />"My Bebe Love" director Joey Javier Reyes  also claimed there was a ticket swapping incidents in the MMFF 2015.<br /><br />GMA Films President Annette Gozon-Abrogar said “My Bebe Love” nearly reached the P300 million mark on January 2.<br /><br />Do you believe on AiAi's allegations against Star Cinema and 'Beauty and the Bestie'? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below.</div>

AiAi delas Alas insists 'My Bebe Love' is real no.1 MMFF 2015 movie

MANILA, Philippines - Comedian AiAi delas Alas is in hot water today after the controversial statement claiming her film “My Bebe Love: #Ki...

Box office update: MMFF 2015 hits P 1.002B-mark on Day 13

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines  - The 8 official entries in the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) have earned a total of P1.002 billion at the box office as of January 6, 2016.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UJ9Umk7gJ6Xw835Epz7hPy-6JeqQhZC4CqCpSY7xjArUGJeAeOFoSmbkjsvQCnssBhKNDFCEj8E_1gOuqIMr-k1uvdMTBF8k1shgQGiHLTKIcHtAjimn8K1kzkDN1mgVxcvJuaY6NJYx/s1600/BEAUTY-AND-THE-BESTIE-my-bebe-love-ticket-awapping-issue.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="MMFF 2015 TOPGROSSERS. 'Beauty and the Bestie' and 'My Bebe Love'" border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UJ9Umk7gJ6Xw835Epz7hPy-6JeqQhZC4CqCpSY7xjArUGJeAeOFoSmbkjsvQCnssBhKNDFCEj8E_1gOuqIMr-k1uvdMTBF8k1shgQGiHLTKIcHtAjimn8K1kzkDN1mgVxcvJuaY6NJYx/s640/BEAUTY-AND-THE-BESTIE-my-bebe-love-ticket-awapping-issue.jpg" title="MMFF 2015 TOPGROSSERS. 'Beauty and the Bestie' and 'My Bebe Love'" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MMFF 2015 TOPGROSSERS. 'Beauty and the Bestie' and 'My Bebe Love'</td></tr></tbody></table>The MMFF made the confirmation on its Facebook and Twitter pages Thursday night, January 7.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRucaQef9JRoZ3UGxbhRmhQP91vcXWShY0J7Up4lnkkQrnEYiLkw7HJ1WNaqlWuivyd5WMBmymlQfqPbMJPqAwhEo9sqve2U74bxps_z-QlEN-fQIu78Rgc8BhXMl8UYYk-YPfOB4UEjkF/s1600/MMFF-1billion.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="MMFF box-office update" border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRucaQef9JRoZ3UGxbhRmhQP91vcXWShY0J7Up4lnkkQrnEYiLkw7HJ1WNaqlWuivyd5WMBmymlQfqPbMJPqAwhEo9sqve2U74bxps_z-QlEN-fQIu78Rgc8BhXMl8UYYk-YPfOB4UEjkF/s640/MMFF-1billion.JPG" title="MMFF box-office update" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MMFF box-office update as of January 7.</td></tr></tbody></table>The MMFF 2015 13-day gross (December 25 to January 6) is close with the P1.014 billion earnings as compared to last year which was achieved on January 7.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the committe did not announce the ranking and earnings of the top 4 films of the festival. Still in no particular order are Vic Sotto and Ai Ai delas Alas starrer "My Bebe Love,"  Vice Ganda's "Beauty and the Bestie," Janella Salvador's "Haunted Mansion," and MMFF Best Picture "#‎WalangForever‬."<br /><br />Reports said that 'Beauty and the Bestie' reached P 400 million mark as of Wednesday and now the the leading MMFF entry beating 'My Bebe Love' in box office.<br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="tl">400Million THANK YOUs mga Kapamilya! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeautyAndTheBestie?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#BeautyAndTheBestie</a></div>— jose marie viceral (@vicegandako) <a href="https://twitter.com/vicegandako/status/684631704296792064" rel="nofollow">January 6, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />Other MMFF entries are 'All You Need Is Pag-Ibig,' 'Buy Now, Die Later,' 'Honor Thy Father' and 'Nilalang.' <br /><br />Total gross of MMFF 2015 movies is expected to hit P 1.1 billion before its final run on theaters.</div>

Box office update: MMFF 2015 hits P 1.002B-mark on Day 13

MANILA, Philippines - The 8 official entries in the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) have earned a total of P1.002 billion at the box...

VIDEO: MMFF 2015 earns P1 Billion, 'Beauty and the Bestie' now no. 1

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Monday has announced that the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2015 has reached almost P 1 billion in box-office after 10 days of showing since Christmas day.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiroF2K4S8SBZuNURgkl8GF8wgfIp7v_-R9WZ1IhhjpAkKSY-B4KOYjCrPS7YxRs2t5xNNDPldf-jIrRCyipJASs1oC9tIld5hUeLlFMFu7tSaFl9is9gfcvtuxzVmSm9TxS_rOq4rqSWd_/s1600/vice-ganda-beauty-and-the-bestie.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="MMFF 2015 earns P1 Billion, 'Beauty and the Bestie' now no. 1" border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiroF2K4S8SBZuNURgkl8GF8wgfIp7v_-R9WZ1IhhjpAkKSY-B4KOYjCrPS7YxRs2t5xNNDPldf-jIrRCyipJASs1oC9tIld5hUeLlFMFu7tSaFl9is9gfcvtuxzVmSm9TxS_rOq4rqSWd_/s640/vice-ganda-beauty-and-the-bestie.JPG" title="MMFF 2015 earns P1 Billion, 'Beauty and the Bestie' now no. 1" width="560" /></a></div><br /><br />MMFF official social media accounts posted the gross earnings of P 915 million (December 25, 2015 - January 3, 2016) with two comedy films, 'Beauty and the Bestie' and 'My Bebe Love' dominating 80% of the box-office sales, according to other reports.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">MMFF 10-Day Gross (December 25, 2015 - January 3, 2016) P 915 Million  Top 4 Films (in no particular order) My... <a href="https://t.co/z1uKwZI68j" rel="nofollow">https://t.co/z1uKwZI68j</a></div>— MMFF Official (@mmfilmfest) <a href="https://twitter.com/mmfilmfest/status/683952724203966465" rel="nofollow">January 4, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />Star Cinema and Viva Films' <a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/01/mmff-update-beauty-and-the-bestie-crosses-p300m-mark-in-box-office.html" rel="nofollow">'Beauty and the Bestie' after it crossed the P300 million mark</a> on new year is now the no. 1 MMFF entry beating 'My Bebe Love.'<br /><br />According to TV Patrol report, 'Beauty and the Bestie' overtakes the Vic Sotto-Ai Ai del Las Alas-AlDub' movie 'My Bebe Love' due to good reception on the film through 'word of mouth.'<br /><br /><b>WATCH:  'Beauty and the Bestie' is now the no. 1 MMFF 2015 entry</b> (video courtesy of ABS-CBN News)<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N88ywt__QxE" width="600"></iframe></center><br />'Beauty and the Bestie' lead star Vice Ganda expressed his gratitude to all the fans on Twitter.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">A BILLION THANKS TO YOU MADLANG PEOPLE!!!! Kruk kruk inumerrrzzzz!!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeautyAndTheBestie?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#BeautyAndTheBestie</a></div>— jose marie viceral (@vicegandako) <a href="https://twitter.com/vicegandako/status/683971059922554880" rel="nofollow">January 4, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />Also included in the Top 4 films are horror film 'Haunted Mansion' and the festival's Best Picture awardee '#‎WalangForever.'‬<br /><br />The exact box office figures for each of the entries are not yet announced as courtesy to other producers.<br /><br />Other MMFF entries are 'All You Need Is Pag-Ibig,' 'Buy Now, Die Later,' 'Honor Thy Father' and 'Nilalang.' <br /><br />Total gross of MMFF 2015 is expected to hit P 1.1 billion before its final run on January 7, 2016.</div>

VIDEO: MMFF 2015 earns P1 Billion, 'Beauty and the Bestie' now no. 1

MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Monday has announced that the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF...

MMFF Update: "Beauty and the Bestie" crosses P300M mark in box-office

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines  - Nearly half of the latest total gross of the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) was earned by Star Cinema's "Beauty and the Bestie" as the lead star Vice Ganda on Saturday hinted it already crossed the P 300 million mark in box office.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgU0cE4AlEbDgJ_ZMV-AB7mX-9_wVnhGiy5ININjhrtE79OrT3Xtrkxukhlx2iTRbV25FsfV56SBY_8AD5wyFB0wBdSkb2YAVo-obFVKE5ecwBxouspTTxkVLQXv4cKIRXX5vWY9c6autf/s1600/beauty-and-the-bestie.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt=" "Beauty and the Bestie" crosses P300M mark in box-office" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgU0cE4AlEbDgJ_ZMV-AB7mX-9_wVnhGiy5ININjhrtE79OrT3Xtrkxukhlx2iTRbV25FsfV56SBY_8AD5wyFB0wBdSkb2YAVo-obFVKE5ecwBxouspTTxkVLQXv4cKIRXX5vWY9c6autf/s400/beauty-and-the-bestie.JPG" title=" "Beauty and the Bestie" crosses P300M mark in box-office" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> "Beauty and the Bestie" rakes in P300M mark in box-office</td></tr></tbody></table><br />"300Million THANKS to you Madlang People for making us number 1 in your hearts. #BeautyAndTheBestieSecondWeek," the 39-year-old comedian tweeted to express gratitude due to overwhelming support of his fans.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">300Million THANKS to you Madlang People for making us number 1 in your hearts. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeautyAndTheBestieSecondWeek?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#BeautyAndTheBestieSecondWeek</a></div>— jose marie viceral (@vicegandako) <a href="https://twitter.com/vicegandako/status/683150464070750208" rel="nofollow">January 2, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Thanks so much Trinoma, SM D'Block and SM North EDSA for the warm reception. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeautyAndTheBestieSecondWeek?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#BeautyAndTheBestieSecondWeek</a> <a href="https://t.co/1JtA37Nkbx" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/1JtA37Nkbx</a></div>— jose marie viceral (@vicegandako) <a href="https://twitter.com/vicegandako/status/683223387917824000" rel="nofollow">January 2, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />MMFF on Saturday night announced that the 8-day gross (December 25, 2015 - January 1, 2016) of the eight competing films already reached P 737 million in ticket sales.<br /><br />The MMFF executive committee have yet to release exact box office figures for each of the entries. It has, however, revealed the top four earners (in no particular order) which include "My Bebe Love," "Beauty and the Bestie," "Haunted Mansion," and "Walang Forever." <br /><br />Last year, Vice Ganda's entry to the annual film festival, "The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin," finished its box office run with an estimated P440 million. </div>

MMFF Update: "Beauty and the Bestie" crosses P300M mark in box-office

MANILA, Philippines - Nearly half of the latest total gross of the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) was earned by Star Cinema's ...

OFFICIAL: MMFF rakes in P468 million after 4 days, names Top 4 Films

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines  - The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) has raked in P 468 million in box-office gross after 4 days in theaters of 8 competing enties since its opening last December 25.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyuigCjIWRoFDGOxyygt2Je_yRfO0IG01LLUpt-m8gpnd0HJJjoeozS67mj9i4lDIcpQ7v7u-3PjXG9fXxIiktYD_6wBpuqwV59iH_3UbXx6O3DbeGY0NJSmQ-xY4CvXiRnuiay7f1mn6/s1600/beauty-besti-my-bebe-love.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Beauty and the Bestie vs. My Bebe Love" border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyuigCjIWRoFDGOxyygt2Je_yRfO0IG01LLUpt-m8gpnd0HJJjoeozS67mj9i4lDIcpQ7v7u-3PjXG9fXxIiktYD_6wBpuqwV59iH_3UbXx6O3DbeGY0NJSmQ-xY4CvXiRnuiay7f1mn6/s640/beauty-besti-my-bebe-love.jpg" title="Beauty and the Bestie vs. My Bebe Love" width="560" /></a></div><br />The official 4-day gross (December 25-28) was announced online Tuesday night, December 29, 2015.<br /><br />According to MMFF, the top 4 films in no particular order are are: "My Bebe Love:#KiligPaMore" starring Vic Sotto, AiAi de las Alas and the "AlDub" love team Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza; "Beauty and the Bestie," which stars Vice Ganda, Coco Martin and the hottest love team of James Reid and Nadine Lustre (JaDine); "All You Need is Pag-ibig" starring Kris Aquino; and "Haunted Mansion" starring Janella Salvador.<br /><br />Dominic Du, a member of the MMFF executive committee said the gross earnings this year is higher by 9 million compared to  P459 million of the same period in 2014.<br /><br />MMFF 4-Day Gross (December 25-28, 2015) P 468 Million<br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/mmfilmfest/status/681794582116343808" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Top 4 Films</a> (in no particular order)<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>My Bebe Love</li><li>Beauty and the Bestie</li><li>All You Need is Pag-ibig</li><li>Haunted Mansion</li></ul><br />In an interview by Interaksyon, Du said the ranking of the top 4 entries may change in January 1.<br /><br />Meanwhile, ABS-CBN reported a total gross of P476 million as of 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 29 based from the data of MMFF Executive committee.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKm7LJKabn-2L67F9iAlmZNWsYw_npgJAmTobD0aJMCj1LeGNBOKZUI7QkojHzCmQIJ6qmZombt_x0yzdKFGYe5QMROddLtmX43Xu924N3J9r7JvkFj8yRRkNRdtONTX5YysKg0jd_APv/s1600/mmff-topgrossers-update12292015.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="MMFF topgrossers" border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKm7LJKabn-2L67F9iAlmZNWsYw_npgJAmTobD0aJMCj1LeGNBOKZUI7QkojHzCmQIJ6qmZombt_x0yzdKFGYe5QMROddLtmX43Xu924N3J9r7JvkFj8yRRkNRdtONTX5YysKg0jd_APv/s640/mmff-topgrossers-update12292015.JPG" title="MMFF topgrossers" width="560" /></a></div><br /><br />The updated list of MMFF topgrossers includes "#WalangForever" starring Jericho Rosales and Jennylyn Mercado on top 5 spot.<br /><br />"Beauty and the Bestie" and "My Bebe Love" are in tight race for box-office lead according to TV Patrol report.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXL_E4-FqUgPKTDnt_SH2rZa0hTcI8r5wkd7Kl5fbx-WX9lmMiCRHbv8PzLNTviWc7R8x7cfIZFqXrXcnC_gTuCnbqmRxp88TR7P1Sj6JNi1unsMo3k3E97R8ezHcMg3xbavHkY2uEait/s1600/beauty-bestie-my-bebe-love.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=""Beauty and the Bestie" and "My Bebe Love"" border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXL_E4-FqUgPKTDnt_SH2rZa0hTcI8r5wkd7Kl5fbx-WX9lmMiCRHbv8PzLNTviWc7R8x7cfIZFqXrXcnC_gTuCnbqmRxp88TR7P1Sj6JNi1unsMo3k3E97R8ezHcMg3xbavHkY2uEait/s640/beauty-bestie-my-bebe-love.JPG" title=""Beauty and the Bestie" and "My Bebe Love"" width="560" /></a></div><br /><br />MMFF did not announce figures for each film to protect other entries in the festival such as "Buy Now Die Later," "Nilalang" and "Honor Thy Father."  <b><i>- TheSummitExpress.com</i></b></div>

OFFICIAL: MMFF rakes in P468 million after 4 days, names Top 4 Films

MANILA, Philippines - The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) has raked in P 468 million in box-office gross after 4 days in theaters of 8 co...

MMFF 2015 Update: 'My Bebe Love,' 'Beauty and the Bestie' lead box-office race (Day 3)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines  - The romantic comedy film 'My Bebe Love: #KiligPaMore' and comedy-action movie 'Beauty and the Bestie' are in tight race for the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) box-office based on the latest figures released by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for three-day period in theaters.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdf6Xw32fV7Cl7REp9hnySidStCXMWcWPLaCBMYLc5uUurDyBFXceTHo4ouCNtgPH7uA4vNCeS1XRpRPCovaywDxJ9rPfwZEiwB_4v0vxhLDgOAKdPTaLmkSxqTmr8L3fYHQA4ycZMjr9C/s1600/BEAUTY-AND-THE-BESTIE-my-bebe-love-ticket-awapping-issue.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" 'My Bebe Love,' 'Beauty and the Bestie' lead MMFF 2015 box-office race (Day 3)" border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdf6Xw32fV7Cl7REp9hnySidStCXMWcWPLaCBMYLc5uUurDyBFXceTHo4ouCNtgPH7uA4vNCeS1XRpRPCovaywDxJ9rPfwZEiwB_4v0vxhLDgOAKdPTaLmkSxqTmr8L3fYHQA4ycZMjr9C/s640/BEAUTY-AND-THE-BESTIE-my-bebe-love-ticket-awapping-issue.jpg" title=" 'My Bebe Love,' 'Beauty and the Bestie' lead MMFF 2015 box-office race (Day 3)" width="560" /></a></div><br /><br />In a report to Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP), MMDA Chairman Emerson Carlos said 'My Bebe Love' is leading with P159 million citing data from December 25 to 4p.m. of December 27 (Day 3.)<br /><br />Produced by five giant film outfits OctoArts Films, MZET, APT, MEDA, and GMA Films, 'My Bebe Love' stars veteran comedians Vic Sotto and Ai Ai delas Alas and breakout stars of 2015, the AlDub loveteam composed of Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Star Cinema and Viva Fims movie 'Beauty and the Bestie' raked in P131 million in the same period. The flick stars box-office comedian Vice Ganda, 'King of Teleserye' Coco Martin and bankable loveteam of JaDine (James Reid and Nadine Lustre.)<br /><br />Jericho Rosales and Jennylyn Mercado -led movie '#WalangForever' entered the top 3 slot with P36 million. Both stars won the top acting awards in the recently concluded MMFF Awards night. <br /><br /><b>READ</b>: <a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2015/12/complete-list-winners-mmff-2015-awards-night.html" rel="nofollow">COMPLETE LIST: Winners, MMFF 2015 awards night</a><br /><br />'Haunted Mansion' starring Janella Salvador, Marlo Mortel, Jerome Ponce placed fourth with P29 million. <br /><br />Here's the Summary of Box-office Gross (as of December 27, 2015 at 4PM)<br /><br />1. My Bebe Love: #KiligPaMore - P159M<br />2. Beauty and the Bestie - P 131M<br />3. #Walang Forever - P 36M<br />4. Haunted Mansion - P 29M<br /><br />MMDA did not announced figures for other MMFF entries <i>All You Need is Pag-ibig, Buy Now Die Later, Nilalang, at Honor Thy Father</i>. - <i><b>TheSummitExpress.com</b></i></div>

MMFF 2015 Update: 'My Bebe Love,' 'Beauty and the Bestie' lead box-office race (Day 3)

MANILA, Philippines - The romantic comedy film 'My Bebe Love: #KiligPaMore' and comedy-action movie 'Beauty and the Bestie'...

COMPLETE LIST: Winners, MMFF 2015 awards night

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The 41st Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) organizers announced the complete list of winners and awardees for the 2015 film competition in the awards night held on Sunday, December 27 at the Kia Theatre, Araneta Center in Quezon City.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXUf3lMIucgwpcELBRrShErLZPEhF0zlNnwoNfBU20Ne08Qo_L9A56GGfBwzlKGNIhFbRtIjd80Z_ArcgnPT9CHdlF0gBsU5EimYk9JYqDrP9jQTRkddddYXq9ATaLTia7_fIS6IRryhQ/s1600/MMFF-2015-winners.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="COMPLETE LIST: Winners, MMFF 2015 awards night" border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXUf3lMIucgwpcELBRrShErLZPEhF0zlNnwoNfBU20Ne08Qo_L9A56GGfBwzlKGNIhFbRtIjd80Z_ArcgnPT9CHdlF0gBsU5EimYk9JYqDrP9jQTRkddddYXq9ATaLTia7_fIS6IRryhQ/s640/MMFF-2015-winners.jpg" title="COMPLETE LIST: Winners, MMFF 2015 awards night" width="560" /></a></div><br /><br />Eight (8) official entries have competed for the 2015 MMFF major award categories such as best picture, best actor, best actress and best director.<br /><br />Entries to MMFF 2015 include  'Beauty and the Bestie,' 'My Bebe Love: #KiligPaMore,' 'All You Need Is Pag-Ibig,' 'Haunted Mansion,' 'Buy Now, Die Later,' 'Honor Thy Father,' 'Nilalang' and 'Walang Forever.'<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Xci-CMglvkoRFtUSnweADZCLLaQwXg5zUt3XL80kgDqBzLo_e3imuQkMoYw8WODjWBPJrHNApeDQXNZl2-QPb0mYyMQCGdhSPQveMsgDVX81JWlheFhdbQ-PKFO6OLejeuPA36G70jP1/s1600/8-mmff-2015-entries.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="8 Entries to MMFF 2015" border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Xci-CMglvkoRFtUSnweADZCLLaQwXg5zUt3XL80kgDqBzLo_e3imuQkMoYw8WODjWBPJrHNApeDQXNZl2-QPb0mYyMQCGdhSPQveMsgDVX81JWlheFhdbQ-PKFO6OLejeuPA36G70jP1/s640/8-mmff-2015-entries.jpg" title="8 Entries to MMFF 2015" width="560" /></a></div><br /><br />This year's MMFF also includes 5 full-length entries under New Wave category. This includes 'Ari: My Life with a King,' 'Mandirigma,'Tandem,' 'Toto,' and 'Turo Turo.' Finalists were shown from December 17-24 at Glorietta 4, SM Megamall, and Robinsons Movieworld Cinemas.<br /><br />The mainstream festival has kicked-off on Friday, December 25, 2015 and will have ongoing nationwide screening until January 7, 2016. During the festival, no foreign films are shown in Philippine cinemas in order to showcase locally produced films.<br /><br /><b>RELATED STORY</b><br /><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2015/12/mmff-ranking-2015-mmda-announces-top-4-films-first-day-total-earnings.html" rel="nofollow">MMFF Ranking 2015: MMDA announces Top 4 Films, First Day Total Gross</a><br /><br /><b>Here is the complete list of winners for the 2015 MMFF </b>(Refresh page for the updates):<br /><br /><b>Major Awards</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Best Picture:</li><li>Second Best Picture:</li><li>Third Best Picture:</li><li>Best Actress:</li><li>Best Actor:</li><li>Best Director:</li><li>Best Supporting Actress:</li><li>Best Supporting Actor:</li><li>Best Child Performer:</li><li>Best Screenplay:</li><li>Best Original Story:</li><li>Best Editor:</li><li>Best Cinematographer:</li><li>Best Production Design:</li><li>Best Visual Effects:</li><li>Best Sound Engineer:</li><li>Best Musical Score:</li><li>Best Theme Song:</li><li>Best Festival Make-up Artist:</li></ul><br /><b>Special Awards</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Gat Puno Antonio Villegas Cultural Award:</li><li>FPJ Memorial Award for Excellence:</li><li>Commemorative Award for Vision and Leadership:</li><li>Commemorative Award for Vision and Leadership:</li><li>Guillermo de Vega Memorial Award (posthumous):</li><li>Celeb Face of the Night:</li><li>Best Float Award:</li><li>Youth Choice Award:</li></ul><br /><b>41st MMFF New Wave Awards Night Winners</b><br /><br />Full Feature Category<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Best Picture:</li><li>Special Jury Prize:</li><li>Best Director:</li><li>Best Actor:</li><li>Best Supporting Actor:</li><li>Best Actress:</li><li>Best Supporting Actress:</li></ul><br />Animation Category<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Best Picture:</li><li>Special Jury Prize:</li></ul><br />Student Short Film Category<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Best Picture:</li><li>Special Jury Prize:</li></ul><br />By virtue of Metro Manila Commission Executive Order No. 86-09, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation Nos. 1459, 1485, 1533, 1533-A and 1647, the MMFF is held during the Christmas Season in recognition of the role of the film industry in providing artistic depictions of both this country's stories and history. <br /><br />2015 is the first festival under the current organizing committee and MMDA chairman Emerson Carlos, after his predecessor Francis Tolentino resigned from his post in October 2015, to run for the Philippine Senate in the 2016 elections.<br /><br />The MMFF Awards Night (Gabi ng Parangal ) 2015 hosted by Richard Gutierrez and KC Concepcion will be aired via delayed telecast at 9:00 p.m. Saturday on TV5 thru a co-production with Viva Entertainment. - <i>TheSummitExpress.com</i></div>

COMPLETE LIST: Winners, MMFF 2015 awards night

MANILA, Philippines - The 41st Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) organizers announced the complete list of winners and awardees for the 2015...

GMA News: 'My Bebe Love' holds highest first day gross for all Filipino films

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Alden Richards and Maine 'Yaya Dub' Mendoza collectively known as AlDub first movie 'My Bebe Love' topped the opening day of the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) and was able to break records for the highest first day gross, GMA News reported on Saturday.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_d2Cenrt8vPGEHe_2B7016-CMjOs6q5LIw_Fn7xA0198lf9vxWbwy8bwhAAyl5w0p5IfD4ngcPHbLCEQNbBfQ1hJsjYJSOluIz8AHXqTvEd9Nv388XPr5EK19LXDc-T-PnJ_bLqr-rqI4/s1600/My-bebe-love-box-office-mmff.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" 'My Bebe Love' earns 60.5M on opening day" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_d2Cenrt8vPGEHe_2B7016-CMjOs6q5LIw_Fn7xA0198lf9vxWbwy8bwhAAyl5w0p5IfD4ngcPHbLCEQNbBfQ1hJsjYJSOluIz8AHXqTvEd9Nv388XPr5EK19LXDc-T-PnJ_bLqr-rqI4/s640/My-bebe-love-box-office-mmff.jpg" title=" 'My Bebe Love' earns 60.5M on opening day" width="430" /></a></div><br /><br />'My Bebe Love: #KiligPaMore' (originally titled Rom-comin Mo Ako<i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">) </i>received gross earnings of P60,462,169.57 on its opening day or about 40% of the total ticket sales for the eight competing movies for MMFF 2015.<br /><br /><b>RELATED STORY</b><br /><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2015/12/mmff-ranking-2015-mmda-announces-top-4-films-first-day-total-earnings.html" rel="nofollow">MMFF Ranking 2015: MMDA announces Top 4 Films, First Day Total Gross</a><br /><br />The GMA News data can claim MBL defeated opening record set by Star Cinemas's  'The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin' which earned P 53.3 million last year.<br /><br />The unconfirmed report also claimed that over 33 million pesos from Metro Manila and over 27 million pesos from different provinces were recorded.<br /><br />Earnings for 'My Bebe Love' will be divided into five by giant film outfits Octo Arts Films, M - Zet Productions, APT Entertainment, GMA Films and Ai-Ai's MEDA Productions.<div><br /></div><div><b>Reception for ALDub's 'My Bebe Love' film</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Though 'My Bebe Love' garnered good ticket sales, it also earned negative reviews from film critics.</div><div><br /></div><div> "If there is a Razzie Award for the MMFF, GMA Films' My Bebe Love would probably sweep this. The film may just be one of the worst films in MMFF history," DList.ph said.</div><br />Film review site ClicktheCity.com also gave the movie one and a half stars out of five, stating that "the film strings together its stars’ endorsements and roughly molds them into the shape of a movie, narrative playing second fiddle to the impulse to promote brands."<div><br /><b>MMFF 2015 Top 4 Earners </b><br /><br />Aside from 'My Bebe Love, 'Beauty and the Bestie,' 'All You Need is Pag-ibig' and 'Haunted Mansion' are among the topgrossers for this year's MMFF.<br /><br />Official ticket sales figures for each of MMFF top 4 earners are not yet revealed due to MMFF policy to protect other films in the festival.<br /><br />The annual Metro Manila Film Festival will run from December 25 to the first week of 2016.</div></div>

GMA News: 'My Bebe Love' holds highest first day gross for all Filipino films

MANILA, Philippines - Alden Richards and Maine 'Yaya Dub' Mendoza collectively known as AlDub first movie 'My Bebe Love' top...

MMFF Ranking 2015: MMDA announces Top 4 Films, First Day Total Gross

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines  - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) officially announced today, December 26, 2015 the first day box-office results and the top 4 movie entries to the 41th year of Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojUEbl_QAzT4U-aKC3a_9cajyKpoqlQU-TwJwkVZSMWH1IYMfXggUP-Q4AylZhZbjaRcI83IaUgoP6yEJyPqtljpF8Asx18EaKAItSAyt2m6OPtOwYmsGhujmRem4e0A35BQGVz354gnI/s1600/beauty-and-the-bestie-vs-my-bebe-love.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="'My Bebe Love' in tight box-office race with 'Beauty and the Bestie'" border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojUEbl_QAzT4U-aKC3a_9cajyKpoqlQU-TwJwkVZSMWH1IYMfXggUP-Q4AylZhZbjaRcI83IaUgoP6yEJyPqtljpF8Asx18EaKAItSAyt2m6OPtOwYmsGhujmRem4e0A35BQGVz354gnI/s640/beauty-and-the-bestie-vs-my-bebe-love.jpg" title="'My Bebe Love' in tight box-office race with 'Beauty and the Bestie'" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MMFF 2015 TOPGROSSERS: 'Beaty and the Bestie' vs 'My Bebe Love'</td></tr></tbody></table>The organizing committee and new MMDA chairman Emerson Carlos said that 'My Bebe Love: #KiligPaMore,' 'Beauty and the Bestie,' 'All You Need Is Pag-Ibig,' and 'Haunted Mansion' are the top 4 MMFF movies as of Saturday.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmFFm0uK25kqm9Xb26k6K18bp9BlKX9RhRgxAMCbfdckga3UyHK-6nfUtjLQaOb62jIp9mXvY27ICjgamfL_5DAOW7rX4S0p144Kz3U-wP01A_PXX12QXHrIxaFEhxS43TFRWePz4LUgA/s1600/haunted-mansion-all-you-need-is-pagibig.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Star Cinema's 'All You Need is Pag-ibig' and Regal Entertainment's 'Haunted Mansion'" border="0" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmFFm0uK25kqm9Xb26k6K18bp9BlKX9RhRgxAMCbfdckga3UyHK-6nfUtjLQaOb62jIp9mXvY27ICjgamfL_5DAOW7rX4S0p144Kz3U-wP01A_PXX12QXHrIxaFEhxS43TFRWePz4LUgA/s640/haunted-mansion-all-you-need-is-pagibig.jpg" title="Star Cinema's 'All You Need is Pag-ibig' and Regal Entertainment's 'Haunted Mansion'" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Star Cinema's 'All You Need is Pag-ibig' and Regal Entertainment's 'Haunted Mansion' float</td></tr></tbody></table>Carlos said this year’s opening-day gross was P150 million, compared to P147 million on the first day last year.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the MMDA chairman refused to reveal the official MMFF ranking of the top 4 films to protect other films.<br /><br />On the other hand, GMA News said AlDub first movie 'My Bebe Love' already earned P60-million on first day of the festival.<br /><br />Earlier, MMFF committee denied the '<a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2015/12/mmff-denies-ticket-swapping-claims-of-aldub-moviegoers.html" rel="nofollow"><b>ticket swapping</b></a>' claims during the first day of the festival."This baseless issue will only sideline the true intent and purpose of the Festival. Let’s continue supporting all the entries of the MMFF 2015," the statement reads.<br /><br />The other MMFF 2015 entries are Vhong Navarro's 'Buy Now, Die Later,' John Lloyd Cruz's 'Honor Thy Father,' Cesar Montano and Maria Ozawa film 'Nilalang' and Jennylyn Mercado-Jericho Rosales starrer 'Walang Forever.'<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SVQ7jnlhr781ygKse6VmBZNfzTMP9iIg9FdVRJapnWOovdRFBu0yZRGXQ8LCMwlEfy9moaHjcSF2SPNzUvL-f6VPeagppxHM2SQDMpl1-OlQ0T8g4v519FW4XWbrz5ilTme4EtTrTRAH/s1600/buy-now-die-nilalang-honor-thy-father-walang-forever.jpg" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="593" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SVQ7jnlhr781ygKse6VmBZNfzTMP9iIg9FdVRJapnWOovdRFBu0yZRGXQ8LCMwlEfy9moaHjcSF2SPNzUvL-f6VPeagppxHM2SQDMpl1-OlQ0T8g4v519FW4XWbrz5ilTme4EtTrTRAH/s640/buy-now-die-nilalang-honor-thy-father-walang-forever.jpg" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MMFF 2015 entries: 'Buy Now, Die Later, 'Honor Thy Father,' 'Nilalang,' and 'Walang Forever' floats</td></tr></tbody></table>The awards night is scheduled tomorrow night, December 27 at the  Kia Theatre, Araneta Center, Quezon City. Both the Parade of Stars and the Awards Night will be aired via delayed telecast on TV5 thru a co-production with Viva Entertainment.<br /><br />Proceeds of the annual holiday festival are being distributed to the Movie Workers Welfare Foundation Inc., Motion Picture and Anti-Film Piracy Council, Film Development Council of the Philippines and the Optical Media Board.</div>

MMFF Ranking 2015: MMDA announces Top 4 Films, First Day Total Gross

MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) officially announced today, December 26, 2015 the first day box-...

MMFF denies ticket swapping claims of AlDub moviegoers

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines  - The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2015 committee on Saturday, December 26 has issued official statement on the alleged ticket swapping claims being raised on social media by AlDub moviegoers (fans of Maine Mendoza and Alden Richards) and ‘My Bebe Love’ camp.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CK3_wUrw8RaORBs8wdp_v6vOFRMnNL7Hj7NaaEwRsEnZ0b_y6HAsppyy8zzngYmpSSs0V0PJCZYHm1vUq74kXmXSeNbjSUFn4BX7ejMkHCqoE6UAbb0uM_gCdghvdUEIrn0Wv6Aq4D1U/s1600/BEAUTY-AND-THE-BESTIE-my-bebe-love-ticket-awapping-issue.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Beauty and the Bestie vs My Bebe Love" border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CK3_wUrw8RaORBs8wdp_v6vOFRMnNL7Hj7NaaEwRsEnZ0b_y6HAsppyy8zzngYmpSSs0V0PJCZYHm1vUq74kXmXSeNbjSUFn4BX7ejMkHCqoE6UAbb0uM_gCdghvdUEIrn0Wv6Aq4D1U/s640/BEAUTY-AND-THE-BESTIE-my-bebe-love-ticket-awapping-issue.jpg" title="Beauty and the Bestie vs My Bebe Love" width="560" /></a></div><br /><br />"The Metro Manila Film Festival, after looking into the ticket swapping issue, strongly denies the existence of such and is enjoining all the stakeholders of the Festival to be responsible in expressing their sentiments especially on Social Media," statement reads.<br /><br />MMFF added that the issue is baseless and will only destroy the true meaning of the festival.<br /><br />The objective of the MMFF is to promote the local film industry and this baseless issue will only sideline the true intent and purpose of the Festival. Let’s continue supporting all the entries of the MMFF 2015.<br /><br />'My Bebe Love' director Jose Javier Reyes on Twitter confirmed the “ticket swapping” incidents that happened on Friday as the cinemas open for Metro Manila Film Festival movies.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Got word from producer:IT IS TRUE. Make sure that the title of the movie on YOUR ticket is what you want to watch.Beware of ticket swapping.</div>— Joey Javier Reyes (@DirekJoey) <a href="https://twitter.com/DirekJoey/status/680341710925205504" rel="nofollow">December 25, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">BEWARE OF TICKET-SWAPPING. Look at the title of the movie on your tickets. REPORT anomalies or take IG pictures and POST in social media.</div>— Joey Javier Reyes (@DirekJoey) <a href="https://twitter.com/DirekJoey/status/680342158902075392" rel="nofollow">December 25, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Please be calm but cautious. More important, true happiness can only be obtained by sincere and honest actions. ALDUB NATION, be above this.</div>— Joey Javier Reyes (@DirekJoey) <a href="https://twitter.com/DirekJoey/status/680343002619875328" rel="nofollow">December 25, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />Meanwhile, SM Cinema in a Twitter post confirmed that there had been a “mistake” in the printing of some tickets. “After verification, it was a mistake due to the high volume of tickets purchased. Apology for any inconvenience.” The said tweet was taken down hours after posting.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5Tpw5XRocTovcivIwHWccMdc4ygQeOwNNW-AxHfY2MrQgLtgWfyz9qcwx2ZBlnx4YACcuAj2YYZ4cKxwbL2JUTAo3z1ubAGHCVxzmPTGEpyZ5ZM6YUoWqF16u5aSazRLm6AZyqM1Wcf5/s1600/sm-cinema-ticket.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="SM cinema TICKET SWAPPING" border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5Tpw5XRocTovcivIwHWccMdc4ygQeOwNNW-AxHfY2MrQgLtgWfyz9qcwx2ZBlnx4YACcuAj2YYZ4cKxwbL2JUTAo3z1ubAGHCVxzmPTGEpyZ5ZM6YUoWqF16u5aSazRLm6AZyqM1Wcf5/s640/sm-cinema-ticket.JPG" title="SM cinema TICKET SWAPPING" width="560" /></a></div><br />Eric John Salut, the AdProm Manager for Publicity and Social and Print Media Relations of ABS-CBN said the issue is just a stupidity and commended Kapamilya moviegoers for not being fooled by the issue.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="tl"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeautyAndTheBestieDay2?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#BeautyAndTheBestieDay2</a> We don't need stress nowadays. Dito na tayo sa total entertainment! E totoo naman e, andami nang nakapanood!</div>— EJS (@ericjohnsalut) <a href="https://twitter.com/ericjohnsalut/status/680586780475670528" rel="nofollow">December 26, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Stupid, no? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeautyAndTheBestieDay2?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#BeautyAndTheBestieDay2</a> <a href="https://t.co/xqmyOGOC5r" rel="nofollow">https://t.co/xqmyOGOC5r</a></div>— EJS (@ericjohnsalut) <a href="https://twitter.com/ericjohnsalut/status/680587454143836161" rel="nofollow">December 26, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="tl"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeautyAndTheBestieDay2?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#BeautyAndTheBestieDay2</a> Nakakatuwa ang mga Kapamilya fans, mahusay silang mag-analyze at mag-investigate! Di sila pwedeng lokohin!</div>— EJS (@ericjohnsalut) <a href="https://twitter.com/ericjohnsalut/status/680590688904282112" rel="nofollow">December 26, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />On Saturday morning, the 'No To PHOTO COPY' hashtag trended on Twitter nationwide still pertaining to ticket swapping issue between MMFF 2015 topgrossing films Vice Ganda's 'Beauty and the Bestie' and AlDub's 'My Bebe Love.'<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Retweet and Spread!  No To PHOTO COPY  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeautyAndTheBestieDay2?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#BeautyAndTheBestieDay2</a> <a href="https://t.co/G1iqpm7Tqm" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/G1iqpm7Tqm</a></div>— Solid ABSCBN (@EchosarangFrog) <a href="https://twitter.com/EchosarangFrog/status/680583037378117632" rel="nofollow">December 26, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">ABS and GMA compared😂  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeautyAndTheBestieDay2?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#BeautyAndTheBestieDay2</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EATBULAGABestOf2015?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#EATBULAGABestOf2015</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShowtimePaskongBirthday?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#ShowtimePaskongBirthday</a> No To PHOTO COPY <a href="https://t.co/uF14z4bDBC" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/uF14z4bDBC</a></div>— Miranda Dexter (@1DexterAf) <a href="https://twitter.com/1DexterAf/status/680485980533440512" rel="nofollow">December 25, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Aldub fans. Are so desperate doing dirty things para lang maging #1 ang movie nila. Wow! No to Photo copy.</div>— Gabbie✞ (@GabbieAurestila) <a href="https://twitter.com/GabbieAurestila/status/680439313625055233" rel="nofollow">December 25, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Long ago MMFF entries competed together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Aldub fans attacked.  No To PHOTO COPY.</div>— im on vkation (@unkabogablevk) <a href="https://twitter.com/unkabogablevk/status/680395190427750400" rel="nofollow">December 25, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />But instead of social media war, some netizens encouraged us to be contented and patient despite of different views of everyone. - TheSummitExpress.com</div>

MMFF denies ticket swapping claims of AlDub moviegoers

MANILA, Philippines - The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2015 committee on Saturday, December 26 has issued official statement on the al...