Philippine Box Office Roundup 7

Here's the 7th edition of my Philippine Box Office Roundup and you can read my previous recap (which was just a few days ago :D ) here. And as always here are some notes with regards to my box office roundup:

• The following box office stats are from the ever awesome Box Office Mojo's Philippine Box Office Index. Thus, my box office comparisons and analysis are only limited to what Box Office Mojo has in its records
• Studios and local distributors sometimes issues press releases about the box office performance of their movies and there are instances that they do not exactly match the data Box Office Mojo have in hand. I'm not sure how wide Box Office Mojo's scope is with our local theaters but for the purposes of a consistent discussion and analysis I will only focus on the numbers posted at Box Office Mojo.
• I added some stuff like the Mission Impossible : Ghost Protocol box office for 2012 since Box Office Mojo does not include that 2011 holdover on their Top Movies 2012 list. Meanwhile the box office numbers for the holdovers from the MMFF last year are not on BOM's list so they're not on here as well.
• Box Office Mojo does not have the numbers for Ayala Cinemas Exclusive My Week with Marilyn so it's not on the charts below.

Wrath of the Titans opened to a strong 62.7 million pesos in the Philippine Box Office. It opened above Clash of The Titans which opened with 47 million at the same time two years ago. But it should be noted that Wrath of the Titans was the only new release last week and had a wide release plus IMAX and 3D ticket premium so all the odds were in favor for this movie to opened huge. Clash of The Titans competed with local romcom Babe I Love You and kids flick Diary of a Wimpy Kid. However, Clash of The Titans finished with $4.7 million (or around 211 million pesos) and was the #3 film of 2010 (after Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Iron Man 2). I don't think the movie can reach that level despite a strong opening due the 3D movies cooling off in the box office lately and the lower Peso-Dollar exchange rate. Anyway, due to the movie's strong opening it launched itselft at #7 on the Year to Date chart (Pesos).

Last week's #1 The Hunger Games already earned 114 million pesos as of April 1 and is now the second highest grossing movie of the year after UnOfficially Yours. There's still 46 million pesos separating the top 2 two films and The Hunger Games might struggle to surpass UnOfficially Yours as the movie's box office was a bit dampened by Wrath of the Titans' arrival and since its 3rd week fell on Holy Week it won't see that much business in the box office. It will also compete with Titanic 3D which opens this week (watch out for my review) is a wildcard and heavily promoted Battleship which opens on April 12 . Will the odds be in its favor? Let's wait and see. Nevertheless, the movie is still a box office success.

While it flopped elsewhere, John Carter did solid business in the Philippine box office as it already crossed $2 million (86 million pesos). Meanwhile, 50 million pesos is within reach for Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang which is considered a success as the movie has a small production budget (akin to local independent films).

Here are the Philippine Box Office charts (both in dollars and pesos) as I originally posted at the BoxOffice.com forums:

Top Movies for 2012 (as of April 1, 2012)

• In Pesos

1. local) UnOfficially Yours - 157,254,200 PHP
2. The Hunger Games - 114,933,952 PHP
3. Underworld Awakening - 102,119,364 PHP
4. John Carter - 86,462,641 PHP
5. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance - 72,209,152 PHP
6. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - 67,511,470 PHP
7. Wrath of The Titans - 62,486,327 PHP***
8. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - 61,951,573 PHP
9. The Vow - 59,626,147 PHP
10. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked - 56,157,209 PHP
11. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* - 50,696,658 PHP*
12. (local) Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang - 49,271,693 PHP
13. Chronicle -35,486,025 PHP
14. The Darkest Hour - 34,477,168 PHP
15. This Means War - 32,491,717 PHP
16. Mirror, Mirror -27,684,094 PHP
17. (local) A Mother's Story - 24,815,781 PHP
18. (local) My Cactus Heart - 23,008,393 PHP
19. The Lorax -20,871,216 PHP
20. The Devil Inside -17,797,936 PHP
21. Safe House - 14,284,788 PHP
22. Jack and Jill - 13,462,940 PHP
23. (local) My Kontrabida Girl - 13,092,496 PHP
24. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 9,475,901 PHP
25. Contraband - 9,151,255 PHP
26. (co-prod with Indonesia) The Witness - 7,660,608 PHP
27. (local) Hitman - 5,757,748 PHP
28. We Bought a Zoo - 5,568,319 PHP
29. Star Wars Episode 1 3D - 4,595,572 PHP
30. Hugo - 4,407,536 PHP
31. The Grey - 4,000,508 PHP
32. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - 3,870,089 PHP
33. The Descendants - 3,217,457 PHP
34. Moneyball - 2,628,771 PHP***
35. The Woman in Black - 2,624,792 PHP
36. Haywire - 2,365,429 PHP
37. J.Edgar -2,092,195 PHP
38. War Horse - 2,032,464 PHP
39. The Muppets - 1,916,008 PHP
40. One For the Money - 1,783,197 PHP
41. Beauty and the Beast (3D) - 1,666,199 PHP
42. Man on a Ledge - 1,588,510 PHP
43. Breaking Wind -1,359,086 PHP
44. Coriolanus - 1,180,075 PHP
45. 11-11-11 1,125,821 PHP

* for 2012 only. Total box office: 168,442,905 PHP
*** Moneyball and Wrath of the Titans are ranked higher in this chart compared to the Dollars gross chart due to changes in the US Dollar-Peso exchange rate

• In US Dollars

1. (local) ÜnOfficially Yours - $3,704,457
2. The Hunger Games - $2,683,780
3. Underworld Awakening - $2,391, 207
4. John Carter - $2,018,957
5. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance - $1,691,905
6. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - $1,574,215
7. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - $1,460,261
8. Wrath of the Titans - $1,459,09
9. The Vow - $1,390,377
10. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked - $1,323,682
11. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* - $1,187,103*
12. (local) Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang - $1,150,525
13. Chronicle - $832,097
14. The Darkest Hour - $812,183
15. This Means War - $758,702
16. Mirror, Mirror -$646,441
17. (local) A Mother's Story - $574,764
18. (local) My Cactus Heart - $542,331
19. The Lorax - $487,356
20. The Devil Inside - $415,593
21. Safe House - $333,089
22. Jack and Jill - $315,445
23. (local) My Kontrabida Girl - $305,718
24. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - $223,225
25. Contraband - $214,284
26. (co-prod with Indonesia) The Witness - $178,880
27. (local) Hitman - $135,636
28. We Bought a Zoo - $131,497
29. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D) - $107,913
30. Hugo - $103,206
31. The Grey - $94,296
32. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - $90,369
33. The Descendants - $75,387
34. The Woman in Black - $61,869
35. Moneyball - $61,297
36. Haywire - $55,483
37. J.Edgar - $49,059
38. War Horse - $47,879
39. The Muppets - $44,740
40. One For the Money - $42,007
41. Beauty and the Beast 3D - $39,070
42. Man on a Ledge - $37,513
43. Breaking Wind - $31,914
44. Coriolanus - $27,332
45. 11-11-11 - $26,362

*Overall gross: $3,969,223. It went back to theaters on Jan. 8 and the only foreign movie holdover from 2011