Blockbuster stars in TV might not always create a box-office hit specially when one’s project requires viewers to spend more than a hundred bucks to see them play their roles regardless of how good the material is.
MMFF 2012 Star Cinema entry “Sisterakas” starring Kris Aquino, A Ai delas Alas and Vice Ganda holds the ttle for beng the most watched Filipino film for 2012 which is also the highest-grossing Pinoy Film of all time with a record of P342 million box office gross. This movie is also the second Filipino movie to surpass the elusive P300 million mark, the other one is the Vica-Ganda starrer “Praybeyt Benjamin.”
Here are the 2012 Highest Grossing Films in the Philippines that says it all:
- Sisterakas (P342,000,000)
- The Mistress $6,362,114 (P260, 846,674)
- This Guy’s in Love with U Mare $6,082,709 (P249,391,069)
- One More Try (P170,500,000)
- ÜnOfficially Yours $3,704,457 (P151,882,737)
- Si Agimat Si Enteng Kabisote at Si Ako (P133,500,000)
- Kimmy Dora and the Temple of Kiyeme $3,204,780 (P131,395,980)
- A Secret Affair $2,875,137 (P117,880,617)
- The Healing $2,465,876 (P101,100,916)
- Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles $2,035,311 (P83,447,751)
- 24/7 in Love $1,837,164 (P75,323,724)
- The Reunion $1,620,761 (P66, 451, 201)
- Moron 5 and the Crying Lady $1,521,892 (P62,397,572)
- Born To Love You $1,244,766 (P51,035,406)
- Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang $1,212,269 (P49,703,029)
- Every Breath U Take $1,158,457 (P47,496,737)
- Suddenly It’s Magic $1,145,856 (P46,980,096)
- Shake Rattle & Roll 14 (P45,300,000
- D’Kilabots Pogi Brothers Weh?!? $867,971 (P35,586,811)
- The Mommy Returns $701,389 (P28, 756, 949)
- Amorosa $608,173 (P24,935,093)
- Boy Pick-Up: The Movie $607,200 (P24, 895, 200)
- A Mother’s Story $574,764 (P23, 565, 324)
- Of All the Things $542,932 (P22,260,212))
- My Cactus Heart $542,331 (P22, 235, 571)
- I Do Bidoo Bidoo: Heto nApo sila! $310,020 (P12, 710, 820)
- My Kontrabida Girl $305, 718 (P12, 534, 438)
No figures released for other MMF movies like “El Presidente,” “The Strangers,” “Sosy Problems,” and “Thy Womb.”