3. Heneral Luna (English: “General Luna”) – P254,483,145
A Filipino historical biopic film depicting General Antonio Luna’s leadership of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine-American War. It opens with the beginning of hostilities with the American colonizers, and ends with the assassination of Luna on June 5, 1899 – a period in which Luna served as Supreme Chief of the Army under the First Philippine Republic.
Directed by Jerrold Tarog and produced by Artikulo Uno Productions (a partnership with co-writers/producers Ed Rocha and Jerrod Tarog).
With a production budget of 80 million pesos, it is one of the most expensive Filipino epic historical films ever released. On September 29, 2015, it broke previous record of ₱160 million to become the highest grossing Filipino historical film of all time.
Despite a 50% discount offered student viewers, by the beginning of its fourth week the film was well on its way to reaching the₱200 million gross ticket sales. On October 11, it was officially announced that the film had reached its ₱240M break even point.
