Just like last year, the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF 2016) Executive Committee (ExeCom) refused to reveal the official MMFF ranking of the official box office gross of this year’s entries. Instead, they released the top 4 MMFF movies on opening day in alphabetical order – “Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank 2: #ForeverIsNotEnough,” “Die Beautiful,” “Seklusyon” and “Vince & Kath & James.”
In a statement released by the ExeCom to the media, it says, “We have re-assessed and set a new benchmark for this festival, we nevertheless look at the financial sales for the first day as a real bonus as we have already achieved what we started out to in the first place, which is the cultural advancement through Filipino films. You cannot put a price [on] something which the future generations of Filipinos will find priceless and ageless.”
The other MMFF 2016 entries are “Sunday Beauty Queen,” “Saving Sally,” “Kabisera” and “Oro.”
Here’s the Day 3 Box Office Gross of the MMFF 2016 as shared by writer G3 on her Facebook account:
MMFF 3 Days (December 25-27) Box Office Gross:
1.) Vince & Kath & James (Joshua Garcia, Ronnie Alonte, Julia Baretto) – ₱44-M