List of Highest Grossing Films in the Philippines

During the 60's, Philippine cinema was one of the biggest movie industries in the world, together with United States and India. The country was releasing numerous films then and movie-goers were frequent in theaters. The industry has catapulted numerous names to fame and gained influence, such stars like Fernando Poe Jr. and Dolphy. Nora Aunor, Vilma Santos, Sharon Cuneta and Maricel Soriano were recognized as movie queens for having box-office power. Stars with consistent box office movies in the new generation are Judy Ann Santos, Claudine Barretto, Piolo Pascual, Kris Aquino, Ai-Ai Delas Alas, John Lloyd Cruz, Vice Ganda, Anne Curtis and Sarah Geronimo.

But in the recent decades, the business is rapidly sliding down as the national economy is declining and foreign films are too dominant in the competition. But then again, as marketing strategies of film companies are improving and the quality of feature films are getting better, the box-office in the Philippines is gaining grounds once again. In fact, the industry is generating almost ₱ 1.5 billion in revenue annually and employing 260,000 people at present.

The All-Time Highest Grossing Films in the Philippines

Following is the list of the All-Time Highest Grossing Foreign and Local Films in the Philippines based on its actual Box - Office revenues in US Dollar.

Figures are estimates from third party tabulator Box Office Mojo. Metro Manila Film festival Entries were not included on the list for their figures came from a different box office data base.

The All-Time Highest Grossing Films

Following is the list of the All-Time Highest Grossing Local Films in the Philippines, based on actual Box – Office revenues in Philippine Peso.

Figures are estimates from third party tabulator Box Office Mojo. Metro Manila Film festival Entries were not included on the list for their figures came from a different box office data base.

The All-Time Highest Grossing Metro Manila Film Festival Entries

Check out the All-Time Highest Grossing Metro Manila Film Festival Entries based on its actual Box - Office revenues in Philippine Peso.

Figures shown below were based on the 14-day showing of the MMFF Entries from December 25 to January 7 only. The outfit’s earnings from extended run of the film were not included.

2011 Highest Grossing Films

Top 10 Foreign and Local Movies

This Year, two new histories in the Philippine Cinema was made.Transformers: Dark of the Moon overtakes Spiderman 3 as the highest grossing film of all time. While No Other Woman and The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin also overtakes You Changed My Life as the highest grossing Filipino film of all time.

• Local Movies (including Indie Films)

• Metro Manila Film Festival Entries

The MMFF will kick off with a parade of stars on Dec. 24. It opens on Dec. 25 and ends Jan. 7, 2012. Only official Metro Filmfest entries will be shown in cinemas nationwide during this period. The figures below are the Box Office Revenues of the MMFF Entries as of January 1, 2012.

Note: All movies marked with a blue background and an asterisk (*) on their # of Weeks are still showing in theaters

Sources

• BSP
• CONVERSIONPESOUSDOLLARWATCH
• BOM
• PEP

2010 top-grossing films

Top 9 foreign and local movies

• Top 10 local movies

2009 top-grossing films

Paramount's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was at top in this year, as it earned a phenomenal ₱ 357.89 million, and soared at the second spot of the All-Time Highest-Grossing Films in the Philippines.

After hailing Sarah Geronimo and John Lloyd Cruz as the Box-Office King and Queen of 2008, their team-up was proven again in You Changed My Life, the sequel to their 2008 movie, A Very Special Love. On its third week of showing, the film has already took the number one spot from 2008's Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat for being the Highest-Grossing Filipino Film of All-Time, and hailing them as the All-Time Box-Office King and Queen of Philippine Cinema. Throughout its run in theaters, it has accumulated a total domestic revenue of ₱ 226 million, placing it fifth on the Highest-Grossing Films in the country, which includes the films released by international movie studios.

• Top 10 foreign and local movies

• Top 2 local movies

2008 top-grossing films

Local movies were strong in 2008, as they took the first and second spot on the top-grossers of the year, and six domestic films reached the P 100 million peso mark. Moreover, Sarah Geronimo's debut movie, A Very Special Love, earned ₱ 179.57 million in the box-office—out-grossing Twilight. In December, as the Metro Manila Film Festival opened, Ai-Ai de las Alas' Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat is short, at ₱ 102.5 million, on being the number one movie in the end of 2008, but as it continue its run until January 2009, the film has made ₱ 197 million and defeated the romantic-comedy film.

• Top 5 foreign and local movies

• Top 10 local movies

2007 top-grossing films

2007 was a prosperous year for Philippine Cinema as one film made more than 400 million pesos, and local movies were also very competitive, when three films surpassed the 100 million peso-mark, including John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo's One More Chance, hailing them as Box-Office King and Queen.

• Top 5 foreign and local movies

• Top 10 local movies

2006 top-grossing films

The comeback of Superman in Superman Returns soared to number one, when it earned ₱ 256.04 million. Domestic films were also on top of the list. Star Cinema's You Are the One is the film where Sam Milby & Toni Gonzaga was hailed as the Guillermo Mendoza Foundation Award's Box- office prince & princess.

• Top 5 foreign and local movies

• Top 3 local movies

References

External links

• Box-Office Mojo
• IMDB
• SINEMAX