MUTANTS RULE AT P175 MILLION: “X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST” DOMINATES PHILS. BOX-OFFICE OPENING WEEKEND
It
was an epic battle that waged epic receipts at the Phils.box-office as the biggest
ensemble in the X-Men universe, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” bowed at number 1
in the Phils. Box-office on its opening weekend (May 21 – 25) with P175 million
haul from almost 400 screens nationwide.
Helmed
by Brian Singer, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” has dominated the local market
with about 84% over-all market share and is now the Biggest Fox Film to open
this year so far. Likewise, the movie
is now the Biggest Opening Weekend for a Fox film all-time and the Biggest
Opening Weekend for the franchise.
The
outstanding box-office receipt is due to the rave reviews and repeat viewing
eclipsing the entire lifetime gross of “The Wolverine” (P172M). The movie has also surpassed that of “Captain
America: The Winter Soldier” (P155M) and is the 2nd Biggest Opening
weekend industry-wide (international and local) for the year next to “The
Amazing Spiderman 2” (P251M).
With
almost 900,000 admissions nationwide, the top theatres who raked in hefty bulk
of receipts in the box-office is led by SM Megamall at P8.2 million followed by
SM Mall of Asia at P7.8M and Trinoma ranks third with P7.7M. Still within the top five theatres are SM
North Edsa/The Block at P6.3M and Glorietta4 at P5.9M.
Completing
the list of top 20 cinemas that contributed to “X-Men: Days of Future Past’s”
outstanding opening weekend are SM Cebu (P4.16M); Greenbelt 3 (P4.11M); Alabang
Town Center (P3.99M); Greenhills TheatreMall (P3.98M); Eastwood (P3.92M); SM
Southmall (P3.8M); Bonifacio High Street (P3.69M); Ayala Cebu (P3.6M);
Powerplant (P3.4M); Gateway Cineplex (P3.36M); Shang Cineplex (P3.31); Newport
(P3.1M); Robinson’s Ermita (P2.8M); Market!Market! (P2.7M); Robinson’s Magnolia
(P2.53M) and Robinson’s Galleria (P2.51M).
Playing alongside other movie titles
on its opening week in the Phils., “X-Men: Days of Future Past” holds top spot
at P175M followed by “Godzilla” (2nd week) at P29M, “The Amazing
Spiderman (4th week) at P6.6M, “So It’s You (local film – 3rd
week) at 1.6M and “Twin Sisters Ghost” (1st week) P.87M.
Featuring
a stellar cast including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer
Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Halle Berry, Ellen Page, Peter
Dinklage, Nicholas Hoult, Omar Sy, Shawn Ashmore, Evan Peters, Fan Bingbing and
Lucas Till, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” fights a war for the survival of the
species across two time periods. The beloved characters from the original
“X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from the past, in
order to change a major historical event and fight an epic battle that could
save the mutants and humankind’s future.
Available
in 2D, 3D and 4Dx format, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” is still showing in
almost 400 screens nationwide from 20th Century Fox distributed by
Warner Bros.
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