“THE MAZE RUNNER” Raced To First Place At The Philippines Box-Office With P 62.4 MILLION
“The Maze Runner” landed top spot at the Phils. Box-Office
with an outstanding P62.4 million on its first five days of release (opened
Sept. 17) outrunning all other films that simultaneously opened that week. The movie clinched its place as the 3rd
Biggest Opening Weekend for a Fox film this year (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”
being the 1st) and is now the 4th Biggest Opening Weekend
for a Fox film all-time (again succeeding “X-Men: Days of Future Past”) so
far.
“The
Maze Runner” has exceeded expectations and is also currently tracking higher
than previously released YA (young adult) blockbusters such “The Hunger Games”
and “Divergent.”
Rated
PG by the local censors board, “The Maze Runner”opened in more than 170 screens
nationwide and has thus far reached a wider demographics outside the books’ fan
base. Within the Philippines, it’s Ayala
Malls Cinemas’ Trinoma that ranked top with P2.47million of the movie’s opening
weekend gross. Next is SM Mall of Asia with P2.46million, coming in 3rd
is SM Megamall with P2.11million, SM North Edsa/The Block recorded 4th
with P1.92 million and Greenbelt3 at 5th with P1.68million.
Nationwide,
the other top grossing cinemas included in “The Maze Runner” dash are:
Glorietta4 (P1.58M); Ayala Cebu (P1.56M); Alabang Town Center (P1.54M);
Powerplant (P1.42M); SM Cebu (P1.41M); Greenhills TheatreMall (P1.28M);
Bonifacio High Street (P1.26M); Gaisano Davao (P1.19M); Gateway Cineplex/Ali
Mall (P935, 436); EastWood (P934, 350); Market!Market! (P902,572); Robinson’s
Ermita (P894, 810); Shang Cineplex (P882, 519); SM Aura (P862, 056) and Newport
(P862, 056).
Directed by Wes Ball from the bestselling
book of the same title by James Dashner, “The Maze Runner’s” remarkable feat at
the box-office was compounded with the film’s high-adrenaline tempo that lived
up to the book’s spirit, making it a film
worth-watching with groups of friends and families. For most film critics who have had enough of
the YA genre of recent years expecting the same of “The Maze Runner,” they were
all pleasantly surprised at how the filmmakers upped the ante in the genre,
thereby eliciting rave reviews of the movie’s unique premise and stunning
visual effects.
Mikael Francisco of www.gmaonline.com enthuses, “The Maze Runner manages to
navigate through the dangers of retreading repeatedly explored storytelling
paths in order to deliver a solid, albeit at times predictable, two hours of
suspense and adventure. The visual
effects are nothing to scoff at, either. The ever-changing Maze evokes a sense
of dread and horror.” While Kai
Magsanoc (Yahoo Phils.) lists down six reasons to watch the movie: “Based on
the Best-selling adult novel, Read or not (the book) – you will enjoy the
movie, the casting is stellar, the pacing is perfect, the costume design en
pointe and the production design deserves props.”
“The Maze Runner” finds Thomas
(Dylan O’Brien) along with other boys and an only girl, in a mysterious prison
field known as the Glade who learns that each resident has a role to play, from
gardening to construction to being one of the elite runners who map the walls
of the Maze that keep them captive and change configurations every night. Maze
Runners race the clock to cover as much ground as possible before the end of
the day when the Maze locks down and the deadly biomechanical Grievers roam the
corridors of the concrete structure.
“The
Maze Runner” is currently showing in cinemas nationwide from 20th
Century Fox distributed by Warner Bros.
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