Philippine Box Office Roundup 12

Box Office Mojo info came in late so apologies that the 12 th edition of my Philippine Box Office Roundup is jus posted today. Anywa you can read my previous recap (which was two weeks ago) here. And as always here are some notes with regards to my box office roundup:

• The following box office stats are from the ever awesome Box Office Mojo's Philippine Box Office Index. Thus, my box office comparisons and analysis are only limited to what Box Office Mojo has in its records
• Studios and local distributors sometimes issues press releases about the box office performance of their movies and there are instances that they do not exactly match the data Box Office Mojo have in hand. I'm not sure how wide Box Office Mojo's scope is with our local theaters but for the purposes of a consistent discussion and analysis I will only focus on the numbers posted at Box Office Mojo.
• I added some stuff like the Mission Impossible : Ghost Protocol box office for 2012 since Box Office Mojo does not include that 2011 holdover on their Top Movies 2012 list. Meanwhile the box office numbers for the holdovers from the MMFF last year are not on BOM's list so they're not on here as well.
• Box Office Mojo does not have the numbers for Ayala Cinemas Exclusive My Week with Marilyn so it's not on the charts below.

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The Avengers continue to pull in JAW DROPPING BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE! Yes I have to type that in all caps because The Avengers box office run is just insane! In 2 weeks, the movie is already the highest grossing movie ever in the country raking in $11.6 million / 487 million pesos in just two week easily surpassing the previous record holder, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which earned $9.7 million / 420 million pesos last year. TRULY PHENOMENAL!

There were two other releases on that week and they did as best as they could. American Pie: The Reunion (Rated R-18 which no SM cinemas there) pulled a decent 7.8 million pesos while the horror flick Cabin the Woods pulled an OK 2.7 million pesos

Here are the Philippine Box Office charts (both in dollars and pesos) as I originally posted at the BoxOffice.com forums:

Top Movies for 2012 To Date (as of May 2, 2012)

In Pesos

1. The Avengers - 277,383,923 PHP
2. (local) UnOfficially Yours - 157,254,200 PHP
3. Wrath of The Titans - 140,056,484 PHP
4. The Hunger Games - 139,996,453 PHP
5. Battleship - 105,492,767 PHP
6. Underworld Awakening - 102,119,364 PHP
7. John Carter -87,165,284 PHP
8. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance - 72,209,152 PHP
9. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - 67,511,470 PHP
10. (local) Moron 5 and the Crying Lady - 64,642,363 PHP
11. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - 61,951,573 PHP
12. The Vow - 59,626,147 PHP
13. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked - 56,157,209 PHP
14. (local) Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang - 51,389,780 PHP
15. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* - 50,696,658 PHP*
16. Chronicle -35,486,025 PHP
17. The Darkest Hour - 34,477,168 PHP
18. This Means War - 32,491,717 PHP
19. Mirror, Mirror -28,718,269 PHP
20. (local) A Mother's Story - 24,815,781 PHP
21. Titanic 3D - 23,119,015 PHP
22. (local) My Cactus Heart - 23,008,393 PHP
23. The Lorax-21,324,022 PHP
24. The Devil Inside -17,961,575 PHP
25. The Lucky One - 16,505,814 PHP
26. Safe House - 14,284,788 PHP
27. Jack and Jill - 13,462,940 PHP
28. (local) My Kontrabida Girl - 13,092,496 PHP
29. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 9,475,901 PHP
30. Contraband - 9,151,255 PHP
31. (co-prod with Indonesia) The Witness - 8,617,970 PHP
32. (local) Hitman - 5,757,748 PHP
33. We Bought a Zoo - 5,568,319 PHP
34. Star Wars Episode 1 3D - 4,595,572 PHP
35. Hugo - 4,407,536 PHP
36. The Grey - 4,000,508 PHP
37. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - 3,870,089 PHP
38. The Descendants - 3,217,457 PHP
39. Moneyball - 2,628,771 PHP***
40. The Woman in Black - 2,624,792 PHP
41. Haywire - 2,365,429 PHP
42. J.Edgar -2,092,195 PHP
43. War Horse - 2,032,464 PHP
44. The Muppets - 1,916,008 PHP
45. One For the Money - 1,783,197 PHP
46. Beauty and the Beast (3D) - 1,666,199 PHP
47. Man on a Ledge - 1,588,510 PHP
48. Breaking Wind -1,359,086 PHP
49. Machine Gun Preacher - 1,166,230 PHP
50. Coriolanus - 1,180,075 PHP
51. 11-11-11 1,125,821 PHP
52. Anonymous - 505,631 PHP

* for 2012 only. Total box office: 168,442,905 PHP
*** Moneyball is ranked higher in this chart compared to the Dollars gross chart due to changes in the US Dollar-Peso exchange rate.

• In Dollars

1. The Avengers (2012) - $11,664,071
   
2. (local) ÜnOfficially Yours - $3,704,457
   
3. Wrath of the Titans - $3,387,145
   
4. The Hunger Games -$3,295,973
   
5. Battleship - $2,770,492
   
6. Underworld Awakening - $2,391, 207
   
7. John Carter - $2,052,155
   
8. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance - $1,691,905
   
9. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - $1,574,215
   
10. (local) Moron 5 and the Crying Lady - $1,521,892
    
11. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - $1,460,261
    
12. The Vow - $1,390,377
    
13. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked - $1,323,682
    
14. (local) Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang - $1,212,269
    
15. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* - $1,187,103*
    
16. Chronicle - $832,097
    
17. The Darkest Hour - $812,183
    
18. This Means War - $758,702
    
19. Mirror, Mirror - $672,559
    
20. (local) A Mother's Story - $574,764
    
21. Titanic 3D -$544,297
    
22. (local) My Cactus Heart - $542,331
    
23. The Lorax - $505,908
    
24. The Lucky One - $481,291
    
25. The Devil Inside - $423,708
    
26. Safe House - $333,089
    
27. Jack and Jill - $315,445
    
28. (local) My Kontrabida Girl - $305,718
    
29. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - $223,225
    
30. Contraband - $214,284
    
31. (co-prod with Indonesia) The Witness - $201,826
    
32. American Reunion - $187,737
    
33. (local) Hitman - $135,636
    
34. We Bought a Zoo - $131,497
    
35. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D) - $107,913
    
36. Hugo - $103,206
    
37. The Grey - $94,296
    
38. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - $90,369
    
39. The Descendants - $75,387
    
40. The Cabin in the Woods -$65,51
    
41. The Woman in Black - $61,869
    
42. Moneyball - $61,297
    
43. Haywire - $55,483
    
44. J.Edgar - $49,059
    
45. War Horse - $47,879
    
46. The Muppets - $44,740
    
47. One For the Money - $42,007
    
48. Beauty and the Beast 3D - $39,070
    
49. Man on a Ledge - $37,513
    
50. Breaking Wind - $31,914
    
51. Machine Gun Preacher - $27,511
    
52. Coriolanus - $27,332
    
53. 11-11-11 - $26,362
    
54. Anonymous -$13,142

*Overall gross: $3,969,223. It went back to theaters on Jan. 8 and the only foreign movie holdover from 2011