Philippine Box Office Recap 28

To check out the previous recap click here and always reminders and disclaimers:

• 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 and local movie Gun Guni so it's not on the charts below.

The Mistress continue to dominate the box office and overtakes UnOfficially Yours as the top local movie of 2012 earning P186.7 million  against the latter's P157 million gross.  All new releases disappointed with Dredd topping the new entries with a paltry P5.3 million. Regal's Shake, Rattle & Roll spinoff Pridyider did awful with P3.6 million, the lowest opening number for a local release from a major studio. American indie flick Ruby Sparks did OK for a movie with no stars and offbeat concept earning P2.7 million.

Here is the latest Philippine Box Office tally as originally posted at BoxOffice forums

[Local Currency] Top Movies for 2012 To Date (as of Sept. 23, 2012)

1. The Avengers - 608,818,151 PHP
2. The Amazing Spider-Man  - 340,249,995 PHP
3. The Dark Knight Rises - 219,611,803 PHP
4. The Bourne Legacy - 200,560,431 PHP
5. (local) The Mistress - 186,729,040 PHP  
6. (local) UnOfficially Yours - 157,254,200 PHP
7. Wrath of The Titans - 145,947,263 PHP
8. The Hunger Games - 139,996,453 PHP
9. (local) Kimmy Dora and the Temple of Kiyeme -   133,963,009 PHP
10. MIB 3 - 131,174,819 PHP
11. Battleship -122,592,175 PHP
12. Snow White & The Huntsman - 120,917,585 PHP
13. (local) The Healing - 104,602,460 PHP
14. Resident Evil: Retribution -    101,875,460 PHP
15. Underworld Awakening - 102,119,364 PHP  
16. The Expendables 2 -94,314,276 PHP
17. Ice Age: Continental Drift -   92,215,792 PHP
18. John Carter -87,165,284 PHP
19. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance - 72,209,152 PHP
20. Dark Shadows - 68,972,654 PHP
21. (local) The Reunion - 68,112,967 PHP
22. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - 67,511,470 PHP
23. Brave -66,173,290 PHP
24. (local) Moron 5 and the Crying Lady - 64,642,363 PHP
25. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - 61,951,573 PHP
26. Total Recall (2012) -   59,776,281 PHP
27. The Vow - 59,626,147 PHP
28. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - 56,676,178 PHP
29. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked - 56,157,209 PHP
30. (local) Born To Love You - 52,022,256 PHP
31. (local) Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang - 51,389,780 PHP
32. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* - 50,696,658 PHP*
33. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - 50,576,348 PHP
34. (local) Every Breath U Take - 50,191,540 PHP
35. Step Up Revolution - 45,976,505 PHP
36. Prometheus   - 44,648,261 PHP
37. Chronicle -35,486,025 PHP
38. The Darkest Hour - 34,477,168 PHP
39. This Means War - 32,491,717 PHP
40. (local) The Mommy Returns - 30,613,315 PHP
41. Mirror, Mirror -28,718,269 PHP
42. (local) Boy Pick-Up: The Movie - 25,376,588 PHP
43. (local) Amorosa   - 25,201,412 PHP
44. (local) A Mother's Story - 24,815,781 PHP
45. The Dictator - 24,387,937 PHP
46. Titanic 3D   - 23,119,015 PHP
47. (local) My Cactus Heart - 23,008,393 PHP
48. The Lucky One - 22,972,803 PHP
49. The Lorax-21,324,022 PHP
50. The Possession - 19,232,521 PHP
51. The Devil Inside -17,961,575 PHP
52. Magic Mike  - 17,960,779 PHP
53. American Reunion - 17,457,036 PHP
54. Rock of Ages - 16,617,234 PHP
55. Safe House - 14,284,788 PHP
56. Jack and Jill - 13,462,940 PHP
57. (local) My Kontrabida Girl - 13,092,496 PHP
58. (local) I Do Bidoo Bidoo -   12,846,578 PHP
59. The Watch - 11,599,441 PHP
60. 21 Jump Street - 11,322,999 PHP
61. Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3: Dog Days -9,590,553 PHP
62. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 9,475,901 PHP
63. The Campaign   -    9,468,492 PHP
64. Contraband - 9,151,255 PHP
65. Safe (2012) - 9,048,485 PHP
66. The Witness - 8,617,970 PHP
67. The Cabin in the Woods - 7,755,247 PHP
68. Lockout -  7,400,961 PHP
69. (local) Just One Summer - 6,155,778 PHP
70. (local) Hitman - 5,757,748 PHP
71. We Bought a Zoo - 5,568,319 PHP
72. Dredd     - 5,358,328 PHP
73. The Raid: Redemption - 4,743,908 PHP
74. Star Wars Episode 1 3D - 4,595,572 PHP
75. Hugo     -   4,407,536 PHP
76. Katy Perry: Part of Me - 4,156,470 PH
77. Special Forces - 4,037,937 PHP
78. The Grey - 4,000,508 PHP
79. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - 3,870,089 PHP
80. The Cold Light of Day - 3,681,644 PHP
81. What to Expect When You're Expecting -3,626,430 PHP
82. (local) Pridyider - 3,599,946 PHP
83. Act of Valor -  3,486,162 PHP
84. Piranha 3DD - 3,424,936 PHP
85. The Descendants - 3,217,457 PHP
86. ParaNorman - 3,066,417 PHP  
87. Ruby Sparks - 2,742,214 PHP
88. Moneyball - 2,628,771 PHP
89. The Woman in Black - 2,624,792 PHP
90. StreetDance 2 - 2,383,066 PHP
91. Haywire - 2,365,429 PHP
92. J.Edgar -2,092,195 PHP
93. The Pirates! Band of Misfits - 2,073,521 PHP
94. War Horse  - 2,032,464 PHP
95. The Muppets - 1,916,008 PHP
96. One For the Money - 1,783,197 PHP
97. Beauty and the Beast (3D) - 1,666,199 PHP
98. Man on a Ledge - 1,588,510 PHP
99. (local) Bwakaw - 1,552,264 PHP
100. Breaking Wind  -1,359,086 PHP
101. Dark Floors - 1,257,270 PHP
102. (local) Ang Nawawala - 1,245,505 PHP
103. Gone - 1,193,074 PHP
104. Machine Gun Preacher - 1,166,230 PHP
105. Coriolanus - 1,180,075 PHP
106. 11-11-11 1,125,821 PHP
107. (local) Captive - 1,113,851 PHP
108. (local) Mga Mumunting Lihim - 774,349 PHP
109. The Hunting Party - 765,493 PHP
110. People Like Us - 717,424 PHP
111. Hope Springs - 665,466 PHP
112. 407 Dark Flight - 634,703 PHP
113. Anonymous -549,309 PHP
114. Big Miracle - 252,798 PHP

* for 2012 only. Total box office: 168,442,905 PHP