"In The Name Of Love" posts P89.87 million gross revenues in 2 weeks

"In The Name of Love", produced by Star Cinema and stars Aga Muhlach and Angel Locsin, managed to earn P42.56 million during its 2nd week despite facing a "giant" Hollywood movie in the box-office.

According to Box Office Mojo's latest box-office tally, Walt Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" earned a record-breaking P63.14-million gross revenues for its first weekend in the Philippines, an impressive earning in only 3 days (May 20 to 22, 2011).

It's already the highest opening weekend sales for any movie in the country this 2011, beating the previous record by another Hollywood film "Thor" which had 59.74 during its first weekend.

Among local films, Star Cinema's "Catch Me I'm In Love" posted the highest opening weekend with P52.95-million.

Adding P42.56M to its 1st 5-day gross the previous week (May 11-15), "In The Name Of Love" now has an accumulated 12-day total of P89.87M as of May 22, the 2nd highest-grossing Pinoy film so far this 2011, and definitely will pass the P100M mark.

For its 3rd week, "In The Name of Love" is now facing two giants: "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tide" and the new release "Kung Fu Panda 2".

PHILIPPINE BOX-OFFICE 2011
Pinoy films only
(figures courtesy of BoxOfficeMojo.com)

1. Catch Me...I'm In Love P120.21M
2. In The Name Of Love P89.87M (as of May 22)
3. Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak! P77.15M
4. Bulong P67.27M
5. Who's That Girl? P58.31M
6. My Valentine Girls P44.26M
7. Tumbok P10.53M (as of May 22)
8. Tum: My Pledge Of Love P5.16M

Aga Muhlach-Angel Locsin movie "In The Name Of Love" earns P47.31-million on its first 5 days

Star Cinema's "In The Name Of Love" collected a gross receipts of P47.31M on its first 5 days, May 11-15, 2011, and managed to rule the box-office charts last weekend despite facing strong competitions from Hollywood releases.

"In The Name Of Love" which stars Aga Muhlach, Angel Locsin and Jake Cuenca, and is directed by Olivia M. Lamasan, landed on #1 in the box-office, taking over the top spot from last week's #1 "Fast Five", which went down to #2 and now has a total gross receipts of P93.83million after 2 weekends.

Aside from "Fast Five", two more Hollywood films also did well in the box-office last week.

"Priest" also made a strong debut with P24.69 million on its first 5 days while "Thor" earned P23.44-million on its 3rd weekend and now has a total gross of P159.93M to become the top-grossing film in the Philippines so far this 2011.

Star Cinema and M-Zet co-production "Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak!" meanwhile now has P77.15-million after 4 weekends while Viva Films' "Tumbok" grossed only P9.57-million after 12 days.

"In The Name of Love" first weekend gross receipts of P47.31M is slightly lower than "Catch Me I'm In Love" 1st weekend gross receipts of P52.95M.

As of May 15, 2011, here's the ranking of Pinoy films shown this 2011 based on their box-office gross revenues:

1. Catch Me...I'm In Love P120.21M
2. Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak! P77.15M (as of May 15)
3. Bulong P67.27M
4. Who's That Girl? P58.31M
5. In The Name Of Love P47.31M (as of May 15)
6. My Valentine Girls P44.26M
7. Tumbok P9.57M (as of May 15)
8. Tum: My Pledge Of Love P5.16M

'In The Name of Love' movie trailer released! Love it!

Before everyone takes a Holy Week holiday leave, Star Cinema released the official trailer of 'In The Name of Love' which stars Aga Muhlach, Angel Locsin and Jake Cuenca.

The trailer was first released via its official website (inthenameoflove.starcinema.com.ph or simply inthenameoflove.ph) and was later uploaded on Youtube (StarCinemaABSCBN).

The movie, which is directed by Olivia Lamasan, definitely has many amazing scenes squeezed in the 4-minute trailer. And I super love these ones:

Excited much to see it?

Here's the trailer of "In The Name of Love":

Gary V. is singing the theme song of this new movie of Aga Muhlach. In the past, he already sang the theme song of 4 Aga Muhlach movies: "Kailangan Kita", "Dubai", "All My Life" and "When Love Begins", 2 of which gave Aga the Box Office King title.

And for "In the Name of Love", Gary V. sings his own version of Matt Monro hit "Portrait of My Love".

"In The Name of Love" is showing on May 11, 2011.

'In The Name of Love' official movie poster

Star Cinema has released the official poster of the highly-anticipated movie "In The Name Of My Love" which pairs up King of Romantic-Drama Movies Aga Muhlach and the Philippines' Sexiest Angel Locsin for the first time.

I love the poster. My reaction when I first saw it was "Wow! So hot!" It's one eye-catching poster, and I think it's one of Star Cinema's best-looking posters.

"In The Name Of Love" will hit theaters this May 11, 2011, as Star Cinema's 18th Anniversary Offering, and whenever it's their anniversary offering or a Star Cinema movie is shown in May, it's always a hit. Speaking about "Here Comes The Bride", "BFF: Best Friend's Forever", "Caregiver", "All My Life" and "Ang Tanging Ina" which were all shown in May and were Star Cinema's anniversary offerings.

Joining Aga Muhlach and Angel Locsin in "In The Name of Love" is hunkified actor Jake Cuenca.

Directed by Olivia Lamasan, the movie also stars Dante Rivero, Carmi Martin, Leo Rialp, Smokey Manaloto, Ryan Eigenmann, Emilio Garcia, Kat Alano, Dimples Romana, Bobby Andrews, Michael Flores, Joshua Zamora, Nanding Josef, Maliksi Morales and Paul Salas.

Don't forget - May 11 - Mark your calendars now!!!

Shalani Soledad to receive a special gift from Willie Revillame on her 31st birthday

Shalani Soledad will be turning 31 this coming April 20 April 27 and reportedly, she will be receiving a special gift, I repeat, a very special gift from Willie Revillame.

What do you think will be Willie's birthday gift to her?

Car? Jewelries? Money?

I hope it's a car.

If Willie gave Aga Muhlach a car, which reportedly a Mercedes Benz sports car which costs P8 million, I'm sure he can also afford to give Shalani a multi-million car.

But whatever that gift is, it would be extra special for sure just like Shalani's gift to Willie on his 50th birthday last January.

As her special gift to Willie, Shalani recorded a song entitled "Salamat Sa Pag-ibig Mo" which was composed by Vehnee Saturno.

Watch a video of Shalani singing a song for Willie last January 27:


Video upload courtesy of certifiedkapatid

Aga Muhlach transfers to TV5, "laos na"? Lea Salonga, Ruffa Gutierrez defend Aga

Aga Muhlach photo.Aga Muhlach is now officially a "Kapatid" after he signed a 3-year contract with TV5.

December of last year when news first broke out that Aga will move to TV5 after being a Kapamilya talent for almost 2 decades.

And now, it's officially happening and he is already set to do 3 shows on TV5, one of which is reportedly the local version of "Amazing Race" with Aga as the host.

Just like with other stars who switched networks, some people are saying that he's already "laos" that's why he made such big decision.

Maybe because of the fact that his last show with ABS-CBN, "M3: Malay Mo Ma-Develop", was a shortlived one due to poor ratings, considering it was his show after 3 years of absence on TV.

In the movies, his last 2 films, "When Love Begins" in 2008 and "RPG Metanoia" (where he lent his voice) last MMFF 2010, both failed to reach the P100M mark.

But we can never discount the fact that Aga Muhlach was a 4-time Box Office King and definitely is one of the best actors in the industry.

That's why Aga's friends and former leading ladies have defended him on Twitter from the negative issues being thrown at him as he transfers to TV5.

Ruffa Gutierrez, Aga's ex-girlfriend and his leading lady in 2 films during the 90's, posted: "Aga is Aga. Hindi lang dekalidad na aktor na rinerespeto but an eternal star! Same with the likes of Dolphy, Ate Vi, Sharon, Lorna T, Boyet, Maricel, Goma, Edu, Cesar, Dawn, Binoe, Tito-Vic & Joey, Bong, Ipe etc. Mga poste sa industriya that will never be out of season kahit sinong baguhang artista pa ang pumasok! These established actors HAVE MADE THEIR MARK in the industry. Give them importance & respect. New stars come & go by the dozen. Some names I don't even remember but the legends will live on..."

Lea Salonga, who worked with Aga in two box-office films, agreed to that. She said, "True, these great stars will never leave the heavens...I believe there is no such thing as "laos". Unless of course you're referring to the country in the Southeast Asian region. That exists."

This coming Sunday on TV5's Paparazzi, Aga Muhlach answers the issues and reveals to Ruffa Gutierrez the reasons behind the big switch. Watch for it!


Photo courtesy of Ruffa Gutierrez on Twitter