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' box-office gross: P15 million on its opening day

"In The Name of Love", which stars Aga Muhlach and Angel Locsin, has earned a high P15-million during its opening day last Wednesday, May 11, 2011, according to SNN's news report last night.

That definitely calls for an early victory party for the whole cast, staff and crew of "In The Name of Love", which is directed by Olivia Lamasan.

The P15 million opening gross of "In The Name of Love" is the same as the opening gross of "Catch Me, I'm In Love" and "Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak" which were shown early this year.

Aga's previous movie "A Love Story" shown in 2007 and Direk Olive's 2009 film "In My Life" also both earned P15 million during their 1st day in the Philippine box-office.

Congrats Star Cinema for another box-office hit!

'Catch Me I'm In Love' movie gross as of 2nd week: P89.73 million

'Catch Me I'm In Love' has ruled the Philippine Box Office for the second weekend.

For the period March 30 to April 3, 2011, 'Catch Me I'm In Love' earned P25.93 million, according to the figures from Box Office Mojo.

Though the movie's 2nd-weekend gross was 50% down from its opening weekened, it's still on top of the box-office chart despite threats from new releases "Hop", an animated film, and "Source Code" starring heart-throb Jake Gyllenhaal.

So far, Catch Me I'm In Love, which pairs up Sarah Geronimo and Gerald Anderson for the first time, now has an accumulated gross revenues of P89.73 million after 12 days: P52.95 million in its first 5 days (1st week) and P36.78 during the next 7 days (2nd week).

It already surpassed the total earnings / final grosses of Sarah and Gerald's separate movies shown in 2010.

"Paano Na Kaya" (starring Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson) Final Gross: P82.02M
"Hating Kapatid" (starring Judy Ann Santos and Sarah Geronimo) Final Gross: P81.98M
"Till My Heartaches End" (starring Kim and Gerald) Final Gross: P60.48M

Meanwhile, "Who's That Girl" which stars Anne Curtis and Luis Manzano, and opened 3 weeks ahead of "Catch Me I'm In Love" took in P58.31 million gross revenues in 5 weeks.