"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

"Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak!" Box-Office Gross: P21.89 million in 2 days

Star Cinema and M-Zet co-prod "Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak!" has been showing strong in theaters since its opening day last Black Saturday, April 23.

Box Office Mojo tabulation for the period April 20-24 shows that Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak! earned P21.89 million on its first 2 days.

That's quite a huge figure for a 2-day gross, and it's already an indication of a box-office success for the movie.

Probably by now, May 6, the movie, which stars Vic Sotto and Bea Alonzo, is already closer to a hundred million.

Meanwhile, "Catch Me I'm In Love" starring Sarah Geronimo and Gerald Anderson has already wrapped up with a total accumulated gross of P120.21 million after 5 weeks while the Robin Padilla-Mariel Rodriguez movie "Tum: My Pledge of Love" is still struggling in the box-office with only P5.16 million in 3 weeks.