JERRY OLEA:
Nanguna sa takilya ng North America nitong nakaraang weekend, Agosto 25-27, 2023, ang Gran Turismo.
Ayon sa Box Office Mojo, $17.4M ang opening weekend gross ng biographical sports action drama na pinagbidahan ni Archie Madekwe bilang Jann Mardenborough.
On its sixth weekend, nasa pangalawang puwesto ang Barbie with $15.1M.
Ang box-office champion the other weekend na Blue Beetle ay lumagpak sa third place, with $12.2M. Disappointing ang performance sa takilya ng launching movie ni Xolo Maridueña.
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Ang kasabayan ng Barbie na Oppenheimer ay nasa fourth place, with $8.2M.
Ang action thriller ni Liam Neeson na Retribution ay nag-open sa ikawalong puwesto with $3.5M.
Ang horror movie na The Last Voyage of the Demeter ay palubog na on its third weekend.
Kasabay ng Retribution na nag-open sa local cinemas noong nakaraang Miyerkules, Agosto 23, ang Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, It Lives Inside, Devils, One and Only, Return to Seoul, Corsage, Close, Aftersun, at ang Wish You Were The One na reunion movie nina Bela Padilla at JC Santos.
This Wednesday, August 30, mag-o-open sa local cinemas ang Gran Turismo, Monday First Screening nina Ricky Davao at Gina Alajar, Swing nina RK Bagatsing at Jane Oineza, Past Lives nina Greta Lee at Teo Yoo, All Fun and Games, Deliver Us, Honey Sweet, at Tauken Ranbu: The Movie 2.
GORGY RULA:
Ayon pa rin sa Box Office Mojo, heto ang update sa “pinakamalalakas” na pelikula WORLDWIDE so far this year: The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($1.36B), Barbie ($1.34B), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ($846M), Oppenheimer ($778M), Fast X ($705M); Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ($688M), The Little Mermaid ($569M), Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One ($552M), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($476M), Elemental ($469M); Transformers: Rise of the Beasts ($439M), John Wick: Chapter 4 ($427M), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ($381M), Meg 2: The Trench ($354M), Creed III ($275M); The Flash ($269M), Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves ($208M), Insidious: The Red Door ($187M), Sound of Freedom ($181M), Scream VI ($169M).
Konting kembot na lang nina Margot Robbie at Direktor Greta Gerwig, kakabugin na ng pelikula nilang Barbie ang The Super Mario Bros. Movie!
Itong Barbie ang highest-grossing film directed solely by a woman, highest-grossing film ng Warner Bros., 17th highest-grossing film of all time (hindi adjusted sa inflation), at para kay MJ Lastimosa ay “waley” at “parang school project.”
Solid talaga ang Barbenheimer!
Itong Oppenheimer naman ang highest-grossing World War II-related film, at fourth highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.
Ang animated romcom-drama na Elemental ay nag-open below expectations, pero eventually ay naging sleeper hit.
NOEL FERRER:
Good luck sa Team ng Monday First Screening at Swing na buong lakas-loob na susuungin ang box office bilang attempt na buhayin ang ating lokal na industriya ng pelikula.
Sana, maraming kababayan natin ang makapanood, lalo pa’t these two films are fairly well made.
Nakakatakot! Pero paano natin mate-test at malalaman ang tunay na sagot kung hindi haharapin ang katotohanan?
Salamat pa rin sa mga nakikipagsapalaran!