"Praybeyt Benjamin Fever" is really hitting the Philippines big time!

'Praybeyt Benjamin' grosses P214M in 9 days!

According to latest reports, Star Cinema's Praybeyt Benjamin is now a certified blockbuster hit! It has earned 214 million pesos during its first nine days in theaters all over the country, making it the most successful Noypi movie of all time in its first week! That's just a few millions shy of the P220 million 3-week income of  the highest earning Noypi film in history, "No Other Woman."

The hashtag #praybeytbenjaminfever is currently trending on Twitter Philippines.

Praybeyt Benjamin is being topbilled by the "unkabogable" Vice Ganda. It tells the story of a gay man born into a military family is forced to enlist in place of his ailing father when a civil war breaks out in the Philippines. Its star-studded cast include  Derek Ramsay, Eddie Garcia, Jimmy Santos, Carlos Agassi, Nikki Valdez, Kean Cipriano, DJ Durano, Vandolph Quizon, and Dennis Padilla.

Watch the making of Praybeyt Benjamin here: http://noypistuff.blogspot.com/2011/10/praybeyt-benjamin-puss-in-boots-in-time.html

No Other Woman teaser photo

"No Other Woman," the newest film from Star Cinema and Viva films, which is being topbilled by Anne Curtis, Derek Ramsay, and Cristine Reyes, debuted very strong at the box office.

According to entertainment news reporter Gretchen Fullido, the movie raked in an estimated gross of P15 Million during its opening day which was yesterday, September 28, 2011.

"#NoOtherWoman raked in P15 million pesos on opening day. Congrats Star Cinema! :)" Fullido tweeted Thursday evening after her TV Patrol report.

Meanwhile, the following tweets from Anne Curtis seem to support the claim.

"Word just in! SM malls have had to add cinema's so that they can accommodate everyone that wants to watch! Congratulations #NoOtherWoman"

"Woot woot! SOLD OUT na! Go #NoOtherWoman ♥ RT @iamsanjie: @annecurtissmith @IAmDerekRamsay SOLD OUT na yung ticket for 7:20 and 7:50 sa Gateway! Haba pa ng pila!"

"No Other Woman" is directed by Ruel S. Bayani and was rated “A” by the Cinema Evaluation Board. It tells the story of a married furniture supplier (Derek Ramsay) who was tempted to stray by a comely young client (Anne Curtis). His wife (Cristine Reyes), keen to the client's romantic ambitions, is soon fighting for the love of her own husband.

Mr. Bean's (Rowan Atkinson) fans are still rushing to cinemas to watch their idol in the new comedy action film "Johnny English Reborn," making the sequel still undefeated in the box office race 2 weeks in a row.

The Pixar sequel "Cars 2" zooms its way to the top of the highest grossing films in the Philippines for Week 34 (August 24-28, 2011), according to Box Office Mojo.

"Cars 2" garnered total estimated ticket sales of 37.79 million pesos during its first 5 days, leading other Hollywood films "Final Destination 5" (Debut week, P25.5M), "Crazy, Stupid, Love." (2nd week, P5.3M), and "Conan the Barbarian" (2nd week, P4.6M).

Meanwhile, Star Cinema's "Way Back Home" which was on its second week scooped P4.3M more, with a total 2-week gross now of P27.8M.

This was also the week when GMA Films' "Tween Academy: Class of 2012" premiered. Unfortunately, it was not on the list. Did Box Office Mojo miss to include it? Because if it did not, we could assume that the film earned less than 64,327 pesos which is the lowest gross listed.

		Movie		Weekend Gross					Gross-to-Date	Week
		Cars 2		P37.79M					P37.79M	1
		Final Destination 5		P25.5M					P25.5M	1
		Crazy, Stupid, Love.		P5.3M					P13.18M	2
		Conan the Barbarian (2011)		P4.6M					P20.33M	2
		Way Back Home		P4.3M					P25.8M	2
		Colombiana		P2.5M					P2.5M	1
		One Day		P2.04M					P2.04M	1
		Rise of the Planet of the Apes		P0.99M					P78.71M	4
		The Smurfs		P0.97M					P50.86M	3
		Cowboys & Aliens		P0.35M					P29.67M	3
		Captain America: The First Avenger		P64.3K					P152.7M	5
		Prepared by: Noypistuff Source: Box Office Mojo

"Way Back Home" raked a whooping 18 million pesos during its first week, topping the box office, Box Office Mojo reported.



According to Box Office Mojo, The Star Cinema movie knocked "The Smurfs" (#2) from the top spot and led other films which debuted the same week, "Conan the Barbarian"(#3) and "Crazy Stupid Love" (#4). "Rise of the Planets of Apes" and "Cowboys & Aliens" took the 5th and 6th spot respectively while Eugene Domingo-starrer "Ang Babae sa Septic Tank" which raised P2.15M more in its third week came in at #7 - "Ang Babae sa Septic Tank" now has a total estimated earnings of P30.26M.



"Captain America" (#8), the last "Harry Potter" movie(#9), and "Transformers 3" (#10) also made it to the Top 10 list.



The data above were gathered from August 17-22, 2011.