‘Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin’ crosses P300-M milestone

Vice Ganda-starrer ”The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin” surpassed the P300-million mark at the box office, the comedian announced.

In a tweet on Friday, Vice Ganda said the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) entry has earned P300 million since opening on Christmas day.

This means that the film is on track to match the gross earnings of another Vice Ganda-starrer “Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy,” an entry in last year’s MMFF that is currently the highest-grossing Philippine film of all time.

300Million kisses for you! Praybeyt Benjamin says THANK YOU!

— jose marie viceral (@vicegandako) January 2, 2015

In an article published by Yahoo Philippines on Friday, Dominic Du of the MMFF executive committee was quoted as saying that the annual film fest has already earned more than P701 million as of January 1.

He added that it surpassed the gross-box office receipts of last year’s MMFF by around five percent.

Du also revealed that “English Only, Please,” which stars Derek Ramsay and Jennylyn Mercado, leapfrogged “Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2” to take the last spot of this year’s top four entries.

The romantic comedy won Best Director, 2nd Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Original Story, Best Editor, and the top acting honors at the awards ceremony held on December 27.

The other top grossing entries, as announced by Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Francis Tolentino back on December 26, are “The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin,” My Big Bossings,” and “Feng Shui 2”.