'Heneral Luna' Now the Highest-Grossing Historical Film in PH

“Heneral Luna,” the Philippines' official entry to the Oscars 2016, reached P180 million in the box office in 4 weeks making it the country's highest-grossing historical movie of all time.

The official Facebook page of the film revealed its box office performance in four weeks:

1st Week Sept 9-15 P 15,333,299
2nd Week Sept 16-22 P 44,066,423
3rd Week Sept 23-29 P 104,010,219
4th Week Sept 30 P 8,937,640 * ongoing

The breakdown of figures show that the Jerrold Tarog masterpiece started slow but because of rave reviews in social media and “word of mouth,” it made a breakthrough on its 2nd and 3rd week.

“Heneral Luna” is now on its fourth week and currently screening in 96 theaters nationwide.