MMFF hits target ticket sales
The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) executive committee on Monday announced that it has reached its target ticket sales for the festival’s opening day on December 25.
“THE MMFF EXECOM is happy to have reached our 1st day target ticket sales,” it said in a statement.
The committee, however, did not release official actual box-office figures.
“We have re-assessed and set a new benchmark for this festival, we nevertheless look at the financial sales for the 1st day as a real bonus as we have already achieved what we started out to in the first place which is the cultural advancement through our Filipino films,” it said.
You cannot put a price at something which the future generations of Filipinos will find priceless and ageless,” it added.
The MMFF execom also revealed the first day top grossers in alphabetical order:
-“Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank 2”
-“Die Beautiful”
-“Seklusyon”
-“Vince and Kath and James”
“We shall continue promoting and supporting the 8 MMFF entries as they all deserve to be watched and patronized by the Filipino audiences,” the committee said.
“Rest assured that the MMFF Execom will always serve to our best effort all our stakeholders and serve the greater purpose of not only commerce but also of audience education and development,” it added.
Aside from the four films, four other films are showcased for this year’s MMFF, which also include “Kabisera,” “Oro,” “Saving Sally” and “Sunday Beauty Queen.” NC
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