'Titans' pushes Warner Bros. gross to P500 M

April 27, 2010, 3:46pm
A scene from the move 'Clash of the Titans'
A scene from the move 'Clash of the Titans'

“Clash of the Titans” solidified its blockbuster status in Philippine box-office, as it reached the milestone P200-M mark last Sunday, April 25, after only three weeks, becoming the year’s most successful film to date. This was announced Monday, April 26, by Francis Soliven, general manager of Warner Bros. (F.E.), Inc., which distributed the film.

“Clash” attained the milestone Sunday when it posted a cumulative gross of a staggering P201.58 million. The film’s sensational run propelled Warner Bros.’ year-to-date earnings to reach a jolting P515.89 million, which is quite impressive since it's only four months into 2010.

“This is the first time in local history that a film distributor conquered the P500-million mark [within] four months,” says Soliven.

Aside from “Titans,” the studio’s other certified box-office successes were February’s teen fantasy “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief” (which Warner distributed for Twentieth Century Fox), which grossed P94.24 million, January’s action-adventure “Sherlock Holmes” (P53.18 million), and the comedy “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” (P51.96 million), as well as the ensemble romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day” (P34 million), released last February.

The rest of the year looks even brighter for Warner, as its potential juggernauts are still to open. “As the saying goes, `the best is yet to come,’” says Soliven. “As it stands, we hope to reach the P1-billion mark before the year’s fourth quarter because of our strong lineup.”

Still to come from Warner Bros. are the horror-thriller “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” the highly awaited sequel “Sex and the City 2,” the comic book adaptation “Jonah Hex,” the mind-bending thriller “Inception” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, the comedy adventure “Cats & Dogs 2,” the 3D adventure “Legends of the Guardians,” the comedy “Due Date” starring Robert Downey Jr., and second-to-the-last installment of the enduring Harry Potter franchise, “The Deathly Hallows, Part 1.”

From Fox (which Warner Bros. sub-distributes), the upcoming potential hits are the film adaptation of the TV classic “The A-Team,” the Tom Cruise-starrer “Knight & Day,” the Robert Rodriguez-directed actioner “Predators,” Oliver Stone’s sequel “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” the action-thriller “Unstoppable,” and the fantasy adventure “The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”

AttachmentSize
A scene from the move 'Clash of the Titans'14.6 KB