Phenomenal box office comedian Vice Ganda is humbled by the achievement of his latest movie project which is an official entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2015 titled “Beauty and the Beastie.” His movie with Coco Martin and the JaDine love team have already earned more than P500 million in box office returns.
The P500 million box office earnings of the Star Cinema movie was released by the producers on Sunday, the income does not include the earnings from international screening of the highest grossing Filipino movie of all time.
In an exclusive interview with entertainment site Push and other celebrity reporters, Vice Ganda said he is overwhelmed by the movie’s success but stressd that he and the rest of the cast weren’t looking to break the box office records but they were more interested on how to make Filipino viewers satisfied.
Vice Ganda was quoted as saying “Hindi na namin naisip ‘yung record. Ang naisip namin, kailangan maganda itong pelikula, kasi kung puro record lang, puro sales lang ang iisipin mo, hindi ka makakapag-concentrate doon sa produksyon,” he said.
The movie Beauty and the Beastie features Vice Ganda, Coco Martin, James Reid and Nadine Lustre. As of press time, the movie is still showing in more than 100 theaters nationwide.