Kris Aquino Breaks Silence Over Box-office Performance of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ In US & PH

Kris Aquino shares her “soul-baring truths”.

The Pinoy celebrity Kris Aquino who played Princess Intan in the Hollywood film ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ reacts to the box-office performance of the movie.

Based on a previous report, the Warner Bros. PH have revealed the box-office performance of  Kevin Kwan‘s book “Crazy Rich Asians” which was adapted to a Hollywood film.

The film was a success as it debuted $26.5 million on its first week in the US although dropping to a tiny percentage to $24.8 million the following week. While in the Philippines, it had P82.7 million on its opening weekend.

And Kris Aquino, playing the character of Malay Princess Intanreacted to the record-breaking result of the film she was in.

Kris Aquino
Photo grabbed on IG (@krisaquino)
Kris Aquino
Photo grabbed on IG (@krisaquino)

In an Instagram post is where ‘Princess Intan’ shared her reaction about the impressive results of the film and shared her “soul-baring truths”.

Initially, she was worried but the film did well which made her really grateful.

Here are her “soul-baring truths” as per the post:

1. When [Crazy Rich Asians] became the #1 movie in the ??, that Monday night (August 20) after reading it earned $35.5M in the 5 days since Aug 15, [I] was so stressed & anxious that my BP was at hypertensive crisis level. There was FEAR that if it did poorly here, [I’d] be the logical punching bag & laughingstock.

2. I firmly decided to shut up about [Crazy Rich Asians]… as previously stated, the movie shouldn’t become a referendum on the moviegoers’ feelings about me and/or my family. It wouldn’t be right to see what was so instrumental in helping me regain MY SELF WORTH suffer because of association w/ me. PRAYERS & SILENCE were my best options.

3. Then like a dream, friends started sending me pictures & videos of all seats taken cinemas, [I] read in messages the spontaneous cheers when Princess Intan walked in.

4. [I] reached out to Ms. Sionee Lagman, the marketing director of [Warner Bros Pictures] on Saturday to ask how the movie was doing?

Kris Aquino
Photo grabbed on IG (@krisaquino)

5. [I] received this at 2:44 PM Monday: Sharing with you CRA’s [record-breaking] opening weekend box-office results as promised: CRA Op We box-office – P82.7M: Biggest Op We for a WB FIlm for 2018; Biggest All-Time Op We for a Foreign/English RomCom. Congratulations. She updated me just now- 7 day total is ₱110M.

6. Just THANK YOU, not because of illusions about my contribution-but because my cameo appearance in a historically significant, phenomenally successful #1 Hollywood movie championing INCLUSIVITY for all Asians elevated Filipinos- 1 of us was chosen to be the only ROYAL in the fantasy world of CRAZY RICH ASIANS.

7. After portraying an orphaned girl pushing a “kariton” in her 1st movie 28 years ago, capping that roller coaster ride of hits & misses to portray a Princess resplendent in her [real-life] family’s & democracy’s symbolic yellow- this girl was given her version of not just THE END but the magical HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

8. To all the Rachels, never allow the Eleanors to bully you. BE BRAVE because of your intelligence, personal achievements & your courage to LOVE.

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