'Guardians of the Galaxy' earns P104 M four-day gross in the PH

MANILA, August 4, 2014 – Marvel Studios' “Guardians of the Galaxy” opened at number one in the Philippines with a gross of P104 million in just four days, from July 31 to August 3.

 

This was announced by a spokesman of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International which distributed the film.

 

“Guardians” built on its P15.94-M opening day gross on July 31 to achieve the sixth biggest opening of the year, making it ahead of recent blockbusters “Godzilla” and “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.”

 

The space adventure of quirky, unique heroes including Drax (played by Filipino-American Dave Bautista) also now holds the record for all-time fifth-biggest opening weekend for a Disney/Marvel title in the country.

 

In the United States, “Guardians of the Galaxy” set a new August opening record with a estimated weekend gross of $94 million. 

 

READ: Marvel's 'Guardians' rockets to top of box office

 

SM Mall of Asia generated the biggest opening receipts for “Guardians of the Galaxy” with P5.30 million, followed by SM North EDSA with P5.22 million and SM Megamall, P4.90 million .

 

In the top ten with outstanding sales are Glorietta 4 (P3.47 M), Trinoma (P3.46 M), SM Cebu (P3.1 M), Power Plant (P2.81 M), SM Aura (P2.63 M), Greenhills Promenade (P2.58 M) and Greenbelt 3 (P2.4 M).

 

Eastwood (P2.37 M) claimed the 11th rank, followed by Shang Cineplex (P2.13 M), Alabang Town Center (P2.08 M), SM Southmall (P1.99 M), Ayala Cebu (P1.83 M), Newport City (P1.80 M), Gateway (P1.69 M), Bonifacio High Street (P1.44 M), Fisher Mall (P1.37 M) and SM Clark (P1.30 M).

 

Marvel's “Guardians of the Galaxy,” which first appeared in comic books in Marvel Superheroes #18 (Jan. 1969), stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, featuring Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot, Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, with John C. Reilly, Glenn Close as Nova Prime Rael and Benicio del Toro as The Collector.

 

"Guardians of the Galaxy," directed by James Gunn, is now showing in Philippine theaters.

 

In addition to "Guardians of the Galaxy," Marvel Studios will release a slate of films based on the Marvel characters including "Avengers: Age of Ultron" on May 1, 2015; "Ant-Man" on July 17, 2015; and the untitled "Captain America 3" on May 6, 2016.