"Kung Fu Panda 2" showtimes at SM Megamall

Kung Fu Panda 2 has opened in Philippine theaters starting yesterday, May 26, 2011, and according to those who were the first to watch it yesterday, Kung Fu Panda 2 is truly a fun film to watch (especially on 3D).

If you're from Metro Manila and you're planning to watch Po and his Kung Fu friends in this "Kung Fu Panda" sequel, try it out at SM MegaMall where you can watch the film not in 2 or 3 theaters, but in 5 out of its 12 theaters with different showtimes.

That means, if you failed to catch it on a particular showtime in one SM MegaMall Cinema, try it out on other SM MegaMall theaters which have different showtimes of Kung Fu Panda 2.

The movie has been given a GP rating by the MTRCB, meaning everyone in the family could watch this animal adventure animated film.

Here's Kung Fu Panda 2 Showtimes at SM MegaMall for today, May 27, 2011 (courtesy of ClickTheCity.com):

SM Megamall Digital Theater 1 - 3D (12:40 PM | 3:00 PM | 5:20 PM | 7:40 PM | 10:00 PM)
Digital Theater 3 - 3D (11:40 AM | 2:00 PM | 4:20 PM | 6:40 PM | 9:00 PM)
Cinema 6 (11:10 AM | 1:20 PM | 3:30 PM | 5:40 PM | 7:50 PM | 10:00 PM)
Cinema 8 (12:35 PM | 2:45 PM | 4:55 PM | 7:05 PM | 9:15 PM)
Cinema 10 (11:55 AM | 2:05 PM | 4:15 PM | 6:25 PM | 8:35 PM)

Other films currently showing at SM MegaMall are "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" at SM Megamall Digital Theater 2 (3D) and Cinema 4, "Dylan Dog: Dead of Night" at Cinema 5, "Fast & Furious 5" at Cinema 11 and "Thor" at Cinema 12.

But of course, we should not forget to watch and support locally-produced films such as "In The Name Of Love" which is shown at SM Megamall Cinema 9 and the Sam Milby-starring indie film "Third World Happy" at Cinema 7.

As of May 22, "In The Name Of Love" has grossed P89.87 million, so probably as of this writing, the movie has already reached P100-million.

Photo courtesy of SM MegaMall on Facebook

"In The Name Of Love" posts P89.87 million gross revenues in 2 weeks

"In The Name of Love", produced by Star Cinema and stars Aga Muhlach and Angel Locsin, managed to earn P42.56 million during its 2nd week despite facing a "giant" Hollywood movie in the box-office.

According to Box Office Mojo's latest box-office tally, Walt Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" earned a record-breaking P63.14-million gross revenues for its first weekend in the Philippines, an impressive earning in only 3 days (May 20 to 22, 2011).

It's already the highest opening weekend sales for any movie in the country this 2011, beating the previous record by another Hollywood film "Thor" which had 59.74 during its first weekend.

Among local films, Star Cinema's "Catch Me I'm In Love" posted the highest opening weekend with P52.95-million.

Adding P42.56M to its 1st 5-day gross the previous week (May 11-15), "In The Name Of Love" now has an accumulated 12-day total of P89.87M as of May 22, the 2nd highest-grossing Pinoy film so far this 2011, and definitely will pass the P100M mark.

For its 3rd week, "In The Name of Love" is now facing two giants: "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tide" and the new release "Kung Fu Panda 2".

PHILIPPINE BOX-OFFICE 2011
Pinoy films only
(figures courtesy of BoxOfficeMojo.com)

1. Catch Me...I'm In Love P120.21M
2. In The Name Of Love P89.87M (as of May 22)
3. Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak! P77.15M
4. Bulong P67.27M
5. Who's That Girl? P58.31M
6. My Valentine Girls P44.26M
7. Tumbok P10.53M (as of May 22)
8. Tum: My Pledge Of Love P5.16M

Aga Muhlach-Angel Locsin movie "In The Name Of Love" earns P47.31-million on its first 5 days

Star Cinema's "In The Name Of Love" collected a gross receipts of P47.31M on its first 5 days, May 11-15, 2011, and managed to rule the box-office charts last weekend despite facing strong competitions from Hollywood releases.

"In The Name Of Love" which stars Aga Muhlach, Angel Locsin and Jake Cuenca, and is directed by Olivia M. Lamasan, landed on #1 in the box-office, taking over the top spot from last week's #1 "Fast Five", which went down to #2 and now has a total gross receipts of P93.83million after 2 weekends.

Aside from "Fast Five", two more Hollywood films also did well in the box-office last week.

"Priest" also made a strong debut with P24.69 million on its first 5 days while "Thor" earned P23.44-million on its 3rd weekend and now has a total gross of P159.93M to become the top-grossing film in the Philippines so far this 2011.

Star Cinema and M-Zet co-production "Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak!" meanwhile now has P77.15-million after 4 weekends while Viva Films' "Tumbok" grossed only P9.57-million after 12 days.

"In The Name of Love" first weekend gross receipts of P47.31M is slightly lower than "Catch Me I'm In Love" 1st weekend gross receipts of P52.95M.

As of May 15, 2011, here's the ranking of Pinoy films shown this 2011 based on their box-office gross revenues:

1. Catch Me...I'm In Love P120.21M
2. Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak! P77.15M (as of May 15)
3. Bulong P67.27M
4. Who's That Girl? P58.31M
5. In The Name Of Love P47.31M (as of May 15)
6. My Valentine Girls P44.26M
7. Tumbok P9.57M (as of May 15)
8. Tum: My Pledge Of Love P5.16M

'In The Name Of Love' box-office gross: P15 million on its opening day

"In The Name of Love", which stars Aga Muhlach and Angel Locsin, has earned a high P15-million during its opening day last Wednesday, May 11, 2011, according to SNN's news report last night.

That definitely calls for an early victory party for the whole cast, staff and crew of "In The Name of Love", which is directed by Olivia Lamasan.

The P15 million opening gross of "In The Name of Love" is the same as the opening gross of "Catch Me, I'm In Love" and "Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak" which were shown early this year.

Aga's previous movie "A Love Story" shown in 2007 and Direk Olive's 2009 film "In My Life" also both earned P15 million during their 1st day in the Philippine box-office.

Congrats Star Cinema for another box-office hit!

Phil Younghusband and Angel Locsin movie date at the Podium

Phil Younghusband had to make up with Angel Locsin last night after they went separate ways last Tuesday.

Angel Locsin was at the grand premiere of her movie "In the Name of Love" while Phil Younghusband attended Justin Bieber's Live in Manila concert at MOA Concert Grounds along with his brother James Younghusband and James' girlfriend Fiona Faulkner.

And just last night, May 11, Phil and Angel spent a night together when Phil escorted Angel Locsin during the block screening of "In the Name of Love" at The Podium.

Photo of Angel Locsin and Phil Younghusband during the block screening of "In The Name of Love" held at The Podium

According to those who were there at the block screening, Phil and Angel were so close to each other while watching the movie and Angel was spotted whispering not once, but many times into Phil's ears.

What do you think Angel was whispering to Phil?

I think Angel was helping out Phil understand some of the dialogues in the movie. So sweet!

I wonder how Phil felt when he saw the steamy bed scenes of Angel in the movie. Did he close his eyes? Or were his eyes wide open? I'm sure Phil feels more proud that he is dating the hot and sexy Angel Locsin after watching those scenes.

Phil and Angel reportedly went to Starbucks after their movie date.

Photo courtesty of Team PhilGel

'In The Name of Love' movie trailer released! Love it!

Before everyone takes a Holy Week holiday leave, Star Cinema released the official trailer of 'In The Name of Love' which stars Aga Muhlach, Angel Locsin and Jake Cuenca.

The trailer was first released via its official website (inthenameoflove.starcinema.com.ph or simply inthenameoflove.ph) and was later uploaded on Youtube (StarCinemaABSCBN).

The movie, which is directed by Olivia Lamasan, definitely has many amazing scenes squeezed in the 4-minute trailer. And I super love these ones:

Excited much to see it?

Here's the trailer of "In The Name of Love":

Gary V. is singing the theme song of this new movie of Aga Muhlach. In the past, he already sang the theme song of 4 Aga Muhlach movies: "Kailangan Kita", "Dubai", "All My Life" and "When Love Begins", 2 of which gave Aga the Box Office King title.

And for "In the Name of Love", Gary V. sings his own version of Matt Monro hit "Portrait of My Love".

"In The Name of Love" is showing on May 11, 2011.

'In The Name of Love' official movie poster

Star Cinema has released the official poster of the highly-anticipated movie "In The Name Of My Love" which pairs up King of Romantic-Drama Movies Aga Muhlach and the Philippines' Sexiest Angel Locsin for the first time.

I love the poster. My reaction when I first saw it was "Wow! So hot!" It's one eye-catching poster, and I think it's one of Star Cinema's best-looking posters.

"In The Name Of Love" will hit theaters this May 11, 2011, as Star Cinema's 18th Anniversary Offering, and whenever it's their anniversary offering or a Star Cinema movie is shown in May, it's always a hit. Speaking about "Here Comes The Bride", "BFF: Best Friend's Forever", "Caregiver", "All My Life" and "Ang Tanging Ina" which were all shown in May and were Star Cinema's anniversary offerings.

Joining Aga Muhlach and Angel Locsin in "In The Name of Love" is hunkified actor Jake Cuenca.

Directed by Olivia Lamasan, the movie also stars Dante Rivero, Carmi Martin, Leo Rialp, Smokey Manaloto, Ryan Eigenmann, Emilio Garcia, Kat Alano, Dimples Romana, Bobby Andrews, Michael Flores, Joshua Zamora, Nanding Josef, Maliksi Morales and Paul Salas.

Don't forget - May 11 - Mark your calendars now!!!