Jackson takes P78.2M on opening weekend

MANILA, Philippines - Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters emerged on high seas when it docked No. 1 in the Philippines’ box-office arena on its opening weekend (Aug. 7 to 11) with a total of P78.2M nationwide in almost 200 screens (in 2D and 3D) nationwide.

The opening weekend figure nails Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters as the second biggest opening weekend for a Fox film to open this year, next to the recently-released blockbuster The Wolverine. Among all other foreign films and one local film playing on the same week, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters grabbed the greater chunk of the overall market share at 51 percent. Reaching a broader market base this time, the latest Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters box-office sees a 126 percent increase over the previously released Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief.

The movie’s opening weekend admissions also totaled to P443,702 nationwide from all screens where SM Mall of Asia took the lead with a box-office gross of P3.8M, followed by SM North EDSA with P3.45M. Trinoma followed at third spot with P3.41M, SM Megamall is at fourth with P2.4M and Greenbelt 3 is the top fifth cinema earner with P2.174M.

Completing the top cinema earners of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters are Newport (P2.170M), Glorietta 4 (P2.12M), Alabang Town Center (P2.04M), Theatre Mall (P1.81M), SM Cebu (P1.749M), Gateway Cineplex/AliMall (P1.746M), Powerplant (P1.59M), Eastwood (P1.6M), Shang Cineplex (P1.33M), Ayala Cebu (P1.3M), Gaisano Davao (P1.2M), Market! Market! (P1.175M), SM Southmall (P1.16), SM Baguio (P1.1M) and SM Fairview (P1.08M).

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is still showing nationwide from 20th Century Fox distributed by Warner Bros.