Kathryn Bernardo, Alden Richards, DongYan to receive Box Office honors

Will Kathryn and Alden Reclaim the Crown from Marian and Dingdong?
Many are eagerly awaiting whether Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards will be able to reclaim the title of Highest-Grossing Filipino Film of All Time from Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes.
It’s worth remembering that Kathryn and Alden first earned this title in 2019 when their film “Hello, Love, Goodbye” grossed over PHP 880.6 million at the box office.
However, in the recent Metro Manila Film Festival, Dingdong and Marian’s film grossed over PHP 1 billion.
Fans of Kathryn and Alden are expected to prepare for their sequel movie “Hello, Love, Again,” which is set to be released on November 13 of this year.
This film will still be directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina and will mark the first collaboration project between Star Cinema and GMA Pictures.

Composite images of Kathryn Bernardo with Alden Richards and celebrity couple Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes
MANILA, Philippines — Celebrity couple Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes lead the recipients of the returning Box Office Entertainment Awards of the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation.

The Box Office Entertainment Awards were last conducted in 2019, which happened to be its 50th edition, and the following year it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The foundation decided to bring back the Box Office Entertainment Awards recognizing individuals and personalities for their commercial achievements, with the ceremony set on May 12 in Henry Lee Irwin Theater in Ateneo De Manila University.

Marian and Dingdong will receive the Box Office Phenomenal Stars of Philippine Cinema and the Most Popular Loveteam for Movies awards following the success of their Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2023 entry “Rewind,” which is now the highest-grossing Filipino movie of all time.

Dingdong will also share the Film Actor of the Year award with Piolo Pascual who starred in another MMFF 2023 movie “Mallari,” while Vilma Santos is the sole recipient of the female counterpart for her own MMFF 2023 film “When I Met You In Tokyo.”

Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards will each receive the Box Office Queen and King awards for their films “A Very Good Girl” and “Five Breakups and A Romance,” respectively.

Coincidentally, Kathryn and Alden both starred in “Hello, Love, Goodbye,” which previously held the highest-grossing Filipino movie record before “Rewind” took over.

Another popular love team, Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano or DonBelle, will receive the Prince and Princess of Philippine Entertainment awards.

Despite the success of DonBelle’s first teleserye “Can’t Buy Me Love,” the Most Popular Love Team for Television award will go to Ruru Madrid and Bianca Umali of “The Write One.” 

More on the television side, “Maria Clara at Ibarra” stars Dennis Trillo and Barbie Forteza will receive the Primetime TV Drama Actor and Actress of the Year honors while “Abot-Kamay Na Pangarap” stars Richard Yap and Jillian Ward will receive the Daytime TV counterparts.

For music, the Male and Female Recording Artists of the Year winners are Darren Espanto and Moira Dela Torre, while Bamboo and Sarah Geronimo will receive the Male and Female Concert Performer of the Year awards because of their concert “Sarah G x Bamboo.”

The Concert of the Year award though is going to the “Dear Heart” reunion concert of Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion.