Maine Mendoza in ‘Imagine You & Me’WAS THE box office take of the latest AlDub movie below expectations?As far as our celebrity-informant is concerned, the answer is a resounding yes.Here’s her piece debunking the producer’s claim that the film Imagine You and Me broke all existing box office records: “Can you repeat that?!” our tipster exclaimed in disbelief. “From what I heard, the first two screening hours on its opening day only earned P12M. At the end of the day, they only got P15M.”Based on the figures, the movie’s first day run sales were unlikely for a phenomenal showbiz tandem at that which, in fact, marked its first anniversary on July 16 over Eat Bulaga.“But in fairness, the figures went up on the movie’s weekend run,” our source clarified.Prior to the commercial run, our source attended the film’s premiere night, “I didn’t finish it. I stood and went to the restroom and never went back to my seat. I was only disappointed.”Asked why, her mindset before going in the theatre was to see herself shrieking in utter “kilig” as much as the diehard AlDub fans would, “But they don’t have chemistry on the big screen. I was expecting the John Lloyd Cruz at Bea Alonzo-like romantic excitement, that even though the plot is nothing new, I would still be hooked. But I must say that Alden Richards and the impressive cinematography were the saving graces. ”Of late, Alden’s partner Maine Mendoza has been getting her (fair?) share of bad publicity mostly dwelling on her misdemeanor.Could their movie’s ill fate have backfired on her? Or is the so-called AlDub nation slowly being erased from the map?If so, what’s Eat Bulaga’s contingency measure most especially now that It’s Showtime’s “Tawag ng Tanghalan” segment has been gaining leverage?
