Romantic drama “Hello, Love, Goodbye” is officially a box office hit. On Monday, Star Cinema announced that the Kathryn Bernardo-Alden Richards starrer has raked in over P500 million at the box office, and is still going cha-ching as it goes into its third domestic week and prominently screens in key cities around the globe.
Besides its commercial success, the Cathy Garcia-Molina movie — which follows the love story of OFWs Joy and Ethan in Hong Kong amid the complicated lives and issues Filipino immigrants and domestic helpers often face — also serves as a case study for the industry on the huge potential of mixing up talents from rival networks what with ABS-CBN’s Bernardo and GMA Network’s Richards reigniting the movie-goer’s interest in Filipino films. For take note, Hello, Love, Goodbye (HLG) continues to be shown on multiple screens within a single cinema complex even as it goes into its third week tomorrow. It may not have conquered all cinema screens like the “Avengers” movies do, but it’s a very encouraging turning point.
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