Big Hero 6 grosses P69.9M in Phl

MANILA, Philippines - A child prodigy and his lovable robot charmed their way into the hearts of families, boys and girls, enabling Disney’s Big Hero 6 to gross P69.99M nationwide in just four days (from Nov. 6 to 9) and open at No.1.

Arriving with some of the year’s best reviews, Big Hero 6 benefited from strong exit recommendations and the characters’ wide appeal to overlapping audiences.

The animated adventure broke several records on its debut weekend run, the highlights of which are the Biggest All-Time Non-Franchise Animated Film Opening Weekend (surpassing the P45.9M of Up); Biggest All-Time Disney Animation Studios’ Opening Weekend (beating the P58.2M of Monsters University); and Biggest 2014 4-Day Opening Weekend for Animation (ahead of The Lego Movie’s P23.8M).

Big Hero 6’s opening weekend numbers are also 63 percent higher than its box-office competitor, Interstellar which bowed at P26.23M for second place.

In the US, Big Hero 6 topped the charts with $56.2M from 3,761 locations, continuing Walt Disney Animation Studios’ recent hot streak with past blockbusters Frozen and Wreck-It Ralph.

Back in the Philippines, the Marvel Comics-based adventure rolled out in 167 screens. SM North EDSA nabbed the biggest portion of the box-office pie with P3.47M in four days, followed by SM Megamall with P3.10M and SM Mall of Asia’s P2.81M.

Directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams, Big Hero 6 features the voices of an extraordinary ensemble cast, including Ryan Potter as Hiro Hamada and Scott Adsit as Baymax.

Big Hero 6 is now showing in theaters in 3D.