The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin is the 2014 sequel of the action-comedy hit “The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin”. Vice Ganda’s “The Amazing Praybert Benjamin” was the leading box office race on the opening day of the 2014 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) on Christmas. Other MMFF film was showed are; “Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo,” “English Only, Please,” “Magnum Muslim .357,” and “Shake, Rattle and Roll XV.”

According to Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Francis Tolentino said that the expecting ticket sales is to increase 10% this year based on the turnout of viewers who went to theaters Thursday. He said in the Interviewed by DZMM, “Ang opening natin noong nakaraang taon ay P128 million”, “Ngayon po as of 3 p.m. ang tingin namin ay mahihigitan. Itong crowd kasi ngayon hindi alam na maaga ang bukas, may dadagsa pa. Ang tingin namin ay baka mahigitan pa ng 10 percent yung kinita noong nakaraang film festival.”

Tolentino did not yet released the exact official numbers but he said that “The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin” leads the box office as of around 3 p.m last Thurday, Dec. 25, 2014.

He said; “Ang number 1 po as of 3 p.m. kanina ay yung ‘Praybeyt Benjamin,’ ‘yung number 2 and number 3 neck-and-neck po ang labanan ng ‘Feng Shui 2’ at ang ‘My Big Bossing’s Adventures.’ Number 4 ay ‘yung ‘Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles, according to ABS-CBN news report yesterday.

Chairman Francis Tolentino will announce the official numbers tonight when it was end the opening day. However, the tickets sales will be usually affect the placing of the films on MMFF awards night. The MMFF awards night will be on December 27, 2014, held at the Philippine International Convention Center. As the ticket sales goes up it hauling to have a Best Picture Award.

Starring Vice Ganda, Richard Yap, Tom Rodriguez, and Bimby Aquino-Yap. Introducing Alex Gonzaga.
Directed by Wenn V. Deramas.