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Box office in the Philippines is still in recovery mode, registering a 51% year-on-year increase to $115m (PHP6.6bn) in 2023, but still around 60% below pre-pandemic levels. However, high attendance at recent editions of local film festivals, including last year’s QCinema and Metro Manila and the recent Cinemalaya,
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The Philippines’ film industry is best known internationally for crime thrillers and social issue films, which win awards on the international festival circuit, while its mainstream industry is known for romantic comedies that are distributed to the diaspora.
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Driven by investment in the exhibition sector, Vietnam’s box office has grown from $15m and less than 100 screens in 2010 to around $150m and 1,100 screens last year. In addition to films produced by a thriving local production sector, the market screens Hollywood and other international titles
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Vietnamese cinema has been gaining more international attention over the past year, with romantic drama Mai breaking box office records for a Vietnamese film in North America.
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