Philippines Romance ‘Un/Happy For You’ Continues ABS-CBN Studios’ Box Office Streak

After notching box office successes with Rewind and A Very Good Girl , ABS-CBN has produced another hit: Un/Happy For You .

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In its opening five days, the romance film has grossed 150M Philippine pesos ($2.65M), with over 450,000 admissions.

The film will open across the U.S. and Canada on August 23 and in Australia on August 22. Un/Happy For You has also secured theatrical releases in New Zealand, the U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Italy, Cambodia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Malta.

Produced by ABS-CBN Studios, Star Cinema and Viva Films, the film stars Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto in the leading roles. They last acted together in 2020 action film Block Z .

The three production companies have made some of the highest-grossing films since the pandemic with hits like Deleter (2022) and A Very Good Girl (2023). Star Cinema, the film arm of ABS-CBN, produced the top-grossing Philippine film of all time with Rewind last year, which raked in more than $17.6M.

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Un/Happy For You follows a chef named Juancho as he meets his ex-girlfriend, Zy, who is back in his province for a brief work visit. The film explores the ambiguous emotional mix of anguish and deep affection among ex-lovers.

Un/Happy For You is directed by Petersen Vargas, who also helmed A Very Good Girl .

“We are very grateful for the audience reception for Un/Happy For You ,” Kriz Gazmen, managing director of Star Cinema, told Deadline. “Coming from the heels of A Very Good Girl and Rewind , we hope to continue delivering movies that have emotional impact and commercial success, hopefully not only in the Philippines but also around the world.”

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