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'Kita Kita' passes 'Heneral Luna' as PH's top grossing indie movie

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/sports/08/09/kita-kita-2017-080917.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>&quot;Kita Kita&quot; stars Empoy Marquez and Alessandra de Rossi share a sweet moment while guesting on &quot;Gandang Gabi Vice.&#x27; <em>Photo from the late night talk show&#x27;s website</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>&quot;Kita Kita&quot; has achieved something usually reserved for movies with major box-office stars attached to them. </p><p>The romantic comedy starring the odd pairing of Empoy Marquez and Alessandra de Rossi crossed the P300-million mark after three weeks, its producers announced on Tuesday. </p><p>It becomes the 17th local film to pass the milestone, and the only one from an independent studio (Spring Films) to do so. </p><p>It now has the distinction of being the highest-grossing local indie movie of all time, eclipsing the P257-million take of &quot;Heneral Luna&quot; in 2015. </p><p>It also joins Star Cinema&#x27;s &quot;Can&#x27;t Help Falling in Love&quot; and &quot;My Ex and Whys&quot; as the most successful flicks of this year so far. </p><p>&quot;I don&#x27;t how how you call it but for me it&#x27;s definitely a miracle,&quot; said Erickson Raymundo of Spring Films, adding that he would have been satisfied if the movie made P30 million. </p><p>&quot;Kita Kita&quot; was shot on a modest budget of P10 million. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BXiZWHejhbw/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Erickson Raymundo (@visionerickson)</a> on <time dateTime="2017-08-08T15:13:58+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 8, 2017 at 8:13am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The movie had a relatively muted release mid-July, during which Marvel Studios&#x27; &quot;Spider-Man: Homecoming&quot; was still showing. </p><p>But backed by glowing reviews, some from delighted celebrities, including ABS-CBN chief content officer <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KitaKitaTheMovie/posts/697643340431148" target="_blank">Charo Santos</a>, it bucked the trend of indie movies being taken out of cinemas due to poor sales. </p><p>&quot;Kita Kita&quot; focuses on a Filipina who lost her vision after her engagement with her Japanese boyfriend fell apart. It was shot in <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/life/08/03/17/go-on-a-kita-kita-tour-of-sapporo-japan" target="_blank">Sapporo</a>. </p><p>Another movie starring De Rossi with Marquez, who have not topbilled a movie together prior to &quot;Kita Kita,&quot; is already being planned. </p>

<p>''Kita Kita'' has achieved something usually reserved for movies with major box office stars attached to them. </p>

''Kita Kita'' has achieved something usually reserved for movies with major box office stars attached to them.