Beauty and the Bestie

Beauty and the Bestie
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWenn V. Deramas
Screenplay byMel Mendoza-Del Rosario
Story byEnrico Santos
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyElmer Despa
Edited byMarya Ignacio
Music byVincent de Jesus
Production
companies
Distributed byStar Cinema
Release date
  • December 25, 2015 (2015-12-25)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino
Box office529 million[2] (US$10.5 million)

Beauty and the Bestie is a 2015 Filipino action comedy film directed by Wenn V. Deramas, starring Vice Ganda and Coco Martin, alongside James Reid and Nadine Lustre. It is an official entry to the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival.[3][4]

It was produced by ABS-CBN Film Productions and Viva Films and was released nationwide under the banner of Star Cinema. It was also released overseas in cities that have a significant Filipino population. It is the seventh highest-grossing Filipino film of all time, as of 2023.[5] This is Wenn V. Deramas' last film before his death on February 29, 2016, and last film as a co-production between Star Cinema and Viva Films in preparation for the co-production between TV5 and Viva until it was terminated in June 2016 before the release of Finally Found Someone on July 26, 2017, Gandarrapiddo: The Revenger Squad and Ang Panday on December 25, 2017.[6] The film's title is a play on the 1740 French novel by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.

  1. ^ "BEAUTY AND THE BESTIE (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "ABS-CBN 1Q 2016 Investor's Briefing Presentation Materials" (PDF). ABS-CBN Corporation. May 12, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "Official MMFF 2015 entries revealed". CNN Philippines. June 20, 2015. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  4. ^ "MMDA announces revised list of MMFF 2015 movies". GMA News and Public Affairs. September 13, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  5. ^ "Beauty and the Bestie breaks A Second Chance PH record". ABS-CBNnews.com. January 13, 2016.
  6. ^ "Director Wenn Deramas passes away at 49". CNN Philippines. February 29, 2016. Archived from the original on March 1, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.