Bride for Rent

Bride for Rent
Theatrical movie poster
Directed byMae Czarina Cruz
Written by
  • Carmi G. Raymundo
  • Charlene Grace Bernardo
Produced byCharo Santos-Concio
Starring
CinematographyDan Villegas
Edited byMarya Ignacio
Music byCesar Francis S. Concio
Production
company
Distributed byStar Cinema
Release date
  • January 15, 2014 (2014-01-15)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryPhilippines
Languages
  • Filipino
  • English
Box office
  • ₱326 million[1] (Domestic gross)
  • US$1,281,815.00[2] (North American gross)

Bride for Rent is a 2014 Filipino romantic comedy film directed by Mae Czarina Cruz starring Kim Chiu and Xian Lim. It is produced by Star Cinema as its opening salvo for the year. The film achieved numerous milestones: it became the second highest grossing Filipino romantic comedy movie of all-time after It Takes a Man and a Woman; the sixth highest grossing non-MMFF film after Hello, Love, Goodbye, The Hows of Us, Maid in Malacañang, The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin, and It Takes a Man and a Woman; and the highest-grossing Filipino film to be released in January.[3][4][5]

The film met both critical and commercial success, earning more than ₱21.2 million in its opening day[6][7] and broke the ₱200 million pesos mark on its 8th day.[8] The film's trailer became a viral hit prior to the film's premier garnering over 2 million views as of January 25, 2014[9] and was frequently part of the local Twitter trending topics during its theatrical run.[10] It also received an average rating of 7.5/10 in IMDb and a 3.9/5 in Rotten Tomatoes with 73% liking the said film as of February 12.[11] It was graded "B" by the Cinema Evaluation Board and rated PG by the MTRCB.[12]

  1. ^ http://www.pds.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Disclosure-No.-554-2015-Annual-Report-for-Fiscal-Year-Ended-December-31-2014-SEC-FORM-17-A.pdf [dead link‍]
  2. ^ http://moviecitynews.com/2014/03/the-weekend-report-84/ [dead link‍]
  3. ^ Kim and Xian back to comedy in Bride for Rent
  4. ^ "Kim Chiu is 'Bride For Rent'". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  5. ^ Kim Chiu turns comedienne in 'Bride for Rent' teasers
  6. ^ Kim-Xian film 'Bride for Rent' earns P21.2M on first day
  7. ^ 'Bride for Rent' earns P100M in 4 days
  8. ^ 'Bride for Rent' crosses P200M on 8th day
  9. ^ Funny 'Bride for Rent' trailer quickly goes viral
  10. ^ Bride for Rent - Trending Topics
  11. ^ Bride for Rent at Rotten Tomatoes
  12. ^ "'Bride for Rent' is Graded B". Archived from the original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2014.