Check out our live updates to get the latest on the MMFF 2023! The 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) has hit P1.069 billion in overall box office sales, surpassing the record set by its 2018 edition --- as the annual festival was extended until Jan. 14. Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Atty Romando Artes confirmed the figures at a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 9, saying the amount of combined receipts in gross sales is considered monumental as the 10 film entries were opened to the public in 800 cinemas. The film entries in the MMFF's 2018 edition were screened in 1,200 theaters, per MMDA. "Moviegoers watched multiple films while others watched fi...Keep on reading: MMFF 2023 hits P1-billion box office sales; ditches Summer MMFF