"Catch Me...I'm In Love" is a certified box-office hit for surpassing the P50 million mark in less than a week!

For the weekend opening period of March 23-27, 2011, the Star Cinema romantic comedy has raked in P52.95 million, the highest opening for a local movie this year so far.

Although this is not the highest opening record for Sarah Geronimo whose film “You Changed My Life” opened with a whopping P97.89-M in 2009, it’s a different story for Gerald Anderson.

This could be the highest-grossing movie of Gerald for his career because “Catch Me” is expected to surpass the P100 million mark by week 2 or 3. His last film, “‘Til My Heartaches End” opposite Kim Chiu opened in theaters last year with P33-M at the box-office.

Here’s the Philippine box office tally (Top 10) for the opening weekend of March 23 to 27, 2011 according to Box Office Mojo (premiering movies are highlighted in yellow):

TW	LW	Movie	Weekend Gross	Gross-to-Date	Week
1	N	Catch Me…I’m In Love	P52.95 M	P52.95 M	1
2	N	Sucker Punch	P13.14 M	P13.14 M	1
3	1	World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles	P8.59 M	P29.76 M	2
4	N	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	P7.31 M	P7.31 M	1
5	2	Red Riding Hood	P6.99 M	P50.08 M	3
6	N	Limitless	P2.9 M	P2.9 M	1
7	3	Who’s That Girl?	P1.79 M	P56.91 M	4
8	7	I Am Number Four	P1.34 M	P63.14 M	5
9	4	Rango	P1.32 M	P25.1 M	3
10	5	Mars Needs Moms	P0.74 M	P6.59 M	2

HIGHEST-GROSSING FILMS IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR 2011
(As of March 27, 2011)

1. Gulliver’s Travels – P82.33M
2. Bulong – P67.27M
3. I Am Number Four – P63.14M *
4. The Tourist – P62.28M
5. Who’s That Girl? – P56.91M *
6. Catch Me…I’m In Love – P52.95M *
7. Red Riding Hood – P50.08 *
8. The Green Hornet – P48.19M
9. Tangled – P47.59M
10. My Valentine Girls – P44.26M

Note: All movies marked with an asterisk (*) are still showing in theaters

Figures courtesy of Box Office Mojo