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Box Office Entertainment Awards
Current:2025 Box Office Entertainment Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in commercial success
Country	Philippines
Presented by	Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation
First award	1971
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TheBox Office Entertainment Awards, sometimes known as theGMMSF Box Office Entertainment Awards, is an annual award ceremony held inMetro Manila and organized by Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation. The award-giving body honors stars and performers simply for their popularity and commercial success in the Philippine entertainment industry, regardless of their excellence in their particular fields.^[1]

During the first months of each year, mostly during March or April, the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation board of jurors will deliberate for the year's winners, which will be chosen from the Top 10 Philippine films of the past year, top-rating shows in Philippine television, top recording awards received by singers, and top gross receipts of concerts and performances. The list will then be released prior to the awards night, which is held during April or May.^[2]

Ferdie Syquia Villar, the person who launched the "Miss Republic of the Philippines" contest, came up with the "Box Office King and Queen Awards" in 1960s, and formally launched his idea in 1970. By the late '70s, after then PresidentFerdinand Marcos declaredMartial Law in 1972,^[3] he turned the responsibility over to Corazon Samaniego before leaving for abroad.^[4]

Corazon Samaniego, a former businesswoman inBulacan, continued the presentation and officially inaugurated the "Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation Inc." in 1971. The organization is named after a former Bulacan town mayor and philanthropist and her late father, Guillermo Mendoza. It became an annual event, recognizing the most popular people and their works in the Philippine entertainment industry. At the end of the day, the proceeds from the television rights and gate receipts are used to send underprivileged Bulacan students to school.^[5]

Vice Ganda has the most phenomenal box office star titles with eight, he is also the first person to receive this award in 2012.^[6]

Vilma Santos has the most box office queen titles in history with ten.

Fernando Poe Jr. has the most box office king titles in history with nine.

• 1960s: The first "Box Office King and Queen" was introduced by Ferdie Syquia Villar. The lateFernando "Ronnie"., Poe, Jr. andBoots Anson-Roa were actually the first recipients of the "Box Office King and Queen of Philippine Movies" title in 1968. Subsequently, Ronnie became a regular recipient of the award as if to certify that he is the "King of Philippine Movies" or "Da King"^[3]
• 1971: The award-giving body was officially established in the year 1971 after the turn-over.Nora Aunor won the "Box Office Queen" award for the Guillermo Mendoza Foundation.^[7]
• 2006: The former "Box Office King and Queen Awards" was renamed to "Box Office Entertainment Awards". Together with the name change, some categories were also altered. For example, the former "Mr. and Miss RP Movies" and "Prince and Princess of RP Movies" titles became "Film Actor and Actress of the Year" and "Prince and Princess of Philippine Movies" respectively.^[5]
• 2007: For the first time, there were two recipients for the "Box Office Queen".Kris Aquino andClaudine Barretto received the award for their filmSukob underStar Cinema.^[8]
• 2009: This was the 39th year of the annual event; however, the organization believes that 39 is an unlucky number. Thus they skipped 39 and consider this event the 40th instead.^[9]
• 2012: The award-giving body officially introduced a new award called "Phenomenal Box Office Star", which is given to the actor(s) whose film attains the highest-grossing film of all time in the Philippines. It was given toVice Ganda for his fimThe Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin, which received₱332 million.^[10][11]
• 2024: Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes were awarded Box-Office Phenomenal Stars of Philippine Cinema for their comeback filmRewind which was recognized as the highest-grossing Philippine film of all time, surpassing the 2019 filmHello, Love, Goodbye. It was said in the show that the movie grossed over₱924 million pesos, which marks the first time for a Philippine film to reach 900 million pesos in the local box office and the highest grossing movie in the history ofMetro Manila Film Festival.^[12][13]

• 2025: Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards were awarded with thePhenomenal Box Office King and Queen for their movieHello, Love, Again which is the first Philippine movie to gross over₱1.6 billion at the local box office, becoming the highest grossing Filipino movie of all time. It is the first Filipino movie to break the North American Box Office top 10 movie chart, placing at number 8 against foreign films and the first Filipino movie to be included in the 2024 Worldwide Box Office chart inBox Office Mojo.

¹The yearly event is supposed to be the 39th year, but they believe that it is an unlucky number. Thus they skipped the 39th and consider this event the 40th instead.

• Phenomenal Box Office Star
• Box Office King
• Box Office Queen

The following are the controversies of the award ceremonies:

• 1986: Maricel Soriano should have won Box-Office Queen for Batang Quiapo. Her co-star FPJ was named Box-Office King. But she was named Ms. RP for Movies instead. She didn’t attend the Awarding thus she was never awarded the Box-Office Queen ever.
• 2003: Many questionedAga Muhlach's win as the "Box Office King" after the official list of winners were released. In particular, the fans of thelateRico Yan contested, saying that his last filmGot 2 Believe was the highest-grossing film of the year. Although they were not personally against Muhlach, they believed that the award-giving body should give an explanation.^[30]
• 2006: Questions from the readers arose after the organization choseKristine Hermosa for the "Box Office Queen" title. They argued that there were more deserving actresses to receive the title over Hermosa, who only had one film that year. Furthermore, they believed that her one and only film,Enteng Kabisote 2: Okay Ka Fairy Ko: The Legend Continues, was actually successful because of her leading man,Vic Sotto, who was the "Box Office King" of 2005. Thus, most, if not all, the credit goes to Sotto, not hers.^[31]
• 2008: There was speculation thatJudy Ann Santos would not win any of the awards from the award-giving body anymore. Although her 2006 filmsDon't Give Up on Us andKasal, Kasali, Kasalo, and the latter's sequelSakal, Sakali, Saklolo in 2007 were all box office hits, top-grossing films in fact, she did not win any of the awards. Furthermore, not evenRyan Agoncillo, her leading man and real life partner, nor the director of the two filmsJoey Reyes won an award. They believed that it all started during the awards night of the 30th award ceremony in 2000 wherein "Box Office King and Queen" winnersFernando Poe Jr. andJudy Ann Santos ofIsusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko were not able to attend. Santos had a taping at that time, while FPJ does not want to be crowned without hisqueen.^[32] The next year, and until now, they were not able to receive any of the awards anymore, not even nominees nor special mentions despite them having box office films. They believe that the award-giving body disqualified Santos as they took her (and FPJ's) absence personally.^[33]
• 2011: There were reports thatBea Alonzo was a snob toGerald Anderson during the awards night as he was linked to her before. Alonzo denied the issue, however, explaining that her seat is far from him. Since she was already a latecomer, she does not want to make a scene by going there just to get his attention.^[34]

It was also believed that there was a leakage of the winners list, saying that the "Box Office Queen" title would be given toToni Gonzaga for her filmMy Amnesia Girl. However, many even speculated thatAi-Ai delas Alas would receive the title for her box office movieAng Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To!). In the end, the latter received the award.^[35]

• 2013: There were rumors that the organization was disappointed withJohn Lloyd Cruz for not attending the awards night. Cruz, as the report says, promised to attend the event to receive the "Box Office King" award personally. However, he was not seen throughout the event, saying that he was sick. In contrast, the speculations point out that Cruz attended another event, instead.^[36]

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