All posts tagged: Januel Mercado

Promotional image for DreamWorks' Forgotten Island

Forgotten Island Box Office: A $13 Million Opening and an “A” CinemaScore

Published by Ely Valendez

DreamWorks’ Filipino-inspired film opened fifth in North America, at the low end of tracking, with the weekend’s best audience grade. The Philippines contributed $1.5 million overseas.

Liza Soberano for Forgotten Island Tour at SM Mall of Asia Arena

DreamWorks Bet $80 Million on Pinoy Memory. Liza Soberano Brought It Home.

Published by Ely Valendez

On the Manila leg of the “Tayo Na Tour,” Liza Soberano, H.E.R., and Januel Mercado brought DreamWorks’ Forgotten Island home—proving that untranslated Tagalog, 1990s nostalgia, and local mythology belong at the center of global cinema.