After notching box office successes with Rewind and A Very Good Girl, ABS-CBN has produced another hit: Un/Happy For You.
In its opening five days, the romance film has grossed 150M Philippine pesos ($2.65M), with over 450,000 admissions.
The film will open across the U.S. and Canada on August 23 and in Australia on August 22. Un/Happy For You has also secured theatrical releases in New Zealand, the U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Italy, Cambodia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Malta.
Produced by ABS-CBN Studios, Star Cinema and Viva Films, the film stars Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto in the leading roles. They last acted together in 2020 action film Block Z.
The three production companies have made some of the highest-grossing films since the pandemic with hits like Deleter (2022) and A Very Good Girl (2023). Star Cinema, the film arm of ABS-CBN, produced the top-grossing Philippine film of all time with Rewind last year, which raked in more than $17.6M.
Un/Happy For You follows a chef named Juancho as he meets his ex-girlfriend, Zy, who is back in his province for a brief work visit. The film explores the ambiguous emotional mix of anguish and deep affection among ex-lovers.
Un/Happy For You is directed by Petersen Vargas, who also helmed A Very Good Girl.
“We are very grateful for the audience reception for Un/Happy For You,” Kriz Gazmen, managing director of Star Cinema, told Deadline. “Coming from the heels of A Very Good Girl and Rewind, we hope to continue delivering movies that have emotional impact and commercial success, hopefully not only in the Philippines but also around the world.”
