Box Office Entertainment Awards
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 2017 Box Office Entertainment Awards
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| Awarded for | Excellence in commercial success |
| Country | Philippines |
| Presented by | Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation |
| First awarded | 1971 |
The Box Office Entertainment Awards, sometimes known as the GMMSF Box Office Entertainment Awards is an annual award ceremony held in Metro 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.
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.
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 President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972, he turned the responsibility over to Corazon Samaniego before leaving for abroad.
Corazon Samaniego, a former businesswoman in Bulacan, 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.
Vice Ganda has the most phenomenal box office star titles with six, he is also the first person to receive this award in 2012.
Sharon Cuneta has the most box office queen titles in history with nine.
Vic Sotto and John Lloyd Cruz have the most box office king titles in history with five.
Sarah Geronimo has been named thrice as Recording Queen, Concert Queen,and Box Office Queen in one awards night in 2009,2010, and 2014.
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