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."Kapamilyas win big at the 45th Guillermo awards". Star Cinema. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
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."Vic Sotto, Vice Ganda named Phenomenal Stars of the Year; John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo are Box Office King & Queen" . Pep.ph. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
History 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,"Still finding beauty queens after all these years". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 28, 2014. he turned the responsibility over to Corazon Samaniego before leaving for abroad."Box Office King and Queen crowned". Philstar. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
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."The Box Office Entertainment Awards". Philstar. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
Records Vice Ganda has the most phenomenal box office star titles with eight, he is also the first person to receive this award in 2012."Vice Ganda emotionally thanked his lolo for his 4th Phenomenal Star award" ViceGanda.ph Retrieved June 16, 2015.
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.
Milestones 1960s: The first "Box Office King and Queen" was introduced by Ferdie Syquia Villar. The late Fernando "Ronnie"., Poe, Jr. and Boots 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" 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. 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. 2007: For the first time, there were two recipients for the "Box Office Queen". Kris Aquino and Claudine Barretto received the award for their film Sukob under Star Cinema."Vic, Kris, and Claudine named Box Office King & Queens of 2006!". Pep.ph. Retrieved May 26, 2014. 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."2008 Box Office King & Queen named". Philstar. Retrieved May 24, 2014. 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 to Vice Ganda for his fim The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin, which received .The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin in Box Office MojoVice Ganda on Phenomenal Box Office Star recognition: "Ito ang sagot sa lahat ng binabato sa akin." . Pep.ph. Retrieved May 26, 2014. 2024: Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes were awarded Box-Office Phenomenal Stars of Philippine Cinema for their comeback film Rewind which was recognized as the highest-grossing Philippine film of all time, surpassing the 2019 film Hello, Love, Goodbye. It was said in the show that the movie grossed over , 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 of Metro Manila Film Festival.
2025: Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards were awarded with the Phenomenal Box Office King and Queen for their movie Hello, Love, Again which is the first Philippine movie to gross over 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 in Box Office Mojo.
Award ceremonies Ceremonies Year Awards Night Venue Date Ref.1st Box Office Entertainment Awards1971 2nd Box Office Entertainment Awards1972 3rd Box Office Entertainment Awards1973 4th Box Office Entertainment Awards1974 5th Box Office Entertainment Awards1975 6th Box Office Entertainment Awards1976 7th Box Office Entertainment Awards1977 8th Box Office Entertainment Awards1978 9th Box Office Entertainment Awards1979 10th Box Office Entertainment Awards1980 11th Box Office Entertainment Awards1981 12th Box Office Entertainment Awards1982 13th Box Office Entertainment Awards1983 14th Box Office Entertainment Awards1984 15th Box Office Entertainment Awards1985 16th Box Office Entertainment Awards1986 17th Box Office Entertainment Awards1987 18th Box Office Entertainment Awards1988 19th Box Office Entertainment Awards1989 Celebrity Sports Plaza Grand BallroomApril 14 20th Box Office Entertainment Awards1990 21st Box Office Entertainment Awards1991 22nd Box Office Entertainment Awards1992 23rd Box Office Entertainment Awards1993 24th Box Office Entertainment Awards1994 25th Box Office Entertainment Awards1995 26th Box Office Entertainment Awards1996 27th Box Office Entertainment Awards1997 28th Box Office Entertainment Awards1998 29th Box Office Entertainment Awards1999 30th Box Office Entertainment Awards2000 31st Box Office Entertainment Awards2001UP Theater April 4 "Vi, Robin lead Guillermo Mendoza Awards". Philstar. Retrieved May 28, 2014.32nd Box Office Entertainment Awards2002UP Theater April 10 33rd Box Office Entertainment Awards2003 Henry Lee Erwin Theater, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City April 10"Manila Standard - April 7, 2003". News.Google.com. Retrieved May 31, 2014.34th Box Office Entertainment Awards2004Aliw Theater, CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd., PasayMarch 2135th Box Office Entertainment Awards2005Meralco Theater, PasigApril 1336th Box Office Entertainment Awards2006RCBC Plaza, Ayala Avenue, MakatiMarch 1937th Box Office Entertainment Awards2007Carlos Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Ayala Avenue, MakatiApril 2538th Box Office Entertainment Awards2008RCBC Plaza, Ayala Avenue, MakatiMay 13"The 38th Box Office Entertainment Awards (Part 2)". Pep.ph. Retrieved May 24, 2014.40th Box Office Entertainment Awards12009Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Ayala Avenue, MakatiJune 21 41st Box Office Entertainment Awards2010Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Ayala Avenue, MakatiJune 10"ABS-CBN big winner at GMMSF Entertainment Awards". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved May 21, 2014.42nd Box Office Entertainment Awards2011RCBC Plaza, Ayala Avenue, Makati,May 10"42nd Box Office Entertainment Awards honors outstanding actors and actresses of 2010". Pep.ph. Retrieved May 21, 2014.43rd Box Office Entertainment Awards2012RCBC Plaza, MakatiApril 29"Vice Ganda named Phenomenal Box Office Star; Derek Ramsay is Box Office King while Anne Curtis and Cristine Reyes share Box Office Queen title" . Pep.ph. Retrieved May 20, 2014.44th Box Office Entertainment Awards2013AFP Theatre, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon CityMay 19"44th Guillermo Mendoza Box Office Entertainment Awards" . Pep.ph. Retrieved May 19, 2014.45th Box Office Entertainment Awards2014Solaire Resort & Casino, ParañaqueMay 18"Complete List of Winners: 45th Guillermo Mendoza Box Office Entertainment Awards 2014". The Summit Express. Retrieved 2014-05-019.46th Box Office Entertainment Awards2015Solaire Resort & Casino, Parañaque June 14 47th Box Office Entertainment Awards2016Kia Theatre, Araneta Center, Quezon CityApril 1748th Box Office Entertainment Awards2017Henry Lee Irwin Theater in Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon CityMay 1449th Box Office Entertainment Awards2018Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World Manila, PasayMay 2050th Box Office Entertainment Awards2019Star Theater, CCP Complex, PasayMarch 2451st Box Office Entertainment Awards2020Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World Manila, Pasay (originally planned)March 15 (postponed due to coronavirus) October 1852nd Box Office Entertainment Awards2024Henry Lee Irwin Theater, Ateneo de Manila UniversityMay 12(May 25 - television broadcast)53rd Box Office Entertainment Awards2025CPR Auditorium, RCBC Buildings, Makati CityJune 28, 2025(July 13 - television broadcast) 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.
Merit categories
Major awards Phenomenal Box Office Star Box Office King Box Office Queen
Other awards
Film category
Television category
Music category
Recurring awards
Discontinued awards
Controversies 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 questioned Aga Muhlach's win as the "Box Office King" after the official list of winners were released. In particular, the fans of the late Rico Yan contested, saying that his last film Got 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. 2006: Questions from the readers arose after the organization chose Kristine 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."Older, younger- does it really matter?". Philstar. Retrieved May 28, 2014.