Kathniel VS Jadine: Box Office Showdown

Which of the two of the most popular love teams today has the greater box office power? Let's find out in today's box office showdown.

KATHNIEL VS JADINE BOX OFFICE SHOWDOWN

Kathniel is the popular love team of Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, while Jadine refers to the popular love team of James Reid and Nadine Lustre.

Jadine, which debuted in the big screen via Diary ng Panget in 2014, is a newer love team compared to Kathniel. Therefore it is expected that Kathniel will have more movies, thus will have bigger accumulated movie gross. To even the playing field, we broke down this battle into four rounds. 

For the purpose of this showdown, we excluded movies in which the love team has only a minor role and/or cameos. 

Let the battle begin!

Round 1: Average Number of Movies Starred Per Year

One of the metrics of a love team's box office power is the quantity of movies they make each year. Starring in more movies could only mean that the producers are confident that the love tandem will do good in the box office. Following the law of supply and demand, the more "in demand" a love team is, the more movies a production company will make for them. 

Since 2012, Kathniel has starred in 8 movies (excluding minor roles and cameos). That's 8 movies in 6 years or equivalent to 1.33 movies per year.

• 24/7 in Love (2012)
• Sisterakas (2012)
• Must Be... Love (2013)
• Pagpag: Siyam na Buhay (2013)
• She's Dating the Gangster (2014)
• Crazy Beautiful You (2015)
• Barcelona: A Love Untold (2016)
• Can't Help Falling in Love (2017)

Jadine, on the other hand, starred in 5 movies since 2014. That's 5 movies in 4 years or equivalent to 1.25 movies per year. (Jadine didn't released any movie in 2017, had they released a movie that would make their ratio 1.5 movies per year).

• Diary ng Panget (2014)
• Talk Back and You're Dead (2014)
• Para sa Hopeless Romantic (2015)
• Beauty and the Bestie (2015)
• This Time (2016)

Round 1 Winner: Kathniel



Round 2: Highest Solo Debut Movie Gross

Kathniel's solo debut movie is Must Be... Love. The film was released in 2012 and grossed P113 million.  Jadine's solo debut movie is 2014's Diary ng Panget: The Movie. The film grossed an estimated P120 million.

Round 2 Winner: Jadine



Round 3: Highest Grossing Solo Movie

Kathniel's highest grossing film is 2012's Sisterakas which grossed P393 million while Jadine's highest grossing film is Beauty and the Bestie which earned a record breaking P529 million in 2015. But we will exclude both films in this round as there's a phenomenal box-office power at work and that's Vice Ganda. For this round, we will only consider their solo films.

Kathniel's highest grossing solo movie therefore is 2016's Barcelona: A Love Untold which took home P321 million at the end of its run. Meanwhile, Jadine's highest grossing solo movie is their debut film, Diary ng Panget, which earned P120 million in 2014.

Round 3 Winner: Kathniel


Round 4: Average Movie Gross

Average movie gross is a good metric of how well a love team performs at the box office. So how much does a Kathniel or Jadine movie earns in the box office on the average? Let's find out.

Kathniel's accumulated movie gross for the 8 movies they starred in since 2012 is P2.01 billion. Their average movie gross therefore is P250 M. From this baseline, 5 out of 8 Kathniel films performs above average. In fact, four films earned P300 M or more: Can't Help Falling In Love (P300M), Crazy Beautiful You (P320M), Barcelona (P321M) and Sisterakas (P393M).

Jadine's accumulated movie gross for the 5 movies they starred in since 2014 is estimated at P875 million. Their average movie gross therefore is P175 M. By Jadine's average movie gross, 4 out 5 films performs below average. 

Round 4 Winner: Kathniel

OVERALL WINNER: KATHNIEL

Congratulations Kathniel! This love team really is a box office wonder. With more than P2 billion accumulated box office earnings under their wings, Kathniel is proving they are not just another love team, they are the love team to beat!

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