Alden Richards and Kathryn Bernardo are now the stars of the highest grossing Filipino movie of all time.
Their film Hello, Love, Goodbye earned a worldwide gross of PHP 880,603,490 as of September 3, 2019, according to Star Cinema.
In its official Instagram account, ABS-CBN's film production arm announced: "HelloMuchLoveWorld ! Salamat salamat po for making #HelloLoveGoodbye now the highest grossing movie of all time. Salamat salamat salamat po sa pagmamahal!"
Hello, Love, Goodbye was able to beat the record of The Hows of Us, the previous movie that held the title of highest grossing Filipino movie of all time.
Starring Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, The Hows of Us had gross earnings of P810 million.
Cathy Garcia-Molina directed both the KathDen movie Hello, Love, Goodbye and the Kathniel movie The Hows of Us.
The OFW drama Hello, Love, Goodbye also stars Maymay Entrata, Jameson Blake, Joross Gamboa, Kakai Bautista, Lovely Abella, and Jeffrey Tam.
In Hello, Love, Goodbye, Joy (Kathryn) and Ethan (Alden) are two overseas Filipinos in Hong Kong with different goals in life.
Joy is a domestic helper who is determined to do everything to have a better life, compared to the life she had as a child. While Ethan is a bartender who is building a permanent life in Hong Kong but has always been afraid of commitments.
In the process of getting to know each other, Joy and Ethan also discover new things about themselves, which could possibly affect the plans they have with their respective lives.