List of Philippine films based on Wattpad stories

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The first Filipino film adapted from a Wattpad story was Viva Films' Diary ng Panget, released in 2014. The story gained significant popularity on the platform, and the film became a box-office success, as reported by Box Office Mojo. [1] The success was followed by Star Cinema's She's Dating the Gangster, which also performed well upon its release. [2] [3]

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Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
(in estimated amount)
Ref.
1 She's Dating the Gangster Star Cinema ₱296,000,000 [2]
2 Diary ng Panget Viva Films ₱120,000,000 [1]
3 Just the Way You Are Star Cinema₱100,000,000 [4]
4 This Time Viva Films₱100,000,000 [5]
5 Ex with Benefits Viva Films, Star Cinema₱83,340,000 [6]
6 Talk Back and You're Dead Viva Films₱76,900,000
[7]

Films and Television series

ReleaseTitleNotes
April 2, 2014 Diary ng Panget produced and distributed by Viva Films
July 16, 2014 She's Dating the Gangster produced and distributed by Star Cinema
August 20, 2014 Talk Back and You're Dead produced and distributed by Viva Films and Skylight Films
September 20, 2014Wattpad Presentsproduced and distributed for television by TV5
November 17, 2014 Bagito produced by Dreamscape Entertainment and distributed for television by ABS-CBN
April 29, 2015 Your Place Or Mine? produced and distributed by Viva Films
June 17, 2015 Just the Way You Are produced and distributed by Star Cinema
September 2, 2015 Ex with Benefits produced and distributed by Star Cinema and Viva Films
February 10, 2016 Girlfriend for Hire produced and distributed by Viva Films
May 4, 2016 This Time produced and distributed by Viva Films
July 12, 2017 Bloody Crayons produced and distributed by Star Cinema and Regal Films
May 28, 2021 He's Into Her produced and distributed for television by Star Cinema and iWantTFC
January 16, 2023 Luv Is produced and distributed for television by GMA Network
May 1, 2023 The Rain In España [8] produced and distributed for television by Studio Viva, Viva One, and TV5
Apr 25, 2023Teen Clash [9] produced by iWantTFC and Black Sheep
January 3, 2025Ang Mutya ng Section Eproduced and distributed by Viva One

Shelve films

ReleaseTitleNotes
TBASize Matters [10] produced and distributed by Star Cinema

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