In October 11, it was officially announced that the film had reached its ₱240 million break even point. Despite a 50% discount offered student viewers, by the beginning of its fourth week the film was well on its way to reaching the ₱200 million gross ticket sales. On September 29, 2015, it broke previous record of ₱160 million to become the highest grossing Filipino historical film of all time. With a production budget of 80 millionpesos, it is one of the most expensive Filipino epic historical films ever released. The film was selected as the Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Language Filmat the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. Directed by Jerrold Tarog and produced by Artikulo Uno Productions, the film received critical acclaim from critics and audiences alike, praising its cinematography, writing, acting and plot. It opens with the beginning of hostilities with the American colonizers, and ends with the assassination of Luna on Ja period in which Luna served as Supreme Chief of the Army under the First Philippine Republic.
General Luna) is a 2015 Filipino historical biopic filmĭepicting General Antonio Luna's leadership of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine–American War.