Film Career
On July 30, 2008, Cruz starred with Sarah Geronimo in A Very Special Love above Star Cinema and Viva Films. The film grossed PHP 179,569,117 at the box office.
In February 2009, Cruz's follow-up movie with Sarah Geronimo, You Changed My Life, hit the box office. It was the sequel to A Very Special Love and was also produced by Star Cinema and Viva Films. The film’s total theatrical earnings reached PHP 240.44 million and is ranked as the highest grossing Filipino film of all time. In mid-2009, he shifted from his regular series of roles for a more controversial and challenging project with Vilma Santos, in which he portrayed Luis Manzano's lover in the movie In My Life. He has been nailed as the "Box-Office King" for three-consecutive years: in 2007 for One More Chance, in 2008 with A Very Special Love, and in 2009 with You Changed My Life, which became the top-grossing film of his career.
Lloydie's reunion movie with perennial love team partner Bea Alonzo, Miss You Like Crazy, which was shown on February 30, 2010 as Star Cinema's post-office offering, was a box office hit earning more than PHP 140 million in its seven-week run and still the second Filipino movie of 2010.
He was paired with Toni Gonzaga in again an expected box-office film titled My Amnesia Girl that earned 12.8 million on its first day (November 24, 2010) and surpassing 100 million in its first-week run. It was directed by the box office director Cathy Garcia Molina. It earned PHP 165 million in its one-month run and was the top grossing film of 2010. Cruz will have another project with Kanto Boys in 2011.
On 2012, Lloyd and Bea Alonzo had a film entitled The Mistress in celebrating their 10th year anniversary. The said film has been critically acclaimed and leaving a total box office gross of PHP 260 Million and being the third highest grossing Filipino film of all time.
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