Mid-afternoon of 25 December, hours after the 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival opened in cinemas, showbiz columnists quoted unofficial reports that the early top grossers among the eight entries were 'Partners in Crime' (starring Vice Ganda and Ivana Alawi), 'Labyu With an Accent' (Coco Martin and Jodi Sta. Maria), 'Deleter' (Nadine Lustre) and 'Family Matters' (Noel Trinidad, Liza Lorena, Nonie Buencamino, Agot Isidro, Mylene Dizon, Nikki Valdez, JC Santos, James Blanco, et al).
By nightfall, the showbiz scribes added, the topgrosser was 'Partners in Crime,' which is said to have grossed P30 million on that first day.
On second and third place, respectively, were 'Deleter' and 'Family Matters,' and at fourth place was 'Labyu with An Accent.'