In February 2014, the INC set set three Guinness records. “There are 1,000 stewards who would be watching your every move, 40 scanning stations each with a ticket validator, a ticket scanner, a marshall and an auditor,” Frigatti said before the actual film screening.įrigatti noted that the “Iglesia ni Cristo is not new to this type of events” as it has previously “achieved eight world records.”ĭuring the INC’s Centennial celebrations on July 27, 1914, the INC got two Guinness world records: the largest mixed use indoor theater which was the 55,000-seater Philippine Arena and the largest gospel choir during a worship service at 4,745 participants. That’s not bad for a Sunday evening,” Frigatti said before the film premiere.įrigatti said that Guinness does not accept estimates so the adjudicators made sure that their numbers were correct.
So tonight, we could be looking at the largest indoor screen in the world sitting in the largest mixed use indoor theater who has attempted to break two world records. “We are now researching at what could be the eleventh record for the Iglesia Ni Cristo. The indoor screen, which measures 40 by 22 meters, could even be the largest indoor screen in the world, according to the Guinness adjudicators who were very much impressed when they saw it the previous day. “We are also looking at another record which is the largest indoor screen which is right behind us,” Frigatti announced before the film screening. The film premiere of “Felix Manalo” beat the previous record for the largest audience for a film premiere set by 10,000 ticket holders at the premiere of “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” at the O2 Arena in London, UK, on 19 June 2008.Īnother record broken that night was the 28,442 people at the film screening of the documentary feature film ‘Honor Flight’ (2012) at Miller Park Stadium, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.Įven the five-storey high giant screen set up at the Philippine Arena for the film screening was a supposed record-breaker. Sarah Geronimo sang the movie’s theme song. It will be shown in more than 300 theaters nationwide, aside from other major theaters outside the country.
It is directed by multi-awarded director Joel Lamangan who assembled the best production design team who had also garnered previous awards for their craft. The bio-epic Felix Manalo has more than 90 named actors and actresses led by Dennis Trillo in the starring role.
They also announced that the INC now has 10 Guinness world record titles with this latest addition of two new records. “Mabuhay ang Iglesia Ni Cristo,” said the Guinness adjudicators as they declared to a cheering crowd that the Church was once again “officially amazing” with the 43,624 record number of viewers inside the Philippine Arena. “This means that tonight, the Iglesia Ni Cristo and Viva Communications have achieved not just one, but two world record titles!” Tweedey said. Tweedey said that Guinness discounted only 172 people who left the screening. We double-checked the scanned evidence with the physical stubs,” Frigatti continued. We deducted from the count, the people who left and did not come back. “We counted all the tickets until 6 p.m., a few minutes before the film started.