Philippines Black Mama, White Mama returned 5.0× its production cost, earning $1.0M against a $200K budget — one of the highest-return Philippines films in our catalog.
Synopsis
“Chicks in Chains – where they come from this is… Fun!”
When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and extradited for safekeeping. The women, still chained together, stumble, stab, and cat-fight their way across the wilderness, igniting a bloody shootout between gangsters and a group of revolutionaries.
Audience Engagement
73 audience reviews — more than 93% of Philippines films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 81th percentile among Philippines films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 27m runtime, production spent $2K per minute on screen and earned $11K per minute back.
Action + Crime in Philippines
12 Philippines titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Black Mama, White Mama itself).
Position in Catalog
The 7th Philippines title from Philippines we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1964).
Our Philippines catalog contains 146 titles in total (134 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Black Mama, White Mama, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- racial tension · 1
- jungle · 19
- prison escape · 9
- lesbian · 9
- women's prison · 7
- sexual abuse · 6
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #108 of 146 Philippines films indexed here (26th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the Philippines average of 6.2/10.
Among Philippines Action productions specifically: #19 of 39 (top 49%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Philippines |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Philippines, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Four Associates Ltd, American International Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 27m |
| Release Date | January 19, 1973 |
| IMDb | tt0068282 |