The kilig factor of JM Ibarra and Fyang Smith seen in Philippine cinema has further expanded to online streaming via Netflix, as Regal Entertainment and Project 8 dropped their much-awaited romantic comedy film pairing of JMFyang, Almost Us, on September 3, 2026.
Just two days after the release on Netflix (as of September 5, 2026), it overtook the lead of Vice Ganda and Nadine Lustre-led 51st MMFF entry film Call Me Mother among the top trending films on Netflix in the Philippines. Earlier, the film was ranked second in the same rankings of the video streaming platform, a day after the Netflix release of the film.
Almost Us, directed by Dan Villegas, was previously released to about 165 Philippine cinemas nationwide on May 6, 2026. The film achieved an opening gross of PHP 5 million, and later grew to PHP 23 million a week later. Aside from JM and Fyang, who played the respective roles of RR and Janine, the film also stars Dustin Yu, Yukii Takahashi, Sam Samarita, JM Salvado, Baus Rufo, Che Ramos, and Lotlot Bustamante.
A few weeks before the film was released to Philippine cinemas, online trends and positive reactions were seen on the official teaser and trailer videos of the film released last March and April, which achieved more than 35 million combined online views. It also took over the taglines and hashtags of “JMFYANG AUDA OVERLOAD”, “JMFYANG AUTHENTIC KILIG”, “AlmostUsOfficialTeaser”, and “AlmostUsOfficialTrailer” among the top trending list on X/Twitter in the Philippines a few hours after the release of each teaser and trailer video online.
Before and during the online release of Almost Us via Netflix, social media trends also emerged on the same social media platform, with taglines “JMFYANG ALMOST US ON NETFLIX” and “ALMOST US TOPS NETFLIXPH”, and the hashtag “JMFyangDebutMovie” landed the online trends in the Philippines, according to JMFyang Official.
JM and Fyang, both known as ex-housemates of Pinoy Big Brother Gen 11, will appear in two films for each of them, One For The Road for JM Ibarra (together with Emilio Daez and Elijah Canlas), and Haunted Carnival for Fyang Smith, one of the first four entry films for the 52nd Metro Manila Film Festival, both of which are produced by the same film production company behind Almost Us and Shake, Rattle & Roll Evil Origins (which was also released on Netflix a few weeks ago), Regal Entertainment.
Auditions for PBB Collab 3.0 have ended as of August 31, 2026. Watch out for the Pinoy Big Brother Collab 3.0 very soon on ABS-CBN and GMA platforms, and stay in the loop on the official social media accounts of DRPS PHCA for updates. You could be like these PBB Gen 11 ex-housemates when you are evicted from the new PBB House, or when you win the competition as a Big Placer or Big Winner.
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