Hello, Love, Goodbye

Kathryn Bernardo portrays Joy

Alden Richards portrays Ethan

• Kathryn Bernardo as Joy Marie Fabregas:
  A nursing graduate who works as a domestic helper in Hong Kong.[5]
• Alden Richards as Ethan Del Rosario:
  A bartender who is on his way of attaining Hong Kong residency status who is relatively well off compared to Joy.[5]

• Kakai Bautista as Sally Daraga
• Lito Pimentel as Mario Del Rosario
• Joross Gamboa as Jihim
• Maymay Entrata as Mary Dale Fabregas\Lovely Abella]] as Gina Marikit
• Jameson Blake as Edward Del Rosario
• William Lorenzo as Celso Fabregas
• Anthony Jennings as Eric Del Rosario
• Wilbert Ross as Joey Fabregas
• Aliyah Billote as Liezel Fabregas
• Angela Poliquit as Annie
• Jon Go as Wayne
• Poon Po Lun Lilac as Lin (Annie's mother)
• Pang Mei Sheung as PoPo (Mrs. Chung)

• Maricel Laxa as Lita
• Maxine Medina as Tanya
• Jerome Ponce as JM

Hello, Love, Goodbye premiered in the Philippines on July 31, 2019.[12] The film also made history in Saudi Arabia as the first Filipino film ever to be screened in the cinemas of Jeddah.[13]

The film was declared the highest-grossing Filipino film of all time after earning over ₱880.6 million worldwide gross revenue on September 3, 2019, replacing the film The Hows of Us that was also directed by Molina and starred by Bernardo.[2][14]

The film on its opening day earned a total of ₱34.4 million from over 350 cinemas in the Philippines.[15] Three days after its local release, the film was reported to have earned ₱110.8 million.[16] After four days, the film earned ₱176.6 million[17] and was shown in 465 cinemas nationwide.[17] As of August 12, 2019, the film has grossed ₱505.7 million domestically in 13 days of showing.[18] After 17 days in cinemas, the film has grossed ₱603 million domestically.[19]

The film earned US$2,132,000.00 in box office receipts abroad on its first week of release.[20] The film was also recognized now the highest-grossing Filipino film in the Middle East for earning over US$1 million as of August 18.[21] It is also the highest-grossing Filipino film in Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom earning over US$195,336.00,[22] US$60,459.00[23] and US$32,313.00[24] respectively.

Filipino film critic Philbert Dy gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5 and praised Bernardo's performance.[25] Oggs Cruz, writing for Rappler, reviewed the film thus, "Hello, Love, Goodbye is fine entertainment – one that doesn’t dumb down the issues it puts forward for the sake of a standard happy ending." He pointed out that while the romantic plot was formulaic and characters seemed to have become stereotypical, the film's strengths were its depiction of Hong Kong through the female protagonist's perspective and of the struggles of overseas Filipino workers as domestic helpers.[26] In his review, Armando B. Chavez of Philippine Daily Inquirer said that the love story stood out due to the "backdrop of the plight of OFWs in Hong Kong." He also praised the musical editing, the close-up shots of the protagonists, and performances of Bernardo and Richards, describing them as tour de force. He wrote, "This is a date movie if ever there’s one. As they say back home, “just feel the feeling.” Sit back, secretly dab the tears away... resistance is futile."[27] For Toronto-based The Philippine Reporter, Ysh Cabana wrote "Despite having a woman filmmaker at the helm, it doesn’t reflect on the experience of nurses, mostly women, arriving in Canada struggling to take competency assessments or to enter a bridging program just to be able to practice their international education. This reinforces middle-class fantasy production."[28]

Ricky Lo of The Philippine Star gave a generally positive review of the film particularly the comic relief provided by Abella, Bautista, and Entrata.[29] Tito Genova Valiente however disagreed and considered the trio's performances as "aggravating" while praising Bernardo and Richard, stating, "There is Bernardo with perhaps the quietest performance for any actress of her generation. Bernardo can act within a small frame, holding her face solidly as if a slight movement will mar that portrayal... Alden gets the cinematographic love, as well. His Ethan starts fun and ends tragic but with lots of hope, even if it does not matter what happens to that hope. When those tears fall from Richards's eyes, they bring us back to those old, old cinemas of leading men looking beautiful and strong in grief."[30]