Heartbreaker gets off to flying start

26/03/2010

Pascal Chaumeil’s Heartbreaker [+see also:
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Launched on a moderate print-run of 379 by Universal Pictures France, this romantic comedy starring Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier and Belgian actor François Damiens has achieved an impressive per-screen average of 3,081 viewers and so far amassed €7m in takings, while its production budget amounted to €8.7m. Sold to territories across the world, the film will be released in the United Kingdom by Revolver Entertainment on June 25.

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French productions dominate the current box office rankings for this week’s second best-performing film is Roselyne Bosch’s moving The Round-Up [+see also:
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Roman Polanski’s Berlin prize-winner The Ghost Writer [+see also:
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Meanwhile, German director Fatih Akin’s Soul Kitchen [+see also:
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Géraldine Nakache and Hervé Mimran’s Tout Ce Qui Brille [+see also:
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