17/11/2014 - La scuola più bella del mondo makes its debut with 2,494,280 euro in box-office takings, ahead of Interstellar and Andiamo a quel paese

A scene of the film La scuola più bella del mondo by Luca Miniero

A fantastic debut for La scuola più bella del mondo [+see also:
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The best per-theatre average however is the new film by the Dardenne brothers, starring Marion Cotillard. Pending its release in Italy on 20 November, the 10 theatres showing Two Days, One Night [+see also:
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Two other Italian films feature in the top 10 for the weekend of 13-16 November: Confused and Happy [+see also:
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film profile] by Massimiliano Bruno (ninth place) which in its third week on show took in a total of 3,557,766 euro, and Mario Martone’s Leopardi (tenth place), which in its fifth week in theatres earned a further 337,426 euro and collected a total of 5,469,178 euro in receipts. Last weekend’s ranking, which recorded a decline of 5.36% compared to the same period in 2013, was rounded off by Midnight Sun (fourth with 910,215 euro), Doraemon (fifth with 675,640 euro per total of 2,197,261), Clown (sixth with 663,765 euro), Dracula Untold (seventh with 557,862 euro per total of 5,004,564) and Nightcrawler (eight with 417,713 euro).

(Translated from Italian)