18/06/2009

Several non-domestic European productions are currently doing well in French theatres and are enjoying lasting success thanks to the generous print-runs released by their Gallic distributors.

This string of successes is led by Danish director Niels Arden Oplev’s Swedish production The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Niels Arden Oplev
interview: Søren Stærmose
film profile], which continues to perform well. The film, which has garnered 1.1m admissions in five weeks on release (€6.47m in takings), saw a drop of just 29% in the last seven days, as its print-run was reduced by UGC Distribution from 509 to 426.

Meanwhile, Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Pedro Almodóvar
film profile] has drawn 723,000 viewers (grossing €4.25m) in four weeks on release (Pathé Distribution - 398 screens); UK filmmaker Ken Loach’s Looking for Eric [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cannes 2009
Ken Loach
interview: Steve Evets - actor
film profile] has amassed 368,000 admissions (€2.16m) in three weeks (Diaphana - 369 screens); and Danish director Lars von Trier’s explosive Antichrist [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Lars von Trier
film profile] has attracted 104,000 cinemagoers (€610,000) in two weeks (Les Films du Losange - 140 screens).

Finally, The Boat That Rocked [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by UK director Richard Curtis has reached 640,000 admissions (€3.76m) after six weeks on release (StudioCanal - 170 screens).

(Translated from French)