02/03/2011

Warner has reason to be glad about its enduring collaboration with German box office king Til Schweiger. Since its release on February 3, his comedy Kokowääh [+see also:
trailer
film profile], which he once again directs and stars in, is holding on firmly to the top spot in the rankings.

After easily surpassing the 1m viewers mark in its first week on release, the film last weekend added over 352,000 admissions to its impressive total of 3.218m (which puts it at barely 1m below the score for Schweiger’s previous outing Rabbit Without Ears 2 [+see also:
trailer
film profile], launched in December 2009). This is compared with a little under 300,000 for new US release Just Go With It and about 207,800 admissions for Oscar champion The King’s Speech [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Tom Hooper
film profile] in third position (this film has attracted a total of 530,000 viewers since its launch on February 17 and has dropped a place from the previous weekend).

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Kokowääh dominates the rankings for the year so far, by a wide margin, well ahead of Black Swan (1.737m admissions since its release on January 20) and Tron: Legacy (793,000 admissions since January 27).

(Translated from French)