19/09/2005

Six films recently presented at the Venice Film Festival have entered the top ten of the Cinetel chart for this week-end, following the American blockbuster The Fantastic Four and the animated film Madagascar (respectively first and second).

Among the Venice films, it is Cristina Comencini's La bestia nel cuore [+see also:
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film profile] which made more money, although it dropped from second to third position. It is followed by Cinderella man, about boxing champion Jim Braddock, and Good Night, and Good Luck, by George Clooney. At the bottom of the top ten, we find Viva Zapatero!, Sabina Guzzanti's documentary on TV censorship, and Howl's Moving Castle, an animated film by Hayao Miyazaki, great Japanese master of the genre. It is also worth pointing out that, in the 34 theatres registered by Cinetel where it was screened, Guzzanti's film had an average of 4.232 euros per spectator, which is the best figure recorded this week for a Venice movie.

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This week-end, admissions were particularly satisfactory, and the box-office is 24% higher than last week-end, with a total of over 10 million euros.

(Translated from Italian)