Moccia takes top spot from Ridley Scott
Federico Moccia’s sentimental comedy Scusa ma ti chiamo amore [+see also:
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Released on approximately 600 screens (of which Cinetel monitors only 491), the film registered a per-screen average of €9,428, over twice the that of American Gangster (Universal), number two in the top ten with a per screen average of €4,533.
Last week’s box office figures rose 4% over the previous week, to finish at €12.9m.
Italian titles topping the charts are Black and White [+see also:
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Also doing well is Abdellatif Kechiche’s French title The Secret of the Grain [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)
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