11 response about Biggest Grossing Canadian Film Remains Mostly Unseen »

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   Wait. You’re telling me that Eastern Promises hasn’t grossed $4.6 million yet? I find that VERY hard to believe.

   Comment by Andrew James — January 3, 2008
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   I think they are talking grosses solely in Canada.

   Comment by Matt Gamble — January 3, 2008
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   Matt’s got it right on the ball.

   According to Wikipedia:

   The film has grossed $38,350,371 worldwide as of December 9, 2007 — $17,266,000 in the United States and Canada and $21,084,371 in other territories.

   Go figure, it made more money abroad than it made in the NA market. Sad.

   Comment by Marina Antunes — January 3, 2008
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   According to Playback Daily, the cumulative BO number for Eastern Promises as of December 27th was $3,145,092.

   Comment by Marina Antunes — January 3, 2008
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   Ah. That makes sense.

   Still, EP only has made $3.1 million in Canada!? What the hell is wrong with you guys up there? It’s on a fair number of screens isn’t it? According to Box Office Mojo it made almost $45 million internationally as of Nov 4 (two months ago).

   Comment by Andrew James — January 3, 2008
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   Nothing wrong with us!

   From memory - in Vancouver, it played, for it’s entire running time (something like 3 weeks) on ONE screen and you had to go to Downtown Vancouver to see it. It did eventually make it out to the burbs but then only for a few weeks and mostly to the rep screens.

   The screening Colleen and I went to was pretty full.

   Comment by Marina Antunes — January 3, 2008
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   Although I didn’t know about the Patrick Huard film, this doesn’t surprize me at all as like the top grossing pictures, it’s all about the audience. Francophones are more likely to go to a film in French, and guess what that means - they go to French Canadian films. Add that it’s family friendly and bam! Those numbers are going to go up.

   Anglophones, have many many more options of English language films that aren’t Canadian.

   Eastern Promises is in it’s 17th week here at the Tdot according to cinema clock. The screening I went to was pretty quiet even after the huge hub-bub after TIFF.

   Comment by Shannon the Movie Moxie — January 4, 2008
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   I’m used to seeing Quiet and Underpopulated Cronenberg screenings in the GTA. eXistenZ I saw in a massive theater with only about two dozen other people. Likewise for Crash. Eastern Promises was surprisngly full in the multiplex I saw it in.

   Comment by Kurt — January 4, 2008
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   Wow. I would have picked Eastern Promises to be the highest grossing Canadian film in Canada. I am guessing it is just that in the States. But then I seriously doubt Les 3 P’tits Cochons will even make it to many parts of the U. S. I doubt it will play here, for instance, unless it is at the Ragtag (our only art house left).

   Comment by Mercurie — January 4, 2008
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    If the topic is about Canadian film, why link to a US website for information about Denys Arcand? Find more here: http://www.northernstars.ca/directorsal/arcand.html

    Comment by Ralph Lucas — December 26, 2008
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    Thanks for the link Ralph. I stumbled on your great site a few weeks ago - great stuff there!

    Comment by Marina Antunes — December 26, 2008

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