Topping The Charts In Argentina
Relatos Salvajes (aka Wild Tales, Damián Szifrón's whirling dervish of an anthology movie, finished #1 on the box office chart for 2014. Released on August 21, the film remained at the top of the chart until relinquishing its throne to horror movie Annabelle when it opened on October 23.
Relatos Salvajes grossed some US$17 million through the end of the year, well ahead of Disney's Frozen, which made US$11.5 million, and is still playing in cinemas. Per Box Office Mojo, Bañeros 4: Los rompeolas, directed by Rodolfo Ledo and released through Disney, also finished in the top 10, earning US$5.1 million.
Last weekend, the local opening of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, was warmly embraced. As reported by Deadline: "Among new openers, Argentina set the record as the biggest Warner Bros opening of all time with $2.1M on 300 screens. Results are nearly double that of The Desolation Of Smaug, and 95% ahead of An Unexpected Journey."
That translates into more than 270,000 people who bought tickets, according to Cines Argentinos, The movie pushed Grandes Heroes (aka Big Hero 6) into second place, followed by Ouija and Tonto y Retonto 2 (aka Dumb and Dumber 2.
This week sees the release of action fave Sin Control (aka John Wick, A Night at the Museum 3: Secret of the Tomb, and Foxcatcher, but also two films from Argentina.
Sordo is a documentary by Marcos Martinez about a theater group in Buenos Aires, composed of deaf performers who are preparing a new sign-language stage production.
Papeles en el viento (aka Papers in the Wind is adapted by Eduardo Sacheri from his own book; he's also the author of El secreto de los ojos, which became a movie known in English as The Secret in Their Eyes. Papeles en el viento is "a comedy about three men who take care of their recently deceased friend’s daughter and try to turn his investment in a football player into a lucrative piece of business," per Screen Daily.
Watch the trailer below.
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