28/01/2013 - Brizzi, Tornatore, Vanzina and Muccino’s films among the top ten grossing films in a high performing months for home films

January turned out to be a fruitful month for Italian cinema, with excellent performances on many fronts. The Best Offer by Giuseppe Tornatore (photo), an independent production by Paco Cinematografica, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Italia, grossed €7,607,567 in the period of January 1-27; Mai stati uniti [+see also:
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The three films all made it into last weekend’s top ten (24-27 January). The Best Offer came in sixth with €681,437; Playing for Keeps took seventh place with €414,693 euro; and Mai stati uniti made it to tenth position with €267,387. Pazze di me [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)