Gomorrah and Il Divo scale the charts
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Gomorrah [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Domenico Procacci
interview: Jean Labadie
interview: Matteo Garrone
film profile] rose quickly to the top of the box office following its May 16 release, and in its third week is, according to Cinetel, the top Italian grosser with €1.87m (and an overall €6.67m by June 1), taking second position after Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Distributed by RAI Cinema on 383 screens, Matteo Garrone’s adaptation of the Roberto Saviano bestseller garnered a per screen average of €2,587.
No less brilliant was the performance of Il Divo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Nicola Giuliano
interview: Paolo Sorrentino
interview: Philippe Desandre
film profile], which was released on May 28 just days after picking up the Jury Prize at Cannes. Distributed by Lucky Red on 340 screens, Paolo Sorrentino’s film was the international top-grossing non-US release with €1.29m from its opening weekend. Results for its second weekend look just as promising.
(Translated from Italian)
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