08/01/2009

Natale a Rio is the top-grossing Italian film of 2008, with nearly €17.4m and 2,771,000 admissions in the theatres monitored by Cinetel. Released by Filmauro on December 19, the comedy by Neri Parenti grossed another €5,634,000 from January 1-6, to beat Madagascar 2. The animated film is in second place in terms of 2008 admissions, with 2,797,472, after Kung Fu Panda (2,900,673).

The year’s top 25 includes Grande grosso e... Verdone [+see also:
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film profile] in fifth place, Scusa ma ti chiamo amore [+see also:
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film profile] in sixth, Gomorrah [+see also:
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interview: Domenico Procacci
interview: Jean Labadie
interview: Matteo Garrone
film profile] at number ten with 1,741,626 admissions and Il cosmo sul comò [+see also:
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The only non-domestic European film in the top 25 is UK title Quantum of Solace [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)