In order to highlight domestic exploits in Europe similar to that of Italy’s There Is Still Tomorrow [+lire aussi :
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Whilst the domestic performance of the latest chapter of the Gallic saga Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - a hybrid music documentary about trap musician Stefan Djurić Rasta, one of former Yugoslavia’s most popular artists - might come as a surprise, as it drew no fewer than 15,409 viewers during its opening weekend in September (read our article), beating The Expendables 4, The Nun 2 and A Haunting in Venice in the rankings and earning itself $300,000 in the process. And while Yana Titova’s dramatic movie Dyad [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] is giving Napoleon a run for its money in Bulgaria, with $323,434 in earnings, Rudolf Merkner’s romantic comedy Jak přežít svého muže made its debut in the Czech Republic in 193 cinemas on 9 November, earning $291,616, and is now at $1,366,043, on the heels of Kamil Bartosek's summertime endeavour ONEMANSHOW: The Movie, which earned the second highest number of admissions in the history of national cinema during its opening weekend, pocketing 2.2 million euros in takings ($4,681,464 in total – read our news).

There’s also good news from Romania, where a handful of national films have entered the top ten: directly underneath Barbie and Oppenheimer, there’s Miami Bici 2 by Jesús del Cerro, which recorded 430,000 admissions in three weeks and takings of $2,468,760, while Paul-Răzvan Macovei's Romina VTM [+lire aussi :
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Meanwhile, Lajos Koltai’s historic drama Semmelweis, which was released in Hungary on 30 November and whose opening weekend earned it $158,983 in 73 cinemas, is now coasting around $758,404. In Lithuania, Aš gyvas by Robertas Kuliunas exceeded $258,878, while in Norway, Nils Gaup’s historic action movie The Riot [+lire aussi :
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