'Spanish Movie' follows the success of 'Ágora' and 'Celda 211'

With almost 2.16 million euros in revenue and more than 341,000 viewers, 'Spanish Movie' becomes the highest grossing movie in its first weekend. The Telecinco Cinema film far surpasses the premieres of 'Two Very Mature Kangaroos', 'A Chance of Meatballs' and 'Brotherhood of Blood'.

With a collection of 2,155,000 euros and more than 341,000 spectators, Spanish Movie has become Telecinco Cinema's third film so far this year, after Now y Cell 211, which is at the top of the ranking of the most viewed films in its first weekend in theaters.
The premiere of Spanish Movie has been placed ahead of foreign comedies released last weekend, such as Two very mature kangaroos, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs e In the loop and other films such as the thriller blood brotherhood.

Spoof Movie

Produced by Telecinco Cinema and Think Studio and directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera, Spanish Movie It is the first Spanish spoof movie, a comedy genre that parodies other successful films. Starring Alexandra Jiménez, Carlos Areces, Silvia Abril, Joaquín Reyes, Eduardo Gómez and Michelle Jenner, among other actors, Spanish Movie caricaturizes sequences and situations from national films such as The Orphanage, Alatriste, Return, The others o Pan's Labyrinth, giving rise to comical gags whose settings and protagonists are easily recognizable by viewers.