Excellent weekend for Spanish cinema

Films such as 'The Impossible', 'The Adventures of Tadeo Jones', 'To Rome with Love', 'Snow White', 'The Artist and the Model', '7 Days in Havana', 'We All Have a Plan' or 'Bypass'... accumulated 62% of the box office receipts in cinemas in Spain last weekend.

Last weekend, Spanish productions achieved 62% of the box office receipts in movie theaters in Spain. In this way, what the president of FAPAE, Pedro Pérez, already announced in his usual press conference at the San Sebastián Film Festival is confirmed: “an autumn full of Spanish titles awaits us that will make an excellent box office…Which suggests that the year will close with a box office similar to last year.”

With 1.4 million viewers in its first weekend and only with its premiere in Spain, the film Impossible, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, has placed 7th in the world Box Office.

For Ghislain Barrois, CEO of Telecinco Cinema, a film producer with Apache Entertainment, “Impossible It is the demonstration that in Spain we can make films that compete with North American cinema. At Telecinco Cinema we are proud to have worked again with Juan Antonio Bayona - whose debut film we already co-produced - and to have had Apaches Entertainment as a partner in this adventure, a production company founded by people who began their professional careers with us. I also want to emphasize and thank the unconditional support we have received from Mediaset España, without whose promotional campaign to Impossible “It would have been very difficult to achieve the enormous success of this first weekend.”

Also noteworthy is the excellent figure achieved this weekend by The Adventures of Tadeo Jones which, after seven weeks on display, has risen from fourth to second place at the box office and already exceeds two million spectators. It is the only film that, this year, has managed to stay at number one at the box office for five weeks. The Adventures of Tadeo Jones It stands out for being the first Spanish film to be released in China where it was released with more than 2,000 copies. On its international tour it will also have a major launch campaign in Russia and South Korea and has already been sold throughout Europe.

Likewise, at this weekend's box office it is worth highlighting snow white which remains among the most viewed titles and occupies seventh position in average per copy. In its international career that began as the film chosen to represent Spain at the Oscars, its upcoming screening in the United States and France also stands out. The artist and the model For its part, it remains in the ranking of the most viewed films in Spain, occupying tenth position on average per copy. In addition, these days, other Spanish productions such as To Rome with love, 7 days in Havana, We all have a plan o Bypass.