'Catch the Flag' reaches close to a million and a half euros at the box office in its first weekend on screen

Its director, Enrique Gato, assures that this result shows that “we take animation in Spain very seriously and that we can export films to any part of the world.”

With almost 1 and a half million Euros catch the flag It has been the highest grossing film during the weekend of its premiere in Spain.

Accompanied by great critical success, the film has attracted more than 230,000 spectators, leading the weekend box office. In addition, it has managed to almost triple the box office obtained by the second film in the ranking.

This confirms what director Enrique Gato stated, who stated that "today we are making many people realize that we take animation in Spain very seriously and that we can export films to any part of the world."

catch the flag tells the story of Mike Goldwing, a brave and determined 12-year-old boy, son and grandson of astronauts, who has always dreamed of winning the game of catch the flag. In order to reconcile his family, which is what he wants most, he must catch the most significant flag in history: the one planted on the Moon by the astronauts on the Apollo XI mission. With the help of his friends Amy and Marty and Igor (a crazy and fun chameleon), he will embark on an exciting adventure together with his stubborn grandfather Frank to stop the evil plan of Richard Carson, an extravagant millionaire who, with the aim of colonizing the Moon, intends to erase the feat of space missions from history.

The film is a production of Telecinco Cinema, Telefónica Studios, 4 Cats Pictures and Los Rockets The Movie. The animation was carried out by Lightbox Animation Studios.