'Eight Catalan Surnames' is already the highest-grossing film of the year

With 3,891,988 spectators, it is now the fifth highest-grossing Spanish film in history in our country behind 'Eight Basque Surnames', 'The Impossible', 'The Others' and 'The Orphanage'.

Eight Catalan surnames It is already the highest-grossing film of 2015 in Spain, with an accumulated figure of 3,891,988 spectators since its premiere 19 days ago. The film leads the Top 5 at the Spanish box office of 2015, followed by The Minions, Jurassic World, Fifty Shades of Gray y Inside Out.

This data already places it as the fifth highest-grossing Spanish film in the history of our country, behind Eight Basque surnames, The impossible, The others y The orphanage, three of them produced by Telecinco Cinema-.

Ghislain Barrois, CEO of Telecinco Cinema, has stressed that "it is a great pride for Telecinco Cinema and the entire Mediaset España family to once again place one of our films as the highest grossing of the year, especially with the sequel to a story that we have so much affection for, in a year in which there have also been very outstanding titles. And it is at the same time enormously satisfying to see 'Eight Catalan Surnames' rubbing shoulders in the ranking of the highest-grossing Spanish films. of history along with great titles that have also been born in our factory, and with which Telecinco Cinema has positioned itself in recent years as the leading film production company in Spain, both in terms of number of viewers and market share.

For his part, José Luis Hervías, general director of Universal Pictures International Spain, has indicated that “Universal is proud to distribute such a special cinematographic proposal as Eight Catalan surnames. Its success has surpassed its commercial dimension, becoming a social phenomenon that has managed to reach every corner of Spain, entertaining enormously and, above all, once again placing cinema as one of the main leisure alternatives."

The film is produced by Lazona and Weather Films for Telecinco Cinema, with the collaboration of Mediaset España. Distributed by Universal Pictures International Spain.