While American screenwriters end their strike, actresses and actors Hollywood They continue to manage their destiny by colliding with major ‘majors’ and platforms, Cinema is recovering and trying to leave behind very unfortunate times for the audience. Prospects look good for Spanish cinematography, but releases in this country continue to be unpredictable and unpredictably volatile.
‘Campeonex’ case
The revenue of ‘Campeonex’, which was released in its fifth week at the end of September, had already exceeded 10 million euros in Spain., has more than one and a half million viewers and other commercial incentives such as 22 million views of the video clip with its title song on YouTube and other digital platforms. Javier Fesser’s previous film with the same characters, ‘Campeones’ (2018), which won Goya the best film award, was also a huge box office success, making a profit of 18 and a half million euros from a budget of four and a half million. . It should be noted that the cost of ‘Campeonex’ is more than double the previous film, but it has already become the most watched Spanish film so far in 2023, surpassing the 7,400,000 million of Santiago Segura’s latest comedy, ‘Vacaciones de summer’. ‘ – second in this year’s ranking.
‘Close your eyes’
‘ in caseClose your eyes’It is a very different film from ‘Campeonex’ in every respect, both because of its position in Spanish theaters and because of its popularity, with a few exceptions.Almodóvar, ‘As the best‘) or minority (latest movies) Albert Serra), Spanish cinema often fails to catch on. last work Victor Erice It premiered in France earlier than in Spain and was a complete surprise, losing only 22 percent of the audience since the second week, when the number of viewers of such foreign productions began to decline. By mid-August, ‘Cerrar los ojos’ had earned 200,000 euros with only 72 copies distributed across France..
Not many more copies were distributed in Spain, 101 in total, but Erice’s film, which has a complex theme and narrative and runs close to three hours, was released in its first weekend (it premiered on September 29). inside ranked tenth among the most watchedwhich isn’t bad at all. American productions such as ‘The Creator’ and ‘Saw’ are left behind Erice’s film had already surpassed 90,000 euros in its second weekend in cinemas..
At the moment the figures are a bit distorted because film attendance drops slightly in the days before the Film Festival, held from 2 to 5 October, when tickets are sold for 3.50 euros in most Spanish cinemas, and this radical decrease is expected. The comparison with mainstream American cinema needs to be contextualized.
‘Creative’
It’s true that ‘The Creator’ was number one on the list, at least until they were relegated last week. ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ has raised one million euros since its premiere On the same day as ‘Close Your Eyes’, however, this expensive Disney sci-fi production directed by Gareth Edwards was distributed on 488 screens; That’s almost four times more than Erice’s movie.
‘Luck shot’
Other minority Spanish and European productions adapt to, or even transcend, the current reality. This is the case of Woody Allen’s latest film, ‘A Strike of Luck’, which is more French than American.. The situation of the director of ‘Manhattan’ in the film is as complicated as that of a man accused of sexual harassment and punished on social networks. Yet this film, released on September 29th – it should perhaps be said that too many “important” premieres have piled up and there are not enough viewers to absorb them – has already grossed 300,00 euros in Spain and has been released. Sixth place in last weekend’s ranking; While it is in nearly 200 theaters (11 in Barcelona), it has no release date in the producer’s hometown, New York.
‘The girls are fine’
‘‘Girls are fine’Its debut behind the camera of actress Itsaso Arana grossed more than 50,000 euros in its first weekend; This is quite acceptable considering it was released on August 28, which is not the best date depending on the genre of cinema. When making a similar offer, his income reached 308,000 euros, ‘Creature’The film, also produced by actress-director Elena Martín and released two weeks later, collected $150,000.
The good reactions to horror movies, which are undoubtedly the most profitable genre in terms of investment/revenue, continue. They may be good, average, bad or worse, but ‘The Nun 2’ reached two million in its first weekend in our country, or ‘The Exorcist: Believer’, which was released on Friday, has a figure of 940 thousand euros. While all this is happening, genre fans are flocking to the Sitges festival that is being held these days.
Of course, we are a long way from the unique event represented by the ‘Barbenheimer’ duel last summer, which raised almost two and a half billion euros worldwide.Barbie‘ And ‘Oppenheimer‘in just three months. Such situations occur very occasionally.