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Apocalypto breaks UK box-office record
By Scott Rosenberg Jan 9, 2007, 11:14 GMT
From Academy Award winning filmmaker Mel Gibson ("The Passion of The Christ," "Braveheart"), comes "Apocalypto": a heart stopping mythic action-adventure set against the turbulent end times of the once great Mayan civilization. When his idyllic existence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, a man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of ...more
Mel Gibson may be moving to London. Well not really but seems movie going blokes in UK like his movies, especially ‘Apocalypto’ which this past weekend broke the foreign-language pic box-office record.
The UK rated 18 film drew $2,625,689 from 385 screens across the country beating the ’04 release of Hero which pulled in $1.94 million its first week.
Released independently by Icon Pictures, Apocalypto was up against some other heavy films in its opening including Miss Potter" (Momentum), "Employee of the Month" (Lionsgate U.K.) and "White Noise: The Light" (Entertainment).
Seems Brits have come to like foreign language fare also giving the nod to ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ which in its seven weeks of release has pulled in a hefty $3,643,896
Apocalypto which received a mixed bag of reviews stateside has been fairly well received by British film critics.
Movie has in its five weeks of release in the USA taken in $47,335,193.
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